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 Chapter 5. And if you're using notes this morning, I've confused you all, I've even confused myself, which isn't a difficult thing to do.

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 We're going to go Hebrew today. We normally read left to right. Hebrew goes right to left.

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 So you'll see the title on the front, Living for the King. When you've completed that page, don't open it up, just go to the very back.

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 And it'll be Jesus the King at the top and you can follow through. And then at the end of that page, open up the middle and then it's back to English again.

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 So start with Hebrew and part to English. Now that I've confused you, we're going to read God's word.

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 Thank you so much, Claire. Hope you don't mind me asking. Thank you. Thank you. That's great. Brilliant.

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 Let's continue in our reading of the Gospel of Matthew.

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 Starting at verse 1 of chapter 5 and we'll go down to verse 20.

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 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

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 His disciples came to him and he began to teach them.

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 Jesus said,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

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 for they will be filled.

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 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart,

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 for they will see God.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers,

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 for they will be called children of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are you when people insult you,

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 persecute you,

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 and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

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 Rejoice and be glad,

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 because great is your reward in heaven,

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 for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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 You are the salt of the earth,

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 but if the salt loses its saltiness,

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 how can it be made salty again?

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 It is no longer good for anything,

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 except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

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 You are the light of the world.

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 A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

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 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

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 Instead they put it on its stand

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 and it gives light to everyone in the house.

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 In the same way,

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 let your light shine before others

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 that they may see your good deeds

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 and glorify your Father in heaven.

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 Do not think I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them,

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 but to fulfill them.

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 For truly I tell you,

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 until heaven and earth disappear,

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 not the smallest letter,

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 not the least stroke of a pen,

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 will by any means disappear from the law

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 until everything is accomplished.

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 Therefore,

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 anyone who sets aside

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 one of the least of these commands

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 and teaches others accordingly

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 will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever practices and teaches these commands

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 will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you

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 that unless your righteousness

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 surpasses that of the Pharisees

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 and the teachers of the law,

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 you will certainly not enter

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 Well,

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 let's keep our Bible open

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 and we'll pray.

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 Blessed are those who hunger

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 and thirst for righteousness,

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 for they will be filled.

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 Father,

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 would you give us

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 that hunger

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 and that thirst

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 and may it only be satisfied

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 by Jesus

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 and knowing him more.

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 Meet us in our need today.

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 Show us the greatness

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 of your kingdom

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 and what it is

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 to live as your people

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 in that kingdom.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 we're going to jump

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 straight into the text today

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 so you can take a deep breath.

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 We're straight into the deep end.

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 And we're going to look at

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 three themes

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 that build on one another.

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 We're going to look at

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 God's kingdom has come,

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 enter the kingdom,

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 and then live

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 as God's kingdom people.

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 So,

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 God's kingdom has come,

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 enter the kingdom,

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 and live

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 as God's kingdom people.

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 So,

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 the first one,

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 God's kingdom has come.

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 Let's read verse 1.

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 Now,

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 when Jesus saw the crowd,

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 so,

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 just prior to this,

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 Jesus has been about

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 teaching in different places

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 and he's been healing

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 lots of people

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 and of course

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 it's caused a stir

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 and there's crowds

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 of people going

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 wherever he is.

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 So,

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 when Jesus saw the crowd,

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 he went up on a mountainside

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 and sat down.

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 Seems the obvious thing

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 to do,

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 isn't it,

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 when you want to get away

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 from people?

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 Go and climb a mountain.

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 It's what I like to do

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 because when you get

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 up a mountain

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 you don't particularly

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 see many people up there,

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 do you?

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 Apart from sheep

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 and they don't want to

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 talk to you either.

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 Well,

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 here we have Jesus

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 going up a mountain.

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 except for

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 Jesus is not trying

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 to get away

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 from the crowds.

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 Look at the end

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 of verse 1.

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 His disciples

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 came to them,

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 to him

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 and he began

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 to teach them.

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 This begins

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 a whole teaching section.

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 It's like one

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 big long sermon

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 that goes

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 all the way through

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 to the end

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 of chapter 7.

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 So,

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 if you just quickly

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 have a look at

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 chapter 7

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 and verse 28.

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 So,

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 he's gone up

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 the mountain,

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 he begins teaching

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 and then he concludes

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 verse 28,

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 when Jesus

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 had finished

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 saying these things,

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 the crowds

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 were amazed

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 at his teaching.

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 You see,

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 the crowds

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 are still with him.

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 They followed him

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 up the mountain.

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 Jesus isn't trying

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 to get away

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 from anyone.

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 Jesus has taken

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 an intentional

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 and deliberate

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 step to go

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 up a mountain

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 because by going

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 up a mountain,

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 he's revealing

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 something about

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 who he is

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 and what he has

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 come to do.

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 Mountains are

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 very significant

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 things in the Bible.

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 Things happen

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 on mountains.

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 In particular,

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 is what happened

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 on Mount Sinai.

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 Do you remember

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 that event?

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 Well,

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 go with me

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 all the way

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 back to Exodus.

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 It's the second

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 book in the Bible,

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 Genesis,

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 Exodus,

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 chapter 19.

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 Exodus,

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 chapter 19.

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 So God,

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 through Moses,

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 has rescued

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 the Israelites

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 from Egypt

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 and God

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 brings them

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 to Mount Sinai.

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 And from this

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 mountain,

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 God speaks

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 and reveals

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 his purpose

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 in rescuing

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 his people.

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 They are to be

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 God's

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 treasured

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 possession.

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 So let's

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 pick it up

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 in verse

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 3.

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 So then

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 Moses went

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 up to God

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 and the Lord

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 called to him

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 from the

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 mountain

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 and said,

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 this is what

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 you are to say

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 to the descendants

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 of Jacob

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 and what you are

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 to tell the

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 people of Israel.

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 You yourselves

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 have seen

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 what I did

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 to Egypt

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 and how I

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 carried you

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 on eagles'

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 wings

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 and brought

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 you to

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 myself.

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 Now if you

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 obey me

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 fully

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 and keep

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 my covenant,

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 then out of

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 all the nations

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 you will be

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 my treasured

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 possession.

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 Although the

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 whole earth

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 is mine,

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 you will be

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 for me

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 a kingdom

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 of priests

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 and a

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 holy nation.

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 These,

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 Moses,

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 are the words

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 that you are

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 to speak

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 to the

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 Israelites.

