1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,600 It is wonderful to be here with all of you. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,700 Today, we have a wonderful crowd for which we are thankful, and 3 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:09,000 it's good to be here. It's good to worship together. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,800 As always is the case. I am honored to be your speaker 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,400 and I am very excited about this series. 6 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:20,300 Last time we had an introduction to the series that I'm going to 7 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,800 preach with you and for you and that is on the greatest sermon 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,600 ever preached, the great Sermon on the Mount. 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,200 Remember last time we talked about why is it the greatest 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,400 sermon ever preached? Well obviously it was preached 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,500 by the son of God. And Jesus was the greatest man 12 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,700 that ever lived. He was the greatest preacher, 13 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:43,000 the world ever knew. So obviously and these are the 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,800 obvious things. It's going to be the greatest 15 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,300 sermon ever preached, but it's not the only sermon that the 16 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,200 Lord preached. He preached, many sermons, Jesus 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,000 had a life of preaching he would come into areas and he would 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,300 Overlook the scene in the setting and the people and know 19 00:00:56,300 --> 00:01:01,900 exactly what to preach and what to say he indeed and in fact was 20 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:04,599 the master. So why is The Sermon on the 21 00:01:04,607 --> 00:01:06,700 Mount? The ETA sermon ever preached. 22 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,700 We mentioned this last time for three reasons, The Sermon on the 23 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:14,200 Mount. Accomplish three masterful 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,000 purposes, making, it truly the greatest sermon ever preached 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,100 for three reasons, number one in The Sermon on the Mount. 26 00:01:22,107 --> 00:01:26,200 It depicted Jesus Kingdom as spiritual rather than physical. 27 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,200 And by the way, this literally flew in the face of Jewish 28 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:35,700 expectation, that's number one. Number two, reason it contrasted 29 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:40,400 the Mosaic law of the Mosaic law, which was imperfect with 30 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,500 the new law of Jesus. East, which was and is perfect. 31 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,500 And number three, it contrasted the religious hypocrisy of the 32 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:52,000 Pharisees with the qualities of God's children. 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,100 So for these reasons, we can say, it is the greatest sermon 34 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:58,300 ever preached. All of that was covered in our 35 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:01,000 introduction. But now we continue our series 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,400 with the sermon itself and I have to tell you as you saw on 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,100 the screen, the title, The Beatitudes. 38 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:11,000 You may be thinking of wait a minute you preached on these 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,400 about a few years ago. And that's just, that's true. 40 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:15,900 And I have to tell you what I was gonna do. 41 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:19,500 I actually was going to skip the first 12 verses of the Book of 42 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:22,000 Matthew. The Gospel of Matthew and get 43 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,400 into in verse 13 because I had dealt with the Beatitudes 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,800 before. And then I got to thinking how 45 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,000 in the world could I possibly do that? 46 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,900 How can I eliminate the first 12 verses of the greatest sermon 47 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:36,900 ever preached? Where Jesus lays, the foundation 48 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:41,200 for everything he's going to say in Matthew 5, 6, and 7. 49 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:44,400 So I gotta preach on the Beatitudes again, but here's my 50 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,400 promise to you. These are not the same sermons. 51 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:50,800 I'm not going to reteach the sermon that I preached before. 52 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:54,400 These are brand-new, and I'm going to dig deeper and I'm 53 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,000 going to try to have things that might be. 54 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 In addition to what I said before, okay? 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,800 And by the way, this sermon is covering two verses. 56 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,100 So when we talk about the series of The Sermon, on the Mount 57 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:07,500 Matthew 5, 6 & 7, it may take us a year to get through it, but 58 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,900 here we go. We're going to notice two of 59 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:11,800 them to versus today, but let's back up to Matthew chapter. 60 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:16,100 ER, 5 beginning in verse 1 and seeing the multitudes, he went 61 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:19,700 up on a mountain. And when he was seated, his 62 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,900 disciples came to him and then he opened his mouth and he 63 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:25,900 taught them saying. First of all, this phrase he 64 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:28,700 went up on a mountain. Where was the mountain? 65 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:33,800 We don't know the scripture. Doesn't tell us. 66 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,500 I'll tell you what. Tradition says, tradition says, 67 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:42,200 it was a mountain that was in between the Mount Tabor and the 68 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,900 Sea of Galilee which would be known as the Mount of 69 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:49,000 Beatitudes. Is that true? 70 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,100 I don't know. We don't know that for sure. 71 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:54,600 That is tradition. Other Scholars say that it 72 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,300 wasn't a literal Mountain like brought us. 73 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:59,600 For example broader says it was a mountain region. 