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 Selfies, seriously.

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 Selfies are amazing.

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 It's changed kind of our culture,

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 the selfie culture that we are.

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 The camera on your phone has brought new dimensions

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 to our life together.

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 We are a selfie people living in a selfie culture.

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 It's a snapshot, no pun intended,

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 of where our hearts tend to lie.

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 Is it not true that we tend to be the center

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 of our own little world?

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 Standing in sharp contrast to the selfie kingdom

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 is the kingdom of heaven.

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 The kingdom of heaven works according to

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 a different value system and a different ethic.

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 It stands in sharp contrast to the culture we live in.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is the active reign of Jesus.

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 And you can't be thinking about the kingdom of heaven

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 as Jesus reigning over geographic territories

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 of the earth.

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 At least not yet.

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 When he comes back, he's taken over the planet.

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 But right now, to be thinking about

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 the present and active reign of Jesus

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 is to think about his interest

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 in the territory of individual hearts.

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 And he's winning and gaining a kingdom

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 by winning, saving one sinner's heart

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 at a time.

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 He's gathering a kingdom

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 of radically changed followers for himself.

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 In Matthew 3.1,

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 John the Baptist starts his ministry

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 with these words,

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 In Matthew 4.17,

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 Jesus begins his ministry.

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 He's been inaugurated king at his baptism.

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 This is my beloved son

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 with whom I'm well pleased.

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 Matthew talks about Isaiah

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 and Jesus is the fulfillment of Isaiah.

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 A light has dawned.

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 His ministry begins

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 in the very first words of Jesus

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 in Matthew,

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 or the same words of John the Baptist,

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

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 Is at hand.

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 And in Matthew 4.23,

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 we read that Jesus was

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 traveling through Galilee,

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 teaching in the synagogues,

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 and proclaiming the good news,

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 the gospel of the kingdom.

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 You see,

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 what Jesus was talking about

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 was good.

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 It was good news.

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 It was blessed.

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 Blessed news.

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 From the beginning,

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 the proclaiming of the good news

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 of the kingdom

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 included a call to repentance.

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 Repent, for the kingdom of God

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 is at hand.

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 To experience the goodness

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 of the kingdom,

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 in order to experience

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 the blessedness of being

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 under the reign of Jesus,

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 one must repent first.

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 Repentance is a word

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 that means to change your mind.

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 And I'm not sure

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 if this morning

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 you opened up the cupboard

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 and you're like,

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 am I going to eat Lucky Charms?

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 Or am I going to eat

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 Captain Crunch?

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 And you reach for the Captain Crunch

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 and you're like,

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 no, I changed my mind.

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 I repent of eating Captain Crunch

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 and I'm going to eat Lucky Charms.

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 That's one way

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 to talk about repentance.

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 When you get into the Bible,

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 the Bible talks about repentance

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 on a whole different scale.

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 And so when Jesus calls people

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 to repent for the kingdom of heaven

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 is at hand,

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 what He's talking about

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 is forsaking the kingdom of darkness

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 in order to devote yourself

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 to being His follower

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 as part of the kingdom of heaven.

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 We forsake the selfie kingdom

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 in order to be citizens

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 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 And in so doing,

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 we come under the

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 gracious reign of King Jesus.

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 This is all going somewhere.

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 To become a Christian,

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 to become a kingdom citizen,

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 a citizen of heaven,

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 it requires a radical shift

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 of devotion.

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 The values and ethics

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 of the kingdom of heaven

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 stand in sharp contrast

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 to the values and ethics

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 of the kingdom of darkness.

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 And so when someone becomes

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 a citizen of heaven,

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 when they become a Christian,

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 they have walked into

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 a counter-cultural kingdom.

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 And to be part of this

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 counter-cultural kingdom,

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 you are going to have

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 some ramifications

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 that ripple through your life.

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 To be a follower of Jesus

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 means that you're going

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 to be thinking differently

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 about yourself,

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 about who you are.

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 You're going to believe

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 what our King says about you,

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 not about what this culture

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 says about you.

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 And not only that,

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 you're going to think differently.

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 You're going to live

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 differently here.

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 Your life's going to look

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 different because you are

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 different because the grace

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 of God has radically

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 changed you.

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 And so for us citizens

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 of heaven living on earth

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 right now,

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 and we live in between

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 the comings of the King.

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 So Jesus has come the first time

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 and He's coming back

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 a second time.

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 And as citizens

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 of His kingdom,

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 we live now on this planet

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 for Him.

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 And just to be up front

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 with you,

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 it's counter-cultural.

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 If you are a follower

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 of Jesus,

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 your life will stand out.

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 That's what Jesus

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 is getting at

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 when He speaks

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 this manifesto

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 that we're calling

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 the Sermon on the Mount.

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 In this manifesto,

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 He tells us

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 who we are

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 and how we are

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 to live.

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 We are citizens

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 of heaven

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 and we live

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 on this planet

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 for Jesus.

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 And so Jesus

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 starts His manifesto

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 with

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 eight beatitudes.

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 They all have to do

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 with who we are

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 as Christians.

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 They address

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 our character.

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 What goes on

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 on the inside.

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 What we're going to see

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 is that

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 the character traits

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 of the citizens

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 of heaven

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 are radically

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 different

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 than the world's.

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 What God values

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 in us

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 is

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 completely different

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 than what the world

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 values

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 in us.

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 We've been radically

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 changed.

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 We've been bought

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 at a price.

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 We've been transferred

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 from the kingdom

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 of darkness

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 into the kingdom

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 of His beloved Son.

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 We've been given

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 new natures.

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 We are new people

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 living for a new

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 king.

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 We don't live

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 for ourselves

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 anymore.

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 We're citizens

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 of the kingdom

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 with a new king.

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 King Jesus.

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 And so this morning

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 after that huge

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 run up

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 we're just going

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 to focus on

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 the first beatitude.

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 Blessed

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 are

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 the

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 poor

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 in spirit

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 for

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 theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 blessed

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 are the

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 poor

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 in spirit

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And to serve you

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 this morning

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 I thought

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 we could ask

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 three questions

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 of this

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 first beatitude.

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 Ask three questions

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 get three answers

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 and Lord willing

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 walk out of this

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 building

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 with the freshly

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 stirred desire

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 to follow our king.

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 So the three

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 questions are

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 what does it mean

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 to be poor

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 in spirit?

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 That's number

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 one.

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 The second

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 question is

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 what gets

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 in the way

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 of being

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 poor in spirit?

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 I'm going to

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 point to one

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 thing.

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 And the third

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 question is

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 what is the

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 good news

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 for the

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 poor in spirit?

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 What's the

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 good news?

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 So let's

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 tackle this

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 first question.

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 What does it

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 mean to be

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 poor in spirit?

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 Well if you're

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 looking at your

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 Bible

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 Matthew 5

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 3

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 you're going

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 to notice

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 that the

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 first word

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 is blessed

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 are the

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 So right

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 out of the

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 gate you've

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 got to

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 realize that

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 to be poor

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 in spirit

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 is not a

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 bad thing

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 in God's

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 economy.

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 It's a

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 good thing

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 in God's

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 economy.

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 He says

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 it's blessed.

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 Happy

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 are the

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 Joyful

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 are the

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 Fortunate

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 are the

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 Blessed

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 of God

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 are the

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 But to

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 our ears

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 when you

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 hear the

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 word

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 poor

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 typically

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 you don't

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 think in

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 terms of

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 blessing.