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 So God

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 rescued his

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 people to be,

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 verse 5,

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 his treasured

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 possession,

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 to be his

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 chosen special

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 people.

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 But in being

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 his special

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 people comes

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 a purpose.

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 Look at

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 verse 6,

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 you will be

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 a kingdom

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 of priests

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 and a

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 holy nation.

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 You see,

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 the role

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 of the

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 priest

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 was to

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 represent

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 God

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 to the

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 people.

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 So if

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 you are a

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 kingdom

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 of priests,

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 that means

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 together

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 they are

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 to represent

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 God to

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 all the

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 nations

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 around

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 them.

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 And if

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 you are

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 going to

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 be holy,

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 it means

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 you are

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 to be

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 set apart,

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 to be

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 different.

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 You are

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 to reflect

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 God's

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 character.

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 So if

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 you are

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 a holy

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 nation,

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 that means

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 that together

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 as God's

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 people,

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 you are

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 to reflect

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 God's

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 character

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 to all

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 the nations

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 and all

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 the people

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 around you.

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 So as

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 God's

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 treasured

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 people,

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 they are

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 to represent

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 God and

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 reflect

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 God to

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 the nations.

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 That was

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 God's

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 purpose.

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 But the

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 problem was

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 they failed.

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 Instead of

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 drawing the

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 nations to

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 God,

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 the nations

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 drew them

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 away from

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 God.

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 Rather than

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 being a

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 light to

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 the world,

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 they became

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 part of

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 the darkness.

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 They didn't

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 represent God

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 fully and

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 they didn't

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 reflect God

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 as they

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 should.

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 But yet

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 when God

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 makes a

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 promise to

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 bring a

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 people to

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 himself,

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 he will

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 fulfill that

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 promise.

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 Let's go

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 back now

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 with that

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 in mind

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 to chapter

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 5 of

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 Matthew.

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 So look

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 at verse

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 1.

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 What has

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 happened?

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 Well,

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 just as

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 Moses went

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 up the

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 mountain

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 before the

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 people,

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 so Jesus

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 goes up

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 the mountain

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 before the

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 people.

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 The difference

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 is that

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 Jesus is

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 claiming to

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 be God

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 on the

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 mountain.

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 Remember the

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 name given

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 to Jesus

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 earlier in

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 Matthew 1

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 verse 23?

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 You will

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 give birth

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 to a son

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 and you

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 will call

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 him

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 Emmanuel,

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 which means

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 God

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 with us.

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 So as

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 Jesus stands

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 on the

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 mountain

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 before the

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 crowds,

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 he stands

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 there as

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 God.

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 He is the

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 true priest

00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:36.539
 representing

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 God to the

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 people.

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 He is the

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 true holy

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 one reflecting

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 God to the

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 people.

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 As Jesus

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 speaks,

00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:45.259
 people are

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 hearing the

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 very words

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 of God.

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 You see,

00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.159
 Jesus going

00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:50.559
 up the

00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:50.860
 mountain

00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:51.899
 side is

00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:52.339
 not to

00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:52.839
 get away

00:12:52.839 --> 00:12:53.559
 from people.

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 It's

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 significant.

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 It tells

00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:56.719
 us something

00:12:56.719 --> 00:12:57.419
 about who

00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:58.120
 Jesus is

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 and why

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 he has

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 come.

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 Have a

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 look over

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 at verse

00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.699
 17.

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 Jesus says,

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 don't think

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 that I've

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 come to

00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:07.879
 abolish the

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 law or

00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.159
 the prophets.

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 That is,

00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:10.879
 the Old

00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.339
 Testament

00:13:11.339 --> 00:13:12.000
 scriptures,

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 scriptures like

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 what we've

00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:13.959
 just read

00:13:13.959 --> 00:13:15.179
 in Exodus

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 19.

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 I haven't

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 come to

00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.620
 abolish

00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:17.959
 them,

00:13:18.699 --> 00:13:19.259
 but to

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 fulfill

00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.039
 them.

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 In other

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 words,

00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:21.379
 what you

00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.559
 see in

00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:22.959
 the Old

00:13:22.959 --> 00:13:23.339
 Testament

00:13:23.339 --> 00:13:24.219
 is a

00:13:24.219 --> 00:13:24.559
 picture,

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 it's

00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:25.559
 pointing

00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:26.259
 towards

00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.439
 me,

00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:26.759
 it's

00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:27.120
 longing

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.559
 for me

00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:27.759
 to

00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:28.039
 come.

00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:28.879
 I am

00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.079
 the

00:13:29.079 --> 00:13:29.600
 faithful

00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.139
 one

00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:31.299
 who

00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:31.500
 has

00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:31.759
 not

00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.199
 failed.

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 I am

00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:33.879
 the

00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.299
 light

00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:34.879
 come into

00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.100
 the

00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:35.519
 darkness

00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.539
 to draw

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.039
 people

00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.259
 to

00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:37.799
 myself

00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.419
 because

00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:38.779
 the

00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.120
 coming

00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:39.379
 of

00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.860
 Jesus

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.579
 is

00:13:40.579 --> 00:13:40.779
 the

00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:41.240
 coming

00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:41.799
 of

00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.339
 God's

00:13:42.339 --> 00:13:42.939
 kingdom.

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 And

00:13:44.579 --> 00:13:44.919
 that is

00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.379
 the case

00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:45.819
 today.

00:13:46.319 --> 00:13:46.699
 Jesus

00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:47.579
 has

00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:48.079
 come,

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.000
 that

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.299
 means

00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:49.819
 God's

00:13:49.819 --> 00:13:50.219
 kingdom

00:13:50.219 --> 00:13:50.919
 has

00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:51.299
 come.

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:51.819
 And

00:13:51.819 --> 00:13:52.219
 God's

00:13:52.219 --> 00:13:52.819
 plan and

00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:53.199
 purpose

00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:53.719
 is the

00:13:53.719 --> 00:13:54.639
 same.

00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:55.399
 He is

00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:56.279
 to rescue

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.959
 a people

00:13:56.959 --> 00:13:57.839
 for himself

00:13:57.839 --> 00:13:58.620
 who will

00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:59.179
 be his

00:13:59.179 --> 00:14:00.259
 treasured

00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:00.839
 possession,

00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:01.959
 a people

00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:02.899
 who are a

00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.599
 kingdom of

00:14:03.599 --> 00:14:04.139
 priests,

00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:04.839
 and a

00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:05.740
 holy nation

00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.779
 who will

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.339
 draw

00:14:07.339 --> 00:14:08.740
 people to

00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.179
 God.

