WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.839 If you'd open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5, we're going to be looking at the Beatitudes 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:11.580 for the next two months. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:16.379 And so I'd like to read for you Matthew 5. 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:19.539 We'll just go 1 through 16. 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:21.480 Hear God's Word. 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.719 Seeing the crowds, He, Jesus, went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:29.460 came to Him. 00:00:30.339 --> 00:00:35.340 And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:36.679 is the kingdom of heaven. 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.100 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.460 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.260 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 00:00:48.019 --> 00:00:50.780 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 00:00:51.659 --> 00:00:53.740 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:57.500 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:02.700 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.900 Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:09.200 you falsely on my account. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.640 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.359 For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:22.659 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 00:01:22.659 --> 00:01:27.700 Lord, it is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 00:01:28.579 --> 00:01:29.679 You are the light of the world. 00:01:29.759 --> 00:01:32.039 A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 00:01:33.039 --> 00:01:36.679 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand. 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:39.099 And it gives light to all in the house. 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.120 In the same way, let your light shine before others, 00:01:42.219 --> 00:01:46.679 so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 00:01:46.679 --> 00:01:48.900 May God bless the hearing of his word. 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:52.700 This morning, we begin a sermon series in the Beatitudes. 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:54.820 So we're going to be in here for the next couple months. 00:01:55.080 --> 00:01:58.700 And the Beatitudes are at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.260 In the Gospel of Matthew, if you're not familiar with it, 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:05.860 it's basically a biography about Jesus, God with us, the King. 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.040 And so we learn early, like in chapter 3, 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:16.500 Jesus is baptized by J.T.B., John the Baptist. 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:21.039 And then in chapter 4, Jesus is tempted by the devil. 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.379 And he responds every time by quoting God's word. 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:27.560 He starts his public ministry. 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:29.460 He starts gathering his disciples. 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:34.180 And here he sits on a mountainside 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:41.379 and preaches what is likely the greatest sermon ever preached. 00:02:41.379 --> 00:02:48.659 It is his inaugural address as Emmanuel, the King. 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.240 It is his kingdom manifesto. 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:58.759 And in this sermon, he moves from the character of his citizens 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.560 to the conduct of his citizens. 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:05.099 And we're going to be focusing for the next two months 00:03:05.099 --> 00:03:10.000 on the character of his citizens right out of the Beatitudes. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:17.620 He's very interested in helping us think about who we are as his citizens. 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.800 And from there, we live out kingdom conduct. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:28.199 You can ask the question, why? 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:31.299 Why are we doing this? 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.819 Why are we going to focus two months of our lives as a church 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:42.639 on the Beatitudes, focusing on the character of Christ's kingdom citizens 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.379 at this time? 00:03:45.859 --> 00:03:48.819 Well, there's something else going on in our nation at this time. 00:03:48.819 --> 00:03:55.359 We're going to be in the middle of a contentious presidential election. 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:04.120 And the likelihood of you being influenced by that election is high. 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:11.840 That you would form your identity functionally from what you're hearing day in and day out 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:12.500 through the election. 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:18.800 That you will be affected emotionally, internally by what you're seeing and hearing. 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.180 So, I want to love you through this election cycle. 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:30.480 And I want to not just remind you that you are a citizen of the kingdom, brother, sister. 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:36.540 But citizens of the kingdom have a particular posture of heart. 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:44.280 A character that is spelt out by Jesus, our King, here in the Beatitudes. 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:55.299 Now, when you read, blessed are the poor in spirit, I'm guessing you're thinking something. 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:57.219 You're like, well, that sounds interesting. 00:04:59.739 --> 00:05:03.939 I'm not wanting to really sign up for poor or poverty, though. 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.759 What I want to help you to see is this poverty of spirit. 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:13.579 It's not something so much you do. 00:05:14.719 --> 00:05:16.420 It's something you are. 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:26.000 It's a spiritual bankruptcy that we all need to declare on a daily basis. 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:29.519 And there is great blessing in that. 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:37.879 And so this morning, we're going to tackle the first of these eight Beatitudes. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.040 And there's a reason why this is the first one. 00:05:41.500 --> 00:05:46.159 Jesus is brilliant in leading off with this. 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:51.759 We're going to get into not just blessed are the poor, but we're going to look next week. 00:05:52.159 --> 00:05:55.579 Blessed are those who mourn, who are meek, hunger, and thirst after righteousness, 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:58.300 who are merciful, pure in heart. 00:05:58.439 --> 00:05:59.420 They're peacemakers. 00:06:00.339 --> 00:06:01.860 Blessed are those who are persecuted. 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:05.659 And it all depends on this first one. 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:09.060 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:06:11.080 --> 00:06:17.980 These are eight distinct character traits of every citizen of the kingdom. 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:21.420 So here's how we're going to proceed this morning with this first one. 00:06:21.760 --> 00:06:24.020 I'm going to ask four questions and answer them. 00:06:24.220 --> 00:06:28.760 Question number one is, hey, what's the biblical landscape that we're in right now? 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:31.160 Just kind of a general framing to get your bearings. 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:36.260 And then we're going to kind of dig into 5.3, this actual Beatitude. 00:06:37.020 --> 00:06:38.300 Who are the poor in spirit? 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.320 What does that mean? 00:06:41.140 --> 00:06:46.180 The third question is going to be, why is being poor in spirit first? 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:51.740 And then fourth, how do we do the poor in spirit thing? 00:06:52.440 --> 00:06:54.980 What does that look like on a daily basis? 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:56.640 How do we do that? 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:04.759 So in light of that, let's turn to this first question. 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:11.240 What is this biblical landscape of the Sermon on the Mount? 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.360 If you're showing up to a city for the first time, you want to get your bearings, right? 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:18.400 You want to know where you are. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.799 And so when we turn to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, 6, and 7, 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:27.779 I just want to give you an overall flow of the sermon. 00:07:29.299 --> 00:07:31.819 Jesus isn't preaching an enumerated sermon. 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:36.079 In other words, he's not making four points, and we don't see him saying, 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:39.699 point one, and then moving on to point two, point three, point four. 00:07:40.659 --> 00:07:43.719 But there is this definitive movement in the sermon. 00:07:44.099 --> 00:07:44.899 Let me help you see it. 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:53.959 In chapter 5, 3 through 16, Jesus talks about character through the Beatitudes. 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:57.419 This is who we are as citizens of the kingdom. 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.079 This is what marks us. 00:08:01.739 --> 00:08:05.679 And then in chapter 5, verses 17 through chapter 7, verse 27, 00:08:06.679 --> 00:08:11.639 he focuses on the conduct of citizens of his kingdom. 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:16.639 And he spells that out through obeying particular commands he issues. 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:23.159 And so the movement on the Sermon on the Mount starts with character and moves to conduct. 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.860 And what I want to help you to see, it's all about God's grace. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:33.059 All of these blessings, blessed be, blessed, blessed, 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:40.340 that is declarations of God's grace on this particular citizen of the kingdom. 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:44.040 God's grace changing character. 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:48.660 And as a result, God's grace changing conduct. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:58.040 So first and foremost, I want to help you to see this feature of this landscape, this sermon. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.680 It's really about grace. 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:05.519 Changing our characters and changing our conduct. 