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♪ theme music ♪

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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

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an in-depth, interactive study [br]of the Word of God.

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I'm glad you joined us today

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as we continue a series of studies

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on the Gospel of Matthew.

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Our topic today: The Sermon [br]of Jesus on the Mount.

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It's going to be a great blessing,

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and we're especially happy

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that one of our team, Stephanie,

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is going to be teaching today.

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Stephanie, we are looking forward

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to a great study.

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(Stephanie) Amen.

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(Derek) And we're glad that each one of you

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has joined us for our study today.

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It's been a great series, hasn't it?

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I notice people ask, "It's not

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the same people every time?"

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No, but we're all studying, and this

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Gospel of Matthew, I think

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the biggest challenge is we could take

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a whole series of studies

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on just one section,

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like the Sermon on the Mount,

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but we have to look at the big picture

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and the message that Jesus is giving us

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through His sermon in Matthew.

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So, we want to pray that God would bless.

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Before I do, though, I want to welcome

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our Hope Sabbath School members

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around the world.

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Thank you for writing to us.

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You can write to us at sshope@hopetv.org,

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and we're always happy to know

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how God is blessing your lives.

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Gerald writes from the Cameroon.

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He says, "Hi, Hope Sabbath School team.

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I'm a church member in the Cameroon.

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I like to spend my time studying

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with Hope Sabbath School,

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and I now have an iPhone, and I'm ready

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to get the Hope Sabbath School app."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Well, I think we have the iPhone

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Hope Sabbath School app in 137 countries,

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and we have the Android app,

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which is only more recent;

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that's, I think, in 150 countries.

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So, we're glad, Gerald, that you're

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going to get the Hope Sabbath School app

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for your iPhone, and it's great

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because you click, and the most

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recent program opens up.

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He concludes by saying,

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"Hope Sabbath School is like[br]a river of blessing for me,"

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) "...and I'm learning more

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about the Word of God.

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My dream is to be with you one day live

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in this amazing Bible study."

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Well, you know if you come over here

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when we're filming, Gerald,

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we would love to have you

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on our team, but you're just as much

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a part of Hope Sabbath School[br]right there in the Cameroon.

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And I want to invite you [br]and everyone else watching

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to think about gathering a group together.

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You can download the outline,

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the same outline that Stephanie

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will be using today in our study,

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from our website, hopetv.org/hopess.

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You can download the outline,

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or you can watch the program with a group

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of friends; hold up your iPHone for them,

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Gerald, but get a group of people watching.

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We can share what we've learned together.

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Here's a note from Pavel.

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Anybody want to guess where Pavel is from?

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(Team) Russia.

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(Derek) He's from Russia, that's right.

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How did you know?

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He says, "Greetings, Hope Sabbath[br]School, from Russia.

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We always watch the [br]Sabbath School discussion

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and truly enjoy it.

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Our younger daughter, Veronica,

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Consistently asks me to send you a message,

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so, here it is."

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Here comes the message from Veronica:

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"I was sitting in the kitchen

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and enjoying your songs; I like you.

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My name is Veronica, and I'm 5 years old."

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Well, it's good to know

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we have Hope Sabbath School members

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who are 5 years old, right?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Thank you, Veronica,

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for your message,

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and we hope you will sing our new

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Scripture song, "Praise Him[br]in the Heights."

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You can download that[br]from our website, too.

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"I'm watching you every week,"

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continues Veronica, "with my mom and dad.

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Thank you for the songs. [br]I love them and I love all of you."

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Well, thank you so much, Veronica![br]We love you, too.

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And your mommy and daddy, thank you

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for being part of our Hope Sabbath [br]School there in Russia.

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It's amazing what a variety of people

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we have watching, isn't it?

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Grace writes to us from China,

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and she says, "I often translate

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Hope Sabbath School for my mother

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who teaches a Sabbath School

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in a small church in Beijing.

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So, this is what we are talking about,

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making Hope Sabbath School available

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in other languages.

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It's already happening by individuals.

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Remember a recent email from someone

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in Russia. Her husband was [br]translating for her.

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"Please pray for my family so that we

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can all love and reverence God."

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Wow.

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"These days there are many temptations

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for people of all ages, [br]especially young people.

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Pray for us so that we can have[br]the wisdom to follow God.

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God bless you."

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Well, we'll do that, Grace.

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God bless you there in [br]the great country of China.

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May God bless your witness[br]to those around you.

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Here's one last really encouraging[br]email from Christian.

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Now, that name has special significance,

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as you'll discover in a minute.