00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:11.179
 God's

00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:11.779
 God's

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.279
 kingdom

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.439
 has

00:14:13.439 --> 00:14:14.319
 come.

00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:14.759
 God's

00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:16.319
 kingdom

00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:16.639
 has

00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:30.479
 come.

00:14:32.079 --> 00:14:32.759
 Second,

00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.319
 he calls

00:14:36.319 --> 00:14:36.839
 us to

00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:37.879
 enter into

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.139
 the

00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:38.419
 kingdom

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.679
 of

00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.019
 God.

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.159
 Jesus

00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.439
 is

00:14:41.439 --> 00:14:41.779
 calling

00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:42.000
 a

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.279
 people

00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:42.500
 to

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:42.980
 himself.

00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:43.960
 Look at

00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.480
 verse 1

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:44.779
 again.

00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:45.019
 His

00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.700
 disciples

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.439
 came to

00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:46.779
 him

00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.939
 and he

00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.600
 began to

00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:48.919
 teach

00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.100
 them.

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.259
 He

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.879
 teaches

00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:51.120
 how we

00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.460
 might

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:51.980
 enter

00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.220
 the

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.539
 kingdom

00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.220
 and

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.740
 become

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.159
 his

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:55.179
 treasured

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:55.639
 possession.

00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:56.980
 And

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.139
 his

00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.600
 teaching

00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.100
 initially

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.480
 is

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:58.980
 focused

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.379
 on

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.220
 eight

00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.460
 beatitudes

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:01.840
 or

00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.700
 blessings.

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 The

00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:04.100
 first

00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.440
 one,

00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:04.799
 verse

00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.299
 three,

00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.819
 and the

00:15:06.819 --> 00:15:07.199
 last

00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.579
 one,

00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:08.559
 which

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.039
 starts

00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.319
 in

00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:09.599
 verse

00:15:09.599 --> 00:15:10.059
 10

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.319
 and

00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:10.879
 continues

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.199
 into

00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:11.500
 verse

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.000
 11.

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.699
 The

00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.039
 first

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.219
 and

00:15:14.219 --> 00:15:14.359
 the

00:15:14.359 --> 00:15:14.639
 last

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:14.799
 of

00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.000
 these

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.479
 blessings

00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:16.099
 set

00:15:16.099 --> 00:15:16.659
 the

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.019
 theme.

00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:17.299
 It's

00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:17.799
 repeated.

00:15:18.459 --> 00:15:18.879
 Theirs

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.199
 is the

00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:19.459
 kingdom

00:15:19.459 --> 00:15:19.719
 of

00:15:19.719 --> 00:15:20.019
 heaven.

00:15:21.219 --> 00:15:21.839
 So

00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.379
 how do

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:22.599
 we

00:15:22.599 --> 00:15:23.019
 enter

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.759
 the

00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.019
 kingdom

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.259
 of

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.519
 heaven?

00:15:25.359 --> 00:15:25.759
 Well,

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.379
 first we

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.659
 are to

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:26.879
 be

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.359
 poor

00:15:27.359 --> 00:15:27.779
 in

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.519
 spirit.

00:15:29.099 --> 00:15:29.279
 Verse

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:29.639
 three,

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.799
 blessed

00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.059
 are the

00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:32.460
 poor

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:32.740
 in

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.259
 spirit,

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 for

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 theirs

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 is the

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 kingdom

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.639
 of

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 heaven.

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 Those

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 who

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:37.720
 are

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.199
 poor

00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:38.460
 in

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 spirit

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.159
 enter

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 the

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 kingdom.

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 Suppose

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 you

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 get

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 yourself

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 into

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 debt.

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 You

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 might

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 go to

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 the

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 bank

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 and

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 get

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 a

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 loan,

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 but

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 instead

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 of

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 dealing

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 with

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 your

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 debt,

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 you

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 decide

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 to

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 use

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 that

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 money

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 and

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 keep

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 on

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 spending,

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 and

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 so

00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.279
 you

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 get

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 into

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 a

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 pattern

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 of

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 just

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 borrowing

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 and

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 borrowing,

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 and

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 sooner

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 or

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 later,

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 you

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 become

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 bankrupt.

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 You

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 haven't

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 the

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 resources

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 or

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 the

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 means

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 within

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 yourself

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 to

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 pay

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 it

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 off.

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 Well,

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 to be

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 poor

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.340
 in

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 spirit

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 is

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 to

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 recognize

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 and

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 to

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 own

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 the

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 fact

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:11.860
 that

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 I

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 am

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 spiritually

00:16:13.280 --> 00:16:14.379
 bankrupt,

00:16:15.420 --> 00:16:15.800
 that

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 I've

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 been

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 running

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 up

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 an

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 increasing

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 sin

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.480
 debt

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 and

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 I

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 have

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 no

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 resources

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.440
 or

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 means

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 to

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 pay

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 it

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 off.

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 And

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 rather

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 than

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 plead

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 innocence

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 or

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 ignorance,

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 we

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 accept

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 our

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 condition

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 and

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 completely

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 rely on

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 God.

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 It's

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 saying,

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 I deserve

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 justice,

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 but I

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 am

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 desperate

00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:34.519
 for

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 mercy

00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.120
 and

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 grace.

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 It's

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 what

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 David

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.240
 prayed

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.340
 as he

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 accepted

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.259
 his

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:41.679
 sin

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.179
 of that

00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:43.840
 adultery

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.139
 and

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.559
 murder.

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 This is

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 what he

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 prayed

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.360
 to

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.700
 God.

00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:46.740
 God,

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.480
 my

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.240
 sacrifice,

00:16:49.400 --> 00:16:49.860
 O God,

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.300
 is a

00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.680
 broken

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.560
 spirit,

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.140
 a

00:16:54.140 --> 00:16:54.580
 broken

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:54.940
 and

00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.640
 contrite

00:16:55.640 --> 00:16:56.120
 heart

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.500
 you,

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:56.980
 God,

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.300
 will

00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:57.840
 not

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.400
 despise.

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 You

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.680
 see,

00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.320
 poor in

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.900
 spirit,

00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:05.620
 that

00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.400
 contrite

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.960
 heart,

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.240
 it's

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.559
 coming

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.140
 before

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.640
 God

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 with

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 nothing

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:13.059
 and

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.720
 offering

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.380
 nothing

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.940
 except

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 our

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.759
 broken,

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:18.680
 ruined

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.360
 lives.