74 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,900 It and it could have been, here's the point. 75 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:05,700 It doesn't matter. All we know is Jesus went to a 76 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,100 mountain and he saw the multitudes and when he was 77 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:12,200 seated, that's very important seated. 78 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,100 You know, it's very customary today when a speaker is going to 79 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:19,600 teach, he stands. I'm doing that right now. 80 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:23,900 That is our custom. And we stand, because we're so 81 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:27,200 we could be seen by the crowd and heard by the crowd, the 82 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,500 custom of the day was different than they didn't stand the 83 00:04:29,508 --> 00:04:31,800 teacher. Actually, which sees himself. 84 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:35,900 So picture, this, if you will, whether it is at the sea at the 85 00:04:35,907 --> 00:04:39,100 Mount of Beatitudes, that is called, or a mountain region 86 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:42,500 itself, whatever it was, Jesus found an area. 87 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,800 That was What happened that he could sit down creating a 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,200 natural pulpit and the multitudes came to him and when 89 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,200 he saw his disciples, he began to speak and that's what he did. 90 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,000 What's amazing to me is the first thing that he has to say. 91 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:05,200 In verse 3, he said blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is 92 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,200 the kingdom of heaven. Now I'm going to tell you 93 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:14,400 something of all the things to say, He sits down, he sees the 94 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,600 multitudes. And he begins to speak. 95 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Can you imagine what they thought and what they were 96 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,800 thinking when they heard the words that first came out of his 97 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,900 mouth? They were sitting there ready to 98 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,600 hang on his every word. What is this master going to 99 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,100 preach? And he says, first, Blessed are 100 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:39,800 the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 101 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,000 All right, first of all, let's back up. 102 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,100 Now these are things that are going to overlap because 103 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,600 definitions are definitions and facts are facts and information 104 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,400 is information. So some of the things that I've 105 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,900 said in the past will overlap like this word right here and 106 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:56,800 that is the word blessed. The word blessed is comes from a 107 00:05:56,808 --> 00:05:59,800 Latin term. This Latin term right here and 108 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,600 from that Latin term it means blessed. 109 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,400 That's where we get the term. Or the phrase, the Beatitudes or 110 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,000 the title of the Beatitudes, that's because it comes from 111 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 this Latin phrase and the sound of this Latin phrase. 112 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 That means blessed. So we call these things, the 113 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,600 Beatitudes in the Greek. You remember, it means. 114 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,300 Happy fortunate or Blissful. What an amazing thing. 115 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:29,300 Our lord said he's saying happy fortunate and blessed 'full. 116 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:32,000 Are those that are poor in spirit? 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,200 Wow, what an amazing thing to say. 118 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,900 He is using it to symbolize happiness. 119 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,200 That is based on pure character and Holiness, listen to this 120 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:51,000 quote, here very important, Scriptural blessedness is not 121 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:55,100 based on outward circumstances or superficial feeling 122 00:06:56,300 --> 00:06:58,500 scriptural. Blessedness is based upon the 123 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:03,000 reality that one is dedicated to God and is approved by him. 124 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,100 How do you know if you're approved by God, you're approved 125 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:09,500 by God when your life is molded by the principles that are found 126 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,200 in his word? If you want true blessedness in 127 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,500 your life, it's not going to be on a superficial feeling. 128 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,700 It's not going to be how you feel inside. 129 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,800 It's not based on that. And you know what else? 130 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:23,800 It's not going to be based on the circumstances in your life. 131 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:26,000 That's the beauty of being a Christian. 132 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,200 You can have this even if the circumstances in your life are 133 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,100 terrible, How do I have this bet? 134 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:35,200 This blessedness the Lord's talking about. 135 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,300 Got to do two things. I got to be dedicated to God, 136 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,500 and I have to be approved by him and I'm approved by him when I'm 137 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:45,000 following his word. Okay. 138 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,300 But Jesus says this, he says blessed are the poor in spirit. 