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 5 verses 17 through 20, right, where Jesus says, I came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill the law.

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 And so I thought, well, what if rather than starting in on Exodus 20 this morning, we start in on the Sermon on the Mount.

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 It's been quite some time as a church since we've done that.

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 I think it's been 10 years since we looked at the Sermon on the Mount together.

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 And to do instead a series through the Sermon on the Mount, which will get us to Matthew chapter 5 verses 17 through 20 and force the issue once again at that point.

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 So essentially, I bought myself eight or nine weeks to sort through it all.

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 However, there's a massive richness at the beginning of chapter 5.

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 So I don't want you to feel like we're just biding time, but rather let's dive in together into the Sermon on the Mount and then we'll get to that place.

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 I believe you'll find that Exodus 20 and Matthew 5 and on into 6 are intrinsically interwoven, but we'll see when we get to that point.

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 So we're going to begin working on that.

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 If you are a college student and you were really, really hoping to do Exodus 20 before the semester was out, I'm just sorry.

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 We probably won't get into it until this summer, but we'll see how the pace goes and hopefully this will serve you well.

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 So our text for today is Matthew chapter 5 verses 1 through 3.

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 Before I read that, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

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 It is written for his glory and for our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Matthew chapter 5 verse 1 and following.

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 Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up on the mountain and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

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 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

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

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 In Matthew's account, this sermon comes very quickly at the beginning of Jesus' ministry.

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 So as introduction, let's take a quick look back into chapter 4 at Jesus' ministry to this point.

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 Matthew 4, 12 through 17.

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 John the Baptist has just been arrested.

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 And Matthew writes for us, verse 12 and following.

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 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.

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 And leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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 In verses 14 through 16, Matthew tells us this was to fulfill an Old Testament prophecy.

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 And then in verse 17, he writes,

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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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 So this is the very beginning in Matthew's account of Jesus' earthly ministry.

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 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 Then we see in chapter 4, verses 18 through 22,

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 Jesus calls some of the first disciples, four of them, two sets of brothers.

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 And then in verses 23 through 25,

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 Jesus proclaims the gospel of the kingdom,

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 this good news of the coming kingdom of God.

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 He performs many miracles as signs to this coming kingdom,

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 verifying the things that he's teaching.

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 And as a result, gathers crowds.

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 People begin to follow him around.

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 And so in chapter 5, verses 1 and 2,

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 Matthew sets the stage for this most famous of Jesus' sermons.

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 It was not his only sermon,

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 but it was certainly the most famous of Jesus' sermons.

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 And Matthew tells us that there is a crowd.

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 Seeing the crowds,

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 Jesus goes away from the crowds and goes up onto the mountain.

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 He tells us that Jesus ascends an unnamed mountain.

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 We're not entirely sure there's some long-standing tradition which mountain it is,

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 but we're not exactly sure which mountain.

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 It's not significant really.

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 He goes away from the crowd in order to teach.

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 And Matthew tells us that his primary audience is not the crowd.

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 So note verse 1,

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 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain.

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 And when he sat down, who came to him?

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 His disciples.

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 His disciples came to him.

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 So he's called some, right?

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 So far we've seen in Matthew's text 4.

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 There may have been some others at this point.

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 Some of this crowd may have been considered disciples at this point.

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 But the thing I want you to hear very clearly is that Jesus preaches this sermon not to unbelievers,

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 but to believers.

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 Much like many of the New Testament epistles, right, are written as letters to churches.

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 And so we do well to keep that in mind as we're going to walk our way through the text of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 The Sermon on the Mount is understood to be a declaration of the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom has come because the king has come.

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 Jesus here is teaching what those who are citizens of his kingdom will look like.

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 Remember, he is teaching his disciples.

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 And as we study across these three chapters, we're going to see two major themes emerge,

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 which we'll consider at length in the coming months.

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 The first major theme that I'm going to talk about anyway is whole person righteousness.

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 Whole person righteousness.

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 Jesus in this sermon corrects the misunderstanding that God is only concerned with action

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 and the outward appearance of righteousness.

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 Citizens of God's kingdom will not only honor God with their actions,

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 but also with their thoughts, intentions, motivations, emotions.

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 God cares about our hearts, not merely the exterior.

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 So whole person righteousness is going to emerge as a prominent theme throughout this text.

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 And I believe as a result of this whole person righteousness,

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 the second theme that emerges is human flourishing.

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 The well-being of God's disciples, those citizens of God's kingdom will flourish.

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 They will have joy and comfort and peace and satisfaction.

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 We will see in the sermon that the flourishing of God's kingdom

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 often runs in direct contradiction to the world's concept of flourishing.

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 But nonetheless, we'll flourish in the kingdom of God.

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 And in verse 3, Jesus begins his sermon and leads out with this second theme of human flourishing

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 in making the declaration,

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 blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 Now, I'll get into some of this in the coming weeks.

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 We'll talk more about this word that's translated blessed here.

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 We know, if you're familiar with your scripture,

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 that this is often called the Beatitudes,

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 which is a translation of a transliteration from Latin into English.

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 It's very complex why we end up arriving at this spot of beatitude.

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 These blessings, these declarations of blessing on particular quality of citizens of the kingdom.

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 The Greek word here translated blessed is makarios.

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 And there's a lot of translation dilemma here.

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 Some words translated from Greek into English are very simple translations.

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 Often when we're looking at New Testament texts,

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 we want to go on the deeper dive and go see what the original language means.

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 And you go, oh yeah, yeah, it means what it means in English.

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 Well done, translators.

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 But there are some Greek words that are very difficult to apply an equivalent English word to.

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 And that's when it's helpful that we are students of the original language

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 and we do our best to try to wrap our minds around what this word means.

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 So often we see it, and here in this case, in the ESV, we see it blessed.

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 Some will say happy.

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 Some will say joyful, like an abiding, intrinsic happiness.

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 But the challenge to some of those things is that God's people aren't always happy, are we?

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 It's acceptable as God's people to mourn.

