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Robert Jeffress - Straight Talk About Your Happiness

October 6, 2025 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Straight Talk About Your Happiness
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Straight Talk About Your Happiness | October 6, 2025
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Let me start with a question.
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  • Do you think jesus really cares about your happiness,
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  • Or is the pursuit of happiness too self-indulgent?
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  • Well, here's the truth.
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  • When we understand and apply what jesus taught
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  • In his famous sermon on the mount,
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  • We can experience genuine joy in this life
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  • And unending happiness in the next one.
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  • My message is titled "straight talk about your happiness"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Jesus, the master teacher, delivered very short sermons.
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  • Did you realize his renowned sermon on the mount
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  • Was only 18 minutes long?
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  • Yes, his sermons were short, but they were revolutionary.
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  • In "18 minutes with jesus,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress breaks down the radical teachings
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  • That jesus packed into just 18 minutes
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  • About happiness, faith, relationships,
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  • Prayer, money, eternity, and more.
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  • Request "18 minutes with jesus"
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  • Plus the corresponding study guide
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  • When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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  • You probably are very familiar with the movie
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  • And the book on which the movie is based,
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  • "the wizard of oz."
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  • Now, if you're as old as i am,
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  • You remember when the only time you could see
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  • "the wizard of oz,"
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  • No dvds, no dvrs,
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  • It was telecast one time a year on a sunday night
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  • Close to easter.
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  • And if you were like me
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  • And had to come to sunday night church,
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  • You remember what happened?
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  • You'd watch 20 minutes of the movie
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  • When you heard the words, "turn off that tv.
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  • It's time to get in the car and go to church."
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  • I was an adult before i even knew
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  • There was a part of the movie that was in color.
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  • I thought it was all in black and white during that time.
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  • But if you're familiar with the story,
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  • You know it's about dorothy and her dog toto
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  • And her three new friends,
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  • The cowardly lion, the scarecrow, and the tin man,
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  • And they're all prancing down the yellow brick road
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  • On the way to meet the wizard,
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  • And they each have their own request
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  • Of what they're going to ask the wizard for.
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  • The cowardly lion wants courage.
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  • But the scarecrow said,
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  • "i shall ask for brains instead of a heart,
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  • For a fool would not know what to do with a heart
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  • If he had one."
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  • But the tin man had a different perspective.
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  • He said, "i shall take the heart,
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  • For brains do not make one happy,
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  • And happiness is the best thing in the world."
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  • Is that true?
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  • Is happiness really the best thing in the world?
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  • Yes, as long as you understand happiness
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  • The way jesus understood it,
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  • And that's what we're going to talk about today.
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  • If you have your bibles, turn to matthew 5,
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  • As we look at some straight talk from the savior
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  • About our happiness.
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  • And over and over again in these verses he's going to see say,
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  • "blessed are the poor in spirit.
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  • Blessed are those who mourn.
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  • Blessed are those who are persecuted for their faith."
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  • Blessed, blessed, blessed.
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  • And that's what we're going to look at.
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  • These verses that we often call the beatitudes
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  • Are really a summary of jesus' entire teaching
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  • Of the sermon on the mount.
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  • You know, we need to understand what jesus means
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  • When he says blessed.
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  • The word blessed is a translation
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  • Of the greek word makarios,
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  • And makarios literally can be defined as happy.
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  • Happy are those who are poor in spirit.
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  • Happy are those who are persecuted.
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  • Now, happiness is a acceptable translation,
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  • But it's not a complete translation
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  • Because, frankly, our english word happiness
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  • Doesn't capture everything jesus had in mind.
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  • Our english word happiness
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  • Comes from an old english word, hap,
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  • Which means luck or circumstance.
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  • I define it this way.
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  • Happiness depends upon our happenings.
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  • I mean, happiness is a superficial emotion
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  • And it is completely tied to our surrounding environment.
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  • It can come as easily as it can leave.
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  • For example, i enjoy in the evening
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  • Sitting on the couch with amy,
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  • Eating my bowl of ice cream,
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  • Watching a favorite tv program.
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  • I am happy.
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  • But if my carton of ice cream is empty,
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  • If amy is on the cell phone talking to somebody else,
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  • And the internet connection goes down
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  • And i can't watch my program,
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  • I'm very unhappy.
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  • You didn't know you had such a shallow preacher, did you?
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  • My happiness depends upon my happenings,
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  • What's going on around me.
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  • Jesus is talking about something more than that.