00:09:05.660 --> 00:09:07.060 We're going to be focusing on character. 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:10.339 Now there's some other features about this sermon. 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:17.379 What Martin Lloyd-Jones talks about, the spiritually logical sequence of this particular sermon. 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:21.159 First, there's an order. 00:09:21.739 --> 00:09:25.119 There's a reason why he starts in pouring the Spirit and ends in, 00:09:25.959 --> 00:09:27.019 blessed are the persecuted. 00:09:28.239 --> 00:09:29.959 But there's some other things I want you to notice. 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:36.519 All eight of these Beatitudes, all eight are to characterize each of us. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:42.000 It's like the fruit of the Spirit, where all nine fruit of the Spirit are to characterize each Christian. 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:46.480 All eight of these character traits in the Beatitudes are to mark every one of us. 00:09:47.780 --> 00:09:52.080 Furthermore, there is this already not yet aspect to the Beatitudes. 00:09:52.180 --> 00:09:52.780 You can see it. 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:56.000 In chapter 5, verse 3, you see, 00:09:56.299 --> 00:09:59.000 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:10:00.199 --> 00:10:01.879 And you look down at verse 10, it says, 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:06.699 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:11.720 That same phrase, that same promise is used at the beginning and the end of the Beatitudes, 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.159 and it bookends it. 00:10:13.199 --> 00:10:14.179 It's an inclusio. 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:16.860 It helps you to think it's being framed by that. 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:23.340 So, all of these Beatitudes are, there's this like now component to it. 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.240 It's now. 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:26.220 The kingdom is ours now. 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:30.580 But as you look at the six Beatitudes inside those, 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:32.700 all the promises are future. 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.379 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:39.259 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:41.940 And so there is this future orientation. 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:45.899 There's this already and not yet, which means this. 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:50.139 Yes, we're going to experience blessings of the kingdom now, but in part. 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:56.519 We're going to experience the fullness of God's blessing then, when Jesus comes back. 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:02.799 There's an already not yet dimension to the Beatitudes. 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:04.959 One last thing. 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.679 I just want you to see the significance of chapter 5, verse 1 and 2. 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:17.699 Seeing the crowns, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him, 00:11:17.939 --> 00:11:19.299 and he opened his mouth and taught. 00:11:19.579 --> 00:11:20.500 This is Emmanuel. 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:26.059 This God-man would die and be raised from the dead. 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:27.559 He's reigning on high right now. 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:31.559 He's the Psalm 2 son on the throne. 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.979 And here he sat down. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:38.619 It's the posture of a rabbi. 00:11:39.439 --> 00:11:41.479 And his disciples come around him. 00:11:41.979 --> 00:11:44.339 Here's how I want you to think about the next two months. 00:11:45.239 --> 00:11:47.000 Think about Jesus sitting down. 00:11:48.199 --> 00:11:54.479 And we, his disciples, Sunday after Sunday, are coming around him to hear what he says. 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:59.500 And not just hear it so we can hear it, but we hear it so we can live it. 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:10.960 So there's some biblical landscape for you to get your bearings as we now head into the first Beatitude. 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:13.580 So let's ask this next question. 00:12:14.800 --> 00:12:17.680 Who are these poor in spirit people? 00:12:18.300 --> 00:12:19.139 What does that mean? 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:27.819 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:37.799 Well, before I tell you what poor in spirit means, whatever that means, they're blessed. 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:47.340 And that word blessed shows up in this passage nine times in short space, 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:51.280 which means Jesus is wanting to get your attention. 00:12:52.300 --> 00:12:54.759 Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed. 00:12:56.620 --> 00:13:00.280 Now there's some other spots of blessed in your Bible. 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:04.100 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:07.120 nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:09.180 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.879 and on his law he meditates day and night. 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:17.240 We just heard Les read it in Psalm 2. 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.939 The first one was Psalm 1-1, by the way. 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.139 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.759 for his wrath is quickly kindled. 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:27.659 Blessed are all who take refuge in him. 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:30.960 Psalm 119, 1 and 2. 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:33.159 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.980 who walk in the law of the Lord. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.919 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.200 who seek him with their whole hearts. 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:40.519 Blessed, blessed, blessed. 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:40.659 Blessed. 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.679 And then you get into Jeremiah 17, 5, that says, 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:47.820 Cursed is the man who trusts in man, 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.100 who makes flesh his strength. 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:50.439 And then verse 7. 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.240 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.960 whose trust is the Lord. 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.399 The word blessed gets used in your Bible in a variety of ways. 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.159 People bless God, but God blesses people. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.740 It's a way of talking about approval. 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:12.980 So when we hear Jesus say blessed repeatedly, 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:16.500 he's talking about people in whom God has blessed. 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.139 God has graced. 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:24.560 God has approved, not by any merit on their own, 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:28.899 but by a sheer act of grace. 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:32.659 All this blessedness, all this blessedness, 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.379 at the heart of it is God's grace. 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:43.459 Undeserved, unmerited grace. 00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:51.720 These kingdom citizens are citizens who've been delivered out of the domain of darkness 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:55.240 and transferred into the kingdom of the beloved son, 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:56.660 the saving reign of Jesus, 00:14:57.420 --> 00:14:58.860 by the grace of God. 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:04.080 This is not some blessing that we earn. 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:10.419 This is not some blessing that happens as a result of our obedience. 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.460 It's by God's grace and God's grace alone. 00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:21.220 And so when we read blessed are the poor in spirit, 00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.419 do you know what's being said? 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:29.000 Graced are those who've declared spiritual bankruptcy. 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:32.039 Graced of God. 00:15:34.439 --> 00:15:39.459 Happy are those who've experienced the undeserved approval of God 00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:43.279 in their spiritual bankruptcy. 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:47.819 So let's talk about what this poor in spirit means. 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.980 The poverty here is not a material poverty. 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:55.940 We know that because we see very clearly it's a poor in spirit. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.180 Not in checking account. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:06.500 And then we read this poor in spirit. 00:16:06.680 --> 00:16:09.580 It's not the Holy Spirit being referenced here. 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:13.200 This is your inner man being referenced. 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:16.200 Who you are on the inside. 00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.920 Your nature. 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:29.699 Blessed are those who are unresourced in the whole in their inner beings. 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:32.519 Do you know what the opposite of the poor in spirit is? 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.860 You may say, well, it's being rich in spirit. 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.919 Well, that's getting at it. 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.459 The English phrase that would get at it is being full of yourself. 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:46.460 That's what the opposite of being poor in spirit is. 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.580 It's pride. 00:16:48.180 --> 00:16:48.940 It's arrogance. 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:51.900 It's putting yourself first. 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:55.560 It's living as if you're the controlling center of your own kingdom. 00:16:55.559 --> 00:17:03.919 And so when we talk about poor in spirit, we're talking about humility. 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:09.259 There's this passage in Luke 18. 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:13.559 In Jesus' teaching. 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.720 I'm going to read it to you. 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:18.680 There's two people in this parable. 