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 Matthew 5, 1-12. Sometimes, you know, there's things in life, aren't there, that just, they're really hard to get going, they're really hard to get into.

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 A little bit like exercise. You know, don't you, there's certain times you're supposed to do exercise. And you know the time when you're supposed to start doing it. It's just so hard to get in the gym or to get out for a run or to do those things.

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 It's a really difficult thing to start. And you just need to get on with it and do it and start it. And it's a bit like that when you come to a two-part sermon.

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 You just have to get on with it. And you just have to get into it again. And last week, you'll know if you were here, we dealt with the first half of the Beatitudes.

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 Beatitudes. And we mentioned several things about the Beatitudes. We said you've got to take them as a whole. Don't divide them up.

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 Don't carve them up individually and think, well, I'm not bad at being merciful, but I'm not so pure in heart.

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 We're meant to take them together. They are a total description of the disciple of Jesus.

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 And you need to remember, secondly, the audience to whom they were spoken to. They were spoken to the disciples of Jesus.

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 In other words, they're not for every Tom, Dick and Harry out there. They are not spoken to the pagan world at large.

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 They're not a manifesto for a government. They are spoken to the followers of Jesus Christ.

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 And they are descriptive of God's people.

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 The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapter 5, 6 and 7, is not meant for all people.

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 It is particularly aimed at Jesus' disciples.

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 And so we said that the first thing that Jesus does in these Beatitudes is he gives us a description, then, of kingdom people.

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 A description of kingdom people. That was the major point.

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 He describes kingdom people. And he describes them as to their condition.

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 So we looked at verse 3 and 4 and 5 and 6.

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 And we said the one thing that runs as a theme through those verses, through those first four Beatitudes,

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 is essentially common to them all. It's that theme of being destitute.

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 That they describe God's people as having needs.

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 They are not completely filled.

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 God's people still mourn over their sin.

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 And over the church's sin.

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 That repentance is continual.

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 They hunger and they thirst for righteousness.

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 They thirst to be conformed

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 to God's will

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 for their lives

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 and for this world.

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 And so it describes them according to their needs.

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 And then you have this description of God's people.

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 Not only the condition

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 of God's people, but the character

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 of God's people. That's the first thing this morning.

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 A description of their character.

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 And you see that in verses 7

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 and 8 and 9.

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 How blessed are the merciful

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 and the pure in heart

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 and the peacemakers.

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 So he's describing

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 kingdom people.

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 He looks at their character

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 and look what it says.

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 It says,

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 How blessed

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 are the merciful

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 verse 7.

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 This word is one that is used

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 when they translated

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 the Old Testament into Greek

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 about 200 BC or so.

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 They use this word

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 merciful

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 in the Old Testament

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 about 18 times.

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 13 of those 18 times

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 it refers to the Lord.

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 And it describes the Lord

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 as merciful

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 or gracious.

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 Especially in the fact

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 that he

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 withholds judgment.

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 And he forgives sin.

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 And he withholds punishment.

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 He doesn't treat his people

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 as they deserve.

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 He is merciful

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 in that sense.

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 And that is the majority

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 of the way that it's used

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 when it's describing the Lord.

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 And so it's interesting

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 isn't it?

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 When Jesus should describe

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 his people

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 as ones who are merciful.

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 That is they take on

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 their father's characteristic

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 in that they delight

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 to be able to forgive others

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 when wrong is committed

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 against them.

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 They are a kind people.

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 They are a pardoning people.

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 They've received

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 the mercy of God

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 in their own lives.

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 They know that they've not

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 been treated by God

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 as they deserve to be.

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 They know that they've been

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 forgiven for Christ's sake.

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 And that has left

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 its mark upon them.

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 And so they can't help

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 but let that mercy

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 flow out to others

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 who wrong them.

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 And so they reflect

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 the father's characteristics.

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 And then he says

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 verse 8

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 How blessed

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 are the pure in heart.

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 Who are the pure in heart?

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 What does that mean?

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 I think immediately

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 in our culture

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 for some of us

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 that immediately goes

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 to kind of sexual sin

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 isn't it?

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 The pure in heart

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 are not like that.

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 They don't think

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 rude thoughts.

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 They're not infected

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 by the world.

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 But actually

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 as we saw last week

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 we need to remember

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 don't we?

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 Bible words have

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 Bible meanings.

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 What does it mean?

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 What is this idea

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 of being pure in heart?

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 It's not so much

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 that of being

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 undefiled

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 but actually

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 that of being

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 undivided.

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 We see

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 say pure in heart

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 let me try to get it

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 this way.

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 When they translated

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 the Old Testament

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 into Greek

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 the very word

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 pure was used

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 in reference

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 to the tabernacle.