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 It seems

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 a little

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 paradoxical.

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 So even

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 though we're

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 seeing that

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 this poor

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 in spirit

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 is a

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 good

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 thing

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 we still

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 got to

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 ask the

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 question

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 what does

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 it mean

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 to be

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 poor

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 in

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 spirit?

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 Do you

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 see that

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 word

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 poor?

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 P-O-O-R

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 Poor.

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 That word

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 needs a

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 little

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 explaining.

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 There are

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 different kinds

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 of poor

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 and there

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 is a

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 category of

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 poor people

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 in which

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 and maybe

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 you've been

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 there.

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 I know I've

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 been there.

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 You're just

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 barely getting

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 by.

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 There's no

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 fat in the

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 budget to

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 save or to

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 spend on

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 anything.

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 You just

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 barely have

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 enough to

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 survive.

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 Basic food,

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 simple clothes,

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 basic shelter.

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 It reminds

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 me of that

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 poor widow.

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 Remember Luke

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 21?

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 Jesus is

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 standing,

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 watches this

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 poor widow

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 come and

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 she gives

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 her last

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 two copper

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 coins and

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 putting in

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 the offering

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 box at the

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 temple.

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 Do you

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 remember

00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:02.019
 that?

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 She was

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 poor.

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 She had

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 just enough

00:11:09.339 --> 00:11:09.699
 kind of

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 poor.

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 she was

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 poor but

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 she was

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 not a

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 beggar.

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 She had

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 two copper

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 coins to

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 give.

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 The word

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 poor here

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 is not

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 just getting

00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:26.880
 by poor.

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 The word

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 poor is

00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:31.240
 beggar

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 poor.

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 Destitute

00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:34.100
 poor.

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 Completely

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 and

00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.600
 utterly

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 dependent

00:11:41.180 --> 00:11:42.340
 on the

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 generosity

00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:43.680
 of

00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:44.460
 others

00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.460
 poor.

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 The only

00:11:48.040 --> 00:11:48.320
 way you

00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:48.460
 can

00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:49.120
 survive

00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:49.800
 is from

00:11:49.800 --> 00:11:49.980
 the

00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:50.460
 generosity

00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:50.720
 of

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 someone

00:11:50.940 --> 00:11:51.220
 else.

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 That's

00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.159
 the

00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:52.320
 poor

00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:52.500
 we're

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 talking

00:11:52.800 --> 00:11:53.120
 about.

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 That's

00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:56.000
 the kind

00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.139
 of

00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:56.379
 poor.

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 So it's

00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:57.440
 not just

00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:57.700
 getting

00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:58.019
 by

00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.420
 poor.

00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:01.220
 This is

00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:01.600
 beggar

00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:01.960
 poor.

00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:03.500
 No room

00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:04.000
 for self

00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.580
 reliance.

00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:06.040
 No room

00:12:06.040 --> 00:12:06.519
 for self

00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:07.040
 confidence.

00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.120
 This

00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:08.659
 is the

00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:08.899
 kind

00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:09.039
 of

00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:09.399
 poverty

00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.679
 that's

00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:09.839
 like

00:12:09.839 --> 00:12:10.039
 you've

00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.199
 got to

00:12:10.199 --> 00:12:10.319
 do

00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:10.599
 anything

00:12:10.599 --> 00:12:10.899
 you've

00:12:10.899 --> 00:12:11.059
 got

00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:11.219
 can

00:12:11.219 --> 00:12:11.500
 do

00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:11.779
 in

00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:12.019
 order

00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:12.279
 just

00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:12.419
 to

00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:12.740
 eat.

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 And what you

00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:17.139
 notice is that

00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.039
 Jesus links

00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:18.959
 this kind

00:12:18.959 --> 00:12:19.579
 of poor

00:12:19.579 --> 00:12:20.779
 to the

00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.439
 two words

00:12:21.439 --> 00:12:22.519
 in spirit.

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 Blessed are

00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:24.899
 the poor

00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.659
 in spirit.

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 And so what

00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.399
 Jesus is doing

00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:28.279
 is helping

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 us to

00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:29.059
 understand

00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:29.740
 the kind

00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:30.419
 of poverty

00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:31.079
 he's talking

00:12:31.079 --> 00:12:31.399
 about.

00:12:31.839 --> 00:12:32.759
 What sphere

00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.620
 we are poor

00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.240
 in to be

00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:35.659
 poor in.

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 And so

00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:38.639
 what's important

00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.000
 to notice

00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:39.480
 is that

00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:40.860
 this

00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:42.699
 destitute

00:12:42.699 --> 00:12:43.639
 in spirit

00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.679
 Jesus

00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:46.679
 locates

00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:47.679
 within

00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.379
 us

00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:50.839
 poor

00:12:50.839 --> 00:12:51.939
 in spirit.

00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.139
 It's a

00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:54.879
 character trait.

00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.240
 It's a

00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:55.879
 posture of

00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.159
 heart.

00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.100
 A posture

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:57.740
 of heart

00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:58.539
 of complete

00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:59.319
 and utter

00:12:59.319 --> 00:13:00.120
 dependence

00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:01.339
 on the

00:13:01.339 --> 00:13:02.079
 generosity

00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:03.879
 of God.

00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.179
 that's

00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:05.419
 what it

00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:05.700
 means to

00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.059
 be poor

00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:06.399
 in spirit.

00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:06.639
 Let me

00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:06.939
 read that

00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.240
 again.

00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:08.820
 It's a

00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:09.159
 posture

00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.600
 of heart

00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.279
 of complete

00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:10.840
 and utter

00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.340
 dependence

00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:11.879
 on the

00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.439
 generosity

00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.179
 of God

00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:14.980
 for your

00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.740
 survival.

00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:20.360
 In the

00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:20.720
 words of

00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:21.320
 Augustus

00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:21.960
 Toplady

00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:22.519
 in Rock

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:22.919
 of Ages

00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:23.460
 nothing

00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:24.820
 in my

00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:25.179
 hands

00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.840
 I bring

00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.299
 simply

00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:26.740
 to the

00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.039
 cross

00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.399
 I cling.

00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:27.779
 I got

00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.279
 nothing.

00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:32.240
 So to

00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:32.879
 be poor

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.459
 is to

00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:34.539
 be a

00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:35.259
 beggar

00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:36.259
 and it's

00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:37.199
 a poor

00:13:37.199 --> 00:13:38.179
 in spirit

00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:39.480
 within me.

00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.639
 I've got

00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.279
 nothing.

00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.539
 I've got

00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:42.980
 nothing.

00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:44.919
 And so

00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.519
 what you need

00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:45.939
 to realize

00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.399
 is like oh

00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:46.819
 that sounds

00:13:46.819 --> 00:13:47.319
 good Mike

00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:48.620
 let me help

00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:49.339
 you bring

00:13:49.339 --> 00:13:49.899
 this home.

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.120
 For you

00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.799
 to be

00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.299
 poor in

00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.620
 spirit

00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.939
 is for

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.519
 you

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.779
 to humbly

00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:57.559
 declare

00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:58.480
 to God

00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.980
 spiritual

00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:00.699
 bankruptcy.

00:14:01.079 --> 00:14:01.439
 That's what

00:14:01.439 --> 00:14:01.779
 you're doing.

00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.000
 That's what

00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.340
 the poor

00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:03.740
 in spirit

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.059
 do.

00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:05.500
 They say

00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.960
 I am

00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.939
 spiritually

00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:08.840
 bankrupt.

