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 Amen. You may be seated, kids. You are dismissed to your King's Kids classes.

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 And if I would invite you to open up to your Bibles to Matthew, chapter 5.

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 We've been making our way through the Beatitudes, the very beginning of Jesus' Kingdom Manifesto.

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 So, I'm going to read Matthew 5, 1 through 10.

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 Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

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 And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying,

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

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

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

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 And may God bless the hearing of His word.

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 One of the things that I've been trying to draw to your attention as we've been making our way through the Beatitudes

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 is the purposeful sequence to the Beatitudes.

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 It's not just thrown together.

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 It's purposeful.

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 And this fifth Beatitude that we're in, blessed are the merciful, represents a development in that sequence.

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 And so, the first Beatitude, blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 we're being told we need to declare spiritual bankruptcy before God.

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 Blessed are those who mourn.

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 Not only are we to declare spiritual bankruptcy,

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 but we are to have this godly grief over our sin against God.

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 Blessed are the meek.

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 When we see ourselves as God sees us, it is humbling.

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

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 Caleb, thank you so much for preaching last week on this.

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 This exceeding righteousness.

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 This inward righteousness.

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 This beautiful and refreshing righteousness.

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 Not only for our own souls, but beginning for the souls around us.

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 And now we come to the fifth Beatitude.

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 Blessed are the merciful.

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 And what Jesus is getting at is our posture of heart towards those in need around us.

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 So let me ask you a question.

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 What is your typical response when you encounter a person in need?

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 Maybe it's a material need for money, for transportation, food, clothing.

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 Or maybe it's an emotional need.

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 Someone is emotional, in emotional distress.

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 Maybe it's a relational need.

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 You encounter someone who is in a strained relationship with someone else.

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 What's your response?

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 Spiritual needs.

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 Is your typical response one of a tenderness of heart?

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 Or hardness of heart?

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 One that says, oh man.

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 I know I've been there.

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 Or more pharisaical.

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 Mmm.

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 Sorry, buddy.

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 John Stott, in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount.

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 He defines mercy as compassion for people in need.

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 But if you're a fan of Boston, the band,

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 you know that compassion is more than a feeling.

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 No.

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 It's compassion in action towards people in need.

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 Mercy isn't just feeling bad for people in need.

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 It's doing something about it.

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 It's moving towards them.

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 So mercy is compassion in action for people in need.

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 And it requires a tenderness of heart.

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 It doesn't mean you look past people's sin or hardships

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 or what people have contributed to their own difficulty.

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 But it does mean tenderly trying to help them in their need.

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 Do you know what gets in the way

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 of us extending mercy to people in our lives that are in need?

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 Not the people in need.

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 It's us.

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 We've got a problem in our hearts.

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 If you regularly experience impatience with people in need,

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 frustration with people in need,

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 avoidance of people in need,

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 maybe you are disgusted by people in need.

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 Maybe there's an unwillingness in you to be inconvenienced

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 to help people in need.

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 Do you know what you need to hear?

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 Blessed are the merciful,

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 for they shall receive mercy.

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 I'm going to make a case this morning

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 that's aimed at your heart.

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 I'm not going to go into,

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 here are some practical steps

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 of how to help people in need without hurting them.

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 There's this very helpful kind of book.

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 It's called Helping Without Hurting.

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 It's how we mercifully and wisely meet people in their needs.

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 I'm not going after that this morning.

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 What Jesus' words is giving us an opportunity

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 is to tend to our hearts.

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 So here's what I'm going to argue.

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 I want to convince you of it.

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 The tender mercy of God tenderizes our hearts

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 towards those in need.

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 You need the mercy of God to be merciful to others.

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 I'm going to make this in four points.

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 First is this.

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 We're going to look at mercy personified,

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 mercy incarnate.

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 Then we're going to look at his mercy people,

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 mercy's pathway,

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 and then the mercy that's promised.

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 So let's dig in.

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 Mercy personified.

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 Steve opened to the service this morning

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 in Exodus 34, 6 and 7.

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 God reveals himself to Moses,

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 the Lord, the Lord, merciful and gracious.

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 The first thing God says about himself to Moses

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 is, hey, I'm merciful.

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 Now he's just and holy and righteous.

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 I mean, we're going to see in a little bit

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 he's the judge,

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 but he's full of mercy,

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 merciful and gracious.

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 It might make you wonder,

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 what's the difference between mercy and grace?

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 Both God's mercy and God's grace

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 are ways God expresses his love for people in need.

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 But as I was reading this week

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 and preparing for the sermon,

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 I came across this distinction

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 that I thought was helpful.

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 I think it will help you.

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 It's not necessarily airtight,

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 but you'll get the point.

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 God's grace is God's loving pardon

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 to people in their sin.

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 It forgives our sin.

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 It pours out God's wrath on Christ

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 for those who believe

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 and imputes Christ's righteousness

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 on those who believe.

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 It deals with pardon for our sin.

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 God's mercy is his loving relief

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 of people in the misery

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 of experiencing sin's effects.

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 Whether their own sin

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 or the sin of others

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 or being in a fallen world.

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 Mercy is God's compassion

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 in action towards those in need.

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 I want you to see it

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 in the person of Jesus.

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 When you look at the Gospels,

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 your Gospels are just so full

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 of your merciful King's heart

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 towards those in need.

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 It's just packed with it.

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 So I picked four passages

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 in which people actually ask Jesus for mercy.

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 I just want you to see how he responds.

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 In Matthew chapter 10,

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 there are these two blind guys

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 and they cry out to Jesus,

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 have mercy on us, son of David.

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 Son of David is the title of the king.

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 I mean, Jesus is Joseph's son,

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 but he's David's greater son,

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 the king.

