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 of His counter-cultural kingdom.

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 It's radical.

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 What Jesus is going to get at is the coming kingdom,

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 His kingdom, His reign,

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 goes beyond the world of entertainment.

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 This manifesto makes a claim on every area of our lives.

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 And it has eternity in scope.

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 So, Matthew 5, 6, and 7,

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 we're going to take our time.

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 We're just going to soak in it.

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 I don't want to rush through it.

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 I want you to kind of enjoy it,

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 to make sure you're hearing what our King is telling us

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 about ourselves and how to live.

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 I need that too.

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 But before we get into kind of the individual parts

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 on the Sermon on the Mount,

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 I mean, really, what does it mean to be poor in spirit?

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 What does Jesus have to say about divorce?

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 Really, we'll get there.

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 But this morning, before we get into the details,

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 into the parts,

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 I want you to see it as a whole.

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 I want you to see the manifesto for what it is.

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 Our King is making a huge claim on our lives,

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 of who we are,

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 and how we are to live for His kingdom on earth.

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 How to live under His reign.

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 And so I want to give you an overview

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 of the Sermon on the Mount this morning.

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 So we're going to be moving briskly.

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 But here's where I want to begin.

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 As a follower of Jesus,

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 as a Christian,

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 you are a kingdom citizen.

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 A citizen of heaven.

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 You are under Jesus' reign.

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 And so this Sermon on the Mount,

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 He is speaking to you.

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 He has you in mind.

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 The Sermon on the Mount is living and active for us today.

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 And so this morning,

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 I'm going to do my best

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 to kind of split the Sermon on the Mount

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 into two parts.

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 There's two parts to this manifesto.

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 The first part is the Beatitudes.

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 Who you are, kingdom citizen.

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 And the second part is the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 That's how we are to live.

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 We live in light of the kingdom.

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 And what we're going to see is

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 who we are and how we live,

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 it's counter-cultural.

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 You ready to dive in?

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 Amen.

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 Matthew chapter 5,

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 verses 3 through 10.

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 Who you are, kingdom citizens.

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 The Beatitudes.

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 Now, here's a Captain Obvious statement.

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 The Beatitudes,

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 blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed be, blessed are, are, are.

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 They don't come at the end of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 But, Jesus starts the manifesto with the Beatitudes.

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 He starts it with who you are, kingdom citizen.

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 That's where he starts.

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 And it's important.

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 Because that's where the rest of the Bible starts.

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 All the rest of the other epistles,

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 they start with who you are,

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 what has God done in you,

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 and then the rest is how you live.

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 And this Sermon on the Mount,

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 this manifesto,

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 is the same thing.

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 It starts with you,

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 what God has done in you,

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 and then it goes out to how we are to live.

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 So, it's like Jesus is saying to us,

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 this is what marks my people.

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 This is what is true of those who are citizens of my kingdom.

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 They have a counter-cultural character.

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 They stand out in a dark world.

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 And so, what we have in the Beatitudes

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 are eight descriptions of the character

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 of a citizen of heaven.

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 Poor in spirit.

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 A kingdom citizen knows they're spiritually bankrupt,

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 apart from God.

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 kingdom citizens grieve over their sin against God.

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 They're meek.

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 They see themselves as God sees them.

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 They hunger and thirst for righteousness.

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 Kingdom citizens crave to do the will of their Father.

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 They're merciful.

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 Kingdom citizens have been shown mercy,

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 and they will be shown mercy,

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 and they show kindness and forgiveness on earth now.

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 The pure in heart.

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 Kingdom citizens have pure motives.

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 God help me.

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 Peacemakers.

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 Kingdom citizens.

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 They bring shalom to their relationships.

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 They bring shalom to their worlds.

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 They're not crazy makers.

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 They're not chaos makers.

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 They don't divide people.

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 They seek to unite people,

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 just as God and Christ has united us with Him.

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 Kingdom citizens are persecuted for righteousness' sakes.

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 We suffer for doing the will of our Father.

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 Now, in all these eight characteristics,

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 what I want you to see is that they're all Godward in orientation.

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 They're all moving towards the Lord.

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 It's all for Him.

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 It's God aimed.

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 These Beatitudes,

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 well, they're not suggested character traits of a kingdom citizen.

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 They're required character traits of a kingdom citizen.

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 And don't make the mistake of thinking that these eight marks of a kingdom citizen

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 are kind of distributed among us,

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 like some of us are poor in spirit,

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 and others of us are meek,

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 and then we have some over here who are persecuted,

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 and then some over here who are peacemakers.

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 That's not how this works.

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 What Jesus is telling us is that each of us

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 is to possess all eight of these characteristics in growing measure.

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 It's true of every Christian.

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 Now, upon hearing that,

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 I'm not sure what you're feeling,

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 but all week long,

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 here's what I've been feeling.