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Christian is from Malawi, and Malawi

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is right there in the heart[br]of Africa, right?

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"Dear Saints," that's an encouraging title.

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"Dear Saints, I'm happy to God

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for using Hope Sabbath School[br]to bring a change to my life.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) This is wonderful.

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"It has really made an impact on my life

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since I grew up a Muslim, and I never

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found the truth as I found it now.

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Now I have decided to follow [br]Jesus and be baptized.

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(Team) Amen! Praise God.

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(Derek) Wow.

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"As I am speaking, I am now

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a true believer in Bible truth.

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Thank you for the mission you're doing

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in cooperating with Jesus Christ

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in saving lost sinners like me."

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Is that powerful?

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(Team) Amen. Praise God.

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(Derek) "May the Good Lord bless us all,

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and now you understand."

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He has another name, but he's [br]been given a new name.

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His name is Christian.

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Thanks for writing to us, Christian,

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from Malawi, and we just want

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to praise God for the way [br]He's leading you,

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not only for your salvation but to be

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a blessing to those around you.

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Right now we want to sing[br]our Scripture song.

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It's word for word from Psalm 148.

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So, it's 3,000 years old, but it's got

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a new tune; I hope you'll enjoy it.

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"Praise Him in the Heights."

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Let's sing it together.

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♪ music ♪

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(Derek) And, for those of you[br]who don't know,

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in Hebrew "Praise the Lord"[br]is "Hallelujah!"

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So, what a beautiful, ancient,

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Scripture song with a message[br]with a message for us today.

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And, Stephanie, as you lead us

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in this important study, "The Sermon

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of Jesus on the Mount," I know in the end

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we are going to say, "Praise the Lord!"

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because it's really encouraging news.

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So, why don't you lead us in prayer[br]as we begin our study.

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((Stephanie) Let's bow our heads.

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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much

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for giving us this opportunity [br]to study Your Word.

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We just ask that, as we study Your Word,

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You would send Your Holy Spirit

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to guide us and to direct us,

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that at the end of the study, Lord,

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our lives would be changed, and we

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would have something to share

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with those around us.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Stephanie) So, our study today

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is on the Sermon on the Mount

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according to Matthew, but we also know

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that Luke records this Sermon on the Mount

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as well, and there are some [br]differences that we see.

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Before we go looking into looking

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at some verses, we do some differences

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between the account of Matthew[br]and that of Luke.

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What can we learn from the differences

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that we see?

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Notice that Matthew is how [br]many chapters it spans over?

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(Derek) Three whole chapters.

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(Stephanie) Three whole chapters,

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and that's over 100 verses.

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And Luke spans over how many verses?

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(Derek) I think there's 30.

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(Stephanie) Just around 30.

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So, what can we learn from the differences

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that we see there, anyone?

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(Derek) You know, Stephanie,

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it's interesting that even in the 30 verses

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of Luke some things are new.

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So, that tells me that probably

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neither of them has everything.

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If Jesus taught all day on the mount,

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that the Spirit's guiding [br]them to share some insights.

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(Stephanie) Yes.

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(Derek) It's not a video.

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(Stephanie) That's right.

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(Derek) Guided by the Holy Spirit,

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which is interesting because then

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we ask, "Why did the Holy Spirit

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inspire Matthew to include what he did?"

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but there's probably much more.

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(Stephanie) So, we've learned that

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it's thought-inspired right?

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It's not exact word-by-word inspired.

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Was there someone else?[br]Go ahead.

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(Kyle) It's like the four Gospels

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are all a little different because each one

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has a different perspective.

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God uses each personality [br]to bring a new insight,

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and He puts it all together [br]for a more complete picture.

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(Derek) And, Stephanie, I just want

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to catch you because I understand

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what you are saying about inspired[br]versus word-for-word.

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I think Matthew and Luke are writing[br]down the words Jesus said.[br]

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(Stephanie) Yes.

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(Derek) So, it's a little different

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from the prophet being given a vision

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like Daniel, and he writes it

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in his own words, rather than[br]being dictated.

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I think here Jesus may have said

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different things in different ways

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during the day, and for some reason,

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which maybe we'll discover in our study,

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Matthew decides, "I'm going [br]to record some of these."

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By the way, he was there, right?

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He was an eye witness, Matthew.

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(Team) He was.

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(Derek) Luke has to talk to eye witnesses,

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and so he, guided by the Spirit, too,

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gets some other insights,

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but I think the Holy Spirit's definitely

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giving us a reliable account [br]of what Jesus said.

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(Stephanie) Amen.

