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 And turn with me to Matthew chapter 5.

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 And we began a series last week on the Beatitudes.

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! I thought it would complement Romans and be different to Romans.

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! And then I find I'm preaching pretty much exactly the same sermon this morning,

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 this evening as I was this morning.

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 So the Lord must be trying to tell you something.

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 Let's pray.

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 Guide us, O Lord, by your word and by your Holy Spirit,

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 that in your light we may see light,

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 that in your truth we might find freedom,

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 and in your will that we might discover peace through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 And so I want us to look tonight at really what does it mean to come to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we're looking at that in Jesus' own words.

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 Matthew 5 verse 3.

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

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

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 Some of the culture is hostile to Christianity.

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 Most of the culture couldn't care less, let's be honest.

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 I don't know how you find that,

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 but most of the people that I talk to about Christianity,

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 they are apathetic.

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 Indifferent.

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 They couldn't care less.

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 Why bother?

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 For many people I know,

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 God is simply just not relevant.

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 And I think we have to face that.

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 For many people today,

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 in their mind,

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 God simply is not relevant.

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 They would say to us,

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 I don't need God.

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 If you need God,

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 well that's alright for you,

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 but I don't need God.

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 I've got no felt need for him.

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 I don't really feel the need of God.

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 One of the things that Jesus has come to tell us,

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 is whether you feel the need of God,

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 or not,

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 is irrelevant.

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 The fact is,

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 you have a need of God.

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 Whether you feel the need of God,

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 is irrelevant.

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 The fact is,

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 you have a need of God.

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 You're on your way home tonight,

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 there's a guy who's in the gutter,

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 drunk.

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 And he's in the drunk,

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 he's got a black eye,

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 he is bleeding.

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 But he doesn't feel the need of your assistance,

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 does he?

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 And when you go with him,

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 to check whether he's okay,

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 well,

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 what's the reaction you'll get?

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 You'll get an elbow,

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 or a punch maybe in the nose.

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 He doesn't feel any need of your help,

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 does he?

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 The drunk and the gutter.

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 But that's only an indication,

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 isn't it,

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 of how far gone he is,

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 in his drunkenness.

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 It's no indication of how things really are.

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 It's only an indication of how much trouble

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 that drunk is in.

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 And the fact is,

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 tonight,

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 you might have come to church,

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 and you sit in this building,

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 and you say,

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 well,

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 I don't really feel any need of God.

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 And that's only an indication,

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 of how out of touch with reality,

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 you really are.

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 Jesus says,

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 the fact is,

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 that you have a need of God,

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 and until you recognise that,

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 you'll never be,

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 truly happy in the way that,

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 the Beatitudes talk about.

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 Blessed are those who are poor in spirit,

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 he says,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Now what I want to do tonight,

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 is I just want to clear up some misunderstandings,

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 about what this verse is not about.

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 And then I want to kind of,

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 explain what it is about.

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 Karl Marx called,

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 Christianity,

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 the opium of the people.

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 Why?

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 Because it offered people,

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 it's a pie in the sky when you die,

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 and that hope of the future heaven,

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 well,

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 it kept them content,

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 in their present,

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 and that of course,

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 is a total misunderstanding,

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 and misrepresentation,

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 of what Christianity is.

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 Jesus does not say here,

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 Jesus does not say anywhere,

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 blessed are the poor,

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 full stop.

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 What he says here,

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 can you see it?

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 What does it mean,

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 to be poor in spirit?

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 It means to be impoverished,

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 not in your circumstances,

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 but in your relationship to God.

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 John Paul Getty,

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 he was one of the richest men,

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 in the 20th century,

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 and when he came to die,

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 he said this,

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 he's a very,

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 very wealthy man,

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 he said,

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 I've never known love,

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 I've never had a friend.

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 So was John Paul Getty,

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 a rich man?

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 Do you think he was a rich man?

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 A man who could say that,

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 surely he was a very poor man,

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 spiritually.

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 John D. Rockefeller,

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 said this,

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 the poorest man I know,

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 is the man who has nothing,

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 but money.

