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 Last December I was invited by Nathan to give a message for Advent on peace.

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 He makes peace and he preaches peace.

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 Today I've been invited again to speak about peace.

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 We had a little laugh at the dinner table when I told our young ladies,

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 Wow, Dad, you just preached on peace in December.

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 But it's a further aspect that I think somewhat completes the idea that we began to look at back then.

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 And it has to do or highlights the continuing role that Jesus' followers have in bringing his peace to fruition.

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 So let's look at, read together Matthew 5 and verse 9.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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 Father, thank you for your word that it is life to us.

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 That your spirit is here with us.

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 And we ask you to awaken our hearts to grasp exactly what you want us to hear and know.

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 And to strengthen us in order to live faithfully.

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 In the light of your love and desire to bring your kingdom.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I think the topic of peace should pique our interest because the world around us is so much in need of peace.

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 Someone in 2003 calculated that of the last 3,400 years of recorded history,

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 only 268 of those years have been war-free.

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 That sink in.

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 These continually present wars show us the desperate need for peace among nations.

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 But in addition, lingering racial tensions show us the ongoing need of peace among people groups.

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 And the present high rate of divorces, broken families, conflicts with roommates, neighbors, and co-workers that we all face show us the need for peace in our interpersonal relationships.

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 But as much as negotiated truces and discrimination laws and counseling have been helpful,

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 history and our own experience has shown us that the world's peace is at best uneasy and temporary.

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 But in contrast, the gospel, the gospel that we cherish, the gospel that we love and proclaim every week offers a different kind of peace.

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 It is a powerful peace.

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 It is a peace that Jesus makes between God and his people and between you and other believers.

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 It is a peace that doesn't just restrict hostility.

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 It completely eliminates the hostility.

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 The prophetic portrait of the church in the book of Revelation depicting a great multitude that no one can number from every nation,

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 from all tribes of people and languages,

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 standing before the throne and the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.

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 This depiction is not just a roll call of everybody that's going to show up in heaven someday.

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 This is an amazing glimpse into the glorious destiny of the church.

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 True unity among great diversity.

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 This unity appears to be foremost in the mind of Jesus just before he was crucified.

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 And we can see it in his prayer in John chapter 17.

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 And I like to read a couple passages out of John 17.

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 First in verse 11, he is praying,

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 And he makes that request even stronger and broader when he continues in verse 20.

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 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.

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 That's us.

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 That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I in you.

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 That they may also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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 If this was so important to Jesus, then I hope you agree with me.

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 It should be a primary concern for us who are his followers.

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 The beatitude we are looking at this morning in Matthew 5 verse 9

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 affirms this point in the strongest way.

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 It links the very identity of God's children with the activity of peacemaking.

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 It must be obvious to us that the church has not yet fully experienced this peace.

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 Our assurance is that one day it will be complete.

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 But perhaps what is not so obvious is that each one of us has a role in the process.

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 Church splits.

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 Segregated congregations.

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 Crises among Christian families.

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 Other broken relationships among believers show us that the task is far from finished.

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 And what the passage before us this morning suggests is that the peacemaking that Jesus describes

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 is the normal activity of the children of God.

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 And that which best represents our father's nature.

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 In a fallen and divided and conflict-ridden world.

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 Of course, in this world, peacemaking is usually a painful process.

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 Now, like most Proverbs, Matthew 5 verse 9 has its limitations.

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 It doesn't instruct us how to be peacemakers.

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 Nor does it even command us to be peacemakers.

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 Neither does it show the context for peacemaking.

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 Rather, I believe it simply serves to encourage us that the change that God has worked in us to make us peacemakers is evidence that we belong to him.

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 And the fact that we thus belong to him is what makes us blessed.

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 I believe this morning Jesus wants to encourage you and me by reminding us of what truly makes up the blessed life.

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 Each succeeding beatitude affirms this.

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 And in this seventh beatitude, we focus first on the idea of peacemakers.

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 And then the benefit that belongs to you and I.

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 First, Jesus wants you to know that peacemakers are among those who are blessed.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers.

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 Very straightforward.

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 So, to begin with, I'd like to consider what peacemaker is.