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:25.619 In your mind as I'm reading it, think which one is full of themselves and which one is poor in spirit. 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.000 You ready? 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:34.740 Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt. 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:38.059 This is Jesus speaking. 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.680 Two men went up into the temple to pray. 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:43.779 One a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:45.559 The Pharisee was a religious professional. 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.740 The tax collector would have been seen as a Jewish sellout. 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:54.660 The Pharisee standing by himself prayed thus. 00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:58.480 God, I thank you that I am not like other men. 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:03.539 Extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.940 I fast twice a week. 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.920 I give tithes of all that I get. 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.680 Amen. 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.000 Amen. 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:20.539 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:23.019 God, be merciful to me, a sinner. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.819 Which one? 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:28.000 Who's full of himself? 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.240 Who's poor in spirit? 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.220 Jesus says this. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:42.099 I tell you, this man, this tax collector, went down to his house justified. 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:45.160 Declared righteous in his sight. 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.400 Rather than the other. 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.220 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, Pharisee. 00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:55.700 But the one who humbles himself will be exalted, tax collector. 00:18:55.700 --> 00:19:02.380 What we're talking about when it comes to poor in spirit, what does it mean to be poor in spirit? 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.460 It means to be humble towards God. 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:11.059 To be able to say at any given time, oh God, have mercy on me, a sinner. 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:14.059 It's a posture. 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:17.180 It's who we are. 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:25.660 It's a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy to God. 00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:31.519 If you've ever been through bankruptcy, it's humiliating. 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:39.600 You've got to admit that you have just far exceeded anything that you could afford. 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:46.660 You've built up all this debt and you have no resources to get, even come close to paying it off. 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:49.200 So you need financial legal protection. 00:19:53.320 --> 00:19:54.540 It's desperation. 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:59.220 It's like, this is the only thing I can do. 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:05.759 That's what it means to be poor in spirit in relationship to God. 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:12.539 When you consider your own sins, when you consider your sin debt that you're carrying, 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:15.680 of all the sins that you've committed for all of your life, 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:22.279 and you realize you've dug yourself into a sin debt hole that there's no getting out of. 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:24.879 You can't obey your way out of that. 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:30.259 And then when you realize, too, in addition to, I can't get out of this, 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:34.299 all of that carries a consequence. 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.740 Eternal punishment. 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.740 Because it's against God. 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.059 Then you start feeling the weight. 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:48.079 You start feeling the weight of your debt. 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.940 Your need. 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:54.559 That's why the tax collector said, God, be merciful to me, a sinner. 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.940 They understood. 00:20:56.460 --> 00:21:00.420 In that parable, they were spiritually bankrupt. 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.799 There's this song. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.100 It's a hymn. 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.820 Rock of Ages. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.759 Stanza three. 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.240 Nothing in my hands I bring. 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.960 Simply to thy cross I cling. 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:17.140 Naked, come to thee for dress. 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:19.600 Helpless, look to thee for grace. 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:23.460 Foul, I too, the fountain fly. 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:26.240 Wash me, Savior, or I die. 00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.940 Do you know what that is? 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:30.059 That's a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.860 That's sung. 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.539 We sing it together. 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:38.399 Declaring our spiritual bankruptcy. 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:43.019 There's nothing that we bring to this salvation. 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:52.960 We have no spiritual resources before a living God, holy God. 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.399 We're in huge spiritual debt. 00:21:55.400 --> 00:22:00.280 Romans 3.23 says it this way. 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:02.400 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:05.440 Do you know what this means? 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.900 What, is there 8 billion people on the planet right now? 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:14.400 Everybody is spiritually bankrupt. 00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:15.940 Everyone. 00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:19.140 They are spiritually indebted. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.220 They can't get their way out. 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.240 Find their way out. 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:24.620 Do you know what separates citizens of the kingdom from everybody else? 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.519 We declare it. 00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:36.940 We acknowledge before God that we are spiritually indebted to Him and we can't pay it. 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:41.019 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.720 Give me that promise. 00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:48.720 Tell me the promise. 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.160 Blessed. 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.279 Blessed. 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.640 Blessed. 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.200 Blessed. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.319 Graced of God. 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:56.360 Are those who have declared spiritual bankruptcy. 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.460 For. 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.240 Promise. 00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.360 Theirs is. 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.160 Promise. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.480 The kingdom of heaven. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.140 The saving reign of God. 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:05.720 Those who have been brought under the kingship. 00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:08.200 Saving, gracious kingship of Jesus. 00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:11.140 Tell me about it. 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:14.980 Here's what that means. 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:24.600 If you have acknowledged your spiritual bankruptcy, your depravity to Him, to God. 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.700 Do you know what He does? 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.700 Welcome to the kingdom. 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:34.320 You're the one I was looking for. 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.440 Come on in. 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:53.259 In fact, anyone who confesses their spiritual bankruptcy to Jesus will be completely forgiven of all of their sin debt. 00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:56.120 Can I just read you two passages? 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.720 Listen to this. 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:02.079 This is Ephesians 1, verse 7. 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.980 In Him, Jesus, we have redemption through His blood. 00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:10.660 We've been purchased from slavery, from debt. 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:13.220 In Him, we have redemption through His blood. 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:18.000 The forgiveness of our trespasses according to the riches of His grace. 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:20.740 The riches of His grace. 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.680 And then there's this. 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:28.380 2 Corinthians 8, 9. 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.519 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:36.779 That though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor. 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.380 He took on your sin penalty. 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:45.120 So that you, who were poor, 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:49.580 under the condemnation of sin, 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.960 by His poverty might become rich. 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:57.120 What a Savior. 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.160 What a King. 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.980 This one speaking these words 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:03.259 would go to His death willingly, 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.400 innocently, 00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:06.720 to die for your sin and my sin 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:08.380 so that He could forgive us. 