139 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:53,600 Let's back up, historically. Okay, let's go back in our mind 140 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,400 to the days of Jesus, when Jesus would have preached this. 141 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,800 What did Jesus know? That's why he was so brilliant 142 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,400 in the master I think that's why he's beginning with poor in 143 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,400 spirit, you know what, Jesus knew that maybe you and I would 144 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,700 not know. Jesus knew something very, very 145 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:14,000 important. Jesus knew that Judaism or the 146 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,100 religion of Judaism had become all about materialism. 147 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:25,300 In fact, outward form had completely replaced in word 148 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:28,600 substance. What have we said in the past? 149 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,600 We have said in the past that they're supposed to go together, 150 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,700 right? It begins in the inside, 151 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:37,799 supposed to manifest itself on the outside K, that's living the 152 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:39,400 Christian Life, That's being true. 153 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,600 And authentic on the inside, it's supposed to manifest itself 154 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,200 on the outside, what happened to under Judaism in the Lord's day, 155 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,500 especially among the religious leaders. 156 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:54,800 It became all about outward form and eliminated inner substance 157 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:59,100 and he knew that and he knew it was all about materialism. so, 158 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,800 something else about this to the current thinking of the day was 159 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,500 when the Messiah would come And they did believe in a messiah. 160 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:09,700 They did believe in a Messianic Kingdom. 161 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,500 We've talked about in the past, they just misunderstood the kind 162 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,200 of Kingdom. The Lord was going to establish. 163 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,300 It wouldn't be political and it wouldn't be physical. 164 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,300 It wouldn't be Earthly, they just misunderstood that. 165 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:24,000 But you know what, they really thought they really thought that 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,700 when the Messianic Kingdom came that the citizens of the 167 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:32,300 Messianic Kingdom, we're going to be blessed monetarily with 168 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:35,700 riches that were overflowing. Does that sound familiar today? 169 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,600 Day. How about the prosperity 170 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:43,100 preachers on TV today that say all you got to do is follow 171 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:46,500 Jesus. And if you do that, you're going 172 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,900 to have riches Untold. You're going to be blessed with 173 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:51,400 a windfall. I heard one man, say one time, 174 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:55,000 if you follow Jesus, then tomorrow, your bank account is 175 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,900 going to be overflowing. Listen, this is nothing new. 176 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 It goes all the way back to the religion of Judaism. 177 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,900 When it was all about materialism when they thought 178 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:07,100 the Messianic Kingdom would come and bring great wealth and 179 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:09,700 riches to its citizens. What did you say? 180 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,000 Uh-huh. No poor. 181 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,500 In spirit it's going to clarify the kind of poor just a moment, 182 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:21,600 so hang on. in this beatitude, It flies in the face of their 183 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,700 expectation, you know what they also believed. 184 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:26,900 They also believe that God himself would give to the higher 185 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:31,200 class, the rich, and the religious Elite, the highest 186 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,500 privileges in the kingdom and they were all about the highest 187 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,900 privileges member. We talked about that in the 188 00:10:35,908 --> 00:10:38,800 past, they wanted the chief seats in the synagogue. 189 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,900 They wanted the best couches or the chief couches to recline on 190 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,400 the best seats at the at the Banquets and all of that. 191 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:52,100 And Jesus is saying the opposite in contrast to all of that, all 192 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,700 right. So what is it? 193 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:55,500 What is he talking about here? Well, first of all, what is the 194 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,300 word? Poor me. 195 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:59,700 And I know these are not very nice words. 196 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,300 The word poor that's used in. This passage means destitute. 197 00:11:05,100 --> 00:11:12,500 It means crouching cowering or cringing Those things don't 198 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:16,000 sound, very fun. What he's saying is this is 199 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 total? Utter poverty. 200 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:21,800 Okay, but he's not talking about physical poverty. 201 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,000 So don't think you have to go get rid of everything you have. 202 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,200 Okay, he's talking about spiritual poverty. 203 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:33,500 When Jesus says, blessed are the poor in spirit, he says blessed. 204 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:38,000 Are those that understand? I am absolutely nothing without 205 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 God. I need God. 206 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,200 I'm destitute of Merit. I'm dependent upon him. 207 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:50,700 I've said this before, I believe this with all my heart. 