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 So as you remember

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 we went through

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 Exodus a few years ago

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 we came to the instructions

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 about the tabernacle

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 and in those latter chapters

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 of Moses

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 of Exodus

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 when God is giving

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 Moses

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 those instructions

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 on how are you going

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 to build the tabernacle

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 what furniture

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 are you allowed to use?

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 He talked various times

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 about different types

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 of furniture

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 that they would put

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 in the tent of God

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 and he said

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 over and over again

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 that they would be

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 covered in pure gold.

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 Again and again

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 and again

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 pure gold.

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 It means gold

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 that's unmixed

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 with other metals.

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 It means gold

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 or metal

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 that doesn't have

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 anything mixed

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 with it.

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 It is

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 pure gold.

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 It is gold

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 gold

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 quite literally.

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 The idea

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 of being unmixed

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 of being whole

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 of being complete

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 that is

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 pure.

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 Abraham

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 or to take

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 another background

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 in Genesis chapter

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 20 and verses

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 5 to 6

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 you've got this

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 little story

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 about Abraham

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 passing off

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 Sarah

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 as his sister

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 and because he

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 pretended that

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 Sarah was his

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 sister

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 Abimelech

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 that Philistine

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 thought

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 well I'll take

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 Sarah as my wife

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 she's available

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 because after all

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 she's only Abraham's

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 sister

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 and so

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 Abimelech

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 adds Sarah

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 to his

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 harim

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 he'd not had

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 sexual relationships

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 with her yet

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 but he'd taken her

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 into his household

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 and into his

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 harim

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 and the Lord

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 confronts Abimelech

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 about that

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 and he says

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 well Abraham

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 it's not my fault

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 Abraham told me

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 she was his sister

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 he says

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 why

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 in the wholeness

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 of my heart

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 in the innocence

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 of my hands

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 I've done this

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 that's the idea

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 the innocence

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 of my hands

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 the wholeness

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 of my heart

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 he said

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 I didn't have any

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 underhanded

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 scheme at work

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 there was no

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 devious design

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 I acted in

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 integrity

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 towards Sarah

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 and so

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 when they used

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 when they translated

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 it into the Greek

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 they used this

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 with a pure heart

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 I've done this

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 that's what it is

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 in our vision

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 with a pure heart

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 in the wholeness

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 of my heart

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 wholeness

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 and undivided

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 hearts

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 not mixed

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 with other

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 motives

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 and this

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 may well

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 be what

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 Jesus means

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 when he speaks

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 about blessed

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 are the pure

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 in heart

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 that is

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 their whole

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 heart

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 is devoted

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 in affection

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 to their

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 father

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 they don't

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 have a

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 divided

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 heart

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 they don't

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 have other

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 allegiances

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 and so on

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 but it is

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 all focused

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 on their

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 God

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 and their

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 kingdom

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 how blessed

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 are the pure

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 in heart

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 verse 9

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 how blessed

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 are the

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 peacemakers

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 for they

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 will be called

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 sons of

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 God

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 and immediately

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 we think

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 well this is

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 exactly what

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 our world

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 needs

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 isn't it

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 peacemakers

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 and negotiators

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 between nations

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 on the international

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 scene

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 the united

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 nations

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 how blessed

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 are the

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 peacemakers

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 that's why

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 you should

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 go into

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 the army

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 blessed

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 are the

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 peacemakers

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 well forget

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 all that

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 I'm not

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 saying the

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 world peace

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 doesn't

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 matter

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 but the

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 tendency

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 is to

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 always

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 when we

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 come to

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 the

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 bible

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 I think

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 we

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 we get

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 a big

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 general

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 picture

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 and we

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 think about

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 the big

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 problems

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 which allows

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 you and

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 I just

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 to wiggle

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 out from

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 under the

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 word of

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 God

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 so let's

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 stick with

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 the disciples

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 of Jesus

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 being

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 peacemakers

