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It's wonderful to be here with 
all of you today to worship. 

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God, we have wonderful crowd, 
and we have several visitors 

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that are here and we want to say
you are our honored guest and 

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welcome. 
And please come back every 

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opportunity that you have to be 
with us. 

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You are so welcome. 
We're glad you're here. 

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I'm very excited about the 
series that I've been preaching 

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for you and that is on the 
greatest sermon ever preached. 

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It is as I've said so many times
I've called it the great Sermon 

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on the Mount preached by the 
master so long ago and today is 

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The Sermon on the Mount. 
This is the Beatitudes which are

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covered in the first 12. 
Verses of Matthew Chapter 5 and 

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this is part 4. 
This is our final lesson on the 

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Beatitudes. 
But before we begin with what 

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Jesus is going to talk about in 
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through 12 we have to back up 
and I'm going to be very brief 

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about this as I've done as a 
recap on the other series 

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lessons. 
We have to notice what he 

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already said very briefly 
because they all flow together 

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and they all work together. 
This is a masterful sermon, 

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preached by Jesus. 
So long ago and I'm just going 

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to say this to when we're done 
with the Beatitudes, after just 

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a few minutes today. 
These are qualities and 

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characteristics that will help 
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You remember that Jesus is 
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have give you true, blessedness,
and true happiness. 

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I'm going to say this if you 
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happiness. 
In your life, please listen to 

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the words of Jesus. 
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if you can apply what Jesus is 
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your life and they can be in you
and they can abound in your 

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life. 
You'll be able to handle all the

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other, very difficult things and
Meaty things. 

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He's going to preach in the rest
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Matthew 5, 6 and 7. 
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what he's already said. 
Jesus began in Matthew Chapter 5

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in this great. 
Sermon on the Beatitudes. 

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He says, blessed are the poor in
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You remember what that means? 
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spiritually destitute. 
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you want to go to heaven, or 
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it begins with This, you have to
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I'm nothing without God. 
I'm nothing without Jesus 

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Christ. 
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That's great stuff. 
I am spiritually destitute 

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without God. 
I'm nothing on my own. 

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I need Jesus. 
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Because I have a sin problem and
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So that therefore Here Comes 
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It begins with being poor in 
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spirit. 
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problem that only Jesus can take
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So it leads to number two, and 
it's going to cause me to do 

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this. 
It's going to cause me to mourn 

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over those sins. 
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God wants us to be guilty of the
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in a state of Perpetual guilt. 
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about it. 
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When you mourn over your sin and
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sorrow and repentance. 
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about it, what are you going to 
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I'm going to obey the gospel. 
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remission of my sins contact. 
The blood of Jesus have my sins 

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washed away and therefore I'm 
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There's a great benefit in 
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I've made mistakes. 
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But there's more. 
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you become a Christian, you're 
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First John chapter 1 says, if we
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And just to forgive us, our sins
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unrighteousness. 
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again, because when I mourn over
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repentance and I ask God to 
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So I'm comforted. 
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about the things that we have? 
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are some of the things that keep
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struggles because those are our 
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We all get that and sometimes 
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things over and over again. 
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gives us a plan for that too. 
James 5:16 confess your faults, 

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one to another and pray one for 
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the effective fervent prayer of 
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again, I'm going to mourn over 
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I'm going to confess that to my 
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He's going to pray for me, God's
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I'm going to be comforted 
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One final thing this is by the 
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passage but there's a secondary 
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And you remember this, when we 
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several service sermons ago 
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mourn over the injustices that 
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sometimes things are just bad. 
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God is comforted knowing that 
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matter what. 
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It is great to be a Christian, 
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God. 
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relationship with God and now 
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mental disposition that we have 
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And that's the spirit of 
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weakness. 
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he was the epitome of Of 
strength, Jesus, come unto me 

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all ye that labor and are heavy 
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take my yoke upon you and learn 
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I am meek and lowly at heart and
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souls. 
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burden is like incidentally, 
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meekness is also the quality and
the characteristic that will 

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help you persevere. 
No matter what comes your way in

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your Christian Life. 
Great stuff. 

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Then you got to do this. 
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that hunger and thirst for 
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filled if we're having a 
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life. 
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hungering and thirsting after it
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hunger and thirst after 
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Okay. 
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Jesus says, blessed are the 
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mercy and I'm going to tell you 
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Don't you think if we can always
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remembrance, and reminder that 
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me, Don't you think it'd be 
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merciful to somebody else? 
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to some other people, maybe it's
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was merciful to us, God extended
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what we deserve and that's to be
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I'm so thankful that he extended
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Notice what happens if I am 
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Mercy, that is from God. 
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have to be merciful to other 
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benefit here, too. 
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If I am merciful to my fellow 
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But don't you think other people
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if I'm a merciful person to 
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Maybe in general, sure. 
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Then Jesus says blessed are the 
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god notice please if you want to
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pure in heart. 
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heart is more than just having a
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studied before being pure in 
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proper and acceptable worship to
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So, what am I saying? 
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a worshiper of God, You're not 
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Got to be pure in heart. 
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Then Jesus says this is the 
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He said blessed are the 
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called the sons of God. 
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Peace. 
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and not peace Breakers. 
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What does the Bible say? 
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In other words, whatever is in 
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all men, that's what God wants. 
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Jesus is the Prince of Peace. 
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are like God in that regard and 
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okay, how are you a peacemaker 
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Number one is living peaceably 
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That's our relationships, right?
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that made me maybe not quite so 
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We are also a peacemaker when by
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lead people to the gospel which 
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person is Because they're 
brought to Jesus Christ and they

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are brought because of your 
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They're converted to Christ. 
They're saved now, they're at 

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peace with God. 
You've just become a peacemaker.