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Is there a difference in the audience

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that Matthew and Luke are speaking to?[br]Yes, Olric.

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(Olric) Matthew's Gospel, [br]from our research,

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is more targeted to a Jewish audience,

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so in his Gospel he tends to play up

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more Jesus' kingship, and in his rendering

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of the Sermon on the Mount it is

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a little longer than Luke's version

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because we know in those days

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a king is the person invested

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with the authority to enforce the law,

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keep the law in the land like the lawgiver.

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So he spends a little more time on that

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as opposed to Luke, who was writing more

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to Gentiles, but he wanted the Gentiles

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to see the law in a way that was

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more applicable to them.

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So he did not include many of the things[br]that Matthew was about.

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(Stephanie) So, would you say that

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in Matthew some of the very detailed

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renditions that Matthew shares[br]connects with the Jews?

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(Olric) Yes.

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(Stephanie) ...in a way that is powerful?

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(Olric) Yes, indeed.

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(Stephanie) All right.

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Let's go ahead and jump into[br]Matthew, chapter 5,

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and we'll read verses 17 through 19.

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And, Joshua, if you would be willing

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to read for us those first three verses [br]

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in Matthew, chapter 5, [br]verses 17 through 19?

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(Joshua) Absolutely, and I'll be reading

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from the New King James [br]Version; the Bible says:

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(Stephanie) So, what are we [br]talking about here?

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We're talking about the Law of God, right?

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(Joshua) Yeah.

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(Stephanie) This is the introduction

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to the Law of God that Matthew [br]is talking about.

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Let's go and look at a few more verses,

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and then we'll consider some questions

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as they relate to the verses that we read.

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In Matthew, chapter 5:21-22.

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Olric, would you read that for us,

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Matthew, chapter 5, verses 21 and 22.

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And then we'll read verses 27 and 28.

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(Olric) Reading from the New [br]Living Translation:

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(Stephanie) Wow, that's pretty strong.

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(Olric) Verses 27 and 28?

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(Stephanie) Yes, go ahead and continue on.

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(Stephanie) So, do you see a pattern?

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What is the pattern that you see[br]in these verses?

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Go ahead, Tricia Lee.

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(Tricia Lee) Well, first if we[br]were wondering, "Well, what law

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is he talking about," it's clear[br]as we kept reading

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that he's talking about the [br]Ten Commandments

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that the people at the time believed...

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(Stephanie) Yes.

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(Tricia Lee) ...prided themselves in being[br]able to keep, and you start to understand

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more about what Jesus meant when He said,

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"I've come to fulfill," to give [br]a clearer understanding

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of what it truly means to keep the Law.

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And at the time, they were more concerned

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about the outward physicality of behaviors

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that proved that they [br]were observing the laws,

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but here Jesus starts to point [br]to what's happening in our hearts,

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in our minds, in our thoughts,[br]and kind of showing that

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breaking the Law or even sin [br]doesn't just occur in an action,

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it kind of starts in our hearts[br]and our minds.

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So, again, in fulfilling that Law,[br]He's really kind of peeling back

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what they thought was the reality[br]in showing that it's much deeper

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than they thought in just the behavior.

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There's something that's happening[br]in the heart that only He can come

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and help them fix or [br]help them actually be.[br]

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(Stephanie, Team) Yes.

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(Stephanie) Did you have a comment, Jason?[br]

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Go ahead.

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(Jason) Yes, I'm looking at this here,

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and it talks about how He didn't come

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to destroy but to fulfill,

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because Jesus could be accused

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of these new teachings [br]as destroying the law,

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but what He's saying is,

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"Look, I'm not destroying the Law;

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I'm showing you what it really means."

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So, He's not saying what [br]was said of old is untrue;

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He's saying what was said of old,[br]it is true, but also this.

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So, you have a very limited picture

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of what the Law is, but this is

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a greater understanding,[br]a greater fulfillment

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of what the Law truly is.

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And that is what He is doing [br]here in the sermon.

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(Stephanie) He's expounding on that.

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Yes, Missy.

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(Missy) From the fall of humanity,

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you know, they had perfection in Eden.

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Then came the fall.[br]They fell so far.

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Humanity just, fell, fell, fell,

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and so, step by step, through Scripture

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you see how God is taking them

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step by step back to His ideal

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until you could see the fulfillment

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of the Law in Christ when [br]He came to humanity.

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And it was supposed to be a revelation

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of who God really was.[br]You know, opening our minds

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to what the Law really meant.

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(Stephanie) Yes. Nathan.

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(Nathan) Keep in mind that Matthew[br]is writing to Jews...

