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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an in-depth, interactive study \Nof the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm glad you joined us today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we continue a series of studies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Gospel of Matthew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our topic today: The Sermon \Nof Jesus on the Mount.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be a great blessing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're especially happy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of our team, Stephanie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be teaching today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephanie, we are looking forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a great study.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And we're glad that each one of you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has joined us for our study today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a great series, hasn't it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I notice people ask, "It's not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same people every time?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but we're all studying, and this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gospel of Matthew, I think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the biggest challenge is we could take
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whole series of studies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on just one section,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Sermon on the Mount,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have to look at the big picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the message that Jesus is giving us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through His sermon in Matthew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we want to pray that God would bless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I do, though, I want to welcome
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our Hope Sabbath School members
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for writing to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can write to us at sshope@hopetv.org,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're always happy to know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how God is blessing your lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald writes from the Cameroon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Hi, Hope Sabbath School team.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a church member in the Cameroon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to spend my time studying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I now have an iPhone, and I'm ready
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the Hope Sabbath School app."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, I think we have the iPhone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School app in 137 countries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have the Android app,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is only more recent;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's, I think, in 150 countries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we're glad, Gerald, that you're
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to get the Hope Sabbath School app
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your iPhone, and it's great
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you click, and the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recent program opens up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He concludes by saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hope Sabbath School is like\Na river of blessing for me,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "...and I'm learning more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream is to be with you one day live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this amazing Bible study."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know if you come over here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're filming, Gerald,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would love to have you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our team, but you're just as much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of Hope Sabbath School\Nright there in the Cameroon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to invite you \Nand everyone else watching
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about gathering a group together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can download the outline,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same outline that Stephanie
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be using today in our study,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our website, hopetv.org/hopess.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can download the outline,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can watch the program with a group
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of friends; hold up your iPHone for them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gerald, but get a group of people watching.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can share what we've learned together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a note from Pavel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody want to guess where Pavel is from?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Russia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) He's from Russia, that's right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Greetings, Hope Sabbath\NSchool, from Russia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always watch the \NSabbath School discussion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and truly enjoy it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our younger daughter, Veronica,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consistently asks me to send you a message,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, here it is."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here comes the message from Veronica:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was sitting in the kitchen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enjoying your songs; I like you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Veronica, and I'm 5 years old."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's good to know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have Hope Sabbath School members
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are 5 years old, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Thank you, Veronica,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your message,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we hope you will sing our new
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture song, "Praise Him\Nin the Heights."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can download that\Nfrom our website, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm watching you every week,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues Veronica, "with my mom and dad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for the songs. \NI love them and I love all of you."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you so much, Veronica!\NWe love you, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your mommy and daddy, thank you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being part of our Hope Sabbath \NSchool there in Russia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing what a variety of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have watching, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grace writes to us from China,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says, "I often translate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope Sabbath School for my mother
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who teaches a Sabbath School
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a small church in Beijing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is what we are talking about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making Hope Sabbath School available
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other languages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already happening by individuals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember a recent email from someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Russia. Her husband was \Ntranslating for her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please pray for my family so that we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can all love and reverence God."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"These days there are many temptations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people of all ages, \Nespecially young people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray for us so that we can have\Nthe wisdom to follow God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we'll do that, Grace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you there in \Nthe great country of China.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God bless your witness\Nto those around you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one last really encouraging\Nemail from Christian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that name has special significance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you'll discover in a minute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian is from Malawi, and Malawi
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is right there in the heart\Nof Africa, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear Saints," that's an encouraging title.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear Saints, I'm happy to God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for using Hope Sabbath School\Nto bring a change to my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) This is wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It has really made an impact on my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I grew up a Muslim, and I never
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found the truth as I found it now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I have decided to follow \NJesus and be baptized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen! Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As I am speaking, I am now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a true believer in Bible truth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for the mission you're doing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cooperating with Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in saving lost sinners like me."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that powerful?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen. Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "May the Good Lord bless us all,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you understand."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has another name, but he's \Nbeen given a new name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Christian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for writing to us, Christian,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Malawi, and we just want
