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 Good morning, Christchurch. My name is Suzy Shin,

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 and I'm part of the Wednesday Women's Group in Oakland,

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 and the monthly Friday Families Group, also in Oakland.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 6, verses 17 to 36, as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.

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 He went down with them and stood on a level place.

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 A large crowd of his disciples was there, and a great number of people from all over Judea,

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 from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,

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 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

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 Those troubled by impure spirits were cured,

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 and the people all tried to touch him because power was coming from him and healing them all.

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 Looking at his disciples, he 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 hunger now, for you will be satisfied.

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

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 Blessed are you when people hate you,

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 when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

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

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 for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

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

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 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry.

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

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 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,

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 for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

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 But to you who are listening, I say,

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 Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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 bless those who curse you,

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 pray for those who mistreat you.

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 If someone slaps you on one cheek,

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 turn to them the other also.

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 If someone takes your coat,

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 do not withhold your shirt from them.

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 Give to everyone who asks you,

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 and if anyone takes what belongs to you,

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 do not demand it back.

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 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

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 If you love those who love you,

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 what credit is that to you?

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 Even sinners love those who love them.

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 And if you do good to those who are good to you,

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 what credit is that to you?

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 Even sinners do that.

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 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment,

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 what credit is that to you?

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 Even sinners lend to sinners,

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 expecting to be repaid in full.

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 But love your enemies,

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 do good to them,

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 and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.

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 Then your reward will be great,

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 and you will be children of the Most High,

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 because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

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 This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, Lord.

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 Thank you, Susie, for that scripture reading.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 My name's Andrew.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 And I'm glad to open up God's Word with you.

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 Looking forward to diving into this text.

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer

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 before we dive into His Word.

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 Father, we pray that as we give our attention to Your Word,

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 Your Spirit, which inspired this Word,

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 would convict our hearts.

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 That these familiar teachings of Jesus

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 that we will hear and discuss today

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 would strike us fresh and new,

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 and that You would get rid of that familiarity, Lord,

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 and bring conviction and concrete action

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 in Your church.

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 That we'd be a people of love.

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 That we'd be a people who are a countercultural force

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 in this broken world,

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 so dissatisfied with the status quo

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 and so longing to bear witness

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 to Your Son's better kingdom.

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 Make us that kind of a church, God.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 This morning, we are opening up

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 chapter 6 of Luke's Gospel.

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 It's a pretty lengthy portion,

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 and some people like to call this,

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 you know, you've heard of the Sermon on the Mount

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 in Matthew chapter 5.

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 Some people like to call this

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 the Sermon on the Plain, all right?

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 Because if you paid attention,

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 in verse 17, it says,

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 He went down with them and stood on a level place.

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 So they call this the Sermon on the Plain.

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 They're not sure if this is, you know,

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 combined instances or things like that.

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 But, you know, we're pretty sure Jesus probably preached

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 a lot of the same things,

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 just like Jonathan and me do all the time

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 in different places.

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 So that's why you have a lot of overlap here.

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 But we're gonna call this the Sermon on the Plain.

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 And how He opens the Sermon on the Plain

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 is with these two pretty famous

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 and radical teachings.

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 These might be some of the most famous

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 and radical teachings

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 that Jesus has given to us.

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 And it's definitely caught people's attention

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 over the past 2,000 plus years

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 because of how uniquely transformative

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 and world-altering they've been.

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 And if I could just summarize

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 these two teachings for us today,

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 it's Jesus' teachings

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 on whom He called blessed

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 and whom we're supposed to love.

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 Just two things,

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 whom He called blessed

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 and whom we're supposed to love.

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 And we're gonna look at these teachings today.

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 But before we dive in,

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 I wanted to share a story with you.

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 I was listening to the podcast,

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 The Voice of the Martyrs,

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 not that long ago.

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 And it was this YWAM missionary

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 who went out to Nigeria,

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 southern Nigeria,

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 to serve a bunch of

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 now single and widowed women.

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 About 100-something of these women

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 who had to leave

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 where they were from,

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 northern Nigeria,

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 because the Boko Haram

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 and other Islamic terrorists

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 had burned down their houses

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 and murdered their families

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 and they'd had to escape

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 and run down to southern Nigeria.

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 And so this YWAM missionary

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 is just kind of recounting

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 her experience there.

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 And she tells the story of

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 one evening,

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 it's about 2,

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 she says it's like 2.09 a.m.

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 and she hears this interesting sound,

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 this beautiful sound,

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 outside of where she's staying

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 and she gets a light

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 and she walks out

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 to see what's going on.

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 It sounds like people are praying,

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 crying out to God.

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 It sounds like people are worshiping.

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 And what she finds is that

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 there are 100 women

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 in the tent right next to her

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 and they are worshiping

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 and they are crying out to God.

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 and what they're doing

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 is they are crying out to God

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 for the people

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 who murdered their families.

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 They're asking God

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 to forgive them,

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 to send His grace,

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 to transform them.

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 And the reason why they're praying

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 and crying out to God

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 at 2.08 a.m. at night

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 is because that's the time

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 when many of their families

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 are often attacked.

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 So they're also praying

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 against the darkness.

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 They're praying against

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 the evil forces

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 that would go and still attack

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 many of the other families

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 and villages there.

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 And, you know,

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 this YY missionary,

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 she couldn't understand

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 the language that they were speaking.

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 She couldn't understand

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 exactly what they were saying.

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 But she said that this was

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 the holiest moment

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 that she'd ever witnessed.

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 The most beautiful,

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 the most powerful,

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 the most sacred,

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 the holiest moment

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 that she'd ever witnessed

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 at these 100

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 widowed Nigerian women

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 that we will never know

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 or hear about otherwise, right?

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 And the question I want to ask is,

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 what can possess a person,

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 what can compel

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 hundreds of women

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 to do such a thing?

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 What would get us

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 to love our enemy

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 in such a way?

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 And what could create

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 that kind of community

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 where we could look at them

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 and say,

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 wow,

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 I'm sad for them,

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 but man,

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 these women

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 are special women.

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 Blessed are the poor.

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 What kind of truth,

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 what kind of reality

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 do we need to confess?

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 Do we need to believe in

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 that can do this

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 in this world?

