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 Amen.

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 Last week, Matt helped me preach for us from verses 1-16, and there we saw Jesus choose

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 his 12 apostles, and instead of choosing the religious leaders of their day, the Pharisees,

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 Jesus chose a morally depraved tax collector.

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 Instead of choosing the theologians and scholars of his day, the scribes, Jesus chose the fishermen,

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 the uneducated fishermen.

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 Instead of choosing the politicians and people in power, Jesus chose a zealot, a fringe political

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 revolutionary.

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 Instead of choosing people with exemplary faith, Jesus chose a man who would become famous for

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 his doubting.

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 And instead of choosing those who would be loyal to him to the point of death, Jesus chose

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 a man who would deny him three times publicly, and a man who would eventually betray him to

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 arrest an eventual death.

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 So Jesus called these men apostles, the 12, that will form the foundation of the church.

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 And these head-scratching choices that Jesus made bring us to the passage for today, because

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 it leaves us wondering, what kind of people then are the citizens of God's kingdom?

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 And how does this kingdom really operate?

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 And Luke 6, 17-38 gives us an answer to those two questions.

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 So let's read together, verses 17-38.

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 And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples,

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 and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and

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 Sire, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

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 And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured, and all the crowds sat to touch him,

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 for power came out from him and healed them all.

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 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said,

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 Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

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 Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

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 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you,

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 and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

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 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven,

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 for so their fathers did to the prophets.

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 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

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 Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.

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 Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

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 Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

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 But I say to you who hear, love your enemies.

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 Do good to those who hate you.

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 Bless those who curse you.

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 Pray for those who abuse you.

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 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also.

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 And from one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.

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 Give to everyone who begs from you.

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 And from one who takes away your goods, do not demand them back.

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 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

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 If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you?

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 For even sinners love those who love them.

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 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you?

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 For even sinners do the same.

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 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you?

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 Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same.

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 But love your enemies and do good and lend, expecting nothing in return.

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 And your reward will be great.

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 And you will be sons of the Most High.

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 For He is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

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 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

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 Judge not, and you will not be judged.

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 Condemn not, and you will not be condemned.

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 Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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 Give, and it will be given to you.

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 Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your life.

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 But with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

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 I read to 38 because that's related, but I'll actually speak on 37 and 38 on the following week.

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 So we'll stop at 36 for today.

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 And the main point of this passage is that as the citizens of the kingdom of God,

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 we should love people selflessly and sacrificially.

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 And that brings us to two main points.

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 One, it's the citizens of what is, who are the citizens of the kingdom, verses 17 to 26.

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 And then what the code of the kingdom is in 27 to 36.

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 Verses 17 to 19 tell us this.

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 Read with me.

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 Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place with a great crowd of his disciples

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 and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon

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 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

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 And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured,

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 and all the crowd sat to touch him, for power came out for him and healed them all.

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 So after choosing his 12 apostles on the mountain, he came down, it says, and stood on a level place.

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 That's why this teaching that follows in the rest of the chapter is often called the Sermon on the Plain,

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 Sermon on a Level Place.

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 In contrast to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 through 7.

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 There are a lot of parallels between the two sermons, and it's possible that they are the same sermon.

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 But Matthew 5 says that Jesus sat down on the mountain to teach,

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 while Luke tells us that he came down and stood on a level place.

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 This is not an irreconcilable difference, because a level place doesn't necessarily mean

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 that Jesus came all the way down from the mountain.

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 It could simply mean that he was looking for a flat enough space to stand on and to teach for people to gather.

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 So it could be the same sermon.

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 It's also possible that there are two different sermons.

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 Repetition is a time-tested and proven method of effective teaching,

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 especially itinerant preachers like Jesus would have often repeated the same messages for us to learn.

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 So it's not hard to imagine Jesus taught these messages in two different contexts.

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 So that's impossible to establish with certainty,

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 but what's important for our purposes is that whether it's one or two sermons,

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 Matthew and Luke have reproduced Jesus' sermon in ways that have distinct emphases.

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 So they have their own context.

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 So in order to appreciate what Luke has written for us,

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 we need to appreciate the sermon on the plain on its own terms,

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 instead of going back and looking at everything from the lens of the sermon in the mount.

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 And so in that way, we can appreciate the unique emphasis that Luke is trying to bring home to us.

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 In that introduction passage I just read,

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 we saw that there are three distinct audiences, three different kinds of audiences.

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 First, there are the twelve apostles that came down with Jesus.

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 And then there's a great crowd of his disciples, it says.

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 So there's a larger crowd of disciples that goes beyond the twelve apostles.

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 And then finally it says that there's a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem,

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 and it's equal to Tyre and Sidon.

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 So that third category is distinguished from his disciples,

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 the larger crowd of disciples,

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 which suggests that there are likely people who are not followers of Jesus.

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 Skeptics, unbelievers in the crowd as well.

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 And likely some hostile Pharisees and scribes that we saw earlier in the chapter as well.

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 And Jesus' popularity is explained in verse 18.

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 He says that these people came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

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 And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.

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 So these accounts of miracles are not just legends or quaint stories that were tacked onto Jesus' teaching.

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 It's easy for us as people living in the modern era to dismiss people from the ancient world as gullible and superstitious.

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 But actually people in the ancient world didn't believe that miracles happened regularly either.

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 Which is why this is extraordinary.

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 And that's why people are gathering.

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 Because Jesus is doing amazing things.

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 Verse 19 says,

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 And all the crowds sought to touch him, for power came up from him and healed them all.

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 It's hard to garner this kind of attention even with sleek branding and aggressive marketing.

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 But Jesus didn't have any of that.

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 In fact, he often intentionally withdrew from large crowds so that he would not be detained or distracted from his preaching.

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 So Jesus was drawing the crowds here for these two primary reasons.

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 Because he preached with authority and he backed up his preaching with demonstrations of God's power by healing diseases and exercising demons.

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 So preaching and power.

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 That's what the people came to see.

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 To hear him and to be healed.

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 And it says Jesus healed them all.

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 All who came to him.

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 But when the time came for him to teach, it says in verse 20, it says Jesus lifted up his eyes on his disciples.

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 So this is important.

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 Because he heals them all.

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 He heals all the people who come with need.

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 But when he's teaching here, he's specifically addressing his disciples.

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 Those who follow him.

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 Yes, the multitude can listen in to learn from this.

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 But Jesus is specifically addressing his disciples.

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 Telling them this is what it means to be a follower.

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 This is what it means to be a disciple of Christ.

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 This is the profile of a disciple.

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 That's what the next few verses are about.

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 This is what the citizens of the kingdom of God are like.

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 In verses 17 to 26, now Jesus first describes positively what the disciples are like.

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 And then with four matching statements, opposite statements, he describes what the disciples are not like.

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 Maybe.

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 The blessed are you statements, the four of them here, are often referred to as the beatitudes.

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 Which comes from the Latin word for blessed.

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 It was common in the ancient world to refer to people as blessed.

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 It refers to a state of happiness, a contentedness, a blessedness.

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 It's really not that dissimilar from that overused hashtag, blessed.

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 You guys have seen that, right?

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 If you search for the hashtag blessed on Instagram or Twitter, you will literally find millions of posts that are tagged that way.

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 And for example, there will be a picture of someone sipping margarita on the beach.

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 Blessed.

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 Someone hugging or kissing their downtime, you know, and it will say blessed.

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 A lot of times, people who use the term blessed don't even believe in God.

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 So they don't even believe in being blessed, but they're just saying that they're happy.

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 They're fortunate.

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 And the word blessed was used in similar ways in the ancient world.

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 Now think about what you would typically associate with the idea of being blessed.

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 Blessed are you who are poor.

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 What you would use that hashtag for.

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 And then be Jesus' shocking future.

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 Blessed are you who are poor.

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 For yours is the kingdom of God.

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 Blessed are you who are hungry now.

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 For you shall be satisfied.

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 Blessed are you who weep now.

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 For you shall last.

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 Blessed are you when people hate you.

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 When they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

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 Blessed are you who are blessed.

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 It's the exact opposite of what people then and now would call blessed.

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 People post pictures of their handsome paycheck or a thick wad of cash.

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 Or pictures of themselves eating delicious meals, foods from fine restaurants.

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 Or pictures of themselves laughing with their friends and family.

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 And then they say blessed.

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 Blessed.

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 Not when you're poor.

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 Hungry.

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 Weeping.

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 Hated.

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 Excluded.

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 Reviled.

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 And spurned.

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 What in the world is Jesus talking about?

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 The parallel structure of this passage suggests that blessed are you spavans.

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 There's four of them.

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 They're not referring to four different kinds of people.

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 But they're all different ways of referring to the same kind of people.

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 One group of people.

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 So who exactly are these people that are blessed by God?

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 First, verse 20 says,

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 Blessed are you who are poor.

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 For yours is the kingdom of God.

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 Bible commentator Robert Welich helpfully explains the biblical concept of the poor this way.

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 He says,

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 The poor in Judaism are referred to those in desperate need, the socioeconomic element, whose helplessness drove them to a dependent relationship with God, the religious element, for the supplying of their needs and vindication.

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 So that the idea of the poor combines the socioeconomic and spiritual elements.

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 The two elements are related because the socioeconomically rich, the well-off, are often self-sufficient.

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 While the socioeconomically poor often realize the insufficiency and depend on God.

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 This is confirmed by the way Luke uses socioeconomic categories to refer to spiritual realities.

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 He uses them almost metaphorically.

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 He says, for example, in Luke chapter 11, verse 4, Jesus teaches his disciples to pray,

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 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

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 The language of debt.

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 Financial debt.

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 He uses metaphorically to refer to our debt of sin.

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 Verses 22 to 23 tell us that these poor that God's referring to, that Jesus is referring to, are people who are persecuted on account of Jesus Christ.

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 So these are people who are cut off from the pleasures and privileges of this world because of their allegiance to Christ and their citizenship in the kingdom of God.

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 So the poor are those who are dependent on God.

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 Which is why Jesus said later in chapter 18, verse 17,

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 Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.

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 A child is by definition dependent.

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 Right, we file them in our taxes as dependents.