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to praise God for the way \NHe's leading you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only for your salvation but to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a blessing to those around you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now we want to sing\Nour Scripture song.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's word for word from Psalm 148.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's 3,000 years old, but it's got
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new tune; I hope you'll enjoy it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Praise Him in the Heights."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's sing it together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ music ♪
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And, for those of you\Nwho don't know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Hebrew "Praise the Lord"\Nis "Hallelujah!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what a beautiful, ancient,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture song with a message\Nwith a message for us today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Stephanie, as you lead us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this important study, "The Sermon
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus on the Mount," I know in the end
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to say, "Praise the Lord!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's really encouraging news.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why don't you lead us in prayer\Nas we begin our study.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,((Stephanie) Let's bow our heads.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for giving us this opportunity \Nto study Your Word.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just ask that, as we study Your Word,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would send Your Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to guide us and to direct us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at the end of the study, Lord,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lives would be changed, and we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have something to share
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jesus' name, amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, our study today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on the Sermon on the Mount
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Matthew, but we also know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Luke records this Sermon on the Mount
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well, and there are some \Ndifferences that we see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we go looking into looking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some verses, we do some differences
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the account of Matthew\Nand that of Luke.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can we learn from the differences
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that Matthew is how \Nmany chapters it spans over?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Three whole chapters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Three whole chapters,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's over 100 verses.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Luke spans over how many verses?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I think there's 30.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Just around 30.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what can we learn from the differences
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see there, anyone?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) You know, Stephanie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's interesting that even in the 30 verses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Luke some things are new.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that tells me that probably
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither of them has everything.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Jesus taught all day on the mount,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Spirit's guiding \Nthem to share some insights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It's not a video.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) That's right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Guided by the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is interesting because then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we ask, "Why did the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspire Matthew to include what he did?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's probably much more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, we've learned that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's thought-inspired right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not exact word-by-word inspired.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was there someone else?\NGo ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) It's like the four Gospels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all a little different because each one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a different perspective.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God uses each personality \Nto bring a new insight,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He puts it all together \Nfor a more complete picture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And, Stephanie, I just want
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to catch you because I understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you are saying about inspired\Nversus word-for-word.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Matthew and Luke are writing\Ndown the words Jesus said.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, it's a little different
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the prophet being given a vision
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Daniel, and he writes it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his own words, rather than\Nbeing dictated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think here Jesus may have said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different things in different ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the day, and for some reason,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which maybe we'll discover in our study,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew decides, "I'm going \Nto record some of these."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, he was there, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was an eye witness, Matthew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) He was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Luke has to talk to eye witnesses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so he, guided by the Spirit, too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets some other insights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think the Holy Spirit's definitely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving us a reliable account \Nof what Jesus said.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a difference in the audience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Matthew and Luke are speaking to?\NYes, Olric.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Matthew's Gospel, \Nfrom our research,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more targeted to a Jewish audience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in his Gospel he tends to play up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more Jesus' kingship, and in his rendering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Sermon on the Mount it is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little longer than Luke's version
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know in those days
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a king is the person invested
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the authority to enforce the law,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep the law in the land like the lawgiver.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he spends a little more time on that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to Luke, who was writing more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Gentiles, but he wanted the Gentiles
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the law in a way that was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more applicable to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he did not include many of the things\Nthat Matthew was about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, would you say that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Matthew some of the very detailed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renditions that Matthew shares\Nconnects with the Jews?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) ...in a way that is powerful?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Yes, indeed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) All right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go ahead and jump into\NMatthew, chapter 5,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll read verses 17 through 19.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Joshua, if you would be willing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read for us those first three verses \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Matthew, chapter 5, \Nverses 17 through 19?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joshua) Absolutely, and I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James \NVersion; the Bible says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, what are we \Ntalking about here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about the Law of God, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joshua) Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) This is the introduction