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 what does

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 that mean

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 we know

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 that it

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 doesn't mean

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 that you

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 ignore

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 wrong

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 it doesn't

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 mean that

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 you cover

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 over wrong

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 and act

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 like it's

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 not there

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 doesn't even

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 necessarily mean

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 that you

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 avoid

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 conflict

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 in fact

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 blessed are

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 the peacemakers

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 and that

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 means that

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 sometimes

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 there must

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 be

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 there has

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 to be

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 conflict

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 sometimes

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 you have

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 to confront

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 and you

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 have to

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 confront

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 wrong

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 and sin

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 and error

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 before peace

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 and any

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 real peace

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 can be

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 restored

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 sometimes

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 church

00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:06.279
 leaders

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 have to

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 fight

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 they

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 must

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 fight

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 Jesus

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 is not

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 saying

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 appease

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 everybody

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 it is

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 not

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 appeasement

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 making

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 it is

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 peacemaking

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 and we

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 need to

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 keep that

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 in mind

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 it's not

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 peacetalkers

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 it's not

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 peacethinkers

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 but it's

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 peacemakers

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 and the

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 disciples

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 of Jesus

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 who act

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 in this

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 way

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 they are

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 blessed

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 and I

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 want to

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 say to

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 you

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 you are

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 in the

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 greatest

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 laboratory

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 that you

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 could

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 you will

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 ever need

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 to be in

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 for

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 practicing

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 peacemaking

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 church

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 because

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 after

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 15 years

00:10:48.439 --> 00:10:49.039
 of working

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 for the

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 church

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 and a

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 lifetime

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 of being

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 in the

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 church

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 I want

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 to say

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 to you

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 there is

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 nowhere else

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 on earth

00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:53.559
 that I

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 can think

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 of where

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 you can

00:10:54.579 --> 00:10:55.199
 become more

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 exasperated

00:10:55.939 --> 00:10:56.500
 with people

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 than the

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 church

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 I've just

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 spent a

00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:00.899
 week with

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 different people

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 moaning to

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 me about

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 problems in

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 their church

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 do you

00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:06.259
 remember what

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 you promised

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 when you

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 became a

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 member of

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 the church

00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.740
 to commit

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 yourself to

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 building and

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 maintaining

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 healthy

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 relationships

00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:13.919
 within this

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 church

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 treating your

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 fellow believers

00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:16.960
 as your

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 brothers and

00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:17.860
 sisters in

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 Christ

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 it's really

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 a question

00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:20.399
 about the

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 peace of

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 the church

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 if it had

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 been written

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 a hundred

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 years ago

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 it would

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 have read

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 something like

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 this

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 do you

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 promise to

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 promote the

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 purity and

00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:29.379
 the peace

00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:29.899
 of the

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 church

00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:32.339
 and that

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 means to

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 be reconciled

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 with those

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 you have

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 wronged and

00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:36.980
 who have

00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.679
 wronged you

00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.059
 to seek to

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 be at

00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:41.740
 peace

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 that doesn't

00:11:44.699 --> 00:11:45.019
 mean you

00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:45.419
 cover over

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 things

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 that doesn't

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 mean that you

00:11:48.339 --> 00:11:49.019
 pretend it's

00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:49.799
 okay when

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 it's not

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 okay

00:11:50.699 --> 00:11:53.120
 doesn't mean

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 when you say

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 it doesn't

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 matter when

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 it does

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 matter it

00:11:56.339 --> 00:11:56.679
 means you

00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:57.179
 get to the

00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:57.480
 root

00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.899
 and you

00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:00.000
 make peace

00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.240
 in

00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.100
 relationships

00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:04.139
 in a

00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.680
 place where

00:12:04.680 --> 00:12:05.039
 you know

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 some people

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 very well

00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:08.860
 it's very

00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:09.259
 easy to

00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:09.580
 become

00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:10.460
 aggravated

00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:10.920
 with them

00:12:10.920 --> 00:12:14.620
 and here

00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.139
 it says

00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.600
 God's

00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.220
 people are

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 peacemakers

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 you see

00:12:19.420 --> 00:12:20.379
 Jesus says

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 kingdom people

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 people who

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 belong to

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 me have

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 this character

00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:23.480
 about them

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 there are

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 characteristics

00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:27.680
 there are

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 marks of

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 being in

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 my kingdom

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 there is

00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:29.980
 this

00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.899
 mercifulness

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 there is

00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:31.720