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.160
 Poor in

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.819
 spirit is

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.700
 the necessary

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.640
 heart

00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.279
 attitude

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.759
 to enter

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.299
 the kingdom.

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 It is

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.900
 what marks

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.360
 out

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.519
 members

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.839
 of God's

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.220
 kingdom.

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.360
 So first,

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:33.940
 poor in

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.460
 spirit.

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:37.120
 second,

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:38.880
 a

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.200
 God

00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.640
 given

00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.100
 righteousness.

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.819
 Do you

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.200
 see what it

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.420
 says?

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.079
 Verse 10,

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.319
 blessed

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:45.940
 are those

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.220
 who

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.220
 persecuted

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.700
 because of

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.220
 righteousness.

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.620
 In other

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:50.900
 words,

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.120
 that if

00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.579
 you are

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.340
 righteous,

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.740
 you will

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.380
 face some

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:55.980
 kind of

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.740
 opposition.

00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:58.160
 Blessed

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.600
 are those

00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:58.880
 who are

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.380
 persecuted

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.000
 because of

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.480
 righteousness,

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.740
 for theirs

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.180
 is the

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.700
 kingdom of

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.019
 heaven.

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.759
 those

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.259
 who are

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.200
 righteous

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.619
 enter the

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:07.960
 kingdom.

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.519
 Well,

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.099
 what does

00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.440
 it mean

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:10.799
 to be

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.200
 righteous?

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:11.859
 How can

00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.240
 I be

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.759
 righteous

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.460
 to enter

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:13.720
 the

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.000
 kingdom?

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.799
 Well,

00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.160
 Jesus

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:16.059
 explains it

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.500
 for us.

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:16.960
 We read

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.319
 it in

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:18.180
 verse 20.

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.119
 Jesus

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.460
 says,

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.039
 I tell

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.960
 you that

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.379
 unless

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:22.700
 your

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.579
 righteousness

00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:25.139
 surpasses

00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.539
 that of

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.539
 the Pharisees

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:26.900
 and the

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.240
 teachers

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.619
 of the

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:27.859
 law,

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.720
 you will

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.160
 certainly

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.720
 not

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.119
 enter

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.339
 the

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:30.619
 kingdom

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:30.879
 of

00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.180
 heaven.

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.279
 Now,

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.180
 the Pharisees

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.960
 were the

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.339
 religious

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:34.740
 lot.

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.420
 We'll

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:35.960
 meet them

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.420
 lots of

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:36.980
 times as

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.740
 we go

00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.119
 through

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.899
 Matthew.

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.319
 They were

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.879
 the religious

00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:40.639
 leaders of

00:18:40.639 --> 00:18:41.019
 the day.

00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:41.799
 And they

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.339
 had worked

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.559
 up,

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.019
 they'd done

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.619
 their sums

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.339
 as they

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:44.920
 read through

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.500
 the Old

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.920
 Testament

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.519
 scriptures.

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.200
 There

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.660
 were 613

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.399
 laws.

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.599
 And they

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.160
 not only

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.700
 claimed to

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.299
 know every

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.879
 single one

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.240
 of them,

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.299
 but that

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.079
 they kept

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:56.119
 every single

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.460
 one.

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.940
 They saw

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:59.279
 themselves as

00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.859
 righteous,

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.139
 pure,

00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:02.360
 blameless,

00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.340
 and right

00:19:03.340 --> 00:19:04.200
 before God.

00:19:04.520 --> 00:19:05.060
 In their

00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:05.360
 eyes,

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.740
 they were

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.540
 the keepers

00:19:06.540 --> 00:19:07.220
 of righteousness

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.040
 and they

00:19:08.040 --> 00:19:08.560
 made sure

00:19:08.560 --> 00:19:09.140
 that everybody

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.920
 else kept

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.940
 these laws

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.700
 so that

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.420
 together they

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:12.920
 could become

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.360
 a kingdom

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.040
 of priests

00:19:14.040 --> 00:19:15.040
 and a

00:19:15.040 --> 00:19:15.759
 holy nation.

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.720
 Do you see

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.240
 what Jesus

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.759
 says in

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.420
 verse 20?

00:19:20.280 --> 00:19:21.140
 Unless your

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.720
 righteousness

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.540
 surpasses that

00:19:23.540 --> 00:19:23.860
 of the

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:25.140
 Pharisees,

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.540
 you won't

00:19:26.540 --> 00:19:27.120
 be able to

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.580
 enter the

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:28.100
 kingdom of

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.380
 heaven.

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:31.880
 Now Jesus

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.660
 is not

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:34.280
 saying you

00:19:34.280 --> 00:19:34.820
 must be

00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:36.280
 better than

00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:37.300
 the Pharisees.

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.760
 He's saying

00:19:38.760 --> 00:19:39.640
 you need to

00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.360
 surpass it.

00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:42.640
 In other

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.520
 words, you

00:19:43.520 --> 00:19:43.980
 need a

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.540
 righteousness

00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.660
 that is

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.300
 something

00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:47.300
 altogether

00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:48.200
 different.

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.360
 Have a

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.680
 look with

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.280
 me please

00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:54.060
 to Matthew

00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:55.360
 chapter 23.

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.479
 23.

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 Go to

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 Matthew

00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.599
 23.

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 Here Jesus

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:03.079
 confronts

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.779
 these very

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.859
 Pharisees

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.859
 over their

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 understanding

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.419
 of what it

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.059
 is to be

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.519
 righteous.

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:12.000
 Because they're

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.500
 all telling

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.000
 everybody,

00:20:13.479 --> 00:20:13.879
 do this,

00:20:13.979 --> 00:20:14.500
 do this,

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.599
 be righteous

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.359
 and you'll

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.659
 enter.

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.899
 And Jesus

00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.819
 confronts this

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 notion.

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:27.079
 Let's

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.379
 pick it

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.680
 up in

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 verse 27.

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 Woe to

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.079
 you,

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.879
 teachers of

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.359
 the law

00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:37.599
 and Pharisees,

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.440
 you hypocrites!

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 You look

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.899
 like whitewashed

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.579
 tombs.