00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:09.759
 I've got

00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.860
 nothing.

00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:12.539
 Nothing.

00:14:13.659 --> 00:14:14.120
 And at the

00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.679
 heart of being

00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.539
 poor in spirit

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.039
 is the

00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.779
 recognition

00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:18.759
 of our

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.819
 profound

00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:21.360
 sinfulness.

00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:23.699
 Our

00:14:23.699 --> 00:14:24.500
 sin

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.620
 puts us

00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:26.679
 in debt

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:28.139
 to God

00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:29.019
 and we

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.960
 can't

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.360
 pay.

00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.100
 You know

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.860
 what bankruptcy

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.279
 is.

00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:32.779
 You've got

00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:33.940
 huge debts

00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:34.320
 and you've

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:34.820
 got no

00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:35.320
 assets

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.759
 and there's

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.080
 no way

00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.500
 to pay.

00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:37.419
 You've

00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:37.639
 got to

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:37.940
 declare

00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.580
 bankruptcy.

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.740
 Now

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.039
 what the

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.440
 Bible is

00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:44.879
 clear in

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.299
 saying is

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:45.919
 that every

00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.659
 human being

00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:47.879
 apart from

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.440
 Jesus of

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:48.659
 course

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.759
 every human

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.720
 being is

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:51.399
 spiritually

00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:51.879
 bankrupt

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.440
 for all

00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:53.159
 have sinned

00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:53.820
 and fall

00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.379
 short of

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.680
 the glory

00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.100
 of God.

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.280
 What makes

00:14:56.280 --> 00:14:56.980
 the poor

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.480
 in spirit

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:58.000
 different

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.960
 is that

00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.420
 the poor

00:14:59.420 --> 00:14:59.960
 in spirit

00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:00.600
 actually

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.360
 admit

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.000
 that they

00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.080
 are spiritually

00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:03.480
 bankrupt.

00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.800
 They declare

00:15:04.800 --> 00:15:05.620
 to God

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:05.960
 their

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.620
 spiritual

00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.680
 bankruptcy.

00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:09.480
 To be

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.860
 poor in

00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.180
 spirit

00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:10.600
 is to

00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.060
 humbly

00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:12.260
 admit

00:15:12.260 --> 00:15:13.100
 our

00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.700
 sorry

00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:14.400
 state

00:15:14.400 --> 00:15:14.720
 of

00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.440
 sinful

00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:16.340
 spiritual

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:17.580
 affairs.

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:21.040
 We're

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 spiritual

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 debtors.

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 we have

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 dug

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 ourselves

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 into

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 debt

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 so

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 deep

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 against

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 God

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 never

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 ever

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 repay

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 it.

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 And

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 when we

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 sin

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 against

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 God

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 it's

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 like

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 incurring

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 debt

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 with

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 compounding

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 interest.

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 Maybe

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 you have

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 one of

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 those

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 kinds

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 of

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 credit

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 cards

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 with

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 a

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 super

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 high

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 interest

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 rate

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 and

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 you

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 put

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 something

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 on

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 it

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 and

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 you

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 don't

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 pay

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 it

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 for

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 a

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 month

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 and

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 it

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 comes

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 back

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 and

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 you're

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 like

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 whoa

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 how did

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 it

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 become

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 a million

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 dollars

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 it's

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 compounding

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 interest.

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 Well when

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 we sin

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 against

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 God

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 it's

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 like

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 incurring

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 debt

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 not

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 with

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 a

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 compounding

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 interest

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 but

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 with

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 a

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 compounding

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 judgment.

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 We're

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 adding

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 up

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 wrath

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 over

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 our

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 heads.

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 Again

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 Romans

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 3

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 23

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 for

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 the

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 wages

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 of

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 sin

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 is

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 death.

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 I

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 sin

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 and

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 earn

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 judgment.

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 And

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 so

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 as

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 we

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 sin

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 we

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 are

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 racking

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 up

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 this

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 huge

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 compounding

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 debt

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 of

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 judgment

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 and

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 wrath

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 and

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 death

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 from

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 God.

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 At

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 this

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 point

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 you

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 might

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 be

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 saying

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 well

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 Pastor

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 Salvati

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 I

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 thought

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 that

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 this

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 whole

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 thing

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 was

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 good

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 news.

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 Can

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 we

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 get

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 to

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 the

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 good

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 of

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 the

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 good

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 news?

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 Not

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 yet.

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 for

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 those

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 have

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 been

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 given

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 eyes

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 to

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 see

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 their

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 spiritual

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 bankruptcy

00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:58.080
 we

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 realize

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 our

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 greatest

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 need

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 is

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 the

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 forgiveness

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 all

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 of

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 our

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 sin

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 against

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 him.

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 The

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 only

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 option

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 we

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 have

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 for

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 our

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 sin

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 is

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 for

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 God

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 to

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 forgive

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 us.

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 There's

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 nothing

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 else

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 do.

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 We

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 don't

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 have

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 any

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 assets.

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 We

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 don't

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 have

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 anything

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 do

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 to

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 work

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 it

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 off.

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 We

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 are

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 completely

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 and

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 utterly

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 dependent

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 on

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 the

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 generosity

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 of

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 God

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:27.799
 in

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 whom

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 we

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 are

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 indebted.

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 He's

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 the

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 only

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 one

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.640
 who

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 can

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 pay

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.180
 off

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.319
 our

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 debt.

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 And

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 so

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 here's

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 what the

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 poor

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.220
 in

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.460
 spirit

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.839
 say.

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 I

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:40.940
 see

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.180
 my

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.500
 debt

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.500
 against

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.880
 you

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.259
 God.

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.059
 I

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.400
 cannot

00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:44.740
 pay

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:44.980
 this

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.259
 debt.

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:45.759
 I

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:45.900
 have

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.360
 accrued

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:46.779
 against

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.099
 you.

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.399
 I

00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:48.559
 have

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.740
 no

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.240
 assets.

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.459
 I

00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:49.619
 have

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:49.819
 no

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.259
 collateral.

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:50.579
 I

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.619
 can

00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:51.980
 offer

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.219
 you

00:17:52.219 --> 00:17:52.699
 nothing.

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.359
 Nothing

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:53.659
 in

00:17:53.659 --> 00:17:54.079
 my

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.339
 hands

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.579
 I

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.819
 bring.

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:54.980
 I

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.179
 got

00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:55.639
 nothing.

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.240
 I

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.419
 just

00:17:56.419 --> 00:17:56.639
 got

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:56.859
 this

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.119
 debt.

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:57.659
 And

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:57.779
 I

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.059
 can't

00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.240
 pay

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.399
 it

00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:58.619
 off.

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 The

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:02.799
 only

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.139
 option

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.480
 is to

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.719
 go to

00:18:03.719 --> 00:18:03.799
 the

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:03.959
 one

00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:04.119
 you

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.379
 owe

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:04.579
 and

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.759
 say,

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:04.939
 will

00:18:04.939 --> 00:18:05.059
 you

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.439
 forgive

00:18:05.439 --> 00:18:05.639
 me

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:05.859
 my

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.139
 debt?

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:08.879
 Will

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.079
 you

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.359
 pay

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.619
 off

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:09.799
 your

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.159
 judgment

00:18:10.159 --> 00:18:10.480
 on

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.619
 me?