 this

00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:32.639
 pardoning

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 mentality

00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:33.840
 about it

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 there is

00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:34.980
 this

00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:36.180
 undividedness

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 in their

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 affections

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 and in

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 their

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 internal

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 being

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 towards

00:12:40.180 --> 00:12:40.399
 their

00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:40.879
 God

00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.800
 and this

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 way of

00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.060
 peacemaking

00:12:43.060 --> 00:12:43.779
 which they

00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:44.320
 practice

00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:44.840
 now that

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 is the

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 charter

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.519
 that is

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 what

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 marks

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 them

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 out

00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:51.519
 Spurgeon

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 tells the

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 story of

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 a man

00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:52.980
 in the

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 army

00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.039
 and he

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 was fighting

00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:55.879
 or serving

00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.279
 somewhere

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 and finally

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 after years

00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:58.480
 he was

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 discharged

00:12:58.919 --> 00:12:59.319
 from the

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 army

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 and he

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 studied

00:13:00.319 --> 00:13:01.500
 for parish

00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:01.939
 ministry

00:13:01.939 --> 00:13:02.500
 to become

00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.199
 a minister

00:13:03.199 --> 00:13:03.439
 in the

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 church

00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.000
 of England

00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.240
 studied

00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:05.860
 theology

00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.819
 and he

00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.279
 was finally

00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.740
 ordained

00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.039
 and he

00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:08.339
 was going

00:13:08.339 --> 00:13:08.799
 back to

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 Glasgow

00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:10.419
 to his

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 home

00:13:10.839 --> 00:13:11.720
 to preach

00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.120
 there

00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.259
 he'd not

00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:13.740
 seen his

00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.519
 aged mother

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 in years

00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.100
 so he

00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:16.620
 stopped to

00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.079
 see her

00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:18.960
 and as

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 he walked

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 up the

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 road

00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.560
 she was

00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:20.960
 sweeping

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 the path

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 he recognised

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 her straight

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 away

00:13:24.300 --> 00:13:25.300
 but she

00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:25.960
 didn't recognise

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 him because

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 he'd changed

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 he'd left

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 as a boy

00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:29.920
 but now

00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:30.300
 he was a

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 man

00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:32.860
 when he

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 was a

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 little boy

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 she had

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 accidentally

00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.320
 cut his

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 wrist

00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:38.340
 and left

00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.120
 a scar

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 and she

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 comforted

00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:41.520
 her son

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 at that

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 time

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 and said

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 never mind

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 ye

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 bonnie

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 men

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 your

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 mother

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 will

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 ken

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 you

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 that's

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 recognise

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 you

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 by that

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 when you're

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 a man

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 he walked

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 up the

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 path

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 he spoke

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 to her

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 and she

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 didn't

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 recognise

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 him

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 what did

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 he do

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 he pulled

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 back his

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 sleeve

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 and said

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 mother

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 do you

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 ken

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 this

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 and immediately

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 they were in

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 each other's arms

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 there was a

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 mark that

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 identified

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 him

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 Jesus

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 says

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 there is a

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 mark that

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 identifies

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 kingdom

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 people

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 because

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 they have

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 a certain

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 character

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 they have

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 a certain

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 mark

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 and part

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 of the

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 way that

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 you can

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 identify

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 them

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 and describe

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 them

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 is that

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 they show

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 mercy

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 and they

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 have this

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 undivided

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 devotion

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 and they

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 make peace

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 among each

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 other

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 it's a

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 mark of

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 kingdom

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 people

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 Jesus

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 in this

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 description

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 of kingdom

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 people

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 he not

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 only does

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 he describe

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 us in

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 terms of

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 our

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 condition

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 and our

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 character

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 but thirdly

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 he describes

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 us in

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 our

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 conflict

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 thirdly

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 including

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 last week

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 the points

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 are all

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 mixed up

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 look at

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 verses 10

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 to 12

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 blessed are

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 those who

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 are persecuted

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 for righteousness

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 sake

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 for theirs

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 is the

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 kingdom

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 of heaven

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 blessed are

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 you when

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 others

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 revile you

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 and persecute

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 you and

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 utter all

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 kinds of

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 evil against

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 you falsely

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 on my

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 account

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 rejoice and

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 be glad

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 for your

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 reward is

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 great in

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 heaven

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 for so

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 they persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who will be

