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 Our text for today is Matthew chapter 5 and verse 8.

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! In our study of the Sermon on the Mount in the past weeks,

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 we have seen the overarching question before us,

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! What characterizes those who follow the King of the Kingdom of Heaven?

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 We have noted back many times in Matthew chapter 4,

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 verse 17. Matthew records the beginning of Jesus' ministry and says,

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 from that time Jesus began to preach, saying,

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 repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

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 This was the theme of Jesus' teaching.

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 And then we saw at the beginning of Matthew chapter 5

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 that crowds gather and they gather onto an unnamed mountain.

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 And when Jesus sits down, His disciples come to Him.

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 And He opens His mouth and He teaches them.

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 So, the primary audience for this sermon are Jesus' disciples.

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 Those who are already His followers.

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 And Jesus is here declaring that the citizens of His Kingdom are blessed or flourishing.

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 They're doing well as citizens of this Kingdom.

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 We've looked at the first five of these declarations of blessedness.

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 And this morning I invite you to join me in considering the sixth.

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 Before I read it, I want to remind you, beloved,

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 this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Matthew chapter 5 and verse 8.

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

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 Jesus declares that the pure in heart are blessed.

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 And so we must endeavor to know what is meant by this.

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 The great 18th century pastor Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 referred to Matthew chapter 5 verse 8

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 as one of the greatest utterances in all of Scripture.

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 Whether or not you agree with his assertion,

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 there is much to be said about such a verse.

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 In fact, volumes upon volumes of work

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 have been written on this small phrase.

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 Now, our time this morning will not allow us

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 to probe the very depths of such a declaration.

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 Our time will only permit us to get at its central meaning.

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 That's the intention of today.

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 So, be encouraged to consider its meaning further.

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 Not just a text like this,

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 but any text that we open together as a church.

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 Meditate upon it throughout the week

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 and have conversations about it.

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 You, with the rest of the church,

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 probe the depths of the things that we study

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 on Sunday morning.

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 That said, I would like to first deal this morning

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 from our text with the word heart.

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 What is this heart that is meant to be pure?

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 Recall that one of the two overarching themes

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 that I have asserted

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 carried throughout the Sermon on the Mount

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 is this idea of whole person righteousness.

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 This beatitude speaks directly to this theme.

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 So, we should not be at all surprised

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 that Jesus speaks of the heart

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 in this most famous of His sermons.

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 So, this idea of whole person righteousness

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 and then Jesus uses this word

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 that means whole person.

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 There is great biblical emphasis placed

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 upon the heart and the condition of it.

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 When you see this word heart

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 in your English translation

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 of both the Old and New Testaments,

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 it is most often, not in every case,

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 but it is most often referring

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 to our very being.

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 The non-physical part of you.

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 Your mind, your will,

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 your personality, right?

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 What makes you you

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 apart from this flesh vessel

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 that carries the you that you are.

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 And the heart is the source

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 of all that we are.

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 Proverbs 4.23 says,

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 keep your heart with all vigilance.

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 Why?

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 For from it flows the springs of life.

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 Let's look briefly at some other places

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 in the Bible that will help us

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 to see this point concerning the heart

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 and the condition of it.

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 So first, in the Old Testament,

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 when God is deciding

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 that He will destroy the earth

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 with a flood,

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 in Genesis 6.5 we can read,

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 the Lord saw that the wickedness of man

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 was great in the earth

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 and that every intention

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 of the thoughts of his heart

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 was only evil continually.

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 So man in his very being

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 was nothing but evil, right?

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 And God looks at this

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 and says it must be destroyed.

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 Psalm 27.8

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 David says,

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 you have said,

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 seek my face.

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 And then the response of David is,

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 my heart says to you,

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 your face Lord,

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 do I seek.

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 And then in Ezekiel 36.

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 And verse 26.

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 And if you're doing

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 the Bible reading with us,

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 this was from yesterday's reading.

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 God says,

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 and I will give you a new heart

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 and a new spirit I will put within you.

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 And I will remove the heart of stone

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 from your flesh

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 and give you a heart of flesh.

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 We know this as the doctrine

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 of regeneration.

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 I will change your very being.

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 And in the New Testament,

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 those are just a few

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 of the Old Testament examples.

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 In the New Testament,

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 Matthew chapter 15,

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 verse 17 and following.

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 Jesus says,

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 do you not see that

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 whatever goes into the mouth

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 passes into the stomach

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 and is expelled?

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 He's simply saying,

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 the stuff that you eat

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 is not what defiles you.

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 Because it leaves you.

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 But what comes out of the mouth

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 proceeds from the heart.

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 From who you are.

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 In verse 18,

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 the last half says,

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 and this defiles a person.

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 For out of the heart

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 come evil thoughts,

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 murder,

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 adultery,

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 sexual immorality,

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 theft,

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 false witness,

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 slander.

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 So,

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 if you are evil,

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 then you do evil.

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 In Ephesians chapter 4,

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 in verse 18,

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 Paul makes a case

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 that those who are in Christ,

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 who have been made new,

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 are to no longer walk

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 as those who have not been made new.

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 And he says this of those people.

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 They are darkened in their understanding,

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 alienated from the life of God

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 because of the ignorance

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 that is in them

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 due to their hardness of heart.

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 And then those who have been set free,

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 those who have been set free

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 from the bondage of sin,

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 who have been made regenerate.

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 Paul writes of them in Romans chapter 6,

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 verse 17,

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 Thanks be to God

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 that you who were once slaves of sin

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 have become obedient from the heart

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 to the standard of teaching

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 to which you were committed.

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 So, Jesus says

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 that it is a person

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 who has purity of being

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 that are declared blessed.

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 Note carefully in Matthew 5, verse 8,

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 that he says pure in heart,

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 not pure in head.

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 You can come up with all the right answers

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 and still be desperately lost.

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 In the day in which we live,

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 there are many, many

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 who could explain the gospel of Jesus Christ to you

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 but have not placed believing faith in it.

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 It is the pure in heart

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 that are declared blessed by Jesus,

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 not the pure in head.

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 And I should say,

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 not only pure in head,

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 for surely our very being

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 includes our thought life.

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 Matthew chapter 15, verse 8,

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 Jesus says,

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 This people honors me with their lips,

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 but their heart is far from me.

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 Note also that Jesus says,

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 pure in heart,

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 not pure in conduct.

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 You can appear to be pure by your action

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 and still be desperately lost.

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 It is the pure in heart

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 that are declared blessed by Jesus,

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 not the pure in conduct.

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 Again, I should say,

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 not only pure in conduct,

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 for surely our very in being

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 includes our actions.

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 In fact, the way we think

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 and feel and act

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 is the proofing of who we are.

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 It's the evidencing of who we are.

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 But it is who we are,

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 not what we do,

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 that is Jesus' focus here.