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 The poorest man I know,

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 is the man who has nothing,

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 but money.

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 And there's a man like that,

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 isn't there,

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 that Marsha read for us,

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 in Luke 12.

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 And God calls him a fool.

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 And why does God call that man,

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 in Luke 12,

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 a fool?

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 It's not because he was rich.

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 He's no fool,

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 because he made money.

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 God doesn't call him a fool,

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 because he's rich.

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 Why does God call that man,

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 a fool?

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 Jesus says,

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 that man was a fool,

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 because he was poor,

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 towards God.

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 And he was poor,

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 towards the things,

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 that really matter,

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 in his relationship,

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 with God,

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 and in his relationship,

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 with fellow human beings.

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 He was bankrupt.

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 Let me read to you,

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 from Luke 12,

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 he's a self-made man,

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 in verse 16.

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 At the land of a rich man,

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 produced plentifully,

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 he's arrived.

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 This guy has made it,

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 he's had a great year.

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 But where is he,

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 where has he arrived,

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 and what he has made?

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 And then verse 17,

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 he thought to himself,

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 what shall I do?

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 What shall I do,

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 for I have nowhere to store my crops?

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 And he said to himself,

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 I will do this.

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 I will tear down my barns,

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 and build larger ones,

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 and there I will store all my grain,

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 and my goods.

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 And I will say to my soul,

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 soul,

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 you have ample goods,

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 laid up for many years.

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 Relax,

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 eat,

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 drink,

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 and be merry.

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 First sign of madness,

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 is talking to yourself,

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 they say,

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 don't they?

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 And it's quite interesting,

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 that here,

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 I think there is this contrast.

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 We don't see it so clearly.

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 I will say to my soul.

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 Now there's times as a Christian,

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 when it's good to talk to yourself.

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 But I think,

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 as we read this parable,

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 we often miss the force,

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 of what Jesus is saying.

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 The Easterner,

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 did his thinking in the crowd.

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 Slightly different to the Westerner.

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 The Easterner would normally,

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 decide what to do,

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 after hours of discussion,

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 with his friends.

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 But this man,

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 we're told,

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 he thinks within himself.

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 He doesn't sit at the gate,

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 he doesn't talk it over,

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 with the elders of the village,

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 according to normal practice.

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 He dialogues with himself.

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 Why?

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 Because there is no one else.

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 No one that he can talk things over with.

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 No one but himself.

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 No one that he can trust.

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 No one that he can talk to.

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 No one he can relate to.

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 He's got nothing but money.

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 That's the picture.

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 It's all he's got.

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 Plenty of money,

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 but that's all he's got.

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 He's a rich man,

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 but in the things that matter,

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 relationships with others,

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 and relationships to God,

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 he's bankrupt.

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 And God says to him,

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 you are a fool man.

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 That's God's verdict

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 on the world that we live in.

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 That's God's verdict on materialism.

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 Makes no difference

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 whether you're a capitalist

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 or a communist.

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 The Bible says,

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 if that's all you live for,

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 you're a fool.

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 The communist says,

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 that matter is all that there is.

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 And God says,

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 don't be such a fool.

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 And the capitalist says,

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 matter is all that matters.

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 And God says,

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 a plague on both your houses.

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 Don't be such a fool.

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 A man's life does not consist

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 in the things that he possesses.

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 That's not the essence of life.

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 What makes human beings

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 happy and fulfilled?

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 Man's life does not consist

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 in the things that he possesses.

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 There's something that matters

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 more than matter.

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 And that's your relationship

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 to God.

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 And unless you are

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 rich towards God,

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 unless you have a personal

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 relationship with God,

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 unless your relationship

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 with God is good and right,

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 whatever else you have,

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 you're utterly bankrupt.

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 Have you come to realise that?

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 Have you come to understand that?

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 And Jesus says,

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 if you have,

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 you are blessed.

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 Congratulations,

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 Jesus says.

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit

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 because they are the ones

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 who realise that this life

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 and all these things

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 are not all that there is.

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 Blessed are they

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 who realise their poverty,

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 not in the bank balance

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 or in a state.