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 Jesus is calling me to something

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 that I know,

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 in and of myself,

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 I am incapable of doing.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but

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 in and of myself,

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 I am blind to my own spiritual bankruptcy.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but

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 in and of myself,

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 I am not meek.

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 I think too highly of myself.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but

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 in and of myself,

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 I would not mourn

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 over my sin.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but

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 in and of myself,

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 I can't make my heart pure.

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 I can't purify my motives.

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 You feeling what I'm talking about?

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 This Godward orientation we see in the Beatitudes,

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 this stuff doesn't come naturally to us.

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 So from the get-go,

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 you've got to realize

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 that

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 to be a citizen

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 of Christ's kingdom

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 is to be a recipient

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 of God's grace.

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 Only by God's grace

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 are we able to see

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 our spiritual depravity.

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 Only by grace

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 would we mourn

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 over our sin

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 against God.

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 Only by God's grace

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 are we able to see ourselves

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 as God sees us.

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 Only by God's grace

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 would we have

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 any inclination

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 to do the will of God.

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 Have you read

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 Romans 3,

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 1 through 10 lately?

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 There's not one of us

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 who would see God.

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 Not one.

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 It's only by God's grace

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 that we experience

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 a purity of heart.

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 It's a work He does in us.

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 Do you know what's so beautiful

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 about the Beatitudes?

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 You know what's so beautiful about them?

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 They point us to the beauty

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 of God's grace

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 again and again.

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 He alone can do in us

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 what we are incapable of.

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 The kingdom of heaven,

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 the active reign of Jesus

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 is a reign

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 not of terror

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 but of grace.

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 He calls us to what is

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 humanly impossible

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 but He makes

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 what is humanly impossible

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 a reality

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 through His grace.

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 He alone can do it.

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 All those blessed words,

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 blessed are,

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 blessed are,

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 blessed are.

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 Do you know what blessed means?

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 happiness?

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 Happy.

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 But it's not a circumstantial happiness.

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 It's not like winning the lottery

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 and you're happy

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 and then you've got to pay

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 half of it to the government

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 and then you're sad.

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 I'd still be happy.

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 Sort of.

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 To be blessed by God

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 in this sense

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 is to have an abiding joy

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 because you've been graced by God.

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 He's done something in you.

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 He's changed you.

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 He sought you.

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 He loved you.

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 He changed you.

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit

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 for theirs is the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Theirs is

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 Kingdom citizens are blessed of God

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 because they're recipients

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 of God's grace.

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 Objects of God's grace.

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 God did

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 for us

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 what we could not do

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 for ourselves.

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 He made us alive.

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 By His grace.

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 We were born again

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 unto God.

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 We are

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 new creations

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 It's all by His grace.

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 All by His grace.

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 Not our doing

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 but His doing.

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 So Jesus starts out

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 this manifesto.

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 This first part

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 of the manifesto

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 is all these beatitudes.

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 All these

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 blessed R's.

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 Blessed,

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 blessed,

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 blessed.

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 Blessed by God.

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 And I just want to see,

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 help you to see that

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 the beatitudes

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 are speaking of people

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 who have been recipients

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 of God's grace.

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 A grace of God

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 that makes

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 dead

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 sinners

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 alive.

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 new creations.

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 A grace of God

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 that transfers

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 a sinner

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 who's been living

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 in the domain

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 of darkness

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 and transfers them

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 into the kingdom

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 of the beloved Son.

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 It's by His grace.

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 this is who you are.

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 Brother,

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 sister in Christ,

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 fellow

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 kingdom

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 citizen,

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 your citizenship

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 is yours

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 by grace.

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 You didn't earn it.

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 You've been brought

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 into the kingdom

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 by grace,

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 not by your own merit.

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 He did a work

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 in you.

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 This is what's

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 to characterize you.

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 These eight characteristics,

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 they're counter-cultural.

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 It's,

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 they stand out.

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 It's who you are

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 and who we are

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 to continue to be.

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 These beatitudes

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 are beautiful

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 in God's sight.

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 It's a work

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 of His grace.

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 So that's part one.

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 Who you are.

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 The beatitudes.

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 And we're going to

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 come back to this

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 over the next few weeks.

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 We're just going to

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 take our time

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 going through

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 each blessed are.

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 But the manifesto

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 begins here.

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 It doesn't end here.

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 The Sermon on the Mount

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 continues.

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 He moves from saying,

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 this is who you are,

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 kingdom citizen,

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 the one blessed of God,

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 the one graced.

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 And then He goes on

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 to say,

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 and this is how you live.

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 Part two of the manifesto.

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 How kingdom citizens live.

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 We have a counter-cultural character

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 born of God's grace

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 and we live counter-cultural lives

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 that display His grace.

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 And so,

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 let's burn through these.

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 I want you to get,

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 acquaint yourself

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 with the Sermon on the Mount.

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 So we're just going to

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 walk through,

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 follow with me.