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 The Greek term that we find behind this word is a compound word that is translated literally peacemakers.

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 Really simple.

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 But it's only used right here in the New Testament.

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 When a word is only used once in the scripture, it's difficult to interpret it.

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 More difficult, perhaps, because we don't have the support of other uses to determine meaning.

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 But in this case, we do have some other help.

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 In Colossians 1.20, we find a verbal form of the same compound that refers to Jesus as one making peace by the blood of his cross.

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 And closely related to that is Ephesians 2.15.

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 Where there are two words.

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 Where the two words of the compound are used separately.

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 To simply say, making peace.

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 And there he describes the mysterious work of Jesus when he created a unity between Jews and Gentiles who were previously enemies.

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 Now, both passages emphasize God's work of reconciliation.

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 And the use of the word peace in these passages, I think, aligns more with the Hebrew relational idea of shalom rather than the Latin pacts or the Greek irain.

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 Which we get the name Irene.

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 Both which refer to a state of being consisting of no war.

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 There's a, you know, that kind of peace is just the absence of war.

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 It's a state of quiet.

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 Whereas the Hebrew word shalom refers more to harmony and wholeness and welfare.

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 And it's a relational kind of term.

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 And the uses in Ephesians and Colossians suggest to us then that Jesus' peacemakers are those who are somehow involved in his reconciling work.

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 Now, further than that, we have a passage right here in Matthew chapter 5 that appears to shed some light on the idea.

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 Look at verses 43 through 45.

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 In chapter 5 of Matthew.

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 I'll read those verses.

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 You have heard that it was said,

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 You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.

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 But I say to you,

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 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

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 So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.

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 For he makes his son to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?

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 Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others?

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 Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

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 You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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 Now, even though the word peace is not used here in this section,

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 the connection to this seventh beatitude is quite strong.

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 The main similarity is the use of the phrase,

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 Sons of your Father who is in heaven.

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 And Jesus is saying that contrary to the present religious teaching,

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 he instructs his followers to love their enemies.

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 And he says it's an attitude that reflects the care that God has for those who are evil as well as good.

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 And the characteristic of love in a follower of Jesus is what designates him as a son.

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 A son of the Father.

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 The same identification we find in Matthew chapter 5 verse 9 for peacemakers.

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 So what I think Jesus is describing is not someone who simply tolerates enemies,

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 but who actually loves and actively demonstrates that love through prayer and interaction with them.

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 And really that's the heart of peacemaking.

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 Verses 44 and 47 provide two simple ways this love is demonstrated.

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 First, pray for those who persecute you.

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 This is a way in which peacemaking is accomplished.

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 And second, by, interestingly, greeting.

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 They're not complex tasks, but they can be difficult.

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 God has not left us alone in the process of peacemaking.

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 It's his task, but he wants us to participate with him.

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 And so prayer must be natural.

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 And praying for enemies is a first and major, perhaps the most important step.

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 But why does he mention greeting?

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 Hey, enemy.

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 Hey, enemy.

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 Perhaps it's simply a simple but powerful way of making a bridge.

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 There's someone who doesn't like you, hates you, has a problem with you.

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 John Piper has an insightful insight here.

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 He says, peacemaking tries to build bridges to people.

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 It does not want the animosity to remain.

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 It wants reconciliation.

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 It wants harmony.

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 And so it tries to show what may be the only courtesy the enemy will tolerate.

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 Namely, a greeting.

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 The peacemaker looks the enemy right in the eye and says, good morning, John.

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 And he says it with a longing for peace in his heart, not with a phony gloss of politeness to cover his anger.

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 Peacemaking is not necessarily a pleasant task.

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 And there are major areas that fall under this category.

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 Important, serious issues.

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 But we have to begin right here.

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 Right with our neighbor.

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 Right with the conflict that we are experiencing.

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 And to love.

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 And to seek reconciliation.

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 Whether it's a conflict between you and another person.

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 Or between two other people.

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 Or between groups.

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 The process is difficult.

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 And it's often painful.

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 And it's not always successful.

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 But the point is, it's the normal occupation of every believer of Jesus.