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 What does Jesus do?

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 He goes into their house,

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 he asks them some questions,

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 and then he opens their eyes.

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 What's the need?

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 They can't see.

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 What's the mercy?

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 He causes them to see.

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 Mercy.

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 The next example I want you to see

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 is in Matthew 15.

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 Jesus is now not in Israel,

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 he's in Tyre and Sidon,

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 which is Gentile territory,

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 and he walks into a woman's house

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 and she's a Canaanite woman.

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 And in verse 22,

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 she says,

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 Have mercy on me,

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 O Lord, son of David.

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 She acknowledges him

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 as the son of David.

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 And then she says,

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 My daughter is severely oppressed

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 by a demon.

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 The need?

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 Her daughter is being oppressed

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 by a demon.

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 Jesus hears it.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 He heals the daughter

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 of the demon.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because he's full of mercy.

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 In Matthew 17,

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 there's a guy,

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 he comes up to Jesus,

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 Lord, have mercy on my son,

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 for he has seizures

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 and he suffers terribly,

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 for often he falls in the fire

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 and often into the water.

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 Jesus' disciples couldn't do anything,

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 so Jesus did something about it.

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 He cries out for mercy.

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 The need is his son.

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 This demon is just oppressing him.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 He heals him.

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 Matthew 20,

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 two more dudes,

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 blind guys,

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 outside of Jericho.

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 Lord, have mercy on us,

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 son of David.

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 You picking up on the theme?

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 This king,

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 and what does Jesus do?

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 He sees the need,

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 he has pity,

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 he gives them sight.

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 Do you know what this means?

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 I mean,

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 we haven't even talked about

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 the woman

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 who has 12 years of bleeding

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 who comes up behind Jesus,

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 touches him,

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 and she's healed.

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 Mercy!

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 We even even talk about

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 Jesus showing up

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 at a wedding.

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 His mom says,

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 hey,

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 we're short on wine.

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 Jesus!

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 And in his mercy,

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 he makes water into wine.

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 How about that?

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 Our Jesus,

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 the son of David,

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 is full of mercy.

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 Again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 people in need

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 come to him,

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 and they cry out for mercy,

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 and he gives it to them.

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 He's tender.

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 He welcomes the needy.

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 He moves towards the needy.

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 There's his ministry,

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 and then there's his cross.

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 Theologians talk about the cross

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 as the place where justice

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 and mercy meet.

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 God's just wrath

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 met by God's mercy,

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 giving salvation

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 to all who believe.

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 You know,

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 it's at the cross

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 of Jesus Christ

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 that he addresses

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 and relieves

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 our greatest need

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 as human beings

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 on the planet

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 to be relieved

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 from sin's penalty

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 and power

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 and one day

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 sin's very presence.

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 So we see this

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 merciful king

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 being tender

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 in his mercy,

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 in his ministry,

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 two people,

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 and then on the cross,

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 and then there's

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 the throne.

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 Jesus died.

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 He was buried.

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 He was raised,

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 and he ascended

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 into heaven

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 where he's at the

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 right hand of God

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 seated on the throne,

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 and we learn

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 from Hebrews,

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 he,

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 Jesus,

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 is our merciful

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 high priest

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 who can identify

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 and sympathize

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 with us

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 in every way,

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 and he's like,

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 come to the throne

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 of grace,

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 come to the throne

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 of mercy

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 in your need.

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 Come find mercy.

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 So,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 when you hear

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 these words,

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 blessed

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 are the merciful,

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 people,

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 they're coming

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 from the lips

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 of mercy

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 incarnate,

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 the king

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 who's full

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 of mercy,

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 compassion

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 and action

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 towards those

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 in need,

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 and his ministry

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 on earth,

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 on his cross,

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 and on his throne.

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 is he begrudging

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 in his mercy?

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 No.

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 He's tender,

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 eager to show mercy.

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 Does that not

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 tenderize your heart?

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 That,

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 that he would be

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 that way to you

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 and your need?

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 Does that not just,

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 I don't deserve that.

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 Is anyone

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 in the room

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 in need?

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 Material need?

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 Emotional need?

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 Relational need?

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 Spiritual need?

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 Take your cue.

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 Son of David,

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 have mercy

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 on me.

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 He's not going

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 to begrudge you mercy.

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 mercy.

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 Jesus is mercy

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 personified,

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 mercy incarnate,

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 and we,

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 his people,

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 are a mercy people.

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 So we move

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 from mercy personified

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 to mercy people.

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 Blessed are

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 the merciful.

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 And let me just

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 remind you of

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 how Jesus

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 frames the Beatitudes.

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 In 5.3,

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 he says this,

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 blessed are

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 the poor in spirit.

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 Then comes the promise,

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Now,

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 if you declare

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 spiritual poverty

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 to Jesus,

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 he brings you

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 into the kingdom.

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 And then in verse 10,

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 blessed are those

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 who are persecuted

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 for righteousness' sake,

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 You suffer for Jesus,

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 it's just evidence

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 that you're in the kingdom.

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 kingdom.

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 So,

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 the first

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 and the last

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 of the Beatitudes,

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 this character profile

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 of a citizen

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 of the kingdom,

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 it's now kingdom.

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 It's being brought

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 into his kingdom

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 now.

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 These

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 mercy people,

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 blessed are the merciful,

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 these are people

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 who have been brought

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 into the kingdom.

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 kingdom.

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 These are people

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 who have already

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 experienced

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 the mercy of God.

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 They've already been

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 delivered from the

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 domain of darkness

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 and by God's grace

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 and mercy

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 transferred into

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 the kingdom

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 of the beloved son.