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 In Matthew chapter 23,

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 it's the chapter known as the woes chapter.

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 Jesus declares the woes,

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 the seven woes over the Pharisees.

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 And one of them,

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 verse 25 and following,

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 he says,

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 Woe to you,

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 scribes and Pharisees,

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 hypocrites.

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 For you clean the outside

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 of the cup and the plate,

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 but inside they are full of greed

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 and self-indulgence.

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 So you see what he's saying?

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 You clean up the outside of it, right?

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 You make it look nice on the outside,

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 but the actual useful part is dirty.

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 You catching that?

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 I don't care if my cup is dirty on the outside,

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 if the inside is clean.

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 Your focus is all wrong here.

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 You don't clean up the inside.

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 Inside,

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 you're full of greed and self-indulgence.

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 And then verse 26,

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 you blind Pharisees.

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 First clean the inside of the cup

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 and the plate,

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 that the outside also may be clean.

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 So if our hearts are pure,

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 then what proceeds from us

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 will be purity.

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 So Jesus is concerned

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 about the totality of who we are

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 as he addresses our hearts this morning.

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 But let us now consider

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 the qualifier that Jesus puts

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 on the heart that is declared blessed.

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 Jesus says it is the pure in heart

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 that are flourishing.

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 What then does it mean

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 to be pure in heart?

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 For the totality of our inner selves

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 to be pure.

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 Now this is a word

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 with some texture to it.

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 First, it can mean

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 without hypocrisy

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 or singularly focused.

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 Psalm 86.11.

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 David, I believe,

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 if I'm remembering correctly,

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 says,

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 Teach me your way,

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 O Lord,

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 that I may walk in your truth.

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 Unite my heart

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 to fear your name.

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 Don't let me be a man

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 who is divided.

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 But put my heart

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 into a singular focus

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 that stands in the awe of God

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 so that I will walk in your truth.

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 Paul writes in Romans 7.

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 The opposite of this.

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 An ununited heart.

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 Verse 21 and 22.

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 He says,

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 So I find it to be a law

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 that when I want to do right,

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 evil lies close at hand.

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 For I delight in the law of God

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 in my inner being.

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 And he goes on to talk about

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 this great struggle

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 of these two things

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 that wage war within him.

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 An ununited heart.

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 So,

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 pure means without hypocrisy.

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 It also means without blemish

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 or without any uncleanliness.

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 The Apostle John writes

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 in Revelation 21 and verse 27,

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 Nothing unclean will ever enter

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 the new Jerusalem.

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 Nor anyone who does

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 what is detestable or false,

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 but only those who are written

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 in the Lamb's book of life.

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 And then later in Revelation 22

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 and verse 14,

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 Blessed are those who wash their robes

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 that they may have the right

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 to the tree of life

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 and that they may enter the city

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 by the gates.

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 So,

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 to be pure also means

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 to be washed clean,

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 to be without blemish.

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 So,

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.000
 to be without hypocrisy

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 and to be without blemish,

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 but I think for us

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 to be pure in heart

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 most emphatically means

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 for us to be like

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 Jesus Christ.

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 A great example of

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 purity

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 of heart.

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 The writer of Hebrews

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 speaks at length about this

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 in Hebrews chapter 4.

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 I want to read to you

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 just verse 15.

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 Where the writer of Hebrews

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 speaks of Jesus

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 as a great high priest.

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 And the high priest

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 who went in to make sacrifice

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 on the day of atonement

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 had to be sacrificially

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 washed clean.

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 He had to go through

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 a ton of process

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 to be considered clean

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 in order to enter

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 into the presence of God.

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 The writer of Hebrews

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 says this about Jesus.

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 For we do not have

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 a high priest

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 who was unable

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 to sympathize

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 with our weakness,

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 but one who in every respect

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 has been tempted

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 as we are

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 yet without sin.

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 So,

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 already pure.

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 It doesn't have to go

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 through ritualistic cleansing,

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 but Jesus Christ

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 himself

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 is

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 pure.

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 Tempted in every way

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 yet

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 without

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 sin.

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 And it's important

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 that we are

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 like this.

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 That we are

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 holy

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 as Christ

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 is holy.

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 Again,

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 the writer of Hebrews

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 says,

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 chapter 12

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 and verse 14,

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 strive for peace

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 with everyone

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 and

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 for the holiness

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 without which

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 no one

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 will see

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 the Lord.

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 To be

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 pure in heart

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 means to

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 fulfill

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 the greatest

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 commandment.

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 Matthew chapter 22

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 and verse 37

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 and following

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 Jesus says,

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 having been tested

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 is the greatest

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 commandment.

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 He responds,

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 you shall love

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 the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your mind.

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 This is the greatest

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 and first commandment

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 and a second like it

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 so he expands it beyond

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 you shall love your neighbor

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 as

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 yourself.

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 So,

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 to be pure in heart

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.959
 is to be without

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 hypocrisy,

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 without

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 blemish,

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 to be like

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 Christ

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 in our

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 devotion

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 to God.

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 You shall love

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 the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 with all

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 your

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 mind.

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones

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 again,

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 this is the

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 quotation on your

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 bulletin this morning,

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 said,

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 to be pure in heart

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 means we have

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 an undivided

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 love which regards

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 God as our

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 highest good

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 and which is

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 concerned only

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 about loving

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 God.

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 God.

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 So,

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 to be pure

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 in heart

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 means to be

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 like Christ.

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 Beloved,

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 this is not

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 something that is

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 accomplished by

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 our well-wishing

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 or by our

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 effort,

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 but by God

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 imputing our

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 sin to Christ

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 and by imputing

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 to us

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 the righteousness

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 of Christ.

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.740
 Martin Luther

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 called this

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 the great exchange.

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 He took

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 our sin

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 and gave it

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 to Jesus

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 who knew

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 no sin.

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 He became

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 sin on our

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 behalf and

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 the wrath of

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 God was poured

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 out on him

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 and his

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 righteousness,

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 his perfect

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 life was

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 given to

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 us.

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 This is called

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 double

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 imputation.

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 You don't have

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 to know that.

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 But you have

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 to know that

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 there was an

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 exchange that

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 happened when

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 you placed

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 faith in

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That not only

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 was the debt

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 of your sin

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 canceled,

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 but you were

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 given righteousness.

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 It's as if

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 you fulfilled

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 the law.

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 It's as if

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 you kept

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 it perfectly

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 because your

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.099
 sin was punished

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:09.059
 in him and

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 he kept it

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 perfectly on

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 your behalf.

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 We don't do

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 this on our

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 own.

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 We are

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 incapable of

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 doing this

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 on our

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 own.