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 According to Jesus, these, as well as the previous Beatitudes, these peacemakers are the blessed.

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 Nathan has already adequately explained the difficulty in translating the Greek word from which we get the word blessed.

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 Blessed.

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 Blessed.

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 Most translators and scholars understand the limitations of the word blessed.

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 But they use it anyway.

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 And so I'm using it anyway.

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 I think it's because all the other words suggested have their own problems as well.

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 And we just don't have in English a 100% equivalent word.

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 And so, blessed is sufficient.

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 But what's really important to see here is that peacemakers are included in this unusual list that is described as having great benefit.

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 And so whether you use the word blessed or whether it's fortunate or whether it's happy or whether it's flourishing,

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 ending the peacemaker is a beneficiary and this will be well known.

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 But also, like the other subjects of the Beatitudes, the benefit isn't the condition or the subject or the activity being described.

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 in other words there's nothing blessed about the pain of desperation the pain of sorrow there's

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 nothing blessed about the pain of restraint restraint or unsatisfied longing or the pain of

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 of standing in the middle of warring people and getting hit from both sides there's nothing

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 blessed in that the reason they're blessed is because of the promise and that brings us to the

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 second part of the verse not only does jesus want you to understand that peacemakers are among those

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 who are blessed but he understands he wants you to understand why peacemakers are blessed

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 because they will be called the sons of god

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 now if you were to go to israel or

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 run into some israeli people in walmart

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 there are various ways to ask someone their name you can simply ask what's your name

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 ma shemcha or ma shmech

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 but you find commonly this other phrase and it's simply

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 eich korim lacha or eich korim lach if it's a female so memorize that when you run into an israeli at walmart and you hear them speaking hebrew you just walk up to him and say eich korim lacha and they'll go oh you speak hebrew okay of course they'll say it in hebrew and you won't understand what they're saying but

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 but it is literally translated how

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 how

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 do they call you

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 eich korim how are they calling you in other words what's your name

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 and i think

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 eich korim lacha and i think it's very similar

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 and i think it's very similar

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 it's very similar

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 to the sense used here by the verb

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 it's an idiomatic way of stating one's identity

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 they will be called the sons of god because

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 they are

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 the sons of god

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 now

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 this concept of the sons of god is an important one for us and

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 it has a rich

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 biblical context

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 context

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 all the way back to the garden

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 god announces something unique about the

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 creation of humanity

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 they

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 among all his creation will be created

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 in the image

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 and likeness of god

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 now though there are various opinions about exactly what that image and likeness

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 referred to

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 there's strong evidence in

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 in

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 the scripture itself

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 and in the context of the

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 the ancient world at that time

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 that both rulership and sonship

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 are in view

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 man was created as the image of god

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 according to

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 genesis 1 26 through 28

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 and first corinthians 11 7 supports that

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 in relation to the world

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 man is

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 a ruler

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 in relation to god

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 he is a son

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 now this idea

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 of sonship

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 is supported by the use of the same term in

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 genesis chapter 5

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 verses 1 through 3

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 they're

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 referring to the relationship between a human father

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 and his son

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 let's look at that just for a minute

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 if you want to turn there

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 genesis 5

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 1 through 3

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 this is the second

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 place where

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 image and likeness are used

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 in the scripture

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 and it says there in genesis 5

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 1

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 this is the book of the generations of adam

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 when god created man he made him in the likeness of god

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 male and female he created them and blessed them

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 and named them man when they were created

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 and adam lived 130 years

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 or when adam lived 130 years

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 he fathered a son

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 in his own likeness

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 after his image

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 and named him

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 seth

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 and on and on it goes

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 and the idea is further supported by luke

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 in his genealogy

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:16.240
 in chapter 3 verse 38

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.899
 where he

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:19.519
 ending the genealogy of jesus

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.680
 says in verse 38

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.160
 the son of enos

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.579
 the son of seth

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.920
 the son of adam

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:27.539
 the son

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.819
 of god

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:33.240
 so as a son

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.980
 adam was to reflect

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.460
 god's likeness

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.460
 in a way that he

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.779
 in the way that he ruled over creation