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 for you

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 he expands

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 doesn't he

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 on this

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 persecuted

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 for righteousness

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.779
 sake and

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 when others

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 revile you

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 he expands

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 on that

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 much like

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 he does

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 in Matthew

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 6

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 with the

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 Lord's

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 prayer

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 you know

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 where he

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 talks about

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 forgiveness

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 forgive us

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 our debts

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 and then he

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 goes to

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 expand that

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 doesn't he

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 and so

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 here he

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 takes verse

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 10 where

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 he talks

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 about

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 persecution

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 for

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 righteousness

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.059
 sake

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 and then he

00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.719
 expands on

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 that in

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 verses 11

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 and 12

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 and he

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 says how

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 blessed you

00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.320
 are

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 when men

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 heap

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:41.560
 abuse on

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 you and

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 they persecute

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 you and

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.360
 they speak

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.460
 all sorts

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:46.139
 of evil

00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.980
 against you

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.800
 they speak

00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.340
 evil on

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 falsely on

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 account of

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 me

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 and it's

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 important to

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 one notice

00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:53.800
 why this

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 persecution

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.740
 is

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.240
 look at

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.180
 verse 11

00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:57.980
 it's speech

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 as well

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 it's not just

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.660
 in actions

00:16:02.660 --> 00:16:03.440
 they might

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.040
 abuse you

00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:04.379
 verbally

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.620
 that's

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:04.620


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 more

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:04.899
 the

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.080
 case

00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.220
 for

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:05.360
 us

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.580
 today

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:05.720
 isn't

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:05.879
 it

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.439
 they may

00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:07.080
 ridicule

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.360
 you

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.159
 they may

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.580
 make fun

00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:09.980
 of you

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.960
 and that

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.360
 may be

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.379
 what persecution

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.019
 involves for

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.340
 us

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 it involves

00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:16.220
 verbal abuse

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.600
 of some

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.059
 sort

00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:19.799
 but I think

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 it's really

00:16:20.099 --> 00:16:20.759
 important if

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.079
 it's going

00:16:21.079 --> 00:16:21.279
 to be

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:21.919
 persecution

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.339
 for it

00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:22.659
 to meet

00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.379
 a couple

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.599
 of

00:16:23.599 --> 00:16:24.299
 criteria

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:26.399
 number one

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:27.399
 it has to

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 be

00:16:27.739 --> 00:16:28.779
 false

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.159
 doesn't it

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.419
 look at that

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.739
 in verse

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 11

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.419
 they utter

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.819
 all kinds

00:16:32.819 --> 00:16:33.079
 of evil

00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:33.519
 against you

00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.179
 falsely

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:34.559
 on my

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:35.079
 account

00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:36.959
 they'll say

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.419
 all sorts

00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:37.679
 of evil

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.099
 against you

00:16:38.099 --> 00:16:38.779
 falsely

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:40.819
 I mean

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.399
 if it's

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.039
 true about

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.399
 you then

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.759
 they're just

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.120
 telling the

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.439
 truth

00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:44.419
 they're not

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.079
 persecuting

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:45.379
 you are

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:45.579
 they

00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:47.360
 and you

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.719
 need to be

00:16:47.719 --> 00:16:48.159
 aware of

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.519
 that

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.579
 when Peter

00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.039
 talks about

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.339
 that

00:16:51.339 --> 00:16:52.000
 if for

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.339
 instance

00:16:52.339 --> 00:16:52.860
 you just

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.480
 happen to

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.000
 be an

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.779
 abrasive

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.179
 person

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.599
 if you

00:16:55.599 --> 00:16:55.819
 happen to

00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:55.919
 be

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.120
 someone

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.299
 who

00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:56.639
 really

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.199
 gets on

00:16:57.199 --> 00:16:57.679
 people's

00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.299
 nerves

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:59.219
 and

00:16:59.219 --> 00:16:59.659
 somebody

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.279
 verbally

00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:00.799
 abuses

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.120
 you

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.480
 you should

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.079
 just

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.579
 expect

00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:02.959
 that

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:05.700
 if I'm

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.200
 persecuted

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.879
 or

00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:07.659
 I'm

00:17:07.659 --> 00:17:08.200
 reviled

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.480
 just

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.740
 because

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.000
 of my

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.359
 sheer

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.539
 awkwardness

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.740
 that is

00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:11.960
 not

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.519
 persecution

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:14.839
 it may

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.220
 be just

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.420
 that

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.779
 you're

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.059
 pretty

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.819
 obnoxious

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:18.480
 and if

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.720
 people

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.059
 abuse

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.240
 you

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.759
 because

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:19.920
 of

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.099
 that

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.599
 it's

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:20.879
 not

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.579
 persecution

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.700
 and it

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.000
 needs to

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.359
 be said

00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.740
 and done

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.539
 falsely

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:26.379
 and it

00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:26.839
 also needs

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.079
 to be

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.319
 done

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.819
 falsely

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.440
 on account

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.960
 of me

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.360
 Jesus

00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:29.819
 says

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:32.680
 it is

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.100
 only

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:34.019
 persecution

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.059
 if it

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.420
 is on

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:35.720
 account

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.100
 of your

00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:36.759
 relationship

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.840
 or some

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.360
 account of

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:39.920
 your relationship

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.440
 with Jesus

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:40.900
 that's what

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.299
 brings the

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:41.799
 abuse

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.140
 and so we

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.539
 need to keep

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.840
 that in

00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:45.279
 mind

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.779
 Jesus

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.259
 is

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.920
 implying

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.299
 here

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.880
 and he

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.059
 is

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.440
 assuming

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.920
 that if

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.319
 you are

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:49.620
 a

00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.240
 kingdom

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.779
 person

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.279
 and you

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.680
 belong

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 to him

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 you are

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 going to

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 have

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 trouble

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 and you

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 are

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 going to

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 have

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 distress

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 and you

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 are

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 going to

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 have

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 abuse

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 that you

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 are

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 going to

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 have

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 to

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 face

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 there

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 will

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 be

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 ridicule

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 there

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 simply

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 will

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 be

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 conflict

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 because

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 you

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 are

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 his

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 on

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 account

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 of

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 me

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 he

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 said

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 and

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 when

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 you

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 belong

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 to

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 Jesus

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 more

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 or

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 less

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 severe

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 whether

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 you

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 have

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 it

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 in

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 your

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 workplace

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 or

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 even

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 in

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 your

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 home

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 or

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 perhaps

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 in

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 your

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 relationships

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 at

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 some

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 point

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 when

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 your

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 relationship

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 to

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 Jesus

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 becomes