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 The very next blessed is about mourning.

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 It's about sadness over something in particular.

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 So it becomes a little bit difficult then.

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 What does it mean exactly?

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 Are we meant to be bubbly?

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 Is that what Jesus is suggesting to us here?

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 And it's not.

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 Fortunate could be another English word put in this place.

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 But my favorite is flourishing.

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 And we will, in the coming weeks, unpack what that flourishing looks like.

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 But you could think of it as well-being.

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 Doing well are the poor in spirit.

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 Jesus here is making a declaration, right?

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 That those who are poor in spirit are blessed.

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 It's as if he is observing a person poor in spirit.

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 And he's saying to them, he's saying to the disciples, look at the poor in spirit.

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 They are blessed.

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 He's declaring this.

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 He's putting a label on to this person.

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 Look at the way they are.

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 They are blessed.

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 They're doing well.

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 They're flourishing.

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 All goes well with them because they're poor in spirit.

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 An example of this, just to make the point of the way this is a declaration made.

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 Matthew 16, 17, after Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ.

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 Jesus asked Peter, who do you say that I am?

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 And Peter responds, you are the Christ.

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 Verse 17 says, Jesus answered him, blessed are you, Simon Barjona, right?

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 Blessed.

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 He puts this label on to him.

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 You are blessed.

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 Why?

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 For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven, right?

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 You've had this truth of who I am revealed to you by my Father.

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 And therefore, you are doing well.

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 You are flourishing because you're recognizing me as the Christ.

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 And so, Jesus says, declares, blessed are those who are poor in spirit.

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 So, what does it mean to be poor in spirit?

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 Jesus here is not talking about those who are financially poor.

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 He does not say, blessed are the poor.

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 He says, blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 Now, the financially poor may have one less obstacle to recognizing their spiritual poverty.

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 But that is not the criteria that Jesus is teaching here.

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 He declares, blessed are those who are poor in spirit.

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 In order to grasp the meaning of this phrase, I want to take you on a brief survey of Bible characters.

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 I want to show you men throughout biblical history who were poor in spirit to help us wrap our mind around what this means,

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 beginning with Abraham and ending with Paul.

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 And my prayer is that we'll witness these individuals' recognition of their spiritual poverty.

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 So, hang with me.

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 I don't think you actually need to turn, maybe write references so you can test me later that I'm actually reading to you the scripture.

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 But let's start with Abraham.

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 In dealing with the Lord about Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham said in Genesis 18, 27,

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 Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord.

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 I who am but dust and ashes.

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 Jacob, when he returned to the promised land after spending 20 years in exile,

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 he wrestled with God in prayer and said in Genesis 32, 10,

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 I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant.

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 Abraham, I am but dust and ashes.

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 Jacob, I am not worthy of the goodness that you've shown me.

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 Moses, when God came to him and gave him this mission to go back to Egypt to set his people free,

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 Abraham said in Exodus 3, 11, and then in chapter 4, 10,

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 Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?

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 Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either heretofore or since thou hast spoken to thy servant,

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 but I am slow of speech and of tongue.

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 Why send me?

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 Is what Moses says to God.

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 We know that God gets angry at him, but not because of his understanding of himself,

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 but because he fails to believe that God will deliver his people.

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 David, King David, after he is an adulterous murderer,

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 he says in Psalm 51, verse 17,

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 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart.

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 Oh, God, you will not despise.

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 And it's easy to agree that this is the spirit that pleases God after you are adulterous and murderous.

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 But what about the times when you're doing well,

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 when you're doing what you ought to be doing?

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 When a collection for the temple was being taken,

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 when David and his people were performing an act of virtue,

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 David prayed, and it's recorded for us in 1 Chronicles 29, 14,

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 But who am I, and what is my people,

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 that we should be able thus to offer willingly?

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 Even when we're doing good, who are we that we're allowed to do good?

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 And then he says,

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 For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

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 King Solomon, 1 Kings 3, verse 7.

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 You will learn about me if you don't already know.

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 I like beating points.

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 It's recorded, he said,

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 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father,

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 although I am but a little child.

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 I do not know how to go out or come in.

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 There's a lot of debate about when Solomon became king,

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 and it ranges between 12 and 20.

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 But either way you look at it,

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 I'm pretty sure at 12 he knew how to get out in and out of a room.

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 So he's magnifying his smallness as he prays this to God.

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 Why me?

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 Look at me.

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 I'm just so ignorant of the things that a king should know.

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 Job.

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 Here's a great one.

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 Job 42, 5, and 6.

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 God speaks to him out of the cloud,

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 and he says,

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 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

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 but now my eye sees you.

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 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

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 Isaiah, another man that encountered God.

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 In Isaiah 6, 5,

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 Isaiah says,

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 Woe is me, for I am lost.

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 For I am a man of unclean lips,

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 and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.

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 For my eyes have seen the King,

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 the Lord of hosts.

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 Let's go to the New Testament.

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 John the Baptist.

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 John 1, verse 27,

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 and then chapter 3, verse 30.

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 John says,

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 I baptize with water,

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 but among you stands one whom you do not know.

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 He's speaking of Christ.

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 Even he who comes after me,

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 the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.

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 And in 3.30, he says,

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 He must increase.

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 I must decrease.

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 We see in a parable,

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 a tax collector,

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 and Jesus tells this parable of a Pharisee,

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 and a tax collector who went up to the temple to pray.

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 And concerning the tax collector,

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 Jesus said in Luke chapter 18,

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 verse 13 and 14,

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 But the tax collector standing far off

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 would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,

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 but beat his breast saying,

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 God, be merciful to me,

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 a sinner.

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 I tell you,

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 this man went down to his house justified

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 rather than the other.

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 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

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 but the one who humbles himself

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 will be exalted.

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 We have a story in Luke chapter 7

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 of a centurion.

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 Verses 6-9 say,

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 When Jesus was not far off from the house,

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 the centurion sent friends to him,

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 saying to him,

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 Lord, do not trouble yourself,

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 for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 Therefore, I do not presume to come to you,

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 but say the word and let my servant be healed.