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.960
 mediating god's will

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:44.980
 later the designation

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.299
 of son of god

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.779
 was inherited by israel

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:50.660
 eventually being applied

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.339
 to the kings of israel

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.579
 solomon especially

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.299
 he will

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.779
 he will be a son to me

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.859
 i will be his father

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.899
 and then jesus

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.240
 in jesus

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.519
 the idea of sonship

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:03.920
 takes on its full significance

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.539
 and then finally

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.299
 the designation

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.839
 sons of god

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:12.299
 continues to those who believe in him

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:14.660
 and that's us

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:17.019
 now some of the translations say

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:18.139
 children here

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.180
 and that's

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.240
 legitimate

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.839
 because

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.920
 of

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:23.879
 the fact that it is generic

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.180
 although

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:26.139
 man in the old testament

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.099
 is generic there

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.259
 at least where it speaks

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.000
 of humanity

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.720
 and not specific man

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.079
 adam

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.940
 but i think the word

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.879
 sons here

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.500
 helps us

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.440
 because it links us

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.220
 back to this rich history

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.059
 of sonship

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.200
 and what god

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.099
 is implying

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.519
 by this term

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:44.059
 in the old testament

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.519
 this image

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 and likeness

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.740
 was to be

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:48.659
 reflected in man's

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:50.259
 dominion

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.980
 over creation

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.839
 in his character

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.159
 in the way he rules

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.659
 he had

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:55.000
 relationship with god

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.599
 in the garden

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.119
 and from that relationship

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.319
 then he was able

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.700
 to

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.619
 to adequately

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.179
 and

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:02.679
 and represent god

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.539
 in a way that

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.440
 that

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:07.319
 was consistent

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.240
 with who god

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.799
 was

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.980
 and is

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.220
 but here in matthew

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.460
 there seems to be

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.460
 an added dimension

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.740
 and that is

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.680
 not just

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.539
 rulership

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.559
 but love

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.599
 motivated

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:24.500
 peacemaking

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:28.059
 and it's appropriate

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.660
 considering

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.099
 the state

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:31.000
 the world

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.440
 is in

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.180
 what jesus

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.240
 appears to be saying

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.519
 is that peacemakers

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.279
 reflect

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.640
 god's heart

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.539
 for reconciliation

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.899
 and unity

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.779
 in such a way

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.519
 that reveals

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.359
 that they are

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.000
 actually

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.440
 the sons of god

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:46.099
 that is why

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.980
 they are blessed

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.099
 the blessing

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.139
 is that god

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.279
 has included you

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.099
 in his family

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:53.859
 and this

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:55.519
 blessing

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.279
 is consistent

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.920
 with the other

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.579
 blessings

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:59.420
 of the beatitudes

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.960
 possessing the kingdom