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 God gifts

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 us with

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 faith to

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 believe in

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 the all

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.960
 sufficient purity

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.579
 of Jesus

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 Christ and

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.839
 by that

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.639
 faith gives

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 us a

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 declaration

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.179
 of pure.

00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:33.759
 Having been

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.879
 made pure

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.779
 in heart,

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.099
 having been

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.519
 made positionally

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.839
 changed from

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.679
 being unclean,

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.439
 hypocritical,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.579
 we have been

00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.939
 changed to be

00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:47.240
 pure in heart

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.359
 and therefore

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.799
 we act

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.859
 accordingly.

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.859
 We act

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:55.079
 as we

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.539
 are.

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 Look with me

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.039
 at the framework

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.419
 of the

00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:58.839
 Beatitudes.

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 So if you've

00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.819
 left Matthew

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.259
 chapter 5,

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.740
 please go back

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.139
 to Matthew

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:02.339
 chapter 5.

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.039
 Jesus did

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.559
 not utter

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:11.819
 these

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.659
 declarations

00:19:12.659 --> 00:19:13.879
 in random

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.199
 order.

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 They each

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.539
 stand alone,

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.219
 to be sure,

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.259
 but they

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.419
 also work

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.340
 in harmony

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:21.820
 together.

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 Let me

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:23.640
 show you

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:23.880
 what I

00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.320
 mean by

00:19:24.320 --> 00:19:24.620
 this.

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.180
 And let me

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.539
 issue a

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.180
 warning as

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.460
 I'm about

00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:27.700
 to do

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.080
 this too.

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.160
 We do

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.500
 have to be

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.200
 very careful

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.920
 when we

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:32.279
 apply framework

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.720
 to text

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:32.920
 of the

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.200
 Bible,

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.900
 lest we

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.480
 end up

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.960
 making the

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.380
 scripture say

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.680
 what we

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.039
 are trying

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.340
 to make

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:37.779
 it say

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.460
 in the

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.960
 application.

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 I've read

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:41.500
 many applied

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.000
 frameworks

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.440
 that you

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.779
 just go,

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.060
 I don't

00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:43.380
 even see

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.700
 how they

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.200
 got to

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.759
 this place,

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.620
 but often

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.019
 they're trying

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.400
 to draw

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.860
 a connection

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.480
 to a singular

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.200
 point,

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.460
 and that's

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.940
 why it

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.420
 gets applied

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.779
 in that

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.000
 way.

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.220
 I think

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.680
 this is a

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.220
 very fair

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.640
 framework.

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.519
 I think

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.880
 this is

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.240
 correct.

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.740
 I think

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.140
 this is

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.759
 why Jesus

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.340
 spoke them

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.900
 in this

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.600
 order.

00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.819
 But we

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.200
 take my

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.720
 framework

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.680
 not as

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.200
 inspired.

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.039
 The text

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.640
 is inspired.

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.539
 So,

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.779
 there's your

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:05.960
 warning.

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.799
 So,

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.380
 first,

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.680
 let's look at

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:07.960
 the first

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.720
 three Beatitudes.

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.080
 This is

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.740
 verses 3,

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.039
 4,

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.740
 and 5.

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.900
 You see

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.519
 in these

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.340
 three a

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.120
 recognition

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:16.700
 of our

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.420
 great

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.220
 awareness

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.460
 of need.

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.420
 You see

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.680
 the three

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.920
 that there

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.220
 are there.

00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:21.660
 We see

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.140
 that we

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.920
 have a

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.259
 spiritual

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.700
 poverty,

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.600
 nothing to

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.279
 offer God.

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.740
 We come

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:25.980
 to Him

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.759
 empty-handed,

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.000
 simply to

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.560
 the cross

00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.180
 we cling

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.620
 to be

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:29.900
 found

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.140
 righteous

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.500
 in Christ.

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.039
 We have

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.660
 no works

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:31.900
 that we

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.180
 can bring

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.460
 to God

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.680
 and say,

00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:33.380
 look at

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.220
 what I've

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:35.060
 done.

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.420
 Look at

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:36.360
 how I've

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:37.100
 accomplished.

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.420
 None of

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:38.740
 that will

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.279
 be of any

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.759
 credit

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.840
 before God.

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.019
 So,

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.200
 we're

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.779
 spiritually

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.279
 impoverished.

00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.600
 We have

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.880
 great need.

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.519
 We mourn

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.880
 over this.

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.320
 We have a

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:46.700
 deep

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.680
 sin,

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.000
 and the

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.900
 sin of

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.240
 the world

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.980
 around us.

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:52.539
 We flee

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.840
 to the

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.259
 cross

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:55.000
 impoverished

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.900
 and mourning

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:57.000
 over our

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 sinfulness.

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:58.840
 And,

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.860
 in meekness,

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.940
 we recognize

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.940
 our state.

00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:02.620
 We have a

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.320
 humility

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.480
 that doesn't

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.820
 seek retribution.

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.360
 It doesn't

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.980
 try to

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.940
 defend our

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.539
 rights at

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:10.080
 all costs.

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.920
 So,

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.440
 these three

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.940
 express this

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.960
 great awareness

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.820
 of need.

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:17.880
 Now,

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.600
 the fourth

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.400
 beatitude,

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.140
 in verse

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.860
 six,

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.360
 we see that

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:23.080
 that need

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:24.340
 is met.

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 Blessed are

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 those who

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:27.019
 hunger and

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.740
 thirst long

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.519
 for this

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:29.980
 thing they

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.779
 don't have,

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.840
 this expressed

00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.420
 need in the

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.779
 first three

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.360
 beatitudes,

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 because,

00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:35.900
 they're

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.700
 blessed because,

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:38.460
 they shall

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:40.279
 be satisfied.

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.480
 So,

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:41.940
 they hunger

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.319
 and thirst

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.819
 for righteousness,

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.680
 these blessed,

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.660
 and they're

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.119
 filled.

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.420
 And,

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.899
 they're filled.

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:49.779
 And,

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:49.940
 then,

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.460
 beatitude

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.819
 five through

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.440
 seven,

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:52.920
 five,

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.160
 six,

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.539
 and seven,

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:53.879
 found in

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.619
 verses seven,

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 eight,

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.759
 and nine,

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.819
 is the

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.819
 overflow

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.359
 of this

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.039
 being filled.

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.379
 The overflow

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:02.059
 of this being

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.740
 filled is that

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.359
 these people,

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.200
 myself,

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.639
 and I hope

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:05.960
 you this

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.259
 morning,

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.259
 find ourselves

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.960
 having been

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.519
 filled,

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.599
 overflowing

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.559
 as a

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.019
 merciful,

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.759
 pure,

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.339
 peacemaking

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.279
 people.