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Law of God that Matthew \Nis talking about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go and look at a few more verses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'll consider some questions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they relate to the verses that we read.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Matthew, chapter 5:21-22.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Olric, would you read that for us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 5, verses 21 and 22.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we'll read verses 27 and 28.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Reading from the New \NLiving Translation:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow, that's pretty strong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Verses 27 and 28?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes, go ahead and continue on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, do you see a pattern?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the pattern that you see\Nin these verses?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Tricia Lee.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Well, first if we\Nwere wondering, "Well, what law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is he talking about," it's clear\Nas we kept reading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's talking about the \NTen Commandments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the people at the time believed...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) ...prided themselves in being\Nable to keep, and you start to understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more about what Jesus meant when He said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've come to fulfill," to give \Na clearer understanding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what it truly means to keep the Law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the time, they were more concerned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the outward physicality of behaviors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proved that they \Nwere observing the laws,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here Jesus starts to point \Nto what's happening in our hearts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our minds, in our thoughts,\Nand kind of showing that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking the Law or even sin \Ndoesn't just occur in an action,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it kind of starts in our hearts\Nand our minds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, again, in fulfilling that Law,\NHe's really kind of peeling back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they thought was the reality\Nin showing that it's much deeper
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they thought in just the behavior.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something that's happening\Nin the heart that only He can come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help them fix or \Nhelp them actually be.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie, Team) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Did you have a comment, Jason?\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jason) Yes, I'm looking at this here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it talks about how He didn't come
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to destroy but to fulfill,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Jesus could be accused
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these new teachings \Nas destroying the law,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what He's saying is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look, I'm not destroying the Law;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm showing you what it really means."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, He's not saying what \Nwas said of old is untrue;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying what was said of old,\Nit is true, but also this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you have a very limited picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the Law is, but this is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a greater understanding,\Na greater fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the Law truly is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what He is doing \Nhere in the sermon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) He's expounding on that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, Missy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Missy) From the fall of humanity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they had perfection in Eden.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the fall.\NThey fell so far.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanity just, fell, fell, fell,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, step by step, through Scripture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see how God is taking them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step by step back to His ideal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you could see the fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Law in Christ when \NHe came to humanity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was supposed to be a revelation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of who God really was.\NYou know, opening our minds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what the Law really meant.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes. Nathan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) Keep in mind that Matthew\Nis writing to Jews...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) ...and Moses was \Nthe great hero as the lawgiver.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses went up on the Mount Sinai
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to receive the Law from God,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he gave it to the people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people did their best
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep the law, but Moses was the one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lead them out of slavery \Nand into the Promised Land, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the "deliverer."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,((Stephanie) Right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) Now Matthew is showing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is the One who went \Nup on the mountain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now expounds upon the Law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the new Moses, showing them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, you received the Law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the mountain from God\Nthrough Moses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now up on this mountain Jesus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saying, 'Let me show you what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Law really means and how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it applies deeply inwardly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you're going to be free,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just from Egypt \Nbut from the slavery of sin...'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie, Team) Amen. Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) '...when we get to the depths
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the Law means deep in the heart.'"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) And I want to go \Nto another passage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we leave the teaching \Nof Jesus about the Law of God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll move to Matthew 5:43-48,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Kyle, would you be willing\Nto read that for us?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 5:43-48.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) I'll be reading from\Nthe New King James Version.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot in that verse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you pull out from those verses?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Joshua.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joshua) I will say that it's this aspect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christianity that's the most difficult.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you compare this\Nsort of command from Jesus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in comparison to the Ten Commandments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Ten Commandments \Nactually look pretty easy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you tell me I'm supposed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love my enemies, do good to those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are persecuting me, it's like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you serious?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time we have to think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the fact that people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of Christianity judge us \Nbased on this sort of thing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not simply how many times do you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to church in a week or how many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bible verses do you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's in our character and in the way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we treat others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow, yes.\NGo ahead, Juliana.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Juliana) Actually this summer I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveling around in Europe and happened
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to interact with an individual on a train.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, somehow we got to talking \Nabout this kind of stuff,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told me, "You know, Christianity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is supposed to be so much more\Nradical than it is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many people, they focus just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Ten Commandments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about the Sermon on the Mount?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it kind of goes along with what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are saying, like, people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the outside are looking \Nat us, and, it's like, wow!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what Christianity \Nis supposed to be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that he was completely right,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should be looking a lot more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Sermon on the Mount for many
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the things of how we should
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interact with other people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So isn't it interesting;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Jesus was trying to move us away
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from just a head knowledge \Nto a heart knowledge, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Yes. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) A heart experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) You know, I think, Stephanie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something Jason said earlier is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really important because some Christians