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 That's the question

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 I want to ask this morning

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 as we open up

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 this radical,

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 truly radical teaching

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 of Jesus here

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 in Luke chapter 6.

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 So I want us to be asking,

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 you know,

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 when Jesus is saying,

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 you know,

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 blessed are you who are poor,

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 and woe to you

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 who are rich.

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 I want us to be asking,

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 is this really right?

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 Is this really true?

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 Do I want this to be right?

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 Do I want this to be true?

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 And can I believe this?

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 Can I actually believe this

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 and live like this?

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 I want us to be asking

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 those questions.

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 So let's now dive

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 into our text.

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 I want to start us

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 in verse 20, actually.

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 We're going to talk about

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 whom Jesus calls blessed,

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 all right?

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 Luke 20,

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 Luke 6,

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 verse 20,

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 it says,

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 Looking at his disciples,

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 Jesus said,

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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 hunger now,

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 for you will be satisfied.

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 Blessed are you who weep now,

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 for you will laugh.

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 Blessed are you

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 when people hate you,

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 when they exclude you

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 and insult you

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 and reject your name as evil

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 because of the Son of Man.

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 Now, I don't know about you,

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 but, you know,

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 I grew up in the church.

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 I've, you know,

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 read the Bible a handful,

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 many times,

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 and I've come across this verse

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 tons of times in my life

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 and, you know,

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 for many years,

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 I had a lot of trouble

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 with this text

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 because it seems super important.

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 It's like the beginning

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 of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 the beginning of the Sermon on the Plain,

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 everyone's memorizing it,

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 quoting it,

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 but I also had trouble

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 understanding

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 what this really means,

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 these blessed are statements.

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 Like,

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 what is Jesus trying to communicate?

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 Is he saying that,

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 you know,

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 we should try to be poor

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 and hungry

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 to be blessed?

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 Is that the requirement?

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 Only the poor

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 and the hungry

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 can be blessed?

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 Or is he saying

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 there's a special blessing

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 for those who are hated

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 and for those who weep?

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 Or is he just kind of

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 broad brush stroking this,

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 you know,

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 just speaking in generalities,

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 you know,

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 you're more susceptible

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 to be blessed

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 if you're poor

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 because you're more

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 desperate for God,

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 more open to Him,

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 more needy before Him?

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 What is going on here

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 in this text?

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 Why does Jesus lead

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 His most famous sermons

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 with these lines,

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 blessed are?

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 Oh,

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 in my,

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 you know,

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 in my studying,

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 I found that what helps

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 is if we actually notice

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 who Jesus is speaking to,

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 okay?

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 So look at verse 17

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 and I want you to try

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 to imagine this crowd

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 that Jesus is addressing.

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 It says,

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 a large crowd of His disciples

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 was there

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 and a great number of people,

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 listen,

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 from all over Judea,

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 from Jerusalem

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 and from the coastal region

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 around Tyre and Sidon.

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 We're talking

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 hundreds of miles apart.

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 Many of these people

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 probably traveled by foot,

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 right?

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 These people are desperate

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 for what it says

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 for healing.

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 It says,

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 who had come to hear Him

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 and to be healed

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 of their diseases,

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 right?

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 So this is a large crowd,

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 people who are tired,

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 they've traveled a long way

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 and it's a bunch

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 of diseased people,

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 right?

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 And it says,

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 those troubled

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 by impure spirits

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 who were cured,

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 right?

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 So it's also

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 a bunch of people

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 who were maybe possessed

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 and attacked

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 and plagued

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 by evil spirits,

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 probably seen as crazy

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 and probably very isolated

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 in their communities.

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 Maybe there are even people

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 who feel very guilty

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 and ashamed

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 about how they let

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 the evil forces

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 into their lives,

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 maybe through wicked acts

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 or just poor decisions.

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 And then look at verse 19.

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 And the people all tried

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 to touch Him.

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 Okay?

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 So just think about this.

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 This is a group

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 of desperate people.

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 They've traveled

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 hundreds of miles

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 hoping against all hope

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 that by somehow touching

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 this rabbi from Nazareth,

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 they will somehow

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 have their lives changed.

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 This is kind of

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 a last ditch effort,

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 right?

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 Who would do that?

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 Who of us would do that?

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 Only the most desperate of us.

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 And so this was the audience

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 that Jesus had.

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 This is who He's speaking to.

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 He's not speaking to elites.

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 This isn't a rich,

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 well-fed,

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 laughter-filled crowd

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 full of beloved

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 and, you know,

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 admired influencers.

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 Jesus is addressing the poor,

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 the desperate,

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 the diseased,

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 the powerless,

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 the tormented,

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 the troubled,

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 the isolated,

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 and the weary.

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 People who couldn't

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 save themselves

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 and who knew that very well

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 and whose last hope

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 in the world

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 was some random rabbi

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 from Nazareth.

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 So this is a scene

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 that we need to have

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 in our minds.

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 And I want to make it clear

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 now what Jesus is not doing

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 when He's giving us

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 these blessed are you statements.

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 Okay?

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 When Jesus says blessed are you,

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 this actually isn't a blessing

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 that He's pronouncing.

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 Like, He's not calling

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 some divine favor

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 and divine blessing

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 upon people.

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 There's a different

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 and more specific Greek word

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 that would have been used

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 if He was doing that.

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 No.

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 Actually,

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 the Greek word here

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 for blessed

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 just means happy,

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 lucky,

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 fortunate.

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 You could even translate this

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 as you who are poor,

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 congratulations.

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 All right?

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 That's what this word

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 is kind of indicating.

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 So Jesus isn't performing

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 a speech act

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 of blessing upon these people.

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 No, Jesus isn't blessing anyone,

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 but rather,

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 He's making a statement.

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 He's making a comment

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 and a surprising one

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 at that about who

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 can be considered

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 as blessed

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 in His kingdom.

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 And apparently,

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 it's not the rich,

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 the well-fed,

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 those who laugh,

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 it's not those who are spoken well of,

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 but it's the poor,

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 the hungry,

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 the weeping,

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 and the hated.

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 So really,

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 this is more of an announcement

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 than a pronouncement.

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 All right?

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 It's not a promise,

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 it's not a proverb

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 or a formula.