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.659
 of heaven

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:03.960
 being comforted

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.859
 inheriting the earth

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.980
 being satisfied

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.259
 seeing god

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.480
 being called

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.140
 the sons

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.640
 of god

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.660
 these all

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.660
 reflect

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:15.119
 in different

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.759
 words

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.000
 and

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.099
 different

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.259
 nuances

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.500
 the same

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.960
 idea

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.259
 that

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.900
 the blessing

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.579
 is that we

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.140
 are included

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.680
 the blessing

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.259
 is that

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.460
 we belong

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.980
 to god

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.579
 the blessing

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.000
 is that

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.799
 the kingdom

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.339
 is ours

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.960
 the blessing

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.440
 is that

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.879
 we

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:32.599
 are a part

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.279
 of god's

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.720
 plan

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:35.680
 and that's

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.100
 the hope

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.519
 i believe

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.259
 jesus wants

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.019
 you to have

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.180
 to hold on

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.460
 to

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.380
 to take

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.759
 with you

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.380
 this morning

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:46.860
 now in conclusion

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.560
 and i know my

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.480
 family's really

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.160
 surprised to hear

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.540
 me say that

00:27:49.540 --> 00:27:50.320
 so soon

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:53.700
 it's funny

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.500
 because i showed

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.260
 one of my

00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:55.700
 daughters my

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.160
 notes today

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.540
 she goes

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:59.160
 six pages

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.940
 that's all

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:03.920
 miracles

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.620
 happen

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:12.820
 but i believe

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.660
 that jesus's

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.340
 reason for

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.039
 beginning the

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.580
 sermon on the

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.920
 mount with

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.580
 these beatitudes

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.180
 is just

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.299
 as important

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.700
 to us

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.320
 today as it

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.920
 was to the

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.600
 disciples that

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.140
 first heard

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.400
 him

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.240
 just like

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.680
 them

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.860
 he wants

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.580
 to encourage

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.120
 you

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.200
 who follow

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.640
 him

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.000
 to keep

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.620
 your hope

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.180
 fixed

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.120
 on him

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:34.680
 to understand

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:36.840
 that peacemakers

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.580
 are among

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:39.380
 those who are

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.880
 in this way

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.380
 blessed

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:42.000
 and that

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.660
 peacemakers

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.560
 are blessed

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:45.240
 because they

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.960
 will be called

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.540
 the sons of

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:46.840
 god

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:48.800
 as the

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.320
 introduction

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.259
 to jesus's

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.820
 sermon on

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.320
 the mount

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:52.320
 the beatitudes

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.700
 have an

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.740
 important place

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.560
 when you think

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:56.220
 of this in the

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.160
 context of the

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.480
 sermon

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.160
 the sermon

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.180
 is a beautifully

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.980
 structured

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.740
 teaching

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:02.019
 that warns

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.660
 against

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.640
 deceptive

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.500
 religious

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.640
 hypocrisy

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.759
 that relies

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.360
 on external

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.320
 righteousness

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.120
 that seeks

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.960
 the approval

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.920
 of man

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.700
 rather than

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.019
 god

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.680
 that exhibits

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.320
 a compromising

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.120
 loyalty

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.220
 to god

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.660
 and to

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.220
 the things

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.519
 of this

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.060
 world

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:22.160
 and that

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.620
 kind of

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.060
 religion

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.820
 jesus makes

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.700
 very clear

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.960
 is not

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.440
 enough for

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.200
 salvation

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.920
 and will

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.420
 crumble

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.000
 in the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.700
 storms

