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 Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to the Gospel according to Matthew chapter 5.

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! While you're getting there, Alex, I never heard the battle shield verse of Be That My Vision.

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! That was great. Thank you, brother, for sharing that one with us.

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 That may need to be a permanent fixture in that song.

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 Clay said the next step is that we sing it in Gaelic.

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 This morning we're going to continue our careful consideration of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Recall that this sermon is a declaration of the Kingdom of Heaven.

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 And we rightly understand that the Kingdom has come because the King has come.

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 Matthew records for us in Matthew chapter 4 and verse 17.

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 From that time, Jesus began to preach the beginning of His ministry, saying,

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 Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

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 Recall also that Jesus begins His sermon with declarations of blessedness for a people with particular characteristics.

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 He's showing us what those who are citizens of this coming Kingdom look like.

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 He has declared blessed those who recognize their spiritual poverty.

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 Those who come before God with nothing in their hands but an appeal to the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

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 And He says they're blessed because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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 He has declared blessed those who mourn over their sinful state and over the sinful state of the world around them.

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 The sin-sick nature of the place in which they live.

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 And He declares them blessed for they shall be comforted.

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 He has declared blessed those who understand what they truly deserve.

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 Do not seek retribution when wronged, but trust in God's sovereign goodness and His final making of all things right.

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 And they're declared blessed for they shall inherit the earth.

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 So join me now in considering the fourth of Jesus' declarations of blessedness in Matthew chapter 5, verse 6.

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 Before I read it, beloved, I remind you that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good.

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 And as such, 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 6.

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

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 Now, as I've done over the past few weeks, I want to work through the single verse with a series of questions.

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 And I am going to take you elsewhere in the Scripture today.

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 So I'm going to encourage you to pull your ribbon marker out and stick it in Matthew chapter 5 as I take us to other places.

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 The first question I want to ask is simply, and most importantly, what is meant by those who hunger and thirst for righteousness?

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 Let's first think a little bit about this phrase, hunger and thirst.

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 Now, last week's text, Matthew 5, verse 5, was a direct citation of Psalm 37, verse 11.

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 I helped explain that to you and showed you a bit of the context of Psalm 37.

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 In Matthew 5, verse 6, Jesus is not directly citing any Old Testament text,

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 but he is drawing on metaphors that his listeners would have been familiar with.

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 It is understood that Jesus' primary audience, the Sermon on the Mount, would have been Jewish listeners,

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 and that Matthew's account, his gospel account, is particularly aimed at Jewish listeners.

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 That means we have to do a little extra work.

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 I'm assuming most of us, maybe none of us, are of Jewish descent,

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 certainly not familiar with the Old Testament text the way they would have been.

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 But these metaphors that he draws on, they would have been extremely familiar with.

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 I'm going to show you just two examples that are statements of hungering and thirsting

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 that end up with negative results,

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 but he's drawing on these types of metaphors to help us understand what it means to hunger and thirst

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 for anything, in this case, righteousness.

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 The first is from Isaiah chapter 55, verse 2, and the first half of verse 3,

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 which reads,

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 So God, speaking metaphorically through the prophet Isaiah, says,

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 Stop trying to satisfy yourself with anything other than me.

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 He's saying, I am the rich food that your soul needs.

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 I am your sustenance.

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 Another text, an example of this metaphor Jesus is drawing on,

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 Jeremiah chapter 2, verses 12 and 13.

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 This is from our Bible reading a couple of weeks ago,

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 if you're keeping up with us on this,

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 where we read,

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 Be appalled, O heavens, at this.

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 Be shocked.

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 Be utterly desolate or dismayed,

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 declares the Lord,

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 for my people have committed two evils.

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 They have forsaken me,

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 the fountain of living waters,

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 and hewed out cisterns for themselves,

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 broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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 This time, God, speaking through the prophet Jeremiah,

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 speaks metaphorically of himself as an unending source of life.

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 Water bringing forth life.

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 And an ending source of it.

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 A fountain of living water.

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 And he accuses his people of seeking life in a way that will never satisfy their thirst.

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 They're digging for themselves wells that won't hold life-giving water at all.

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 So food and water are the most basic of human needs.

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 And I think we take that for granted.

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 There is food and water everywhere in the place that we live.

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 You can walk out in the hallway and drink as much filtered water as you want to

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 from a water fountain right now.

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 Right?

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 We don't quite appreciate in Jesus' day how much work it was to obtain sustenance

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 and to have clean, safe water for drinking.

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 But surely this is at the very core of life.

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 A person does not last long without one,

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 and certainly not long at all without both.

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 So Jesus is speaking of our most basic human need

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 as he picks up this metaphorical language.

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 It's very possible that none of us have really ever,

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 in the temporal sense, hungered and thirsted.

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 The way these people would have understood what it means to be hungry and to be thirsty.