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.179
 And,

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.539
 in the final

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:17.959
 beatitude,

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.699
 found in

00:22:18.699 --> 00:22:20.159
 verses 10

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.779
 through 12,

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.839
 we see

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.919
 the result

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:24.359
 of this

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.379
 lived

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.879
 righteousness,

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.619
 this filled

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:26.899
 up,

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.740
 overflowing,

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.619
 lived righteousness,

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.939
 this mercy

00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:30.740
 and purity

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.939
 and peacemaking

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:33.279
 is what?

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.899
 Persecution.

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.339
 That we will

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.359
 be persecuted

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.019
 for

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.279
 righteousness.

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:39.859
 For righteousness

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:41.779
 sake.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.240
 So,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.759
 I hope you can

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.299
 see the flow.

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:45.139
 I think that

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.359
 Jesus builds

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.899
 us to the

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.759
 fourth beatitude

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.500
 and the

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.980
 meeting of

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.559
 this need

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:49.879
 and that

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.399
 becomes

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.639
 the watershed,

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.419
 so to speak,

00:22:52.459 --> 00:22:52.639
 of the

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.279
 beatitudes,

00:22:53.459 --> 00:22:53.699
 right?

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.359
 And then

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.480
 the living

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.319
 that follows

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.819
 and the

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.719
 result of

00:22:57.719 --> 00:22:59.179
 this kind

00:22:59.179 --> 00:23:00.779
 of living,

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.259
 right?

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.719
 So,

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.799
 we act

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.319
 as we

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.859
 are.

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:07.599
 so we

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.939
 do not

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.479
 say,

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:08.959
 oh,

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.199
 if I

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.719
 can just

00:23:09.719 --> 00:23:10.359
 be pure

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.019
 in heart

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.839
 and then

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.059
 labor under

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.679
 our own

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.199
 might to

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.979
 do such

00:23:14.979 --> 00:23:15.339
 and such

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.579
 or to

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.179
 not do

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.779
 such and

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.179
 such,

00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:18.339
 but rather,

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.679
 having been

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.679
 made righteous

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.339
 by the goodness

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.740
 of God

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.299
 toward us

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.599
 in the

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.279
 person and

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.799
 work of

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.059
 Jesus

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.619
 Christ,

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.319
 we evidence

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.159
 our salvation

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:28.419
 in the way

00:23:28.419 --> 00:23:29.459
 that we

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:29.839
 live.

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.980
 we must

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.579
 be so

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.379
 careful

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.059
 in our

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.679
 understanding

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.139
 of the

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.919
 gospel of

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.139
 Jesus

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.639
 Christ

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.759
 for our

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.220
 sake

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.959
 and for

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.419
 the sake

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:40.459
 of others.

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.159
 I have

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.699
 resolved

00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:43.179
 as a

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.500
 pastor

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.240
 that I'm

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.419
 going to

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:44.899
 spend my

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.519
 life

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.519
 answering

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.899
 three

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.500
 questions

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.659
 again

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.539
 and again

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.439
 and again

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.039
 and it

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.339
 is an

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.740
 honor to

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.220
 do so.

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.439
 You would

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.159
 think some

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.500
 of these

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.159
 questions we

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:55.559
 could move

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.000
 beyond,

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.559
 but I don't

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.000
 think we're

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.519
 ever going

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.059
 to do so

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.619
 in our

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:58.879
 age.

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.099
 And those

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.500
 three questions

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.759
 are,

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.439
 what is

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:00.599
 the

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:00.959
 Bible?

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.500
 It's the

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.000
 inerrant,

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.539
 all-powerful,

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.559
 sufficient,

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.019
 authoritative

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.439
 word of

00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:07.799
 God.

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.439
 I keep

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.059
 drawing people

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.539
 back to

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.079
 that great

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.720
 truth in

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.259
 this age

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.099
 of skepticism

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:14.099
 and opinion

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.799
 nation.

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.319
 Secondly,

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.480
 what is

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.959
 the gospel?

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.579
 What is

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.059
 the gospel?

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.359
 I'm going

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.519
 to talk

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.859
 more about

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.099
 that in

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.359
 a second.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.759
 And third,

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.259
 what is

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.339
 the church?

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:24.959
 Helping

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:25.339
 people to

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.599
 come to

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.119
 understand

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.839
 how it

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.159
 is that

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.519
 God's

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.859
 people are

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.220
 meant to

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.599
 gather

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.459
 and to

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:30.839
 go.

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:31.879
 But in

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.219
 answering the

00:24:32.219 --> 00:24:32.559
 question,

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.500
 what is the

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.899
 gospel?

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.819
 In an age

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:36.579
 of decisionism,

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:38.339
 where to be

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.039
 known by

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.579
 Christ,

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.299
 it would be

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.980
 taught to you

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.619
 that all you

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.619
 must do is

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.459
 raise your

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:43.879
 hand,

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.059
 no one's

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.719
 looking around,

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.639
 every head

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.039
 bowed,

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.519
 every eye

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.000
 closed.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.799
 I could fall

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.599
 right into it.

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.199
 We walk out

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.579
 here,

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.399
 we take a

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.099
 little stroll,

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.859
 I see you

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.119
 brother,

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.879
 I see that

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.379
 hand going

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.719
 up,

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.279
 right?

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.819
 We press,

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.839
 we emotionally

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.539
 manipulate,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.640
 we push at

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.059
 people,

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.100
 and then,

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.839
 once they

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.420
 filled out a

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.759
 card,

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.140
 we say,

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.759
 there is

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:03.900
 your

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.460
 assurance,

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.200
 right?

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.579
 It's a

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:05.920
 date,

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.460
 and it's

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.980
 a time.

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.579
 Many of

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.980
 you have

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.299
 heard me

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.920
 say before,

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.519
 I grew up

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.740
 in a

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.860
 church under

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.480
 a pastor

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.360
 who said,

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.220
 if you

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.720
 ever doubt

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.440
 your salvation,

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.579
 turn to

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.019
 the front of

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.440
 your Bible

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.779
 where you

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 wrote down

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 the date

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 you walked

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 the aisle,

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 and meditate

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 on that

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 date.

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 And this

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.200
 type of

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.599
 teaching

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.640
 damns people

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 to hell.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.019
 To say,

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.759
 merely the

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.299
 act of

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 walking,

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.200
 now praise

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.779
 the Lord,

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.140
 he has

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.799
 saved people

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.440
 in invitations.

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.160
 Many of

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.559
 you may

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.039
 have responded

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.379
 to an

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.779
 invitation

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.539
 like that,

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.559
 and God

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.740
 saved you.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.759
 It was not

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.420
 the invitation

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.379
 that saved

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.539
 you.

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:42.980
 It was a

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.500
 good and

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.200
 gracious God

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.019
 who changed

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.619
 your heart

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.440
 and caused

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.240
 you to

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.440
 believe in

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.819
 him.