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 But blessed are those

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 who realise their poverty

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 in the realm of the spirit.

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 Jim Elliot,

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 he resigned from the rat race

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 in North America

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 to become a missionary

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 and it famously

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 cost him his life.

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 But shortly before he died,

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 before he was killed,

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 he wrote these words

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 in his diary.

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 He was quoting Matthew Henry.

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 He is no fool

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 who gives up

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 what he cannot keep

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 to gain what he cannot lose.

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 He is no fool

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 who gives up

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 what he cannot keep

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 to gain what he cannot lose.

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 And that's what poverty

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 of spirit is all about.

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 It is to recognise

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 where your true riches lie,

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 like Jim Elliot did.

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 He recognised that true wealth

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 was to be found

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 where true riches

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 are to be found.

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 And that's poverty of spirit.

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 Jesus says,

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 congratulations if you're there.

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 So,

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 to be poor in spirit

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 is not

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 to be,

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 it's not blessed

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 to be poor full stop.

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 But to be poor in spirit,

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 but to be poor in spirit

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 is not to be spiritually poor.

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 Let me explain that.

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 To be poor in spirit

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 is not to be spiritually poor.

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 When Jesus says,

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 blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 he's not kind of pronouncing

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 a benediction

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 on spiritual poverty

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 and bankruptcy.

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 That's the state

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 we're all in by nature.

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 It's a wretched state

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 to be in.

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 It's not a happy state

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 to be in.

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 It's the reason

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 for our unhappiness,

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 our spiritual poverty.

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 And Jesus says

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 in Revelation

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 that people,

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 just like the folk

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 who come to this church,

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 people,

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 kind of people

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 who think they're

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 themselves Christians,

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 he says,

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 do you know

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 that you're wretched

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 and poor

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 and miserable

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 and blind

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 and naked?

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 And all the time

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 you think to yourself,

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 well, we're rich,

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 we're increased with goods,

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 we've need of nothing.

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 And so to be poor in spirit

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 is to recognise

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 the truth about yourself,

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 to recognise

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 that you are spiritually poor,

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 not to be spiritually poor.

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 There's no blessedness in that.

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 That's a wretched state

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 to be in.

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 But Jesus says,

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 congratulations if you realise

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 that.

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 Happy is the man

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 who's come to see

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 that his greatest need

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 is to be rich towards God.

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 Now when we use the word poor,

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 we use it relatively.

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 How many poor are there

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 in this country?

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 You know all the stats.

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 We use it to describe

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 people who are not

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 very well off.

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 There's a poverty scale,

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 isn't there?

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 But the word that Jesus

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 uses here

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 is for people

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 who are totally destitute.

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 It's a particular word

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 that he uses for poverty.

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 It describes those

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 who have no property,

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 no place,

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 no job,

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 no source of income,

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 nothing to eat.

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 They're up to their years

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 in debt

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 and so if they were

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 given any money,

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 it would immediately

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 be lost to their creditors.

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 According to Jesus,

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 you and I are poor

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 like that spiritually

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 in our relationship

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 with God.

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 We're bankrupt.

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 We cannot give God

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 what he's got a right

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 to expect from us.

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 We are spiritually

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 bankrupt

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 and that is nothing

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 to congratulate

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 ourselves on.

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 To be bankrupt,

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 doesn't it,

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 maybe some of you

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 experienced it,

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 it's a desperately

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 unhappy situation

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 to be in.

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 The person who is

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 bankrupt is

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 desperately unhappy.

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 They're under an

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 obligation to pay

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 and yet they're

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 unable to do so.

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 They're really caught.

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 It's a terrible state.

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 She ought to pay

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 her debts

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 but she cannot

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 pay her debts.

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 that's exactly

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 where you and I

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 are.

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 Before God,

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 that's what the

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 Bible says.

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 God has made us.

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 We are his

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 creatures.

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 We are under

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 certain obligations.

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 We are under

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 an obligation to

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 love the Lord our

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 God with all our

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 heart and mind

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 and soul and

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 strength.

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 we owe that to

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 him.

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 But none of us

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 in honesty

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 tonight can say

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 that we've done

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 that.