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 So we have to apply our mindsets.

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 We have to try to imagine the type of longing that Jesus here is speaking of.

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 And what is it that he says we should hunger and thirst for?

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 Righteousness.

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 Why did Jesus say that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are going to be satisfied,

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 are blessed,

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 and not instead those who hunger and thirst for God?

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 In Isaiah 55.3, which I just read to you,

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 what does he say is the place of sustenance?

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 What is the bread, the rich food that God's people should buy?

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 He says it's himself.

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 He says, come to me.

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 In Jeremiah 2.13, which I just read,

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 there's two evils.

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 First, that they've forsaken me.

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 They've turned away from me,

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 this source of water, living water,

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 and they've turned elsewhere,

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 failing sources of water.

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 An additional Old Testament reference,

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 Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2,

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 likely familiar with,

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 as a deer pants for flowing streams,

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 so pants or thirsts my soul for you, O God.

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 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

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 When shall I come and appear before God?

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 So why?

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 Why does Jesus say,

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 those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

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 and not those who hunger and thirst for God?

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 I have to imagine,

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 and I think that good exegesis

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 has to be intermingled with a bit of imagination,

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 that his listeners cocked their heads a little sideways

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 when he said that,

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 instead of hungering and thirsting for God,

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 because they would have been familiar with these texts.

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 Isaiah 55, Jeremiah 2, Psalm 42.

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 Why does he say,

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 hunger and thirst for righteousness?

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 At the outset of our study,

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 just a few weeks ago,

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 I posited to you

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 that in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 two major things emerge.

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 The second of those that I posited to you,

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 which we have been dealing with now at length,

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 and will continue to deal with,

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 is this idea of human flourishing,

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 blessedness.

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 What does it mean for us to be doing well in the world?

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 Citizens of God's kingdom,

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 Jesus is saying to us,

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 will flourish.

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 They will have joy,

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 and comfort,

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 and peace,

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 and satisfaction.

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 We have seen,

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 and we're going to continue to see,

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 that the type of flourishing

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 that happens in God's kingdom

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 often runs,

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 rubs right up against,

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 pushes against,

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 stands in contradiction

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 to the world's concept of the same.

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 So that's one theme we've been looking at,

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 and we'll continue to.

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 The first that I presented to you

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 was the idea of whole person

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 righteousness.

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 Whole person righteousness.

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 Jesus corrects in this sermon

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 the misunderstanding that God is only concerned

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 with action.

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 Citizens of God's kingdom

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 will not only honor God with their actions,

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 but also with their thoughts,

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 and their intentions,

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 and their motivations,

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 and their motivations,

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 and on,

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 and on,

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 with every bit of their being.

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 We sang Deuteronomy 6-5 this morning

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 with the kids.

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 Not by design,

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 but how wonderful,

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 a song for us to sing.

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 This very command

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 that we should love the Lord our God

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 with all of us.

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 Every bit of us.

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 Leveraged off into His direction.

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 This beatitude

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 picks this up.

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 This theme speaks to this whole person

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 righteousness theme.

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 Let me show you

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 elsewhere in the sermon.

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 So in Matthew 5,

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 verse 20,

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 Jesus says,

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 For I tell you,

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 unless your righteousness

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 exceeds that of the scribes

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 and Pharisees,

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 you will never enter

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 So He's addressing

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 this issue of the day.

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 A great issue in Jesus' day

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 and a great issue

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 in our day as well

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 of rampant hypocrisy.

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 Many declared

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 and declared

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 to love God with their lips,

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 put on a pretty good show

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 to convince others

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 of the same,

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 the outward trappings

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 of religion,

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 of devotion to God.

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 But they denied

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 and deny

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 a love for Him

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 which totally

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 permeated

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 their lives.

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 Thoughts,

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 intentions.

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 John the Baptist

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 says,

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 You brood of vipers

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 to the Pharisees.

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 Who everyone else

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 would have looked at them

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 and said,

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 They've got it together.

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 These men know

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 how to rightly

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 worship God.

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 And they were indicted

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 for being

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 whitewashed tombs.

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 Jesus declares

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 the woe to them.

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 Whitewashed tombs.

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 You look nice

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 on the outside

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 but inside

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 you're full

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 of dead people's bones.

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 Jesus is trying

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 to correct this.

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 He's saying

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 it's not just outside.

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 That you can put on

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 the trappings

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 of religion

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 that all of you

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 is devoted

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 to me.

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 Further on,

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 in the conclusion

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 of this sermon

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 in Matthew chapter 7.

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 And these should be

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 scary words to us,

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 beloved.

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 Verse 21-23.

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 Jesus says,

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 In a warning to us

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 to not deceive ourselves,

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 He says,

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 Not everyone

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 who says to me,

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 Lord, Lord,

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 will enter

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 the kingdom of heaven,

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 but the one

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 who does the will

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 of my Father

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 who is in heaven.