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.960
 So the

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.640
 scripture tells

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.079
 us,

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.359
 if you

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.779
 doubt your

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.299
 salvation,

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.839
 go and

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.500
 look at

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.039
 what Christians

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.819
 look like.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.000
 What do

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.539
 citizens of

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.879
 the kingdom

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.319
 of heaven

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.980
 do?

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 Find

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.099
 yourself in

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.879
 the Beatitudes.

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.480
 Could you

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.819
 say of

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.200
 yourself,

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.680
 yes,

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.039
 this is

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.480
 me,

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.140
 impoverished

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.680
 of spirit,

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.220
 mourning

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.799
 over my

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.220
 sin,

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.299
 meek,

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.920
 not seeking

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.740
 out retribution,

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.579
 hungering and

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.220
 thirsting for

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.720
 righteousness.

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.319
 God is

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.920
 working in

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.099
 me,

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.279
 mercy and

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.379
 purity and

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.460
 peacemaking.

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.900
 I'm

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.779
 experiencing the

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.359
 persecution,

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.220
 the push,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.680
 back from

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.319
 the world

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.859
 for living

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.680
 in this

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.019
 way.

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.059
 If you

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.759
 don't find

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.799
 yourself in

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.200
 this,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.240
 you've

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.119
 either wandered

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.519
 from the

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.000
 truth or

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.700
 you've never

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.519
 believed it

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.039
 to begin

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.420
 with.

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.000
 In an

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.279
 age of

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.640
 decision,

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.200
 we have to

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.799
 be so

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.539
 accurate,

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.200
 so precise,

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.359
 an age of

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.180
 easy

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.680
 believism that

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.700
 expects nothing

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.079
 of you,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.619
 that would

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.160
 teach you that

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.920
 Jesus could be

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.559
 your savior,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.259
 but he doesn't

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.039
 have to be

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.920
 your lord.

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.359
 This is

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.920
 false,

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.279
 it is

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.180
 heretical to

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.180
 say such

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.539
 a thing.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.619
 If Jesus is

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.099
 your savior,

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.039
 he is

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.799
 your lord.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.299
 If you

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.799
 have beheld

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.139
 the glory

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.500
 of God

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.720
 in the

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.019
 face of

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.240
 Jesus

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.680
 Christ,

00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.980
 you will

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.799
 have no

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.480
 option but

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.980
 to say,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.539
 yes,

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.480
 sir.

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.420
 We must

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.099
 be those

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.680
 who are a

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.379
 beacon of

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.180
 the truth

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.200
 for the

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.940
 sake of

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.740
 souls.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.180
 Everybody

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.140
 you meet

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.420
 will live

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.560
 forever.

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.759
 1 John

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.519
 chapter 1

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.799
 verse 5

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.340
 to 10.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.539
 The apostle

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.340
 John addresses

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.539
 this.

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.060
 This is one

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.420
 of those

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.060
 places,

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.600
 right?

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.799
 What do

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.160
 we do

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.600
 when someone

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.720
 isn't confident

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.160
 of their

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.500
 faith?

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.060
 If you find

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.660
 yourself in

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.440
 that place,

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.860
 the whole

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.360
 book of

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.799
 1 John

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.380
 is about

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.960
 this.

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.380
 And not

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.880
 once does

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.160
 he say,

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.480
 turn to

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.840
 the front

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.160
 of your

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.440
 Bible

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.880
 and look

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.080
 at a

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.320
 date.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.100
 He says,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.440
 rather,

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.000
 verse 5

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.480
 and following,

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:45.960
 this is the

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.480
 message we

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.019
 have heard

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.759
 from him

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.840
 and proclaim

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:50.240
 to you,

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.700
 that God

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.220
 is light

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.799
 and in

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.440
 him is

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.580
 no darkness

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.920
 at all.

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.000
 Okay,

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.600
 so God

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.980
 is perfectly

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.880
 holy.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.759
 In him

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.160
 is light

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.080
 and in

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.340
 him is

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.240
 no darkness

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.840
 at all.

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.080
 If we

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.660
 say we

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.400
 have fellowship

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.259
 with him

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.980
 while we

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.840
 walk in

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.200
 darkness,

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.600
 so while

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.380
 our life

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.299
 is characterized

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.839
 by sinfulness,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.419
 right?

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.240
 Not that we

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.859
 sin at

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.500
 times,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:16.879
 beloved,

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.359
 we all

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.819
 do this,

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.139
 but while

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.879
 we walk

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.079
 in it,

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.339
 it is

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.159
 who we

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.899
 are.

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.559
 Verse 6

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.859
 goes on

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.059
 to say,

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.839
 we lie

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.279
 and do

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.119
 not practice

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.359
 the truth.

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.180
 But if we

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.859
 say we

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.619
 walk in

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.139
 the light,

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:30.899
 our lives

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.579
 are characterized

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.700
 by walking

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.319
 in the light,

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.720
 as he is

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.299
 in the light,

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.259
 we have

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.639
 fellowship

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.019
 with one

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.319
 another,

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.659
 and the

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.200
 blood of

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.519
 Jesus,

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.159
 his son,

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.859
 cleanses

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:41.419
 us from

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.179
 all sin.

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.419
 Now,

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.919
 if you

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.519
 are objecting

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.819
 to anything

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.259
 I'm saying

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.639
 right now,

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.139
 at this point

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.479
 you might

00:28:46.479 --> 00:28:46.659
 go,

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.299
 but wait,

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.839
 none of us

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.259
 are perfect,

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.779
 how dare

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.579
 anybody say

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.319
 they're walking

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.240
 in the light?

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.059
 John does

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.379
 the same

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.679
 thing,

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.099
 so here

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.419
 we go.

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.559
 He says,

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.439
 if we

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.819
 say we

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.240
 have no

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.500
 sin,

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.839
 so don't

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.179
 you dare,

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.559
 right?

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.839
 If we

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.159
 say we

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.519
 have no

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.779
 sin,

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.939
 we deceive

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.559
 ourselves

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.019
 and the

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.839
 truth is

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.740
 not in

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.079
 us.

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.079
 So he

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.039
 punctuates,

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.779
 walking in

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.079
 the light

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.339
 doesn't

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.759
 mean we're

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.439
 sinless,

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.299
 right?

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.599
 It means

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.859
 we're

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.539
 characterized

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.579
 by pursuing

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.339
 truth,

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.000
 characterized

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.579
 by mercy

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.480
 and purity

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.019
 of heart

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.399
 and peacemaking,

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.339
 right?

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.980
 Because we're

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.579
 liars if we

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.819
 say we

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.019
 have no

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.419
 sin.

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.500
 But then

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.139
 verse 9

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.639
 and 10,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:23.919
 if we

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.559
 confess our

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.839
 sins,

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:25.519
 he's faithful

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.939
 and just

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.379
 to forgive

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.699
 us our

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.259
 sins and

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.839
 to cleanse

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.980
 us from

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.359
 all unrighteousness.