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 I'm going to be kind of a,

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 I guess,

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 kind of a tourist host.

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 Kind of like,

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 let's go through

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 these beautiful places.

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 I'm going to show you.

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 We're not going to spend

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 much time,

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 but we're going to keep

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 on moving.

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 Just so you get a sense

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 of what this sermon

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 is all about.

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 how kingdom citizens live.

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 You've been changed

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 by God's grace.

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 And so now we look at

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 Matthew 5, verse 13.

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 So,

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 how kingdom citizens live?

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 Well,

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 the first thing you need

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 to realize is

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 kingdom citizens live

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 to influence.

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 We've been born of God,

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 recipients of His grace.

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 We've been blessed.

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 And now,

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 we influence

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 for the kingdom.

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 And where Jesus goes,

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 He gives us two pictures.

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 Salt and light.

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 Verses 13 and 14

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 through 16.

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 Salt and light.

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 Salt is a preservative.

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 It keeps meat

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 from decaying.

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 And way back in the day,

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 you didn't put salt

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 on something

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 to make it a little bit

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 more tasty.

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 You put salt on something

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 so it didn't decay.

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 So it would last.

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 And we're to have

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 a preservative effect

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 in the culture

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 that we live in

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 as kingdom citizens.

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 But He doesn't stop there.

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 He says that we are

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 to be light

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 in the world.

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 So not only

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 would He have

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 a preservative effect,

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 salt,

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 we're to have

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 an enlightening effect.

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 We're to be a city

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 set on a hill.

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 We are to light up

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 the darkness

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 with our lives,

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 pointing to Jesus.

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 We are to expose

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 the darkness.

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 We are to make

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 Christ known.

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 And so,

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 not only preservative,

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 we are an enlightened bunch.

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 We're lit up

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 by God's grace

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 and we shed light

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 around us.

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 We influence

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 for the kingdom.

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 That's the first thing

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 that we see

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 in verses 13 through 16.

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 The second way

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 Jesus points to

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 the way we're supposed

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 to live,

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 we see through

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 chapter 5,

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 verses 17 through 48,

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 and this is

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 a doozy

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 of a section.

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 Jesus says

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 some unbelievable

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 things here.

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 Unbelievable.

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 But if I were

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 to summarize it,

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 it's this.

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 Kingdom citizens

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 live to fully

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 obey

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 the full intent

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 of God's Word.

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 Fully.

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 We're to fully

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 obey

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 the full intent

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 of God's Word.

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 And so,

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 if you look at

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 17,

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 I mean,

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 think about this.

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 Red ink,

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 Jesus saying,

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 do not think

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 that I have come

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 to abolish

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 the law

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 or the prophets.

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 I've not come

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 to abolish them,

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 but to fulfill them.

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 Jesus came

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 to fulfill

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 the Old Testament.

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 Not to put it

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 on the shelf.

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 He came

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 to fulfill it.

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 At a minimum,

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 what it does

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 is helps us

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 to know how

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 to then read

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 our Old Testaments

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 in light of Jesus.

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 He came

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 to fulfill it.

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 It points

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 to Him.

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 Not one iota,

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 not a dot

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 will pass

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 from the law

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 until all

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 is accomplished.

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 It's got purpose.

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 It's aimed.

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 He didn't come

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 to relax the law.

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 He came

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 to fulfill

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 the law,

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 and He came

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 to redeem

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 a people

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 to live

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 as fulfillers

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 of the law.

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 Jesus came

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 to uphold

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 and fulfill

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 all that the law

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 and prophets

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 said.

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 Part of His

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 fulfilling the law

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 and prophets

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 was to bring out

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 the full intent

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 of the law.

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 Not just

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 external obedience.

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 The scribes

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 and the Pharisees

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 were known

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 for doing that

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 very well,

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 thank you very much.

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 Jesus went

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 from external

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 obedience

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 to addressing

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 internal obedience

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 as well.

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 And so,

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 in verses

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 21-48,

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 He shows us

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 how those

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 who've been

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 radically changed

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 by grace

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 live out

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 the full intent

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 of the law.

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 And so,

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:33.840
 in verses

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 21-22,

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 there are these

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 six statements

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 Jesus makes.

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 You've heard it said,

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 but I say.

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 It's a huge

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 claim of authority.

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 Let me just

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 clarify you

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 what my word

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 means.

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 Here is

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 God incarnate

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 correcting

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.720
 misunderstandings

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 of His word.

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 I would have

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 loved to have

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 been there.

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 I love having

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 this at my hands

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 and fingertips

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.160
 now.

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 This is my king

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 speaking to me.

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 This is our king

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 speaking to us.

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 And He brings

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.480
 out the full intent.

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 So,

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.059
 you've heard that

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.660
 this is said,

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 those who murder,

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 well,

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 they're liable

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 for judgment.

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 But I say,

00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:18.779
 if you get angry,

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 you're liable

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 for judgment.