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.460 And then He was raised 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.039 so that we could live for Him. 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.259 Debt free! 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:22.259 Do you know what being freed of all of your sin debt, 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:26.220 do you know what kind of state that is? 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.500 That's a blessed state. 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:35.700 That's a by God's grace state. 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:40.019 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:44.039 Blessed, happy are the spiritually bankrupt 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.160 who've declared it, 00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:47.940 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.920 By the way, 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.340 no one 00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:56.200 can enter the kingdom of the beloved Son 00:25:56.200 --> 00:26:00.759 without first declaring spiritual bankruptcy. 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.220 There's no one in the kingdom 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.259 who's full of themselves. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.079 Only those 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:11.140 who declare this spiritual bankruptcy. 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.720 Those who are living in reality. 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.420 Question three. 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:23.119 Why is poor in spirit the first on the list? 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:27.479 Why is this the first beatitude? 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.319 I mean, 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:33.799 it's not like Jesus just threw these beatitudes together. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.899 He purposefully 00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:41.699 placed poor in spirit in pole position. 00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.699 Why did He do it? 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.679 Well, as I just mentioned, 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.979 you cannot enter Christ's kingdom 00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:51.859 without first declaring 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:53.539 spiritual bankruptcy. 00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.059 So, 00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:56.240 if you want to come into the kingdom, 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.240 you need to declare that to Jesus. 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.079 And He says, 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.379 Oh, 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.859 you're the one I've been looking for. 00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.759 Come on in. 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:04.479 I've paid for your sin. 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.099 Here's the riches of my grace. 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.079 But this is 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:13.000 first in another way as well. 00:27:17.479 --> 00:27:18.699 Do you think 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.340 Do you think 00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:23.120 He will mourn your sin 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:25.539 if you're not first 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.400 poor in spirit? 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.220 You won't. 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.880 You won't mourn your sin 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.100 if you're not first poor in spirit. 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.059 If you don't think 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.559 you've got 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.380 an eternal nature problem, 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.059 you're not going to mourn your sin. 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.940 You think you're going to be 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.559 meek and gentle towards others 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.759 if you're not poor in spirit? 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.220 Hunger and thirst after righteousness, 00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:45.900 mercy, 00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.680 pure in heart. 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.720 Do you think 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.360 you're going to want 00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.759 to make peace with others 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.539 if you're not 00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:53.900 first poor in spirit? 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.779 People who are full of themselves 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.840 aren't going to make peace 00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.360 with others. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:03.360 Do you think 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.360 you'll actually 00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:06.380 be willing to suffer 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.120 for Jesus 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:09.220 if you're not 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.460 first poor in spirit? 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.519 So this is first 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.360 for a reason. 00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.920 This is humility. 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.039 This is 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.880 acknowledging the reality 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.799 that Jesus Christ 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.860 is the controlling center 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.580 of all things 00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:24.860 and my rightful place 00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.200 is orbiting him. 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.340 sin. 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:59.779 James 4.6 and 1 Peter 5.5. 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.880 They both quote 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.200 Proverbs chapter 3. 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:06.000 God opposes the proud 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:07.840 but gives grace 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.400 to the humble. 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.400 God opposes 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.799 those who are full of themselves 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:17.160 but boy does he give grace 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.640 to those who declare 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.559 spiritual bankruptcy. 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:24.379 I don't know about you 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:27.679 but I 00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:29.539 am convinced 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:32.059 of my spiritual bankruptcy. 00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:35.259 You may not 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:37.599 want to see yourself 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.139 as poor. 00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.639 The reality is 00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.460 you are. 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.539 You are. 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.539 You are. 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.539 You are. 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.539 You are. 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.940 You are. 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.240 Spiritually bankrupt. 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.139 There is a verse 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:55.500 that I was introduced to 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.799 maybe 25 years ago 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.480 by a mentor 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.779 and it's one of those 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.539 verses that 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:06.079 once you hide it 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.659 in your heart 00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.759 it becomes one of those 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.920 verses that help you 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.659 again and again. 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:12.500 Do you know 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.500 who catches God's eye? 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:17.440 Isaiah 66 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.279 verse 2 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.300 the second half of it 00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:20.180 we read this. 00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.600 This is God speaking. 00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.480 This is the one 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.480 to whom I will look. 00:30:26.040 --> 00:30:26.940 This is the one 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:28.440 who catches my gracious eye. 00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.300 He who is 00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:32.140 humble 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:34.160 contrite in spirit 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:36.640 and trembles at my word. 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.160 Do you know what is 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.880 of highest value 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.480 in the kingdom? 00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:44.100 Poverty of spirit. 00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.080 It's not like the world 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.840 we live in is it? 00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:52.000 Why does God delight 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.920 in poverty of spirit? 00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.620 Why does he 00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.740 put this first? 00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.840 Why is he putting 00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.740 such a premium 00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.620 on it? 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.960 I mean 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.140 is 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:02.279 is God just a control freak? 