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So we're peacemakers by based on
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leading people to Jesus Christ 
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with God, all of that is covered
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and here comes verse 10. 
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they which are persecuted for 
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In spite of verse 9. 
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to live in his life. 
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Because sometimes in life, the 
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and sometimes they're going to 
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Now I'm going to tell you this. 
I'm not talking about Trials of 

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life and this sermon. 
We've talked about that in the 

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past that is not. 
We're talking about, we're 

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talking about specific things. 
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persecution, And I'm so thankful
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Jesus is going to give us three 
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We're persecuted three Very 
practical ways that were 

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persecuted. 
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persecution. 
So even though in verse 9, it 

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says, blessed are the 
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Jesus says, sometimes a person 
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righteousness sake. 
In fact, Paul promises Timothy 

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that all who will live Godly 
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Second Timothy chapter 3 and 
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Yes, and all who desire to live 
Godly in Christ will suffer 

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persecution. 
I've got to tell you this, we 

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live in a wonderful country. 
I know that there's a lot of 

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people that want to bad-mouth 
the country and things are not 

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perfect in our country. 
I get it, but I'm thankful to be

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in this country. 
I am so thankful we live in a 

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Land of the Free. 
And even though we have 

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difficulties and we have things 
that are going on in the country

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that perhaps we don't like or 
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I'm so thankful that there's no 
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what we're doing right now. 
I'm thankful for that. 

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I'm also thankful that in my 
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morning and do just about 
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We live in the land of the free.
So maybe we're not persecuted 

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like the days of the early 
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just a moment and maybe we don't
have great persecutions against 

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our life. 
Like what once was or maybe 

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would happen in other countries?
If you live a Godly life, Paul 

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told Timothy in one aspect or 
another you will suffer 

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persecution but there's a 
blessing. 

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There's a blessing. 
And more on this in a moment. 

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But Jesus says for theirs is the
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All right. 
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what the Lord saying? 
He's saying two things. 

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Please get this. 
He's saying two things. 1 

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blessed is the one whose 
conviction of mind is strong 

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enough to weather the physical 
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He's not just saying blessed, 
are you if you're being 

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persecuted, what exciting in the
essence is this blessed is the 

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one whose conviction of mine is 
strong enough to weather the 

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physical abuse of persecution. 
And I'm going to tell you what 

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that is all about strength and 
courage. 

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Sometimes we think that the 
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10. 
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In this case, it's the strong 
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talked about in the essence of 
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That's number one, here's number
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Godly character is so anchored 
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physical comfort. 
I have on here, Hebrews in all 

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capitals. 
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When the Hebrew writer wrote the
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to Hebrew Christians. 
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were Jewish by Blood. 
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that's all they had ever known. 
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the gospel and they're converted
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Do you know what happened to 
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So much. 
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doing. 
They went back to the law of 

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Moses and they rejected Jesus 
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Easier they were being bribed 
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Little side note here. 
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destruction of Jerusalem, the 
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believe me. 
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believe Hebrews 10:25 some 
different positions about that 

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about the day approaching and 
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time. 
Is that the first day of the 

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week? 
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destruction of Jerusalem in the 
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I'm just going to tell you why 
they could see that day coming. 

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In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus 
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He said there's going to be a 
lot of bad stuff going to happen

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and he's talking about the end. 
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of time as everybody thinks in 
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That Matthew 24 is talking about
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bad things are happening. 
They see here, I come. 

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No, that's the destructive 
Jerusalem. 

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They can see that day coming. 
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Jesus has five. 
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the end is not near. 
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going to happen, immediate sign,
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get out of here and get to the 
mountains. 

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He's telling Christians how to 
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the destruction of Jerusalem. 
That's Matthew 24, they can see 

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that day approaching and that's 
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many of these Hebrew Christians 
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Jesus, because it was easier to 
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followed Jesus and remove the 
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That's why he says not forsaking
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together as the manner of some 
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and so much, the more as you see
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That's why I believe the day 
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of Jerusalem. 
All that being said, I'm done 

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with that. 
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They were greatly persecuted 
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instructive Jerusalem and they 
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Don't quit. 
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That's the essence of what the 
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If you're persecuted for 
righteousness. 

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Sake, blessed is the one whose 
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he cannot be bribed. 
With physical Comfort. 

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Okay, let's back up in time in 
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Now as he was speaking, these 
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Pharisees are already planning 
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How do I know that Mark, chapter
3 and verse 6, then the 

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Pharisees went out and 
immediately plotted with the 

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herodians against him, how they 
might destroy him. 

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You know what's interesting 
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the bond of hate. 
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were at odds with each other, 
but on this occasion or when it 

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came to the topic of Killing 
Jesus, they bound together and 

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they plotted how they might 
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There was another time to, by 
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In Luke chapter 6, Jesus does a 
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He heals a poor man that has a 
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That's a great thing. 
He performs a miracle and you 

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would think everybody would be? 
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Maybe even follow Jesus because 
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You know, what happens? 
He heals a man with a withered 

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hand, but he does it on the 
Sabbath day. 