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 He goes from

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 external to

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 internal.

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 Full obedience

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.980
 to the full

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.720
 intent of the law.

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 You've heard it

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 said that

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.640
 adultery is not

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.080
 okay.

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.880
 Agreed.

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 but I say,

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 even someone

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 who lusts

00:19:37.760 --> 00:19:38.560
 in their heart

00:19:38.560 --> 00:19:39.520
 after a woman

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 commits adultery

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 in his heart.

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 Full intent.

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 Full obedience.

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:49.040
 Outer conformity.

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 Inner conformity.

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:54.039
 He goes on to say

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 some very

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 strong things.

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 You've heard that

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 no default

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.720
 divorce is okay.

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.160
 But I say,

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.519
 do you realize

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.420
 what you're doing

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.899
 to people

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.799
 by doing that?

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 33 and 34,

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.139
 you've heard it said,

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.500
 don't swear falsely.

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.180
 Then He says,

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.160
 but I say,

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.440
 let your yes

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 be yes

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 and your no

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 be no.

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.680
 Let's dive

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 into that one

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.680
 when we come

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 to it.

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.299
 38 and 39,

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 you've heard

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.560
 that it said,

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.700
 an eye for an eye

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 and a tooth

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 for a tooth.

00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:32.259
 Lex talionis!

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.620
 But I say,

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:38.860
 do not resist

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.320
 the one

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.960
 who is evil.

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 Wait,

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.259
 Jesus,

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.380
 are you telling me,

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:45.880
 are you telling me

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.240
 to enable bad people?

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 Is that what

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.640
 you're telling me?

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 We've got to find out

00:20:50.780 --> 00:20:51.360
 what He means.

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.580
 We'll come back to that.

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.120
 43 through 44,

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.020
 you've heard that

00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:56.460
 it said,

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.740
 love your neighbor

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.540
 and hate your enemy,

00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:00.800
 but I say,

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:02.440
 love your enemies.

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.800
 Radical

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:04.680
 kingdom

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 living.

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 Now,

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 I'm the first

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.040
 to admit

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 there's a lot

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.400
 to understand here.

00:21:12.520 --> 00:21:13.140
 I've got a lot

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.940
 of studying to do.

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.300
 But what Jesus

00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:18.120
 is showing us

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:19.060
 is that the full

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:20.400
 intent of the law

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 makes a claim

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 on all

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 of who we are,

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.140
 external

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 and internal.

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 And we have

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.680
 a tendency

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.640
 of not going

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 deep enough.

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 Are you ready?

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.560
 Are you ready

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:37.120
 to wrestle

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:37.680
 with the words

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.180
 of our King?

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.759
 Are you ready

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.520
 to live for His

00:21:41.520 --> 00:21:42.660
 kingdom on this planet?

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:47.020
 kingdom citizens

00:21:47.020 --> 00:21:47.900
 live to fully

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 obey

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:50.300
 the full intent

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 of God's law.

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 The third thing

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.300
 that we come across

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.940
 is in verses,

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.820
 chapter 6,

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:57.060
 verses 1 through 18.

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.680
 Kingdom citizens

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.780
 live for God,

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:05.640
 not man.

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.920
 there's a temptation

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:10.000
 we all face

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:11.240
 is to do

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.460
 our obedience,

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.100
 practice our righteousness

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:15.880
 for the eyes

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 of men

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 to show our

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 obedience.

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 And then it

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.280
 ceases to become

00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:23.259
 obedience to God.

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 It becomes

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 something else.

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 Jesus says,

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 no,

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 don't do that.

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 Don't give

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 so other people

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 can see you.

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 Don't pray

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 so others

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 can hear you.

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 Don't fast

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 so that other people

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 know.

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 Don't do that.

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 No,

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 you won't get

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.839
 a reward

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 from your Father

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.360
 in Heaven

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.299
 if you do that.

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 He tells us

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 to give

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 and to pray

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 and to fast

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 not for public eyes

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 but for private eyes

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 which reminds me

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.859
 of a Hall & Oates song.

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 Private eyes,

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 they're watching you.

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 I used to build

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.240
 Legos to that.

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 But the private eyes

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:14.279
 that Jesus is

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.899
 talking about

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.980
 is not the private eyes

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.539
 Hall & Oates

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.160
 we're singing about.

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 If you look at

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.119
 chapter 6

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.059
 verses 3 and 4

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 we're going to start

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 seeing a pattern.

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 But when you give

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.379
 to the needy

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 do not let your

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.859
 left hand know

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.680
 what your right hand

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.039
 is doing.

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 Do it in private

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.019
 so that your giving

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.099
 may be in secret

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.859
 and your Father

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:33.180
 who sees in secret

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.460
 will reward you.

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 Do it for His eyes.

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 The audience of one.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.079
 Look at verse 6.