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:04.519 Is he just power hungry? 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.620 Or maybe on the other side 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.939 maybe 00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:08.859 maybe he has a self-esteem 00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.399 problem 00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:12.519 and he commands people 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.119 to 00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:15.079 humble themselves 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.359 so that they can build up 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.239 his self-esteem. 00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:22.159 It's utterly ridiculous. 00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:26.419 He doesn't require 00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.159 our humility 00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.599 because of some weakness 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.519 on his part. 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:33.539 John Piper 00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.660 makes this argument. 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.099 He asks it this way. 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.279 Do you know who 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.139 the greatest worshiper 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.799 of God is? 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.920 God 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.440 is the greatest 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.500 worshiper of God. 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.259 He's fully convinced 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.960 and delights 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.079 in his own 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.400 unmatched worth 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.319 and he wants 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.299 even requires 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.920 us 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.819 to know 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.559 and delight 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.579 in his 00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:59.019 unsurpassed worth 00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.079 and you know 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.919 how you get there? 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.319 He declares 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.039 spiritual bankruptcy. 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.399 Why does God 00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.839 delight 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.059 in our humility 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779 towards him? 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.759 Because 00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.619 it's right! 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.019 You've heard me 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.019 use this illustration 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.639 12 million times 00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:22.039 but it's so helpful 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.839 let me use it again. 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:25.459 Prior to 00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:26.379 Nicholas Copernicus 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.759 in the 16th century 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.919 most people 00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.439 thought 00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:30.240 that 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.079 the sun 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:32.459 orbited the earth 00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.720 in some kind of 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.579 geocentric 00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.399 solar system 00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.759 but we all know 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.179 now 00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:38.339 that they were 00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.899 mistaken 00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:40.559 because what 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.759 Nicholas Copernicus 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.419 realized 00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.359 through observation 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.699 is that we live 00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:46.319 in a heliocentric 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.579 solar system. 00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.859 All the planets 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.759 orbit the sun 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:51.039 not the other way around. 00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.319 So before 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.299 Mr. Copernicus 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:55.139 everybody thought 00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.980 they were living 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.519 in reality 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.519 but they weren't! 00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:01.119 Humility 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:03.639 poverty of spirit 00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:06.059 is realizing 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.960 that the world 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.000 does not orbit 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.579 you. 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.399 God does not 00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.500 exist for you 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.359 but you 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.819 exist for God. 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.399 He's at the 00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.460 glorious center 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.519 of all things 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:21.920 and that's 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.740 why 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.779 he 00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.460 prioritizes 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.519 being 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.639 poor in spirit. 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.000 It's living 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.920 in reality. 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.500 Humility 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.599 is living 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.480 in 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.460 reality 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.099 the way 00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.660 things really 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:37.940 are. 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.359 Now if you 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.720 think 00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.339 that being a 00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.599 Christian 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.119 means 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:45.039 giving Jesus 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.200 parts and pieces 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.980 of your life 00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:50.640 you're probably 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.480 full of yourself. 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.779 Jesus doesn't 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.319 want parts 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.860 and pieces 00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:57.460 to your life. 00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.740 Who he is 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.059 demands 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.640 requires 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.440 all of it. 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.940 All of it. 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.800 And the way 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.460 to respond 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.380 to Jesus 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.099 is to deny 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.599 yourself 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.280 take up your 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.599 cross 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.320 and follow him. 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.559 another way 00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.019 of declaring 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.700 spiritual 00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.940 bankruptcy. 00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.700 Why is 00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.360 this first? 00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.600 Because it 00:34:22.600 --> 00:34:23.140 all starts 00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:23.760 with humility. 00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.440 It is 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.260 the first 00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.940 and foremost 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.660 characteristic 00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.480 of being 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:31.840 a citizen 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.500 of the kingdom 00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:34.160 and man 00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.700 does it fly 00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.340 in the face 00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.460 of our culture. 00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.280 Last question 00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.600 and I'm going 00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:39.860 to hustle 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.300 through it. 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:42.059 How do we do 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.539 this poor 00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.940 in spirit 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.240 thing? 