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 Those who humble themselves before God spiritually are often materially poor.

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 And that's why, that's why, well, I'll come at you later, but there are exceptions to that, which is why in chapter 19 in Luke, the rich tax collector, Zacchaeus, is saved.

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 Because even though he was rich, he humbles himself.

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 He becomes poor in spirit.

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 So the poor is a generalization of the type of people that turn to God for salvation.

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 So Jesus says, blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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 Notice that the statement is in the present tense.

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 The poor possess the kingdom of God now.

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 This is a call to faith.

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 Because being poor in this world feels miserable.

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 You can't get what you want when you want it.

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 Sometimes you can't even get what you need.

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 It's humiliating.

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 You are looked down upon and it feels miserable.

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 It does not feel good to be poor.

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 In a similar way, the poor in spirit, likewise, feel miserable.

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 They feel that they're miserable sinners.

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 They feel helpless and unworthy.

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 But Jesus says to the poor, the kingdom of God is yours.

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 Your poverty might feel like a curse.

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 You might feel no comfort in this life now.

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 But yours is the kingdom of God.

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 The corresponding woe to you statement, look at it in verse 24, says this.

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 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

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 Woe is the opposite of blessed.

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 It's an explanation of pity for someone's misfortune.

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 Instead of the kingdom of God, the rich in this life have their riches and what they can buy with their riches as their consolation prize.

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 The phrase, you have received, in Greek, is a technical commercial term for accepting the receipt of payment.

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 In other words, the check has already been cut.

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 Those who put their hope in riches, for those who live for riches, those who are self-sufficient in their riches,

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 those who they will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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 The riches that they enjoy in this life is their full payment.

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 That's why when I pray for you guys, when I pray for other believers,

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 I never pray that God will make them rich.

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 Amen.

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 Jesus says later in Luke 8, 14,

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 Jesus says again in Luke 18,

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 Basically impossible, apart from God's work.

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 Verse Timothy 6, 10 says,

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 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.

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 It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

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 Being rich, generally speaking, from a biblical standpoint, is not spiritually desirable.

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 It's in fact dangerous.

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 Yes, it's helpful and useful in this life.

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 Riches can buy you mansions.

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 Riches can buy you beauty.

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 It can buy you power.

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 It can buy you sex.

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 It can buy you comfort.

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 It can buy you toys and gadgets.

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 It can buy you cars.

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 But guess what?

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 If that's what you live for, that's all you're going to get.

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 That's your prize.

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 Or you will not have the kingdom of God.

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 Many of us are wealthy by global standards.

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 How then are we supposed to live?

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 1 Timothy 6, 16-17 teach us this.

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 As for the rich in this present age,

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 charge them not to be haughty,

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 nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,

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 but on God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

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 They are to do good,

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 to be rich in good works,

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 to be generous and ready to share,

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 thus storing up treasure for themselves

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 as a good foundation for the future,

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 so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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 Only the rich who are poor in spirit,

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 only the rich who do not depend on the uncertainty of riches,

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 but instead depend on the God who richly provides,

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 only the rich who are rich in good works,

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 not just to themselves,

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 but toward others and toward God,

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 and are generous with their wealth.

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 Only the rich who are concerned with storing up treasures in heaven,

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 rather than on earth,

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 only those rich possess the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus continues with the attitudes in verse 21.

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 Blessed are you who are hungry now,

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 for you shall be satisfied.

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 One of the most difficult and amazing things

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 that poor people in our world experience is hunger.

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 And they who have no money to buy food for themselves,

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 they cry out to God to fill their hunger.

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 They mourn the injustice of this world

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 and the callousness of people who let their fellow men go hungry.

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 So they look to God for his provision.

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 That's what the hungry being referred to here are.

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 But once again, like the term poor,

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 it refers to more than just the physically hungry.

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 Psalm 107 speaks of our hunger of soul for the Lord.

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 And a parallel verse in Matthew 5, 6

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 draws out this meaning when he says,

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

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 for they shall be satisfied.

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 Do you long for righteousness in this world?

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 Do you see how woefully inadequate

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 your own righteousness is before God?

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 Do you hunger for more of it?

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 Blessed are you who are hungry now.

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 If you mourn your sins,

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 if you long for that righteousness,

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 if you pray and you cry out for that,

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 you hunger for it, you thirst for it,

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 then you will be satisfied.

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 A just kingdom, a righteous kingdom

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 will be your possession forever.

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 And notice that the tense shifts here to the future.

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 He said,

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 Be poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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 But here, he says,

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 Those who are hungry now will be satisfied later.

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 You shall be satisfied.

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 The kingdom of God is in the possession of the poor now,

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 but the satisfaction of their hunger lies in the future.

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 This points to the already but not yet reality of the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom of God has already been inaugurated,

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 but it's not yet consummated.

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 You could think of it this way.

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 Our towns, our homes,

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 were under occupation of the enemy army.

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 But Christ has won a decisive battle in the front lines

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 that guarantees our victory in the Lord.

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 The effects of that decisive battle, however,

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 are still being worked out in all the towns.

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 So for now,

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 there is still hunger.

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 There's still poverty.

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 There's still weeping.

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 There's still persecution.

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 But because victory is won,

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 its effects will soon spread

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 and be experienced in fullness everywhere.

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 That's why we're hungry now.

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 That's why we still wrestle with our sins now.

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 That's why we still have to mourn

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 the lack of righteousness in this world now.

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 But that day is coming

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 when that will be fulfilled

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 and that hunger for righteousness will be satisfied.

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 Similarly, Jesus says in the second half of verse 21,

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 Blessed are you who weep now,

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 for you shall laugh.

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 The poor and the hungry

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 is like wheat because of the sins

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 and sufferings of this world.

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 Are you too busy amusing yourself

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 with diversions from life

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 that you fail to mourn

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 the great injustices of life?

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 Are you too busy laughing

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 and pursuing the pleasures of this world

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 that you never weep

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 about your own sinfulness?

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 You have an awareness

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 of your own depravity,

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 your own selfishness and pride

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 that makes you weep.

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 If so, then take heart.

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 Blessed are you.

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 Those who weep now

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 will get their final laugh.

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 The converse is also true.

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 It says in the second half of verse 25,

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 Woe to you who laugh now,

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 for you shall mourn and weep.

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 Woe to you who are full now,

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 for you shall be hungry.

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 Woe to you who laugh now,

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 for you shall mourn and weep.

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 People who are satisfied

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 with their righteousness now.

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 Those who are self-righteous,

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 those who are self-satisfied,

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 those who are not looking for justice

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 and righteousness on the earth,

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 those who laugh derisively

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 at the followers of Jesus,

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 those who pay no attention

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 to the sins and sufferings

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 of this world,

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 their laughter now

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 will be replaced by weeping.

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 Jesus continues that radical teaching

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 in verses 22-23.

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 We read with you.

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 Blessed are you

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 when people hate you

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 and when they exclude you

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 and revive you

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 and spurn your name

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 as evil

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 on account of the son.

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 These verses reveal clearly

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 that Jesus has more than

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 physical poverty,

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 hunger, and weeping in view.

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 He's referring to those

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 who experience these things

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 on account of their commitment

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 to Jesus.

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 And the four verbs

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 get increasingly worse,

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 increasingly more hostile

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 and intense.

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 First, they hate you.

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 Instead of just hating you

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 in their hearts,

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 they actually exclude you

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 from their social circles.

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 And instead of merely

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 excluding you,

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 they revile you,

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 slandering you

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 in front of others.

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 And then finally,

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 they spurn your name

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 as evil.

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 To spurn someone's name

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 is to reject the whole person

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 as an evil person.

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 And note that

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 this harsh treatment

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 is not

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 in and of itself

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 a sign of blessedness.

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 Sometimes,

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 Christians

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 are hated

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 and excluded,

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 reviled, and spurred

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 not because

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 they're being committed

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 to Christ

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 and representing Him

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 but because

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 they're just being jerks.

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 That's why we have to

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 read the whole statement.

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 It doesn't say

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 blessed are you

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 when people hate you.

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 That's not a virtue

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 by itself.

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 Blessed are you

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 when people hate you

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 and when they exclude you

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 and be violent,

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 spurming the name

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 as evil

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 on account

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 of the Son of Man.

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 If you are persecuted

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 because of your

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 commitment to Christ,

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 and then

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 that should

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 not cause you

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 to doubt

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 or make you

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 more depressed

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 but instead

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 it says in verse 23

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 it should make you

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 rejoice

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 in that thing.

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 Leap for joy

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 for behold

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 your reward

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 is great

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 in heaven

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 for so

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 their fathers

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 did to

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 the prophets.

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 This is

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 the only command

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 in this entire

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 section of the

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 Beatitudes.

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 On the day

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 you are persecuted

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 for Christ's sake

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 he says

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 rejoice.

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 Leap for joy.

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 That exact wording

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 leap for joy

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 was used earlier

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 in Luke chapter 1

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 to refer to John the Baptist

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 leaping for joy

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 in his mother's womb

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 when the mother of Jesus

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 pregnant with Jesus

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 approached him.

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 Being near Jesus

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 coming to Jesus

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 causes joy

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 brings joy

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 and that's how

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 we are to be joyous

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 and that's what we see

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 in the book of Acts

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 throughout the book of Acts

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 which is the sequel

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 to the book of

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 the Gospel of Luke

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 people

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 the followers of Christ

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 are persecuted

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 they're beaten

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 they're stoned

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 and left for dead

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 and they rejoice

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 that they have the honor

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 of being persecuted

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 for Christ's sake.

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 Why should this be the case?