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 He's not setting forth

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 a list of virtues

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 and ideals

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 for people to pursue

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 so that they can be blessed by God.

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 Jesus isn't saying,

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 thou shalt be poor

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 and persecuted,

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 hungry and weeping

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 in order to be blessed by God.

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 He's not telling people

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 to pursue poverty

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 and persecution.

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 Jesus never teaches us

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 to pursue suffering

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 just for the sake of suffering.

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 I think Stanley Hauerwas

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 says it really well

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.460
 when he writes,

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 too often these descriptive statements

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 are turned into ideals

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 we must strive to attain.

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 As ideals,

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 they can become formulas

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 for power

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 rather than descriptions

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 of the kind of people

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 characteristic

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:44.360
 of the new age

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 brought by Christ.

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 Thus,

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 Jesus does not tell us

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 that we should try

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.740
 to become poor.

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 He simply says

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 that many who are called

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 into the kingdom

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 will find that,

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 hey,

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 a lot of us are poor.

00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.460
 So again,

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.340
 Jesus' words here

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 aren't virtues,

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 proverbs,

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 or commands

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 or formulas

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 or pronouncements.

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 Jesus isn't telling people

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.860
 to pursue poverty,

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:04.120
 to mourn all the time

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 and to go and get persecuted.

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 No,

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 what he's really saying

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 is you can be

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 all these things,

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 poor,

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:10.740
 hungry,

00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:11.399
 weepy,

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 hated,

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 excluded,

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 and at the same time

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 you can still be blessed

00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:17.059
 in his kingdom.

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 That's the kind of kingdom

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 he's here to bring.

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 He's here to open their eyes

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 and our eyes

00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:24.139
 to the kingdom's

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 radical reversal

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 of the world's values.

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 He's saying

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 everything you thought

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 about your worth

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 and your status

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 and your value,

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 everything you've been told

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 by all the empires

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.879
 of this world

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 that the first

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 shall be first

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 and the last

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 shall be last,

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 my kingdom doesn't play

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 by those rules.

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 Their standards

00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.360
 are not my standards.

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 Their values

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 are not my values.

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 Thus saith the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 You have heard

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 that it was said,

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.440
 blessed are the rich,

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 but I say to you,

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 woe to you who are rich

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 and blessed are you

00:15:54.160 --> 00:15:54.640
 who are poor

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 for yours

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:57.120
 is the kingdom of God.

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 Sure, to be poor

00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.479
 is fundamentally

00:16:00.479 --> 00:16:01.240
 to lack

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.399
 what your community values,

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 but in my kingdom

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 you can be poor

00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:06.120
 and yet you can have everything.

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 You can have the kingdom.

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 It can be yours.

00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.279
 In my kingdom,

00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:10.979
 Jesus says,

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 those who hunger

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 will be satisfied

00:16:12.979 --> 00:16:13.959
 at the end of the day.

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 Those who weep

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 will be laughing

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 at the end of the story.

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 And those who are hated

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 and excluded

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 and insulted

00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.459
 and rejected

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 on account of me,

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 they will one day

00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:24.580
 be vindicated

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 because of their association

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.159
 with me.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 just because you're

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 on top of the world,

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 just because you're

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.720
 an elite and a winner

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 and an achiever

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 and just because your life

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 is going well,

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 this may not mean

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.779
 that you are actually

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.879
 blessed.

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 You might be on the top

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 amongst the empires

00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.120
 of the world,

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 you can be

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 all the way at the top

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 and yet not at all

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 be a part of my

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 better kingdom,

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 Jesus says.

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 And then he points us

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 to the example

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 of the prophets

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 who many of them

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 were persecuted

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 and slaughtered

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 and insulted

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 and disregarded

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 in verse 24.

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 Even though they were

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 disregarded by many kings

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 and even if we may

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 be classified as lowly,

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 worthless,

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.379
 and insignificant

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 by the kings

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.899
 of this world today,

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 Jesus says we can rejoice.

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 We can leap for joy

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 because like the prophets,

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.839
 our reward is safe

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 in heaven, he says.

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 And this is an established

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 pattern that he wants

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 us to see in our world

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 that's actually gone

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 upside down.

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 You know,

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 the only reason

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 the first shall be first

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 and the last shall be last

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 seems to make sense to us

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 is because we live

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 in a fallen world.

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 That's the only reason

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 that that makes sense to us.

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 When God blessed

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 our ancestors

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 and called them

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 to be fruitful

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 and to multiply

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 and to fill the earth,

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 he didn't intend

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 for there to be winners

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 and losers

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 in a zero-sum game.

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 Sure, he might have

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 endowed Adam

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 with certain unique gifts

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 and then Eve

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 with others,

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 but they were not

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 to compete with each other

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 for a limited amount

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 of resources

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 in order to live

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 and in order to thrive.

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 Their survival

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 and their success

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 weren't to be

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 at each other's expenses.

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 Their differences

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 weren't meant

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 for division

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 and mutual antagonism,

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 but for delight

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 and mutual advancement.

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 And any competition

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 that existed

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 was intended

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 to serve the whole community

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 and to help each other

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 break barriers

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 and further flourish.

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 There was no first

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 and there was no last,

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 but they were to acknowledge

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 and honor the image of God

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 in every single human being.

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 They were to live

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 by the self-giving spirit

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 of God.

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 This is what it was like

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 when the world

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 was truly right side up.

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 But see,

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 when sin entered the world,

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 when humanity

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 went our own way

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 rather than God's way,

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 and Adam set himself

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 in opposition to Eve,

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 and Cain set himself

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 against Abel,

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 and Cain and his descendants

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 built cities

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 and empires

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 not for human flourishing,

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 not for mutual generosity,

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 but for mere survival

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 and protection

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 from one another,

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 for building violent

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 and competitive advantages

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 against other tribes,

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 humanity has lived

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 in this fallen world

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 for so long,

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 and this is why

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 the first shall be first

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 and the last shall be last

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 seems right side up.

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 Because of sin

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 in this world,

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 and because of the pattern

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 of selfishness

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 and survival

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.360
 by violent competition,

00:19:10.520 --> 00:19:12.500
 the spirit of self-protection

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 at all costs,

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 it's just permeated

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 all of our history,

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 all of our existence,

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 even if it means

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 obliterating others, right?