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 When Jesus heard this,

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 he marveled at him

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 and turned and said to the multitude,

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 I tell you,

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 not ever in Israel have I found such faith.

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 As he emptied himself for his Lord.

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 Peter.

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 When Peter saw the power of Jesus

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 on the lake of Gennesaret,

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 in Luke 5-8,

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 he fell down at Jesus' knees saying,

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 Depart from me,

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 for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

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 Then finally, Paul.

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 Romans chapter 7, verse 18,

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 he wrote,

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 Lord, I know that nothing good dwells in me,

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 that is, in my flesh.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 6-7,

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 Paul says,

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 I planted, Apollos watered,

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 but God gave the growth.

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 So neither he who plants nor he who waters

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 is anything,

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 but only God who gives the growth.

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 And finally, last reference,

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 1 Timothy chapter 1, verses 15 and 16.

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 Paul writes,

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 The saying is trustworthy

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 and deserving of full acceptance,

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 that Christ Jesus came into the world

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 to save sinners,

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 of whom I am the foremost.

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 But I receive mercy for this reason,

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 that in me as the foremost,

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 Jesus Christ might display

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 his perfect patience

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 as an example

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 to those who are to believe in him

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 for eternal life.

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 So, a lot of examples, right,

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 of what it looks like

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 to be poor in spirit,

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 but are we wrapping our brains around it?

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 What does it mean?

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 What does it mean to be poor in spirit?

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 I'll give you a few things.

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 It's a recognition

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 of spiritual bankruptcy

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 and helplessness before God.

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 We have nothing to bring to him, right?

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 Dead in our trespasses

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 and in our sins.

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 We have no ounce of good

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 to offer God apart from Christ.

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 So, it's this recognition

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 of spiritual bankruptcy

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 and helplessness before God.

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 It is a recognition

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 of powerlessness

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 in and of ourselves.

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 It is a recognition

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 of moral uncleanliness

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 before God,

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 that our sin against

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 a most holy, infinite God

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 is of infinite offense.

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 It is a recognition

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 of personal unworthiness

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 before God.

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 Why would God show grace to me?

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 It is a recognition

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 that if there is to be any life

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 or joy

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 or usefulness whatsoever,

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 it would have to be

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 all of God

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 and all of His grace.

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 The reason that it's proper to say

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 that to be poor in spirit

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 is a recognition

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 of bankruptcy

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 and a recognition

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 of powerlessness

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 and uncleanliness

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 and unworthiness

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 is that objectively speaking,

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 everybody is poor in spirit.

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 It is part of the human condition.

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 After the fall of mankind,

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 everyone born since

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 has been poor in spirit.

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 Everybody,

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 whether they recognize it or not,

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 is utterly hopeless

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 before God.

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 But not everybody

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 is declared blessed.

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 Those declared blessed

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 are those who recognize

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 their spiritual poverty

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 and turn to God

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 Remember,

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 Jesus is teaching

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 His disciples.

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 He's teaching those

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 who are following Him

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 from faith

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 and they are declared

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 blessed.

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 They've recognized

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 their need

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 of Him.

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 So,

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 as we hold up

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 the Sermon on the Mount

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 and we consider it,

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 we want to hold it up

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 to ourselves.

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 We want to look and say,

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 if this is what

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.799
 the kingdom looks like,

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 if this is how

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 the citizens

00:22:58.399 --> 00:23:00.779
 of God's kingdom look,

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 do I find myself

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.720
 in here?

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 Is this me?

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 Am I poor in spirit?

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 We must ask ourselves

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 these questions

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 because there's such

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 a weighty answer

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 to be had.

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 We want to say,

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.259
 yes,

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.819
 this is me.

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 Yes,

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 I am blessed.

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 Yes,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is mine.

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 Because if we can't,

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.380
 our end is destruction

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 and utter doom

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 and retribution

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 for our sin

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 forever.

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 It's a weighty thing

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 that's before us

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 to take a look at this

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 and really consider,

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 am I a citizen

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:42.940
 of God's kingdom?

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.160
 So,

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.440
 how can a person

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.240
 know

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.240
 if they are poor

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.680
 in spirit?

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 We do not arrive

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 at these things

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 with perfection.

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 Right?

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 So,

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.000
 we're going to read

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 through these

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 as we're working

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.299
 through these

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.779
 blessings,

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 these beatitudes.

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 and none of us

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.679
 are doing this

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:01.079
 with perfection,

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 but is it

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.419
 characterize

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.659
 who I am?

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:03.939
 So,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.599
 recognizing

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.779
 that you are

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.879
 poor in spirit

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.859
 is the starting

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.720
 point of

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.720
 humility.

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:15.240
 These phrases,

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:15.779
 I believe,

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.179
 are too readily

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.079
 equated with one

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.339
 another.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.879
 You have

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.939
 poor in spirit

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.399
 and humility

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.659
 used synonymously,

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.460
 but I think

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.240
 it's right to say

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.220
 that being poor

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.880
 in spirit

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:27.000
 produces humility.

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.340
 Right?

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.320
 Humility is the

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:29.920
 fruit of an

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.420
 impoverished spirit.

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.820
 You see how

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.500
 spiritually bankrupt

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.080
 you are

00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:34.580
 and therefore

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.300
 you become

00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.120
 humble

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.920
 and that humility

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.940
 works out.

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.220
 Right?

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.920
 We can see,

00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:40.680
 we can observe

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:42.200
 both for our lives

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.920
 and for those

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.620
 around us.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.019
 Humility.

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.660
 Thomas Watson,

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.580
 a Puritan pastor,

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.460
 wrote this.

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.019
 He said,

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.440
 I think poverty

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.960
 of spirit

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.039
 is the cause

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.500
 of humility

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.279
 for when a man

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.799
 sees his want

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.340
 of Christ,

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.120
 sees his want

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.740
 of Christ,

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.740
 and how he lives

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.740
 on the alms

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.720
 of free grace,

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.299
 this makes him

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.920
 humble.