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.500
 Now for

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.160
 us in our

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.720
 culture we

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.700
 put flowers

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.039
 where people

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.539
 have been

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 buried,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.779
 then they

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.539
 whitewashed,

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 they got

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.399
 out nice

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:53.220
 white paint

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.399
 and cleaned

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 them all

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:54.940
 up.

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 It was

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.680
 nice and

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.180
 bright and

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 white.

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 He says

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 you are

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:57.879
 like

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.559
 whitewashed

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.220
 tombs,

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.339
 which look

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.119
 beautiful on

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.660
 the outside

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.259
 but on

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.299
 the inside

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.839
 are full

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.160
 of the

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.759
 bones of

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 the dead

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.399
 and

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.099
 everything

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:09.139
 unclean.

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 In the

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 same way

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.059
 on the

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.779
 outside

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 you appear

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.460
 to people

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.119
 as righteous

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:17.859
 but on

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.700
 the inside

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:20.319
 you are

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.900
 full of

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.600
 hypocrisy

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.580
 and wickedness.

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.380
 We're all

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.779
 good at

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.220
 putting on

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.700
 a show

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 aren't

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 we?

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.299
 Nice and

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 white and

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.420
 bright on

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.120
 the outside.

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 We can

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 all do

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.019
 our acts

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.819
 of righteousness

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.039
 committed

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.819
 at church,

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 serving away,

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 giving generously,

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.380
 obeying all

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 the COVID

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 rules in

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 society and

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.319
 we can spend

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.839
 our time

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.500
 making sure

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.619
 that everybody

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.879
 else keeps

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.939
 to my

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.879
 little standard

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.460
 of what it

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.139
 is to be

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.639
 right and

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.019
 good.

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 But Jesus

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.500
 says it's not

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.059
 about that,

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.779
 it's about

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.519
 what's on the

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.519
 inside that

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.980
 counts.

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.500
 He's concerned

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.259
 with what's in

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.720
 the heart,

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.779
 our motives,

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.319
 our attitudes,

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.299
 our desires,

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.899
 what we're

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:12.099
 thinking about

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.879
 people who

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.480
 don't measure

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.240
 up to me.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.740
 The reality

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.400
 is we are

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.519
 all hypocrites.

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.240
 We look so

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.940
 nice and

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.500
 bright on

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.099
 the outside

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.860
 but inside

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.420
 we are

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:25.000
 bones,

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.980
 we're dead,

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:27.240
 we're unclean.

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.480
 Let's go

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.200
 back to

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.420
 chapter 5.

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.380
 You see,

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.039
 we need a

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.559
 righteousness

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:38.759
 that doesn't

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.299
 come from

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.000
 self,

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.140
 where we

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.759
 manage to

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.200
 do all

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.720
 these different

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.180
 things,

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.200
 but we

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.700
 need a

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.240
 righteousness

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.039
 that is

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.980
 given to

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.299
 us by

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.640
 God.

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.100
 It's not

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:50.079
 about external

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.740
 behaviours,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.480
 but about

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.480
 an internal

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.279
 change of

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.799
 heart.

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.680
 Any one

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:55.960
 of us

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.319
 can put

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.680
 on a

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.039
 show,

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.660
 but no

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.120
 one can

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.839
 change the

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.600
 true self,

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.259
 the heart.

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.039
 So

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.740
 righteousness

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.600
 that comes

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.240
 from God

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.059
 is the

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.720
 necessary

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.620
 thing we

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.180
 need for

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.299
 heart change

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.680
 to enter

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.360
 the kingdom.

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.479
 kingdom.

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.459
 So we

00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:15.779
 need to

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.219
 be poor

00:23:16.219 --> 00:23:16.819
 in spirit,

00:23:16.979 --> 00:23:17.319
 we need

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.839
 a God

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.699
 given

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.639
 righteousness

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:21.079
 and well

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.719
 if that's

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.000
 the way

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.339
 it is

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:22.779
 then we

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.439
 are truly

00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:24.179
 blessed.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.879
 You see,

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.419
 to enter

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.959
 we must

00:23:26.959 --> 00:23:28.199
 begin to

00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:28.979
 apply what

00:23:28.979 --> 00:23:29.459
 we've just

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:29.979
 looked at

00:23:29.979 --> 00:23:30.399
 to our

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:30.879
 own life.

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.799
 We become

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.399
 poor in

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.399
 spirit and

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.039
 we seek

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.500
 his

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.459
 righteousness.

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.939
 As one

00:23:37.939 --> 00:23:38.699
 writer put it

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.340
 like this,

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.779
 every day

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.319
 Jesus comes

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.860
 to us

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.319
 with his

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.980
 mercy and

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.480
 grace and

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.819
 says,

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.600
 I'll do

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.100
 a deal.

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.740
 I will

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.759
 take all

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.519
 your failures,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.420
 all your

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.840
 sin,

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.500
 all your

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.960
 guilt,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.519
 all your

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.960
 bitterness,

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.940
 all the

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.340
 curse,

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.100
 all the

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.539
 wrath,

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.340
 all the

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.819
 death,

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.720
 and in

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.220
 return I'm

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.580
 going to

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:01.920
 give you

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.539
 love,

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.759
 joy,

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.160
 life,

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.519
 righteousness,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.440
 peace.

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.119
 Nothing

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.920
 delights

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.940
 Jesus more

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.839
 than for

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.299
 us to

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.799
 come to

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.960
 him empty

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:17.420
 and needy

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.220
 so that

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.940
 we might

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.480
 be filled

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.240
 and satisfied.

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.440
 We give

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.359
 him our

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.700
 sin and

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.559
 we receive

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.319
 his

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.319
 righteousness,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.019
 his

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.720
 perfection.

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.980
 We give

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.639
 to him

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.700
 our sin

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:33.059
 debt and

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.799
 he credits

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.619
 us with

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.059
 his

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.059
 righteousness.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:38.839
 Now if

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.279
 that's how

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.740
 we come

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.420
 to Jesus,

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.359
 we are

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.119
 truly

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.259
 blessed

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.480
 people.

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.779
 Verse

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.180
 three,

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.660
 blessed

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.119
 are the

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.599
 poor in

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.139
 spirit.

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.440
 Verse

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.839
 ten,

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.940
 blessed

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:56.220
 are those

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.420
 who are

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.859
 righteous,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.240
 for theirs

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.660
 is the

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.279
 kingdom of

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.599
 heaven.