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 So they have no chance

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 of threatening us

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 or our survival anymore.

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 The spirit of self-protection

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 has ruled our world

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 ever since the fall,

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 and it's whispered

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 into our ears,

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 hate your neighbor.

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 Hate your neighbor

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 and seek their destruction,

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 and then and only then

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 will you survive and thrive.

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 And this has seemed right

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:43.500
 to us in our sin

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 and in our blindness

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 and in our brokenness,

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 that this is just

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 how things are.

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 Dog eats dog.

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 Survival of the fittest.

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 Might makes right.

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 But Jesus,

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 Jesus came to reverse

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 the spirit

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 and to restore

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 his better,

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.740
 purer,

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 righteous spirit.

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 So not only does he teach

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 that the poor

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 can be considered

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 as blessed citizens

00:20:07.699 --> 00:20:08.939
 in the kingdom of God,

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 but that citizens

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.479
 in his kingdom

00:20:10.479 --> 00:20:12.359
 must also love

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 their enemies.

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 They must also

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 love their enemies.

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 Jesus comes in the power

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 and the authority

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.439
 of a better spirit,

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 not the spirit

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.359
 of self-protection,

00:20:20.479 --> 00:20:21.359
 but Jesus is restoring

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 the spirit

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 of a self-giving love.

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 Though now,

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 it's got an even

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.819
 greater obstacle, right?

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:29.059
 See, before the fall,

00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:29.919
 self-giving love,

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 that was natural,

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 and there were no enemies

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.419
 to even hate.

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 But since the fall,

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.019
 self-giving love

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.779
 has only become

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.420
 more difficult

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.660
 because we are now

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 not just asked

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 to give ourselves

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 and our lives

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.319
 in love to our neighbors,

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 but also to our enemies,

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.859
 those who hate us,

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 those who threaten us.

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.359
 Verse 27 says,

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 but to you who are listening,

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 I say,

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 love your enemies.

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 That is,

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.440
 love those who are

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 the objects of your hate.

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 That's what that word

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:57.059
 enemy means.

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 Those who are the objects

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 of your enmity

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 and your hostility.

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 And this is a radical

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 and seemingly unnatural

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.359
 and impossible command.

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 But wait,

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 there's more.

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 Do good to those

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 who hate you.

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 Meaning,

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 actively work for the wellness

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 and the wholeness

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 and health.

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 Not just passively,

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 don't attack your enemies

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 anymore,

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 but spend your energy

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.879
 to move toward them

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 and to lift them up.

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.579
 Verse 28,

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 bless those who curse you.

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 Now this word for bless,

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:25.160
 this is the Greek word

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.460
 of speaking God's

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 divine favor

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 and abundance

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.440
 and generous blessing

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 and shalom

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 upon someone.

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 Jesus saying,

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 do that

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 for the person

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 who hates you.

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 Do that for the person

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.359
 who's done the exact opposite

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.099
 to you

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 by cursing you.

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 And pray for those

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.539
 who mistreat you,

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.200
 Jesus says.

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.440
 This word mistreat

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.240
 can be translated

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 even threaten

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 or abuse.

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 Pray for them,

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.440
 he says.

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.299
 Jesus is commanding

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 something these people

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.680
 would never have heard of.

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.740
 Sure,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.240
 in the Torah,

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.379
 you have commandments

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.600
 like love your neighbor

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.620
 as yourself,

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.340
 but now Jesus

00:21:58.340 --> 00:22:00.020
 is radically expanding

00:22:00.020 --> 00:22:00.700
 the definition

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.680
 of who our neighbors are.

00:22:04.020 --> 00:22:05.140
 Even the most hostile,

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.400
 even the most dangerous

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.320
 personal,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.800
 political,

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.860
 and religious enemies,

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.860
 he calls us to love.

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.500
 And yet Jesus

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.680
 has even more to say

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.440
 to elaborate

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.720
 on what this kind of love

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.540
 for enemies looks like.

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.600
 Look at verse 29.

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.640
 If someone slaps you

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.360
 on one cheek,

00:22:20.020 --> 00:22:20.660
 it's one of the most

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.040
 shameful,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.980
 disrespectful things

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.360
 you could do

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.140
 to a Jewish man.

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.100
 Jesus says,

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.160
 turn the other

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.519
 also.

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 And this doesn't just mean

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:28.060
 let him hit you twice

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:29.680
 before you retaliate.

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.240
 In that culture,

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.759
 if you offered

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.779
 your cheek to someone,

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.440
 you were being vulnerable

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.279
 to them.

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.920
 And you were posturing

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:39.300
 yourself toward them

00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:40.900
 to receive a kiss.

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.779
 You were posturing

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.500
 yourself toward them

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.980
 as a friend,

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.279
 desiring a certain level

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.040
 of intimacy

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:47.320
 with that person.

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.519
 Jesus is saying,

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.920
 treat your enemies

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.440
 as friends

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.940
 and give them

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.680
 another chance

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.560
 for friendship.

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.140
 Pursue friendship

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.720
 with them,

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.839
 invulnerability,

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.759
 even when you have

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.400
 no expectation

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.579
 that they will

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.360
 receive you

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.039
 as a friend,

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.799
 even after they've

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.880
 massively disrespected

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.160
 you and hurt you.

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.860
 He continues,

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.819
 if someone takes

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.339
 your coat,

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.600
 do not withhold

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.420
 your shirt from them.

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.960
 So he's saying,

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.779
 also be generous

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:12.079
 with your belongings

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.539
 toward those

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.460
 who dispossess you.

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.539
 And listen,

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.460
 he was talking to people

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.420
 right at the poor

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.380
 who might have only

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.680
 had one coat.

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.180
 When he's saying,

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.880
 do not withhold

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.819
 your shirt from others,

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.160
 he's saying,

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.120
 we love

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.680
 by becoming vulnerable

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.720
 and opening ourselves

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.360
 up to embarrassment

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.600
 and shame

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.420
 even to the point

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.300
 of being shirtless

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:31.360
 or perhaps even naked.