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 Every Christian

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 is to be characterized

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 by all eight

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 of these Beatitudes.

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 It's who we are

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 now that we've been

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 made new,

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 given new hearts,

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 given new desires,

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 given a new purpose.

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 Our Father

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 who art in heaven

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 hallowed be your name,

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done.

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 May we show mercy.

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 This people,

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 this merciful people,

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 this blessed people,

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 they've already

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 been shown mercy.

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 Listen to how Peter

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 says in 1 Peter

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 chapter 2.

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 And mind you,

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 he's writing to

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 church of Gentiles

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 and Jews.

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 He says,

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 but you are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

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 a holy nation,

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 a people for his own

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 possession,

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 that you may proclaim

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 the excellencies

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 of him who called you

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 out of darkness

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 into his marvelous light.

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 Once you were not

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 a people,

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 but now you are

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 God's people.

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 Once you had

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 not received mercy,

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 but now you have

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 received mercy.

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 Do you know why

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 we are to be merciful?

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 Because we've been

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 received mercy.

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 We've been

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 mercied.

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 Brothers,

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 sister,

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 God has

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 mercifully

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 helped you

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 with your

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 greatest need

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 of all

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 to be reconciled

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 to him,

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 to be rescued

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 from your sin.

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 And because

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 we are a people

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 of God's mercy,

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 we are to show

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 mercy

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 to others

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 because of God's

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 tender mercy

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 towards us,

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 us in need,

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 and we're still needy,

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 so we are to

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 be tender

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 towards others

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 in need.

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 Now I can imagine

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 someone in the room

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 saying,

00:19:04.540 --> 00:19:05.080
 time out.

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.540
 Whoa,

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 time out,

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 Salvati!

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 We're all busy people.

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.540
 There will always

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 be people in need.

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 Is showing mercy

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 really that important?

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 Would you turn

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 in your Bible

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 to Matthew

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 chapter 25?

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 It's one of my

00:19:40.020 --> 00:19:40.700
 favorite sounds

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 in the world

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 right there.

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 In Matthew

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 25,

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 31,

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 Jesus is talking

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 about what happens

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.780
 when he comes

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 back.

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 Listen to what

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 he says,

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 and then be

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 listening

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 for the

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 concrete

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 data point

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:01.200
 of his

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 judgment

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.580
 at the

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.059
 end

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.940
 of time.

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 When the

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.140
 Son of Man

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 comes in

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.559
 his glory

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.440
 and all

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.039
 the angels

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.620
 with him,

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.360
 then he will

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.059
 sit on his

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 glorious throne.

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 Before him

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 will be gathered

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 all the

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 nations,

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 and he will

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 separate

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 people one

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 from another

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 as shepherd

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 separates the

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 sheep from

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 the goats.

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 That's talking

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 about the

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.140
 judgment.

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 And he

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 will place

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.720
 the sheep

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 on his

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 right,

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 but the

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 goats on

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 the left.

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 So all of

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 humanity

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 separated at

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.220
 this point

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.720
 in time,

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.980
 at the throne

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.940
 by Jesus.

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.200
 Then the

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.700
 king will say

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 to those on

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 his right,

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 come,

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 you are

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.160
 blessed by

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.720
 my father,

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 blessed by

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.500
 my father.

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 Inherit the

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.059
 kingdom prepared

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.759
 for you from

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 the foundation

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.059
 of the world.

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 Lord.

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 And then it

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.799
 gets personal.

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 For I was

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 hungry and

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 you gave me

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 food.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.579
 I was thirsty

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.899
 and you

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.259
 gave me

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.539
 drink.

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.539
 I was a

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 stranger and

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 you welcomed

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 me.

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 I was naked

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 and you

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 clothed me.

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 I was sick

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:05.919
 and you

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.359
 visited me.

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.839
 I was in

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.240
 prison and

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.539
 you came

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 to me.

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.399
 Then the

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.899
 righteous will

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.419
 answer him

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.659
 saying,

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:09.980
 whoa,

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.399
 Lord,

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 when did we

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 see you hungry

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.119
 and feed you

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.019
 or thirsty

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.559
 and give you

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:14.839
 drink?

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.599
 And when did

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 we see you

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 a stranger

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 and welcome

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 you or naked

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 and clothe

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 you?

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:19.779
 And when

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 did we see

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.679
 you sick

00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.000
 or in

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.500
 prison and

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.039
 visit you?

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 And then the

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.019
 king will

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.619
 answer them,

00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.139
 the king of

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.500
 mercy.

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.759
 Truly I

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 say to you,

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 as you did

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.700
 it to one

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 of these

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.399
 least,

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 one of the

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 least of

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.079
 these my

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.379
 brothers,

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.059
 these sheep

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.559
 on my

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:33.899
 right,

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.419
 one of the

00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:34.740
 least,

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.259
 one of the

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.000
 most needy

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.559
 and vulnerable

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.339
 as you did

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.740
 to them,

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.279
 you did to

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 me.

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 Is it

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.839
 important?

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.279
 It shows

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.919
 up at the

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.319
 judgment.

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:50.899
 whether you

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.579
 show mercy

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.139
 or not

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:53.759
 is the

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.279
 stuff,

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.240
 the evidence

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.619
 that demonstrates

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.419
 you've been

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.799
 transferred from

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.419
 the kingdom of

00:21:59.419 --> 00:22:00.159
 darkness into

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.819
 the kingdom of

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.200
 the beloved

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.579
 son.

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.519
 There's no

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.139
 arguing it.

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.759
 It's

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.379
 undeniable

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.220
 proof of

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.639
 conversion.

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.759
 In

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.000
 Matthew

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.480
 7,

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:19.360
 this is at

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.779
 the end of

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.120
 the sermon

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.400
 on the

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.620
 mount.