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.619
 You see,

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.200
 if you are

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.700
 blessed,

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.599
 you are

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.740
 approved by

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.139
 God,

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.859
 you've been

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.859
 accepted by

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.219
 God,

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.979
 you are

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.919
 now his

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:10.240
 treasured

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.740
 possession.

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.879
 In coming

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.579
 to Jesus,

00:25:12.979 --> 00:25:13.699
 you become

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.500
 a priest in

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.219
 his kingdom,

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.319
 representing

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.979
 God to

00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:17.299
 others.

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.419
 You become

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.859
 a holy

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.339
 one in

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.259
 his nation,

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.240
 reflecting

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.919
 God to

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.259
 others.

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:22.959
 You see,

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.619
 Jesus has

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.079
 come to

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.679
 us today,

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.619
 speaking

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.379
 his word

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.799
 to us,

00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:27.619
 calling

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.859
 us to

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.399
 himself,

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.399
 commanding

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.619
 us,

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:32.079
 enter the

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.419
 kingdom.

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.560
 kingdom,

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.200
 and as

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.820
 we humbly

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.279
 come,

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.039
 as we

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.700
 rely on

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.980
 him,

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.019
 we become

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.340
 his

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.400
 treasured

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.940
 possession.

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.980
 God's

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.600
 plan and

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.080
 purpose

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.900
 remains the

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.220
 same,

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.960
 for him

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.460
 to make

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.160
 himself a

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.759
 kingdom of

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.600
 priests and

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.060
 a holy

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:49.240
 nation that

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.320
 will bring

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:53.100
 others to

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.640
 the king

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.000
 and into

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.240
 his kingdom.

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.359
 kingdom.

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.559
 So the

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.079
 kingdom has

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.440
 come,

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.200
 enter the

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.519
 kingdom,

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.240
 and third,

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.339
 live as

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.819
 kingdom

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.920
 people.

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.940
 So what

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.400
 does Jesus

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.079
 say to

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.640
 his kingdom

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.079
 people?

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.859
 You say

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.380
 you follow

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.140
 me, you

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.720
 say you've

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.220
 entered your

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.720
 poor in

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.720
 spirit, that

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.640
 you've received

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.480
 my righteousness,

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.599
 what does

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.400
 that look like

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.120
 now for us

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.480
 in his

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.819
 kingdom?

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.319
 Well,

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.799
 first,

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.599
 it's about

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.299
 distinctive

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.099
 living.

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.819
 Look at

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.639
 verse 13.

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:32.059
 Jesus says

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.899
 you are the

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:34.379
 salt of

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.939
 the earth.

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.099
 We can say

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.740
 at least one

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.259
 thing about

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.079
 salt, it's

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.799
 distinctive,

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.480
 isn't it?

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.639
 It tastes

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.699
 different.

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.139
 You always

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.699
 know if you've

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.299
 eaten something

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.219
 with salt in

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.459
 it.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.539
 Salt, to

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.079
 state the

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.859
 obvious, is

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.859
 salty.

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.399
 So Jesus'

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.219
 message is

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:55.319
 simple, be

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:57.059
 distinctive in

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.539
 the way you

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.819
 live.

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.119
 Be different

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.859
 from those

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.439
 around you.

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.960
 Be salty

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.599
 people.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.220
 So in

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.720
 what ways

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.119
 are we to

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.639
 be different?

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.299
 Well, let's

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.019
 just think

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.559
 about these.

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:09.980
 I'll throw

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.639
 a few things

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:10.960
 out.

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.519
 How we

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.399
 speak about

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.960
 others to

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.460
 others.

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.079
 Are we

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.720
 building them

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.220
 up in our

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.480
 conversation or

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.000
 are we just

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.579
 knocking them

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.919
 down?

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:23.700
 how we

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.340
 treat those

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.779
 who hurt

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.259
 us?

00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:26.920
 Do we

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.779
 forgive their

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.980
 gripes or

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.820
 do we bear

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:32.100
 grudges?

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.019
 How we

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.480
 use our

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.140
 finances?

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.420
 Are we

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.240
 open-handed

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:40.200
 or are we

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.340
 tight-fisted?

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.120
 How we

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.880
 respond to

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.840
 practical needs

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.500
 around us?

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.200
 Are we

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.900
 willing to

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.460
 give of our

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.940
 time or do

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.120
 we begrudgingly

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:52.820
 do what we

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.779
 have to do

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.620
 because someone's

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.279
 seen us?

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.539
 Here's a good

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.539
 question to ask

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.120
 ourselves.

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.700
 Think about

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.200
 who you'll

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.720
 meet this

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.059
 week.

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.420
 The people

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.799
 in your

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.240
 work?

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.140
 People who

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.539
 you live

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.420
 next door to

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.759
 in your

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.200
 neighbourhood?

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.420
 Your social

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.900
 group?

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.259
 Do they

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:17.820
 see difference

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:19.420
 in the way

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.980
 you live?

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.920
 Or do you

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.180
 just blend

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.779
 in with

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.160
 everybody

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.500
 else?

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.500
 Are we

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960
 just kind

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.400
 of camouflaged

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:29.000
 in with

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.640
 everyone else?

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.440
 We can't

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.300
 see any

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:31.700
 difference,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.200
 just the

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.500
 same.

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.580
 You see,

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.960
 if there's

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.980
 no distinctive

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.580
 living,

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.460
 if we're

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.460
 not salty,

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.779
 look at the

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.259
 end of verse

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.740
 13,

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.600
 it is no

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.100
 longer good

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.640
 for anything

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.380
 except to be

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.920
 thrown out

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.480
 and trampled

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.140
 underfoot.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:50.780
 kingdom

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:51.840
 people live

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:53.700
 distinctive,

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.180
 salty

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.600
 lives.

00:29:00.280 --> 00:29:00.880
 Second,

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.320
 there's

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.840
 attractive

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.380
 living.

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.060
 Look at

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.840
 verse 14.

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.540
 You are

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:07.160
 the light

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.259
 of the

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.740
 world.

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.820
 A light

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.720
 stands out

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.240
 in the

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.680
 darkness,

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.280
 doesn't it?

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.600
 So,

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.340
 look at the

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.740
 rest of

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.279
 verse 14.

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.380
 A town

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.059
 built on

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.460
 a hill

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.480
 cannot be

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.740
 hidden.