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.000
 Give to everyone

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.820
 who asks you,

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.640
 he says in verse 30,

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.420
 and if anyone takes

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.259
 what belongs to you,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.980
 do not demand it back.

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.019
 Do to others

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.080
 as you would have them

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:41.060
 do to you.

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:43.680
 You know,

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:45.300
 I think for many of us,

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.860
 whether Christians

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.519
 or not,

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.819
 the shock of this teaching,

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.539
 it may have worn off on us.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.339
 Like, of course.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.839
 Yeah, okay, Jesus.

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.440
 I'll try to love more

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.019
 this Sunday.

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.819
 Of course Andrew

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.740
 is going to say that.

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.619
 I'll try to be more selfless.

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:00.500
 I'll try to be more sacrificial.

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.000
 I know.

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.799
 I love Gandhi.

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.279
 I admire Dr. King.

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.119
 You know.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.139
 But I want to challenge us

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 to marinate in these words,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.660
 to linger on these words

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.740
 and what they really mean

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.900
 concretely

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:16.580
 an hour later today.

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.680
 Tomorrow.

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 In your workplaces.

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 In your schools.

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 What does this mean?

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 In your family rooms.

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 In the places

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 where you encounter

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.759
 people that you hate.

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.800
 Or people that hate you.

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 Imagine how this crowd

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.759
 would have received

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.960
 the words of Jesus

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 as they're being challenged

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 to love their enemies.

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 These are the poor

00:24:39.780 --> 00:24:40.460
 and the lowly.

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 Maybe they've been thrown out

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.600
 by their families,

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.880
 deemed as too sickly,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.200
 too challenging to care for.

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.440
 These are the people

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.680
 who maybe have been

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.759
 looked down upon

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.519
 their whole lives

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.440
 by the Pharisees

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.820
 and self-righteousness.

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.300
 Been told that they're

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:55.400
 inferior in the eyes of God.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.500
 Maybe they're thinking

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.080
 about the Romans

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.300
 who occupied their streets

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:59.380
 and dominated them

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 with an iron will.

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 Or maybe the tax collectors

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.920
 who cheated them

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:04.019
 and put more and more money

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.540
 into the Romans' pockets.

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 These are the people

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 that came to mind.

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 Who is it that comes

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.340
 to mind for you?

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.299
 Who is it in your life

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.059
 that God is bringing

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.399
 to your mind right now

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.879
 as He's challenging

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:18.139
 all of us

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.939
 to love our enemies?

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.779
 Who do you hate?

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.819
 Let's be honest.

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 Who do you hate?

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 Or maybe who are you

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:28.939
 simply so indifferent toward

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.980
 that you never even

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.679
 considered them

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.679
 as someone that God

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:33.299
 wanted you to love?

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 You never considered them

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.959
 as someone that God

00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:38.259
 wanted you to pray for

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.200
 and actively work

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.460
 for their well-being

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 because you didn't even

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.079
 have time of day

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.940
 to hate them.

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 They might as well

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.660
 be non-existent to you.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.140
 Who is that person

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.079
 to you?

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.059
 In what ways is God

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.420
 wanting to enlarge

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.160
 our hearts?

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.200
 To mold them

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.220
 to be more like

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.480
 the heart of Jesus?

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.640
 Because Jesus says

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.279
 if we only love our family

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.220
 and our friends,

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.900
 we aren't living

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.879
 in the supernatural,

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.660
 world-transforming love

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.740
 of Christ's kingdom,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.440
 but only in the natural love

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.620
 that simply preserves

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.580
 our world's

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:14.340
 broken status quo.

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.240
 Verse 32,

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.160
 if you love those

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.820
 who love you,

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.560
 what credit is that to you?

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.380
 Even sinners love

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.200
 those who love them.

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:23.180
 And if you do good

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.980
 to those who are good

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.300
 to you,

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.279
 what credit is that to you?

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.200
 Even sinners do that.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.440
 And if you lend to those

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.540
 from whom you expect

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.060
 repayment,

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.540
 what credit is that to you?

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.440
 Even sinners lend

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.840
 to sinners,

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:33.259
 expecting to be repaid

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.900
 in full.

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.279
 But love your enemies,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.720
 do good to them,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.740
 and lend to them

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.480
 without expecting

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.899
 to get anything back.

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.899
 Then your reward

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.559
 will be great.

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.160
 And,

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.819
 listen to this,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.799
 and you will be

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.519
 children of the Most High

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.759
 because He is kind

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.639
 to the ungrateful

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.500
 and the wicked.

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.859
 You see,

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.660
 when we love,

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.700
 especially when we love

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.279
 our enemies

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.379
 and those who don't

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.160
 or can't repay

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.099
 or even acknowledge

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.599
 our love toward them,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.980
 that is when

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.019
 we are most human.

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.639
 And that is when

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:03.279
 we are most like God.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.599
 That is when

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.319
 we are most like

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.899
 our Father,

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.099
 closely identifying

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.000
 with Him

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.639
 as His image bearers,

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.440
 as His children.

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.819
 It's when we

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.779
 are being merciful

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.960
 just as our Father

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.819
 is merciful.

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.859
 That is His heart.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.839
 And that is His heart

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.920
 for who He wants us

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.480
 to be.

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.440
 In this world

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.240
 that says that mercy

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.920
 is unnatural

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.899
 and even contrary

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.819
 to justice,

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:25.200
 when we live in mercy,

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.819
 when we live in Jesus'

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:28.259
 upside-down kingdom

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.200
 as if it were

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.079
 the right-side-up

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.660
 way to live,

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.639
 we are illustrating

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.660
 and sharing God's

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.940
 supernatural love

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.020
 and exercising

00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:36.520
 our highest calling

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.600
 as His children.

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.820
 We are being

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.400
 our truest

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.300
 and most righteous

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:41.680
 selves in the presence

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.160
 of God

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.020
 as He intended.

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.800
 And listen,

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.780
 this is not saying

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.660
 just be a doormat,

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.900
 let people just

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.980
 walk all over you.