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 But when you pray

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 go into your room

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.759
 and shut the door

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 and pray to your Father

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.639
 who is in secret

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.299
 and your Father

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.200
 who sees in secret

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.299
 will reward you.

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 Audience of one.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.720
 Look at verses 17 and 18.

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 But when you fast

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 anoint your head

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 and wash your face

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 that your fasting

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.319
 may not be seen by others

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.139
 but by your Father

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.839
 who is in secret

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.659
 and your Father

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.399
 who sees in secret

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.399
 will reward you.

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.220
 See a pattern?

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.639
 See repetition?

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:11.020
 Practice your righteousness

00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:11.880
 for the audience

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.520
 of one.

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.220
 Your Father in heaven

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:16.020
 not for the eyes of man.

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.980
 Kingdom citizens

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:22.759
 live for God

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.780
 not for man.

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:28.900
 Chapter 6 verses 19-34

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 Kingdom citizens

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:33.880
 live to serve God only

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.940
 and seek God first.

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:38.060
 Kingdom citizens

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:40.180
 have been radically changed

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.900
 and therefore

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.060
 our priorities

00:24:42.060 --> 00:24:43.600
 have been radically changed.

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.300
 And do you see

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:45.080
 where Jesus goes

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.700
 in this section?

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.980
 Verse 19

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.040
 Do not lay up yourselves

00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:49.940
 treasures on earth.

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.620
 Verse 24

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.380
 No one can serve

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.900
 two masters

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.720
 for either will hate

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.640
 the one and love the other

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.540
 or he will be devoted

00:24:55.540 --> 00:24:56.060
 to the one

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:57.260
 and despise the other

00:24:57.260 --> 00:24:58.080
 and then he brings it home.

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.920
 You cannot serve

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.320
 both God

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.720
 and money.

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.740
 We've been radically changed

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.599
 by God's grace

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.079
 and it radically changes

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.119
 who we serve.

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.299
 We don't serve money.

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.039
 We don't live for money.

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.720
 We live for our God.

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.779
 And so

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:18.079
 we use money

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.839
 as a means

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.700
 to serve Him.

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.279
 We don't use God

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.700
 as a way of serving money.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.980
 It's called idolatry.

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.460
 Kingdom citizens

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:31.079
 only have one master.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.200
 We prioritize God

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.340
 over money

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:36.340
 because God's changed us.

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.620
 Kingdom citizens

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:41.940
 not only serve God

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.440
 over money

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:46.160
 we prioritize God

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:50.160
 over our most basic needs.

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.519
 Don't be anxious.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.880
 Anybody anxious in the room?

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.079
 Anybody anxious about their life?

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.440
 Anybody anxious

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.160
 about what they're going to wear

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.700
 what they're going to eat

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.380
 where they're going to live?

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.779
 Anybody.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.220
 Anybody.

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.000
 Don't be anxious.

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.259
 Seek first

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.920
 God

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.940
 in His kingdom

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:14.079
 and He

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.100
 will take care

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.700
 of the rest.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.500
 Trust Him.

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.279
 He's your heavenly Father.

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.100
 He knows your needs

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.200
 before you know your needs.

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.140
 Kingdom citizens

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:28.080
 are not anxious

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.080
 about their life

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.380
 because they seek

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.960
 first their Father

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.420
 who takes care

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.060
 of their life.

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.780
 Man,

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.860
 you know what I love

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.720
 about the Sermon on the Mount

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.500
 and this manifesto?

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:43.280
 Jesus gets right at it.

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:46.300
 He speaks to us.

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:48.300
 He speaks to where we live

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:49.420
 now.

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:52.640
 Kingdom Christians

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.700
 live to serve God

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.200
 over money

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.300
 and seek God

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:56.220
 before themselves.

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.740
 The fifth thing

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.500
 I want you to see

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.320
 is found in verses

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:02.560
 1-12 of chapter 7.

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.180
 Kingdom citizens

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:06.019
 live to relate

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.779
 to others

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.759
 for the kingdom.

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.539
 Our relationships

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.940
 don't exist for us

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.720
 but ultimately

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.880
 we leverage

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.640
 our lives

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.360
 and our relationships

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.279
 for the kingdom.

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:18.519
 And so in verses 1-5

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.059
 we're told to

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.160
 get the log

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.839
 out of our own eye

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.700
 before we pull

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.279
 the speck

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.980
 out of our

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.099
 brothers.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.579
 When we've been

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.399
 radically changed

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.399
 by God's grace

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.740
 it radically changes

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.639
 the way we relate

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.440
 to other people.

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.220
 And so

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.440
 instead of saying

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.500
 right there

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.460
 I see that

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.319
 speck

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:44.639
 there are

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.540
 three fingers

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:46.340
 pointing right back

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.780
 at me

00:27:46.780 --> 00:27:48.540
 saying

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:49.980
 there's a gigantic

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.940
 log in your eye

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.440
 Salvati!