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 On that day,

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 the end day,

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 many will say to me,

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 Lord, Lord,

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 do we not prophesy

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 in your name

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 and cast out demons

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 in your name

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 and do many mighty works

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 in your name?

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 And then I will declare

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 to them,

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 I never knew you.

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 Depart from me,

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 you workers

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 of lawlessness.

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 So we see here

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 that there are people

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 who are doing things

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 in the name of Christ

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 and it would seem

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 miraculous things

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 in the name of Christ.

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 I don't know any of you

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 who have done miraculous things

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 in anybody's name,

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 but here are people

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 who at least appear

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 to have done

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 some rather miraculous things,

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 but they're not keepers

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 of God's law.

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 They don't have

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 this whole person righteousness

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 that we're talking about here.

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 Jesus says to them,

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 I never knew you.

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 Depart from me.

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 the Beatitudes,

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 beginning in Matthew 5,

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 and everything that follows

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 in this sermon

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 is Jesus' very careful work

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 of teaching His listeners

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 then and this morning

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 that a life that is pleasing to God

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 encompasses our whole being.

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 He's getting in

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 and He's mixing it up.

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 He's making very careful,

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 precise cuts

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 to help us to see

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 that there's nothing

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 we can do

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 to be accepted

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 by God.

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 Poor in spirit.

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 By His grace to us

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 in the personal work

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 we can stand right.

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 We can be righteous

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 before Him.

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 And all of our lives

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 can and should

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 be given to Him.

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 those who belong

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 to the kingdom of heaven

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 who have

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 been saved by God

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 through the personal work

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 of Jesus Christ

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 will,

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 at our core,

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 long,

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 desire,

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 deeply desire,

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 hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness.

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 We will desire

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 above every other desire

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 to serve the King

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 of the kingdom

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 that we are citizens of.

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 On your bulletin this morning,

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 a C.S. Lewis quote for you.

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 I hope this one's familiar to you,

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 but I think it's apt

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 in this particular spot.

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 He wrote,

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 If I find in myself

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 a desire,

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 so read there,

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 hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness,

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 a desire which no experience

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 in this world

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 can satisfy,

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 the most probable explanation

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 is that I was made

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 for another world.

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 I'm a citizen

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 of a different kingdom

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 because nothing

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 in this world

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 can satisfy

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 this deep longing

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 in me

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 for righteousness.

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 I want to make this point

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 just a bit further.

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 I'm answering the question

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 still,

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 in case you lost me.

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 Why did Jesus not say

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 hunger and thirst

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 for God?

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 Why this righteousness

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 theme here

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 in verse 6

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 of Matthew 5?

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 So let me show you

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 just a little bit

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 further

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 by showing you

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 a little bit

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 about the structure

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 of Jesus'

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 blessed declarations,

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 these beatitudes

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 that we see.

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 So look,

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 if you will,

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 Matthew 5.

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 There are

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 eight declarations

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 of blessing.

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 We've got

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 one per verse

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 through verse 10.

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 Excuse me,

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 verse 10.

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 And then we understand

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 verse 11,

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 although he does say

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 at the beginning of it,

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 blessed once again,

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 but to see it

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 as a further

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 explanation of

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 verse 10,

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 the declaration

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 of blessing

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 found in verse 10.

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 So there are

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 eight total.

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 And they are

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 grouped

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 into

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 two sets

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 of four.

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 Before we talk

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 about those

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 two sets of four,

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 though,

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 I want to show you

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 that the very first

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 beatitude

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 begins with

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven,

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And the last one,

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 just before the

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 further explanation

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 of it,

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 in verse 10,

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 Jesus says the same,

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 for theirs

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 is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 So we have

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 this book ending

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 of the Beatitudes

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 with this idea

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 of citizenship

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 in the kingdom.

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 John Piper

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 referred to this

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 as a kingdom

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 of heaven sandwich,

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 which really

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 made me laugh

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 at the time,

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 and now that I'm

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 reading it,

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 it's not that funny,

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 but he talked

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 about the meat

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 in between,

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 I guess.

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 But anyway,

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 I chuckled

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 and I wrote it down.

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 So now,

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 when we look

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 at these two

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 groupings

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 of four,

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 the first four

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 are passive,

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 if you'll allow

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 the word.

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 They're happening

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 within.

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 They're attitudes

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 of heart.

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 They're understanding

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 of condition.

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 They're not

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 retaliatory

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 in the case

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 of meekness.

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 It's happening

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 within.

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 It's who we are.

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 And then the second

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 four are active.

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 They're evidencing

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 of who we are.

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 So verse six,

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 where we are today,

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 blessed are those

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 who hunger and thirst

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 for righteousness,

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:14.560
 ends these first four,

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:14.980
 this grouping

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 of these first four.