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:10.879
 Will

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.119
 you

00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:11.379
 pay

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.719
 off

00:18:11.719 --> 00:18:11.899
 the

00:18:11.899 --> 00:18:12.179
 holy

00:18:12.179 --> 00:18:12.579
 lien

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.119
 that

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.559
 you've

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:13.740
 put

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:13.980
 on

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.200
 me

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.440
 for

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:14.860
 my

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.200
 sin?

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.380
 You

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.559
 pay

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:16.660
 it

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:16.900
 off.

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:19.740
 And

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.019
 so

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.660
 the

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:20.880
 poor

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.059
 in

00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.400
 spirit

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.680
 are

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.599
 beggars.

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:24.900
 We

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.440
 recognize

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:25.839
 our

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.360
 spiritual

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:27.019
 condition,

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.279
 our

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.799
 bankruptcy.

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.279
 And

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.460
 there's

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:30.700
 no

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:30.960
 way

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.400
 out.

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 And

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 so

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:34.940
 we

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.220
 go to

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 the

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 one,

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 the

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 only

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 one,

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 and

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 we

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.099
 humbly

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 ask,

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 we

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 beg

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 in

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 one

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 sense

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 for

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 forgiveness

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:43.279
 to

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 pay

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.740
 off

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:43.980
 this

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.380
 debt.

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.440
 To

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.599
 be

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:47.839
 poor

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.019
 in

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.420
 spirit

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 is

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 in

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 one

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.779
 word

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.720
 to

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 be

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 humble.

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:54.799
 Isn't

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 that

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.400
 interesting

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:55.660
 where

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:55.940
 Jesus

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.519
 starts

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.160
 this

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.859
 manifesto?

00:18:59.519 --> 00:18:59.779
 Blessed

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 are the

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.319
 poor

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.500
 in

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.880
 spirit,

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.460
 blessed

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 are the

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.140
 humble.

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.620
 Blessed

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.019
 are those

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 who

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 really

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 see

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 their

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 actual

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 condition

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 before

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.539
 God.

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 And

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 so

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.059
 we

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 started

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 by

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 asking

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 what

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 does

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 it

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 mean

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 to

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 be

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 poor

00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:15.500
 in

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 spirit?

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 The

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 answer

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 is

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 to

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 be

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 humble

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 in

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 light

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.620
 of

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 your

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 spiritual

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.180
 bankruptcy

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.700
 before

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 God.

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.759
 To

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 admit

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 it.

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 I've

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 accrued

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 a debt

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.100
 that I

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 can't

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:28.700
 pay

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.519
 and

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 it's

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 a debt

00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.680
 against

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 God.

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 I

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 am

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 completely

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 and utterly

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 dependent

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 on the

00:19:35.280 --> 00:19:35.900
 generosity

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.600
 of God

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 utterly

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 to pay

00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:38.740
 off

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 the sin

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 debt.

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 It's

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 not

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.139
 easy to

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.579
 talk about

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:44.839
 debts

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.179
 is it?

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 Not

00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:47.699
 easy.

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.799
 Especially

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.419
 this debt.

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 The

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:52.839
 second

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.240
 question

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.859
 what gets

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.139
 in the

00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:54.480
 way

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.139
 of you

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 humbly

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.399
 declaring

00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.839
 your

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.379
 spiritual

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.079
 bankruptcy

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.619
 what gets

00:19:59.619 --> 00:19:59.859
 in the

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.220
 way of

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.519
 that?

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.519
 Well

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:02.839
 something

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.240
 gets in

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.539
 the way

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.899
 of that.

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.259
 And I

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.519
 just want

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.839
 to point

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.179
 to this

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 one

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:07.759
 thing.

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.459
 It's

00:20:10.459 --> 00:20:10.819
 failing

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.459
 to use

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 the

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.039
 true

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.779
 measure

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:14.159
 of what

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.839
 spiritual

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.399
 poverty

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.939
 is.

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.959
 We

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.319
 tend

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.599
 to

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:18.939
 prop

00:20:18.939 --> 00:20:19.359
 ourselves

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.699
 up

00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.240
 by our

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.619
 own

00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:20.980
 self

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.519
 righteousness.

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.679
 You

00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:23.939
 know

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:24.220
 what I'm

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 talking

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.839
 about.

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.779
 In

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:26.919
 order

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.339
 to keep

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 us

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:27.819
 from

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 seeing

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.599
 how

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.039
 sinful

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.439
 we

00:20:29.439 --> 00:20:29.759
 really

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.079
 are,

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.299
 what

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.519
 we

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.859
 do

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.759
 is

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.099
 measure

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.679
 ourselves

00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.079
 against

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.599
 people

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.619
 that we

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:35.819
 know

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.019
 are

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.339
 worse

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:36.639
 sinners

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:36.860
 than

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.180
 us.

00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:38.980
 We

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.259
 prop

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.700
 ourselves

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:39.980
 by

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.580
 comparing

00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:41.180
 ourselves

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.780
 measuring

00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:42.340
 ourselves

00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:42.700
 against

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.280
 those

00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:43.580
 who

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:44.000
 are

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.600
 in

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.020
 more

00:20:45.020 --> 00:20:45.440
 dire

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.880
 straits

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.180
 than

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.360
 we

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.480
 are

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.640
 or

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.820
 that

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.000
 we

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.400
 think

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.780
 are.

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:48.940
 Kind of

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.080
 goes

00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:49.280
 like

00:20:49.280 --> 00:20:49.580
 this.

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.600
 Hey,

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:50.780
 you know,

00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.060
 I know

00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:51.460
 I'm not

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.660
 perfect,

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.160
 but at

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.460
 least I

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.740
 didn't go

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.020
 cheating

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:54.600
 on my

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.160
 wife like

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.960
 that guy

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.320
 did.

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.960
 Seriously.

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.000
 Just

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.300
 propping

00:20:59.300 --> 00:20:59.900
 yourself up.

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:00.860
 Or

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.259
 remember

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.640
 you know

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:01.860
 who?

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:03.360
 At

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.759
 least I

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.080
 wasn't

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:04.480
 skimming

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.980
 off my

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.520
 company's

00:21:05.520 --> 00:21:06.180
 bottom line

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.600
 like he

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:06.960
 was.

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.420
 I'm not

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.080
 that bad.

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.680
 I mean,

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.240
 I get angry

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.820
 from one

00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:14.240
 at a time,

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.759
 but man,

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.360
 I don't

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.100
 light my

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.759
 kids up

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.240
 verbally

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.039
 like that

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.519
 person

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.000
 does.

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.820
 It's

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.340
 classic

00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.440
 self-righteousness.

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.320
 Classic.

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.460
 It's pride

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.080
 incarnate.

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.620
 It's pride

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.440
 in us.

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.460
 It's the

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.480
 opposite of

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.460
 spiritual poverty.

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.920
 It's

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.360
 the opposite

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.720
 of being

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.240
 poor in

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.579
 spirit.

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:38.980
 It's

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.360
 propping

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.160
 yourself up

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.500
 with your

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.700
 own

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.620
 self-righteousness.

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.720
 Making you

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.319
 feel yourself

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.660
 better in

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:44.980
 light of

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.819
 this person's

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.420
 problems.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.880
 Now,

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.160
 what you

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.440
 need to

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.019
 realize is

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:54.840
 that when

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.240
 we do

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.660
 this,

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.600
 we actually

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.180
 rack up

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.759
 more debt.

00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:02.359
 because when

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.660
 we sinfully

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.339
 judge in

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.859
 our pride

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.519
 like that,

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.379
 trying to

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.059
 cover over

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.779
 our spiritual

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.099
 debt,

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.559
 we're just

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.079
 taking on

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.660
 more spiritual

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:09.920
 debt.