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:54.000
 And what Jesus

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.740
 is telling us

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.300
 to do is

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:56.840
 humble yourself.

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.060
 Live out

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.700
 the blessings.

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.860
 Be meek.

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.780
 See yourself

00:28:02.780 --> 00:28:03.920
 as God sees you.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.900
 Get the log

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.720
 out of your own eye.

00:28:06.520 --> 00:28:07.180
 And then love you

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.440
 brother.

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:10.000
 In verse 6

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.040
 kingdom citizens

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:12.280
 exercise discernment

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.720
 with those

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.200
 who we talk

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.380
 to about the

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.680
 kingdom.

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.420
 Pigs,

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.280
 swine,

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.120
 what's he talking

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.620
 about?

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.360
 At a minimum

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.120
 he's calling us

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.500
 to be discerning

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.340
 of who we talk

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.240
 about Jesus

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.660
 with.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.980
 Look at verse 12.

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.440
 Kingdom citizens

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.700
 fulfill the law

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.500
 by living

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.020
 by the golden rule.

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.260
 There's the golden rule!

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.180
 Right there.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.340
 So whatever you wish

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.240
 that others would do

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.580
 to you

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.420
 do also to them

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.280
 for this is the law

00:28:40.280 --> 00:28:40.880
 and the prophets.

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.520
 Fulfill the law!

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.519
 Love everybody!

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.619
 This is the golden rule!

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.740
 Jesus,

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.539
 this is the second

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.960
 commandment.

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.480
 Love your neighbor

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.059
 as yourself.

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.559
 Did you notice

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.220
 I skipped over

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.680
 a spot?

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.160
 Verses 7

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.619
 through 11.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.579
 It's kind of,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.259
 you're kind of like,

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.379
 what is that

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.980
 doing there?

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.779
 I mean,

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.420
 he goes from

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.400
 talking about

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.799
 getting the log

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.519
 out of your own eye

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.039
 and the speck

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.539
 out of your brothers

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.940
 and he says,

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.539
 don't throw,

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.319
 you know,

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.359
 these wonderful,

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.000
 valuable things

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.819
 to pigs and swine

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.259
 and then he says,

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.980
 then he goes into

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.359
 ask,

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.700
 seek,

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.139
 and knock

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.220
 and then he goes

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.920
 into saying,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.039
 live the golden rule

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.000
 and you're kind of like,

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:24.000
 why are you telling me

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.539
 to pray

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.879
 in the middle

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.539
 of being

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:28.000
 in these relationships

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.759
 with other people

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.879
 and chapter 6

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.680
 he's already told me

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.139
 to pray

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:32.019
 as the Lord

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.440
 prays,

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.079
 the Lord's prayer

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.980
 so why are we

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.420
 going back

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.160
 to prayer here?

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:40.540
 here's why,

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.120
 our relationships

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.960
 with other people

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.640
 are governed

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.560
 by our relationship

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:45.340
 with our Father

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:47.940
 and so we ask,

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.360
 seek,

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:48.920
 and knock

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.560
 our Father

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.960
 for good things

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.920
 related to our

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.540
 relationships

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:53.360
 with other people

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.800
 I ask God

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.340
 to help me

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.940
 to live out

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.580
 the golden rule

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.420
 with this person

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.620
 and with that person

00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.700
 at a minimum

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:02.180
 we're to be asking

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.680
 our Father

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.220
 to help

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.360
 live in relationship

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:06.000
 to others

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.600
 for the glory

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.200
 of his name

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.339
 and advancement

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.000
 of his kingdom

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.519
 kingdom citizens

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.400
 live to relate

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.059
 to others

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.980
 for the kingdom

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:19.500
 the last thing

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.200
 I want you to see

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:21.100
 is chapter 7

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.759
 verses 13

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.500
 through 27

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.960
 this is like

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.620
 the finale

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:27.759
 this is like

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.380
 Jesus

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.759
 sits you down

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.299
 and he's like

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.600
 alright

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:32.799
 sign here please

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.399
 commit

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:36.079
 commit

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:38.779
 and so in verses

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.799
 13 through 27

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.299
 we

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.480
 I'd summarize

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.919
 that kingdom

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.799
 citizens

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:44.519
 live committed

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.980
 to Christ's

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.299
 kingdom

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.579
 we live committed

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.059
 and in this section

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.359
 he contrasts

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.000
 four things

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.000
 he says

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.339
 enter the narrow gate

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.740
 don't go through

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.399
 the wide gate

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.339
 enter through

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.139
 the narrow gate

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:58.720
 the narrow gate

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:00.119
 is going to lead

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.379
 to a hard way

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.980
 with a few people

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.460
 but it leads

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.020
 to life

00:31:06.020 --> 00:31:09.840
 and what Jesus

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.760
 is calling us to

00:31:10.760 --> 00:31:11.160
 is

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.580
 live it

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:14.820
 live it out

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:17.260
 don't go back

00:31:17.260 --> 00:31:18.160
 to the wide gate

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.180
 don't go back

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.100
 to the easy way

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:21.160
 don't go back

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.860
 to the mob

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:24.820
 live for me

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:26.680
 live this way

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:28.680
 enter the narrow gate