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 Verse 23

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 gives us two reasons

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 why we should rejoice

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 first

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 for behold

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 your reward

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 is great in heaven

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 and second

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 for so their fathers

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 did to the prophets

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 so even though

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 we suffer now

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 in heaven

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 we will be vindicated

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 and receive a reward

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 for our faithfulness

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 to Christ

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 that's the first reason

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 and the second reason

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 is that the fact

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 that we're being persecuted

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 reveals our nearness

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 to God

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 because the prophets

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 of God in the past

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 were persecuted

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 in the same way

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 that we are

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 persecution

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 is evidence

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 that we are citizens

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 of the kingdom of God

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 and not of this world

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 that's cause to rejoice

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 and the corresponding statement

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 is in verse 26

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 woe to you

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 when all people

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 speak well of you

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 for so their fathers

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 did to the false prophets

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:13.920
 if all people

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.819
 speak well of you

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.059
 that's actually a problem

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.720
 because in John 15-20

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.360
 Jesus said

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.319
 remember the word

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.579
 that I said to you

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.360
 a servant

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.059
 is not greater

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.819
 than his master

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:25.079
 if they persecuted me

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.000
 they will persecute you

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.680
 also

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.440
 those who faithfully

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.299
 follow Christ

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.680
 will be persecuted

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.980
 and being spoken well

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.860
 by all people

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.640
 indicates that you

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.480
 have compromised

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:38.480
 in some measure

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.319
 with the world

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:44.039
 even a dead fish

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.100
 can drift

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.079
 with the current

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:49.919
 but if you

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.500
 want to be

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.639
 swimming upstream

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.460
 like salmon

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:54.759
 you have to be alive

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.379
 and strong

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:58.319
 those who belong

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.619
 to this world

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.439
 drift

00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:01.619
 with the sinful ways

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.179
 of this world

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:04.639
 but those who belong

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.619
 to the kingdom of God

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.179
 will again

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.759
 stick hard

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:09.119
 in spite of the persecution

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:12.259
 so to which of these

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.059
 sides do you belong

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:16.239
 there's a clear

00:30:16.239 --> 00:30:17.000
 separation here

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.579
 between Jesus'

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:18.159
 disciples

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:19.579
 and the rest

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.119
 of the crowd

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:21.679
 Jesus lifted up

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.059
 his eyes

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.859
 on to his

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.359
 disciples

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.039
 and taught them

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.299
 directly

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.599
 saying

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.619
 blessed are you

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:27.059
 but he spoke

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.619
 of their fathers

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.579
 who persecuted

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.359
 the true prophets

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.500
 and welcomed

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.079
 and loved

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.979
 the false prophets

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.420
 you

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.819
 they

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:38.099
 poor

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.920
 hungry

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.620
 weeping

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.400
 persecuted

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.960
 do you belong

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.599
 to that category

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:43.220
 or are you

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.620
 rich

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.620
 full

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.759
 laughing

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.480
 and universally

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.860
 white

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:51.200
 some of you

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.980
 know this morning

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.660
 that you belong

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:54.059
 to this latter category

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.980
 you know that

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.059
 you don't know

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.519
 what it's like

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.099
 to weep

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.779
 for sin

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.220
 or the sufferings

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.700
 of this world

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.120
 to hunger

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.700
 for righteousness

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.480
 to be poor

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.180
 and persecuted

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.259
 and if that's you

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.400
 you must acknowledge

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.900
 your sins

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.539
 and repent

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.779
 turn from your sins

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.140
 and humbly receive

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:10.080
 Jesus'

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.940
 love for you

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.640
 the grace of God

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.220
 given to you

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.000
 and Jesus dying

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.640
 for your sins

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.539
 to save you

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.259
 2 Corinthians 8

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 9

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.360
 puts it this way

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.980
 for you know

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:21.279
 the grace of our Lord

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.120
 Jesus Christ

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:23.960
 that though he was rich

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.220
 yet for your sake

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.240
 he became poor

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.220
 so that you

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.560
 by his poverty

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.960
 might become

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.779
 rich

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:33.059
 the righteous

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.079
 son of God

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.319
 Jesus died

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.019
 on the cross

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.980
 for sinful people

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.639
 like you

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.519
 and me

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.339
 and he was raised

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.039
 from the dead

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:41.180
 so that the poor

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.899
 in this world

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:43.359
 that Jesus is describing

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.759
 here

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.779
 might inherit

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.440
 his riches

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:47.279
 so that the sinners

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.899
 of this world

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.779
 might inherit

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.960
 his righteousness

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.879
 so that the spiritually

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.420
 dead

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.519
 in this world

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.539
 might inherit

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.700
 eternal life

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:56.920
 it's through Jesus

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.599
 that you become

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.519
 citizens of the kingdom

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.859
 of God

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:02.279
 so that's the profile

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.979
 of the citizen

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.699
 of the kingdom

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:05.459
 now let's turn

00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:06.119
 to the code

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.659
 of the kingdom

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:08.240
 these are the people

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.819
 of the land

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:10.379
 what is the law

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:10.839
 of the land

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.539
 that we are to live

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.759
 on

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:13.039
 and that law

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.679
 is love

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.839
 radically

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.639
 selfless

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.639
 and sacrificial love

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:18.039
 but before

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.879
 we dive into

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.559
 that commandment

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.619
 let's first note

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.259
 the relationship

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.279
 between the beatitude

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.079
 and the commandment

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.439
 to love

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.879
 that we see here

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.439
 because Jesus

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.320
 is not saying

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:26.799
 to us

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.140
 if you love

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.900
 this way

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:30.519
 then you will

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.200
 be blessed

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:34.140
 if you love

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.539
 this way

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.940
 then you will

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.460
 enter the kingdom

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.779
 of God

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.380
 that's not what

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.160
 Jesus is saying

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.019
 the commandment

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.320
 to love

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.940
 is given

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.519
 to those

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.140
 who already

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.100
 are blessed

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:42.100
 those who already

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:43.180
 are in the kingdom

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.640
 of God

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.820
 no one earns

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.360
 their way

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.920
 to heaven

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.340
 through their

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.820
 obedience

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.279
 rather

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.259
 obedience

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.279
 characterizes

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.740
 those who are

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.779
 already heavenly

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.320
 citizens

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:53.019
 with that in mind

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.779
 let's dive into

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.619
 verses 27 to 28

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.319
 but I say

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.779
 to you

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.399
 who hear

00:32:58.399 --> 00:33:00.359
 love your enemies

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.200
 do good

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.700
 to those

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.559
 who hate you

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.759
 bless those

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.720
 who curse you

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.240
 pray for those

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.759
 who abuse you

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:11.119
 the Old Testament

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.859
 had commanded

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.039
 Jews to love

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.099
 their neighbor

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.759
 as themselves

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.759
 but the Jews

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.539
 had restricted

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.299
 their definition

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.879
 of neighbor

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.660
 to people

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.139
 who weren't

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.799
 like them

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.079
 people who share

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:22.180
 their religious views

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.259
 people who share

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.500
 their ethnic heritage

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.759
 and Jesus here

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.879
 challenges that notion