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.779
 He that is sensible

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.660
 of his own

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.960
 vacuity

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.480
 and indigence,

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.340
 which means

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.240
 stupidity

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.259
 and poverty,

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.779
 hangs his head

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.039
 in humility

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.340
 with the violet.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.940
 Humility

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.820
 is the sweet

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:21.220
 spice that grows

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.079
 from poverty

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.279
 of spirit.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.339
 That's probably

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.740
 the only part

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.100
 of that I should

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.319
 have read.

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.860
 Humility

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.420
 is the sweet

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.799
 spice that grows

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.059
 from poverty

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.160
 of spirit.

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.140
 So let's

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.819
 take a look.

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.000
 Let's observe

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.880
 your own life,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.059
 help others

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.000
 in talking about

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.900
 what's been

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.400
 presented to you

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.839
 today,

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.579
 to consider

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.240
 their life.

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.180
 Let's look

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.319
 at six measures

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.519
 of humility

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 as our gauge

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.980
 of awareness

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.859
 of our spiritual

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.259
 poverty.

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:50.079
 Are you

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.980
 poor

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.079
 in spirit?

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.339
 So let's

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.859
 look at six

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.599
 measures of that.

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.059
 Number one,

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.779
 the humble

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:59.139
 are self-forgetful.

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.119
 The humble

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:03.159
 are self-forgetful,

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.039
 and by that

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.539
 I mean

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:06.220
 we are not

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:08.019
 occupied

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.420
 only with

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.819
 ourselves.

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.259
 All of our

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.119
 intention is not

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.059
 turned inward,

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.480
 but our

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.339
 intention turns

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.440
 outward.

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.480
 A humble

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.259
 person

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.720
 loses their

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.660
 self-preoccupation.

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:22.200
 They recognize

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.160
 that the world

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.859
 does not

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.160
 revolve around

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.920
 them,

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.539
 and they move

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:29.220
 outside themselves,

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.660
 first toward

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.180
 God,

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.460
 and then toward

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.900
 others.

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.860
 Paul wrote

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.280
 in Galatians

00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:36.140
 2.20,

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.660
 I have been

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.580
 crucified

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.680
 with Christ.

00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:40.720
 This is no

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.680
 longer I

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.780
 who live.

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.019
 Life is a

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.640
 sacrifice,

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.259
 but Christ

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.860
 who lives in

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.120
 me.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.180
 And the life

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.500
 that I now

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.900
 live in the

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.180
 flesh,

00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:49.720
 I live by

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.259
 faith in

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.500
 the Son

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.840
 of God

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.440
 who loved

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.300
 me and

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.780
 gave

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.759
 himself

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.620
 for me.

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:55.019
 So we

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.519
 turn this

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.280
 devotion from

00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:56.860
 ourselves,

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.560
 outside of

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.019
 ourselves,

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.120
 to God.

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.620
 We forget

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.100
 so much

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.800
 about ourselves

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.240
 to our

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.820
 great benefit,

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.119
 and devote

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.579
 ourselves to

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.819
 him.

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.579
 And we

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.259
 love and

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.899
 serve others.

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.039
 Beloved,

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.419
 if you are

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.819
 truly humble,

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.720
 you will

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.419
 maximize the

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.779
 strengths and

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.559
 the virtues

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.480
 of others.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.379
 If you find

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.980
 yourself to be

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.539
 a particularly

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.039
 nitpicky person,

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.460
 always drawing

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.299
 out the negative

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.960
 things,

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.859
 always showing

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.579
 somebody their

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.339
 fault,

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.019
 it's because you

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.200
 think too much

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.099
 of yourself.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.119
 You think you're

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.099
 in a position

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.359
 to show them

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.119
 their faults.

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.559
 The humble

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.459
 look at others

00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:34.759
 and go,

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.479
 way to go.

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.119
 You're doing

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.619
 a lot of

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.439
 things really

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.699
 well.

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:39.919
 Romans 12,

00:27:39.979 --> 00:27:40.139
 10,

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.599
 Paul writes,

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:40.959
 love one

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.359
 another with

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.819
 brotherly

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.199
 affection,

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.459
 outdo one

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:44.599
 another in

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:46.079
 showing honor.

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:47.000
 The humble

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.579
 person recognizes

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.579
 their spiritual

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.159
 poverty,

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.259
 the very depth

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.279
 of how atrocious

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:54.439
 they can be.

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:54.959
 So the humble

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:57.219
 are self-forgetful.

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.619
 Number two,

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:59.000
 the humble

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.599
 are enthralled

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.599
 with Christ

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.939
 and becoming

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:04.119
 like him.

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:06.059
 Enthralled

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.879
 with Christ

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.599
 and becoming

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:09.439
 like him.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.719
 Is Jesus

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:12.299
 Christ

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.479
 the most

00:28:13.479 --> 00:28:14.819
 precious thing

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.699
 you possess?

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.219
 And if you're

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:16.699
 in him,

00:28:17.239 --> 00:28:18.019
 he is yours.

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.239
 You are his

00:28:19.239 --> 00:28:20.139
 and he is

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.899
 yours.

00:28:20.979 --> 00:28:21.319
 Is he the

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:23.039
 most precious

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.239
 thing to you?

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.939
 And you can

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:25.799
 measure this out

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.919
 by considering

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.379
 what you

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.079
 think about

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.019
 most and

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.240
 what you

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.720
 talk about

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.099
 most.

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.079
 It's a very

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.839
 simple thing

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.200
 to do.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.740
 I wish

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.079
 somebody could

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.480
 walk around

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.940
 and record

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.299
 you and

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.720
 make one

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.960
 of those

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.379
 scatter

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.279
 things,

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.379
 make words

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.899
 bigger the

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.240
 more it's

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.579
 said in a

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.859
 paper.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.819
 But many

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.059
 of us

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.480
 would find

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.759
 that we

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.440
 don't talk

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.059
 about Jesus

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.960
 Christ nearly

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.480
 as much

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.220
 as we

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.180
 think we

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.460
 do.