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.420
 We're used

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.900
 to lots

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.380
 of lights

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.059
 in our

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.620
 society,

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.380
 but then

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.819
 you think

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.079
 of a

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.420
 town,

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.660
 and the

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.240
 lights in

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.299
 that town,

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.720
 if you are

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.039
 a long

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.620
 distance,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.519
 you can

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.059
 see that

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.559
 town from

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.859
 a long

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.420
 way away,

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.299
 and you're

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.940
 attracted

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.180
 towards it.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.620
 You're

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.740
 heading to

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.220
 the light.

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:38.940
 Jesus'

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.740
 message is

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.039
 clear.

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.160
 Be a

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.740
 light for

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.599
 good in

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.200
 this world

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.140
 of darkness.

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.880
 In other

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.039
 words,

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.980
 be attractive

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.440
 in the

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.779
 way you

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.220
 live.

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.900
 Draw

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.839
 people to

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.680
 the light

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.900
 by the

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.359
 way you

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.019
 conduct

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.720
 yourself.

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.079
 So,

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.559
 what's that

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.880
 going to

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.299
 look like

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.660
 for you

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.039
 and me?

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.039
 Well,

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.559
 think about

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.039
 this.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.019
 It's

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.740
 listening to

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.140
 others'

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.900
 concerns

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:09.240
 and not

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.859
 voicing

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.039
 your

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.799
 complaints.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.940
 sacrifice.

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.059
 It's

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.859
 sacrificing

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.940
 what you

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.639
 want

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:19.539
 and giving

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.299
 to those

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.259
 who are

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.899
 in need.

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.399
 It's

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.700
 about

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.460
 inviting

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.220
 people into

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.680
 your home,

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.659
 not waiting

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.119
 to be

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.579
 invited.

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.079
 It's

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.579
 pursuing

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.119
 the good

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.720
 of others,

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.419
 not protecting

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.059
 the comfort

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.759
 of self.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.940
 Again,

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.319
 it's good

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.759
 to ask

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.180
 ourselves

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.480
 this

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.920
 question.

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.700
 If you

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:42.980
 were to

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.440
 ask them

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.740
 or they

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.060
 were to

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.340
 write

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.720
 something

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.060
 about

00:30:45.060 --> 00:30:45.299
 you,

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.039
 would

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.600
 people

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.080
 say,

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.700
 Johnny

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.360
 is so

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.940
 caring,

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.460
 he's

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.019
 such a

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.440
 loving

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.519
 neighbour,

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.380
 or

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.160
 would they

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.740
 say he's

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.220
 stingy

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.840
 and selfish?

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.580
 Are we

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.100
 a light

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.600
 in the

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.019
 darkness?

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.180
 Or by

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.720
 our words

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.320
 and actions

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.799
 are we

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.340
 adding

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.960
 to the

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.400
 darkness?

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.779
 You see,

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.120
 kingdom

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.580
 people

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:11.960
 live

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.620
 attractive

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:14.220
 lives.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.900
 And this

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.660
 attractiveness,

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.019
 this

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.039
 distinctiveness,

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.019
 well,

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.380
 it's not

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.640
 to be

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.000
 done in

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.539
 isolation,

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.080
 it's a

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.580
 community

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.440
 project.

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.560
 Again,

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:27.900
 look at

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.460
 verse 13,

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.880
 he says,

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.500
 you are

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.940
 the salt

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.220
 of the

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.480
 earth.

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.460
 Verse 14,

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.880
 you are

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.299
 the light

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.519
 of the

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.779
 world.

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.580
 He's

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.180
 talking about

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.259
 his people,

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.799
 his treasured

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.180
 possession,

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.100
 his church,

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.580
 us,

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.279
 as we're

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.180
 gathered here

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.640
 today.

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.380
 We are

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.779
 to live

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.400
 this kingdom

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.580
 life together.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.120
 We're not

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.640
 doing it

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.480
 in isolation,

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.600
 me in my

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.440
 small corner

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.880
 and you

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.380
 in yours.

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.259
 We're

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.740
 together.

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.460
 That's why

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.220
 Carragoline

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.080
 Baptist Church

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.580
 exists.

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:56.019
 We serve

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.519
 each other,

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.400
 we're to

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.860
 love each

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.060
 other,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.000
 show compassion

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.940
 and forgive

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.600
 and work

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.100
 all these

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.779
 things out

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.379
 so that

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.559
 our

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.299
 distinctive

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.039
 living

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.539
 becomes

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.180
 attractive.

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.980
 That people

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.920
 see a

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.359
 difference

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.839
 the way

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.639
 that

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.420
 community

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.160
 live and

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.660
 operate

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.680
 and are

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.339
 drawn in.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.759
 A grain

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.399
 of salt,

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.259
 one little

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.339
 inchy pinchy

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.799
 grain of

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.639
 salt has

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.019
 a little

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.579
 impact,

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.639
 but a

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.240
 fistful

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.859
 of salt,

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.819
 the impact

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.460
 of that.

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.880
 or one

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.180
 little

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.819
 candle

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.259
 in the

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.720
 darkness,

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.200
 but 50

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.740
 candles

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.160
 in the

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.539
 darkness.

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.740
 The

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.380
 community

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.100
 of God's

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.500
 people

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.299
 rescued

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.779
 for a

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.160
 purpose,

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.880
 drawn

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.340
 together

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.740
 to be

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.019
 his

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.420
 treasure

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.980
 possession,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.900
 working

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.640
 and serving,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.660
 making a

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.000
 difference.

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.620
 We live

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.940
 communal

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.660
 lives.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.360
 We don't

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.880
 just come

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.519
 and disappear.

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.600
 We get

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.220
 involved

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.759
 with each

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.039
 other.

00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:02.480
 This is

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.819
 the best

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.180
 I could

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.600
 come up

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.860
 with,

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.840
 intentional

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.360
 living.

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.059
 Being

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.640
 distinctive

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.180
 and being

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.680
 attractive

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.160
 is of

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.220
 no value

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.759
 if we're

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.220
 all just

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.840
 looking at

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.360
 each other

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.240
 and keeping

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.900
 ourselves

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.700
 to ourselves.

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.620
 Look what

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.240
 Jesus says,

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.720
 you are the

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.180
 light of

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.660
 the world.

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.920
 A town

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.480
 built on

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.840
 a hill

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.440
 cannot be

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.700
 hidden.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.519
 Neither

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.240
 do people

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.880
 light a

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.240
 lamp

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.400
 and then

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.059
 put it

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.720
 under

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.259
 a bowl.