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 None of us have

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 lived that way.

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 We're spiritually

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 bankrupt.

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 And yet we are

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 accountable to God.

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 That comes out so

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 clearly, doesn't it,

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 in Luke 12.

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 Do you remember

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 what God said to

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 that rich fool?

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 He said,

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 tonight your soul

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 will be required

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 of you.

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 And that word

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 is a technical

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 word.

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 It's the returning

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 of a loan.

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 Tonight your life

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 will be required

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 of you.

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 The man's so busy

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 with his accounts,

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 that's the picture,

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 he's so busy with

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 his accounts that

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 he'd forgotten he

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 was accountable

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 himself.

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 Accountable to the

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 God who had

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 given him the

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 life that he had

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 lived.

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 And so tonight

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 are you aware

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 that you are

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 accountable to

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 God for the

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 life that you've

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 lived.

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 That your life

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 will be required

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 of you.

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 And so what

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 does Jesus mean?

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 What does he mean

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 when he says

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 blessed are the

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 poor in spirit?

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 He doesn't mean

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 blessed are the

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 poor full stop.

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 He doesn't mean

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 blessed are the

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 spiritually poor,

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 for that's a

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 wretched state to

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 be in.

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 What does he mean

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 when he says

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 blessed are the

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 poor in spirit?

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 I think I've

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 told you the

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 story before

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 is that the

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 actress,

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 she's an

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 aging actress

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 and she goes

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 to the west

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 end for a

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 head shot,

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 you know,

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 to get her

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 photograph done.

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 And she says

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 to the young

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 photographer,

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 she says,

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 young man,

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 I hope you're

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 going to do

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 me justice.

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 And the

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 photographer

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 looks at her

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 and says,

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 it's not

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 justice that you

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 need,

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 madam,

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 it's mercy.

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 It's mercy.

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 And that's

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 what you and

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 I require

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 from God.

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 It's what you

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 and I stand

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 in need of

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 before God,

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 not justice.

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 If you think

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 that you're

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 going to be

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 able to pull

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 yourself up to

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 your full height

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 on the day

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 of judgment

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 and say,

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 God,

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 well,

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 here I am,

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 you must be

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 delighted to have

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 someone like me

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 in your kingdom.

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 The Pharisee

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 in the parable

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 in Luke 18

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 went into the

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 temple and he

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 said,

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 well,

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 I thank you

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 that I'm

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 not like

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 other men.

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 I do this

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 and I do

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 that and I

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 don't do

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 this and I

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 don't do

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 that.

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 I go to

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 church,

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 I give to

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 charity,

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 I do

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 loads of

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 good,

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 I'm a

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 really decent

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 man,

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 I'm an

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 upright

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 member of

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 society.

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 And you

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 want to be

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 pretty pleased

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 to have

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 me in your

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 kingdom,

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 God,

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 and Jesus

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 says,

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 that is not

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 the man

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 who went

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 home that

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 night right

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 with God.

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 No,

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 he says it

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 was the

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 other man,

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 which man?

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 Well,

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 it's the guy

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 at the back

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 of the

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 temple who

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 couldn't lift

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 up his

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 eyes and

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 look God

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 in the

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 face,

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 the man

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 who was

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 so conscious

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 of his

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 poverty and

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 of his

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 bankruptcy

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 that all

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 he could

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 do was

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 beat on

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 his breast

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 and cry

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 out to

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 God,

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 be merciful

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 to me,

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 be merciful

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 to me,

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 I'm a

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 sinner.

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 And Jesus

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 says it

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 was that

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 man who

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 went home

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 right with

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 God,

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 that is

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 the man.

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 And in

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 the next

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 breath,

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 Jesus says

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 everyone who

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 exalts

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 himself,

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 everyone who

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 puffs himself

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 up will be

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 humbled,

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 and everyone

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 who humbles

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 himself will

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 be lifted

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 up.

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 Everyone who

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 humbles

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 himself,

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 everyone who

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 recognises

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 they've got

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 nothing to

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 offer to

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 God,

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 nothing to

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 commend

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 themselves to

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 God,

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 that is the

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 person who

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 will be

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 exalted in

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 the kingdom.