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.740
 The humble

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.419
 are enthralled

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.059
 with Christ

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.500
 and becoming

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.659
 like him.

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:53.960
 Paul writes

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.240
 Philippians

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.639
 1.21

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.700
 to me

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.920
 to live

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.920
 is Christ.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.460
 To do

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.960
 his bidding,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.740
 to know

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.320
 him more

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.680
 by being

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.160
 part of

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.540
 the growing

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:02.780
 of his

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:03.080
 kingdom.

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.360
 And to

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.200
 die is

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.440
 what?

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.360
 It's gain.

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.940
 Why?

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.560
 Put off

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.040
 the shackles

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.320
 of this

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.880
 world and

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.280
 my sinful

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.759
 flesh and

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.340
 be with

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:14.080
 him forever.

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.820
 He writes

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.340
 in other

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.540
 places,

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.000
 2 Corinthians

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.600
 3.18

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.620
 And we

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.220
 all with

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.080
 unveiled

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.580
 face,

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.220
 beholding

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.740
 the glory

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.060
 of the

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.380
 Lord,

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.340
 are being

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.140
 transformed

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.500
 in the

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.800
 same

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.340
 image

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.520
 from one

00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:28.140
 degree of

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.720
 glory to

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.040
 another.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.600
 For this

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.460
 comes from

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.860
 the Lord

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.960
 who is

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.800
 the Spirit.

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.380
 So we

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.060
 long for

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.300
 that.

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.860
 We want

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.100
 to be

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.400
 made

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.040
 more

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.960
 like

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.900
 him.

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.180
 The

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.380
 humble

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.580
 are

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.060
 enthralled

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.260
 with

00:29:39.260 --> 00:29:39.640
 Christ

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.140
 and

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.480
 becoming

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.000
 like

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.180
 him.

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.300
 Third,

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.160
 the

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.620
 humble

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:47.160
 are not

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.000
 complainers.

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:53.400
 the

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.799
 humble

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.519
 recognize

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.160
 what

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.440
 they

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.440
 actually

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.619
 deserve.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.019
 You know

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.200
 what you

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.519
 actually

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.880
 deserve?

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.579
 Death

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.759
 and

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:01.960
 hell.

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.259
 So no

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.579
 matter

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.740
 the state

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:06.940
 that we

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.460
 find ourselves

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.720
 in,

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.299
 we really

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.960
 have no

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.559
 space for

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.039
 complaining.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.099
 So much

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.799
 blessing,

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.660
 blessing upon

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.960
 blessing upon

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.099
 blessing when

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.640
 you recognize

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.039
 that what you

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.839
 really deserve

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:19.559
 is death

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.039
 and hell.

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.700
 And complaining

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.559
 comes from

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.559
 expecting

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.119
 more.

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.879
 What I do

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.879
 deserve is

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.319
 this.

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.480
 That's not

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.159
 fair.

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.399
 Beloved,

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.759
 we don't

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.920
 want what's

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.220
 fair.

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.379
 Paul writes

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.639
 in Romans

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.099
 chapter 8

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.659
 verse 17

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.420
 and 18,

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.960
 if children

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.859
 then heirs,

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.480
 heirs of

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.000
 God and

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.700
 fellow heirs

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.399
 with Christ,

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.779
 provided we

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.180
 what?

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.440
 We suffer

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.299
 with him

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.200
 in order

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.460
 that we

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.019
 may also

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.639
 be glorified

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.840
 with him.

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.700
 Paul's

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.200
 saying that

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.180
 an evidence

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.220
 of a life

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.660
 lived for

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.000
 Christ,

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.660
 one who's

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.360
 poor in

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.660
 spirit,

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.200
 a citizen

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.640
 of this

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.960
 kingdom,

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:56.400
 is going

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.960
 to suffer.

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.560
 The conclusion

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:58.840
 of the

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.240
 beatitude

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.800
 says the

00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.720
 very same

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.240
 thing,

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.900
 blessed are

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.480
 those who

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.120
 are persecuted

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:05.500
 for righteousness

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.980
 sake.

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.420
 And so,

00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.200
 we're going

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.640
 to suffer

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.960
 in this

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.420
 world,

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.200
 and Paul

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.380
 says in

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.880
 verse 18,

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.259
 for I

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.860
 consider that

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.520
 the sufferings

00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:11.759
 of this

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.520
 present time

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:13.380
 are not

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.080
 worth

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.940
 comparing.

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.259
 And I

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.559
 like to

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.980
 reread that

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.240
 and say

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.740
 present time

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.200
 are not

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.519
 even worth

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.640
 comparing.

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.120
 Don't even

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.420
 take the

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.120
 time to

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.680
 compare it

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.539
 with the

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.539
 glory that

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.840
 is to be

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:25.120
 revealed to

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.539
 us.

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.420
 Such a

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.519
 glorious

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.480
 reality that

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.500
 awaits us,

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.799
 right?

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.039
 Having found

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.160
 ourselves poor

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.160
 in spirit,

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.940
 looking to

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:36.039
 this thing,

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.920
 recognizing

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.620
 what we

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:39.559
 actually deserve,

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.380
 which is

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.820
 death and

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.019
 hell.

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.820
 Fourth,

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:47.460
 the humble

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.679
 have Christ

00:31:49.679 --> 00:31:51.000
 on his

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.619
 terms.

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.079
 I borrowed

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.339
 some of

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.579
 these from

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.119
 Thomas Watson,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.439
 so that's

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:54.819
 why that

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.619
 language sounds

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.740
 very Puritan.

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.439
 The humble

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.500
 have Christ

00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:00.200
 on his

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.279
 terms.

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.700
 The humble

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.220
 will not

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.980
 try to have

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.439
 Christ while

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:06.339
 hanging on

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.460
 to sinful

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.439
 vices.

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.220
 So,

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.599
 we'll have

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.439
 Christ and

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.879
 we'll walk

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.079
 in his

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.539
 ways.