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  • He's talking about an inward joy.
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  • Not a giddiness,
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  • But an inward assurance that comes from following god.
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  • In fact, this word makarios in greek
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  • Means to enjoy a place of special privilege.
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  • A believer who obeys christ
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  • Can be joyful, if not giddy,
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  • Over the fact that he knows he is approved by god.
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  • And jesus is saying
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  • Happy, blessed, joyful are those who know
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  • They are approved by god.
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  • As dallas willard notes,
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  • "jesus takes the eight characteristics
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  • Of people in this world that are the least likely
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  • To be thought to be in a place of privilege
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  • And shows how they are actually
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  • In a better place of privilege
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  • Than those who are not in this situation."
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  • Let's have an overview of these blessed attitudes.
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  • This entire sermon on the mount, remember,
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  • Is a constitution for how christians are to live
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  • Both now and in the future.
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  • There is a coming kingdom of god, the millennium,
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  • When everybody will live according to these principles
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  • And enjoy the benefits of doing so.
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  • But right now, the kingdom of god is within us.
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  • If you're a believer,
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  • You have the ability right now to submit to the kingdom rule
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  • Of jesus christ.
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  • And when you submit to him
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  • In the areas we're about to talk about,
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  • You're going to experience a genuine joy,
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  • Not a superficial giddiness,
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  • But a genuine joy in this life
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  • And unending happiness in the next life.
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  • Now, i want you to notice
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  • Each of what we call the beatitudes.
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  • Each of these eight are a paradox.
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  • As g.k. chesterton said,
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  • "a paradox is truth standing on her head
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  • To get our attention."
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  • In fact, jesus takes our expectations
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  • And turns them upside down
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  • About who is really blessed and approved by god.
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  • Let's look at these eight paradoxes.
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  • First of all,
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  • He begins by talking about the riches of poverty.
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  • Verse 3, "blessed are the poor in spirit,
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  • For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
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  • Now, he doesn't say, "blessed are the poor."
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  • There's nothing about having no money that makes you happy.
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  • You're not righteous if you have no money.
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  • That's not what he's saying.
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  • I know poor people who are miserable
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  • And poor people who are happy.
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  • The same about rich people.
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  • It has nothing to do with how much money you have
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  • Or don't have.
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  • He's not talking about material possessions,
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  • He's talking about the poor in spirit.
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  • That greek word poor means to cower, to cringe,
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  • To crouch like a beggar.
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  • When he talks about poor in spirit,
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  • He's talking about joyful are those who realize
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  • Their spiritual bankruptcy.
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  • That they are lacking in spirituality.
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  • We have to begin there.
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  • In isaiah 64:6, isaiah says,
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  • "the best we can do, our righteousness,
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  • Is like a filthy rag to god."
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  • The apostle paul said in romans 3:10 and 23,
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  • "for there is none righteous among us,
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  • No, not even one,
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  • For all have sinned and come short of the glory of god."
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  • The beginning place for experiencing god's blessings
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  • Is to understand your spiritual bankruptcy.
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  • One commentator translated it this way.
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  • "blessed are the spiritual zeroes."
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  • Do you ever feel like a spiritual zero?
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  • You feel like you're unworthy
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  • Of god's blessing in your life?
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  • I'm not going to re-preach my message,
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  • But remember from luke 18 the story of the two men
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  • Who went up to the temple to pray?
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  • The first one was the pharisee,
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  • And his prayer, so to speak,
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  • Was just a self-congratulatory speech
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  • Reminding god of how lucky god was to be in his presence.
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  • But the publican, the tax collector,
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  • All he could utter were those seven words.
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  • "lord, be merciful to me, the sinner, the chief sinner."
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  • Realizing your spiritual poverty
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  • Is the beginning place of blessing.
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  • Secondly, he talks about the paradox of mourning,
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  • The comfort of mourning.
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  • Verse 4, "blessed are those who mourn,
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  • For they shall be comforted."
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  • That greek word translated mourn, pentheo,
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  • Means to feel anguish over a distressing situation.
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  • Now, when we think about mourning,
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  • We think in relationship to losing a loved one
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  • Through death.
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  • Some of our members even this last week
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  • Have experienced a heartbreak that comes from knowing
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  • You're never going to see that loved one again
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  • On this side of the grave.
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  • There is a distress that comes from that.
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  • Perhaps the only thing more distressful
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  • Than separation by death
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  • Is separation from defection.
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  • For somebody to willingly separate themselves from you,
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  • To say that they no longer care for you,
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  • They no longer love you.