00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.400 How does 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.120 that 00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:46.000 what 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.559 do I need 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.940 to do 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.360 today 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.700 to do 00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:48.960 that? 00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:51.300 Well I hope 00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.820 at this point 00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.440 you're realizing 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.900 that being 00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.640 poor in spirit 00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.460 is not so much 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.240 what you do 00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:56.260 it's acknowledging 00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.140 who you are. 00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:58.980 Your 00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.760 real state 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.360 of being 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.320 before God. 00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.820 It's seeing 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.280 yourself 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.880 as God 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.559 sees you 00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:07.220 in desperate 00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.940 need 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.000 of the riches 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.180 of his grace 00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.200 on a 00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.940 daily 00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:13.100 basis. 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:15.480 let me 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.720 just 00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.620 remind you 00:35:16.620 --> 00:35:17.260 once again 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.640 of this 00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.100 2nd 00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.500 Corinthians 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.860 8-9 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.400 passage 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.019 for you 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.340 know the 00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.720 grace of 00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.039 our Lord 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.260 Jesus 00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.700 Christ 00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.180 that though 00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.740 he was 00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.140 rich 00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.980 yet for 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.500 your sake 00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.940 he became 00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.200 poor 00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.559 so that 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.820 you 00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.300 by his 00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.740 poverty 00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.380 might 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.720 become 00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.120 rich. 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.079 Jesus 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.460 who 00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.619 is 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.059 sinless 00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.639 took 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.000 on 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.440 sin 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.039 so that 00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.219 you 00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.359 who 00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.519 are 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.940 sinful 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.460 can 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.819 become 00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.239 rich 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.559 in the 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.859 grace 00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:36.059 of 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.559 salvation. 00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.619 It is 00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.079 beautiful. 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.139 people 00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:44.819 if you're 00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.400 a non-Christian 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.699 in the 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.880 room 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:48.880 you're 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.400 very aware 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.699 of your 00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.019 sin 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:52.659 you don't 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.920 like 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.400 talking 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.799 about 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.400 or thinking 00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.739 about 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.259 what you've 00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.420 done 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.659 in your 00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.139 past 00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:58.319 and you've 00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.139 never declared 00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.759 your spiritual 00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.279 bankruptcy 00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:01.440 to Jesus 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.960 himself 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.579 the risen 00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.900 king 00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.119 who's 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.400 alive 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.759 today 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:06.300 do you 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.520 know how 00:36:06.520 --> 00:36:06.800 you enter 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.180 the kingdom? 00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:09.740 You 00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:11.060 tell him 00:36:11.060 --> 00:36:13.800 Lord 00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.160 Jesus 00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.060 I am 00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:16.300 incredibly 00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:17.020 indebted 00:36:17.020 --> 00:36:18.240 and worthy 00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.360 of hell 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:22.320 have mercy 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.720 on me 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.100 a sinner 00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:25.720 and that 00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.300 catches his 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.660 eye 00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:29.160 and at 00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.840 that moment 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.380 if that 00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.160 is meant 00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:32.560 you are 00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:33.340 justified 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.820 in his 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.100 sight 00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.900 forgiven 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.420 of all 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.620 your 00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.940 sin 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.160 and 00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.539 declared 00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.180 righteous 00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.760 with the 00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.160 righteousness 00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.220 he achieved 00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.720 on earth 00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:42.300 you're 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.600 delivered 00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:42.940 from the 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.160 domain 00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.660 of darkness 00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:45.039 and you're 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.420 transferred 00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.880 into the 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.059 kingdom 00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.380 of the 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.620 beloved 00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.000 son 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.059 welcome 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.440 to the 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.740 kingdom 00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:51.440 if you 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.860 haven't done 00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.220 that 00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:53.960 today's 00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.420 the day 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.200 no need 00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.579 to wait 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.300 you go 00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.539 to the 00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:57.740 risen 00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.140 king 00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.460 and you 00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.680 just 00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.240 tell him 00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.860 you're 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.340 spiritually 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.780 bankrupt 00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.400 hey 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.019 will you 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.500 pour out 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.680 your 00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:02.920 riches 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.380 