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.339
 If he's

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.679
 going to

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.439
 be our

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:15.399
 savior,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.119
 he must

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.740
 be our

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.679
 Lord.

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.859
 We will

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.899
 follow him.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.220
 We won't

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.759
 try to

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:22.139
 manipulate him

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.399
 and his

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.139
 commands to

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.720
 meet our

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.179
 needs.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.740
 We'll have

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.460
 Christ on

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.139
 his terms,

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.460
 right?

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.519
 Jesus says,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.519
 you have

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.919
 me, now

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:30.679
 follow me.

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.619
 If you

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.460
 love Christ,

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.639
 you will

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:33.960
 love his

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.799
 word and

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.460
 make it the

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:37.879
 standard for

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.359
 your living.

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.839
 The scripture

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.519
 sets up as

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.019
 the pole

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.980
 position that

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.680
 we chase

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.900
 in this

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.059
 race of

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.420
 life.

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.079
 Again,

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.839
 Thomas Watson,

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.460
 I think you're

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.680
 going to hear

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.099
 a lot from

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.759
 him in the

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.500
 coming months.

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.420
 He wrote

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.680
 this.

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.339
 He wrote a

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.519
 wonderful

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.319
 commentary on

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.480
 the Beatitudes.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.920
 He wrote,

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.759
 a castle that

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.819
 has long been

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:59.460
 besieged and

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.980
 is ready to

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.599
 be taken will

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.360
 deliver upon

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:03.000
 any terms to

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.460
 save their

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.920
 lives.

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.220
 He whose

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.839
 heart has

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.279
 been a

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.940
 garrison for

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.960
 the devil and

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.519
 has held out

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.319
 long in

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.440
 opposition against

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.019
 Christ,

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.720
 when once God

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.360
 has brought

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.980
 him to

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.860
 poverty of

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.960
 spirit and

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.579
 he sees

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.620
 himself damned

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.299
 without

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.920
 Christ,

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.500
 let God

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.740
 propound what

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.759
 articles he

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.259
 will.

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.579
 So,

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.359
 bring the

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.680
 treaty.

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.079
 It does

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.740
 not matter

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.240
 what the

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.079
 expectations

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.059
 of the

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.259
 treaty are.

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.519
 He will

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.440
 readily

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:33.079
 subscribe to

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.379
 them.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.440
 Lord,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.200
 what will

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.700
 you have

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.299
 me do?

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.920
 That's the

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.500
 response.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.019
 When we

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.000
 recognize how

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.460
 spiritually

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.740
 impoverished we

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.440
 are, we

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.640
 recognize how

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.680
 desperately we

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.440
 need to be

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.859
 saved.

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.660
 What would

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.200
 you have

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.339
 me do?

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.400
 Thomas Watson

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.799
 in conclusion

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.099
 says,

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.859
 he that is

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.480
 poor in

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.920
 spirit will

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.779
 do anything

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.640
 that he

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.680
 may have

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.779
 Christ.

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.160
 So, the

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.100
 humble have

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:58.039
 Christ on

00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:00.380
 his terms.

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.420
 And, beloved,

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.700
 that's a

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.180
 wonderful thing.

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.680
 It's for our

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.140
 good.

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.140
 Number five,

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.960
 the humble

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.480
 pray.

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.420
 The humble

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.780
 pray.

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.159
 Beloved, we

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.559
 are meant to

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.099
 be a praying

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.059
 people if we

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.019
 recognize how

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.480
 very spiritually

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.740
 impoverished we

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.039
 are.

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.940
 We know that we

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.360
 can do no

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.860
 good thing

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.659
 apart from

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.460
 God.

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.159
 We flail

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.019
 about trying

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.700
 to accomplish

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:28.360
 things for

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.000
 God, rather

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.980
 than in

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.599
 treating with

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.079
 him that he

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.780
 would work

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.760
 and use us

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.639
 in his

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:35.960
 working.

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.380
 I cannot

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.200
 tell you how

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.280
 many times,

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.460
 to my shame,

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.320
 in the past

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.400
 decade, that

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.400
 I have prepped

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.179
 a sermon

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:46.460
 within days of

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.800
 needing to

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.220
 deliver the

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.619
 sermon and

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.400
 not prayed.

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.920
 God, it's

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.360
 horrible.

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.960
 I go to my

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.780
 books and I

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.519
 rely on my

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.680
 intellect without

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.539
 first stopping

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.079
 and saying,

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.200
 I can do

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:59.099
 nothing apart

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.300
 from you.

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.900
 For a long

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.700
 time now, I've

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.500
 signed things,

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.500
 emails and

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.940
 things like that

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.320
 to come out

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.680
 to you.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.240
 SDG, some

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.559
 of you have

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.000
 asked me what

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.579
 that means,

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.320
 lowercase s,

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.320
 uppercase d,

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.059
 lowercase g.

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.059
 That's the way

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.680
 Bach signed

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:15.280
 his pieces of

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.800
 music.

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.780
 And it means

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.680
 solely Deo

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:17.980
 Gloria.

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.619
 That's what it

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:18.819
 means.

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.259
 So he was

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:20.219
 concluding in

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.199
 that way.

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.179
 Men of the

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.579
 ministry, you

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.759
 may have

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.379
 noticed that

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:24.460
 the email

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.759
 that went

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.639
 out this

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.500
 past time

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.179
 had an

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.960
 uppercase j

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.239
 and a

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.219
 lowercase j

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.639
 at the

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.219
 very top

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.500
 of it.

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.579
 Because I

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.940
 learned,

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.699
 I'm grateful

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.319
 to learn this,

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.539
 that many of

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.919
 his pieces of

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.679
 music started,

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.659
 I won't get

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:37.940
 the Latin

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.500
 phrase right

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.980
 off the top

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.319
 so I won't

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.039
 try, but

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.440
 with a Latin

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.759
 phrase that

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.239
 meant,

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:44.500
 Jesus help.

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.559
 help.