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.140
 In verse

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.720
 21,

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.120
 Jesus

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.079
 says something

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.539
 similar.

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:27.900
 Not everyone

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.460
 who says to

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.599
 me,

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:28.860
 Lord,

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.140
 Lord,

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.559
 will enter

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.940
 the kingdom

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.380
 of heaven,

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.000
 but the

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.240
 one who

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.779
 does the

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.079
 will of

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.279
 my

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.759
 father,

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.000
 who is

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.539
 in heaven.

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.380
 On that

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.960
 day,

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.559
 what we

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.220
 just read,

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.819
 on that

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.120
 day,

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.680
 many will

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.039
 say to

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.160
 me,

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.360
 Lord,

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.620
 Lord,

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.079
 did we

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.680
 not prophesy

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:41.960
 in your

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.220
 name,

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.779
 and cast

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.160
 out demons

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.500
 in your

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.800
 name,

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.240
 and do

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.759
 many mighty

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.420
 works in

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.000
 your name,

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.900
 and then I

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.240
 will declare

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.620
 to them,

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.160
 I never

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.480
 knew you,

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:48.940
 depart from

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.100
 me,

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.820
 you workers

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.480
 of lawlessness.

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.480
 You know

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.640
 what?

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.040
 You know

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:52.380
 what Jesus

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.800
 is looking

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.019
 for?

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.460
 Mercy,

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.519
 not sacrifice.

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.400
 Mercy,

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.180
 not big

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.759
 shows of

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.279
 spirituality.

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.519
 He's looking

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.140
 for mercy.

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.019
 You showing

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.720
 mercy to

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.200
 people in

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.380
 need,

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.160
 just as he

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.620
 showed you

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.220
 mercy in

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.720
 your need.

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.120
 Blessed are

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.600
 the merciful.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.140
 He has

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:13.840
 shown us

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.759
 mercy.

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.440
 The tender

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.120
 mercy of

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.500
 God is

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:20.000
 to tenderize

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.880
 our hearts

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:22.040
 to those

00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:23.540
 in need.

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.580
 It is

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.380
 proof positive

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.780
 you're in the

00:23:25.780 --> 00:23:26.020
 kingdom,

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.140
 and if it's

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.860
 not there,

00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:29.100
 the question

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.280
 is,

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.720
 are you in

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.080
 the kingdom?

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.500
 I don't know

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.980
 about you,

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.780
 but this

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.460
 kind of

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.700
 tender

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.560
 mercy,

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.940
 boy,

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:40.700
 it tenderizes

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.080
 me.

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.620
 mercy.

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.759
 That's

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.080
 mercy,

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.440
 people.

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.380
 Those who

00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:48.480
 have been

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.420
 shown mercy,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.560
 they're

00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:50.900
 blessed.

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.620
 But maybe

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.040
 you're sitting

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.500
 in your pew

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.900
 saying,

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.220
 gulp.

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.360
 I'm not

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.800
 sure if I'm

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.200
 seeing the

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.740
 mercy that

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.160
 Jesus is

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.680
 talking about.

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.680
 Maybe

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.100
 some of

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.600
 you are

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:11.259
 getting a

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.799
 nervous.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.500
 I want

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.740
 to help

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.119
 you right

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.240
 now in

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.720
 talking about

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.420
 mercy's

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.339
 pathway.

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.640
 Because

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.440
 mercy

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.539
 flows

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:28.640
 down and

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.000
 out

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.259
 from the

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.279
 throne in

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.259
 heaven down

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.879
 to earth

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.819
 and out to

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.299
 people in

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.619
 need.

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.459
 there's

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:37.019
 this flow,

00:24:37.239 --> 00:24:37.859
 but it

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.359
 gets

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.119
 dammed

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.599
 up.

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.599
 There's

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.879
 this

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.659
 principle

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.459
 throughout

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:44.699
 your

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.079
 Bible.

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.159
 It's a

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.519
 cause and

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.099
 effect

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.859
 principle.

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.539
 And we

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.079
 see it

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.219
 in a

00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:50.879
 passage like

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:52.119
 1 John.

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.419
 1 John 4.

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.219
 You don't need to

00:24:54.219 --> 00:24:54.519
 turn there.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.159
 I'll turn there

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.539
 and read it

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.919
 for you.

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:57.279
 In 1 John 4,

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:58.119
 we read

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.559
 this.

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.859
 Listen for the

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.199
 cause and

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.519
 effect.

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:16.339
 Do you

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.559
 see the

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.799
 cause and

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.039
 effect?

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.740
 God loves

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.019
 us.

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.559
 We love

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.980
 others.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.960
 Vertical

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.480
 horizontal.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.519
 We see it

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.519
 in John 13

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.160
 in the

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.779
 new commandment.

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.099
 A new

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.539
 commandment I

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.019
 give to you,

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.519
 that you

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.920
 love one

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.180
 another.

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.000
 Just as I

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.339
 have loved

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.740
 you, you

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.039
 are to

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.619
 love one

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.920
 another.

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.640
 And by

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.640
 this, all

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.000
 people will

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.240
 know that

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.519
 you're my

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.900
 disciples.

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.860
 Jesus is

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.460
 the great

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.480
 example and

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.779
 source of

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.640
 our love

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.060
 for one

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.360
 another.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.160
 He loves

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.480
 us.

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.200
 We love

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.720
 one another.

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.080
 Mercy

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:50.700
 flows along

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.480
 the same

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.860
 route.

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.039
 Because

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.460
 mercy is

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:56.019
 actually a

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.620
 demonstration

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.800
 of love.