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 And that's

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 what it means

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 to be poor

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 in spirit.

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 The hymn

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 writer says,

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 isn't it,

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 just as I

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 am,

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 poor,

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 wretched,

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 blind,

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 sight,

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 riches,

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 healing of

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 the mind,

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 yea,

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 all I need,

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 in thee I

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 find,

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 O Lamb of

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 God,

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 I come,

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 I come.

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 Is that how

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 you've come to

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ?

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 If you

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 haven't come

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 in that

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 way,

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 you haven't

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 come at

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 all,

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 conscious of

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 your needs,

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 not for

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 justice,

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 but for

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 mercy.

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 And that's

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 the first

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 step to

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 putting you,

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 putting right

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 your broken

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 relationship with

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 God.

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 It's difficult,

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 isn't it?

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 It's so

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 humbling.

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 there's

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 nothing that

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 you can do

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 to put it

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 right.

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 It's

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 humbling to

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 admit that

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 you've got

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 nothing to

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 offer God

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 except the

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 sin for

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.120
 which you

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 desperately

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.920
 need is

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 forgiveness.

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 And that

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 is poverty

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 of spirit,

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 and Jesus

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 says that

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 is blessed.

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 why is it

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 blessed?

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 Why is that

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 attitude of

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 mine blessed?

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 Well,

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 because it

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 drives us to

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 Christ,

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 doesn't it?

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 the man

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 who's seen

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 and the

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 woman who's

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 seen their

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 absolute

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 spiritual

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 bankruptcy,

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 that person

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 who understands

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 Romans 3,

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 who realises

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 that what he

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 needs is

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.339
 mercy alone,

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.379
 and realises

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 that there's

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 nowhere else

00:18:39.439 --> 00:18:39.859
 to go

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 except to

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 Christ.

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 Thomas

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 Watson,

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 the

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 puriter,

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 wrote this,

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 he that is

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 poor in

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 spirit,

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 is a

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 Christ

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.019
 admirer.

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 He has

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.919
 high thoughts

00:18:56.919 --> 00:18:57.480
 of Christ.

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 He sets a

00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.319
 high value

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.279
 and appreciation

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.240
 on Christ.

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:04.220
 He hides

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.819
 himself in

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.299
 Christ's

00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.639
 wounds.

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.339
 He bathes

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.980
 himself in

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.559
 his blood.

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 He wraps

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.819
 himself in

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.440
 his robe.

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.399
 He sees a

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:14.319
 spiritual dearth

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.859
 and famine

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.480
 at home,

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.579
 but he looks

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.480
 out to

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.940
 Christ,

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.799
 and he

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.180
 cries,

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.740
 show me

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.440
 thyself,

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.259
 and this

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.859
 sufficeth.

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 There's one

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.539
 word that

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.079
 sums it up,

00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.319
 isn't it?

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 All that

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.379
 Jesus is

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.940
 saying here,

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.240
 and it

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.079
 is the

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.279
 word

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.680
 grace.

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 Do you

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:33.879
 remember,

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.119
 children,

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.519
 the hand

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.000
 of grace?

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.740
 God's

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.299
 riches

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.059
 at

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:39.759
 Christ's

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.240
 expense.

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.119
 That's

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.859
 how Paul

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.279
 defines

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.579
 grace,

00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:44.960
 isn't it?

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.940
 2 Corinthians

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.359
 8 and

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.740
 verse 9,

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.019
 for you

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.359
 know the

00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:49.720
 grace of

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:49.839
 our

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.240
 Lord Jesus

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.539
 Christ,

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:50.900
 that though

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.319
 he was

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.940
 rich,

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:54.039
 yet for

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.480
 your sake

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.819
 he became

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.079
 poor,

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.759
 so that

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.200
 you,

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.799
 by his

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.220
 poverty,

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.200
 might become

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.940
 rich.

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:03.900
 how do

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.220
 you know

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.820
 the grace

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.059
 of our

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.400
 Lord Jesus

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.640
 Christ?