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(Stephanie) Yes.

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(Nathan) ...and Moses was [br]the great hero as the lawgiver.

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Moses went up on the Mount Sinai

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to receive the Law from God,

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and then he gave it to the people,

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and the people did their best

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to keep the law, but Moses was the one

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who lead them out of slavery [br]and into the Promised Land, right?

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So, the "deliverer."

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((Stephanie) Right.

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(Nathan) Now Matthew is showing

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Jesus is the One who went [br]up on the mountain

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and now expounds upon the Law.

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He's the new Moses, showing them,

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"Okay, you received the Law

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on the mountain from God[br]through Moses,

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now up on this mountain Jesus

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is saying, 'Let me show you what

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this Law really means and how

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it applies deeply inwardly,

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and then you're going to be free,

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not just from Egypt [br]but from the slavery of sin...'

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(Stephanie, Team) Amen. Wow.

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(Nathan) '...when we get to the depths

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of what the Law means deep in the heart.'"

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(Stephanie) And I want to go [br]to another passage

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before we leave the teaching [br]of Jesus about the Law of God.

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We'll move to Matthew 5:43-48,

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and, Kyle, would you be willing[br]to read that for us?

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Matthew 5:43-48.

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(Kyle) I'll be reading from[br]the New King James Version.

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The Bible says:

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(Stephanie) Wow.

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There's a lot in that verse.

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What do you pull out from those verses?

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Go ahead, Joshua.

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(Joshua) I will say that it's this aspect

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of Christianity that's the most difficult.

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You know, if you compare this[br]sort of command from Jesus

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in comparison to the Ten Commandments,

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the Ten Commandments [br]actually look pretty easy.

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You know, if you tell me I'm supposed

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to love my enemies, do good to those

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who are persecuting me, it's like,

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"Are you serious?"

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But at the same time we have to think

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about the fact that people

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outside of Christianity judge us [br]based on this sort of thing,

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not simply how many times do you

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go to church in a week or how many

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Bible verses do you know,

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but it's in our character and in the way

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that we treat others.

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(Stephanie) Wow, yes.[br]Go ahead, Juliana.

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(Juliana) Actually this summer I was

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traveling around in Europe and happened

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to interact with an individual on a train.

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And, somehow we got to talking [br]about this kind of stuff,

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and he told me, "You know, Christianity

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is supposed to be so much more[br]radical than it is.

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So many people, they focus just

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on the Ten Commandments,

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but what about the Sermon on the Mount?"

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And it kind of goes along with what

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you are saying, like, people

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from the outside are looking [br]at us, and, it's like, wow!

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This is what Christianity [br]is supposed to be.

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And I think that he was completely right,

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that we should be looking a lot more

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at the Sermon on the Mount for many

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of the things of how we should

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interact with other people.

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(Stephanie) So isn't it interesting;

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I think Jesus was trying to move us away

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from just a head knowledge [br]to a heart knowledge, right?

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(Team) Yes. Amen.

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(Stephanie) A heart experience.

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(Derek) You know, I think, Stephanie,

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something Jason said earlier is

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really important because some Christians

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get confused and say the Ten Commandments

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doesn't matter; we just need [br]to love, but that's absurd.

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That's like saying, "Don't hate people,[br]but you can kill them."

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"Don't lust after someone, but you [br]can commit adultery with him or her."

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It's not that.

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The Commandments stand.

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But, as Tricia Lee was pointing out,

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God is calling us to a much [br]higher standard.

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In fact, to be honest, it's [br]an impossible standard

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if we're going to do it

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in our own strength because we know

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how feeble we are.

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(Stephanie, Team) Yes.

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(Derek) It's going to take a miracle...

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(Stephanie) Exactly.

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(Derek) ...so that, as Joshua pointed out,

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people will look, and they'll actually see

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Jesus reflected, right?[br]Instead of us.

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(Stephanie) And that happens as a result

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of the head knowledge going [br]to our hearts, right?

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And that's the next section that we

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want to move into, this outward conformity

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versus an inward conversion.

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And, I'd like us to move [br]to Matthew, chapter 5, verse 20.

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Go back to Matthew, chapter 5, verse 20,

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and, Missy, would you read that for us?

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(Missy) I am reading from [br]the New Living Translation:

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(Stephanie) So, I think this is coming back

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to what Juliana was saying.

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People expect something more than

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just a check off, right?[br]they want something real.

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(Olric) But it's not just the realness.

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Notice here he says,

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"Unless your righteousness

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exceeds their righteousness, what was

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their righteousness that was[br]not sufficient for God?

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Their right

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