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And you remember what they said 
about Jesus, they hated him. 

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The religious leaders for two 
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He said, I am the Son of God and
to, because of how he had on the

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Sabbath. 
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the Sabbath, I'm lord of the 
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So we know all that. 
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So, this man, gets healed of a 
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This is their response to that, 
Luke 6 and 11 but they were 

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filled with rage and discussed 
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do to Jesus. 
So Jesus knows that persecution 

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is coming and it's going to grow
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disciples, it's coming but then 
he says there's blessings, if 

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you remain faithful, and that's 
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One of those blessings for 
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I don't know what it's going to 
be like, folks, I just know it's

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going to be greater than 
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When God says time shall be no 
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when the righteous Get to Go to 
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all going to be like, I know 
it's going to be greater than 

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anything I can possibly fathom. 
But regardless of whatever 

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persecution or hardship, you've 
gone through in life. 

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I guarantee you this It'll be 
worth it. 

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When you see Heaven, and the 
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regardless of the persecution of
the hardship. 

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You got to remain faithful. 
You gotta stay true. 

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Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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persecution and suffering 
police. 

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The Lord is not saying here that
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He's not saying that. 
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suffering and self-denial. 
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Or doing without something as a 
religious exercise giving up 

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something during a certain time 
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exercise. 
That's not what he's talking 

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about. 
He's not talking about 

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self-denial and pain and 
suffering as a religious 

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exercise. 
That's number one, number two, 

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he's also not interested in 
this. 

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He's not interested in those 
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attention you know, Jesus talked
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being persecuted, but by 
fasting, then when Jesus talked 

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about fasting, he said when you 
fast don't do this, don't walk 

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around with a long face at home.
Fast of starving, don't do that.

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So, everybody can see that 
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your hair uncombed and not 
showered dirty rags and walking 

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around stumbling around. 
So people, go, oh, what do you 

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go with you on fasting? 
You know, Jesus says wash your 

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face. 
Put a smile on your face so that

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nobody in the world knows what 
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what matters. 
Going through something as an 

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exercise to be seen of others is
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about here, when he says 
persecuted. 

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It's not what he means when he 
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not what he means. 
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from something. 
There has to be a reason for the

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suffering. 
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what the reason is, Peter does 
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beginning, in verse 14, if you 
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Christ, get that? 
Blessed, are you for the spirit 

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of glory and of God rests upon 
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He has blasphemed get this. 
But on your part, he is 

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glorified keep that in the back 
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God is glorified when you suffer
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But let none of you suffer as a 
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or a busybody, and other 
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Yet, if anyone suffers as a 
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ashamed but let him glorify God.
In this matter, there are some 

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things in life that are worthy 
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murderer, I got that coming. 
I should suffer as a murderer. 

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If I'm if I'm a thief, I should 
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I got that coming or if I'm a 
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if I'm an evildoer, I've got 
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But when I suffer as a 
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Peter says, God is glorified 
when you suffer as a Christian. 

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Now. 1st Peter chapter 2 and 
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Or to Governor's, as to those 
who are sent by him for what the

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punishment of evildoers. 
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do good in Romans chapter 13, 
you know, it talks about, it 

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talks about the powers-that-be 
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us and law enforcement would be 
included in those governmental 

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structures right there for two 
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and reward or protect the 
innocent. 

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So if you're a good person, 
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You're only afraid of the long 
when you're doing something 

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wrong. 
Peter calls them evildoers, it's

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for the punishment of them, but 
it's for the praise of those 

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that do good. 
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Christian is Honorable because 
as we've noticed in the previous

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passage it, glorifies God. 
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10. 
The Lord's point is this When we

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are mature enough, please get 
this. 

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When we are mature enough, To 
endure persecution for his sake.

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Then the kingdom of heaven will 
be ours. 

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When we're mature enough to do 
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persecution of some kind is 
going to come and see, you know 

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what? 
You may have no way to do 

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anything about that. 
It's coming. 

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Sometimes we spend so much time 
worrying about things, we can't 

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change. 
And we don't spend enough time 

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on the things we really can make
a difference in or the things we

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really can change. 
So, I'm going to tell you this. 

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I don't know how it is in your 
life, but I'm telling you this, 

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if you are persecuted and Jesus 
gives three ways we are. 

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If you're being persecuted in 
your life because you're a 

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Christian, if that is true, 
There's nothing you could do 

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about that. 
You got no power over that. 

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But you do have power over 
something. 

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And that is how you going to 
handle it and your attitude 

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about it. 
Oh, she's talking about 

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attitude. 
Again, man, Frank's always 

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talked about. 
I know it's coming again. 

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Remember when I say attitudes 
the aroma of your heart all 

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that, it's all about your 
attitude, I'm gonna add 

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something. 
You may have seen this on 

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YouTube. 
Because it went viral. 

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Okay, is a long time ago but 
there was a little boy Down 

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syndrome. 
I watched this over and over, I 

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thought this was just great. 
This little boy with Down 

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Syndrome is a little boy. 
He was a young man with Down 

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Syndrome by now and how old he 
was, but he did something that 

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was really good. 
And he received all kinds of 

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praise and recognition for it. 
He was being interviewed by a 

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reporter And the reporter said 
this young man down. 