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.100
 of

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.559
 judgment

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:34.200
 the vision

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.580
 of a

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.059
 higher

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.779
 kind of

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.279
 life

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.600
 a better

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.819
 righteousness

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.779
 is cast

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.519
 in the

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.100
 beatitudes

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.720
 and it's

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.779
 unpacked

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.799
 in the rest

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.319
 of the

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.640
 sermon

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.200
 many of us

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.799
 today

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.799
 are in

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.660
 similar

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:53.380
 or in

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.720
 danger

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.060
 of a

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.700
 similar

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.240
 religious

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.900
 approach

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.240
 to our

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.680
 faith

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.440
 god

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.840
 will love

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.080
 me

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.700
 if i do

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.120
 this

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.960
 you might

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.300
 even be

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.500
 thinking

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.100
 i gotta be a

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.240
 better

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.740
 peacemaker

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.040
 i gotta

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.680
 you know

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.140
 do this

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.420
 kind of

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.660
 thing

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.100
 because

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.820
 i want

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:06.140
 to be

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.019
 right

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.519
 with god

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.099
 that's

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.859
 that's

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.599
 what he's

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.039
 trying

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.519
 to have

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.700
 us

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.160
 avoid

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.879
 and

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:17.259
 the

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.460
 sermon

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.799
 on the

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.000
 mount

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.700
 helps

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.920
 us

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.119
 with

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.519
 that

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:26.460
 but

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.799
 there

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.839
 is also

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.440
 another

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.000
 kind

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.180
 of

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.740
 danger

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:33.059
 another

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.960
 kind

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.160
 of

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.660
 deception

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:38.060
 and it's

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.160
 a

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.540
 deception

00:30:38.540 --> 00:30:39.200
 that

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.960
 relies

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.080
 solely

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.460
 on

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.019
 mental

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.740
 assent

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.900
 to

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.340
 certain

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.600
 doctrines

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.920
 as

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.600
 evidence

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.900
 and

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.480
 assurance

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.759
 that

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.540
 we are

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.820
 god's

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.160
 people

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:55.019
 rather

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.620
 than

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.500
 looking

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.779
 for

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.240
 evidence

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.580
 in our

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.100
 lives

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.400
 we

00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:00.440
 we ask

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.700
 ourselves

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.980
 if we

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.279
 believe

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.600
 the right

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.180
 things

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:04.040
 or we

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.379
 have a

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.559
 list

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 of

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 things

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 that

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 we

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 know

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 if we

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 believe

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 these

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.019
 things

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.319
 we're

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 okay

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 with

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 god

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 and

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 they

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 even

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 sound

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 good

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 justification

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 by

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 faith

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 scripture

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 alone

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 trinity

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 and

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 we

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 believe

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 these

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 things

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 as

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 long

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 as

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 we've

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 got

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 that

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 together

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 we're

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 okay

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 and

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 yet

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 somehow

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 we

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.079
 might

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 not

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.819
 see

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 the

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 brokenness

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 of

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 spirit

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 we

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 might

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 not

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 see

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.680
 a

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.099
 mourning

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 in

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 us

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 we

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.220
 might

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 not

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 see

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 a

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 desire

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 for

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 the

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 unity

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 of the

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 body

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 praying

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 so

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 passionately

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 for

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 and

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 we

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:42.959
 should

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 be

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 alarmed

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 if

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 we

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 don't

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 see

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.179
 those

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.479
 things

00:31:45.479 --> 00:31:45.699
 in

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.039
 ourselves

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.219
 and

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 I

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 think

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 that's

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 the

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 reason

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 why

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 the

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 sermon

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 on

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 the

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 mount

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 is

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 given

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 to

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 us

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 to

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 show

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 us

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.619
 that

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.959
 the

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 work

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.939
 that

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.119
 the

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 cross

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 accomplished

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:55.979
 in

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 reconciling

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:56.959
 man

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 to

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 God

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 and

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 reconciling

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 one

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 another

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 to

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 each

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 other

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 and

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 in

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 changing

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 us

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 from the

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 inside

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 so that

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 can be

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 possible

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 that

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 work

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 will

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 be

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 demonstrated

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 it

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 will

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 happen

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 we

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 should

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 be

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 able

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 to

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.059
 see

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.240
 it

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.440
 in

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.680
 us

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.299
 and

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.799
 that

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.440
 is

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.620
 the

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 evidence

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:19.559
 that

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.740
 we

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:19.980
 are

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.519
 among

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.759
 the

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 blessed

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:24.799
 Jesus

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.200
 wants

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.379
 you

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 and

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.659
 I

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:25.839
 to

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.180
 escape

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 both

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.180
 deceptions

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.500
 he

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.899
 wants

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.099
 us

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 to

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.500
 look

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.619
 at

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:29.740
 our

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.139
 hearts

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.279
 and

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.440
 our

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.859
 lives

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.039
 and

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.159
 to

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.639
 evaluate

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:32.000
 whether

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.220
 or

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.399
 not

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.599
 we

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.899
 see

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.839
 Christ's

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.379
 righteousness

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.779
 being

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.220
 formed

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.440
 in

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.799
 us

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.279
 we

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.419
 should

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:37.639
 not

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:37.980
 only

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.599
 ask

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.039
 ourselves

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.319
 if we

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.859
 believe

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.279
 rightly

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.619
 about

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.000
 something

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.220
 but

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.359
 we

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.539
 should

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.879
 also

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.279
 ask

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.720
 ourselves

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.899
 if

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.019
 we

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.240
 see

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.419
 the

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.559
 word

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.700
 of

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.899
 God

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.059
 in

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.200
 our

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.619
 heart

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.680
 making

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.960
 us

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.480
 long

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.740
 with

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.240
 Jesus

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.700
 for

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:48.879
 the

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.220
 unity

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.500
 of

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.659
 the

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.099
 church

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.579
 and

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.799
 to

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.039
 be

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.759
 determined

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.459
 to

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:54.819
 be

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:56.980
 involved

00:32:56.980 --> 00:33:00.279
 Amen