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get confused and say the Ten Commandments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't matter; we just need \Nto love, but that's absurd.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like saying, "Don't hate people,\Nbut you can kill them."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't lust after someone, but you \Ncan commit adultery with him or her."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Commandments stand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, as Tricia Lee was pointing out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is calling us to a much \Nhigher standard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, to be honest, it's \Nan impossible standard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're going to do it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own strength because we know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how feeble we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie, Team) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It's going to take a miracle...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) ...so that, as Joshua pointed out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will look, and they'll actually see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus reflected, right?\NInstead of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) And that happens as a result
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the head knowledge going \Nto our hearts, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the next section that we
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to move into, this outward conformity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus an inward conversion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I'd like us to move \Nto Matthew, chapter 5, verse 20.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to Matthew, chapter 5, verse 20,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Missy, would you read that for us?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Missy) I am reading from \Nthe New Living Translation:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, I think this is coming back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what Juliana was saying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People expect something more than
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a check off, right?\Nthey want something real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) But it's not just the realness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice here he says,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Unless your righteousness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exceeds their righteousness, what was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their righteousness that was\Nnot sufficient for God?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their righteousness...mind you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,righteousness means "right doing."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they had the outward expression
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of doing right, but at the same time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the inward conversion was not there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they were doing was not from a heart
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that genuinely loved God and loved people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you find that a lot \Nof what was being done
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked right to the folks on the outside,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God knew that the heart\Nwas not transformed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Jesus is saying,"It's not just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do right on the outside; I want
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your heart to be in \Nthe right condition also."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that your actions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be inspired and motivated \Nby the right desires.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, it starts in the heart,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it starts in the mind, and then\Nour actions follow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) I'm just going to add\Nonto what he said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Pharisees, they had \Na scale of how...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "Okay, this is a sin and this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is worse and worse and worse,\Nand this is a good deed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this one's really good,\Nand this one's really, really good."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they almost would balance and say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If your good deeds outweigh
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your bad deeds, then you earned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,righteousness in God's sight."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it was this whole outward way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of building up themselves, basically,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel like they were good\Nand accepted by God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus comes, and He says,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's not what it's about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every amount of human \Nrighteousness is inadequate."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing is the \Ntrue heart righteousness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you were talking about, Pastor Derek.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is only from the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a total transformation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of character; true perfection\Nin God's eyes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) By the way, those who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were listening, because we look at it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we say, "Oh, it has to exceed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the righteousness of the Pharisees."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we know what the righteousness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Pharisees looked like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for those who were listening,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Pharisees were on a high level.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, for them, they were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking, "Whoa! \NFor us to exceed that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't even match them -- \Nhow do we exceed that?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is Jesus trying to teach?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, also another question that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have, too, is that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you ever tried to earn \Nthe favor of Christ, of God?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, let's be real.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been in that situation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please be willing to share, I hope,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time when you've tried to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was that like?\NGo ahead, Tricia Lee.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Your first question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how could they exceed the\Nrighteousness of the Pharisees.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Pharisees, you're right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were very good at doing \Nwhat the law required,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the different requirements \Nthat they made,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they did not love God, \Nand they did not love other people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we find that that was what God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was trying to teach them was that,\Nat the heart of the commandments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving the Lord more than anything else
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loving your neighbor as yourself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they completely missed all of that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the "checking of the boxes" meant\Nnothing because they didn't love God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They crucified Him, tried to kill Him\Nat every chance they could.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not love their neighbors;\Nthey were the ones walking past
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Samaritan on the road \Nand these people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that it's hard because, as humans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even as you grew up as a child,\Nyou learned that if you study hard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get a good grade, \Nor if you do this then you get a reward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it goes against the way even society
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,runs and functions, that, \Nif you do something then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get something.\NAn action has an equal reaction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here God is showing us that\Nit really doesn't depend upon you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or me or us, it all has to depend\Nupon Christ, and that's where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the faith comes in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's the faith, it'is the obedience, \Nit's all depending upon Christ.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really His righteousness \Nthat's working in us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think what happens, \Nat least for me, is that...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sorry...it's just that\Nonce you are honest with yourself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you realize, "I keep \Ntrying, and I keep failing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not good enough,"\Nat some point you just have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get tired of trying and failing,\Nand you realize it can't depend