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And he said, Do you think you're
down syndrome? 

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Was a disability? 
you know, he said, The only 

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disability in life. 
Is a bad attitude. 

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And I thought, man, that's 
great. 

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This was a guy that had 
challenges. 

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He didn't care, he didn't feel 
sorry for himself. 

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He didn't call himself disabled 
and I know about politically 

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correct words. 
I don't know what they are. 

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So if I'm offending you, I don't
mean to. 

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I don't know disability 
disabled, I don't know handicap.

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I don't know if those are bad 
words, I don't know. 

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I'm just saying they're coming 
from the right place. 

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I'm not trying to do anything 
wrong. 

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I'm just telling you Sometimes 
people look at their life and 

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use whatever disability that 
they have or whatever 

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shortcoming comes their way or 
whatever mishap that comes their

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way as a reason not to achieve 
for the rest of their life. 

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It's about your attitude and 
your response to it and that man

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that had a reason said the only 
thing in life. 

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That's A disability is a bad 
habit. 

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Look at the next verse. 
Now, in verse 11, then Jesus 

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says this blessed, are you this 
first continues? 

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The with the same idea as verse 
10, but Jesus is making the 

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point that suffering sometimes 
is the result of righteousness, 

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okay? 
Now let's go back in time, 

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historically. 
Okay. 

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Historically speaking, when 
people back, then in the early 

451
00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,600
days of the church, after Acts 
chapter 2 profess to be 

452
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,100
Christians, publicly, you had 
talked about suffering, 

453
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:24,400
persecution man. 
They suffered persecution, 

454
00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:32,000
sometimes they lost their job. 
Sometimes they lost their 

455
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,700
business. 
And when you lose your job and 

456
00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:39,900
you lose your business, you lose
your livelihood. 

457
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,300
That's bad. 
Sometimes when you win against 

458
00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,000
the state's religion and often 
times, for example, in Rome, 

459
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,700
that would have been paganism. 
but when you win against the 

460
00:26:52,700 --> 00:27:00,500
state's religion, sometimes it 
led to imprisonment and yes, the

461
00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:04,600
extreme was even losing your 
life. 

462
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,500
You think you're persecuted 
today? 

463
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,400
You may have some stuff and 
Jesus is going to give some 

464
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,700
Credence and some Merit to the 
stuff we do go through in a 

465
00:27:17,708 --> 00:27:18,800
minute. 
So hang on. 

466
00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:22,700
I want you to get into 
perspective and get the attitude

467
00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,600
in the mindset, right? 
Because you know what, when you 

468
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,700
want to really talk about 
persecution, look at this that's

469
00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:31,200
really bad stuff. 
Especially imprisonment, losing 

470
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:37,000
your life. 
Professing Christianity today 

471
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,400
though. 
You know what? 

472
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,700
It might lead to? 
How about losing friends? 

473
00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:48,100
How about alienation of friends 
and family. 

474
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,600
What if your family is against 
you? 

475
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,500
Because you're a Christian, How 
about friends that will not will

476
00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:00,300
no longer talk to you or speak 
to you because you've changed 

477
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:04,300
your life? 
You're not fun anymore. 

478
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,900
By the way, if you got to lose 
some friends because you're a 

479
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,300
Christian and they won't be your
friend because you are, they 

480
00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:19,500
weren't your friend. 
They were not your friend and 

481
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:24,600
you don't need them. 
You might have that though. 

482
00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:26,600
Might come your way. 
Yes. 

483
00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:30,100
You know what Jesus is saying to
you, if that is the case. 

484
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:38,200
You are blessed if you suffer 
those things for his sake. 

485
00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,600
And I want to tell you something
right now, if you're suffering 

486
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,100
as a Christian, the Lord is 
standing up in a symbolic way 

487
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:50,300
cheering you on. 
I believe that just like when 

488
00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:53,100
Stephen, the first martyr was 
stoned to death. 

489
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:55,600
He looked up in the Bible says 
the heavens were opened and he 

490
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,900
saw Jesus standing on the right 
hand of God. 

491
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,500
Wow. 
I think any time I've always 

492
00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:06,000
kind of believed that that 
anytime in a symbolic sense, 

493
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,500
perhaps and the Lord, who knows,
everything looks down and sees a

494
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:13,300
Christian that's being 
persecuted for his namesake and 

495
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:17,200
they will not give in and they 
will not cave, just maybe the 

496
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,100
Lord standing up for you too. 
And he's saying, don't you quit 

497
00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:28,200
I'm with you all the way. if he 
can be for us, Who in the world 

498
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,600
to be against us? 
The Lord's going to get 

499
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,600
specific. 
Now, this talk about specific 

500
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:39,300
ways of persecution in verse 11.
Here's the first way. when they 

501
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:46,400
revile, you Jesus, mentions 
three basic waves, that evil 

502
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,700
people will persecute the 
righteous. 

503
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:53,200
Number one is with words with 
words. 

504
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,700
What is the word revile mean and
that's what he's talking about 

505
00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:57,700
here. 
There's three things and I'm 

506
00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:59,100
going to tell you in advance, 
okay? 