of grace 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.960 on me 00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.579 and he'd 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.880 be like 00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.659 yes 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:08.079 welcome 00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:11.480 but what 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.740 happens if 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.039 you're a 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.320 Christian 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:15.400 what happens 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.280 if you 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.900 declared your 00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.300 spiritual 00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.720 bankruptcy 00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:19.300 to Jesus 00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.099 ten years 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.400 ago 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:24.079 you've 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.500 already been 00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.780 welcomed 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.220 into his 00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.539 kingdom 00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:29.000 what do 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.400 you do 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:35.340 you declare 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.820 spiritual 00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.240 bankruptcy 00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.760 daily 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.280 that's what 00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.579 you do 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:40.480 you 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.019 acknowledge 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.599 that in 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.820 and of 00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.300 yourself 00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.599 you are 00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.300 powerless 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.280 to live 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.760 for Jesus 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.400 on any 00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.940 given day 00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:49.340 that's how 00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.639 you start 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.059 your day 00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:51.579 with a 00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.260 declaration 00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.180 of spiritual 00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.680 bankruptcy 00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.740 to the 00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.119 king of 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.539 grace 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.380 who is 00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.980 loaded 00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.679 with the 00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:57.900 riches 00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.440 of grace 00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:02.219 we are 00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.460 in 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.260 continual 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:05.099 need 00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:06.400 of God's 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.960 grace 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:08.800 hey if you're a 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.579 Christian in the room 00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:11.679 are you comparing 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.619 yourself to other 00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.539 people and thinking 00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.480 yourself pretty cool 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.360 you're more 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.860 like the Pharisee 00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.699 in Luke 18 00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:20.119 than the tax 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.559 collector 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.659 in Luke 18 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.960 we want to be 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.119 like the tax 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.599 collector 00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.799 in Luke 18 00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:28.159 oh God 00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.839 have mercy 00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:30.399 on us 00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:31.359 sinners 00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:32.960 saved by grace 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.859 in constant 00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.719 need of God's 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.139 grace 00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:43.299 one of the 00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.879 important things 00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.399 you need to know 00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:44.859 Christian 00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.719 citizen of the 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:45.980 kingdom 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:49.000 you will never 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.819 outgrow this 00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:52.800 you never 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.539 outgrow 00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:55.300 the need 00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.840 to be humble 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.320 we never 00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:58.019 outgrow 00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.760 our poverty 00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.500 of spirit 00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.940 it's who we 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.380 are 00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.460 dependent 00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.559 creatures 00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.300 on our 00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.860 creator 00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:10.260 let me give 00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.500 you two 00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.980 suggestions 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.280 though 00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.660 to help 00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:16.640 pray 00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:17.860 every morning 00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.900 before the 00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.480 day starts 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:21.860 a declaration 00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:23.179 of spiritual 00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:24.320 poverty 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:26.059 to your 00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.340 king 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.300 just tell 00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.500 him 00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:28.079 start the 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.400 day that 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.699 way 00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.320 Lord 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.420 I can't 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.780 start 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.159 without 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.740 acknowledging 00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:33.199 my huge 00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.860 need for 00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.119 you 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.619 you're the 00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.880 vine 00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.400 I'm the 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.760 branch 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.139 apart from 00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.380 you I 00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.599 can do 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:37.940 nothing 00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.380 and 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:41.920 learn 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.920 to depend 00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.480 on his 00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:43.900 word 00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:45.639 tremble 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.039 at his 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.380 word 00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.699 feast 00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.280 on his 00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.719 word 00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:50.159 be given 00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.879 strength 00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.699 by his 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.199 word 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.839 on a 00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:53.099 daily 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.719 basis 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.859 because 00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:57.179 no one 00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.699 can live 00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:58.980 on bread 00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.419 alone 00:39:59.419 --> 00:40:01.199 but only 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.500 on the 00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.819 word of 00:40:01.819 --> 00:40:02.099 God 00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:06.980 if you are 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.359 full of 00:40:07.359 --> 00:40:07.879 yourself 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:10.720 being 00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.320 poor in 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.760 spirit 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:14.039 and the 