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.019
 It's an

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.900
 exercise of

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.620
 love to

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.240
 other people,

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.280
 those in

00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:02.720
 need.

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.380
 So God

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.900
 has mercy

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.740
 on us,

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.720
 and we

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.360
 have mercy

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.880
 towards

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.480
 others.

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.220
 Imagine

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:15.240
 you are in

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.519
 a, you

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.820
 own a

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:18.560
 cabin in

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.080
 Colorado,

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.920
 and I'm

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.360
 going to make

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.500
 up the mountain

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.100
 you're next to.

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.939
 it's called

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:25.299
 mercy peak.

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:29.119
 And mercy

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.119
 peak, it's

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.059
 topped, it's

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.519
 capped with

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.639
 snow, it's

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:34.019
 snow melt, runs

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.079
 down this

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.639
 mountainous stream

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.119
 called

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.039
 mercy stream.

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.959
 And mercy

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:42.179
 stream flows

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:43.339
 into, next to

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.980
 your cabin,

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.279
 mercy lake.

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.659
 It's pristine

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.319
 waters, it's

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.779
 snow melt.

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.159
 Every morning you

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.560
 drink it up and

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:50.720
 you drink out

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:50.920
 of it.

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.279
 It just gives

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.720
 you life.

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.779
 And then what

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.400
 you do is you're

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.960
 like, oh this is

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.320
 so good.

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.660
 You get buckets

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.460
 of it and you

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.820
 carry it over to

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.500
 your neighbors so

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.000
 that everybody

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.640
 drinks from

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.200
 mercy lake.

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.440
 And everybody's

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.019
 like, yes, we

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.060
 love the water

00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:06.000
 of mercy lake.

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.320
 Well one morning

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.160
 you wake up and

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.000
 you walk outside

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.160
 and your mercy

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.460
 lake is a mud

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.840
 puddle.

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:18.319
 So you pull out

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.939
 your binoculars.

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:21.579
 Okay, there's

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:24.099
 still snow on

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.259
 Mercy Peak.

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.299
 Oh yep, I can,

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.859
 yep, there's some

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.899
 kind of snow run

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.339
 off.

00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:31.359
 I see it, yep,

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.399
 yep, yep, yep,

00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:32.559
 yep.

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.579
 I'm following it

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:33.899
 down.

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.139
 Oh, oh, there's a

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.480
 problem.

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.359
 Huh.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.539
 About 400 yards

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:42.039
 up there's been

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.779
 this dam of

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.359
 stumps, of

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.099
 brush, of

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.779
 rocks.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.500
 There's this

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.200
 sticks, trees,

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.000
 and they have

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.039
 formed this dam

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.139
 and it's blocking

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.220
 Mercy Stream from

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.420
 running.

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.720
 Do you know what

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:56.920
 you're going to

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.319
 need to do?

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.079
 You're going to

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.480
 get your hiking

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.899
 boots on.

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.440
 You're going to

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.980
 go up there and

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.519
 you're going to

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.480
 dismantle the

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.019
 dam so that

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.019
 mercy flows.

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.799
 Do you know

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.180
 where I'm going?

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:16.839
 If you find

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.799
 yourself impatient,

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.159
 frustrated,

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.480
 avoiding,

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.839
 disgusted,

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:25.039
 unwilling to be

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.779
 inconvenienced for

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.399
 people in need,

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.019
 you've got a dam

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.779
 on your mercy

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.279
 stream, on God's

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.579
 mercy.

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.559
 It's in you.

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.599
 It's in your

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.059
 heart.

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.779
 And the way that

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.599
 you dismantle that

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.940
 dam is by

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.599
 confession of the

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:43.559
 sin, that allows

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.399
 mercy to flow and

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.379
 you need mercy

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.359
 first and foremost

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.740
 for yourself.

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.399
 You need a drink

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.939
 of that lake.

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.839
 You need mercy.

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:56.439
 So let me press

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.980
 into that.

00:28:56.980 --> 00:29:02.180
 this dismantling of

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.599
 the dam that

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.259
 backs up mercy to

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.799
 you and to

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.200
 others.

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:10.799
 Well, you've

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.279
 got to remove the

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.660
 sticks of

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.180
 impatience.

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.039
 Oh God, forgive

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.319
 me.

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.360
 Son of David, have

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.620
 mercy on me.

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.299
 I see my

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.440
 impatience again.

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.980
 Forgive me.

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.680
 There's the brush

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.420
 of busyness.

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.539
 business.

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.600
 I was in New

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.519
 York City recently

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:29.000
 and I love to

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.700
 ride the subway.

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.400
 But the subway

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.100
 would shoot through

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.320
 these like subway

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.420
 stations at 900

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.080
 miles an hour.

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:39.600
 And you're like

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.080
 looking out the

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.900
 window and you're

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.620
 going so fast,

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.820
 people on the

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.539
 subway station

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.360
 platform are just

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.900
 a blur.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.480
 For many of us,

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.200
 we're living life

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:50.900
 so busy, we're

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.100
 flying by people

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.819
 in need.

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.119
 We've got to

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:58.099
 dismantle the

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.919
 brush of busyness.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.279
 We've got to

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.819
 slow down.

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.000
 There's a pile up

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.959
 of the stumps

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:08.059
 of grudges.

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.779
 Maybe you've

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.240
 tried to help

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.719
 somebody.

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.879
 Maybe they've

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.539
 bitten you.

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.639
 Maybe they've

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.879
 gotten mad at

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.179
 you.

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.980
 Maybe they're

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.699
 like, I want to

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.259
 be helped this

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.599
 way.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.519
 And it's like,

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.079
 I'm not putting

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.919
 myself up against

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.480
 that again.