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 visible

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 in

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 some

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 degree

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 or

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 other

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 it

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 will

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 cause

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 fire

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 teach

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 that

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 to

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 our

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 children

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 don't

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 we

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 you

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 children

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 who

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 are

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 here

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 that

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.440
 when

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 you

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 make

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 a

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.620
 stand

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 for

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 Jesus

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 and

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 when

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 you

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 stand

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 out

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 for

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 him

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 people

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 will

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 not

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 like

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 it

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 and

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 there

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 may

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 well

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 be

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 verbal

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 persecution

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 and we

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 mustn't

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 be surprised

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 at that

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 we must

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 prepare

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 ourselves

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 for that

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 and it

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 is

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 infinitely

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 worth

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 it

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 and as

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 adults

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 we mustn't

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 keep our

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 heads

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 down

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 martin

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 jones

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 before

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 he

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 came

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 to

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 london

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 and

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 was

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 a

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 minister

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 in a

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 really

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 deprived

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 part

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 of

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 south

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 wales

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 abber

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 abben

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 and

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 while he

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 was there

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 it's a

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 great story

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 to read

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 if you've

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 not read

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 it

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 there's a

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 number of

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 people in

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 the

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 congregation

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 who are

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 wonderfully

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 converted

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 at that

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 time

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 and because

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 of that

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 one man

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 had been

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 converted

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 he was

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 a joyful

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 christian

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 he attended

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 the

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 monday night

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 prayer

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 meeting

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 and as

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 he came

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 home from

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 the

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 prayer

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 meeting

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 his wife

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 met him

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 at the

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 prayer

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 meeting

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 where did

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 she get

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 that kind

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 of

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 hostility

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 from

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 it's

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 just

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 when

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 people

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 when

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 someone

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 belongs

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:46.940
 to

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 Jesus

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.560
 people

00:19:47.560 --> 00:19:47.880
 tend

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 to

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 hate

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 that

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 and so

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 there's

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 this

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 conflict

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:53.040
 and so

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 Jesus

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 gives us

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 a description

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.660
 of kingdom

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 people

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.320
 he talks

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 about a

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 condition

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.420
 he says

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 kingdom

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 people

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:57.660
 have a

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 certain

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.660
 destitution

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.240
 they are

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 needy

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 they're

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 still mourning

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 over their

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 sin

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.579
 more of

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:04.959
 the sins

00:20:04.959 --> 00:20:05.319
 of God's

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 people

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.039
 generally

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.619
 and they

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.039
 hunger

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.459
 and they

00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:08.039
 thirst

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.740
 for righteousness

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 they're not

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.879
 yet filled

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:11.699
 and they

00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.339
 still haven't

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 seen

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 complete

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 conformity

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 to God's

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 will in

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 their lives

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 they know

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 there's areas

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.879
 in their

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 lives

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.679
 where God's

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 will isn't

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 perfectly

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 practiced

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 and they're

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 still

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.659
 unsatisfied

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.720
 there's

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:23.879
 this

00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.500
 destitution

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.839
 about

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.079
 kingdom

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.399
 people

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 and then

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 there's

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.879
 their

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 character

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.679
 there's

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.240
 a certain

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:30.039
 likeness

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.539
 in kingdom

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.879
 people

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.399
 that you can

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:31.819
 see a

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.439
 resemblance

00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:32.839
 of their

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 father

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.779
 they remind

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.099
 you of

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 God

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:37.480
 and then he

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.099
 describes the

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.559
 conflict

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.299
 and he says

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 there's a

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 certain

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 suffering

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.920
 in kingdom

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.339
 people

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:43.619
 and there

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:43.899
 you have a

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.240
 description

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.940
 of kingdom

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.180
 people

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.799
 now let's

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.339
 leave that

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 behind and

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.079
 go to the

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.720
 second major

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.559
 point of the

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:48.980
 past two

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.279
 weeks

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.559
 not a

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.039
 description

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.980
 of kingdom

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.539
 people but

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.440
 Jesus gives us

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.259
 a declaration

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:57.519
 a declaration

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.259
 about kingdom

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.740
 people

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.399
 can you see

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 that

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.779
 look at these

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.200
 statements

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.940
 again

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:04.180
 look at the

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.660
 declaration

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.519
 Jesus makes

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:09.100
 what we've

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.380
 been doing

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.960
 is we've

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.240
 taken

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.559
 these

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.200
 phrases

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.720
 and we've

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.080
 asked what

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 does it

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:13.840
 mean to be

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.299
 poor in

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.600
 spirit

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.140
 and try to

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.580
 define that

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:15.799
 that's

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.200
 important

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:18.940
 but you

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.400
 mustn't think

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.259
 that's really

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.759
 what's happening

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:20.920
 in the

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.240
 beatitudes

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.819
 because what's

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.259
 really happening

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.440
 in the

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.720
 beatitudes

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.220
 is Jesus

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.680
 is making

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.500
 a declaration

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:27.860
 that's very

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.299
 important

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:30.440
 he's saying

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.059
 something about

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.680
 kingdom people

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.599
 and basically

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.079
 it's this

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.899
 how blessed

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:35.659
 my people

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.000
 are

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.319
 this is what

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.740
 I'm giving

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.019
 them

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.019
 these are my

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.639
 assurances

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:43.720
 they are almost

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 his covenant

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 promises to

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 his people

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.139
 how blessed

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.639
 are they

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.539
 he's saying

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 here are the

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.399
 blessings

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:51.359
 here are the

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 riches I'm

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 giving them

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 because theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 because they