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.400
 and radically

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.579
 expands the category

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.059
 of neighbor

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.839
 here to include

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:31.420
 even our enemies

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:33.039
 those who hate

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.920
 and oppose us

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.920
 and let's be

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.339
 over spiritualize

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.960
 this command

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.799
 to love our enemies

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.660
 and we say

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.240
 to ourselves

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.839
 well okay

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.940
 well I really

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.500
 don't want

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.500
 anything to do

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:47.460
 with that enemy

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.940
 of mine

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.140
 but fine

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.980
 I will love

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.420
 him

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.400
 in my heart

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.080
 that's not

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.519
 what Jesus

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.019
 is talking

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.340
 about

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:57.320
 Jesus

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:58.240
 adds specific

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.940
 ways in which

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.560
 we ought to

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.240
 love our enemies

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.800
 and he says

00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:02.140
 do good

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.860
 to those

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.620
 who hate you

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:05.160
 bless those

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.140
 who curse you

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.280
 pray for those

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:08.099
 who abuse you

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.960
 Jesus is not

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.900
 merely speaking

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.880
 about vaguely

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.160
 loving attitude

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.700
 that you should

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.460
 just have

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.220
 for his people

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:16.599
 Jesus is

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.119
 commanding us

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.639
 to do something

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.340
 concrete

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.440
 and active

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.079
 do good

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.940
 to your enemies

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.860
 seek their

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.360
 welfare

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.519
 when they curse

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.900
 you

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.500
 seek

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:24.940
 when they

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.420
 seek your

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.860
 harm

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.780
 bless them

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.260
 and seek

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.100
 their welfare

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:29.019
 when they

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.720
 slander and

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.680
 mistreat you

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.300
 instead of

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.940
 retaliating

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.400
 and kind

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.280
 pray for them

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.140
 that's actually

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.620
 a great

00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:36.200
 advice

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:37.120
 when you are

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.700
 having trouble

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.460
 loving someone

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.340
 or when you're

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.980
 having trouble

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.800
 forgiving someone

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.820
 that has hurt you

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:43.500
 or offended you

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.380
 one of the best

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.980
 things

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.960
 that you can do

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.360
 for them

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.920
 is to pray

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.340
 for them

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.740
 one of the best

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.300
 things you can do

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.920
 for yourself

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.780
 is to pray

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.160
 for them

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:52.559
 because as you

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.900
 pray for them

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.620
 and you're

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.400
 appealing to God

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.380
 on their behalf

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.860
 on the behalf

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.440
 of your enemies

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.280
 God actually

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.120
 enlarges your

00:34:59.120 --> 00:34:59.920
 heart to love

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.220
 them

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:01.019
 as you're

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.380
 praying for

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.920
 them

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.039
 to forgive

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.539
 them

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:06.220
 and having

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.720
 given us

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.420
 four general

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.820
 commands

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.380
 Jesus gives

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.019
 us vivid

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.539
 illustrations

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.039
 in verses

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.120
 29 and 31

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:13.220
 first he says

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.360
 to one who

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.260
 strikes you

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.840
 on the cheek

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.920
 offer the

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.820
 other also

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:20.480
 so Jesus

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.140
 is not

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:22.420
 teaching us

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.340
 to line up

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.880
 to volunteer

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.660
 to get pummeled

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.420
 by our enemies

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.900
 until we're

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.420
 unconscious

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:29.000
 so striking

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.559
 on the cheek

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.640
 is most likely

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.240
 a reference

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.940
 to a slap

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.500
 on the face

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.180
 with the back

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.600
 of the hand

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:34.820
 it's

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:36.200
 intended

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:37.539
 as an insult

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.760
 it's a picture

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.460
 of rejection

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:42.300
 this is an

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.760
 illustration

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.660
 of someone

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:45.000
 who rejects you

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.079
 when someone

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.920
 insults you

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.239
 don't retaliate

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.900
 or withdraw

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.579
 from them

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.400
 but continue

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.280
 to love them

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.039
 and do good

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.719
 to them

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:54.300
 of course

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.699
 that might mean

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.900
 that you're

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.340
 risking

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.239
 getting slapped

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.659
 on the other

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.300
 side as well

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:01.119
 if that's the

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.599
 kind of people

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.079
 they are

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:04.260
 that's exactly

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:05.079
 Jesus' point

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.900
 love your

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.460
 enemies

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.260
 even if it

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.699
 means making

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.159
 yourself

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.840
 vulnerable

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.440
 again

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.639
 to their

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.139
 hatred

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.179
 to their

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.619
 abuse

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:18.780
 when someone

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.720
 insults you

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.099
 and speaks

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.780
 harshly to you

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.500
 don't respond

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.360
 tit for tat

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.400
 and fight back

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.119
 don't cut off

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.880
 contact with that

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.320
 person

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.119
 vying never

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.619
 to speak to

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.960
 that person

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.280
 again

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.940
 befriend

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.360
 them

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.980
 again

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.480
 love

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.019
 him

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.400
 again

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.519
 even though

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.880
 that means

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.139
 you might

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.720
 find yourself

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:32.940
 on the

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.800
 deceiving end

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.340
 of verbal

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.720
 abuse

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.039
 again

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:37.600
 instead of

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:38.200
 being consumed

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.680
 with getting

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:39.260
 even

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.160
 getting your

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.840
 rights

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.960
 focus on

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.519
 loving

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.820
 your enemies

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:46.700
 retaliation

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.280
 in kind

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.800
 will not

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.220
 overcome

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.700
 hatred

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.980
 it's love

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.380
 and the

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.920
 demonstration

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.440
 of the

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.980
 grace of

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.220
 God

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:53.200
 that overcomes

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:54.100
 evil

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:57.200
 please note

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.800
 that what I'm

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.260
 talking about

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.539
 here

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.980
 what Jesus

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.460
 is teaching

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.820
 here

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.960
 is this

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.100
 non-retaliation

00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:02.460
 ethic

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.440
 is a personal

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.840
 ethic

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:06.059
 it's not

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.840
 an institutional

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.980
 or societal

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.420
 ethic

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.599
 Romans 13

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.840
 4 says

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.340
 that governing

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.920
 authorities

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.619
 bear the

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.000
 sword

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.760
 in order

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.280
 to carry

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.940
 out God's

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.300
 wrath

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.039
 on the

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.659
 wrongdoer

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.519
 it's the

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.300
 government's

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.780
 job

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.519
 to protect

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.139
 the innocent

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.139
 and the

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.559
 vulnerable

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.059
 and to

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.440
 punish

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.159
 abusers

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.659
 but Jesus

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.159
 is teaching

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.639
 us not

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.420
 to retaliate

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.119
 personally

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.880
 ourselves

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.480
 Paul

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.260
 summarizes

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.599
 Jesus'

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.139
 teaching

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.760
 hopefully

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.340
 in Romans

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.760
 12

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.260
 19

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.820
 21

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.760
 beloved

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.600
 never

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:37.160
 avenge

00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:37.640
 yourselves

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.780
 but leave

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.220
 it to the

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.640
 wrath of

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:39.980
 God

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.760
 for it is

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.100
 written

00:37:41.100 --> 00:37:42.019
 vengeance

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.800
 is mine

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.440
 I will

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.840
 repay

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.300
 says the

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.500
 woman

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.500
 to the

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.019
 contrary

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.420
 if your

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.620
 enemy

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.200
 is hungry

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.019
 feed him

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.559
 if he

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.079
 is thirsty

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.500
 give him

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.000
 something to

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.340
 drink

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.300
 for by so

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.539
 doing

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.780
 he will

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.039
 keep

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.340
 burning

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.700
 holes

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:52.980
 on his

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.240
 head

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:54.160
 do not

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.860
 be overcome

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.700
 by evil

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.539
 but overcome

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.019
 evil

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.700
 with

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.440
 good

00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:04.059
 I saw

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.000
 a short

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.420
 documentary

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.039
 last year

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.460
 entitled

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.440
 Befriending

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.220
 Her Shooter

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.539
 I don't know

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.840
 if you guys

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.139
 have seen

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.360
 that

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.440
 we've told

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.000
 the story

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.400
 of a

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.000
 13 year

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:13.179
 old boy

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.599
 Ian

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.039
 Manuel

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.519
 who's

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.179
 in a

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.500
 gang

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.019
 and he

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.960
 shot a

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.179
 young

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.599
 mother

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.059
 in the

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.579
 face

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.519
 in downtown

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.940
 Tampa

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.420
 Florida

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.260
 and was

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.579
 sentenced

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.320
 to life

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.179
 in prison

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:26.739
 and this

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.159
 woman

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.899
 Debbie

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.500
 Debbie

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.879
 Baby

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.699
 publicly

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.339
 forgave

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:30.579
 him

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.539
 and

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.579
 campaigned

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.899
 for him

00:38:32.899 --> 00:38:33.199
 so that

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.379
 his

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.799
 sentence

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.219
 could be

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.639
 reduced

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.940
 after

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.719
 establishing

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.960
 communication

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.299
 lines

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.940
 with him

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.839
 and befriending

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.119
 him

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.399
 and that

00:38:41.399 --> 00:38:41.819
 story

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.159
 kind of

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.399
 shows

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.639
 that

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.139
 interface

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.480
 between

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.919
 personal

00:38:43.919 --> 00:38:44.339
 forgiveness

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.619
 and

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.099
 institutional

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.579
 justice

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.319
 she

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.699
 personally

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.159
 forgave

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.619
 the shooter

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.359
 but that

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:49.699
 did not

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.239
 reduce

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.980
 the young

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.299
 man's

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.759
 sentence

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.279
 because

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.699
 justice

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.159
 still has

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.399
 to be

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:53.699
 served

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.799
 but she

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.259
 still

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:56.339
 obeyed

00:38:56.339 --> 00:38:56.719
 the call

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.239
 to forgive

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.779
 personally

00:38:57.779 --> 00:39:01.000
 Jesus

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.559
 continues

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.980
 in verses

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.960
 29-30

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.739
 and from

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.119
 one who

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.699
 takes away

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.279
 your cloak

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.939
 do not

00:39:05.939 --> 00:39:06.619
 withhold

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.419
 your tunic

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:07.759
 either

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.859
 give to

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:09.239
 everyone

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.899
 who begs

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:10.480
 from you

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.159
 and from

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.460
 one who

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.939
 takes away

00:39:11.939 --> 00:39:12.439
 your goods

00:39:12.439 --> 00:39:12.899
 do not

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.259
 demand

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.679
 a lie

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:15.019
 if someone

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.639
 steals

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.419
 your outer

00:39:16.419 --> 00:39:16.699
 garment

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.039
 Jesus

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.379
 is saying

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:17.659
 don't

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.019
 withhold

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.259
 your

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.819
 undershirt

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:21.000
 sounds

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.439
 crazy

00:39:21.439 --> 00:39:21.679
 doesn't

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:21.919
 it

00:39:21.919 --> 00:39:22.879
 but this

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.019
 is

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.400
 exactly

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.599
 what

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:23.820
 Jesus

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.159
 taught

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:26.159
 be

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.619
 generous

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.000
 to a

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.380
 fault

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.500
 forgive

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.179
 people

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.639
 to a

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.079
 fault

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.920
 don't

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.139
 be

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.780
 vengeful

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.119
 give

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.300
 to

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.480
 those

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.639
 who

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.099
 ask

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:34.059
 the

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.579
 ESV

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.880
 if you're

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.219
 looking at

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.480
 the same

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.719
 version

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.119
 I'm looking

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.300
 at

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.519
 the

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.860
 Bible

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.539
 use the

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:37.780
 word

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.239
 beg

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.940
 but the

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.539
 actual word

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.000
 that's used

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.400
 here is a

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.000
 more general

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.579
 term that

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.860
 means

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.480
 ask

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:44.099
 and likely

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.900
 it's

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.219
 referring

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.800
 not only

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.280
 to people

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.579
 who are

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.860
 begging

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.219
 on the

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.699
 streets

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.559
 but also

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:48.980
 to those

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.199
 who are

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.460
 seeking

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.119
 to borrow

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.480
 money

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.019
 from you

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:52.300
 so this is

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:53.099
 confirmed by the

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.740
 summary in

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.619
 verses 34

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.139
 to 35

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.099
 which focuses

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.740
 on lending

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.280
 money to

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.639
 people

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:59.320
 without expecting

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.840
 the same

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.039
 favor in return

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.159
 we should give

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.179
 to everyone

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:04.800
 who has need

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.900
 and ask us

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.340
 for help

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.980
 that's the idea

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.099
 even at the risk

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.280
 of being taken

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.960
 advantage of

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:13.119
 and Jesus

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.740
 sums it up

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.480
 in verse 31

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.139
 in a memorable

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.720
 way that we

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.099
 have come

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:17.079
 to know

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:18.320
 and as you

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.019
 wish that

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.619
 others would

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.400
 do to you

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.079
 do so

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.699
 to them

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.880
 this is what

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.539
 popular in

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.320
 the golden

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.679
 rule

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.099
 and we

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.340
 find

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:26.880
 variations

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.280
 of this

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.780
 command

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.900
 all throughout

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.679
 different

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.199
 cultures

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.699
 for example

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.139
 in the

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.760
 first century

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.199
 Jewish

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:33.519
 Greek

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.960
 philosopher

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.519
 Philo

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.059
 he writes

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.360
 whatever

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.860
 things

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.240
 anyone

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.619
 hates

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:36.820
 to

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.179
 suffer

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.940
 let it

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.260
 not

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.659
 do

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:40.079
 similarly

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.679
 Chinese

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.159
 philosopher

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.119
 Confucius

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.699
 writes

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.119
 in his

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.559
 analytics

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.239
 what you

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.639
 do not

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:44.960
 want

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.259
 done

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.440
 to

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.879
 yourself

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.299
 do

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:46.579
 not

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.859
 do

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.099
 to

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.559
 others

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.559
 but

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.920
 Jesus'