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.580
 and in 15 through 20

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.460
 he tells us

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:33.420
 commit to me

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:35.560
 don't listen

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.779
 to false prophets

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.240
 listen to me

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.620
 he compares

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.480
 two trees

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.279
 a healthy tree

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.160
 and a diseased tree

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.900
 a healthy tree

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:46.279
 bears good fruit

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.380
 a diseased tree

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.539
 the ministry

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.519
 of a false prophet

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.660
 bears bad fruit

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.680
 and if you eat

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.259
 that fruit

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.160
 not only are you

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.740
 going to

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.100
 get sick

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:56.180
 it's going to have

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.640
 an effect

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.759
 on the body

00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:02.360
 commit to

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.380
 discerning truth

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.340
 from falsehood

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:06.060
 commit to

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:07.440
 eating

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.140
 from the ministry

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:11.520
 of a healthy tree

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:15.860
 verses 21 through 23

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.800
 oh this is such

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.620
 a sober one

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:21.040
 verse 21

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.640
 not everyone

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.380
 who says to me

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.960
 Lord Lord

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.759
 will enter the kingdom

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.200
 of heaven

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.819
 what

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:29.600
 Lord Lord

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.400
 have you said that

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.799
 Lord

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.140
 Lord Lord

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:37.759
 Jesus gets at

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.200
 something

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.740
 verses 21

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.519
 through 23

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:42.940
 he's like

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.080
 hey

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.500
 commitment

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.940
 doesn't

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.940
 to me

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.000
 does not

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.980
 look like

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.319
 a profession

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.480
 and doing

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.900
 these

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:51.200
 awesome works

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.519
 commitment

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.559
 commitment

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.180
 to me

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.220
 looks like

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.319
 living out

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.920
 the will

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.940
 of my father

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.660
 day after day

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:02.819
 not lip service

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:05.480
 but life service

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.480
 that's sobering

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:11.799
 makes you ask

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.880
 some hard questions

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:15.059
 verses 24

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.920
 through 27

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.880
 Jesus

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.640
 shares this

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.720
 last contrast

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.740
 last contrast

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.819
 between foundations

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.420
 he says

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.359
 whoever hears

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:24.079
 and does

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.140
 my words

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.420
 it's like

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.440
 a wise man

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.039
 who builds

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.200
 his house

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.279
 on a solid

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.880
 foundation

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.440
 of rock

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:35.079
 build

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.700
 your

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.839
 life

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.819
 on the rock

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.839
 of Christ

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.200
 not on the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.400
 shifting sands