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:05.900
 Where do

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.140
 you see

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.299
 it?

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.580
 What does

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:07.880
 it look

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.120
 like?

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.660
 What is

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:08.920
 this

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.180
 grace?

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.740
 You know

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.180
 the grace

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.460
 of our

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.860
 Lord Jesus

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.200
 Christ,

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.519
 that though

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:11.860
 he was

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.140
 rich,

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.440
 yet for

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.080
 your sake,

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.580
 for your

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.019
 sake,

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.740
 he became

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.019
 poor,

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.660
 so that

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.100
 through his

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.559
 poverty,

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.220
 you might

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.860
 become rich.

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.340
 That is

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.680
 grace.

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.080
 He was

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.440
 rich,

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.920
 wasn't he?

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.380
 he was

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.400
 adored by

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.920
 the angels

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.320
 of heaven,

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.580
 he was

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:28.920
 the king

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.120
 of the

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.440
 angels.

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:32.100
 He enjoyed

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.900
 an unbroken

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.600
 relationship

00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.060
 with his

00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:34.620
 father in

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:34.820
 heaven,

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.500
 unbroken

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.519
 fellowship,

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.279
 and communion

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.660
 in the

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:37.940
 Godhead,

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.160
 he was

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.700
 rich in

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.060
 the truest

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.440
 sense of

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.759
 the word.

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:41.980
 And what

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.360
 did he do?

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.980
 He came

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.240
 here,

00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:44.120
 he left

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.500
 it all,

00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.440
 he left

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.180
 his father's

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.519
 presence.

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.039
 The king

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.259
 of the

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.640
 angels

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.120
 got off

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.720
 his throne

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.400
 and became

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.680
 a little

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.140
 lower than

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.640
 the angels.

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.680
 He

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.660
 impoverished

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.140
 himself.

00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.420
 He did

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.019
 not consider

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.820
 equality with

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.400
 God something

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.240
 to be grasped,

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:02.980
 but made

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.200
 himself

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.920
 nothing.

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.519
 To in the

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.100
 very nature

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.620
 of a servant

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.000
 that through

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.840
 his poverty,

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.920
 you and I

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.460
 might go to

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.800
 where he

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.160
 was.

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.259
 That you

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.519
 and I

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.860
 might have

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.200
 God's

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.960
 riches at

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.400
 Christ's

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.820
 expense.

00:21:18.800 --> 00:21:19.360
 You see,

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.720
 what does a

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.380
 bankrupt man

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.759
 need?

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.700
 A

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.279
 bankrupt man

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.619
 needs a

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.200
 benefactor.

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.460
 He's

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.859
 somebody who

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.240
 is rich,

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.660
 somebody who

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.119
 is prepared

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.599
 to come

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.019
 with his

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.519
 riches and

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.180
 step in and

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.700
 assume the

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.240
 liabilities.

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.759
 That's what

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.000
 God's

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.259
 son has

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.440
 done.

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.639
 He was

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.399
 rich and

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.220
 he came,

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.619
 why did

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:38.879
 he come,

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.240
 why did

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.619
 he step

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.059
 into this

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.319
 world?

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.180
 He came

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.519
 in order

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.839
 to assume

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.019
 your

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.599
 liabilities

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:45.700
 and mine,

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.039
 to live

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.480
 that life

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.720
 that you

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:46.960
 and I

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.180
 should have

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.399
 lived,

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:47.960
 that we

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.339
 haven't.

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.359
 To die

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.879
 that death

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.160
 that you

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.399
 and I

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.779
 deserve,

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.279
 to die

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.599
 is the

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:53.940
 punishment

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.399
 for our

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:54.599
 sin,

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.299
 that death

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.879
 with hell

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.500
 mixed into

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.720
 it.

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.259
 He died

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.859
 that death

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.339
 upon the

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.599
 cross,

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:00.940
 that is

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.359
 how poor

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.000
 he became.

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.759
 He

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.180
 emptied

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.480
 himself.

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.059
 He

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.480
 lost

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.980
 what he'd

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.539
 always

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.079
 known.