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:49.060
 This will look differently

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:50.880
 in people's personal lives

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.660
 and there are lots

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.800
 of different applications

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:54.440
 of this in corporate context,

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.259
 communal context,

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.340
 at the state level,

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.320
 at national levels,

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.940
 and unfortunately,

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.320
 you know,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.060
 we don't have time

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.599
 to talk about

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.599
 political theology

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.579
 or, you know,

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.980
 a theology of passivism

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.259
 or just war theory

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.399
 or anything like that

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.980
 today,

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.379
 but,

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.319
 listen,

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.799
 we can get into

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.579
 these complex particulars.

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.480
 We can talk about those,

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.460
 we can distract ourselves

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.980
 with those,

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.279
 we can talk about

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.059
 just war theory

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.220
 and passivism

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.099
 and self-defense,

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.339
 and we can let ourselves

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.919
 get distracted

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:22.059
 by all these complex

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.779
 applications of this passage,

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.359
 or,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.220
 or we can admit

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:29.379
 that whatever loving

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.700
 our enemies might look like,

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.559
 none of us has arrived

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.799
 in doing that.

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.440
 None of us.

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.539
 Like,

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.240
 whatever you think

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.180
 about what this looks like

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.039
 and how to concretely,

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.339
 practically apply

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.399
 Jesus' words

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:43.059
 in the most complex situations,

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.599
 what is absolutely clear

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.940
 is that we're to love

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.799
 our enemies

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.279
 with a clear conscience

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.019
 before God

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.599
 and with sacrificial

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.500
 selflessness.

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.319
 the question

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.519
 that will most honor God

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.619
 in response to this teaching

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.119
 this morning

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.099
 is not,

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.819
 when is self-defense okay?

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.200
 And when,

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.500
 you know,

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.099
 how does this work

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.759
 for whole nations?

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.920
 How far can they go

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.619
 preemptively in self-defense?

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:04.920
 No,

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.039
 the question that will most

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.740
 honor God

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.440
 in response to Jesus' teaching here

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.619
 is,

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.839
 in the eyes of the Lord,

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:13.180
 am I loving my enemies

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.599
 with my heart

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.079
 and with my hands?

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.460
 Am I acting

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.880
 for the good

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:20.160
 and the best interests

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.259
 of the people

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.379
 that I cannot stand?

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.220
 Am I pursuing

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.140
 their shalom?

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.299
 Or am I acting

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.879
 as if

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:29.299
 they are beyond redemption?

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:32.279
 There are only two ways.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.799
 You either believe

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.500
 that they

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.599
 are beyond redemption

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.599
 or you are acting

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.099
 in love

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.240
 for your enemies.

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.579
 And this is a word for us.

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.400
 When we are so tempted

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.799
 to believe

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.660
 that so many people

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.220
 and institutions

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.859
 and things

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:46.960
 in this world

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.859
 are beyond redemption

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.079
 and when we are

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.719
 so tempted

00:29:50.719 --> 00:29:52.459
 to categorize others

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:53.299
 as deplorable

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.699
 and forever enemies

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.699
 and always wrong

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.599
 and without a trace

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.679
 of the image of God

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.219
 in them.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.379
 But what if we had

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.659
 the eyes of Jesus?

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.699
 What if we had eyes

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.899
 to see as Jesus saw?

00:30:03.979 --> 00:30:04.719
 Eyes for the poor,

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.679
 eyes for the hungry,

00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.659
 eyes for the weeping,

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.740
 eyes for the hated,

00:30:08.479 --> 00:30:09.819
 and eyes for our most

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.479
 vile enemies?

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.519
 Or if we can't even

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.379
 think of these enemies,

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.159
 what if we had eyes

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.579
 for the people

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.240
 who are practically

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.740
 and virtually invisible

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.400
 to us?

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:18.980
 You know,

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.759
 something that's

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.660
 super interesting to me

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.380
 is that these two

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.839
 famous radical teachings

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.900
 from Jesus

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:25.059
 in the abstract

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.339
 as ideas,

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.180
 as ideals,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.680
 man,

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.880
 people love Jesus'

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.079
 teaching about this,

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.380
 right?

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.000
 People love these

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.000
 teachings from Jesus.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.120
 Most people love

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.319
 this idea of the underdog.

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.000
 They love this idea

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.220
 of blessed are the poor

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.140
 and the hungry

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.240
 and the excluded.

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.599
 I love that they can be

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.240
 part of the kingdom.

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.339
 Most people,

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.279
 even atheists,

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.859
 love the idea

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.679
 of loving our enemies.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.399
 They would condemn

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:47.559
 religious people like us

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.359
 for doing the opposite.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.099
 They condemn us

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.139
 by our own standards,

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.439
 right?

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.379
 Which they've just

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.119
 kind of selectively

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.219
 adopted for themselves.

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.719
 But if you look at the way

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:57.179
 most of us human beings

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:59.179
 concretely and practically

00:30:59.179 --> 00:31:00.699
 live and arrange our lives

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.979
 and express our values,

00:31:02.479 --> 00:31:03.379
 none of us,

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.839
 even us Christians

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.740
 who preach this,

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.659
 none of us lives

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.799
 as though Jesus' words

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.240
 were good and true

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.179
 and good news

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.819
 for the world.

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.839
 Very few of us

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.579
 practically

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:14.279
 and functionally

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.759
 believe

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.180
 Jesus

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.079
 when he said,

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.940
 blessed are you

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.539
 who are poor

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:19.160
 or that loving

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.700
 our enemies

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.660
 is a good way

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.839
 to go about living

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.579
 in this dangerous world.

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.900
 Most of us,

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.220
 most of,

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.920
 most all of us,

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.500
 we tend to see the world

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.940
 how Cain saw it.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.119
 And we're all trying

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.859
 to build our cities,

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.339
 build up our numbers,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.759
 wield various techniques

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.559
 and technologies

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.920
 to prolong our survival

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.900
 with no regard

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.220
 for how it affects others

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.240
 because that's our vision

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.940
 of the world

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.920
 right side up.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.120
 But what if Jesus'

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:49.720
 seemingly upside down kingdom

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.559
 is actually truer

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.559
 and more righteous,

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.319
 a better vision

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.200
 of the world?

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.259
 My question for you

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.860
 is don't you want

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.519
 that to be true?

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.680
 Don't you believe

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.460
 it's better?

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.380
 Can you believe

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.180
 it's better?