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 We're hungering for it.

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 We're lacking it.

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 We want it.

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 We want it to be ours.

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 We want to be filled

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 with righteousness.

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 righteousness.

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 And then at the end

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.820
 of the second grouping

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 of four,

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 we see the result

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 of having been

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 filled.

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.840
 Blessed are those

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:38.340
 who are persecuted.

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.860
 For what?

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:41.259
 For righteousness'

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.879
 sake.

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.619
 So they are now

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:46.579
 expressing righteousness

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.079
 and people are seeing

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.200
 righteousness

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.759
 in God's citizens

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.680
 of his kingdom.

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.140
 And because of that,

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.539
 they are persecuted.

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.900
 So the first four

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.980
 beatitudes describe

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.079
 the broken,

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.319
 grieving,

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.960
 quiet person

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.559
 who hungers

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.359
 and thirsts,

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.259
 wants to be filled

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.160
 with righteousness.

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.140
 And the next four

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:12.200
 beatitudes describe

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.440
 the merciful,

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.820
 pure peacemaker

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:17.900
 who is persecuted

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:20.400
 because of this

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.480
 righteousness.

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.820
 So,

00:21:23.300 --> 00:21:24.279
 whole person

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.720
 righteousness,

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.740
 both inward

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.900
 and outward,

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.360
 right?

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.460
 He's expressing

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:31.019
 what the citizens

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.380
 look like

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:34.060
 under the lordship

00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:36.080
 of their king,

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.360
 Jesus Christ.

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.600
 I'm going to show you

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.840
 a bit more

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:42.340
 about righteousness

00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.120
 and what this is

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.759
 going to look like

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.519
 and express

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.660
 in our lives.

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.140
 And to do that,

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.820
 I want you to turn

00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:48.360
 to Psalm 1.

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.160
 This is our public

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.759
 scripture reading

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.740
 from last

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.140
 Lord's Day.

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:10.620
 very interestingly,

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:12.880
 the Septuagint,

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.920
 which is the

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.980
 Greek translation

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.779
 of the Old Testament,

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.279
 I'm going to talk

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.759
 a little bit more

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.900
 about what the

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.720
 Septuagint is

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.700
 in just a second.

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.840
 The Septuagint

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.820
 translates

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:23.720
 the Hebrew word

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:26.300
 into Greek.

00:22:26.560 --> 00:22:27.480
 I'm not going to

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.200
 tell you the Greek word.

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.940
 It's not important.

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.320
 I probably won't

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:31.040
 pronounce it all

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.980
 that well anyway,

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:34.220
 but it's the same

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.180
 in the Greek translation

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.800
 of the Old Testament

00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.580
 as it is here

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.599
 in Matthew chapter 5,

00:22:37.679 --> 00:22:38.899
 the same Greek word.

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.439
 Now,

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.519
 as a bit of an aside,

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.740
 because I know

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.519
 that I throw

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.399
 the word Septuagint

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.799
 out.

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.599
 If you're reading

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.199
 well,

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.939
 you're going to see

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:51.639
 this particular

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.299
 piece of literature

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.039
 referenced.

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.859
 Septuagint

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.500
 is our

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.279
 Anglicanized word

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.000
 of Latin,

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.599
 of course.

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.559
 You should study

00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.879
 Latin.

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:02.780
 of the longer

00:23:02.780 --> 00:23:03.600
 title,

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:05.600
 Versio Septuaginta

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:07.340
 Interpretum.

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.200
 I think I said

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.520
 that right,

00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.280
 which means

00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:11.180
 translation of the

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.660
 70 interpreters.

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:13.860
 So,

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.800
 the translation

00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:15.520
 of the 70

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:17.060
 and its abbreviation

00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:18.820
 the LXX.

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.100
 So,

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.700
 you're reading a book

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.220
 and you see LXX,

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:22.060
 that's the Roman numeral

00:23:22.060 --> 00:23:23.820
 for 70,

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.300
 right?

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:26.539
 is derived,

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:28.159
 this title is derived

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.079
 from a legend

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.259
 that 72

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.539
 Jewish scholars,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.839
 that's six

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.399
 from each of the

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.279
 12 tribes of Israel,

00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:36.019
 worked independently

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:37.180
 to translate

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.799
 the whole of the

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.259
 Old Testament

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.960
 into Greek

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 and ultimately

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 produced identical

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.519
 versions.

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 I don't buy into

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.240
 this legend at all.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.039
 I don't believe

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.960
 that the Septuagint

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.440
 is inspired.

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.019
 However,

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.740
 it's useful,

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.339
 right?

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.680
 So,

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.200
 more likely,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.039
 we don't know

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.899
 exactly the dates,

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.960
 but the work

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.819
 of translating

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.980
 into Greek

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.000
 began in the

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.279
 3rd century B.C.