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  • That produces an emotional kind of death and separation.
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  • We understand that concept of mourning,
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  • And the bible says,
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  • "you shall be comforted one day," and that's true.
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  • But when we read this in context,
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  • This is building on the last beatitude, the poor in spirit.
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  • Have you ever done something that was so horrendous
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  • That it even surprised you that you could do such a thing?
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  • You mourn over your situation.
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  • He said, "you shall be comforted."
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  • There is a way to be comforted now, not just in heaven,
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  • When you're mourning over your sin.
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  • It starts with asking for god's forgiveness
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  • By trusting in christ as your savior.
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  • You know, there are two kinds of sorrow for sin.
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  • 2 corinthians 7 says there's a sorrow
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  • That just leads nowhere except to death.
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  • If you're just constantly wallowing in self-pity
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  • Over your unrighteousness,
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  • That leads nowhere.
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  • But paul said in 2 corinthians 7:10,
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  • "the sorrow that is according to the will of god
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  • Produces a repentance without regret,
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  • Leading to salvation."
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  • Psalm 32, david talked about,
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  • He knew firsthand
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  • The comfort that comes from confessing your sins
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  • And receiving god's forgiveness.
  • 00:12:27.937 --> 00:12:29.705
  • In psalm 32, he said,
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  • "how blessed, how happy is he
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  • Whose transgression is forgiven,
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  • Whose sin is covered.
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  • How blessed is the man
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  • To whom the lord does not impute iniquity."
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  • There is no relief that can match the relief of knowing
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  • Your sins have been forgiven,
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  • That god no longer imputes them,
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  • He no longer holds them against you.
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  • How blessed is that person?
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  • "blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
  • 00:12:59.235 --> 00:13:03.239
  • And then in verse 5,
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  • Jesus talks about the strength of meekness.
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  • Remember, this is a paradox, the strength of meekness.
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  • In classical greek,
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  • The word translated meek means
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  • Power under control.
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  • It actually was used in classical greek
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  • To refer to a powerful animal that had been broken,
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  • That had been harnessed.
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  • "blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth."
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  • That's an interesting verse
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  • Because throughout the scripture
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  • The ultimate destiny of the righteous
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  • Is inheriting the earth.
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  • Psalm 37:11, "they shall inherit the earth.
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  • The humble will inherit the earth
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  • And delight themselves in abundant prosperity."
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  • Our final destination as believers
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  • Is not up there floating around someplace
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  • On some other planet.
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  • It's right here on this earth, this recreated earth.
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  • God made us for this earth
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  • And this will be our ultimate inheritance.
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  • "blessed are those who are gentle,
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  • For they shall inherit the earth," jesus said.
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  • And then in verse 6, he talks about a fourth paradox,
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  • The fullness of hunger.
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  • "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
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  • For they shall be satisfied."
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  • Wouldn't you like to live in a world
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  • That's characterized by justice?
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  • Don't you want to live in a world
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  • Where you don't have to lock your doors at night?
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  • Don't you want to live in a world
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  • Where there's no more war or terrorist activities?
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  • Wouldn't you like to live in a world
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  • Where good always,
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  • Not sometimes, always triumphs over evil?
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  • A world in which good things no longer happen to bad people
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  • And bad things no longer happen to good people?
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  • We all have a hunger to live in that kind of world.
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  • We crave justice because we're made in the image of god,
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  • Who is a god of justice.
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  • The bible promises those who hunger and thirst for that
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  • Will ultimately be satisfied when the lord rules again.
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  • "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness."
  • 00:15:15.537 --> 00:15:18.507
  • And then he talks about in verse 7,
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  • As we talk about our relationships with other people,
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  • The reward for mercy.
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  • Verse 7, "blessed are the merciful,
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  • For they shall receive mercy."
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  • A lot of people don't understand the difference
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  • Between grace and mercy.
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  • Here's the difference.
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  • Grace is giving somebody what they don't deserve.
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  • Mercy is not giving people what they do deserve.
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  • Grace, giving people what they don't deserve, forgiveness.
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  • Mercy, not giving people what they do deserve, justice.
  • 00:15:52.775 --> 00:15:57.679
  • When you refuse to give mercy and insist on justice,
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  • You're robbing yourself of the joy,
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  • The subtle state that comes from forgiveness.
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  • You rob yourself of a blessing in this life
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  • And you are in danger of robbing yourself of forgiveness
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  • In all eternity.