208 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:53,700 Do you know what God wants you to be vulnerable? 209 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:59,200 Especially when you pray to him. I think God wants to hear words 210 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,500 like this when we pray. I think God wants to hear words, 211 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:06,600 like, I am nothing without you. I need you. 212 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:09,800 I need your strength. Do, you know why? 213 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,000 Because everything depends upon God. 214 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,500 So, God gets the glory and God gets to praise. 215 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:20,200 It's not about our strength. Philippians 4:13. 216 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,300 I can do all things through Christ. 217 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:29,600 Who strengthens me? If you have the strength to 218 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,400 endure something in your spiritual life, don't think it's 219 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,100 from you. Don't think it's because of you. 220 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,600 Understand that God gives you that strength. 221 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:46,600 To persevere and endure. God gives you the strength. 222 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,500 I can do all things through Christ who through strengthens 223 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:52,300 me. And by the way, every time the 224 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:53,800 disciples tried to do it on their own. 225 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,600 They failed Every Time. Peter told Jesus, I will never 226 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,400 deny you. I will never leave your side, I 227 00:12:59,408 --> 00:13:02,900 don't even care. If they kill me with you, I'll 228 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:05,700 never do it. And Jesus says, before the cock 229 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,100 crows, you will deny me three times what did he do? 230 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,800 He denied the Lord three times trying to do it on his own. 231 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,200 What about the other disciples, all forsook him and all fled? 232 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:20,300 Trying to rely on their own strength when they couldn't 233 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:22,900 perform a miracle because they lost faith, they try to do it on 234 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:24,400 their own strength, they couldn't do it. 235 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,200 And Jesus frustrated Lee says, how long am I going to tell you 236 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,400 the same stuff over and over and over and over and over again? 237 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Oh you of little faith. On our own. 238 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,100 We're nothing. Jesus says, blessed are the poor 239 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,400 in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 240 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:43,900 Let's notice Isaiah 66 and to for all those things, my hand is 241 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:46,600 made and all those things exist says the Lord. 242 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,700 But on this one, will I look on him who is poor and of a 243 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:54,300 contrite spirit and who trembles at my word? 244 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,800 That's what God wants. You know, Jesus needed them to 245 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,100 understand this very principle because many of the conflicts 246 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:07,200 that Jesus had to encounter in this day, arose over their pride 247 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,200 of self-sufficiency. But Jesus says, blessed are the 248 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,800 poor in spirit. And then he says, this for 249 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,100 theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. The first step to becoming a 250 00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:24,300 citizen of Christ's Kingdom. Is to shed yourself of all 251 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:28,400 self-righteousness and acknowledge you are spiritually 252 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,200 bankrupt without God. What's wrong with that? 253 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:33,600 I don't know why that's a bad thing to people. 254 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,300 Why is it bad to say, God, I'm nothing I need you. 255 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:44,200 You have to shed yourself as one Bible passage and we're going to 256 00:14:44,208 --> 00:14:47,700 get to that in just a moment speaks of the filthy rags of 257 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:50,600 self-righteousness. You got to rid yourself of that. 258 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:53,300 That's the first thing that a person has to do. 259 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:55,800 When you come to, Jesus got to rid yourself of that. 260 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,500 We talked about being self-righteous for just a 261 00:14:57,500 --> 00:14:59,300 moment. Don't have a lot of time but I 262 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:02,800 got to take some time. What do you think about when you 263 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,000 think about being self-righteous? 264 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,900 I think about one example, I'm not going to go into the store, 265 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,400 you know the story, The Pharisee and the tax collector. 266 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,000 Okay? Why didn't Jesus give that 267 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,300 story? Jesus says, because of those who 268 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:21,600 trusted in themselves, that they were righteous and despised 269 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,900 others, okay? One translation says like this, 270 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,000 they trusted in their own righteousness and they look down 271 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,400 on. On others. 