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.779
 formulation

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.399
 is the

00:40:51.399 --> 00:40:51.759
 most

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.599
 emphatic

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.920
 and positive

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:55.239
 of them all

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:56.599
 instead of

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.259
 simply telling

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:58.039
 us not

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.579
 to treat

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.899
 others

00:40:58.899 --> 00:40:59.319
 as you

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.579
 don't

00:40:59.579 --> 00:40:59.839
 want

00:40:59.839 --> 00:41:00.099
 to be

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.420
 treated

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.639
 Jesus

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.359
 calls us

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.679
 to be

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.299
 proactive

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:04.539
 in being

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.139
 sensitive

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.519
 toward

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.940
 others

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.359
 needs

00:41:06.359 --> 00:41:07.279
 as you

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.699
 want

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.480
 others

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.820
 to look

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:08.980
 out

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.099
 for

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.219
 your

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.400
 own

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.579
 we

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:10.740
 should

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.019
 treat

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.340
 others

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.860
 as we

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.320
 wish

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:12.719
 them

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:12.900
 to

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.219
 treat

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.099
 us

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:15.059
 most

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.320
 of the

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.800
 variations

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.139
 of the

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.760
 golden rule

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.320
 you find

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.599
 in other

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:17.900
 cultures

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.380
 are based

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.659
 on the

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.139
 idea of

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.659
 equality

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.719
 and reciprocity

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.539
 and they're

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.619
 often selfish

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.199
 actually at

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.679
 their root

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:25.380
 do this

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.920
 for others

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.460
 so that

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.860
 they

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.360
 would do

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.539
 this

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.059
 for you

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:30.360
 don't

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.659
 do this

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.139
 to others

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.980
 so that

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:32.559
 they don't

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.940
 do this

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.360
 to you

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.559
 but

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.960
 Jesus

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.280
 here

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.860
 calls us

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.199
 to a

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.940
 selfless

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.920
 and sacrificial

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.159
 love

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.559
 that goes

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.099
 beyond

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.460
 that

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.159
 giving

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.579
 even

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.880
 when

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.059
 it

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.420
 hurts

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:42.360
 forgoing

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.700
 our

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:43.240
 desires

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:43.760
 to meet

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.280
 the needs

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.900
 of others

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.599
 not just

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.960
 so that we

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.300
 can get

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.619
 something

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:46.960
 back

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.260
 but for

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.639
 the sake

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.139
 of loving

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.780
 the other

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.179
 person

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:51.920
 if you're

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.220
 not

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.940
 squirming

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.240
 in your

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.559
 seats

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.340
 right now

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.639
 with

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.220
 discomfort

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:56.659
 you're

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:56.980
 probably

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.320
 not

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:57.940
 understanding

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.400
 rightly

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:02.019
 this is

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.619
 a radical

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.160
 teaching

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:04.099
 Jesus

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.139
 puts it

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.480
 in an

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.980
 absolute

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.079
 and shocking

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.500
 way

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.480
 intentionally

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.400
 to confront

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.920
 us

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.639
 and force

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.220
 reflection

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.680
 on this

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:13.599
 it's a

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:13.900
 teaching

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.400
 that makes

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.240
 no sense

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:15.639
 from a

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:15.960
 worldly

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.539
 standpoint

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.320
 why in

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.680
 the world

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.019
 would I

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.639
 do that

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:23.360
 it only

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.119
 makes sense

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:24.840
 for the

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.240
 citizens

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.639
 of the

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:25.820
 kingdom

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.260
 of God

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.680
 who are

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.260
 poor

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.119
 hungry

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.900
 weeping

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.699
 and hated

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.279
 now

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:31.079
 because if

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.599
 we're hoping

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.259
 for riches

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.759
 in this

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.179
 life

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.319
 if we're

00:42:34.319 --> 00:42:34.900
 hoping for

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.359
 fullness

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:35.880
 in this

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.239
 life

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:36.859
 if we're

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.339
 hoping to

00:42:37.339 --> 00:42:37.739
 laugh

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.079
 in this

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.339
 life

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:38.599
 if we're

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.940
 hoping to

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.339
 be well

00:42:39.339 --> 00:42:39.779
 liked

00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.339
 and highly

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:40.779
 regarded

00:42:40.779 --> 00:42:41.159
 in this

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.539
 life

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.960
 this ethic

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.279
 of

00:42:43.279 --> 00:42:44.639
 selfless

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.159
 sacrificial

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:45.480
 love

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.920
 makes

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.880
 absolutely

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.599
 no sense

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:50.420
 but for

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.920
 the citizens

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.299
 of the

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:51.519
 kingdom

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.099
 of God

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:53.339
 it makes

00:42:53.339 --> 00:42:53.940
 all the

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.219
 sense

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.480
 in the

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.659
 world

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:57.079
 because

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.839
 with every

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.740
 act of

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:59.140
 personal

00:42:59.140 --> 00:42:59.740
 forgiveness

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:01.100
 even in

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:01.800
 the absence

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.840
 of institutional

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.480
 justice

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.260
 for ourselves

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.180
 we are

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.760
 declaring

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.360
 that the

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.960
 God of

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.539
 justice

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.519
 will make

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.120
 all things

00:43:09.120 --> 00:43:09.600
 right in

00:43:09.600 --> 00:43:09.940
 the end

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:11.700
 we're hoping

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:12.200
 for the

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.460
 kingdom

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.860
 that is

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.120
 coming

00:43:13.120 --> 00:43:15.600
 because with

00:43:15.600 --> 00:43:16.380
 every act

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.220
 of sacrificial

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:17.800
 giving

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.160
 when we

00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:19.480
 give

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:19.860
 even though

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.300
 it hurts

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:20.680
 it means

00:43:20.680 --> 00:43:21.079
 we don't

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.460
 get to do

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.720
 what we

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.059
 want to

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.160
 do

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:22.460
 so that

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.880
 we can

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.100
 help

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.360
 someone

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.700
 else

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:24.260
 when we

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:24.519
 give

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:24.980
 sacrifice

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.159
 in

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:25.280
 that

00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:25.380
 way

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.559
 we're

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.079
 declaring

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.380
 our

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.820
 faith

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.280
 that

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.619
 this

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:27.960
 world

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.159
 is

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.420
 not

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.639
 all

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:28.820
 there

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.019
 is

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.619
 for us

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.539
 that

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.800
 there's

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.159
 a better

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.500
 world

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.900
 coming

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.579
 and we

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:32.840
 will be

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.340
 rewarded

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:35.639
 that we

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.119
 are storing

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.400
 up

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:36.759
 treasures

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.259
 in heaven

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:37.860
 not just

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.219
 in this

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:38.559
 world

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.940
 that we

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.460
 are ready

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.980
 to part

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.219
 with

00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:41.900
 consolations

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.280
 in this

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.679
 life

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.699
 because we

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.159
 know the

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.599
 prize of

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:44.739
 the

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:45.099
 kingdom

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:46.340
 wins

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:46.900
 us

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:49.099
 it's

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.680
 only

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:50.220
 if you

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.500
 are a

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:50.800
 citizen

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.119
 of the

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.340
 kingdom

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.639
 of God

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.200
 that this

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:53.160
 selfless

00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.700
 sacrificial

00:43:53.700 --> 00:43:53.980
 love

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.519
 make any

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:54.940
 sense

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:59.420
 and then

00:43:59.420 --> 00:43:59.820
 verses

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.559
 32

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.059
 34

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.440
 Jesus

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.940
 contrasts

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.380
 the love

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:03.700
 that he's

00:44:03.700 --> 00:44:04.099
 commanding

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.700
 from the