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.119
 and was completed

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:04.259
 in 132 B.C.

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.680
 So,

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.460
 it was a work

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.980
 done across

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.659
 a bunch of time,

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.680
 more likely.

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.440
 But the way

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.680
 it's helpful to us,

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.139
 right,

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.960
 not being

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.579
 speakers of

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.399
 Hebrew

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.980
 or of

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.839
 Koine Greek

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.420
 and we're trying

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.899
 to take

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:18.440
 our English minds

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.079
 and get them

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.000
 connected to

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.779
 this very,

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:22.180
 very ancient text

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 is that men

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.799
 who are much

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.619
 closer to

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.480
 the original

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.659
 Hebrew text

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.440
 of the Old Testament

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.500
 who were also

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.980
 Greek speakers,

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.000
 helped us.

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 What did they

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.059
 understand the word

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.539
 to mean?

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 Like,

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 how did they

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.960
 read Psalm 1,

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.180
 blessed is

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 the man?

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 And they brought

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.500
 it over

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 into this

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.519
 Greek word

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.619
 that is inspired

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.700
 in Matthew chapter 5.

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 Are you connecting

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.579
 with me?

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 I hope that you are.

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 I haven't lost you

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.299
 completely.

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.639
 It's helpful for us

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.859
 in drawing connection

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.899
 between the Old Testament

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.680
 and the New Testament

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:54.320
 simply as the minds

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.880
 of the readers

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.680
 help us

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.320
 understand the

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.320
 original language.

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.019
 Ask me more questions

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.000
 later if I've lost you

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.380
 entirely.

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.340
 It's helpful.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.019
 So if you hear people

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.720
 refer to the

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.240
 Septuagint

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:06.080
 or to the LXX,

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:07.400
 this is what they're

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.380
 talking about

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.280
 as we look at these words.

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.680
 So,

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.480
 Psalm 1,

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.559
 the very first word

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:15.599
 in the Greek version

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.299
 of the Old Testament

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 is the same

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.519
 as the word

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.920
 in Matthew chapter 5

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:21.579
 verse 6.

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 Blessed

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 is the man

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:25.099
 who walks

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.819
 not in the counsel

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.240
 of the wicked,

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.819
 nor stands

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.619
 in the way of sinners,

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.779
 nor sits

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.399
 in the seat

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.359
 of scoffers.

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 But his delight

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.500
 is in the law

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.000
 of the Lord

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 and on his law

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.960
 he meditates

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.599
 day and night.

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 He is like

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.299
 a tree

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 planted by streams

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.839
 of water

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 that yields

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.160
 its fruit

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.980
 in its season

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 and its leaf

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.920
 does not wither.

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.880
 In all that he does

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:48.120
 he prospers.

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.759
 The wicked

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.039
 are not so,

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.620
 but are like chaff

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.259
 that the wind

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.579
 drives away.

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.039
 Therefore the wicked

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.740
 will not stand

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.240
 in the judgment

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.920
 nor sinners

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.880
 in the congregation

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.059
 of the righteous.

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.420
 For the Lord

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.799
 knows the way

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.940
 of the righteous,

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.100
 but the way

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.660
 of the wicked

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.400
 will perish.

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:09.640
 So you can see

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.820
 here this man,

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:13.040
 this flourishing man

00:26:13.040 --> 00:26:13.700
 and we can see

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.380
 the way

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.220
 in which he

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.360
 flourishes.

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.460
 Again,

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.220
 a metaphor.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.060
 Verse 3,

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.080
 he's like a tree.

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.700
 A tree that's

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.740
 planted by water,

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.840
 has all

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:27.080
 of the sustenance

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.980
 it needs,

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.519
 does the work

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.180
 that it's supposed

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.600
 to do,

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.480
 that is yielding

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.019
 its fruit

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.100
 at the proper

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:34.240
 time.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.559
 its leaf

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.160
 never dries up,

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.000
 it's always

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.779
 productive.

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.440
 And we see

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.559
 the contradiction

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.059
 to that,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.940
 the wicked

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:45.180
 who are like

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.180
 a byproduct

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.859
 of the harvest

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.579
 that's no good

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.160
 for anything

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.759
 and the wind

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.740
 simply blows

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.599
 it away.

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.339
 And so there's

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.400
 a way

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.579
 of the wicked

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.120
 and there's

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.859
 a way

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.779
 of the righteous.

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.000
 righteous

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.940
 and the man

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.180
 who walks

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.759
 in the way

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.920
 of the righteous

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.899
 is declared

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:06.539
 blessed.

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.799
 This kind

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.220
 of living

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.359
 is a great

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.799
 work of God

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.160
 on our behalf.