  • 00:16:16.298 --> 00:16:17.833
  • Jesus said it very clearly in matthew 6:14-15.
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  • "for if you forgive others for their transgressions,
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  • Your heavenly father will also forgive you.
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  • But if you do not forgive others,
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  • Then your father will not forgive your transgressions."
  • 00:16:32.448 --> 00:16:37.553
  • Somebody once said,
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  • "he who refuses to forgive
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  • Destroys the bridge over which he must one day pass."
  • 00:16:42.057 --> 00:16:47.362
  • "blessed, happy are the merciful,
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  • For they shall obtain mercy."
  • 00:16:50.065 --> 00:16:53.302
  • And then, in verse 8, he talks about the clarity of purity.
  • 00:16:53.302 --> 00:16:58.607
  • You know, we all tend to see whatever we want to see.
  • 00:16:59.641 --> 00:17:03.245
  • There's an old saying,
  • 00:17:03.245 --> 00:17:04.513
  • "to a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
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  • What's in our heart determines what we see.
  • 00:17:07.783 --> 00:17:11.053
  • The bible says, "blessed are the pure in heart,
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  • For they're the ones who will see god."
  • 00:17:13.755 --> 00:17:16.658
  • What does it mean to be pure?
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  • Literally, a pure heart is an undivided heart.
  • 00:17:19.094 --> 00:17:23.132
  • "who may ascend to the hill of the lord?" psalm 24 asks.
  • 00:17:23.132 --> 00:17:27.336
  • "and who may stand in his holy place?
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  • He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
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  • Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood."
  • 00:17:33.642 --> 00:17:36.778
  • To have a pure heart means to have that undivided heart.
  • 00:17:36.778 --> 00:17:41.216
  • For example, if i say i love my wife with all of my heart,
  • 00:17:41.216 --> 00:17:47.756
  • That means there is no place in my heart
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  • To love somebody else's wife.
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  • I love my wife with all of my heart.
  • 00:17:53.095 --> 00:17:55.998
  • To love god,
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  • To have a pure heart means there is no love,
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  • There is no competition for devotion to him.
  • 00:18:01.937 --> 00:18:05.941
  • And then verse 9,
  • 00:18:05.941 --> 00:18:07.442
  • He talks about the paternity test of peace.
  • 00:18:07.442 --> 00:18:10.979
  • This is interesting, verse 9.
  • 00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:12.915
  • "blessed are the peacemakers,
  • 00:18:12.915 --> 00:18:16.552
  • For they shall be called the sons of god."
  • 00:18:16.552 --> 00:18:20.122
  • True peace means reconciliation.
  • 00:18:20.756 --> 00:18:24.560
  • It's not just laying down weapons
  • 00:18:24.560 --> 00:18:26.395
  • For a little while when reloading.
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  • It is reconciliation.
  • 00:18:28.463 --> 00:18:31.266
  • It's reconciliation like god made between us.
  • 00:18:31.266 --> 00:18:34.636
  • Listen to me.
  • 00:18:34.636 --> 00:18:36.071
  • If you have really experienced that peace with god,
  • 00:18:36.071 --> 00:18:39.308
  • Peace is a part of your dna.
  • 00:18:39.308 --> 00:18:41.977
  • It runs through your veins,
  • 00:18:41.977 --> 00:18:44.279
  • And you will do everything you can
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  • To be at peace with other people.
  • 00:18:46.848 --> 00:18:50.018
  • Now, it's not always possible
  • 00:18:50.018 --> 00:18:52.521
  • To be at peace with other people,
  • 00:18:52.521 --> 00:18:54.423
  • Even if you desire it.
  • 00:18:54.423 --> 00:18:56.258
  • Sometimes, especially when it comes to matters of faith,
  • 00:18:56.258 --> 00:18:59.728
  • We don't have a choice.
  • 00:18:59.728 --> 00:19:00.862
  • In matthew 10:34-36, jesus said,
  • 00:19:00.862 --> 00:19:04.399
  • "do not think that i came to bring peace on earth.
  • 00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:07.502
  • I did not come to bring peace, but a sword,
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  • For i came to set a man against his father,
  • 00:19:10.739 --> 00:19:13.375
  • And daughter against her mother,
  • 00:19:13.375 --> 00:19:14.776
  • And a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
  • 00:19:14.776 --> 00:19:17.312
  • And a man's enemies will be the members of his household."
  • 00:19:17.312 --> 00:19:20.515
  • Have you ever seen those verses on a christmas card before?