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.200
 love of

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.639
 this world

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:06.440
 around us

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.880
 read with

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:07.980
 him

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.300
 it says

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.099
 if you

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.700
 love those

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.139
 who love

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.300
 you

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:10.960
 what benefit

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.460
 is that

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:11.960
 to you

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:16.820
 for even

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.140
 sinners

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.700
 love those

00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:18.039
 who love

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.320
 them

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:20.080
 and if

00:44:20.080 --> 00:44:20.300
 you do

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.760
 good to

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:20.980
 those

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.240
 who do

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.660
 good to

00:44:21.660 --> 00:44:21.900
 you

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.640
 what benefit

00:44:22.640 --> 00:44:23.059
 is that

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.480
 to you

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.300
 for even

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.700
 sinners

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:25.140
 do the

00:44:25.140 --> 00:44:25.380
 same

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:26.380
 and if

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.740
 you lend

00:44:26.740 --> 00:44:27.120
 to those

00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:27.500
 from whom

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.000
 you expect

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:28.600
 to receive

00:44:28.600 --> 00:44:29.400
 what credit

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.760
 is that

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.160
 to you

00:44:30.160 --> 00:44:30.680
 even

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.100
 sinners

00:44:31.100 --> 00:44:31.440
 lend

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.920
 to sinners

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.260
 to get

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:32.539
 back

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.039
 the same

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.600
 amount

00:44:33.600 --> 00:44:35.140
 the phrase

00:44:35.140 --> 00:44:35.600
 to get

00:44:35.600 --> 00:44:36.059
 back

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.940
 the same

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.380
 amount

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.539
 is literally

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.200
 just to

00:44:39.200 --> 00:44:39.740
 receive

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.420
 the same

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:41.580
 and I

00:44:41.580 --> 00:44:42.160
 think it's

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:43.039
 not speaking

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.720
 actually

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:45.380
 restrictively

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.820
 about

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:46.420
 wanting to

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.800
 get paid

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.260
 back in

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:47.519
 full

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:47.820
 for the

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.060
 loans

00:44:48.060 --> 00:44:48.360
 you give

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:48.620
 out

00:44:48.620 --> 00:44:49.180
 it's

00:44:49.180 --> 00:44:49.380
 actually

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:49.820
 speaking

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.160
 about

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:50.740
 lending

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:51.060
 to

00:44:51.060 --> 00:44:51.620
 people

00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:52.160
 who

00:44:52.160 --> 00:44:52.320
 are

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:52.660
 able

00:44:52.660 --> 00:44:52.840
 to

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.000
 give

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:53.100
 you

00:44:53.100 --> 00:44:53.340
 some

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:53.620
 other

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:53.900
 kind

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.019
 of

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.340
 favor

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:54.940
 in return

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.940
 giving

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.440
 something

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:56.680
 to

00:44:56.680 --> 00:44:57.019
 others

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.420
 lending

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:57.880
 something

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.500
 expecting

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:58.900
 something

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.400
 in return

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.960
 expecting

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.480
 the same

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:01.320
 to receive

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.880
 the same

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.220
 so then

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:03.620
 it's

00:45:03.620 --> 00:45:04.200
 consistent

00:45:04.200 --> 00:45:04.480
 it's

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.700
 parallel

00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:04.920
 with

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.320
 everything

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:05.660
 all the

00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:05.840
 other

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.100
 ideas

00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:06.240
 that

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.340
 are

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.740
 expressed

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:07.139
 here

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.699
 the idea

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.379
 the worldly

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.200
 mentality

00:45:09.200 --> 00:45:09.640
 is

00:45:09.640 --> 00:45:10.260
 you

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.660
 scratch

00:45:10.660 --> 00:45:10.880
 my

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:11.200
 back

00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:11.340
 and

00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:11.440
 I

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:11.559
 will

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:11.880
 scratch

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.320
 yours

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.440
 but

00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:13.780
 Jesus

00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:14.119
 is

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.539
 directly

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.260
 contradicting

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:15.640
 that

00:45:15.640 --> 00:45:16.380
 idea

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:17.300
 he's not

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.480
 say

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.960
 don't say

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:18.400
 I did

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.880
 you a favor

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.500
 this time

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.519
 so do me a favor

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:20.940
 next time

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.519
 we shouldn't

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.199
 only lend

00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:22.699
 to people

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:23.539
 whom we

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:23.860
 expect

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.199
 something

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.460
 from

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.940
 in return

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:26.659
 isn't it

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:26.820
 true

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:27.019
 that

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:28.039
 people

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.659
 tend to

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.820
 decide

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.179
 each other

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:30.599
 all the

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:30.840
 time

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.400
 no matter

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:31.759
 where you

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.019
 go

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.960
 no matter

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.320
 what kind

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:33.679
 of society

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:34.119
 you're in

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:36.539
 is this

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.139
 fellow student

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.579
 of mine

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:39.199
 able to

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:39.659
 offer me

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:39.940
 help

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.259
 in other

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:40.659
 subjects

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:41.000
 if I

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.239
 spend

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:41.500
 time

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:41.780
 helping

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:41.940
 them

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.199
 in this

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:42.500
 subject

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:45.599
 I

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:45.800
 should

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:45.940
 be

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.159
 nice

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.400
 to that

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:46.679
 person

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.219
 because

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:48.860
 that

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.280
 person

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.239
 has

00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:50.819
 a car

00:45:50.819 --> 00:45:52.739
 he can

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:52.979
 drive

00:45:52.979 --> 00:45:53.119
 me

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:53.199
 to

00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:53.539
 places

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:56.199
 I

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:56.379
 should

00:45:56.379 --> 00:45:56.519
 be

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.739
 nice

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:56.859
 to

00:45:56.859 --> 00:45:57.019
 this

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.579
 manager

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:59.079
 get

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.399
 gifts

00:45:59.399 --> 00:45:59.559
 for

00:45:59.559 --> 00:45:59.719
 this

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.219
 professor

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:02.019
 because

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:03.000
 he or

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.119
 she

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:03.319
 has

00:46:03.319 --> 00:46:03.899
 power

00:46:03.899 --> 00:46:04.479
 and

00:46:04.479 --> 00:46:05.219
 influence

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:06.000
 that

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.159
 can

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.419
 help

00:46:06.419 --> 00:46:06.679
 me

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:07.359
 take

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.519
 me

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.000
 places

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:12.239
 stop

00:46:12.239 --> 00:46:13.019
 sizing

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.459
 people

00:46:13.459 --> 00:46:17.139
 and

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:17.659
 stop

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.000
 showing

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.759
 favoritism

00:46:18.759 --> 00:46:18.939
 to

00:46:18.939 --> 00:46:19.259
 people

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:19.479
 who

00:46:19.479 --> 00:46:19.639
 can

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:19.919
 do

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.360
 something

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.619
 for

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:20.940
 you

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:21.860
 Jesus

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.119
 is

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.460
 saying

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.180
 love

00:46:23.180 --> 00:46:23.680
 people

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:23.900
 who

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.119
 can

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.480
 do

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:25.139
 nothing

00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:25.420
 for

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.280
 you

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:29.180
 loving

00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:30.039
 expecting

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.260
 a

00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:30.700
 return

00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:31.360
 favor

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:34.280
 lending

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.500
 to

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:34.740
 those

00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:35.019
 whom

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.200
 you

00:46:35.200 --> 00:46:35.579
 expect

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:35.820
 to

00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:35.960
 get

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.059
 a

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:36.420
 return

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.880
 from

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:38.320
 doing

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.599
 good

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:38.740
 to

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:39.059
 those

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.380
 who

00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:39.659
 can

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:39.800
 do

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.039
 good

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.240
 to

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:40.680
 you

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:42.019
 loving

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.300
 people

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:42.460
 who

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.740
 love

00:46:42.740 --> 00:46:42.840
 you

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:43.200
 that's

00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:43.760
 human

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:45.039
 that's

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.220
 not

00:46:45.220 --> 00:46:45.659
 Christian

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:50.299
 love

00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:50.579
 there's

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:50.779
 no

00:46:50.779 --> 00:46:51.159
 benefit

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.599
 there's

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:52.739
 no

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.000
 heavenly

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.519
 reward

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:53.699
 for

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:54.000
 that

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.539
 the

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.980
 Christian

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.319
 love

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:55.480
 is

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:55.639
 to

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:55.920
 love

00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:56.239
 those

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.399
 who

00:46:56.399 --> 00:46:56.819
 hate

00:46:56.819 --> 00:46:57.119
 you

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.460
 to

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:57.599
 do

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:57.819
 good

00:46:57.819 --> 00:46:58.000
 to

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.199
 those

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.319
 who

00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:58.500
 do

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:58.920
 evil

00:46:58.920 --> 00:46:59.179
 to

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.399
 you

00:46:59.399 --> 00:46:59.699
 and

00:46:59.699 --> 00:46:59.859
 to

00:46:59.859 --> 00:47:00.099
 lend

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:00.259
 to

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:00.500
 those

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:00.699
 from

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:00.900
 whom

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.039
 we

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.139
 can

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:01.539
 expect

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:01.960
 nothing

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.179
 in

00:47:02.179 --> 00:47:02.559
 return

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.400
 to