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.039
 Instead,

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.500
 they put

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.759
 it on

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:31.960
 its

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.419
 stand

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.779
 and it

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:32.980
 gives

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.480
 light to

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.019
 everyone

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.379
 in the

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.639
 house

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.279
 so that

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.659
 everybody

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.279
 can see

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.720
 it and

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.179
 benefit.

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.099
 Verse 16,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.759
 in the

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.460
 same way,

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.980
 let your

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.879
 light shine

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.539
 before

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:45.659
 others

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:47.700
 that they

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.539
 may see

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.740
 your good

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.319
 deeds

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.919
 and glorify

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.579
 your Father

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.139
 in heaven.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.639
 In other

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:54.960
 words,

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.879
 we are to

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.460
 be light

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:58.380
 in the

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.780
 darkness.

00:34:00.020 --> 00:34:00.260
 The

00:34:00.260 --> 00:34:00.860
 kingdom of

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.560
 heaven is

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.020
 to be

00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:03.600
 in the

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.160
 kingdom of

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.620
 the world.

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.640
 That means

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.520
 intentionally

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:08.519
 being with,

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.360
 getting to

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.579
 know,

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.900
 spending time

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.539
 with people

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.480
 who are not

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.260
 yet in

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.840
 the kingdom

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.380
 of heaven.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.019
 Do you

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.940
 have friends

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.980
 who are not

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.300
 in the

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.840
 kingdom of

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.099
 heaven?

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:25.739
 Do you

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.759
 actually know

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.259
 anybody?

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.539
 I mean,

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.199
 really know

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.539
 them and

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.900
 call them

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.440
 as friends

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.779
 where you

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.219
 get to

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.639
 know them?

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.500
 Well,

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.380
 be intentional.

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.420
 Go and

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.179
 spend time

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.500
 with them.

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.539
 Don't hide

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.239
 your light.

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.699
 Don't bury

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.799
 yourselves away

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:42.000
 keeping yourself

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.659
 to yourself.

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.519
 That's not

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.900
 what it's

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.199
 about.

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.839
 The church

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.559
 is not to

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.400
 separate or

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.239
 isolate from

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.659
 the world.

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.559
 The church

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.199
 is to be

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.480
 in the

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.880
 world.

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.619
 living

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.679
 distinctively

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.519
 and attractive

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.819
 lives together.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.679
 And as

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.299
 we do,

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.219
 end of

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.960
 verse 16,

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.819
 they may

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.380
 see your

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.360
 good deeds,

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.299
 your acts

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.819
 of love

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.500
 and kindness,

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.299
 the way in

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.659
 which you

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.059
 conduct

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.440
 yourself,

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.779
 the way

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.639
 you speak,

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.039
 and that

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.579
 God could

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.199
 use all

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.920
 of that to

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.099
 bring them

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.920
 to glorify

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.539
 your Father

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.099
 in heaven.

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.159
 Amen.

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:24.940
 I'm worried

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:27.359
 that we

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:28.219
 can be so

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.139
 withdrawn

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.980
 that we

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.940
 don't mix

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.579
 and meet.

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.719
 How sad

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.299
 that is.

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.559
 We are the

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.420
 salt of the

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.799
 earth,

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.399
 a kingdom

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:41.379
 of priests

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:43.039
 representing

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.779
 God to

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.379
 those around

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.839
 us.

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:44.940
 us.

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.460
 We are

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.120
 the light

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.460
 of the

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.820
 world,

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.340
 a holy

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.920
 nation

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.280
 reflecting

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.120
 God to

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:53.059
 those around

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.600
 us.

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.200
 Together,

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.059
 the church

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.860
 is God's

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.680
 treasured

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.180
 possession,

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.360
 living our

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.740
 life together

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:04.740
 as God's

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.079
 kingdom

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.660
 people

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:07.120
 for his

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.539
 glory.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:10.759
 kingdom

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.320
 has come.

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.980
 Are you

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.340
 in the

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.619
 kingdom?

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:18.000
 And are

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.500
 we together

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:20.000
 living as

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.519
 his kingdom?

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.500
 Let's

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.559
 pray about

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.159
 that now.

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:41.840
 Father,

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.440
 your kingdom

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.940
 is a

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.559
 good

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.759
 kingdom.

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.719
 You are

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.440
 faithful

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.320
 and you

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.519
 are

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.059
 trustworthy.

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.059
 You

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.880
 provide for

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.300
 us in

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.659
 all our

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.059
 need.

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.679
 And you

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.320
 have enabled

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.880
 us and

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.440
 shown us

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.800
 how we

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.460
 might enter

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:06.360
 and I

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.980
 pray right

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.659
 now that

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:09.820
 if you

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.219
 are here

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.880
 today and

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.599
 you think

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.400
 I'm not

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.840
 in that

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.139
 kingdom

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.619
 yet,

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:17.139
 come before

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.579
 God,

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.659
 poor in

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.199
 spirit,

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.679
 bringing

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.420
 nothing but

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.679
 your

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.519
 brokenness

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:26.539
 and receive

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.500
 from him

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.900
 his

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.579
 righteousness

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:33.820
 so that

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.199
 you may

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.800
 be truly

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.940
 blessed.

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:39.400
 father,

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.240
 help us

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.440
 by your

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.719
 holy

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.380
 spirit

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.960
 to take

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.679
 seriously

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.059
 your

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.619
 words

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:48.920
 that we

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.420
 would live

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.240
 distinctive

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:51.039
 lives,

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:53.280
 that we

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.639
 would be

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.820
 attractive in

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.360
 the way we

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.960
 speak and

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.440
 the way we

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.880
 act,

00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.559
 that you

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.139
 would help

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:02.619
 us to

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.159
 do these

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.659
 acts of

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.360
 love well

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.120
 to one

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:05.480
 another,

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.420
 but

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.300
 amongst

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.840
 people.

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.240
 Help us

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.820
 to get

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.039
 down to

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.519
 the nitty

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.120
 gritty of

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.720
 life with

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.120
 others.

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:17.220
 Please help

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:17.860
 us not to

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.420
 hide our

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 light,

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 but to

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 shine it

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 forth for

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 your glory,

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 family,

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 that others,

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 our friends,

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 our

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 neighbours,

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 family and

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 workmates,

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 would come

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 to glorify

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 the father

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 and worship

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 him.

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 In Jesus'

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 name we

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 pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're

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 going to

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 sing a

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 song.