507
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,400
I think because we live in the 
country we live in and maybe we 

508
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,400
don't have number to kick in 
that. 

509
00:30:05,408 --> 00:30:08,700
We're going to talk about, maybe
we're not persecuted with number

510
00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:14,000
two on this list, but one in 
three really do apply Even in 

511
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,900
our country. 
Number one, is when you are 

512
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:22,400
persecuted with words, the word 
revile carries the idea of 

513
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,500
seriously insulting, and 
literally means to cast, in 

514
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:29,200
one's teeth, according to mr. 
Vine, in other words, somebody 

515
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,000
is going to Sears. 
SLI insult you for being a 

516
00:30:32,008 --> 00:30:37,500
Christian. 
Okay, you can tell that. 

517
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:44,200
You got that? 
so, they insult you We've all 

518
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,900
been insulted. 
So they insult you, I know it's 

519
00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:49,800
hard. 
But listen, it's nothing. 

520
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:55,000
You can't handle the second one.
Though is the word persecute. 

521
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,100
And persecute is talking about 
physical harm. 

522
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:03,400
In fact, the actual work 
persecute means it has the basic

523
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,100
meaning of putting the flight 
when threatened with bodily 

524
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:07,300
harm, according to mr. 
Vine. 

525
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:10,500
And I got to tell you again, 
I've lived my whole life in this

526
00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:14,700
country and I don't know what 
it's like in this country for a 

527
00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:18,000
Christian to have bodily harm, 
threatened upon them and may 

528
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,800
have happened. 
I just don't either know about 

529
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,700
it or if I did. 
I don't remember. 

530
00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:25,400
So, I put that out there as a 
little thing. 

531
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,500
Little disclaimer. but, you 
know, in the Philippines there 

532
00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:37,300
was a time in the Philippines 
when bodily harm Was going to be

533
00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:42,300
a problem if we were caught. 
And we were told by 

534
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:44,100
law-enforcement don't go to this
area. 

535
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:48,500
It's a bad, the Muslim influence
during this election year were 

536
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,800
so great. 
They were taking people and cap 

537
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,500
and taking as captive American 
missionaries. 

538
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,900
And holding them for ransom and 
even some were killed. 

539
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,000
That would be losing your life 
for the cause of Christ. 

540
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,100
We were safe. 
God took care of us. 

541
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,700
He answered our prayers. 
We were smart though. 

542
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,100
We showed up a day earlier than 
we were supposed to be there so 

543
00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:14,800
they didn't know and then we 
left the day earlier than we 

544
00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:17,100
were supposed to leave. 
So we got in and out, for the 

545
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:22,200
devil knew we were there. as I 
say, but that could have been 

546
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,200
something. 
But in this country, I don't 

547
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,900
know if the case But maybe 
somebody might revile you or 

548
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:32,800
make fun of you or cast words 
your way. 

549
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,200
What about number three, though?
What about this? 

550
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,900
Here's number three, and say all
kinds of evil against you 

551
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:45,400
falsely for my namesake. 
I have to tell you something, 

552
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,600
okay? 
When somebody spreads a false 

553
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:53,800
rumor against me, I have to tell
you some, I'm going to share 

554
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,100
something with you. 
I have a weakness and I'm going 

555
00:32:56,100 --> 00:33:01,500
to tell you it right now. 
The way that I'm wired and I 

556
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:06,100
always have been If somebody 
says something about me, that's 

557
00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:10,200
not true. 
My first thing that I have to do

558
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,700
is confront that person. 
And I've got to prove what 

559
00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:20,700
you're saying is not true. 
Because my name and my honor and

560
00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,500
my integrity means something. 
I'm not saying that that's bad 

561
00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:25,800
and that's not necessarily my 
weakness. 

562
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:30,600
Here's my weakness. 
It bothers me so bad. 

563
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:36,500
I can't even sleep. 
Even when it's not true. 

564
00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:42,200
I don't have the ability to just
let that roll off my back. 

565
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,500
It's a struggle for me when I 
was a little boy. 

566
00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:51,600
I was going through a period And
I was some things were being 

567
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,300
said or whatever. 
Some other kids or whatever. 

568
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:57,200
And my dad set me down and I 
said, Dad, I'm handling it, I'm 

569
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,900
good, but that was talk to me 
about it. 

570
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:00,700
I kept saying, I'm alright, I'm 
handling it. 

571
00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:03,400
He said no, no, it's not the, 
it's not the problem. 

572
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:07,800
The problem is it's bothering 
you and you can't let it go. 

573
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:12,100
That's my weakness. 
Okay. 

574
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,000
What about nesting General 
things? 

575
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,000
But what if I am being 
persecuted or somebody speaks 

576
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000
things against me falsely 
because I'm a Christian for the 

577
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,500
name of Jesus Christ. 
What if those things are said, 

578
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,100
guess what? 
Jesus is going to tell me how to

579
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:35,500
respond in the next verse you 
know he says rejoice. 

580
00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:41,500
Rejoice. 
Now, did you know this? 

581
00:34:42,699 --> 00:34:45,199
Joy, by the way, rejoicing is 
Joy. 

582
00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:47,600
It's not happiness. 
There's two different things. 

583
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,400
There's a difference between joy
and happiness. 

584
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:55,900
Okay, happiness is based on 
circumstances. 