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.119
 We're just

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.619
 proving the

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.140
 point that

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.480
 we are

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.920
 spiritually

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.339
 bankrupt.

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.079
 You guys

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.619
 feeling this?

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:21.859
 I've been

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.259
 living with this

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.740
 all week.

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.079
 Oh,

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.440
 and it gets

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.680
 good.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.000
 Hang on.

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:31.599
 when we

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.879
 measure

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.339
 ourselves

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.720
 against

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.359
 others,

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.339
 we're

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.339
 using the

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.900
 wrong

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.619
 measuring

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.039
 line.

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.940
 What you

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.519
 need to

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.799
 do,

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.799
 you do

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.160
 need to

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.379
 measure

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.859
 yourself,

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.440
 but you

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.700
 need to

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.099
 use the

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.480
 right

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.920
 measuring

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.279
 line.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.079
 And the

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.379
 right

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.819
 measuring

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.859
 line to

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.180
 compare

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.660
 yourself

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.660
 to is

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:51.900
 the

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.599
 objective,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.160
 unchanging

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.859
 standard of

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.220
 God's

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.000
 holiness as

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.660
 he's revealed

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.359
 in his

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.919
 law,

00:22:59.819 --> 00:22:59.959
 the

00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:00.240
 Bible.

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.039
 That's our

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.299
 measuring

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.619
 line.

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.039
 And Jesus

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.539
 goes right

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.799
 there.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.179
 In Matthew

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.519
 5,

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.159
 21 through

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:07.559
 22,

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.559
 in this

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.079
 section where

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.679
 Jesus talks

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:09.879
 about,

00:23:09.959 --> 00:23:10.419
 you've heard

00:23:10.419 --> 00:23:10.740
 it said

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.159
 this way,

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.579
 but I

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.899
 say,

00:23:12.479 --> 00:23:12.899
 let's just

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.759
 clarify what

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.539
 the intent

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.839
 of the

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.479
 law is.

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:16.579
 In Matthew

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:16.939
 5,

00:23:16.979 --> 00:23:17.500
 21 through

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.899
 22,

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.919
 we read

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.259
 this.

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.479
 You've

00:23:22.479 --> 00:23:22.779
 heard that

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.000
 it was

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.399
 said to

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.000
 those of

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.259
 old,

00:23:24.479 --> 00:23:24.799
 you shall

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.339
 not murder

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.899
 and whoever

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.319
 murders

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.740
 shall be

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.339
 liable to

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.759
 judgment.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.699
 And those

00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:28.980
 of us

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.220
 are like,

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.659
 whoo,

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.240
 oh man,

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.699
 I haven't

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.079
 murdered.

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.619
 I'm not

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 liable to

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:33.539
 judgment.

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:34.799
 Whoo.

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.720
 And then

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.039
 we read

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.339
 the but.

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.980
 But I

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.139
 say to

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.299
 you that

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.399
 everyone who's

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.220
 angry with

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.819
 his brother

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.399
 will be

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.199
 liable to

00:23:45.199 --> 00:23:45.679
 judgment.

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.039
 There's the

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.720
 measuring line.

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.359
 There it

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.619
 is.

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.699
 It's not

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.339
 measuring against

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.819
 each other.

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.519
 Jesus is

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.720
 squaring us

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.379
 against his

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.720
 word.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.659
 And look

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:56.959
 what he

00:23:56.959 --> 00:23:57.319
 says.

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.699
 Whoever

00:23:58.699 --> 00:23:59.399
 insults his

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.779
 brother will

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.480
 be liable to

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.619
 care.

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.139
 Do you

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.359
 know how

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.839
 many times

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.059
 I've

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.679
 insulted my

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:02.939
 brother,

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.299
 Scott?

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:06.079
 I don't,

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.500
 I can't,

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.879
 I don't know

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.099
 where to

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.359
 start.

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.139
 And then

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.639
 we read,

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.059
 and whoever

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.639
 says you

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:14.179
 fool to

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.799
 someone else

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.220
 will be

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.939
 liable to

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.299
 the hell

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.779
 of fire.

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.799
 Are you

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.240
 feeling the

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.079
 measuring line

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.679
 of God's

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.319
 holy law?

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.659
 And what

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.319
 it exposes

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.099
 in us

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.939
 is our

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:29.439
 bankruptcy.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.639
 It proves

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.740
 that I am

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.539
 a lawbreaker.

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.399
 Jesus goes

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.700
 on, if

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.859
 you're walking

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.539
 clean there,

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.379
 no problems

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.980
 with murder

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.539
 or getting

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.879
 angry,

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.899
 next thing

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.200
 that Jesus

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.759
 talks about

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.220
 is lust.

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.659
 You've

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:44.960
 heard that

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.200
 it was

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.439
 said,

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.720
 you shall

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.159
 not commit

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.519
 murder,

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.019
 but I

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.339
 say to

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.579
 you that

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.859
 everyone

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.259
 who looks

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.500
 at a

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.859
 woman with

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.220
 lustful

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.740
 intent has

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.099
 already

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.460
 committed

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.919
 adultery

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.279
 with her

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.500
 in his

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.779
 heart.

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.240
 What a

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.940
 measuring line

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.560
 is that?

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.840
 It shows

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.220
 that every

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.759
 one of us

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.220
 comes up

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.900
 way short.

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.000
 We're all

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.460
 living under

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.920
 the poverty

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.259
 line.

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.019
 What keeps

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.140
 us from

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:12.120
 declaring our

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.560
 spiritual

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.100
 bankruptcy

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.920
 is our

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.360
 self-righteous

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.039
 pride.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.300
 That's what it

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:17.519
 is.

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.799
 what keeps

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.180
 us from

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.639
 seeing us

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:19.920
 as we

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.379
 really are

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.799
 is our

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.180
 pride.

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.500
 And what

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.099
 God uses

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.660
 his word

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.500
 for is to

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:28.019
 expose it,

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.460
 expose our

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.879
 sin.

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.139
 We learn

00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:33.900
 at different

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.500
 places in

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.879
 the Bible,

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.339
 God opposes

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.339
 the proud,

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.779
 but gives

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:40.740
 grace to

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.259
 the humble.

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.480
 And so

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.859
 when we

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.319
 measure

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.160
 ourselves

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.500
 against

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.800
 other

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.180
 people,

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.400
 do you

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.660
 know what?

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.540
 There's no

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:49.960
 blessing

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.300
 there.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.940
 There's no

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.300
 blessing

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:52.600
 there.

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.300
 There's only

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:53.980
 curse there.

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.940
 But when we

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.920
 measure ourselves

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.480
 up against

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.080
 God's holy

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.440
 word,

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.120
 his law,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.980
 we start to

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.500
 see ourselves

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.120
 for who we

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.320
 are.

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.519
 We start to

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.220
 humble ourselves

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.540
 and say,

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:05.840
 oh yeah,

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.519
 that's true.

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.380
 Help me!

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.100
 There's where

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.400
 we meet

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.700
 grace.

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:15.220
 The poor

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.680
 in spirit

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.259
 humbly

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.920
 declare that

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.500
 their spiritual

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.100
 bankruptcy

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:19.180
 bankruptcy be.

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.039
 They are

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.460
 spiritually

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.860
 bankrupt.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.340
 Because they've

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:24.240
 honestly come to

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.120
 God's law and

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.620
 come to the

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.259
 conclusion that

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.700
 they need to

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.259
 come to and

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.820
 say, yes,

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.380
 I'm a sinner.