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 will be

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 comforted

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 and they

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 will be

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 filled

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 and they

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.099
 will inherit

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 the earth

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 with the

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 righteousness

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.799
 that they

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.319
 long for

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.899
 and they

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.720
 will receive

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 mercy at the

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 last judgment

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 and they

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.299
 will see

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 God as

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 Revelation 22

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.519
 says

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 and they

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.759
 will see

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 his face

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 and they

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 will be

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 called

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 God's

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 sons

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 and so on

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.619
 so these

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 are the

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.220
 blessings

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.359
 these are

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.959
 the treasures

00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:20.720
 these are

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.240
 the gifts

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.639
 that God

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.019
 gives to

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.459
 his people

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:23.359
 and these

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 attitudes

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.500
 they really

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 are a

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.340
 declaration

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.840
 about

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.120
 Jesus

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.519
 people

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.940
 and the

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 riches

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.380
 he's

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 given

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 them

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 they're

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 not

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 rewards

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 please don't

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 think that

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.039
 they're not

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 rewards

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.759
 they are

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 assurances

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.460
 you see

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 Jesus did

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.500
 not say

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 did he

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.120
 in verse

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 four

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.380
 because you

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 mourn

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.340
 you will

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.240
 be comforted

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.200
 he did

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.539
 not say

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.779
 it that

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.120
 way

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:45.980
 he said

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.660
 how blessed

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.279
 are those

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.820
 who mourn

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.259
 for they

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.880
 shall be

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.420
 comforted

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.360
 so it's

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.660
 not as

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:51.820
 though

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.420
 mourning

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.480
 earns them

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.980
 or makes

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.180
 them

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.740
 deserving

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.220
 it is

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.440
 that

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.920
 Jesus

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.680
 delights

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.160
 to assure

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.339
 them

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.740
 of it

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:59.720
 you will

00:22:59.720 --> 00:22:59.940
 be

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.759
 comforted

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:04.559
 these are

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.160
 declarations

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.579
 of Jesus

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.059
 gifts

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:08.220
 and assurances

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.559
 to his

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:08.900
 people of

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.200
 what he's

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.440
 giving

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.839
 and he

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.259
 will give

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.360
 them

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.559
 and you

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.839
 need to

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.279
 see that

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.200
 Jesus

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.759
 is trying

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.339
 to assure

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.620
 his

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.000
 people

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.860
 he's trying

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.259
 to assure

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.759
 his people

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.360
 who assert

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.960
 as certainly

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.680
 as possible

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.380
 that these

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.700
 gifts

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.240
 belong to

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.560
 them

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:25.180
 and they

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.600
 will have

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:25.860
 them

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:28.259
 because the

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.299
 future tense

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.980
 in these

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.500
 beatitudes

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.620
 is not just

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.440
 what is in

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.960
 the future

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.440
 but it is

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.120
 also a future

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.519
 that has

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.120
 certainty

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:37.840
 they will

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.360
 be

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.779
 comforted

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.060
 they shall

00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.680
 see

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.420
 God

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:45.440
 so what

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:45.980
 difference does

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.299
 that make

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.740
 for us this

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:46.980
 week

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:50.319
 it ought to

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.559
 make a

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.880
 difference

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.240
 in this

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.519
 way

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.240
 in this

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.579
 sense

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.140
 it tells

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.440
 you

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:55.240
 that Jesus

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.140
 delights to

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.640
 assure his

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:56.980
 people

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.620
 of what he's

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:58.799
 going to

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.200
 give them

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.400
 Jesus

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.059
 delights

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.940
 to tell his

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.599
 people and

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.000
 to assure

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.700
 them what

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.099
 he's going

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.400
 to give

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.640
 them

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:08.259
 and the

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.700
 reason that's

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.200
 so important

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.599
 is this

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.079
 because it's

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.519
 so hard to

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.940
 believe

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:13.819
 it's so hard

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.180
 to believe

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.640
 that these

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.480
 beatitudes do

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.440
 actually carry

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:18.000
 your name

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.240
 and your

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.840
 address

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:23.220
 it's very

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.600
 hard isn't

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.059
 it for our

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.759
 feelings

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.620
 to be

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.440
 really to

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.820
 the point

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.380
 where we

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.360
 read Matthew

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:31.160
 5 1 to

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.820
 12 and

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.240
 we think

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.039
 yes that's

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.039