272 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,000 Okay. Maybe you think about this? 273 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,600 I kind of do sometimes when I think about somebody being 274 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,300 self-righteous. I think it's somebody being 275 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:44,300 arrogant and conceited. I think about somebody that 276 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:46,000 thinks they're better than somebody else. 277 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:49,700 Maybe somebody that is overly critical of others because they 278 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,400 do believe they're better than they are. 279 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,300 I think about people like that. And by the way, nobody likes 280 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:59,000 that guy. That is nobody's friend. 281 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:02,600 Nobody likes that guy. So you may be saying, no, wait a 282 00:16:02,608 --> 00:16:04,000 minute, I'm not guilty, any of that. 283 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,400 So I'm not self-righteous. My point is, you don't have to 284 00:16:07,408 --> 00:16:12,500 be guilty of any of that to be guilty of being self-righteous. 285 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,700 All you have to do is believe you are righteous, all by 286 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:22,500 yourself, give you an example. I know a lot of great people in 287 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,100 this world. Wonderful people in this world. 288 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:26,200 They'll tell you, this does say this, I don't believe in 289 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,200 organized, religion, I don't go to church. 290 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:32,400 I don't follow the Bible, but I'm a really good person. 291 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,300 So I think it's going to be okay. 292 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:38,500 I think God will save me. I believe in God, and I think 293 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,600 God has saved me because I'm a good person. 294 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:48,500 Oh, righteous all by yourself. Jesus says, you got to shed that 295 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:52,800 and realize you are destitute without Jesus. 296 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:56,900 You are destitute without God. Let me give you another Bible 297 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,700 passed into please. Isaiah 64:6, but we are all 298 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:03,000 like, an unclean thing. That's all of us. 299 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:09,400 All of us are and all our righteousnesses are like filthy 300 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,400 rags. We all fade as a leaf and our 301 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,599 iniquities like the wind have taken us away. 302 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:19,700 Away. So, please get this salvation is 303 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:25,099 not been offered to us. Because of our own righteousness 304 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:29,000 or because I'm a good guy, I'm a good person. 305 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:34,300 So salvation is offered. It's not about that salvation 306 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:38,100 has been offered, not received yet, but Salvation has been 307 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,900 offered because we were void of Merit. 308 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:45,100 Because we were destitute spiritually. 309 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:49,000 And because we needed God and we couldn't do it on our own 310 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,400 everything. Everything all glory belongs to 311 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:57,100 God, Romans 5:8, but God demonstrates, his own love 312 00:17:57,100 --> 00:18:01,900 toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for 313 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:03,500 us. So, not on our own 314 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,400 righteousness. Was salvation offered. 315 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,100 It was offered when we were yet, sinners. 316 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,500 But let's go further. Let's go to Titus Chapter 3 317 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:14,200 notice. This not by works of 318 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,400 righteousness, which we have done. 319 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,200 So here's another passage proven the point that I just said, it's 320 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:25,700 not on our own righteousness. Or our own Merit that God saved 321 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:30,400 us, but we are saved according to his Mercy. 322 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,700 Remember, Grace, is giving us what? 323 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:42,800 We don't deserve that salvation. Mercy is not giving us what we 324 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,200 do deserve and that's to be lost. 325 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:50,700 By God's mercy. He saved us but there's more you 326 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:54,400 have to do something. There's two things there are two 327 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:59,400 things here. Number one through the washing 328 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,100 of regeneration. What does that mean? 329 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:03,800 There's two things here by the way. 330 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:08,200 So God gives to things that are going to make man, righteous in 331 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,200 his own eyes in God's eyes, not our own eyes and God's eyes, not 332 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,600 our own righteousness, but we're going to do something by gods. 333 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:17,600 Mercy. He has extended a plan and 334 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,600 there's two things that save us in this passage number one. 335 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,300 It's the washing of regeneration number two, and we'll get to 336 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,300 that in a moment. It's the renewing of the Holy 337 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:29,300 Spirit. Okay, let's talk about the 338 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:33,100 washing of regeneration first. What is the washing of 339 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:36,100 regeneration? The washing of regeneration, is 340 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,100 baptism, Hebrews. Chapter 10 and verse 22. 