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:03.759
 love

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.339
 serve

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:04.619
 and

00:47:04.619 --> 00:47:04.980
 give

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:05.719
 with

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:06.500
 no

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.159
 strings

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:07.839
 attached

00:47:07.839 --> 00:47:10.779
 it's

00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:10.880
 an

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.219
 extremely

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:11.699
 high

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:11.920
 and

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.339
 difficult

00:47:12.339 --> 00:47:12.779
 command

00:47:12.779 --> 00:47:12.940
 and

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:13.139
 that's

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.279
 why

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.599
 Jesus

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:13.920
 gives

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.119
 us

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.380
 very

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:15.039
 powerful

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:15.679
 motivations

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:16.000
 in

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.339
 verses

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:17.059
 35

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.239
 to

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:17.799
 36

00:47:17.799 --> 00:47:18.699
 but

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.039
 love

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.239
 your

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:19.619
 enemies

00:47:19.619 --> 00:47:19.860
 and

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.019
 do

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.339
 good

00:47:20.339 --> 00:47:20.559
 and

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:20.880
 lend

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.440
 expecting

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:21.860
 nothing

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:22.119
 in

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:22.460
 return

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:23.059
 and

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.259
 your

00:47:23.259 --> 00:47:23.839
 reward

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.219
 will

00:47:24.219 --> 00:47:24.460
 be

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.900
 great

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.380
 and

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.539
 you

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:25.759
 will

00:47:25.759 --> 00:47:26.000
 be

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.500
 sons

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.739
 of

00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:26.880
 the

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.119
 most

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.579
 high

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:27.940
 for

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:28.259
 he

00:47:28.259 --> 00:47:28.480
 is

00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:28.880
 kind

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.039
 to

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.179
 be

00:47:59.039 --> 00:47:59.480
 now

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.340
 why

00:48:00.340 --> 00:48:00.579
 does

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:00.739
 it

00:48:00.739 --> 00:48:01.039
 sound

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.360
 like

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:01.619
 Jesus

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:02.119
 saying

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.599
 hey

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 if

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.000
 you

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:03.279
 do

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:03.619
 this

00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:03.779
 if

00:48:03.779 --> 00:48:03.880
 you

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.119
 love

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.279
 this

00:48:04.279 --> 00:48:04.460
 way

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:04.699
 then

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:04.860
 I

00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:05.000
 will

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.219
 give

00:48:05.219 --> 00:48:05.320
 you

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:05.460
 the

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:05.719
 kingdom

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:06.380
 then

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:06.519
 I

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:06.639
 will

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:06.900
 make

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.059
 you

00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:07.300
 sons

00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:07.440
 of

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.519
 the

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.719
 most

00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:08.079
 high

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:10.139
 the

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.539
 answer

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:11.019
 lies

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.119
 in

00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:11.219
 the

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:11.420
 next

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:11.840
 clause

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.800
 for

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 he

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 is

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 kind

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:14.539
 to

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 the

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.360
 ungrateful

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:16.099
 and

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.300
 the

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 evil

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.599
 this

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:17.719
 is

00:48:17.719 --> 00:48:17.880
 the

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:18.340
 reason

00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:18.699
 why

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:18.980
 you

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.300
 will

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:19.659
 be

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:20.119
 sons

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:20.279
 of

00:48:20.279 --> 00:48:20.400
 the

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.619
 most

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.099
 high

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:21.500
 when

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:21.619
 you

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:21.840
 love

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:21.980
 your

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.340
 enemies

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:22.860
 for

00:48:22.860 --> 00:48:23.699
 because

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:24.360
 God

00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:24.579
 is

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:24.980
 kind

00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:25.360
 to

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.640
 the

00:48:25.640 --> 00:48:26.240
 ungrateful

00:48:26.240 --> 00:48:26.599
 and

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:26.820
 the

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.160
 evil

00:48:27.160 --> 00:48:27.800
 so

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:27.920
 the

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.360
 expression

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:28.640
 this

00:48:28.640 --> 00:48:28.820
 is

00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:29.320
 referring

00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:29.760
 to

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.740
 resemblance

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 not

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:32.240
 status

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:33.539
 the

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 expression

00:48:34.180 --> 00:48:34.680
 son

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 of

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 dot

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 dot

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 dot

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 fill in

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 the

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 blank

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 is

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:36.700
 a

00:48:36.700 --> 00:48:37.000
 typical

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.380
 Hebrew

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:37.860
 idiom

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.579
 to

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:38.880
 refer

00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:39.039
 to

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.300
 someone

00:48:39.300 --> 00:48:39.500
 that

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:39.620
 is

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 characterized

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 by

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 something

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 so

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:41.680
 Psalm

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 89

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 22

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 calls

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 the

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 wicked

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 literally

00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:44.880
 a

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.300
 son

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 of

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 wickedness

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:47.740
 Deuteronomy

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 3

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 18

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 describes

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 courageous

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 men

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 as

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 sons

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 of

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 valor

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 so

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 when

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 it

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:52.260
 says

00:48:52.260 --> 00:48:52.440
 here

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:52.700
 you

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 will

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 be

00:48:58.160 --> 00:48:58.480
 given

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:58.700
 the

00:48:58.700 --> 00:48:58.980
 right

00:48:58.980 --> 00:48:59.140
 to

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 be

00:48:59.300 --> 00:48:59.500
 sons

00:48:59.500 --> 00:48:59.640
 of

00:48:59.640 --> 00:48:59.760
 God

00:48:59.760 --> 00:48:59.980
 that's

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:00.099
 not

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:00.220
 what

00:49:00.220 --> 00:49:00.400
 he's

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:00.680
 saying

00:49:00.680 --> 00:49:01.240
 if

00:49:01.240 --> 00:49:01.519
 you

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:01.840
 do

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:02.140
 this

00:49:02.140 --> 00:49:02.260
 if

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:02.360
 you

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:02.620
 love

00:49:02.620 --> 00:49:02.780
 your

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.340
 enemies

00:49:03.340 --> 00:49:03.599
 and

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:03.740
 do

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 good

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.039
 to

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 those

00:49:04.240 --> 00:49:04.360
 who

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:04.599
 hate

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:04.800
 you

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 you

00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:05.620
 will

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 resemble

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:06.599
 the

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:07.000
 father

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 the

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 fathers

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:09.519
 of

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:09.880
 Christ

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.340
 already

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:10.720
 are

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 adopted

00:49:11.180 --> 00:49:11.599
 children

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:11.820
 of

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 God

00:49:12.160 --> 00:49:12.480
 but

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:12.579
 when

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:12.720
 we

00:49:12.720 --> 00:49:12.960
 love

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.099
 our

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:13.440
 enemies

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:13.660
 and

00:49:13.660 --> 00:49:13.800
 do

00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:14.000
 good

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.140
 to

00:49:14.140 --> 00:49:14.380
 those

00:49:14.380 --> 00:49:14.539
 who

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:14.760
 hate

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:14.940
 us

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.240
 we

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:15.620
 act

00:49:15.620 --> 00:49:16.099
 like

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:16.620
 God

00:49:16.620 --> 00:49:18.940
 for

00:49:18.940 --> 00:49:19.820
 that's

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:19.920
 the

00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:20.200
 reason

00:49:20.200 --> 00:49:20.700
 God

00:49:20.700 --> 00:49:20.940
 is

00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:21.420
 kind

00:49:21.420 --> 00:49:21.599
 to

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:21.740
 the

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:25.079
 36

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.640
 clinches

00:49:25.640 --> 00:49:25.880
 this

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:26.140
 argument

00:49:26.140 --> 00:49:26.420
 be

00:49:26.420 --> 00:49:26.960
 merciful

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:27.340
 even

00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:27.579
 as

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:27.760
 your

00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:28.260
 father

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:28.480
 is

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:28.940
 merciful

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:29.780
 once

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.000
 again

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.140
 the

00:49:30.140 --> 00:49:30.380
 idea

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:30.519
 is

00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:31.019
 resemblance

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:31.300
 since

00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:31.460
 you

00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:31.820
 are

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:32.099
 a

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:32.519
 child

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:32.760
 of

00:49:32.760 --> 00:49:33.140
 God

00:49:33.140 --> 00:49:33.920
 already

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.460
 you

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:34.620
 should

00:49:34.620 --> 00:49:35.099
 resemble

00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:35.420
 your

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:35.920
 father

00:49:35.920 --> 00:49:38.360
 show

00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:38.559
 that

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:38.740
 you're

00:49:38.740 --> 00:49:38.920
 cut

00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:39.079
 from

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.240
 the

00:49:39.240 --> 00:49:39.500
 same

00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:39.860
 cloth

00:49:39.860 --> 00:49:40.300
 prove

00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:40.519
 your

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.160
 paternity

00:49:41.160 --> 00:49:42.240
 that

00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:42.640
 God

00:49:42.640 --> 00:49:42.780
 the

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:43.019
 father

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:43.240
 is

00:49:43.240 --> 00:49:43.420
 your

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.820
 father

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:44.820
 be

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:45.280
 merciful

00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:45.599
 because

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:45.800
 your

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:46.160
 father

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:46.559
 is

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:47.019
 merciful

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:51.519
 and

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:51.760
 this

00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:52.340
 highlights

00:49:52.340 --> 00:49:52.700
 the

00:49:52.700 --> 00:49:53.260
 ordinary

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:53.620
 mercy

00:49:53.620 --> 00:49:53.820
 of

00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:54.160
 God

00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:54.660
 because

00:49:54.660 --> 00:49:54.860
 we

00:49:54.860 --> 00:49:55.100
 take

00:49:55.100 --> 00:49:55.240
 for

00:49:55.240 --> 00:49:55.519
 granted

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:55.720
 the

00:49:55.720 --> 00:49:55.880
 way

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.039
 this

00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:56.280