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.980
 We continue

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.879
 to persist

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.539
 in this

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.539
 walking in

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.859
 the light,

00:29:33.939 --> 00:29:34.379
 this pursuing

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.240
 of holiness.

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.879
 If we say

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.419
 we have

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.120
 not sinned,

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.100
 we make

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.460
 him a

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.420
 liar and

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.920
 his word

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.000
 is not

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.480
 in us.

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.980
 So we

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.400
 want to

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.900
 look at

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.240
 a text

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.880
 like this.

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.800
 We want

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.160
 to say,

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.560
 oh,

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:46.860
 do I

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.539
 walk in

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.960
 darkness

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.420
 or do I

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.940
 walk in

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.279
 light?

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.680
 We want

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.940
 to go to

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.620
 other places

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.980
 in the

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.180
 scripture

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.600
 that help

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:52.920
 us to

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.519
 understand

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.940
 what

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.580
 walking

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.180
 in the

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.539
 light

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.820
 looks like.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.160
 What are

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.600
 the deeds

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:57.820
 of the

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.140
 flesh?

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.680
 And what

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:58.940
 are the

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.200
 deeds

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.740
 of the

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.519
 spirit?

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.259
 Am I

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.779
 characterized

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.580
 by one

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.660
 or the

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.940
 other?

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.120
 And if

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.440
 we find

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.640
 that we're

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.019
 characterized

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.220
 by those

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.759
 like those

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.200
 who walk

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.120
 in darkness,

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.759
 then repent.

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.299
 Repent and

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.720
 turn to

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.920
 faith in

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.600
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.440
 Your

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:16.100
 great effort,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.500
 your highest

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.240
 effort at

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.700
 righteousness

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.620
 is going to

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.779
 fall miserably

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.440
 short of

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.240
 God's standard

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.100
 of righteousness.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.400
 It will only

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.519
 be found by

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.360
 having Jesus'

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:27.920
 righteousness

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.980
 given to

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.259
 you,

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.980
 imputed

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.360
 to you.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.680
 Look to

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.100
 Christ.

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.799
 Jesus

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.259
 says that

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.519
 it is

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.699
 the

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.159
 pure

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.740
 in

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.179
 heart

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.819
 that

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.000
 are

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.699
 blessed.

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.279
 Why are

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.359
 the

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.519
 pure

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.639
 in

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:40.899
 heart

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.579
 declared

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.579
 blessed?

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.919
 Because

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:45.179
 they

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:46.159
 shall

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.679
 see

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.599
 God.

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.500
 This

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.019
 is so

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.339
 good.

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.139
 This

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.519
 is so

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.799
 good.

00:30:51.459 --> 00:30:51.679
 They

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.039
 shall

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.679
 see

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:54.019
 God.

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.119
 This

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.559
 statement

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.799
 by

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.240
 Jesus

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.480
 would

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.639
 have

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:57.879
 sent

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.099
 his

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.539
 Jewish

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.259
 audience's

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.959
 minds

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.759
 skipping

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.240
 off

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.759
 to

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.059
 Exodus

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.539
 chapter

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.559
 33.

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.180
 Your

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.400
 mind

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.559
 might

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.680
 not

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.759
 have

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:05.880
 done

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.000
 that

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.140
 and

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.400
 that's

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.779
 okay.

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.640
 But

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.779
 you

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:07.920
 can

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.140
 flip

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.360
 right

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.519
 now

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.660
 with

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:08.759
 me

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:08.880
 to

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.120
 Exodus

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.400
 chapter

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.900
 33

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.440
 and

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.740
 verse

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.620
 18.

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.380
 This

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.500
 is

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.740
 right

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.860
 where

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:12.960
 their

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.200
 minds

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.319
 would

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.400
 have

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.640
 gone.

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.140
 See

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.779
 God

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.259
 really?

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.960
 That's

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.140
 what they

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.240
 would

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.340
 have

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:17.559
 said

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:20.400
 in

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.559
 my

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.019
 imagination.

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.920
 So

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.039
 in

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.220
 Exodus

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.420
 chapter

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.840
 33

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:28.840


00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.339
 Israel's

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.759
 encamped

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:29.919
 at

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.139
 Mount

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.720
 Sinai.

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.359
 Previously

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.799
 Moses

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:32.899
 has

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.000
 gone

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.159
 up

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.240
 on

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.339
 the

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.519
 mountain

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.659
 and

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:33.839
 received

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.000
 the

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.139
 Ten

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.519
 Commandments.

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.720
 He's

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:34.919
 come

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.299
 back

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.579
 down

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.779
 from

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:35.919
 the

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.199
 mountain.

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.720
 He's

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.139
 discovered

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.500
 God's

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.759
 people

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.480
 already

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.179
 have

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.639
 forsaken

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:39.919
 him,

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.179
 have

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.639
 created

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.199
 a

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.519
 golden

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.879
 calf

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.119
 that

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.579
 according

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.720
 to

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:42.919
 Aaron

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.480
 magically

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.879
 jumped

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.079
 out

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.139
 of

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.259
 the

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.579
 fire.

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:47.059
 Moses

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.439
 gets

00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.199
 furious,

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:48.740
 breaks

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:48.899
 the

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.119
 stones

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.240
 of

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.419
 tablet,

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.659
 goes

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.099
 back

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.279
 up

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.459
 onto

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.619
 the

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:50.939
 mountain.

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.759
 God

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.279
 says,

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:52.980
 I'm

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.319
 done

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.519
 with

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.699
 you

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.519
 God

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:02.220
 agrees

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.559
 that

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.819
 he'll

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.179
 go

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.579
 with

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.839
 them.

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.619
 First

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.859
 he says

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:05.959
 he'll

00:32:05.959 --> 00:32:06.079
 go

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.220
 with

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.539
 Moses

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.740
 and

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.899
 Moses

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.039
 says,

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.199
 oh,

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.379
 but you

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.539
 must

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.679
 go

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:07.819
 with

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.079
 us.

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.519
 He

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.939
 agrees

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.139
 that

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.240
 he'll

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.379
 do

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.599
 this

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:09.839
 thing.

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.019
 So

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.139
 it's

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.259
 this

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.019
 amazing

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.699
 act

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.399
 of

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.079
 mercy

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.519
 on

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.799
 God's

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.079
 part.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.899
 So

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.119
 that's

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.919
 my

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.259
 super

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.619
 quick

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.939
 summary

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.099
 of

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.179
 a

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.339
 couple

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.480
 of

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.839
 chapters

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.500
 that

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.819
 leads

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.139
 Moses

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.359
 to

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.720
 ask

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.939
 this

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.919
 astounding

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.359
 thing.