341 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:44,300 Let us draw near with a True Heart in full Assurance of 342 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,500 Faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil 343 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:52,200 conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 344 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:57,700 Okay? Baptism is also called a washing 345 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,300 in Acts chapter 22 and verse 16. Very, very, very briefly here. 346 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:06,200 This was the Apostle Paul's account of his own conversion, 347 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:09,600 okay. In Acts chapter 9, is the 348 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,300 chronological account where Luke writing the book of Acts. 349 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,300 It's the chronological account of when he was converted. 350 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:20,600 And by then back, then he was called Saul of Tarsus in Acts 351 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,900 chapter 22. He is called Paul my whole life. 352 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:29,000 I've heard people say Paul's salt I've heard he was like 353 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:33,800 Saul's name was changed to Paul. No, it wasn't. 354 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:41,400 In Acts chapter 13 and verse 9. It says, from that point 355 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:46,000 forward, he was referred to or he was called Paul. 356 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,500 His name wasn't changed. His name is always Paul. 357 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,600 Saw was his Hebrew name. Paul was his Latin name. 358 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,900 So in Acts, chapter 13 and verse 9 from that point forward, he is 359 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,900 now referred to as a name, he's always had his Latin name and 360 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:09,300 that's Paul. So in Acts chapter 22, this is 361 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:11,700 Paul. Now speaking of this of this 362 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,700 event, let me fast-forward through the event fast here. 363 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,700 Jesus appears before him, he blinds him. 364 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,500 He says, why are you persecuting me? 365 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,800 He says, who are you Lord? He said, I am Jesus, whom you 366 00:21:23,808 --> 00:21:26,400 are persecuting. He said, what do you want me to 367 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,300 do? He said, you go into Damascus, 368 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,400 you go down to the city, which is the street, which is called 369 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,800 straight and it's going to be told you what you must do. 370 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,700 Ananias comes on the scene right, he's praying for three 371 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,400 days. Couldn't pray sins away. 372 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:43,500 He's praying for three days and Acts 22:16 it says and now why 373 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:48,100 tarriest thou arise And be baptized and wash away. 374 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:52,300 Your sins washing of regeneration and wash away, your 375 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:55,500 sins. Calling on the name of the Lord. 376 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,300 Baptism is the washing. How does God Save Us by his 377 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:01,900 Mercy? How is that? 378 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:05,300 How do we take part in that washing of regeneration that's 379 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:07,100 baptism for the remission of sins? 380 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,100 Another passage here. Briefly Ephesians 5:26. 381 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:16,900 It talks about sanctifying her through the washing and the 382 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:24,300 word, or by the word, Folks, listen, the word is what leads 383 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:26,400 us to how to know how to be baptized? 384 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,300 After were baptized the word is what guides us through our life. 385 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:36,200 You can't take the word away. You can't remove the word of God 386 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:40,500 from our instruction before or after baptism. 387 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,300 Okay. There's another thing though. 388 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:46,400 What about this? The renewing of the Holy Spirit. 389 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,900 What does that mean? The renewing of the Holy Spirit 390 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,800 refers to the spiritual nourishment, that the child of 391 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:01,000 God needs to sustain their life as they serve him. 392 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,200 That is the renewing of the Holy Spirit. 393 00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:12,100 It is a strengthening Okay. So baptism is a part of God's 394 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:17,100 way of making man righteous in God's eyes, but so is renewing 395 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,500 of the Holy Spirit, but how did all of that begin? 396 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,500 What was the spiritual role from? 397 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,700 The beginning? Here it is, the Spirit came to 398 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,500 the apostles. That's the Holy Spirit. 399 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,000 Came miraculously through them, the apostles. 400 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,200 Jesus Christ was preached to the world. 401 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:36,400 Number three that produced faith, it changed the heart and 402 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,500 led man to be baptized for the remission of sins. 403 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:45,800 Was the spirit's role originally in bringing the word of God, the 404 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,700 teachings of Jesus to mankind to be saved. 405 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:58,500 Okay, but there's more. The holy spirit continues to 406 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:03,800 strengthen through the word. That transforms and renews our 407 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:08,300 mind in Romans chapter 12 and verse 2 and do not be conformed 408 00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:10,400 to this world but be transformed. 