  • 00:19:20.515 --> 00:19:23.452
  • (congregation laughs)
  • 00:19:23.452 --> 00:19:24.953
  • I don't know one person,
  • 00:19:24.953 --> 00:19:26.688
  • "don't think i came to bring peace, but a sword."
  • 00:19:26.688 --> 00:19:29.558
  • What was jesus saying?
  • 00:19:29.558 --> 00:19:30.892
  • He's saying sometimes truth divides people.
  • 00:19:30.892 --> 00:19:34.563
  • Now, i'm not talking about your little opinions
  • 00:19:34.563 --> 00:19:36.465
  • About something.
  • 00:19:36.465 --> 00:19:37.866
  • I'm talking about god's truth revealed in his word.
  • 00:19:37.866 --> 00:19:41.336
  • Sometimes that divides people and you can't help that.
  • 00:19:41.336 --> 00:19:45.407
  • But romans 12:18 says,
  • 00:19:45.407 --> 00:19:48.243
  • "if possible, as far as it depends upon you,
  • 00:19:48.243 --> 00:19:52.180
  • Be at peace with all men."
  • 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:55.684
  • You know, honestly, as pastor of this church,
  • 00:19:56.618 --> 00:20:00.122
  • I could divide this church
  • 00:20:00.122 --> 00:20:01.623
  • Right down the middle if i wanted to
  • 00:20:01.623 --> 00:20:03.959
  • Over a half a dozen different issues.
  • 00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:06.295
  • You know, predestination, end times, vaccines.
  • 00:20:06.295 --> 00:20:10.332
  • I could choose a million different things
  • 00:20:10.332 --> 00:20:12.200
  • And divide the church.
  • 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:14.236
  • But that's not god's will.
  • 00:20:14.236 --> 00:20:16.638
  • God's will is to be a peacemaker, where at all possible.
  • 00:20:16.638 --> 00:20:22.210
  • I was the oldest of three children, as you know,
  • 00:20:23.178 --> 00:20:25.981
  • And whenever i would
  • 00:20:25.981 --> 00:20:29.484
  • Have to referee between my brother and sister,
  • 00:20:30.385 --> 00:20:32.788
  • They tell the story a little differently,
  • 00:20:32.788 --> 00:20:34.890
  • But when i would referee between them,
  • 00:20:34.890 --> 00:20:37.659
  • I remember my parents used to say to me all the time,
  • 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:40.228
  • "robert, remember, blessed are the peacemakers,
  • 00:20:40.228 --> 00:20:43.665
  • Blessed are the peacemakers,
  • 00:20:43.665 --> 00:20:45.567
  • For they shall be called the sons of god."
  • 00:20:45.567 --> 00:20:48.136
  • That's running in my mind all of the time.
  • 00:20:48.136 --> 00:20:50.706
  • If we are truly living according to christ's standard,
  • 00:20:50.706 --> 00:20:54.276
  • We'll seek peace.
  • 00:20:54.276 --> 00:20:56.311
  • And then, finally, he talks about the joy of persecution.
  • 00:20:56.311 --> 00:21:00.282
  • The joy of persecution, talk about a paradox.
  • 00:21:00.282 --> 00:21:03.685
  • He says in verse 10,
  • 00:21:03.685 --> 00:21:05.087
  • "blessed are those who have been persecuted,"
  • 00:21:05.087 --> 00:21:08.523
  • Underline this, "for the sake of righteousness,
  • 00:21:09.458 --> 00:21:12.427
  • For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
  • 00:21:12.427 --> 00:21:14.396
  • "blessed are you
  • 00:21:14.396 --> 00:21:16.231
  • When people insult you and persecute you
  • 00:21:16.231 --> 00:21:18.166
  • And falsely accuse you and say all kinds of evil against you
  • 00:21:18.166 --> 00:21:22.704
  • Because of me."
  • 00:21:22.704 --> 00:21:24.806
  • Now, there are a lot of christians right now
  • 00:21:24.806 --> 00:21:26.441
  • Who are being persecuted,
  • 00:21:26.441 --> 00:21:28.276
  • But they're being persecuted for their own stupidity.
  • 00:21:29.311 --> 00:21:32.514
  • They're persecuted for their personal opinions,
  • 00:21:33.448 --> 00:21:35.784
  • They're persecuted for all kind of reasons.
  • 00:21:35.784 --> 00:21:39.020
  • There's no reward for that.