585
00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:59,400
So somebody might say, well I 
can't be, how can the world can 

586
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,200
you be happy about? 
What's happening to you? 

587
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:03,700
You have to be happy about 
something bad being happened, 

588
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,700
happening to you. 
In fact, if you are there's 

589
00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:07,200
probably something wrong with 
you. 

590
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:13,100
Nobody likes that man, I'm so 
excited that that terrible thing

591
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:15,900
just happened. 
Yeah, I'm happy, no. 

592
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,800
So what that means. 
But you know what? 

593
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:25,100
Jesus says to do Rejoice. 
That's joy and joy is a choice. 

594
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,700
Because it's an exercise of the 
will. 

595
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:34,300
It's a choice. 
You're exercising, your will. 

596
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:41,000
So you can have joy at the very 
same time, you're unhappy about 

597
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,800
the circumstance. 
He didn't say be happy about it.

598
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:50,500
He said be joyful about it. 
One chooses to be joyful, in 

599
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:53,700
spite of difficulty because of 
his eternal relationship with 

600
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:55,000
God. 
That's why. 

601
00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:59,100
Joy is a discipline that must be
learned. 

602
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,700
That is so huge. 
You might say, well I'm 

603
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:02,900
struggling with that. 
Okay. 

604
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:09,800
We all are, but it's learned. 
It's a discipline that has to be

605
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,300
learned here. 
Stopped to consider, you're 

606
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,200
never going to graduate as a 
Christian ever. 

607
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,500
You ever said that you're never 
going to say. 

608
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,100
I've made it. 
You're going to grow the rest of

609
00:36:20,107 --> 00:36:21,700
your life. 
I hope you're going to grow the 

610
00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:23,500
rest of your life because when 
you stop growing, you start 

611
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,300
dying. 
I hope. 

612
00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:29,500
And I pray that I'm not the same
man today than I was a year ago.

613
00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:31,700
I hope and pray. 
I've made some improvements. 

614
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:37,300
And sometimes improvements come 
with necessary change. 

615
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:43,200
I hope that's the same with you.
It's a journey to process and 

616
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,400
these disciplines must be 
learned. 

617
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,900
What did Paul say to those 
Philippians? 

618
00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,200
He said I've learned whatsoever 
State. 

619
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,800
I am therewith to be content. 
Contentment is learned. 

620
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,400
Contentment falls into the 
category of rejoicing or having 

621
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,800
Joy so you can be content and 
not be happy. 

622
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,900
With us. 
Then he says this first, he 

623
00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:11,300
says, if you're persecuted for 
righteousness sake, okay, have 

624
00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:15,700
enjoy or rejoice. 
And then he says this and I 

625
00:37:15,707 --> 00:37:17,600
really had to wrap my head 
around this. 

626
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,000
I spent a lot of time on this 
trying to understand and figure 

627
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,800
it out. 
He says, and be exceedingly. 

628
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,700
Glad do you know why I had to 
really think about this one 

629
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:28,900
because of what it actually 
means. 

630
00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:32,300
The phrase be exceedingly. 
Glad literally means from the 

631
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:36,600
original to Skip and jump with 
excitement to be overjoyed. 

632
00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:37,900
Wow. 
How's that? 

633
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:40,700
How in the world am I going to 
do that? 

634
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,300
Two ways. 
How you going to do that? 

635
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,400
Two reasons? 
Number one, Be glad literally 

636
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,300
means to skip and jump with 
excitement to be overjoyed. 

637
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:55,000
The Christian can skip for joy 
as he excitedly. 

638
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,900
Realizes that God has everything
under control. 

639
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:03,800
That's number one. 
God still in control. 

640
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,400
So I can be exceedingly, glad 
not necessarily the 

641
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,000
circumstance. 
And boy, I don't like what 

642
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,900
happened to me. 
But here's the greatest one of 

643
00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:19,600
all. 
Number two, for great is your 

644
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:24,700
reward in heaven. 
That's how we can skip for joy. 

645
00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:28,500
In a symbolic sense, me give you
some passages now that support 

646
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:32,300
this second, Timothy 4:8, 
finally, this is what Paul said.

647
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:34,700
There is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness, which the 

648
00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:38,200
Lord, the righteous judge will 
give me at that day and not to 

649
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,900
me only, but to all those who 
love his appearing Earthly 

650
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:45,400
possessions fade, and they may 
be lost, but Heavenly Treasures 

651
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,100
are Eternal. 
Okay, there's a practical reason

652
00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:53,400
to There's a practical reason to
have joy when somebody wrongs 

653
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,300
you and that's this. 
I think there's great 

654
00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:03,800
contentment, knowing that if 
somebody wrongs us, we don't 

655
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:08,200
have to make it right by way of 
Vengeance, we don't have to go 

656
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:12,400
fix it with them. we don't have 
to straighten them out, we don't

657
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,600
have to correct them, we don't 
We will have to worry about 

658
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,500
their punishment for doing a 
terrible thing. 

659
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:25,100
God deals with that. 
God doesn't. 

660
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,600
I think there's contentment and 
knowing that knowledge in Romans

661
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,200
chapter 12. 
Beginning in verse 19. 

662
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,400
Beloved do not avenge yourself, 
but rather give place to wrath. 

663
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,500
Give the place to wrath. 
What is it? 

664
00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,300
Where is it for? 
It is written. 