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon me anymore. I have to reach out\Nto somebody who I know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was successful in this life, \Nand it was Christ.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) And who has \Nthe power to do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) To get us out of the mess.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we've all \Nbeen there, haven't we?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team Member) Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) We realize that we need Jesus.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andrea, you wanted to share?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Andrea) I only wanted to reflect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit on your question, which was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how would we express if we have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a similar situation, and where we felt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we needed to do something in order \Nto earn God's favor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I recall I was a teenager and have sat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in church many times listening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to baptismal appeals and calls\Nto give our lives to Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as the pastor's daughter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was something I would \Nlisten to very frequently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I had the feeling or a tendency
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thinking that I have to be \Nvery prepared to make that step.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for years I have resisted the call,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have considered that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not ready yet, or \NI'm not good enough...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Andrea) ...until I was 17 when I started
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meditate more upon this decision,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided I have to make this step
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if I'm not feeling quite ready,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Lord will take care of the rest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Andrea) I cannot tell you how blessed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt afterwards.\NIt was the best decision of my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie, Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) You know what Jesus said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stephanie, in the Sermon \Non the Mount just a little later.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Seek first the Kingdom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His righteousness."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And really what Tricia Lee
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saying is righteousness is a gift,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to that miracle of new creation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we talked about in a previous study.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is going to change us from the inside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we are motivated by love,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the keeping of the Commandments.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love to God and love to those around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a miracle of the new creation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) And I believe John,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 14:15 tells us \Na little bit about that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John, chapter 14, verse 15.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Nathan, would you be willing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read that for us?\NJohn, chapter 14, verse 15.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) Right. I'm reading\Nfrom the New King James Version.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 14 and verse 15:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow.\NVery simple, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team Member) Very plain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, how does your attitude
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards God's law change when you have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this trusting, loving relationship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Jesus as your Savior and your Lord?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does that change?\NOlric?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) You want to keep it because,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you have this love relationship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with God, I compare it to a marriage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, for those who are \Nmarried here on the set.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you have your spouse, \Nyou exchange vows and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, some folks, they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be married for 7 years, 4 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 years, and sometimes we question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ask them, "How did you "guys"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain that relationship,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connection, the \Nobedience to the vows?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just say to me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's very simple:\NI love the other person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I do what I do."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you are in that love relationship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with God, you want to do the things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pleases Him the same way He likes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing things that blesses you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you are motivated by a love for God,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what really propels \Nyou to obedience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) The heart's been changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) The heart's been changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) The heart's been changed.\NMissy and then Nathan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Missy) I see Scripture as God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in continual pursuit of humanity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at me; look at my face;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at what I've done for you.\NPlease, keep your attention on me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at what I've said in My Word.\NGet to know me."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Missy) When we are able \Nto hone in on that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Law is a natural \Nresult of the relationship.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Powerful.\NNathan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) Well, I love this woman.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) You better tell the people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that's your wife.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) This is my wife, and, you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I do something that \Nhurts her, that hurts me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see my wife hurting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of something I've done
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would break my heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we're in love with the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we realize that when we break \NHis Law we're hurting Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's given us His Law because \NHe wants us to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) And when I wander away
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from that Law that He's given, which is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Law of freedom, a Law of liberty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a Law that brings joy to my life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that not only am I hurting myself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm hurting Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) So, my love for Him just propels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me into naturally obeying the Law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't want to break His heart;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to hurt Him, as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Okay, Joshua, and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll go to Tricia Lee, and then \Nwe have to move on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joshua) I believe that we not only serve
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a holy God but we serve a practical God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I look at His Commandments,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that even if I weren't a Christian
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be in my best interest \Nto still keep these Commandments.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joshua) So, if you think about what it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be like to murder someone, and what
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have to live with after that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you know what it feels like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to commit adultery and see the effects
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that trickling after, if you look
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at each and every Law, you'll see,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute. \NHe's not telling me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep these Laws as \Nhoops to jump through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make it into Heaven,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's for our own good and for our \Nbest interest to keep these Laws.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Something that Missy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Joshua mentioned \Nabout getting to know God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's in our best interest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the Devil's deception is that\Nwe would think of God as someone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is out to get us, someone\Nthat cannot be trusted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if He's a being that is not \Nto be trusted or, you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants to hurt us, then I don't care\Nabout what He's saying, I don't care