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.079
 So, starting

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.519
 this Sunday,

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.179
 my notes at

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.679
 the top say

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.380
 JJ, and at

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.599
 the bottom

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.920
 they say

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.219
 SDG as

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.820
 reminders to

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.300
 myself.

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:52.900
 Right?

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.500
 We are

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.900
 utterly helpless

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:57.000
 apart from him,

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.440
 and when we

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.300
 recognize that,

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.440
 we'll go to the

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.860
 one who can

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.219
 help.

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:00.880
 Right?

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.599
 Get the

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.980
 phrase in

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.500
 your mind.

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.760
 It's a Latin

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.119
 phrase.

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.679
 I hope this

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.139
 helps you.

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.059
 Sine qua

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:08.280
 non.

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.199
 Without

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.039
 which

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:11.379
 nothing.

00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:13.799
 Psalm 145,

00:36:13.899 --> 00:36:14.339
 18,

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.939
 the Lord is

00:36:14.939 --> 00:36:16.000
 near to all

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.559
 who call

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.119
 on him,

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.480
 to all who

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.179
 call on

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.779
 him in

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.379
 truth.

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.399
 Lord, we

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:24.419
 need you.

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.579
 Come and

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.819
 work.

00:36:27.939 --> 00:36:28.699
 John MacArthur

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.480
 wrote in his

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.399
 commentary on

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:31.179
 this verse,

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.139
 just as the

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.759
 physical beggar

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.359
 begs for

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.719
 physical

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.319
 sustenance,

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.259
 the spiritual

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.039
 beggar begs

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.719
 for spiritual.

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.659
 We will

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.659
 knock often

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.299
 at heaven's

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:40.119
 gate because

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.460
 we are

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.980
 always in

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.440
 need.

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.199
 So the

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.599
 humble pray.

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.480
 And sixth

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.039
 and finally,

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.920
 the humble

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.420
 are thankful.

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.699
 The humble

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.139
 are thankful.

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.139
 Namely,

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.739
 the humble

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.319
 are thankful

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.259
 for God's

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.460
 grace to

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.719
 them.

00:36:59.899 --> 00:37:00.480
 Recognizing

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.119
 our utter

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.299
 unworthiness

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:03.179
 to receive

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.960
 such favor,

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.899
 we exult

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.879
 in God's

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.599
 great

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.539
 goodness.

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.219
 grace to

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.639
 us.

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.879
 Why,

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:12.000
 O Lord,

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.960
 me,

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.159
 wretch that

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.659
 I am,

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.399
 why would

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:16.079
 you save

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.199
 my soul?

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.500
 Makes me

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.940
 his,

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.699
 restores me

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.199
 to him,

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.259
 calls me

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:23.319
 blessed,

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.679
 calls me

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:25.619
 his child,

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.719
 Jesus calls

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.119
 me his

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.199
 friend and

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.019
 brother.

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.399
 Why me?

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.739
 I was set

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.399
 against you

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:33.279
 in every

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.819
 way.

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.619
 What

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.679
 grace

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.899
 to us.

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.699
 So,

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:42.279
 why are the

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:42.559
 poor in

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.419
 spirit declared

00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:44.239
 by Jesus

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.639
 to be

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.960
 blessed?

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.719
 Flourishing

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.539
 are you

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.500
 who recognize

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.299
 your utter

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.019
 dependence

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:52.779
 because theirs

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.719
 is the

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.099
 kingdom

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.259
 of heaven.

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.179
 They are

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:57.099
 citizens of

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.879
 the kingdom

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:59.259
 of God.

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.900
 God is

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.440
 their God

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.840
 and they

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.500
 are God's

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.720
 people.

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.380
 Is this

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.440
 true of you

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.940
 this morning?

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.280
 This

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:12.060
 first of the

00:38:12.060 --> 00:38:12.920
 blessings is

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.960
 a succinct

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.620
 statement

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.719
 of the

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.559
 doctrine of

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.179
 justification

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:18.699
 by faith

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.759
 alone.

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.559
 It simply

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.940
 says we

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.219
 will not

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.619
 be found

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.279
 right before

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.699
 God,

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.119
 declared

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.679
 righteous

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.559
 before God

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.880
 of any

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.359
 merit of

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.679
 our own

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.940
 doing.

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.799
 We must

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:30.500
 first be

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.159
 humbled,

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.119
 be found

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.900
 spiritually

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.139
 impoverished

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.679
 that we

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.679
 might find

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.239
 our righteousness

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:37.500
 in Christ,

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.000
 that we

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.539
 would bank

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.279
 everything

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:40.819
 on his

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.719
 righteousness

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.400
 because we

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.659
 have none

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.739
 of our

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.099
 own.

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.179
 If we

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.539
 don't first

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.239
 recognize our

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.579
 spiritual

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.239
 poverty and

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.659
 then turn

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.159
 to God

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.699
 by faith

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.079
 in Jesus

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.579
 Christ,

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.359
 then we

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.799
 are not

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.879
 saved from

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.440
 the wrath

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.000
 due our

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.279
 sin.

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.259
 We are

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.739
 enemies of

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.659
 God and

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.199
 citizens of

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.719
 the world

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.559
 that will

00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:00.440
 be destroyed.

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.519
 Praise be

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.839
 to God

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.119
 that the

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.539
 humble who

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.940
 flee to

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.399
 him in

00:39:04.399 --> 00:39:05.219
 Christ are

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:05.899
 granted the

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:07.019
 right to

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.599
 be citizens

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.539
 of a

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.759
 heavenly

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.139
 kingdom.

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.799
 In

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.039
 closing,

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.339
 I want to

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.699
 read to

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.039
 you just a

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.339
 little bit

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.119
 from John

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 Bunyan's

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 The Pilgrim's

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 Progress.

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.159
 I commend

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.480
 this book

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.880
 to you.

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.719
 If you

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.079
 stay here

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.639
 long enough,

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:18.960
 I will

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.559
 eventually read

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.000
 every part

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.319
 of it to

00:39:20.319 --> 00:39:21.139
 you in

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.779
 preaching.