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.279
 And might God's spirit

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.420
 be challenging you

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.480
 to live as a citizen

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.579
 in his righteous

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.360
 and true kingdom

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.740
 even if it costs you

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.939
 like it costed Jesus?

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.159
 You know, I get it.

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.139
 It makes sense

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.659
 to have trouble

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:16.659
 with these radical teachings.

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.459
 Blessed is the poor

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:19.199
 is only true

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:20.059
 if we can count

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.839
 on a new economy

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.639
 eventually coming.

00:32:22.719 --> 00:32:23.439
 Blessed are the hungry

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.039
 is only true

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.059
 if a feast really is

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.879
 on its way.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.179
 Weeping can only be blessed

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.740
 if we know

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.379
 that every tear

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.979
 will one day

00:32:29.979 --> 00:32:31.159
 be wiped away.

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.799
 And blessed are you

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.699
 when people speak badly

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.259
 of you only

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.240
 if you can be sure

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.119
 that there's gonna be

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.459
 a final vindication

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:39.159
 and justification.

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.299
 These statements

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.000
 by Jesus

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.519
 if they are not true

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.539
 if he is not Lord

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.359
 they are wildly irresponsible

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.779
 and he's a lunatic

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.179
 or a liar

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.819
 or you know

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.500
 a con man

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.479
 a wicked con man.

00:32:51.719 --> 00:32:52.799
 So the question is though

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.919
 is he?

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.639
 Who is Jesus

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.439
 to you?

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.879
 And can you see him

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.859
 as the God

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.359
 that he's revealed

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.559
 himself to be

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.259
 to us

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.500
 in the scriptures?

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.779
 As the man

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.599
 he came to be

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.759
 sent from heaven.

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:10.339
 If we don't have eyes

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.319
 to see that

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.279
 blessed are the poor

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.759
 and that we should

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.539
 love our enemies

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.500
 it's because we don't

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.559
 have eyes

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.339
 to see Jesus.

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:19.119
 Jesus was poor

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.519
 born in a manger

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.579
 Jesus was hungry

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.799
 in the wilderness

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.799
 Jesus wept

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.539
 for Lazarus

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.299
 and Jerusalem

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.339
 and Jesus was hated

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.379
 and excluded

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.140
 and mistreated

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:29.059
 as the son of God

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.140
 who stood for

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.160
 a different set

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.500
 of kingdom values.

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.960
 but is he not

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.460
 also

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.680
 the most blessed

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.380
 one we've ever

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.799
 seen?

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.619
 The one who for the

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.619
 joy set before him

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.440
 endured the cross

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.359
 for us and out of

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.480
 love for his father

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.180
 to save the world

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.059
 do we not believe

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.920
 that he is risen

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.819
 in power

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.660
 and joy

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.500
 and glory

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.079
 and do we not

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.799
 see the beauty

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:51.000
 of how he is the

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.559
 embodiment

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.559
 of God's love

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.420
 for enemies?

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.000
 For while we were

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.539
 still weak

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.259
 Christ died

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.119
 for the ungodly

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.980
 for no one

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.519
 scarcely

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.539
 for one will scarcely

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.299
 die for a righteous

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.819
 person

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:03.039
 though perhaps

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.899
 for a good person

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.700
 one would dare

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:04.940
 to die

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.659
 but God

00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:06.720
 demonstrates his love

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.659
 for us in Jesus

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:09.000
 in that while we

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.779
 were yet sinners

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.940
 Christ died

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.559
 for us

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.579
 he gave up his cloak

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.679
 he gave up his tunic

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.960
 even his seamless

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.619
 undergarment

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.219
 he was stripped

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.579
 naked by his enemies

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.659
 to save his enemies

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.980
 father forgive them

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.719
 he cried

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.739
 Jesus sought the good

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.440
 of those who sought

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.039
 his destruction

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.719
 and death

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.360
 and he wants to

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.699
 raise up citizens

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.779
 who will do

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.460
 the same

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.619
 even if it costs us

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:31.339
 even if it costs us

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:32.480
 in the courts

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.079
 of the temporary

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.239
 judges of this world

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:36.099
 so might God

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.739
 be calling us

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.359
 to be citizens

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:38.279
 of Christ's kingdom

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.900
 and aliens

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.579
 in the empires

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.139
 of this world

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.819
 do you have eyes

00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.500
 to see

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.380
 as King Jesus

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.940
 sees

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.460
 whether you're

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.880
 the poor

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.480
 or the rich

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.000
 whether you're

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.659
 the hater

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.319
 or the hated

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.819
 or maybe you're

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.259
 both

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.559
 right

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.839
 God wants you

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:50.000
 to see what he sees

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.739
 and he wants you

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.779
 to hear what his son

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.679
 has to say to you

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.299
 so if you're here

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:54.619
 today

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.460
 for those of you

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.159
 who are here

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.539
 and feeling down

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.000
 and out

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.440
 poor

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.199
 and hungry

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.460
 and you're feeding

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.440
 on your own tears

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.000
 and you're either

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.960
 detested by those

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.480
 whose opinions

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.239
 really seem to matter

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.239
 or they have no idea

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.779
 who you are

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.319
 and they don't even

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.859
 care to know

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:09.259
 maybe this is a word

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.659
 for you

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.299
 I love how

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.279
 Pastor Tyler Staten

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.719
 says

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.279
 Jesus has this habit

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.299
 everywhere he goes

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:15.319
 of picking out

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:16.019
 the objectively

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.379
 least likely person

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.399
 and saying

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:19.139
 my kingdom

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.139
 belongs

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:21.159
 to you

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.099
 might this be

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.599
 God's word

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.259
 to you today

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.000
 in your shame

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:26.199
 and in your sense

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.900
 of worthlessness

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.980
 and unworthiness

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.380
 and insignificance

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.860
 might Jesus

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.800
 be crying out

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.280
 to you

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:32.099
 my kingdom

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.880
 belongs

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.760
 to you

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.340
 to people

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.780
 just like you

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.699
 Jesus' blessed

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.840
 statements here

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.380
 are a word

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.880
 of welcome

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.940
 and promise

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.739
 you are welcome

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.719
 into the kingdom

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.800
 and I promise you

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.099
 that you can belong here

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:45.820
 apart from your achievements