  • 00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:41.656
  • No, he's talking about christians
  • 00:21:41.656 --> 00:21:43.325
  • Who are persecuted for righteousness
  • 00:21:43.325 --> 00:21:46.428
  • Because of the name of christ.
  • 00:21:46.428 --> 00:21:49.664
  • In 1 peter 4, peter said,
  • 00:21:49.664 --> 00:21:51.666
  • "if you are reviled for the name of christ,
  • 00:21:51.666 --> 00:21:54.803
  • You are blessed,
  • 00:21:54.803 --> 00:21:56.238
  • Because the spirit of glory and god rest on you.
  • 00:21:56.238 --> 00:21:59.941
  • Make sure that none of you suffers because you're a murderer
  • 00:21:59.941 --> 00:22:02.978
  • Or a thief or evildoer or troublesome meddler.
  • 00:22:02.978 --> 00:22:06.114
  • But if anyone suffers as a christian,
  • 00:22:06.114 --> 00:22:08.950
  • He is not to be ashamed,
  • 00:22:08.950 --> 00:22:11.086
  • But it is to the glory in his name."
  • 00:22:11.086 --> 00:22:14.356
  • There's not necessarily a giddiness
  • 00:22:14.356 --> 00:22:16.691
  • When you're going through persecution,
  • 00:22:16.691 --> 00:22:18.727
  • But there is a genuine joy.
  • 00:22:18.727 --> 00:22:22.264
  • The calm assurance that because you are approved of god,
  • 00:22:22.264 --> 00:22:26.601
  • Ultimately you're going to be blessed and rewarded by god.
  • 00:22:26.601 --> 00:22:31.072
  • Blessed are you when you are persecuted,
  • 00:22:31.072 --> 00:22:34.476
  • For yours will be the kingdom of heaven.
  • 00:22:34.476 --> 00:22:38.480
  • You know,
  • 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:40.048
  • I feel like i've preached eight sermons this morning
  • 00:22:40.048 --> 00:22:42.317
  • Looking at these beatitudes,
  • 00:22:42.317 --> 00:22:44.853
  • But i want to remind you again of the theme.
  • 00:22:44.853 --> 00:22:47.522
  • Those who model their actions, attitudes, and affections
  • 00:22:47.522 --> 00:22:51.560
  • After jesus christ
  • 00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:53.261
  • Will receive genuine joy in this life
  • 00:22:53.261 --> 00:22:57.499
  • And unending happiness in the next life.
  • 00:22:57.499 --> 00:23:00.035
  • That's what jesus is promising here.
  • 00:23:00.035 --> 00:23:02.737
  • He said when you live your life
  • 00:23:02.737 --> 00:23:04.639
  • According to the way christ lived his life,
  • 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:07.809
  • There's an immediate payoff,
  • 00:23:07.809 --> 00:23:09.110
  • There's a genuine joy.
  • 00:23:09.110 --> 00:23:11.813
  • But that genuine joy now is just a prelude
  • 00:23:11.813 --> 00:23:15.617
  • To something better and more long-lasting.
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:23:19.821 --> 00:23:24.459
  • Jesus cares about your happiness.
  • 00:23:25.193 --> 00:23:27.696
  • He wants you to live in a manner
  • 00:23:27.696 --> 00:23:29.231
  • That produces genuine peace and joy.
  • 00:23:29.231 --> 00:23:32.234
  • And there's much more we're going to learn
  • 00:23:32.234 --> 00:23:34.069
  • Through this famous sermon on the mount.
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  • Now, in the time we have left today,
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  • I want to say a word about the importance
  • 00:23:39.107 --> 00:23:41.009
  • Of your giving generously to "pathway to victory."
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  • Your faithful gifts are what empowers this ministry
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  • To broadcast god's message of hope all across america
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  • And even around the world.
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  • When you give, god uses your gift to deliver his truth
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  • To people who consider "pathway to victory"
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  • As their daily oasis of hope,
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  • Just as you do.
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  • So, thank you for giving generously and faithfully.
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  • Now stay right there,
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • When jesus spoke,
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  • He wasted no time in getting straight to the heart
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  • Of what matters most.
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  • 00:24:21.416 --> 00:24:29.024
  • Did you realize that his famous sermon on the mount
  • 00:24:30.025 --> 00:24:32.494
  • Can be read in only 18 minutes?
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  • And now in my book called "18 minutes with jesus,"
  • 00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:38.900
  • I'll unpack the radical teaching
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  • That jesus shared with his followers
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