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.059
 You need

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.680
 mercy.

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.299
 That's backing

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.360
 up the flow.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.579
 Oh God, have

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.740
 mercy on me for

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.579
 holding a grudge

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.440
 against this

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.900
 person I'm

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.440
 trying to help

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.599
 and they're just

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.440
 not letting me

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.860
 help them the

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.360
 way I want to

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.779
 help them.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.700
 The rocks of

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.680
 the unwillingness

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.140
 to be

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.880
 inconvenienced.

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:49.080
 Maybe it

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.620
 shows up like

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:49.860
 this.

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.540
 You encounter

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.000
 someone in

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.700
 need and

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.020
 you're like,

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:54.180
 that's above

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.140
 my pay grade.

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.780
 Pastor!

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.160
 No.

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.760
 You're not

00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:04.180
 above that.

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.060
 That's not

00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:06.480
 above you.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.680
 It's not

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.260
 beyond you.

00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.580
 Our Lord Jesus

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.440
 wants mercy,

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.480
 not avoidance,

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.400
 engaging people,

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.019
 moving towards

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.400
 people.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.380
 There's another

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.120
 area that's a

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.720
 little delicate.

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.180
 Our

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.860
 affluence.

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.120
 Listen to

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:33.320
 1 Timothy 6.

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:37.559
 As for the

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.019
 rich in this

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.740
 present age,

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.240
 charge them

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.079
 not to be

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.980
 haughty,

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.359
 to think that

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.839
 they're better,

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.480
 to separate

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.059
 themselves,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.379
 to not be

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.859
 willing to get

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.639
 their hands

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.000
 dirty,

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.639
 nor to set

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.419
 their hopes

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.019
 on the

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:54.299
 uncertainty of

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.639
 riches,

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.919
 but on God

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.500
 who richly

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.220
 provides us

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.819
 with everything

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.579
 to enjoy.

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.639
 They are to

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.159
 do good,

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.939
 to be rich

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:01.679
 in good works,

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.579
 rich in mercy.

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.299
 To be

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.919
 generous and

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.399
 ready to

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.899
 share,

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.139
 thus storing up

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.700
 treasures for

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.879
 themselves as

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.519
 a good foundation

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.299
 for the future,

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.019
 so that they

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.819
 may take hold

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.359
 of that which

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.379
 is truly life.

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.939
 Yes,

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.960
 even our

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.960
 affluence

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:19.539
 can be a

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.039
 dam to

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.639
 the flow of

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.200
 God's mercy.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.539
 Oh,

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.759
 Lord,

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.720
 have mercy on

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.500
 me for

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.159
 seeing,

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.419
 for allowing

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.700
 my wealth

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.339
 to get in

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.980
 the way of

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.740
 helping people

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.200
 in need.

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:41.879
 this is what's

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.379
 going to take

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:43.059
 for us to

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.539
 dismantle

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.279
 these dams.

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.039
 What it

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.519
 gets at

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.619
 is our

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.119
 ongoing need

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.019
 for mercy.

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.179
 Ironically,

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.679
 there is

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.179
 mercy

00:32:58.179 --> 00:33:01.139
 to help you

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.559
 dismantle

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.980
 your dam.

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.220
 And then

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.440
 there is

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.960
 mercy

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.460
 that meets

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.139
 you when

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.319
 you are

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.519
 like,

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.720
 oh,

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.079
 this is

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.419
 bad.

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.819
 Mercy!

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.359
 Oh,

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:11.619
 I don't

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.000
 like this

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.299
 attitude.

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.599
 God,

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:12.940
 that must

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.240
 agree with you.

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.740
 Mercy!

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.159
 Mercy,

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.500
 mercy,

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.859
 mercy,

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.599
 mercy me.

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.740
 mercy.

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.919
 I don't

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.259
 know about

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.539
 you,

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.179
 but when

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.699
 I see

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.219
 these things

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:25.859
 in myself,

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.339
 son of

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.559
 David,

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.119
 have mercy

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.559
 on me.

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.699
 Have mercy

00:33:32.699 --> 00:33:33.219
 on me

00:33:33.219 --> 00:33:33.959
 for my

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:35.379
 merciless

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.839
 heart,

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.379
 for a

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.819
 lack of

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.559
 tenderness

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:41.460
 towards

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.039
 these people

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.519
 in need.

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.779
 Could it

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:47.940
 be,

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.319
 brothers,

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.139
 the reason

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.539
 why

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.919
 there's not

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.599
 more mercy

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:53.799
 is because

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.099
 of our

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.339
 sin?

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.059
 Brothers

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.599
 and sisters,

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.940
 blessed are

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.440
 the merciful.

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:04.019
 Aren't you

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.440
 glad to know

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.019
 God's mercy

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.599
 is more?

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:09.219
 God,

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.000
 mercy is

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.480
 bigger than

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.039
 my heart.

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.059
 Mercy has

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.579
 a pathway,

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.400
 down and

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.659
 out,

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.259
 and God

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.880
 wants to

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.639
 adjust your

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.819
 heart to

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.599
 use you

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.319
 to extending

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.920
 mercy,

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.000
 bringing

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:26.219
 buckets of

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:27.239
 water to

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.739
 people in

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:27.980
 need.

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.880
 So now

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.339
 let's look at

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.839
 this mercy

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.420
 promised.

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.039
 This

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.559
 beatitude

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.019
 is broken

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.500
 into two

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.920
 parts.

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.619
 It's like

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.000
 the rest

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.239
 of the

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:38.820
 beatitudes.