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.940
 Bunyan

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.880
 writes this

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.739
 allegory as

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.359
 a dream.

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.139
 So he has

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.599
 a dream,

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.559
 and I just

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.920
 want you to

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.460
 hear it's

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.159
 about a

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.619
 man by

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.920
 the name

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.920
 of Christian

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.739
 going on

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:39.299
 this process,

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.259
 being saved,

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.619
 and going on

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.059
 this process

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.519
 of following

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.619
 Christ.

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.340
 Bunyan

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:43.599
 writes,

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.199
 I dreamed

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.679
 and behold

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.019
 I saw

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.360
 a man

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.940
 clothed

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.579
 in rags

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.519
 standing

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.860
 in a

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.059
 certain

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.639
 place,

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.360
 this is

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.659
 Christian,

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.800
 with his

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.659
 face turned

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.199
 away from

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.519
 his own

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.880
 house,

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.460
 a book

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.820
 in his

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.280
 hand,

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.579
 and a

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.920
 great

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.440
 burden

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.039
 on his

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.460
 back.

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.300
 Burden

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:58.679
 is the

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.079
 weight

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.340
 of his

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.599
 sin,

00:39:59.679 --> 00:39:59.780
 his

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.559
 recognition

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:02.039
 of his

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:03.239
 spiritual

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.219
 poverty.

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.699
 I looked

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.059
 and saw

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.599
 him open

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.099
 the book

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.079
 and read

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.900
 therein,

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.300
 and as

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.880
 he read,

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:11.079
 he wept

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.480
 and trembled.

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.440
 And not

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.760
 being able

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.180
 to contain

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.840
 himself any

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.140
 longer,

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.820
 he broke

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.360
 out with

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:17.119
 a lamentable

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.119
 cry saying,

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.599
 what shall

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.320
 I do?

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.539
 Later

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.840
 in the

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.140
 text,

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.519
 therefore,

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.320
 in this

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.880
 plight,

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.460
 he went

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.920
 home and

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.599
 strained

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.140
 himself as

00:40:29.140 --> 00:40:29.500
 long as

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.800
 he could

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.059
 so that

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.539
 his wife

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.039
 and children

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.800
 would not

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.680
 notice his

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.400
 distress.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.579
 But he

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.059
 could not

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.559
 be silent

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.099
 long for

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.680
 the reason

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.260
 that his

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.800
 trouble

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.700
 increased.

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:40.139
 Therefore,

00:40:40.339 --> 00:40:40.739
 at length,

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:41.279
 he broke

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:42.000
 his mind

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.379
 to his

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.939
 wife and

00:40:42.939 --> 00:40:43.480
 children and

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.279
 thus began

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.899
 to talk to

00:40:44.899 --> 00:40:45.139
 them.

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.059
 Oh,

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.439
 my dear

00:40:46.439 --> 00:40:46.759
 wife,

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.219
 he said,

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.379
 and you,

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.980
 the children

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.539
 of my

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.980
 deepest

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.679
 affections,

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:51.299
 I,

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.159
 your dear

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.759
 friend,

00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:53.819
 am myself

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:55.179
 undone

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:56.460
 by reason

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.059
 of a burden

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.819
 that weighs

00:40:57.819 --> 00:40:58.579
 heavily upon

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.960
 me.

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.099
 Moreover,

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:00.719
 I am

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.319
 certainly

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.199
 informed that

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.599
 this,

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.379
 our city,

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.819
 will be

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.339
 burned

00:41:04.339 --> 00:41:05.119
 with fire

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:06.099
 from heaven

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.980
 in which

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:08.199
 fearful overthrow

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:09.219
 both myself

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.779
 with you,

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:10.419
 my wife,

00:41:10.839 --> 00:41:11.939
 and sweet

00:41:11.939 --> 00:41:12.460
 babes,

00:41:12.859 --> 00:41:13.639
 shall come

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.379
 to a

00:41:14.379 --> 00:41:14.739
 miserable

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.199
 ruin,

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.899
 except some

00:41:16.899 --> 00:41:18.039
 way of escape

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.899
 can be found

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:20.359
 whereby we

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.399
 may be

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:21.759
 delivered.

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.079
 And he does

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.460
 go on a

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.699
 journey,

00:41:23.859 --> 00:41:24.239
 and he is

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.899
 delivered from

00:41:24.899 --> 00:41:25.619
 his burden,

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.119
 and he does

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.839
 arrive at the

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.839
 final destination,

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.919
 the celestial

00:41:28.919 --> 00:41:29.339
 city,

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.899
 and his

00:41:29.899 --> 00:41:31.439
 wife later

00:41:31.439 --> 00:41:32.299
 comes and

00:41:32.299 --> 00:41:33.819
 does the

00:41:33.819 --> 00:41:34.139
 same.

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.679
 But this is

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.279
 where we

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:36.519
 find ourselves,

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.099
 poor in

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.460
 spirit,

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.699
 but knowing

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:42.400
 where to

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.400
 turn if

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.219
 we are

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:45.139
 blessed,

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.619
 finding ourselves

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:48.019
 in Christ,

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.920
 clothed in

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.860
 his

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.940
 righteousness.

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.119
 And if you

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.579
 can't say

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.860
 with the

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.500
 confidence that

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.719
 you have

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.239
 placed believing

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.940
 faith in

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:56.400
 Jesus Christ,

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.519
 then you

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:59.059
 are a

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.619
 pilgrim,

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:01.019
 not yet set

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.699
 out on that

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.000
 journey,

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.900
 living in

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.739
 the city

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.739
 of destruction,

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.219
 just waiting,

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.759
 for the

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.099
 doom

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.099
 that will

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.539
 come.

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.699
 Turn

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.019
 to faith

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:12.380
 in Christ.

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.219
 Blessed

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:14.719
 are the

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.099
 poor in

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.500
 spirit,

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.619
 for theirs

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.099
 is the

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.420
 kingdom

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.480
 of

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.780
 heaven.

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.719
 Let's

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.159
 pray together.

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.320
 Let's

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