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.180
 Beloved,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.099
 this is not a thing

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.500
 we do ourselves.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.099
 Just like poverty

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.480
 of spirit

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.940
 is not a thing

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.660
 that we produce

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.259
 ourselves

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.680
 or deep sadness

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.500
 over our sin

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.779
 and the sin

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.119
 of the world

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.700
 is not a thing

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.259
 we produce

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.779
 in ourselves

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.980
 and meekness

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.119
 is not a thing

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.000
 that's accomplished

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.940
 by ourselves.

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.220
 In the same way,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.660
 this type

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.720
 of hungering

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.940
 and thirsting

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.539
 to walk

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.160
 in the ways

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.899
 of God

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.539
 is a great

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:40.139
 work of God.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.059
 John 15

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.160
 verse 5

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:45.139
 about in the middle

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:46.000
 of what we call

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.200
 the upper room

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.099
 discourse

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.700
 Jesus said

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.920
 I am the vine

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.180
 you are the branches

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:55.019
 whoever abides

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.379
 in me

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.020
 and I

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:56.680
 in him

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.160
 he it is

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.900
 that bears

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:00.020
 much fruit

00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:01.360
 for apart

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.960
 from me

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.400
 you can

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.840
 do

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:05.320
 nothing.

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.060
 And just

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.500
 before this

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.900
 in the very

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.140
 same discourse

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.660
 in chapter 14

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.680
 verses 15

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.880
 through 17

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.700
 Jesus said

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.520
 to his disciples

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:16.620
 if you love me

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:18.060
 you will keep

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:19.040
 my commandments

00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:20.620
 and I will ask

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.120
 the father

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.640
 and he will give

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.700
 you another helper

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.600
 to be with you

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.600
 forever

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:26.699
 even the spirit

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.459
 of truth

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:28.539
 whom the world

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.259
 cannot receive

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.839
 because it neither

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.619
 sees him

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.639
 nor knows him

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:33.059
 you know him

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.139
 for he dwells

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.799
 with you

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.959
 and will

00:28:35.959 --> 00:28:37.679
 be in you.