 world

00:49:56.280 --> 00:49:56.600
 works

00:49:56.600 --> 00:49:57.000
 sometimes

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:57.280
 we

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:57.580
 don't

00:49:57.580 --> 00:49:57.860
 stop

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:58.039
 to

00:49:58.039 --> 00:49:58.460
 recognize

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:58.840
 God's

00:49:58.840 --> 00:49:59.160
 mercy

00:49:59.160 --> 00:50:00.740
 but

00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:01.160
 any

00:50:01.160 --> 00:50:01.480
 given

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:01.900
 moment

00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:02.180
 we

00:50:02.180 --> 00:50:02.280
 are

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:02.559
 all

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:02.960
 sinners

00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:03.720
 we

00:50:03.720 --> 00:50:04.160
 deserve

00:50:04.160 --> 00:50:04.900
 God's

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:05.620
 fury

00:50:05.620 --> 00:50:06.780
 and wrath

00:50:06.780 --> 00:50:07.019
 his

00:50:07.019 --> 00:50:07.380
 holy

00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:08.039
 justice

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:09.140
 any

00:50:09.140 --> 00:50:09.460
 given

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:09.820
 moment

00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:10.900
 we

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:11.080
 could

00:50:11.080 --> 00:50:11.380
 fall

00:50:11.380 --> 00:50:11.780
 right

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:11.980
 to

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:12.260
 hell

00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:12.920
 and

00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:13.300
 burn

00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:13.720
 and

00:50:13.720 --> 00:50:14.000
 be

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.700
 dismissed

00:50:14.700 --> 00:50:15.080
 into

00:50:15.080 --> 00:50:15.580
 oblivion

00:50:15.580 --> 00:50:15.740
 and

00:50:15.740 --> 00:50:16.080
 forgotten

00:50:16.080 --> 00:50:16.519
 forever

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:17.240
 that's

00:50:17.240 --> 00:50:17.559
 what

00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:17.740
 we

00:50:17.740 --> 00:50:18.120
 deserve

00:50:18.120 --> 00:50:18.559
 and

00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:19.100
 every

00:50:19.100 --> 00:50:19.760
 breath

00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:19.960
 we

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.280
 take

00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:20.700
 and

00:50:20.700 --> 00:50:21.120
 every

00:50:21.120 --> 00:50:21.460
 air

00:50:21.460 --> 00:50:21.800
 every

00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:22.220
 moment

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:22.420
 of

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.600
 air

00:50:22.600 --> 00:50:22.780
 that

00:50:22.780 --> 00:50:22.900
 we

00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:24.320
 stand

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:24.760
 by

00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:24.980
 the

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:25.300
 mercy

00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:25.519
 of

00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:25.840
 God

00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:26.800
 we

00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:26.960
 don't

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.360
 recognize

00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:27.660
 this

00:50:27.660 --> 00:50:27.800
 and

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.059
 that's

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.340
 why

00:50:28.340 --> 00:50:28.500
 we

00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:28.620
 don't

00:50:28.620 --> 00:50:29.039
 appreciate

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:29.260
 the

00:50:29.260 --> 00:50:29.500
 mercy

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:29.700
 of

00:50:29.700 --> 00:50:29.880
 God

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.200
 we

00:50:30.200 --> 00:50:30.559
 deserve

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:30.920
 God's

00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:31.200
 wrath

00:50:31.200 --> 00:50:31.460
 right

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.760
 now

00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:31.960
 we

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:32.400
 stand

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:32.660
 right

00:50:32.660 --> 00:50:33.000
 now

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:33.300
 we

00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:33.600
 sit

00:50:33.600 --> 00:50:33.700
 in

00:50:33.700 --> 00:50:33.860
 our

00:50:33.860 --> 00:50:34.140
 seats

00:50:34.140 --> 00:50:34.420
 right

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:34.580
 now

00:50:34.580 --> 00:50:34.720
 we

00:50:34.720 --> 00:50:35.000
 listen

00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:35.180
 to

00:50:35.180 --> 00:50:35.320
 this

00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:35.539
 right

00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:35.860
 now

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:36.180
 we

00:50:36.180 --> 00:50:36.559
 work

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:36.760
 and

00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:37.039
 live

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:37.240
 and

00:50:37.240 --> 00:50:37.500
 eat

00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:37.700
 and

00:50:37.700 --> 00:50:37.940
 move

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:38.440
 and have

00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:38.559
 our

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:38.800
 be

00:50:38.800 --> 00:50:39.300
 because

00:50:39.300 --> 00:50:39.600
 of

00:50:39.600 --> 00:50:39.960
 God's

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.519
 mercy

00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:41.700
 that's

00:50:41.700 --> 00:50:41.860
 how

00:50:41.860 --> 00:50:42.360
 merciful

00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:42.700
 God

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 the

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 father

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 is

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 to

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 us

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 right

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 now

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 the

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 same

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 way

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:45.639
 we

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 have

00:50:45.759 --> 00:50:45.859
 to

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 show

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 mercy

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 to

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 others

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 because

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 even

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 though

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 we

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 are

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 ungrateful

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 and

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 evil

00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:52.319
 the

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 father

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:52.940
 shows

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 mercy

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 to

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 us

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 and

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 God's

00:50:58.280 --> 00:50:58.559
 mercy

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 sees

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 an

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 even

00:50:59.380 --> 00:51:00.059
 more

00:51:00.059 --> 00:51:00.519
 amazing

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:00.900
 and

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 special

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.320
 specific

00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:02.900
 application

00:51:02.900 --> 00:51:03.900
 in the

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.079
 way

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:04.460
 Jesus

00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:05.039
 saves

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:05.599
 his

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:06.019
 people

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:07.760
 Romans

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.260
 5

00:51:08.260 --> 00:51:08.940
 10

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:09.619
 tells us

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:10.099
 this

00:51:10.099 --> 00:51:10.500
 it says

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 for if

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:12.039
 while we

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.220
 were

00:51:12.220 --> 00:51:12.740
 enemies

00:51:12.740 --> 00:51:13.460
 we

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:13.619
 were

00:51:13.619 --> 00:51:14.179
 reconciled

00:51:14.179 --> 00:51:14.320
 to

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:14.619
 God

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:14.840
 by

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.019
 the

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.260
 death

00:51:15.260 --> 00:51:15.420
 of

00:51:15.420 --> 00:51:15.579
 his

00:51:15.579 --> 00:51:15.880
 son

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:16.840
 much

00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:17.199
 more

00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:17.579
 now

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:17.820
 that

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:17.980
 we

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:18.099
 are

00:51:18.099 --> 00:51:18.740
 reconciled

00:51:18.740 --> 00:51:18.960
 shall

00:51:18.960 --> 00:51:19.059
 we

00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:19.220
 be

00:51:19.220 --> 00:51:19.619
 saved

00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:19.920
 by

00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:20.260
 his

00:51:20.260 --> 00:51:20.639
 life

00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:26.279
 we

00:51:26.279 --> 00:51:26.480
 can

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:26.699
 love

00:51:26.699 --> 00:51:26.859
 our

00:51:26.859 --> 00:51:27.159
 enemies

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:27.739
 because

00:51:27.739 --> 00:51:29.339
 God

00:51:29.339 --> 00:51:29.639
 loved

00:51:29.639 --> 00:51:29.859
 us

00:51:29.859 --> 00:51:30.059
 while

00:51:30.059 --> 00:51:30.239
 we

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:30.379
 were

00:51:30.379 --> 00:51:30.639
 his

00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:30.960
 enemies

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:33.460
 we

00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:33.599
 were

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.000
 not

00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.839
 sincere

00:51:34.839 --> 00:51:35.259
 people

00:51:35.259 --> 00:51:35.559
 good

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:35.920
 people

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:36.179
 pretty

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.420
 good

00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:36.759
 people

00:51:36.759 --> 00:51:37.279
 that

00:51:37.279 --> 00:51:37.379
 are

00:51:37.379 --> 00:51:37.779
 finding

00:51:37.779 --> 00:51:37.980
 our

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:38.159
 way

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:38.339
 to

00:51:38.339 --> 00:51:38.539
 God

00:51:38.539 --> 00:51:38.719
 we

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:38.879
 were

00:51:38.879 --> 00:51:39.319
 his

00:51:39.319 --> 00:51:39.719
 sworn

00:51:39.719 --> 00:51:40.319
 enemies

00:51:40.319 --> 00:51:41.460
 we

00:51:41.460 --> 00:51:41.619
 were

00:51:41.619 --> 00:51:42.079
 rebelling

00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:42.480
 against

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:42.739
 him

00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:43.159
 refusing

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:43.359
 to

00:51:43.359 --> 00:51:43.539
 do

00:51:43.539 --> 00:51:43.739
 his

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:44.019
 will

00:51:44.019 --> 00:51:45.000
 refusing

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.199
 to

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:45.619
 acknowledge

00:51:45.619 --> 00:51:45.960
 him

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:46.099
 in

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:46.339
 any

00:51:46.339 --> 00:51:46.699
 aspect

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:46.879
 of

00:51:46.879 --> 00:51:47.019
 our

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.460
 lives

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:48.839
 living

00:51:48.839 --> 00:51:49.059
 for

00:51:49.059 --> 00:51:49.299
 our

00:51:49.299 --> 00:51:49.619
 glory

00:51:49.619 --> 00:51:50.059
 ourselves

00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.500
 stealing

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:50.739
 and

00:51:50.739 --> 00:51:51.059
 robbing

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:51.260
 from

00:51:51.260 --> 00:51:51.460
 his

00:51:51.460 --> 00:51:51.800
 glory

00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:52.920
 that's

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.079
 who

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:53.239
 we

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:53.539
 are

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:53.920
 and

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:54.559
 if

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:55.039
 you

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:55.340
 think

00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:55.539
 it's

00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:55.820
 hard

00:51:55.820 --> 00:51:56.119
 for

00:51:56.119 --> 00:51:58.300
 us

00:51:58.300 --> 00:51:58.500
 to

00:51:58.500 --> 00:51:58.800
 love

00:51:58.800 --> 00:51:59.340
 those

00:51:59.340 --> 00:51:59.679
 enemies

00:51:59.679 --> 00:51:59.900
 that

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:00.119
 come

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:00.300
 to

00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:00.679
 mind

00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:01.260
 if

00:52:01.260 --> 00:52:01.400
 we

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:01.579
 think

00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:01.780
 it's

00:52:01.780 --> 00:52:02.039
 hard

00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:02.360
 to

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:02.980
 love

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:03.179
 those

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:03.300
 who

00:52:03.300 --> 00:52:03.420
 have

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:03.820
 abused

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.019
 us

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:04.159
 those

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:04.199
 who

00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:04.320
 have

00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:04.619
 hurt

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.039
 us

00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:05.599
 those

00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:05.679
 who

00:52:05.679 --> 00:52:05.780
 have

00:52:05.780 --> 00:52:05.960
 made

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.119
 us

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:06.360
 feel

00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:06.840
 small

00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:07.079
 those

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:07.219
 who

00:52:07.219 --> 00:52:07.519
 have

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:08.280
 offended

00:52:08.280 --> 00:52:08.840
 us

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:09.760
 if

00:52:09.760 --> 00:52:09.960
 it's

00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:10.159
 hard

00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:10.340
 for

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:10.619
 us

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:10.820
 to

00:52:10.820 --> 00:52:11.019
 love

00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:11.460
 imagine

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:12.480
 the

00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:12.800
 holy

00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:13.179
 God

00:52:13.179 --> 00:52:13.380
 the

00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:13.820
 perfect

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.159
 God

00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:14.340
 the

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:14.679
 righteous

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:15.199
 God

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:16.760
 from

00:52:16.760 --> 00:52:17.260
 eternity

00:52:17.260 --> 00:52:17.800
 past

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:18.100
 the

00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:18.480
 great

00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:19.060
 God

00:52:19.060 --> 00:52:21.200
 loving

00:52:21.200 --> 00:52:22.660
 us

00:52:22.660 --> 00:52:23.380
 while

00:52:23.380 --> 00:52:23.540
 we

00:52:23.540 --> 00:52:23.620
 were

00:52:23.620 --> 00:52:23.900
 his

00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:24.620
 enemies

00:52:24.620 --> 00:52:28.720
 while

00:52:28.720 --> 00:52:28.880
 we

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:28.960
 were

00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:29.160
 his

00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:29.500
 enemies

00:52:29.500 --> 00:52:29.820
 Jesus

00:52:29.820 --> 00:52:30.260
 died

00:52:30.260 --> 00:52:30.480
 for

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:30.700
 our

00:52:30.700 --> 00:52:31.020
 sins

00:52:31.020 --> 00:52:31.520
 to

00:52:31.520 --> 00:52:31.800
 save

00:52:31.800 --> 00:52:32.200
 us

00:52:32.200 --> 00:52:32.640
 and

00:52:32.640 --> 00:52:32.780
 it's

00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:32.900
 when

00:52:32.900 --> 00:52:33.020
 we

00:52:33.020 --> 00:52:33.140
 are

00:52:33.140 --> 00:52:33.640
 transformed

00:52:33.640 --> 00:52:34.020
 by

00:52:34.020 --> 00:52:34.320
 that

00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:34.580
 love

00:52:34.580 --> 00:52:34.720
 that

00:52:34.720 --> 00:52:34.860
 we

00:52:34.860 --> 00:52:35.040
 can

00:52:35.040 --> 00:52:35.340
 love

00:52:35.340 --> 00:52:36.640
 those

00:52:36.640 --> 00:52:37.660
 who

00:52:37.660 --> 00:52:37.900
 hate

00:52:37.900 --> 00:52:38.220
 us