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.779
 He cries

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.039
 on the

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.200
 cross,

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.740
 my God,

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.180
 my God,

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.720
 why have

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.720
 you forsaken

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.059
 me,

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:17.799
 the cry

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.480
 of dereliction?

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.920
 We can't

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.619
 fully understand

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:19.940
 it.

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.960
 God's

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.400
 love.

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.840
 And through

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.240
 that you

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.500
 and I

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.200
 are brought

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.120
 to God.

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.960
 The

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.220
 wonderful

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.580
 thing about

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:30.900
 the gospel

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.200
 is it's

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.680
 not just

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.160
 negative,

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.820
 but it's

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.279
 a positive

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.740
 thing.

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.080
 It isn't

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.519
 just that

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.039
 our debts

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.380
 and our

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.759
 sins have

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.720
 been liquidated,

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.420
 that's part

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.720
 of it.

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.539
 The gospel

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.900
 isn't just

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.279
 great news

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.799
 because the

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.160
 slate has

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.500
 been wiped

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.720
 clean,

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.200
 that's

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.940
 great,

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.759
 but it's

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.080
 not all,

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.279
 is it?

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.559
 We've

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.920
 been made

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.440
 rich.

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.519
 And so

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.920
 the gospel

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.539
 isn't back

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.059
 to square

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.859
 one again

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.960
 and off

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.420
 you go.

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.639
 But we've

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.160
 been made

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.000
 rich through

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.720
 his poverty.

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.059
 And so

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.799
 Jesus says

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.480
 blessed are

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.799
 the poor

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.220
 in spirit

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.160
 for theirs

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.879
 is a

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.639
 fresh brand

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.379
 new start.

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.579
 No,

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:08.920
 he doesn't

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.420
 say that.

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.899
 Blessed are

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.240
 the poor

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.660
 in spirit

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.139
 for the

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.680
 slate is

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:15.920
 wiped

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.420
 clean,

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.380
 the debts

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.080
 are cancelled,

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.740
 they can

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.320
 start over

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:20.560
 again,

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.900
 that's not

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.060
 what he

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.300
 says,

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.580
 is it?

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.039
 Look at what

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.320
 he says,

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.580
 he says,

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.039
 blessed are

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.300
 the poor

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.740
 in spirit

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.560
 for theirs

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:24.840
 is the

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.019
 kingdom

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.440
 of heaven.

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.340
 And not

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:29.640
 only are

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.060
 their debts

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.420
 paid,

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.720
 but they

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.200
 are rich.

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.880
 You are

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.580
 rich tonight

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.140
 in Christ.

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.560
 Theirs is

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:36.840
 the kingdom

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.220
 of heaven.

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.600
 What is

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.900
 the kingdom

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.279
 of heaven?

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.980
 Do you know

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.539
 what Paul says

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.960
 in Romans,

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.620
 he says,

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.879
 the kingdom

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.139
 of heaven

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.359
 is not

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.779
 meat and

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.139
 drink.

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:49.299
 It's

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.679
 righteousness

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.339
 and peace

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.859
 and joy

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.079
 in the

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.479
 Holy Spirit.

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.779
 That's

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.059
 the kingdom

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 of heaven.

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.799
 And that's

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.419
 what distinguishes

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.799
 the kingdom

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.199
 of heaven

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.559
 from all

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.739
 other

00:23:56.739 --> 00:23:57.119
 kingdoms.

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:00.899
 Look at

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.059
 who's

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.379
 growing up

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.539
 there.

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.239
 Lots of

00:24:02.239 --> 00:24:02.379
 people,

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:02.559
 they would

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.919
 never go

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.459
 abroad.

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.419
 They would

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.699
 never go

00:24:04.699 --> 00:24:05.159
 abroad

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:06.079
 because the

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.379
 reason they

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.619
 wouldn't go

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:06.919
 abroad is

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.099
 they wouldn't

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.359
 like the

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.659
 food.

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:08.959
 They're

00:24:08.959 --> 00:24:09.539
 afraid of

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.979
 eating the

00:24:09.979 --> 00:24:10.379
 food.