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.759
 I get angry,

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.539
 sinfully angry.

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.279
 I've lusted and

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.759
 it's wrong.

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.620
 The law

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:38.120
 exposes us

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.060
 as law

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.759
 breakers,

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.539
 as sinners.

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.740
 sinners.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.659
 It's all by

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.180
 design.

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.500
 Just kind of

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.079
 on a side

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.319
 note,

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.940
 the Apostle

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.599
 Paul spends

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.279
 some time in

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.079
 Galatians 3

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.940
 and Romans 7

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.859
 talking about the

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.659
 role of the

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:52.940
 law.

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.779
 And he says,

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.980
 the law of God

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.799
 is good.

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.879
 But he also

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.359
 says,

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.759
 the law doesn't

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.480
 save you.

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.779
 It can't.

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.259
 And so we

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.460
 ask,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.639
 well,

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.480
 what's it for?

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.980
 And then he

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.799
 says to us,

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:08.079
 it's to expose

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.759
 your sin.

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.500
 It's to make

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.660
 your sin utterly

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.240
 sinful.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.640
 It's to show

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.360
 you how sinful

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.079
 you are so

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.839
 that you realize

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.620
 your need for

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.180
 the Savior.

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.500
 The law

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:21.160
 leads us by

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.180
 the hand to

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.740
 the Savior.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.720
 It shows us

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.240
 our spiritual

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.740
 bankruptcy.

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.559
 It exposes

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.640
 our need to

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.220
 benefit from

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.160
 God's generosity

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.180
 that he has

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.200
 provided for us

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.620
 in Jesus.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.940
 Jesus.

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.680
 Jesus is God's

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:46.620
 debt relief

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.140
 program

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:49.240
 for the

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.620
 spiritually

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:49.980
 bankrupt.

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:53.120
 Which brings

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:55.180
 us to the

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.819
 third question.

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.059
 So what gets

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.579
 in the way

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.200
 of declaring

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.980
 spiritual bankruptcy?

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.700
 Our pride.

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.900
 Our pride.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.440
 But we need

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.839
 good news,

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.200
 don't we?

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.920
 We need

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.440
 good news.

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.120
 What's the

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.620
 good news

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.200
 for the poor

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.720
 in spirit?

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.720
 What's the

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.319
 good news

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.819
 for those

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.360
 who declared

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.940
 spiritual

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.460
 bankruptcy?

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.599
 What is the

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.039
 good news?

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.380
 Because you

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.660
 know what?

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.220
 I know I

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.620
 want to hear

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.980
 it again.

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.000
 Does anybody

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.400
 in the room

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.759
 want to hear

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:22.900
 it?

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.259
 Do you know

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.519
 what I was

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.960
 lying in my

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.759
 bed last night

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.079
 doing?

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.379
 I was

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.240
 praising my

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.960
 God for

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.379
 forgiving me

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.980
 my debt

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.579
 in Jesus.

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.059
 Jesus paid

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.439
 it all.

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.099
 All to him

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.419
 I owe.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.159
 The promised

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.299
 blessing for the

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.359
 spiritually bankrupt

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.859
 is right here

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:47.939
 in Matthew

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.639
 5.3.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.139
 Blessed are the

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.799
 poor in spirit

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.119
 for theirs

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.479
 is the

00:28:54.479 --> 00:28:55.319
 kingdom of

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.699
 heaven.

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:58.299
 God promises

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.359
 the kingdom

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.739
 to the poor

00:29:00.739 --> 00:29:01.579
 in spirit.

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:04.239
 God promises

00:29:04.239 --> 00:29:04.939
 to those who

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.979
 humble themselves

00:29:05.979 --> 00:29:07.139
 and declare

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:08.899
 spiritual bankruptcy

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.699
 He promises

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.319
 blessing.

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.979
 We have a

00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.659
 generous God.

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.959
 The God of the

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:16.699
 Bible is a

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.559
 generous God.

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.119
 We read it

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.039
 I started

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.859
 this service

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.779
 in Psalm 103.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.099
 He is a

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.959
 God who

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.679
 forgives.

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.779
 He loves

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.299
 to forgive.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.279
 He loves

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.819
 to cancel

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.319
 debts.

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.659
 The

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.259
 theirs

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.859
 of Matthew

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.519
 5.3

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.519
 for theirs

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.579
 is the

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:40.980
 kingdom of

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.179
 heaven.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.899
 Talking about

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.299
 the poor

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.759
 in spirit.

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.759
 For theirs

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.399
 blessed are the

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.879
 poor in spirit

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.639
 for theirs

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.219
 is the

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:49.939
 kingdom of

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.259
 heaven.

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.579
 Theirs and

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.379
 only theirs.

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.280
 Check this

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:53.460
 out.

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 You ready?

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.780
 If we

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:57.060
 gathered all

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.060
 of the

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:59.060
 citizens of

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.380
 the kingdom

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.760
 of heaven

00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:00.320
 in Kenosha

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:01.340
 and brought

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.860
 them right

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.480
 here to

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.660
 library square

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.320
 do you know

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.600
 what would be

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:04.920
 true of

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.320
 everyone?

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:07.120
 They're poor

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.580
 in spirit.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.400
 They've declared

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.340
 spiritual bankruptcy.

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:12.040
 It's required.

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.340
 You can't get

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.340
 into the kingdom

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.660
 of heaven

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.320
 without it.

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.800
 You've got to

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.800
 recognize first

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.359
 and foremost

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.319
 your need

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.859
 your spiritual

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:22.159
 debt that

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.859
 you owe

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.659
 and cannot

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.200
 pay.

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.259
 To them

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.779
 belong the

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.339
 citizens of

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.539
 heaven.

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.519
 But those

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.379
 who populate

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.819
 the kingdom

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.339
 of heaven

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.139
 are not just

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.619
 spiritual beggars.

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.799
 They are those

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.460
 who have been

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:39.059
 forgiven of

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.879
 their great

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.839
 debt.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.519
 What is

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.779
 God's debt

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.700
 relief program?

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.359
 It's not a

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.680
 program.

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.120
 It's a

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.480
 person.

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.480
 It's Jesus.

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.539
 Man,

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.539
 Jesus is

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.200
 awesome!

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.140
 So,

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.200
 here we are

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.600
 at the beginning

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.180
 of Matthew

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.200
 and he's just

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.660
 starting on

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.759
 his manifesto.

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.160
 If we

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.340
 fast forward

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.759
 through the

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.080
 book of

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.400
 Matthew,

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.240
 go right

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.440
 ahead.

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.940
 Matthew

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.640
 chapter 20

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.980
 if you want

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.259
 to turn

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.500
 there.

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.539
 Jesus is

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.000
 on his way

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.560
 to Jerusalem

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.980
 and he's

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.460
 cruising with

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.060
 his disciples

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:10.000
 and his

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.620
 disciples are

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.039
 freaks.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.539
 It's going

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.940
 to be really

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.380
 encouraging.

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.840
 They don't

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.200
 get it.

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.600
 They make

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.140
 mistakes.

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.519
 It's like

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.080
 that's me.

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.660
 I get it.

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.440
 They're

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.860
 kind of

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.100
 in an

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.420
 argument

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.019
 of who's

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.480
 the greatest.