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.980
 It's

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.459
 huge.

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.299
 Early

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.899
 readers

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.319
 of this

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.619
 would have

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:26.879
 gone,

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.519
 what?

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.839
 You

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.139
 asked

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.420
 God,

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.039
 what?

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.420
 Moses

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.819
 said,

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.079
 verse

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.519
 18,

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.839
 please,

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.779
 he knows

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:34.980
 it's a

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.400
 big ask,

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.440
 please show

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.879
 me your

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.480
 glory,

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.000
 right?

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.420
 He's

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.879
 asking for

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.180
 God to

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.539
 show him

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.980
 very

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.759
 self,

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.500
 his being,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.440
 who he

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.000
 is.

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.920
 And this

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.279
 is God's

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.900
 response to

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.119
 him.

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.799
 I will

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.460
 make all

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.339
 my goodness

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.139
 pass before

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.240
 you and

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.920
 will proclaim

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.900
 before you

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.940
 my name,

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.240
 the Lord,

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.359
 and I

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.599
 will be

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.039
 gracious

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.240
 to

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.439
 whom I

00:32:58.439 --> 00:32:58.519
 will

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.639
 be

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:58.879
 gracious

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.219
 and I

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.319
 will

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.459
 show

00:32:59.459 --> 00:32:59.879
 mercy

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.359
 on whom

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.599
 I

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:00.899
 will

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.599
 show

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.000
 mercy.

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.179
 But

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.379
 he

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.799
 said,

00:33:03.979 --> 00:33:04.139
 God

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.479
 said,

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.240
 you

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.579
 cannot

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.839
 see

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.000
 my

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.299
 face

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.459
 for

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.919
 man

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.419
 shall

00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:07.740
 not

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.099
 see

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.519
 me

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.159
 and

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.059
 live.

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.240
 And

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.659
 behold,

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.199
 there is

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.619
 a place

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.259
 by me

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.699
 where you

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:14.919
 shall

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.579
 stand

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.119
 on the

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.479
 rock.

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.339
 And

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.479
 while

00:33:17.479 --> 00:33:17.699
 my

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.259
 glory

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.799
 passes

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.159
 by,

00:33:19.219 --> 00:33:19.279
 I

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.339
 will

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.619
 put

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:19.779
 you

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:19.979
 in

00:33:19.979 --> 00:33:20.159
 a

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.759
 cleft

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:20.759


00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.079
 of the

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.299
 rock.

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.559
 That's

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.279
 a little

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.039
 alcove

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.779
 of the

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.099
 rock.

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.919
 And

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.019
 I

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.139
 will

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:25.459
 cover

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:25.599
 you

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.719
 with

00:33:25.719 --> 00:33:25.879
 my

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.079
 hand

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.240
 until

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.339
 I

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.480
 have

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.799
 passed

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.099
 by.

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.619
 Then

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.119
 I

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.219
 will

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.399
 take

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.539
 away

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.719
 my

00:33:28.719 --> 00:33:28.980
 hand

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.159
 and

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.399
 you

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.639
 shall

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.039
 see

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.500
 my

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.059
 back.

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.279
 But

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.480
 my

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.099
 face

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.779
 shall

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.179
 not

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:34.019
 be

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.379
 seen.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.319
 So

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.559
 God

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.919
 says,

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.339
 I

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.480
 will

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.759
 grant

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:36.899
 you

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.079
 your

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.539
 request,

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:37.719
 but

00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:37.819
 in

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:37.939
 a

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.079
 way

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.279
 that

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.579
 won't

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.019
 kill

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.319
 you.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.539
 I'm

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.859
 just

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.039
 going

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.119
 to

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.319
 let

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.459
 you

00:33:41.459 --> 00:33:41.819
 see

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.299
 me

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.559
 as

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.379
 I

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.240
 pass

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.939
 by.

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.399
 All

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.619
 my

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.179
 goodness

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.199
!

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.919
 And

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.079
 beloved,

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:55.299
 we

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.559
 come

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.839
 to

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:55.959
 the

00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.099
 New

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.480
 Testament,

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.079
 to

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.219
 the

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:57.399
 New

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.740
 Covenant,

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.259
 and we

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.599
 read in

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.219
 John 1

00:33:59.219 --> 00:33:59.419
 and

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:00.000
 verse 14,

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.240
 And the

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.559
 word became

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.359
 flesh and

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.879
 dwelt among

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.319
 us,

00:34:04.699 --> 00:34:05.459
 and we

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.339
 have seen

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.240
 his glory,

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.659
 glory as

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.000
 of the

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.099
 only Son

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.779
 from the

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.119
 Father,

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.839
 full of

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:14.259
 grace and

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.699
 truth.

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.059
 And then

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.319
 in verse

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.759
 18,

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.179
 no one

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.480
 has ever

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.880
 seen

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.339
 God,

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.460
 the only

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.920
 God,

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:20.860
 who is at

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.559
 the Father's

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.059
 side.

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.400
 He,

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.759
 being

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.179
 Jesus,

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.279
 has made

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.199
 Him,

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.119
 being

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.679
 God,

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.299
 known.

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.360
 So we

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.139
 behold

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.000
 the glory

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.639
 of God

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.380
 as we

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.059
 look

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.079
 at

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.960
 Christ

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.940
 in a

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.279
 sense.

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.719
 Many of

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:41.840
 you are

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.320
 familiar with

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.000
 the hymn

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.699
 Rock of

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.099
 Ages,

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.980
 written by

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.380
 the 18th

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.739
 century

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.900
 hymnist

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.719
 Augustus

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.320
 Toplady,

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.699
 who's one

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:48.960
 of my,

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.900
 he's got

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.159
 the greatest

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.619
 name,

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.380
 anyway,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.799
 of