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:11.599
 Foreign

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.799
 food

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.019
 doesn't

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.159
 agree with

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.279
 me,

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.479
 they'd

00:24:13.479 --> 00:24:13.679
 say.

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:15.879
 He doesn't

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.339
 agree with

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.579
 me.

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.859
 Jesus says

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.779
 the kingdom

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:18.979
 of heaven,

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.219
 you don't

00:24:19.219 --> 00:24:19.419
 have to

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:19.799
 worry about

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.419
 the food.

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.739
 The kingdom

00:24:21.739 --> 00:24:22.000
 of heaven

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.199
 has got

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.479
 nothing to

00:24:22.479 --> 00:24:22.699
 do with

00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:23.259
 food.

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.319
 It's nothing

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.619
 to do with

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.579
 those external

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.379
 things.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.379
 To be in the

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.719
 kingdom of

00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:28.939
 heaven,

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.619
 it doesn't

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.000
 matter if you

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.679
 eat pork

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.019
 or not,

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.479
 people ask me

00:24:31.479 --> 00:24:31.779
 that.

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.899
 To be in the

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.279
 kingdom of

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.739
 heaven is a

00:24:34.739 --> 00:24:35.119
 matter of

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:35.779
 righteousness and

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.259
 joy and

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.479
 peace.

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.959
 It is to be

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:38.139
 really rich.

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.139
 It is to be

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.899
 rich with those

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.859
 things in your

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.339
 heart that you

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.139
 really need.

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:45.620
 to be in

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:45.920
 the kingdom

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.300
 of heaven.

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.880
 How do you

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.320
 get into the

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:47.640
 kingdom of

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:47.920
 heaven when

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.480
 it's all a

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.900
 matter of

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.240
 grace?

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.820
 Jesus says

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.120
 this.

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.980
 Jesus says

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.300
 to you

00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:55.540
 tonight,

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.160
 fear not

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.940
 little flock,

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.780
 it's your

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.660
 father's good

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:01.259
 pleasure to

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.700
 give you the

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:01.960
 kingdom.

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.000
 That's an

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.700
 amazing statement

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.060
 isn't it?

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.860
 What are you?

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.380
 A little

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.940
 flock of

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.560
 silly wandering

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:09.880
 sheep.

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.820
 That is all

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.220
 we are.

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.860
 We are not

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.460
 tonight a

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.160
 great important

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.560
 group of

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.200
 people that

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.080
 God can't

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.480
 do without.

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.180
 And he

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.759
 really must

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.320
 have you in

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.740
 his kingdom.

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.060
 No.

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.580
 We are a

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.220
 silly flock of

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.000
 sheep, that's

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.200
 all.

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.259
 And we've

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.800
 gone into our

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.380
 own way.

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.000
 We're like

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.540
 sheep we've

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:33.340
 wandered off,

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.800
 says the

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.480
 prophet Isaiah.

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.820
 And that's

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.200
 what we are,

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.820
 a flock of

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.440
 silly wandering

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.740
 sheep.

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.720
 And God

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.420
 does not need

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.700
 you to

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.400
 enhance his

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.680
 kingdom.

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.720
 The glory

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.340
 of the

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.920
 gospel is

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.200
 that he

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.620
 wants you

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.080
 to enjoy

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.299
 it.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.960
 Fear not

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.620
 little flock.

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.240
 Fear not

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.180
 silly wandering

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.580
 sheep.

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.160
 Fear not

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.660
 little flock.

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.120
 It is your

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.759
 father's good

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.039
 pleasure to

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.440
 give you the

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.640
 kingdom.

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.220
 It's all of

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.680
 his grace.

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.980
 And there's

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.420
 nothing you can

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.880
 do to merit

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.080
 it.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.500
 There's nothing

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.160
 you can do

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.600
 to commend

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.200
 yourself to

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.539
 God.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.759
 You are

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.039
 nothing.

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.559
 You have

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.940
 nothing.

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.519
 You can do

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.980
 nothing to

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.440
 make yourself

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.900
 fit for the

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.080
 kingdom.

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:12.199
 God

00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.199


00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.599
 matter of

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:12.759
 our

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 father's

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