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.400
 There is

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.799
 this

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:42.119
 character

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.639
 trait,

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.440
 merciful,

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.320
 blessed,

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.259
 it's of

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.679
 God,

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.239
 it's a

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.699
 result of

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.039
 God's

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.519
 grace,

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.900
 and then

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.219
 there's a

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.719
 promise.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.139
 And in

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.659
 this case,

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.019
 it's a

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.279
 future

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:54.799
 promise.

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.219
 Blessed

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.779
 are the

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.239
 merciful,

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.759
 for they

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.739
 shall receive

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.420
 mercy.

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.179
 Now that

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.739
 might sound a

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.279
 little confusing

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.660
 to some

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.940
 of you.

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:08.260
 Because it

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.080
 may sound

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:09.760
 like Jesus

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.019
 is making

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.320
 future mercy

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.840
 conditional on

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:15.060
 your present

00:35:15.060 --> 00:35:16.060
 mercy shown.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.500
 It can sound

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.980
 something like

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.260
 this,

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:22.660
 if you show

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.700
 mercy now,

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.620
 then I will

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.120
 show you

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:27.440
 mercy then.

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:31.760
 it can sound

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.320
 like God

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.900
 will show

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.840
 us future

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.420
 mercy

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:38.579
 depending on

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.300
 our show

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.119
 of present

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.700
 mercy to

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.159
 others.

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.700
 It sounds

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.179
 conditional.

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.340
 Is it?

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.240
 No.

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.340
 Jesus isn't

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.820
 saying that.

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.179
 If Jesus were

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.619
 saying that,

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.980
 we'd have to

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.380
 throw out our

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:53.780
 New Testament.

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:53.920
 it.

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.900
 Jesus is

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.500
 saying something

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.960
 else.

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.560
 Because

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:02.200
 salvation,

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.019
 our salvation,

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.660
 is not by

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.060
 works.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.340
 Our salvation

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.960
 is not

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.260
 conditioned on

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.160
 our obedience,

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.440
 on our

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.200
 obedient show

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.740
 of mercy.

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.940
 Our salvation

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.720
 depends solely

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.380
 on God's

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.760
 grace and

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.019
 mercy.

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.139
 mercy.

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.619
 So,

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.599
 so if it's

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.960
 not that,

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.320
 what is

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.139
 Jesus saying?

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.179
 Well,

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.699
 remember who

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.099
 he's talking

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.320
 to.

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.860
 That these

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.679
 citizens of

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.199
 heaven are

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.440
 people who've

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.900
 already been

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.400
 brought into

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.159
 the kingdom

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.500
 of the

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.119
 beloved son.

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.360
 Remember,

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.440
 theirs is the

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.880
 kingdom of

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.019
 heaven.

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.340
 That's what

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.380
 bookends this

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.519
 group of

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.860
 people.

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.380
 These people

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.900
 have been

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.659
 shown mercy.

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.239
 These,

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.320
 these blessed

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.659
 ones,

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.719
 they've been

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.500
 shown mercy.

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.219
 First Peter

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.759
 2, 9, and

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.000
 10.

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.679
 These blessed

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.920
 kingdom citizens

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.899
 are being

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.779
 shown mercy.

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.619
 They have a

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.219
 merciful high

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.759
 priest who

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.779
 pours out

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.440
 mercy from

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.980
 his throne.

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.379
 And they

00:37:02.379 --> 00:37:03.079
 will be

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.980
 shown mercy

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.000
 at the

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.319
 judgment.

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.259
 Do you

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.699
 remember the

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:08.379
 response of

00:37:08.379 --> 00:37:08.879
 the people

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.899
 on the right

00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:10.440
 hand of

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.099
 Jesus, the

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.519
 king in

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.399
 Matthew 25?

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.139
 They're like,

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.579
 what?

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.500
 When did we

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.899
 show you

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:16.219
 mercy,

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:16.599
 king?

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:21.259
 all along?

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.719
 When you're

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.440
 showing mercy

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.839
 to the

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.239
 least of

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.579
 these of

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.960
 mine that

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.239
 I paid

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.480
 for?

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.679
 Listen up.

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.039
 If you're in

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.420
 the kingdom,

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.960
 the judgment

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.980
 throne is a

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.679
 mercy throne.

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.960
 The judgment

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.719
 throne is a

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.559
 mercy throne.

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:46.259
 Jesus is not

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:48.779
 making a

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.559
 future mercy

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.380
 conditioned on

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.860
 our present

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.360
 obedience.

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.119
 This is

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.019
 future mercy

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:55.420
 promised to

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.960
 present kingdom

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.420
 citizens, those

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.099
 already who've

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.480
 been brought

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.900
 into the

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.219
 kingdom.

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.579
 And now

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.340
 proof positive

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.699
 of their

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.480
 citizenship is

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.820
 they show

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:07.179
 mercy, just

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.779
 as their

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.360
 king has

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.860
 shown them

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.199
 mercy.

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:11.599
 You know

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.759
 what that

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.000
 makes a

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.359
 weekend say?

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.059
 Light of

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.359
 the judgment?

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.579
 Son of

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.339
 David, you

00:38:16.339 --> 00:38:17.259
 will show

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.939
 mercy to

00:38:17.939 --> 00:38:18.299
 me on

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:18.739
 that day.

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:21.439
 There is

00:38:21.439 --> 00:38:22.359
 therefore now

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.379
 no condemnation

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.899
 for those who

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.119
 are in

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.719
 Christ Jesus.

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:27.299
 There is

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.799
 mercy.

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.019
 Do I have

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.219
 an amen?

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.399
 Amen?

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:32.880
 mercy awaits

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.639
 brothers and

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.000
 sisters.

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.579
 And I

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.860
 don't know

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.320
 about you,

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.800
 but that

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.320
 mercy to

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.639
 come tenderizes

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.820
 me to show

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.740
 mercy now.