 talking about

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.759
 me

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:37.420
 as one of

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.759
 his kingdom

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.200
 people

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:41.320
 and if

00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:41.940
 you've never

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.960
 struggled to

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.580
 think like

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.000
 that

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.440
 well let me

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.840
 say to you

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.399
 you are a

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.799
 freak

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:49.220
 and you

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.480
 should be

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.179
 very thankful

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.539
 that you

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.899
 are a

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.259
 freak

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:53.319
 because many

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.659
 of us

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:53.919
 do

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:56.959
 remind me of

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.459
 a story

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:58.159
 that a

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.779
 preacher told

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.559
 and so you

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.819
 know that

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.119
 it's not

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.480
 true

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:04.039
 but you

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.359
 have this

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.059
 guy this

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.699
 man who

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.319
 believed that

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.639
 he was

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.079
 dead

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:09.399
 and his

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.139
 wife and

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.519
 family were

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.139
 really concerned

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.519
 about him

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.859
 because he

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.339
 was convinced

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.980
 he was dead

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.920
 his friends

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.380
 were concerned

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.720
 about him

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.559
 because he

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.039
 was convinced

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.620
 he was dead

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.759
 sent him to

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.299
 the friendly

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.680
 neighbourhood

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.380
 psychiatrist

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:22.120
 and the

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.599
 psychiatrist

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.279
 decided he

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.700
 would treat

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.059
 him by

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.720
 convincing

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.460
 him of

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.940
 something

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.380
 convincing

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.940
 him of

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.460
 something that

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.200
 contradicted

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.779
 his other

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.240
 belief

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.339
 that he

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.860
 was dead

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:35.660
 that he

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.099
 would convince

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.360
 him of

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:36.900
 something so

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.579
 surely that

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.059
 if he

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.299
 believed that

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.980
 then he

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.420
 would no

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.920
 longer be

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.400
 able to say

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.140
 I'm dead

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:44.000
 and so he

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.680
 decided the

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.220
 psychiatrist to

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.540
 go about it

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:45.980
 this way

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.519
 he was going

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.940
 to convince

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.259
 him of the

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.880
 simple truth

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.620
 that dead

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.540
 men do

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.200
 not bleed

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.280
 dead men

00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:51.740
 do not

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.080
 bleed

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:54.060
 well he

00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:54.540
 started to

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.060
 work and

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.600
 to study

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.400
 he had him

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.340
 reading medical

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.960
 records and

00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:00.160
 autopsies and

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.680
 all sorts of

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.060
 things

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:03.560
 and after

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.340
 several weeks

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.780
 of quite

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.460
 concentrated

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.420
 effort the

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.259
 fella finally

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.940
 caved in and

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.580
 he said alright

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.720
 you have convinced

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.500
 me dead

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.380
 men do

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.300
 not bleed

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:14.280
 with a certain

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:15.100
 triumph and

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.620
 joy the

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.140
 psychiatrist

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.360
 took a

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.000
 needle out

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.200
 of his

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.340
 pocket and

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.920
 he pricked

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.600
 the man's

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:22.160
 arm and

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.020
 blood flowed

00:26:23.020 --> 00:26:25.040
 the man

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.600
 looked down

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.040
 and with a

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.780
 contorted and

00:26:26.780 --> 00:26:27.540
 ashen face

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.280
 said good

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:29.400
 grief dead

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.060
 men do

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.700
 bleed after

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.160
 all

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:34.620
 and some

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:34.840
 of us

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.420
 we know

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.900
 that don't

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.120
 we

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.799
 it's so

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.559
 hard for

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.859
 us to

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.619
 believe

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.139
 sometimes

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.359
 the

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.139
 comforting

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.539
 reassurances

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.259
 of jesus

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:46.159
 but they

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.559
 really do

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.119
 carry your

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.559
 name and

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.839
 address

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 it's very

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 hard sometimes

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 for our

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 feelings to

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 feel really

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 assured

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 and what

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 jesus promises

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 us when he

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 seeks to make

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 us secure in

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 what he's

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 giving us

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 and what

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 can we do

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 at a time

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 like that

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 well we

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 have to

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 be brought

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 and come

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 to the

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 place where

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 we have

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 to say

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 even though

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 my feelings

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 don't

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 reinforce it

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 and even

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 though my

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 feelings don't

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 know if

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 this is true

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 i have to

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 forget my

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 feelings

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 and believe

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 the word

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 that jesus

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 speaks

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 and that

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 is the

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 challenge of

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 faith

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 let's pray