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.000
 Actually,

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.779
 James and

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.240
 John's

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.560
 mama goes

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.140
 to Jesus

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.779
 and say,

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.180
 hey,

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.460
 Jesus,

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.759
 can you

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.140
 reserve the

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.799
 best spots

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.240
 next to

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.720
 you in

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.100
 the kingdom

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.539
 for my

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.920
 sons?

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.220
 Can you

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.500
 do that

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.860
 for me?

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.060
 The other

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.740
 disciples hear

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.019
 about it

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.180
 and they

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.799
 freak out.

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.060
 And so

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.640
 Jesus takes

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.320
 the opportunity.

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.200
 He takes

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.820
 the opportunity

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.519
 to talk about

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.240
 greatness in

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.600
 the kingdom.

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.380
 In chapter

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.740
 20,

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.400
 verse 26,

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.880
 he says

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.100
 this,

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.180
 whoever would

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.660
 be great

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.240
 among you

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.720
 must be

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.259
 your servant.

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.680
 The kingdom

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.200
 is upside

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.700
 down.

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.120
 It turns

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.560
 everything

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.279
 upside down.

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.820
 But what I

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.200
 want you to

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.539
 see is what

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.960
 he says in

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.519
 verse 28.

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:59.220
 whoever would

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.599
 be great

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.960
 among you

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.299
 must be

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.680
 your servant.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.180
 26.

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:01.960
 And then

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.420
 he says,

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.259
 the son

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.779
 of man,

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.259
 referring to

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.660
 himself,

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.119
 the son

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.579
 of man

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.500
 came not

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.879
 to be

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.359
 served,

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.019
 but to

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.619
 serve.

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.359
 How?

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.720
 To give

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.500
 his life

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.879
 as a

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.420
 ransom

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:19.160
 for many.

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.980
 There it is.

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.440
 There's your

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.900
 good news,

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.240
 debtor.

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.200
 There's the

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.680
 payment.

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.660
 Ransom

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.700
 is a

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.120
 payment.

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.480
 Jesus came

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.779
 to give

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.380
 his life

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.200
 as a

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.559
 ransom

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.960
 for the

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.519
 poor in

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.940
 spirit,

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.500
 for the

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.980
 spiritually

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.519
 bankrupt.

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.940
 He came

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.640
 to pay

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.559
 that which

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.319
 none of us

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.759
 could pay.

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.160
 He took

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.120
 on and

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.039
 paid our

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.120
 years of

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:48.120
 sin debt

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.059
 that have

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.620
 accumulated

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.779
 against us.

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.899
 He paid

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:53.019
 it all.

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.220
 And that's

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.500
 the good

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.899
 news.

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.500
 He gave

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.180
 his life

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.920
 as a

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.619
 full payment

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.440
 for the

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.980
 sin debt

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.420
 of the

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.019
 poor in

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.599
 spirit.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.160
 Blessed

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.200
 are the

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.660
 poor in

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.980
 spirit,

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.920
 for theirs

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.240
 is the

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.680
 kingdom of

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.940
 heaven.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.940
 Colossians 2,

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.460
 13 and

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.740
 14,

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.220
 get at it

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.639
 this way.

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.339
 He has

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.059
 delivered us

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.440
 from the

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.899
 domain of

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.220
 darkness

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.079
 and transferred

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.819
 us to the

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.339
 kingdom of

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.819
 his beloved

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.259
 son,

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.859
 which is

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.500
 awesome.

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.980
 We're under

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.380
 the reign

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.779
 of Jesus,

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.140
 right?

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.980
 But then you

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.960
 read 14 and

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.299
 then it

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:25.119
 like glows

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.980
 in awesomeness.

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.000
 Transferred

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.880
 us to the

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.259
 kingdom of

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.660
 his beloved

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.960
 son in

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.900
 whom the

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.359
 son,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.099
 Jesus,

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.980
 in whom

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.519
 we have

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.079
 redemption.

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.200
 That's payment

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.859
 language.

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.240
 Purchase

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.859
 language.

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.119
 In whom we

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.759
 have redemption.

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.799
 The forgiveness

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.500
 of our sins.

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:47.660
 Do you

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.000
 know what's

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.599
 amazing about

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.099
 a kingdom

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.539
 citizen?

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.460
 We go

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.119
 through life

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:53.640
 with all

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:53.920
 of our

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.700
 debt paid.

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.519
 Done.

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.359
 Past.

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.759
 Done.

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.940
 Present debt.

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.660
 Done.

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.519
 Future debt.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.619
 Paid in

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.960
 full.

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.619
 Do you

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:06.859
 know how

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.180
 it's paid

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.460
 in full?

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.099
 Paid with

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.380
 Jesus'

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.719
 blood.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.860
 It's paid

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.380
 that way.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.920
 I didn't

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.340
 pay my

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.599
 debt.

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.739
 You can't

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.079
 pay your

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.360
 debt.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.699
 God paid

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.079
 your debt.

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.019
 Our

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.380
 generous

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.780
 God.

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.840
 And he

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.260
 paid it

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.239
 through the

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.539
 blood of

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.780
 Jesus.

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.480
 All

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.079
 morning long

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.340
 I've been

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.599
 like,

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.559
 I don't

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.880
 have a good

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.179
 memory.

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.880
 So like I

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.500
 remember the

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.059
 first couple

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.139
 kind of words

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.639
 of a song

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.059
 and then I'm

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.260
 done.

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.280
 But I've

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.639
 been singing

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:42.000
 Jesus paid

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.599
 it all.

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:44.239
 All to

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.779
 him I

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.019
 owe.

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.400
 Then I

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.920
 forget the

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.219
 rest of

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.339
 it.

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:47.900
 So I

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.199
 just start

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.440
 again.

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.719
 Jesus paid

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.099
 it all.

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.440
 All to

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.880
 him I

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.179
 owe.

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.679
 Sin had

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.480
 left a

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.539
 bitter stain.

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.619
 He,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.259
 what?

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.059
 I remember,

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.179
 washed it

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.639
 white as

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:01.799
 snow.

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.400
 Oh man.

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.599
 Forgiven.

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.339
 Paid it

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.519
 all.

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.940
 That's the

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:11.239
 blessedness of

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.000
 being poor in

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.300
 spirit.

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.019
 Your debt

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:16.239
 is paid.

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.579
 You're a

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.360
 citizen of

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.940
 the kingdom.

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.179
 Done.

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.980
 Jesus paid

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.320
 it all.

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.340
 So what is

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.639
 the good

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.659
 news to

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.320
 the spiritually

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.780
 bankrupt?

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.699
 God is a

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.940
 generous

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.380
 God.

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.320
 And in

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.960
 Jesus he

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.900
 pays it

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.300
 all.

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.980
 I'm going

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.280
 to wrap

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.619
 up by

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:54.440
 asking a

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.079
 question and

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.559
 then making,

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.679
 calling you to

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.000
 something.

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.079
 Okay.

00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:04.480
 have you

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:06.699
 declared

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.299
 spiritual

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.819
 bankruptcy

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:09.739
 to God?

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.199
 Have you?

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.920
 Have you

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.920
 recognized

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.819
 that all

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.539
 that sin

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.400
 that's piled up

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.059
 against you

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.860
 is piled up

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.699
 like debt

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:23.500
 and you can't

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.860
 pay it

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.259
 yourself?

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.639
 You don't

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.099
 got it.

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.139
 Your only

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.799
 option is

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.339
 bankruptcy.

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.000
 Have you

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.319
 gone to

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.699
 God with

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:29.859
 that?