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.740
 And when we read

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.059
 that John 14

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.899
 verse 15

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.459
 and following

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:42.279
 in light of

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.240
 John 15

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.019
 5

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.179
 I think it's

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.719
 right to

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:48.139
 restructure it

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.619
 a bit

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.000
 to hear Jesus

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.519
 saying

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.359
 if you love

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.699
 me

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:53.119
 I've given

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.159
 you the helper

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.699
 in fact

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:56.239
 the fact that

00:28:56.239 --> 00:28:56.679
 you love me

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.519
 is a sign

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.959
 that I've given

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.959
 you the helper

00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.479
 and he

00:28:59.479 --> 00:29:00.559
 will help you

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.459
 to keep

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:03.659
 my commandments

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:06.240
 and it's

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.900
 these people

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:08.740
 I hope it's

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.680
 you people

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.620
 I praise God

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.080
 that it's

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.640
 me

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:14.360
 that hunger

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.640
 and thirst

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.400
 for righteousness

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.460
 that have this

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.880
 declaration spoken

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.680
 over us

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.120
 of

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.259
 blessed

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.580
 Jesus says

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.820
 we're the ones

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.920
 that are

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.080
 flourishing

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.700
 that are

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.860
 doing well

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.880
 in the place

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.400
 that we live

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.060
 and will

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:33.160
 forever

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:35.440
 why are

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.280
 those who

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:36.840
 hunger and thirst

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.440
 for righteousness

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.220
 declared

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.400
 a blessing

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.980
 right

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.860
 because

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:42.519
 they shall

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.120
 be

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.920
 satisfied

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.320
 and this

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.759
 statement by

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.440
 Jesus has

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.280
 both present

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:49.240
 and future

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.440
 implication

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.220
 those of us

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.720
 who hunger

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.060
 and thirst

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.560
 for righteousness

00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:55.180
 will be

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.180
 satisfied

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.580
 in three

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.060
 ways

00:29:58.060 --> 00:30:00.280
 first

00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:01.100
 and all of

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.319
 these are

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.539
 from the

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.759
 book of

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.099
 Philippians

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.339
 if you

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.699
 want to

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.019
 go there

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.779
 I'll read

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.159
 carefully

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.639
 to you

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:07.559
 we will

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.139
 be satisfied

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.119
 in three

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.639
 ways

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.199
 first

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:12.219
 we are

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:12.719
 found

00:30:12.719 --> 00:30:13.119
 righteous

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.679
 in

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.359
 Jesus

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.539
 Christ

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.619
 those of

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.859
 us who

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.199
 are citizens

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.599
 of God's

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.879
 kingdom

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.379
 finding in

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.079
 us working

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.319
 this longing

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.779
 to be

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.339
 righteous

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.179
 before God

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:25.359
 are

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.319
 found

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.119
 righteous

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.559
 in Jesus

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:27.799
 Christ

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.119
 we have

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.319
 been

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.259
 declared

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.679
 righteous

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.400
 there is

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.240
 a status

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.500
 of being

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.299
 righteous

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.080
 Philippians

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.680
 chapter 3

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.820
 verse 9

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:39.519
 Paul says

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.460
 not having

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.720
 a righteousness

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.980
 of my own

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.460
 that comes

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.740
 from the

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.039
 law

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.320
 but that

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.039
 which comes

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.860
 through faith

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.820
 in Christ

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.060
 the righteousness

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:50.080
 from God

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.080
 that depends

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.740
 on faith

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.220
 and so

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.620
 in Jesus

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.460
 coming to

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.880
 earth

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.220
 incarnate

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.960
 becoming a

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.440
 man

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.380
 fully

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.840
 taking

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.059
 on

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.240
 being

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.319
 100%

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.100
 man

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.759
 while also

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.059
 being

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.240
 100%

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.279
 God

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.140
 he came

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.360
 and he

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.720
 lived

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.680
 a perfect

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.180
 life

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.299
 he kept

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.880
 the law

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.160
 in every

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.100
 possible

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:14.160
 sense

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.319
 no one

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.779
 else has

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.299
 ever done

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.600
 this

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:16.860
 right

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.160
 except

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.640
 the God

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:17.960
 man

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.700
 Jesus

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.840
 Christ

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.860
 and so

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.799
 righteousness

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.819
 was his

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.799
 and by

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.519
 faith in

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.100
 him

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:26.039
 that

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.459
 righteousness

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:27.379
 is credited

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.419
 to our

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.819
 account

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.139
 so we

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.740
 positionally

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.199
 stand before

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.559
 God

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.079
 as

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.839
 righteous

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.339
 as those

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.019
 who hunger

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.619
 and thirst

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.119
 for it

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.639
 right

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.319
 we're

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.959
 satisfied

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.639
 because we

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.699
 have it

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.419
 in

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.279
 Christ

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.000
 in this

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.199
 declarative

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.939
 sense

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.399
 we've been

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.079
 justified

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.439
 before God

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.839
 he has

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.379
 looked at us

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.000
 and said

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.079
 righteous

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.460
 secondly

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.960
 the second

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.379
 way

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:52.960
 is that

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.399
 we will

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:53.679
 be

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.439
 increasing

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.220
 in

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.759
 righteousness

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.799
 the

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.799
 day to day

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.399
 practice

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.119
 of obedience

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.500
 to God

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.199
 the

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.599
 declaration

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.379
 is

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.339
 waving

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.859
 over us

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.139
 as a

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.460
 banner

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.299
 and yet

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.759
 we're still

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.399
 meant to be

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.000
 turned out

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.720
 in appreciation

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.659
 for what

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.119
 Christ has

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.519
 done for

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.879
 us

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.919
 in the

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.319
 pursuit

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.799
 of

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.919
 holiness

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:16.619
 Paul

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.839
 writes

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.039
 again

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.200
 in

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.619
 Philippians

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.200
 chapter 2

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.859
 verses 12

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.139
 and 13

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.420
 I'm actually

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.119
 working backwards

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.539
 through the

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.779
 book

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:22.440
 he says

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.940
 therefore my

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.319
 beloved

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.839
 as you

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.519
 have always

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.059
 obeyed

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.960
 so now

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.519
 not only

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.920
 as in my

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.259
 presence

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.500
 but much

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.079
 more in

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.200
 my absence

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:33.059
 work out

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.819
 your own

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.539
 salvation

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.059
 with fear

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.099
 and trembling

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.240