665
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:42,200
Vengeance is mine, that's God. 
Give it to God. 

666
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,700
Vengeance is mine? 
I will repay says the Lord. 

667
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:47,900
Therefore, if your enemy is 
hungry, feed him if he is 

668
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:49,500
thirsty. 
Give him a drink for in. 

669
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:52,200
So doing you will Heap coals of 
fire on his head. 

670
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:55,100
Do not be overcome by evil but 
overcome evil with good. 

671
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:58,200
I have to say One little thing 
about this fire on the head you 

672
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,800
can't say this, your motive 
can't be I'm going to be nice to

673
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,000
him because I really want to 
blow fire a coal on his head. 

674
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:11,300
No When you do something good 
for someone that's done bad to 

675
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:15,200
you, you know what happens, it's
like pouring coals of fire on 

676
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,900
their head because you know why 
you're giving them no reason at 

677
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,500
all. 
And no justification for their 

678
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poor behavior. 
Number one, and number two, 

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you're giving him nothing to 
retaliate for Back off. 

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No. 
Fight here. no fight here, and 

681
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:33,800
it makes them infuriated Let God
take care of it. 

682
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,900
You've heard me say this before 
Mercedes again, if you have 

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bitterness in your life because 
of what somebody has done to 

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you, please put it down. 
Bitterness is a heavy load. 

685
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:48,300
Put it down, and your bitterness
is doing nothing to the person 

686
00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:50,600
that you're mad at is doing 
everything to you. 

687
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,600
It's tearing you up. 
So put it down. 

688
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,900
It's a heavy burden. 
Remember Joy comes from this to 

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Great blessings. 
Here it comes from knowing that 

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00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,600
persecution is not permanent. 
What does Paul say about that? 

691
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,100
Is one of my favorite passages 
and all the Bible. 

692
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:11,900
You've heard my sermon on it. 
I have a I have one whole sermon

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00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,200
on these two verses. 
I love it. 

694
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,600
I'll be very brief here. 
It is. 

695
00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:18,400
Second Corinthians 4:17, 18 for 
our light Affliction, which is, 

696
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,600
but for a moment is working for 
us a far more exceeding and 

697
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,000
eternal weight of Glory. 
In other words, look, the 

698
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,400
afflictions that we're having in
our life are considered light 

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00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,700
and their momentary and they're 
not going to last They're not 

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Eternal, it's going to go away. 
But it's also working for us an 

701
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,900
exceeding and eternal weight of 
Glory. 

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00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:42,300
Another though was what that 
means. 

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00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:46,200
Is this an eternal weight of 
Glory weight? 

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Of Glory is your capacity to 
serve, praise and honor God in 

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00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,600
your life. 
The more you're willing to 

706
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,700
endure the greater Your Capacity
to serve praise and honor God 

707
00:41:55,700 --> 00:41:58,700
and it's not only in this life 
but it's also in the life that 

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00:41:58,700 --> 00:42:01,800
is to come in heaven. 
One day, it's all about God, 

709
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,500
it's all about our service and 
when you're willing to endure, 

710
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:08,400
the more you are, the Later, you
will be for God in this life on 

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00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,100
the other side of the 
persecution and in heaven for 

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00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:15,700
eternity. 
Wow, here's another one, is my 

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00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:18,700
mother's favorite Bible. 
Verse my whole life growing up, 

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00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,000
Romans 8:18. 
For I consider that the 

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00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,300
sufferings of this present time 
are not worthy to be compared 

716
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,300
with the glory that shall be 
revealed in us. 

717
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,800
What Peter say, first. 
Peter, 16 and 7 in this, you 

718
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:36,400
greatly Rejoice, there's a word 
of yet, though. 

719
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,900
Now, for a little while, if need
be, you have been grieved by 

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00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:41,600
various trials that the 
genuineness of your faith being 

721
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,200
much more precious than gold, 
that perishes, though. 

722
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,800
It be tested by fire, may be 
found to praise honor and Glory 

723
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,600
at the revelation of Jesus 
Christ, okay? 

724
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,900
But back to our passage, there's
one more thing. 

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00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,400
All these great blessings. 
You're going to have the Kingdom

726
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,700
of Heaven. 
You're going to understand that 

727
00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:02,000
God's going to take care of it, 
you don't have to have Vengeance

728
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,800
in your heart, you can lay down.
Down the bitterness and all 

729
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,800
that. 
You can lay it down and give 

730
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,000
place to wrath. 
Give it to God. 

731
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,400
And it's not permanent, it's 
temporary. 

732
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:17,600
And you get to go to heaven. 
Okay. 

733
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:23,100
One more thing. 
I love this and just in case 

734
00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:26,700
you're thinking nobody in the 
world could possibly understand.

735
00:43:26,700 --> 00:43:30,000
The terrible thing that's 
happened to me, I'm going to 

736
00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:32,100
tell you something right now. 
If you're honest with yourself, 

737
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,500
you can open your eyes and find 
out, somebody said it worse. 

738
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:40,200
Jesus says this how he said too,
by the way, For. 

739
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:45,000
So they persecuted the prophets 
that were before you By the way,

740
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,100
if you're going through all that
stuff, you're in good company, 

741
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:53,900
you're in the illustris company.
Of Jeremiah. 