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:47.760
 apart from any of the

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.000
 achievements

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:50.639
 that you thought

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.079
 you needed

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.940
 to get

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.039
 to the table

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.739
 so if you're here today

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.279
 and you feel

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:56.279
 unaccomplished

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:57.299
 and unimportant

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:58.419
 virtually invisible

00:35:58.419 --> 00:35:59.059
 if you feel like

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.559
 you have nothing

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.019
 to offer

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:01.299
 and far more

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.179
 need

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.219
 than contribution

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.159
 Jesus' word

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.919
 to people like you

00:36:04.919 --> 00:36:05.659
 is that the kingdom

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.699
 can be yours

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.319
 too

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:08.599
 if you just come

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.039
 close to him

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.879
 you'll seek to touch him

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.500
 like the people

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.339
 at the sermon

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.839
 on the plane

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:12.359
 there's a seat

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:12.679
 for you

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.339
 at his table

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:14.259
 the place

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.839
 of highest

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.519
 honor

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.379
 even when all

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:16.919
 the other seats

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.439
 of power

00:36:17.439 --> 00:36:18.079
 and privilege

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.719
 in this world

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.559
 seem off limits

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.919
 to you

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.699
 there's a better

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.479
 seat for you

00:36:21.479 --> 00:36:23.000
 at Jesus' table

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:25.059
 but now

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.840
 maybe some of you

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.679
 are the very ones

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.480
 sitting at these

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.199
 privileged seats

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.079
 in the world

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:30.619
 you're at the top

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.019
 of your industries

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:33.300
 your workplace ladders

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.619
 you're the highest performers

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.239
 you've got the biggest

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.860
 bank accounts

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.719
 you've got the most

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.179
 accomplishments

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.099
 the most acclaim

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.960
 and affirmation

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.980
 from all your peers

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.840
 well thank God

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.420
 for your success

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.940
 sure

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.539
 for sure

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:45.360
 but have you also

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.360
 considered the value

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.420
 and worth

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.420
 of all your accomplishments

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.559
 and attainments

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.440
 in the light

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.659
 of God's kingdom

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.539
 in the light

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.000
 of Jesus'

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.719
 radically

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:55.179
 alternative economy

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.980
 in which the poor

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.579
 are blessed

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.039
 might Jesus

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.739
 be calling you

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.599
 to reassess

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.880
 and recalibrate

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.799
 your value system

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.559
 to better match

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.219
 his own

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:04.719
 might you

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.480
 live out

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.599
 blessed are the poor

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.460
 woe is the rich

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.099
 in your workplace

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.860
 in your spheres

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.599
 of influence

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 do you live

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 to bless the poor

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.679
 as Jesus did

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 are the poor

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 flocking to you

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 is your presence

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 in your community

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 a sign

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 of the healing

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 and compassionate

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 kingdom of God

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 I'm not just

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 speaking to you

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.619
 I'm speaking

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 to myself

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 do we use

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 our resources

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 and our abundance

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 and whatever gifts

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 God has given us

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 to bear witness

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 to Jesus'

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.219
 way better kingdom

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 and its alternative

00:37:31.419 --> 00:37:33.039
 set of values

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.419
 Jesus' kingdom

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 is unlike

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:36.699
 any other kingdom

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 and the lives

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 of its citizens

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 will seem radically

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 upside down

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 and backward

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 to the watching world

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 but this is precisely

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 this is precisely

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 how we will win

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 people over

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 not through power

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 but through love

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 you know

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 I can't verify this

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 with 100% certainty

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.880
 but a handful

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 of historians

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 have quoted

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:56.400
 Napoleon Bonaparte

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 by quoting

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 something that he said

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 to the effect of

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 Alexander

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.480
 Caesar

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 Charlemagne

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 and I

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 have founded

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 great empires

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 but on what

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 did we rest

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 the creation

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 of our genius

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 upon force

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 Jesus Christ

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 alone

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 founded his empire

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 upon love

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 and at this hour

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 millions of men

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 would die for him

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 it's really

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 an undeniable fact

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 the love of God

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 displayed in Jesus Christ

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 crucified

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 and risen

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 to put sin

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 to death

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 and death

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 to death

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 though neither

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 that sin

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 nor that death

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 belonged to him

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 this is what

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 underlies all

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 of our longings

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 to believe

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 in the power

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 and the beauty

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 of sacrificial

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 unconditional love

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 even for our enemies

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 it's only the love

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 of Jesus

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 that can

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 transform this world

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:47.019
 that has transformed

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 this world

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 that will

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 transform

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 this world

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 you know

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 in the 4th century

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 the anti-Christian

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.940
 emperor of Rome

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 Julian

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 he tried to win

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 Rome back

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 to the pagan gods

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 but he angrily

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 marveled

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 at the Christians

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 and their

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 ethic of love

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 and he wrote this

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 for it is disgraceful

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 that when the

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 impious Galileans

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 the Christians

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 support not only

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 their own poor

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 but ours as well

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 all men see

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 that our people

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 lack aid from us

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 and the Christian

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 origin scholar

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 Gerald Sitzer writes

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 that Julian

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 complained about

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 exactly this kind

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 of Christian service

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 in spite of the

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 loftiness of Julian's

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.340
 position and the

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 vast resources

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 of his empire

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 he could not

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 motivate his

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 priests to follow

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:27.039
 the same way

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 of life

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 nor replicate

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.360
 the church's

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.340
 ministry to the

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 needy

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.900
 but the difference

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 went deeper

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.019
 than ethics

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 Christians worshipped

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 a God who loved

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:36.819
 humanity in and

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.519
 through his son

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.659
 Jesus Christ

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:40.799
 this Jesus

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.819
 son of God

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.500
 lord of lords

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.300
 king of kings

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:44.340
 had given his

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.460
 life as a ransom

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.260
 for many

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 and this is the

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.360
 power that would

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.099
 change the world

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:51.380
 the love of Christ

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.239
 in our lives

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.039
 compelling us

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.920
 to love like he

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:55.320
 did as a light

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 in the darkness

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 let's pray

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 oh lord would you

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.280
 make us that kind

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 of loving community

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 to the glory of

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.739
 Christ and for the

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 good of this

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 broken world

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 we pray in Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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