 now what

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.819
 he's saying

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.240
 here

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.539
 is not

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.379
 work for

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.319
 your salvation

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:44.819
 but evidence

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.559
 your salvation

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.440
 right

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.559
 be about

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.039
 the work

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.500
 of one

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.840
 who is

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.180
 saved

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.420
 one

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.880
 who is

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.320
 a citizen

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.880
 of the

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.140
 kingdom

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.460
 don't

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.920
 delude

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.340
 yourself

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.680
 and think

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.880
 that you

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.200
 can live

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.480
 however

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.220
 you want

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.620
 to

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.320
 those who

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.519
 have been

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.759
 saved

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.279
 by God

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.480
 who have

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.600
 been

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:57.180
 drawn

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.620
 into his

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:57.860
 kingdom

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.380
 who have

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.539
 been

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.180
 declared

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.880
 citizens

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:01.180
 are so

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.019
 glad

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.720
 to live

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.080
 in this

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.900
 place

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.440
 to be

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.680
 citizens

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:04.900
 of the

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.059
 kingdom

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.460
 of heaven

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.840
 and therefore

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.680
 serve

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:08.220
 the king

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.000
 so work

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.220
 out your

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.640
 salvation

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.019
 with fear

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.240
 you can

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.359
 say

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.539
 with

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.160
 awe

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.900
 and with

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.440
 trembling

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:15.059
 verse 13

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.480
 for it is

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.980
 God who

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.460
 works in

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.819
 you both

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.400
 to will

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.180
 and to

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.559
 work

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.660
 for his

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.839
 good pleasure

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.220
 so this is

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.639
 the process

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.240
 of

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.240
 sanctification

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.200
 we've been

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.099
 justified

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.420
 we are

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.180
 being

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.299
 sanctified

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.440
 biblical

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.220
 sanctification

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.680
 is often

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:32.900
 called

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.559
 progressive

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.359
 sanctification

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.900
 we're getting

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.680
 a little

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.440
 bit better

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.299
 one degree

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.859
 of glory

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.279
 to the

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.659
 next

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:40.079
 as we

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.440
 work

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.059
 and God

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.559
 works

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.419
 in us

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:44.220
 for his

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.799
 good pleasure

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:46.299
 and so you

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.759
 want this

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.240
 to be true

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.659
 of you

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.819
 you want

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.259
 to not only

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.839
 say

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.659
 hunger

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.059
 and thirst

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.599
 for righteousness

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.759
 but evidence

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.359
 your hunger

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.779
 and thirst

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.399
 for righteousness

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.819
 by doing

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.339
 good works

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.159
 by being

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.740
 obedient

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.000
 by pursuing

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.859
 righteousness

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.980
 by in the

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.899
 temporal sense

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.839
 being filled

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.319
 with

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.799
 righteousness

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.059
 righteousness

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:08.239
 and then

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.619
 thirdly

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:11.099
 third way

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.380
 we'll be

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.219
 satisfied

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:13.440
 as we

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.820
 will one

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.179
 day

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.860
 be

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.000
 completely

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.300
 righteous

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.860
 Philippians

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.559
 chapter 1

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.539
 verse 6

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.779
 Paul writes

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:22.960
 to the

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.239
 Philippian

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.539
 church

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.920
 and I

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.320
 am sure

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.860
 of this

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.139
 that he

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.719
 who began

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.119
 a good

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.500
 work

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.159
 in you

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.400
 will bring

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.719
 it to

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.300
 completion

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.019
 at the

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.360
 day

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.539
 of Jesus

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.019
 Christ

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.360
 so the

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.579
 day will

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.039
 come when

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.880
 Christ will

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.539
 return

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.239
 or will

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:38.400
 go home

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.679
 to be

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.139
 with him

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.039
 whoever

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.400
 comes

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.960
 first

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.119
 and will

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.139
 set aside

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.320
 the burden

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.480
 of his

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.139
 bodies

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.800
 of death

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.159
 our

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.179
 having been

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.779
 delivered from

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.199
 sin

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.940
 still our

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.380
 sinful

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.440
 inclinations

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.539
 and we

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.940
 will have

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.059
 no choice

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.800
 but to live

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.480
 rightly before

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.019
 God for

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.360
 forever

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.340
 all of our

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.739
 living will

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.139
 be given

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.900
 in worship

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:01.119
 to him

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.519
 and while

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.039
 we await

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.699
 that glorious

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 day

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 we'll be

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 set free

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 from the

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 hindrances

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 of our

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 flesh

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 and we'll

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 experience

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 the full

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 devotion

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 to God

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 we will

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 stand

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 confident

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 before him

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 in the

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 accomplished

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 righteousness

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:19.000
 and

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 work

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 to become

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 righteous

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 by the

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 power

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 that he

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 works

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.579
 within us

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.259
 we will

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.860
 hunger

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:27.380
 and thirst

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:29.000
 for

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.420
 righteousness

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 righteousness

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:32.039
 the

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 contemporary

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.380
 pastor

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.820
 John

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 Piper

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 I don't

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 think I have

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 to tell

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 you who

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 he is

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 but anyway

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.900
 said this

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.280
 in a sermon

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.800
 on this

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.360
 text

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 which I

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.539
 appreciated

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.039
 he said

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 the great

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.619
 tales

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.079
 of the

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.519
 future

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.920
 will be

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.280
 written

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.700
 about

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 real men

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 and women

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.920
 who are

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.559
 passionately

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.900
 committed

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.700
 to one

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 thing

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.099
 the

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.519
 righteousness

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.840
 of God

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:55.460
 Jesus

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.240
 speaks to

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.600
 us

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.440
 today

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:59.059
 blessed

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.559
 are those

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.460
 who hunger

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.300
 and thirst

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.220
 for

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.620
 righteousness

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:04.200
 for they

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.440
 shall be

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.980
 satisfied

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.019
 join me

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.300
 in prayer