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about His Laws, (that breaking them) \Nis not good for me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we do exactly what Missy is saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to get to know Him, allow Him \Nto enter our lives, and we see who He is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, how Jesus came, the best example\Nand revelation of the Father,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lived a whole life, when \Nwe see the life of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how could we not want to be more like Him?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could we not want to see \Ntruly who the Father is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then everything He's saying starts \Nto make sense as things for our benefit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as things that will help us be \Nin a loving relationship with Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, even Christ coming and expounding\Nand fulfilling the Law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was us seeing the Father as who \NHe really is, not the deception,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the lies, the angry God \Nwith lightening and thunderbolts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we see that, then the Law\Nstarts to be something beautiful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our best interest and something that\Nhelps us be in a good, loving,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strong relationship with Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) We have full confidence...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Yeah, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) ...that He has \Nthe best interest in mind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to move on to God's ideal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His children, which somewhat connects
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what we've already \Nbeen speaking about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 5, verse 48, and, Nicole,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you would be willing to read that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us, and then we'll follow it up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Luke 6:36, and, Nancy, if you \Nwould read that one after Matthew 5:48.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Okay, Matthew 5:48.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm reading it from the New International\NVersion, and the Bible says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) And then Luke 6:36.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're looking at these two \Nin conjunction with each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) Okay, and this is from the\NNew King James Version.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) All right, what is \NJesus asking us to do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Be like God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) To be like God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking us, may I mention it this way:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking us to do the \Nimpossible without Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be impossible without Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand what I'm saying?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He's giving us the strength to do it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, it's not impossible, but without Him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're trying to do it as only head\Nknowledge, it is going to be impossible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And, you know, Stephanie,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes people read that like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Be perfect," and think that's the way to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make God love us, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never quite good enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what it's saying at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's why Luke's wording
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is different is important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying, "I want you to reflect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauty of my Father's character."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does it look like?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said, "If you want to know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the Father is like, look at Me."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, He's saying, "I want you to \Nreflect my character to the world,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is not to earn His love.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He already loves us.\NIt's out of that loving relationship.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.\NGo ahead, you wanted to say something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Andrea) I also wanted to add
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what Elder Morris said, that this\Nperfection that God is calling us to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not so much a state of sinlessness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the spiritual maturity to which we need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to attain, and the Lord can \Nhelp us to attain that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, at each state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Christain's experience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a different level of maturity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what is perfect for \Na grade one student to add 2 + 2
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not perfect for a grade five student
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to a grade eight student.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this perfection is where we are at;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just fulfill what God requires \Nus to do at that stage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have attained to God's ideal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.\NAll right, Olric.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Let me encapsulate \Nwhat she's saying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At each stage, God reveals light to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He reveals more of Himself to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perfection that is being talked about here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the progressive state \Nof growth, Christian maturity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A plant starts out as a seedling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then it grows to a big tree \Nand bears fruit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A baby starts off walking on fours
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mumbling, but eventually \Nthey grow, and they walk on legs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they can talk well \Nand do things for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is maturing; there is growth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's ideal of perfection is that\Nyou should continually grow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that you reach a stage here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where, "Hah! You're perfect.\NNow you don't need to go any further."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His idea of perfection is \Nprogressive Christian maturity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, let me...\NGo ahead, go ahead, Kyle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) You know, somebody \Nmight be worried,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I'm not perfect, and I \Nhave all these faults,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my only thing I think we \Ncould all say: "Look to Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie/Team) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) Look to Jesus, because Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,?as we look to Him, "If ye love Me, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep My Commandments," He says.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only way that we can truly grow
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in likeness to Him is to fall in love
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Him, and how do we \Nfall in love with Him?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By looking to Him, spending time with Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie/Team) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kyle) That is so key because otherwise
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're just going to try \Nto earn our righteousness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that will never get us anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we must look to Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek/Team) Amen. Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Beautiful, beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, my question, I think we already have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an answer for it, but my question is:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this a means of salvation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an evidence of a living, \Nloving connection with Jesus?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Simple.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an evidence of a living connection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Jesus, not a means to salvation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) All right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you share with us a \Nverse that supports that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Galatians 2, verses...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Galatians, chapter 2.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Olric, you'll go ahead and read
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatians, chapter 2, \NI believe, 20 and 21.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Galatians, chapter 2, \Nverses 20 and 21?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) Reading from the \NNew Living Translation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word of God says:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another verse, another \Npromise that we can share.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone out there, as Kyle was saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be wondering, "How do I do this?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How is this practical?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Let me just say people may not \Nknow who wrote the Galatian letter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Saul of Tarsus, later \Ncalled Paul the Apostle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had gone down that road \Nof trying to earn righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie/Team): Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) He said, "I was \Nflawless," you know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was killing people \Nwho believe in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, he understands \Nthe miracle of his changed heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just want to emphasize,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it is one stage and then another,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a miracle at every stage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie/Team): Amen. Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) For us to be who God's \Ncalling us to be, is a miracle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) It is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And Paul would be the first one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say that it is a miracle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why he says that \Nif anyone is in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she or he is a new creation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Because he's seen it himself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) It's key that in that verse