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:43.519
 of other

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.120
 words

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:52.619
 Jesus

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:52.639
 Jesus

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.059
 closes

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.259
 the

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.879
 manifesto

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.239
 with that

00:33:54.239 --> 00:33:56.219
 called a

00:33:56.219 --> 00:33:56.519
 commitment

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:58.619
 this

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.239
 manifesto

00:33:59.239 --> 00:33:59.679
 is broken

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.059
 into two

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.359
 parts

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.859
 who you

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.199
 are

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:01.859
 blessed

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.559
 are

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.139
 you

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.659
 one

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.119
 graced

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.719
 by God

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.839
 and then

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.379
 he calls

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.859
 us to

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.299
 live it

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.479
 out

00:34:07.479 --> 00:34:07.779
 in a

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.039
 certain

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.460
 way

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.440
 counter

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.960
 cultural

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.579
 character

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.619
 shows up

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.019
 in a

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.319
 counter

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.900
 cultural

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.940
 life

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:17.679
 and as

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.220
 we walk

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.860
 this way

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.440
 he proves

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.059
 himself

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.760
 faithful

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:25.200
 can I call

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.400
 you to

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.639
 something

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.139
 this morning

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:28.159
 I know

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.559
 you can't

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.860
 say no

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.280
 right now

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:33.660
 let's

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:33.940
 press

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.580
 into

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:36.920
 who we

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.400
 are

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.140
 right

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.440
 now

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.680
 let's

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.320
 live out

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.540
 what God

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:45.200
 has already

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.940
 called us

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.519
 to be

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:48.400
 kingdom

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.140
 citizens

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:50.820
 citizens

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.580
 of

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.360
 his

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.019
 realm

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.300
 of

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.940
 his

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.540
 reign

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:58.000
 let's

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.279
 live it

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.519
 out

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.659
 let's

00:34:59.659 --> 00:34:59.880
 live it

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.000
 out

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.400
 together

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.699
 and so

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.059
 I'd

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.539
 like to

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.019
 ask you

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.400
 to start

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.779
 praying

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:03.980
 for

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.360
 something

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.800
 praying

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:04.960
 for

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.199
 three

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.639
 things

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:09.039
 in your

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.440
 private

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.239
 prayer life

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.559
 when you

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.019
 go into

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.519
 your prayer

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.019
 closet

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.599
 to pray

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.980
 to your

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.320
 heavenly

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.800
 father

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.279
 in secret

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:17.860
 would you

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.440
 start praying

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.980
 these three

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.480
 things

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.699
 something

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.320
 like this

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.100
 first

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:24.380
 God

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.740
 I am

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.260
 totally

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.840
 dependent

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.820
 on you

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.600
 to live

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.100
 this

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.640
 life

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.080
 you have

00:35:30.080 --> 00:35:30.380
 called

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.580
 me

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:30.780
 to

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.920
 it's

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.300
 admitting

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.559
 your

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.940
 need

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.920
 admitting

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.160
 your

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:35.680
 place

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.620
 exercise

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:36.960
 of

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.440
 humility

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.340
 I

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.680
 need

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:38.880
 you

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.240
 I'm

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.620
 dependent

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:39.940
 on

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.260
 you

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.500
 second

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:43.039
 God

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.360
 will you

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.700
 give me

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.320
 the grace

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.039
 to be

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.700
 a faithful

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.580
 citizen

00:35:46.580 --> 00:35:47.300
 of your

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.660
 kingdom

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.420
 today

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.920
 give me

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.220
 what I

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.420
 need

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.700
 today

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.039
 God

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.460
 help me

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.779
 to live

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.000
 this

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.179
 out

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.579
 for you

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.860
 today

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.119
 I

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.440
 need

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.659
 you

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.039
 and you

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.259
 have

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.539
 what I

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.800
 need

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.320
 grace

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.619
 me

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:59.739
 and then

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.099
 third

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.659
 God

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:02.980
 would you

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.719
 make me

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.880
 the

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.759
 countercultural

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.480
 Christian

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.920
 you called

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.519
 me to be

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.840
 for the

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.239
 glory

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.599
 of your

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.980
 name

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 would you

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.460
 begin

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.739
 praying

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:12.960
 that

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.340
 with me

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:16.059
 the

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.279
 sermon

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 on the

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 mount

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.039
 is a

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.820
 manifesto

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:19.079
 it's a

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.719
 manifesto

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.259
 of our

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.619
 king

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.719
 to us

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:21.980
 his

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.539
 citizens

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 to live

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.460
 for the

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.779
 kingdom

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.940
 on this

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.339
 planet

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 and we

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 are to

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 live it

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 out in

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.199
 every area

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 of our

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.859
 life

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:34.259
 let's pray

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:37.079
 God in

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.259
 heaven

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.639
 we have

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.000
 covered a

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.199
 lot of

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.460
 ground

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.699
 here

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.079
 I pray

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.319
 that

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:39.619
 Lord

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.819
 you

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.059
 would

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.779
 do

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:40.960
 a

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.219
 work

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.400
 in

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 us

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:41.920
 in

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.099
 which

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 we

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:43.039
 recognize

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 that

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.380
 we

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 need

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.059
 you

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:46.460
 that

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.699
 you've

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:46.859
 done

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:47.019
 a

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.299
 work

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.480
 in

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 us

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.660
 you've

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.039
 calling

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.300
 us

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 something

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.079
 beyond

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.820
 ourselves

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.320
 and our

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.760
 natural

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.320
 abilities

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.980
 and so

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.220
 God

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.780
 would you

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.579
 grace

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:54.960
 us

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.960
 would you

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.400
 pour out

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.820
 your grace

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.120
 would you

00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:57.700
 empower us

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.079
 by your

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.440
 spirit

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.860
 would you

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.700
 compel us

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.160
 by your

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.539
 words

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.760
 God

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.079
 would you

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.420
 use

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.940
 the

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.559
 relationships

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.000
 of

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.559
 people

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.039
 in this

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.280
 room

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.820
 to stir

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.160
 us

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:05.420
 up

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.840
 to love

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.180
 and good

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.539
 deeds

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.500
 to live

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.920
 out

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.500
 kingdom

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.220
 principles

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.519
 to live

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.900
 out who

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.260
 we are

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.820
 together

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:13.260
 here and

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.559
 now

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.760
 in

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.539
 2016

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.940
 in

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.519
 Kenosha

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.960
 God

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.219
 would you

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.579
 make us

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.880
 salt

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.219
 would you

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.599
 make us

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.940
 light

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.279
 God

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.619
 would you

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.039
 help us

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.259
 to

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:21.779
 live out

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.199
 fully

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.619
 the full

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.980
 intent

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.659
 of your

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.159
 word

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:26.279
 God

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.559
 would you

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.860
 do a

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.219
 work in

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.380
 us

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.900
 we ask

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.320
 in Jesus

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:28.719
 name

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.599
 Amen