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.300 seven 00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.860 following 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.599 beatitudes 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:17.760 they will 00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.140 have no 00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.619 interest to 00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.820 you 00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:21.400 you won't 00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.840 want it 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:24.700 you can't 00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.800 grow in 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.579 God's grace 00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.460 without 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:29.039 seeing your 00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:30.000 own spiritual 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.640 poverty 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:32.219 in 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.539 admitting 00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.839 it 00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:34.699 but when 00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.079 you do 00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:37.839 God 00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:38.239 opposes 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.420 the 00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.719 proud 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:41.119 but boy 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.440 does he 00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.960 give grace 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.239 to the 00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.500 humble 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:45.559 we looked 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.859 at four 00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.400 questions 00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.960 I've tried 00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.299 to give you 00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:48.139 four answers 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:50.719 whether you're 00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.259 brand new 00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.579 to the 00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:51.839 kingdom 00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.539 or have 00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.179 been a 00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.480 citizen 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.319 for years 00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:55.379 we never 00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:56.039 outgrow 00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.799 our poverty 00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.440 of spirit 00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.200 it is the 00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:58.559 thing 00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.440 that we 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.260 all share 00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.860 in common 00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.619 a deep 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.240 deep 00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.860 ongoing 00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.340 need 00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.179 for our 00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.800 king 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:06.159 this is the 00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.659 way of his 00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.059 kingdom 00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:08.700 this is 00:41:08.700 --> 00:41:09.200 kingdom 00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:10.119 normal 00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:11.900 to be 00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.480 poor in 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.920 spirit 00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.639 it's what 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.000 catches 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.740 God's eye 00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:19.300 one more 00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.579 note 00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:25.119 this poverty 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.639 of spirit 00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.179 is going to 00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.800 come across 00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.519 weak 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:29.180 weak 00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.360 to the 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.680 world 00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:33.960 and you 00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.380 know why 00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:37.320 because it 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.700 is 00:41:37.700 --> 00:41:41.000 we're not 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.360 full of 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:41.880 ourselves 00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:44.200 no we 00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:44.680 want to 00:41:44.680 --> 00:41:45.100 be 00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:46.900 full of 00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.600 the grace 00:41:47.600 --> 00:41:49.420 that's poured 00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.240 out daily 00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:51.840 by our 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.660 risen king 00:41:52.660 --> 00:41:54.340 and so 00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.039 we're glad 00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.539 to declare 00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.100 spiritual 00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.539 poverty 00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:58.039 day after 00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.360 day 00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:59.960 night after 00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.300 night 00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:02.480 we're glad 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.900 to live in 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.420 the reality 00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.800 of 00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:05.239 Jesus being 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.800 the controlling 00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.779 center of 00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.300 our lives 00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:10.259 when 00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:11.099 was the 00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.980 last time 00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:13.820 you 00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:14.480 declared 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.039 to your 00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.880 risen king 00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:19.159 that you 00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:20.000 are spiritual 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.699 pauper 00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:23.879 let me 00:42:23.879 --> 00:42:23.899 let me 00:42:23.899 --> 00:42:24.239 pray 00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:28.139 risen 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.659 Lord 00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.299 Jesus 00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:32.239 we gather 00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:33.000 around 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.779 to you 00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:34.139 in your 00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.819 words 00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.879 and we 00:42:35.879 --> 00:42:36.579 receive 00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.139 this 00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:38.179 blessed are 00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:38.539 the poor 00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.159 in spirit 00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.000 for yours 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.679 is the 00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:41.980 kingdom 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.659 of heaven 00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:43.859 oh God 00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.579 we receive 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.179 that and say 00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:46.099 thank you 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.779 thank you 00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:48.539 for reminding 00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.679 us of who 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.299 we are 00:42:50.299 --> 00:42:51.920 we won't 00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.000 buck that 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.679 we won't 00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.679 arch underneath 00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.239 that 00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:56.319 but rather we 00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:56.880 will humble 00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:58.079 ourselves to 00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.360 that 00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:00.000 and confess 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.480 to you 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.739 once again 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:03.880 we need you 00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:06.819 we need only 00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:07.599 what you give 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:10.179 we ask 00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.659 that once 00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:10.940 again 00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.319 you will 00:43:11.319 --> 00:43:12.000 give us 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.659 the grace 00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:13.119 today 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.159 to be 00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:14.739 faithful to 00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.079 you 00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.360 to your name 00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:16.839 we pray 00:43:16.839 --> 00:43:18.380 amen