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.380
 Mercy

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.220
 personified.

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.260
 The one

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:52.400
 speaking this

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.599
 beatitude is

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.539
 mercy incarnate.

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.619
 His

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.240
 ministry is

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.740
 cross his

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.000
 throne.

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.780
 mercy people.

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.800
 We've been

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.280
 mercied.

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.460
 We've been

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.880
 brought into

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.260
 the kingdom

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.780
 by his

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.159
 mercy.

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.500
 We once

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.860
 were not

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.360
 shown mercy,

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.960
 now we

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.599
 have been

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.139
 shown mercy.

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.860
 There's this

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.679
 mercy pathway.

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.519
 It flows

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.019
 down and

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.340
 out.

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.500
 And maybe

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.000
 you've got

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.599
 some work

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.480
 this afternoon

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.880
 to confess

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.260
 and dismantle

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.059
 some of the

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:20.300
 things blocking

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.360
 the flow of

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.179
 mercy to you

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.699
 and others.

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.639
 Mercy

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.300
 promised.

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.059
 Mercy

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.679
 awaits.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.940
 We look

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.360
 forward to

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.820
 that day.

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.420
 Now you may

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.099
 be asking this

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.400
 question,

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.840
 maybe you've

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.219
 been asking

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.559
 it all

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:35.920
 along.

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.599
 Who do I

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.960
 show mercy

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.199
 to?

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.780
 And I'm

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:41.960
 going to

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:44.179
 close by

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.739
 reading another

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.420
 parable of

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.199
 Jesus where he

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.739
 answers that

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.119
 question.

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:51.559
 said to him,

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:53.279
 and behold,

00:39:53.279 --> 00:39:54.019
 a lawyer stood

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.659
 up to put him

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.239
 to the test,

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.659
 saying,

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.339
 what shall I do to inherit

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.940
 eternal life?

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.679
 He said to him,

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:59.000
 what is written in the law?

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.940
 How do you read it?

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.380
 And the lawyer answered,

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.739
 you shall love the Lord your God

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:03.719
 with all your heart and with all

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.960
 your soul and with all your

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.079
 strength and with all your mind

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:07.779
 and your neighbor as yourself.

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.119
 And Jesus said to him,

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:10.599
 you have answered correctly.

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:12.339
 Do this and you will live.

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.559
 But he, the lawyer,

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:14.860
 desiring to justify himself,

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.539
 said to Jesus,

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:17.059
 and who is my neighbor?

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:21.160
 Jesus replied,

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.280
 a man was going down

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.720
 from Jerusalem to Jericho

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:25.880
 and he fell among robbers

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.660
 who stripped him

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.360
 and beat him

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.019
 and departed,

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.760
 leaving him half dead.

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.180
 Now by chance,

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.140
 a Jewish priest

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:33.120
 was going down

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:33.980
 that road

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.000
 and when he saw him,

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.780
 he passed by

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.720
 on the other side,

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:37.680
 maybe saying,

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.740
 I need to get to this

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.320
 prayer meeting.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.360
 So likewise,

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.559
 a Jewish Levite,

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.940
 when he came to the place

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.539
 and saw him,

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:48.680
 passed by on the other side.

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:50.660
 I've got kingdom work to do.

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:53.880
 But a Samaritan,

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:56.500
 as he journeyed,

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.740
 came to where he was

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.960
 and when he saw him,

00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:00.100
 he had compassion.

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.460
 He went to him

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.519
 and bound up his wounds,

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.400
 pouring on oil and wine.

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.360
 Then he sent him

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.460
 on his own animal

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.860
 and brought him to an inn

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:10.000
 and took care of him.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:11.440
 And the next day,

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.780
 he took out two denarii

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.960
 and gave them to the innkeeper,

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.380
 saying,

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.860
 Take care of him

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:17.360
 and whatever more you spend,

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.699
 I will repay you

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.679
 when I come back.

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.420
 Jesus then said,

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.500
 Which of these three

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.599
 do you think,

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.440
 Mr. Lawyer,

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:28.199
 proved to be a neighbor

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.039
 to the man

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:30.400
 who fell among the robbers?

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.099
 And the lawyer said,

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:35.199
 The one who showed mercy.

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.500
 And Jesus said to him,

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:40.960
 You go and do likewise.

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.639
 Brothers and sisters,

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.539
 the kingdom of heaven has come.

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.539
 We've been mercied.

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:53.119
 Now let's go and do likewise.

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.860
 Let's go with the flow

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:58.440
 and let's show mercy

00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:01.000
 as those who've been tenderized

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:03.320
 by the very mercy of God.

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:04.300
 And you know what's going to happen?

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:07.780
 It's going to distinguish us

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:09.220
 from the rest of the world

00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:11.860
 who is merciless.

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.740
 Let's pray.

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:15.600
 God in heaven,

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:18.400
 we are a people

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:19.500
 in need of your mercy

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.440
 every day.

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.300
 Forgive us

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:25.240
 for allowing other things

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:26.160
 to get in the way

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:28.039
 of us seeing our need

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:29.600
 and drinking deep

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:31.599
 from your flow

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.940
 of mercy to us.

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.940
 Oh, we're so grateful

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.679
 that we can come

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.619
 to your throne of mercy

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:38.460
 and find mercy

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.299
 in time of need.

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.739
 We thank you, Jesus,

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.659
 that you see us

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.380
 as we are.

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:45.400
 Lord, would you use us?

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.960
 Would you help us

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:49.579
 to see people in need

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:52.639
 with eyes of mercy,

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.279
 tender,

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 helpful,

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 humble,

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 and pray this

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 in Jesus' name?

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 Amen.