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.160
 hymn

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.480
 writers,

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.519
 where he

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.100
 wrote this,

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.880
 Rock of

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.380
 Ages,

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.740
 cleft

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:59.060
 for me,

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.300
 let me

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.840
 hide

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.660
 myself

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.940
 in thee,

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:03.360
 he's talking

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.960
 about Jesus,

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.580
 right,

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.420
 let me be

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.480
 in your,

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.460
 clothed in

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.780
 you,

00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:08.280
 your

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.900
 righteousness,

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:09.940
 right,

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.280
 let the

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.160
 water and

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.660
 the blood

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:13.440
 from thy

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.980
 wounded

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.700
 side,

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.180
 which

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:16.080
 flowed,

00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:17.180
 be of

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.800
 sin,

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.039
 the double

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.820
 cure,

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.380
 double

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.900
 imputation,

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.619
 that's what

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.980
 he's talking

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.300
 about,

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.619
 be of

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.119
 sin,

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.880
 the double

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.720
 cure,

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.059
 save

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.160
 from wrath

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:28.440
 and make

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.780
 me

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:30.079
 pure,

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.660
 incredible,

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.059
 it's an

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:34.000
 astounding

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.940
 truth,

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.180
 that we

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.660
 get a

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.360
 glimpse

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.880
 of God

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.360
 himself

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.019
 and all

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.639
 his glory

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.059
 as we

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.760
 behold

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:43.519
 Christ,

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.360
 as with

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.920
 all of the

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.180
 blessed

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.960
 declarations,

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.000
 there is

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.519
 an element

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.460
 of now

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.599
 and not

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.340
 yet,

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.699
 now

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.360
 and

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.619
 not

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.460
 yet,

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.900
 Paul writes

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.460
 in 1 Corinthians

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.139
 chapter 13

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.840
 verse 12,

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.579
 for now we

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.380
 see in a

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.780
 mirror

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.980
 dimly,

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.340
 but then

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.599
 face to

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.059
 face,

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.159
 now I

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.639
 know in

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:05.940
 part,

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.559
 then I

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.119
 shall know

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.639
 fully,

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.559
 even as

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.679
 I have

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.460
 been fully

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.780
 known,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.059
 so I'm

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.440
 believing,

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.740
 right,

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.500
 having been

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.860
 given a

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.960
 glimpse of

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.199
 the glory

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.659
 of God

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.380
 in Jesus

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.860
 Christ,

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.260
 that we'll

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.679
 get a

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.260
 greater

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:20.000
 glimpse of

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.220
 that,

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.659
 that we

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.139
 have

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.920
 seen

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.420
 God

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.920
 now,

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.300
 but we'll

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.980
 more fully

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.940
 see him

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:26.380
 then.

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.119
 The

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.360
 apostle

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.119
 John,

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.619
 again in

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.079
 Revelation

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.539
 chapter 22,

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.320
 verses 3 and

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.659
 4,

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.619
 writes,

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.340
 no longer

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.960
 will there

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.840
 be anything

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.659
 accursed,

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.840
 but the throne

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.280
 of God

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.599
 and of the

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.019
 Lamb will be

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.400
 in it,

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.840
 and his

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.300
 servants

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.880
 will worship

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.199
 him,

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.720
 they will

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.980
 see his

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.800
 face,

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.800
 and his

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.579
 name will

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.000
 be on

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:49.840
 their foreheads.

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.139
 It is an

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.920
 incredible thing

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.320
 to behold

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.579
 God in

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.559
 knowing and

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.480
 being known

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.260
 by Jesus

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.800
 Christ,

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.740
 and it

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.199
 will be a

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.599
 further

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.280
 astounding

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.820
 thing to

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.519
 behold him

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.360
 more fully

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.380
 on the

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.940
 magnificent

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.659
 day when

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.860
 we are

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.539
 glorified

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:06.000
 with him.

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.519
 I hope

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.860
 that you'll

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.360
 be counted

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:09.039
 in that

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.400
 number.

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.579
 If you

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.000
 don't think

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.519
 you will,

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:13.019
 turn to

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.480
 God by

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.340
 faith in

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.159
 Christ this

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.440
 morning.

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.139
 Beloved,

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.000
 because those

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.300
 who are

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.659
 pure in

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.059
 heart will

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.840
 see God,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.340
 we have

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.619
 great hope

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.599
 for today,

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.679
 and we

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.420
 have great

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.559
 hope for

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.699
 forever.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.800
 We find

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.220
 in this

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.679
 utterance

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:29.940
 of our

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.539
 Lord great

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.179
 reason to

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:32.119
 rejoice in

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.740
 his gracious

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.579
 work on

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.059
 our behalf.

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.139
 There's our

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.740
 application,

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.460
 right?

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.619
 At least part

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.079
 of it for

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.380
 it this

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.699
 morning.

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.679
 Have a

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.539
 great hope.

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.820
 Rejoice in

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.220
 the goodness

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.900
 of God to

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.519
 you in

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.619
 Christ.

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.199
 And we

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.059
 also find

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.679
 great reason

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:51.019
 to pursue

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.239
 purity,

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.739
 right?

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.800
 To show

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.840
 ourselves to

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:56.039
 be in

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:57.000
 the faith,

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.780
 to press

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.980
 on in

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.960
 holiness,

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 to find a

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.860
 confidence that

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.679
 God is at work

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.340
 within us for

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 the praise of

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 his name to

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.880
 the ends

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.860
 of the

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 earth.

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:10.359
 I want

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.699
 to close

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.059
 with a

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.739
 little bit

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.139
 of a

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.019
 hymn by

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.419
 another

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:13.980
 famous

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.439
 18th

00:38:14.439 --> 00:38:14.759
 century

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.319
 hymn writer

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:15.639
 by the

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:15.980
 name of

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.419
 Fanny

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:17.039
 Crosby.

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 The song

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.399
 is called

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 My Savior

00:38:19.419 --> 00:38:20.339
 First of

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.639
 All.

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 I don't

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.659
 think this

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.099
 one's familiar

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.679
 to you.

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.159
 Please tell

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.460
 me later

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.839
 if it is.

00:38:23.939 --> 00:38:24.259
 I had

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.559
 never heard

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.719
 of it

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.000
 before.

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.279
 She wrote

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.620
 this,

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.160
 When my

00:38:28.160 --> 00:38:28.980
 life work

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.740
 is ended

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.600
 and I

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:31.600
 cross the

00:38:31.600 --> 00:38:32.160
 swelling

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:32.740
 tide,

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.820
 when the

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 bright and

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:34.980
 glorious

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.040
 morning I

00:38:36.040 --> 00:38:36.860
 shall see,

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.080
 I shall

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:38.760
 know my

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.320
 Redeemer when

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.040
 I reach the

00:38:40.040 --> 00:38:40.800
 other side,

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.260
 and his

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.040
 smile will

00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:42.360
 be the

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.340
 first to

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:44.080
 welcome me.

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.460
 Through the

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.019
 gates of the

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.740
 city in a

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.360
 robe of

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.060
 spotless

00:38:48.060 --> 00:38:48.580
 white,

00:38:49.040 --> 00:38:49.380
 he will

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.820
 lead me

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.360
 where no

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.100
 tears will

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:51.840
 ever fall.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.700
 In the

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.580
 glad songs

00:38:53.580 --> 00:38:54.700
 of ages I

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.620
 shall mingle

00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.260
 with the

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.800
 delight,

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.880
 but I

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.920
 long to

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.400
 meet my

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:01.200
 Savior first

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:01.700
 of all.

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.900
 Blessed are

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.900
 those who

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.620
 are pure in

00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:06.160
 heart, for

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:07.180
 they shall

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:08.660
 see God.

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.640
 Let's pray

00:39:09.640 --> 00:39:09.920
 together.