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is mentioned Christ now lives in me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "It is no longer \NI who live, but I died.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I surrender self and the old way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I accept Christ in my heart,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He changes me internally.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what I do is motivated by love."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it is very important \Nto see the transformation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Would you share with us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time when you experienced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you saw someone who represented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the character of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What impact did that have on you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You saw someone had \Nthe character of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the impact on you, or what was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impact when someone saw
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the character of Christ in you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What impact did that have on you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Stephanie, I was 7 years old...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Go ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Oh good, if I can \Njust share real briefly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and my teacher in Form 2\N(this is back in the UK)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was full of the love of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was only privileged to go
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a Christian school for four years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that one year with Christine Emmerson
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my teacher changed my life...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Wow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) ...because she was \Nfull of the love of God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you see that, and I think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the ultimate witness,\Nit's not just what we say.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the love of God fills a heart,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just say, "I just \Nwant to be like that,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that person says, "Well, I'm
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a follower of Jesus, so follow Him."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reflecting the light of Jesus.\NNancy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) My dad is full \Nof the love of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, what he does is he studies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible in the morning, a chapter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the morning, and a chapter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the evening, a chapter in \Nthe New, a chapter in the Old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think about it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as him "marinating" his life \Nin Jesus, you know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a cooking term, when you take
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some meat or some tofu, and you put it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, in all of those \Nsauces and things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's what he does with his life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so everything he does \Nis covered in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nancy) He's been a great example to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek/Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) I'm guessing that he's been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his knees praying often,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that's the section that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to move into next.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've talked about the head knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it reaches our hearts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, as a result, our hands or our actions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produce what has already happened inside.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we are going to talk \Nabout how we sustain that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is by spending \Ntime with God in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Juliana, if you would read
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, chapter 6, verses 5 through 13.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew chapter 6, verses 5 through 13,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about Jesus teaching on prayer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Juliana) I'm reading from \Nthe New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie/Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) What important lessons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we learn about prayer\Nfrom Jesus' example?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Tricia Lee.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) We're counseled \Nnot to have vain repetitions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, there were practices that heathens \Nhad at the time but also was part
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the religious practices \Nto repeat certain things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The more I say it, then \Nthe more likely God will hear,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here this model, in its \Nsimplest way, is a conversation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, even in talking to God, we are \Nacknowledging that He's hearing us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not just saying phrases out,\Nand hoping they go somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're actually speaking to another \NBeing who can hear and understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wants to have a conversation with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) So, we have full confidence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Person that we love and trust.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nathan, and then we'll go to Olric.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nathan) I can't miss the distinction
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is making between people who pray
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be seen by others, and it's not just
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they say but where they \Nare when they are saying it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're out on the street corners,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus people who are praying in secret.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Go into your room and pray
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your Father who is also in secret."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in other words, what He's showing us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here is this is an intimate time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry if this sounds a little
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too far fetched, but just like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a married couple behind closed doors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the intimacy that they share.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are having quiet time\Nor conversation, you know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else is there, and this is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way, He says, "With your Father
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Heaven, you are behind \Nclosed doors, intimate communion."\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just you and Him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not showing off to the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not doing this before others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're having quiet time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Jesus wants us to be having
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimate communion \Nwith our Father quietly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Just to think that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's willing to spend quiet time with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) The God of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, think about that.\NThat's powerful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Olric) It's very key that Nathan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,points that out because in \Nverse 16 of that same chapter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He uses the word "hypocrite."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Don't fast as the hypocrites do."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That word is a key word,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the Greek it means an "actor,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, someone who puts \Non a show, a performance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is Jesus saying about these \Nindividuals who pray to be heard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by many people or use many words \Nto look religious and so forth?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying, "You're just acting,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my Bible says to me, "If you harbor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,iniquity in your heart, God \Nwill not hear your prayers."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a problem with the religious \Nleaders and those who were doing it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for outward show; the heart wasn't right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephanie) Right, He was asking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for an inward change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go ahead, Nicole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Just to take it \Na little differently,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can also teach someone how to pray,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when I look 48:40