742
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,900
Zechariah. 
Elijah. 

743
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,300
You're standing in there with 
the prophets that were 

744
00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:05,700
persecuted far worse than anyone
will ever be persecuted in this 

745
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:10,700
life in this country. 
You're in good company. 

746
00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:17,800
In conclusion. 
Here it is very briefly for the 

747
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,500
last time. 
Here are the Beatitudes And I'll

748
00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:24,800
be brief. 
You got to be poor in spirit. 

749
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,000
For theirs is the Kingdom of 
Heaven. 

750
00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:29,000
It leads to being morning, over 
your sin. 

751
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,000
I'm going to be comforted 
because I'm forgiven, it's going

752
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,700
to give me the mental 
disposition of being Meek. 

753
00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:36,900
And I'm going to inherit the 
earth, and that means I'm going 

754
00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:38,900
to inherit my allotted portion 
in heaven. 

755
00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:40,700
It means going to heaven. 
What else? 

756
00:44:40,900 --> 00:44:42,900
I'm gonna hunger, and thirst 
after righteousness. 

757
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:44,900
And Jesus says, I'm going to be 
filled. 

758
00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:46,200
And that's through the word of 
God. 

759
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,200
I'm going to be merciful because
I understand that God was 

760
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,800
merciful to me. 
And when I am merciful, I'll get

761
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,900
God's mercy again. 
And continually, and even people

762
00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:59,200
in this world would be more 
inclined to be merciful to me if

763
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,500
I'm merciful to others. 
I got to be pure in heart but 

764
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,800
want to see God and that's 
always connected to proper and 

765
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,900
acceptable worship. 
I'm going to be a peacemaker. 

766
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,000
Jesus says, blessed are the 
peacemakers for theirs is they 

767
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:16,800
shall be called the sons of God.
I'm a peacemaker by my 

768
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,900
relationships and by Leading 
other people to Christ so they 

769
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:24,900
can be at peace with God and I 
just may be persecuted for 

770
00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:26,900
righteousness sake, but Jesus 
says, okay. 

771
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,300
You have the Kingdom of Heaven, 
if you persevere and you hang in

772
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:35,100
there, don't you quit? 
Those persecutions come in three

773
00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:40,700
ways. 
Words bodily harm or even false 

774
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:43,900
rumors. 
And Jesus says, if those things 

775
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:49,800
happen to you for my name's sake
rejoice, And be exceedingly. 

776
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:55,300
Glad That's it. 
Those are the Beatitudes I have 

777
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:59,400
now preached five, sermons, 
covered 12 verses so I don't how

778
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,700
long it could take us get 
through the Sermon on the Mount 

779
00:46:01,700 --> 00:46:05,200
but anyway, Sermon on the Mount 
the Beatitudes. 

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00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:11,600
Now are entered our invitation. 
We never close a time when we 

781
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,700
teach them the word of God, 
without extending an invitation 

782
00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:16,000
to somebody that might be 
subject to the gospel call. 

783
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,400
If you're not a Christian, the 
steps to become. 

784
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,100
One are very simple. 
You must hear the word of God 

785
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:23,800
Romans 10:17. 
So, faith comes by hearing and 

786
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,500
hearing by the word of God. 
You've done that today, but now 

787
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,300
you got a choice after you hear 
the word of God. 

788
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:32,700
You got to believe with all your
heart, Hebrews 11:6 without 

789
00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:34,400
faith. 
It's impossible to please him 

790
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:35,900
for. 
He who comes to God, must 

791
00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:39,300
believe that he is, and that he 
is a rewarder of those who 

792
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:43,700
diligently seek him. 
Then you got to repent of your 

793
00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:46,500
sins acts 17 and 30. 
Truly these times of ignorance, 

794
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:48,700
God, overlooked. 
But now commands all men 

795
00:46:48,700 --> 00:46:51,100
everywhere to repent, that just 
simply means I'm changing my 

796
00:46:51,107 --> 00:46:52,900
life. 
I'm changing my mind. 

797
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:55,200
I'm changing my life. 
And here's the best part, it's 

798
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:58,400
going to lead to my change in my
relationship with Jesus. 

799
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,200
Great stuff. 
Then what? 

800
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,400
I'm going to be willing to 
confess that Jesus Christ is the

801
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:06,500
Son of God acts 8:37. 
Then Philip said, if you believe

802
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:09,500
with all your heart you made and
he answered and said, I believe 

803
00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:11,900
that Jesus Christ is the Son of 
God. 

804
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:15,900
These are the steps that lead to
or up to, or Point toward the 

805
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:19,100
point of salvation. 
But the next one is, when you're

806
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:23,100
saved, you must be baptized for 
the remission of your sins, Mark

807
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:27,300
16:16, he who believes and is 
baptized, will be saved. 

808
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,800
But he, who does not believe 
will be condemned. 

809
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,500
If you've never taken those 
steps of obedience, we'd love to

810
00:47:33,500 --> 00:47:36,100
assist you in that. 
Maybe you have, maybe you 

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00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:38,800
straight away. 
What a great time to come back. 

812
00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:41,100
Come repent of those things 
confess, those things will pray 

813
00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:43,900
with you and for you and God, 
will forgive and restore be one 

814
00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:47,000
of either Class come forward 
while we stand and what we see. 

815
00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:51,100
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