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.559
 Have you?

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.059
 Have you?

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.420
 If you

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.859
 haven't,

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.420
 go.

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:37.639
 Tell him,

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.559
 I don't

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.039
 got it.

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.759
 Will you be

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.339
 generous and

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.900
 forgive me?

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.420
 And the God

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.859
 of the Bible

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.519
 always says

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.819
 yes.

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.639
 He always

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.279
 says yes.

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.719
 In Christ

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.119
 Jesus,

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.659
 he says

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.279
 yes.

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.279
 Humble

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.859
 yourself.

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.199
 Admit

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.439
 you're

00:36:57.439 --> 00:36:57.859
 spiritually

00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.279
 bankrupt.

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.079
 The second

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.599
 thing I want

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.099
 to say is

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.500
 for those

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.879
 of us who

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.179
 have already

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.539
 declared

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.000
 spiritual

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.439
 bankruptcy,

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.299
 bankruptcy

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.980
 is something

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.359
 you never

00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:06.759
 forget.

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.139
 Never

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.500
 forget

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.899
 yours.

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.719
 Never

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.279
 forget the

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.559
 generous

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.019
 God who

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.359
 paid it

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:12.679
 in full

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.000
 through the

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.319
 blood of

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:13.559
 Jesus.

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:13.980
 Never

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.519
 forget it.

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:15.699
 Rejoice

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.000
 in it.

00:37:16.839 --> 00:37:17.179
 Sometimes

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.619
 it's hard

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.039
 to rejoice

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.299
 in.

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.299
 Because to

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:19.859
 rejoice in it

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.179
 you've got to

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.919
 remember the

00:37:21.919 --> 00:37:22.539
 debtor you

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.960
 were.

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.219
 But it

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.019
 always leads

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.539
 to the

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.980
 generous

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.819
 God we

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.379
 have.

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.039
 It always

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.699
 leads to the

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.239
 blood that

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.819
 was spent

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.619
 for you.

00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.259
 And you

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.819
 are fully

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.279
 forgiven.

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.119
 Fully

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.480
 forgiven.

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.279
 Rejoice.

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.440
 Do what I

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.839
 did last

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:40.079
 night.

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.659
 Lie in your

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.940
 bed rejoicing.

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.639
 Blessed are

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.219
 the poor in

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.539
 spirit.

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.359
 I'm one.

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.119
 I'm one.

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:53.719
 third thing I

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.199
 want to say

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:55.960
 are to my

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.480
 brothers and

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.000
 sisters in

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.500
 Christ who

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.859
 regularly

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.579
 experience what

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.419
 I experience

00:37:59.419 --> 00:38:00.879
 and that is

00:38:00.879 --> 00:38:01.639
 a past

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.759
 creditor who

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.659
 comes knocking.

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.019
 Past sin.

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.119
 Past debt.

00:38:08.919 --> 00:38:09.599
 Comes knocking

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.099
 on your door

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.919
 and they're like

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.719
 remember what

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.659
 you did 15

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.059
 years ago?

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.259
 Do you

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.599
 remember that?

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.039
 Do you know

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.339
 what happens?

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.719
 You know when the

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.679
 creditor comes

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.119
 knocking.

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.139
 Christian.

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.439
 And they want

00:38:22.439 --> 00:38:23.359
 to remind you

00:38:23.359 --> 00:38:24.559
 of past sin.

00:38:24.959 --> 00:38:25.199
 Do you know

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.519
 what you do

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.919
 when you open

00:38:25.919 --> 00:38:26.239
 the door?

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.019
 Jesus paid

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.759
 it all.

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.619
 All to him.

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.239
 I slammed

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.799
 the door in

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.419
 his face.

00:38:34.419 --> 00:38:34.899
 Man.

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.739
 Get out of

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:35.980
 here.

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.179
 That's what

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.459
 you do.

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:42.900
 The last

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.260
 thing I want

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.659
 to say is

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:43.920
 this.

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.059
 The last

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.360
 thing I want

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.619
 to say is

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:48.920
 this.

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.039
 Fellow

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.579
 beggars.

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.659
 Fellow

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:59.000
 declarers of

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.500
 bankruptcy.

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.900
 Whether you

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.699
 are loaded

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.539
 with the

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.400
 world's goods

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.519
 now or

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.119
 whether you

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.159
 are broke.

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.280
 You got

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.740
 nothing.

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.059
 Maybe you

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.000
 got letters

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.800
 of overdraft

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.960
 statements on

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.880
 your kitchen

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.260
 counter.

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:17.619
 Regardless

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.940
 of what

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.900
 you got.

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.480
 We're all

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.860
 spiritual

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.699
 debtors.

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.940
 It's an

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.740
 even playing

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.400
 ground for

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.840
 us.

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.900
 So look

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.220
 around.

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:31.980
 We're all

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.599
 debtors to

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:32.900
 God.

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.500
 We're all

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.059
 debtors and

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.639
 we've all

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.320
 had it paid

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.720
 in full.

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.179
 There is

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:39.019
 no room

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.519
 for pride

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.840
 in this

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.059
 room.

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.420
 None.

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:42.960
 No room

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.300
 to think

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.659
 you're better

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.139
 than someone

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.579
 else because

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.079
 you've got

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.480
 piles of

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.740
 money.

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.079
 No room.

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.220
 And if you

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.559
 don't have

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.980
 any money,

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.099
 don't think

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.780
 less of

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.179
 yourself.

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.360
 Because we're

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.860
 all,

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.940
 we're all

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.720
 forgiven much.

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.139
 We're all

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.820
 forgiven much.

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.519
 God.

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.059
 God.

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.640
 God.

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:02.140
 God.

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:03.200
 God.

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:04.180
 The prized

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.220
 character trait

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:05.660
 of the

00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:06.140
 kingdom of

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.620
 heaven is

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.180
 where Jesus

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.640
 starts.

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.039
 To be poor

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.519
 in spirit.

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.240
 To be

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:10.539
 humble.

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:12.019
 God delights

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.620
 in that.

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.940
 He doesn't

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.600
 call us to

00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:15.680
 self-centered

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.260
 pride.

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.140
 The selfie

00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:17.620
 kingdom.

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.220
 What He does

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.920
 call us to

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:22.760
 is a God

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.320
 dependent

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:23.920
 humility.

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:24.539
 We will

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:26.360
 always be

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.980
 completely

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:30.320
 and utterly dependent on the generosity of God.

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.320
 And he's made it known in Jesus.

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:36.059
 Paid in full, brothers and sisters.

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:38.380
 Blessed are the poor in spirit.

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.219
 Let me pray.

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.179
 Lord Jesus, we are so grateful.

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:46.719
 We know you're at the right hand of the Father right now.

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.659
 We know it.

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.940
 You are a risen King.

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:51.460
 Thank you for shedding your blood for us.

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:53.380
 Thank you for paying it in full.

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.719
 Thank you, God, that we are blessed,

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:57.759
 that we are citizens of your kingdom.

00:40:58.459 --> 00:40:59.819
 God, we thank you so much.

00:41:03.359 --> 00:41:07.219
 Lord, would you do a work in us as a people

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:12.679
 where we just rejoice again and again

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.319
 in the generosity of our God

00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:18.019
 through the payment of our sin debt

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.480
 through the blood of Jesus.

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:22.599
 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

00:41:23.439 --> 00:41:24.599
 Jesus, you paid it all.

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.659
 In your name we pray.

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.539
 Amen.

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.639
 Amen.