409 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,100 Here's that word again, same word with renewing of the Holy 410 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:17,700 Spirit by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is 411 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:23,000 that good and acceptable and perfect will of God, where do we 412 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,300 get spiritual nourishment? We get spiritual nourishment 413 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,500 from the word of God. In fact, from the milk of the 414 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:32,000 word in First Peter, chapter 2 and verse 2 as On babes desire. 415 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,900 The pure milk of the word that you may grow, thereby. 416 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,200 So, the first beatitude is, this blessed are the poor in spirit. 417 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,500 For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 418 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:48,500 As first thing you got to do. You got to say, look, I'm 419 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,400 nothing without you. Lord, I'm nothing without God. 420 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,400 I need. Jesus can't do it on my own. 421 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:58,800 We just ask you really quickly. What was wrong with that? 422 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,300 I'm Nothing Without You. Lord, I need you. 423 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:08,600 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of 424 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,900 Heaven. That's beatitude number one. 425 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:17,300 Now comes beatitude number two. He says this blessed are those 426 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:22,100 who mourn for, they will be comforted. 427 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:25,300 First of all, let's talk about morning and I'm going to talk 428 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:29,000 about this to man is a creature. That's obsessed with physical 429 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:33,100 comfort. Enjoyment and happiness. 430 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:36,200 And you know, what we do? We do everything we can to 431 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,500 eliminate pain and suffering and that is normal. 432 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,200 We want any part of pain and suffering. 433 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,600 I was talking to a good friend of mine. 434 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:47,700 Yesterday he said, you know, I'm really been blessed in my life 435 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:49,900 and I was kind of wondering. You know why I've been blessed 436 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,100 in my life is now. I don't I'm not complaining. 437 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,900 I don't want any trials. I don't want any Hard Times. 438 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,200 I don't want any sickness or sadness, I don't want any of 439 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,000 that. I'm just very fortunate. 440 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,200 He says that in my life, it's been pretty smooth and things 441 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,000 are pretty well. We do everything we can to have 442 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,200 happiness and enjoyment and comfort. 443 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,700 We do everything we can to avoid the pain and that's normal. 444 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:20,400 I get it. The heartache, in fact, every 445 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:25,000 year, billions of dollars are spent to help man, forget his 446 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,100 Human Condition. In fact, drugs and alcohol 447 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:32,600 today. Drugs and alcohol are billed as 448 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,200 the prescription for happiness. And by the way, I got to say 449 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,500 this to when I say drugs, I'm not talking about medicine as 450 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:43,400 prescribed by a doctor for someone that is depressed, which 451 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,200 is a real thing. And they need medication. 452 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,000 That is not what I'm talking about. 453 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,100 When I'm talking about is I'm talking about drugs and alcohol. 454 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:54,400 And you know what that means and that's build as you got to have 455 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,500 that stuff for happiness. You know why? 456 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,800 Because people want to try To numb the senses, do the senses, 457 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,500 and people want to try to do all they can to avoid The Human 458 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,800 Condition and sometimes that's painful The Human Condition. 459 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:10,800 But Jesus says this, he tells that his followers are going to 460 00:27:10,808 --> 00:27:15,000 find happiness in morning. In other words, happy are the 461 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 sad. What is this paradox mean? 462 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,700 Well, first of all, there's many things that a child of God can 463 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:25,700 mourn over Many. Thanks, General things. 464 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,000 Let's talk about those first. How about the wickedness of the 465 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,100 world? And I got to say, I am not one 466 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,800 believes that the whole world is rotten. 467 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,500 I am not one that says that all the people in the world are 468 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,000 rotten are bad or nothing because that's just flat, not 469 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,700 true. And if you think that everything 470 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:46,400 in the world and everybody in the world is bad and wicked and 471 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,500 and and awful. And as you know what, you're you 472 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,400 know what you're doing, you're not getting out among people 473 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,700 because you don't see it because there's wonderful people all 474 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:58,600 over this world. I have people that are all in my 475 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,100 life that are wonderful people. But that doesn't mean that there 476 00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:06,400 is not wickedness in the world. There is, there's always been 477 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,000 wickedness in the world. So a Christian could mourn in a 478 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,100 general sense. It's only the wickedness of the 479 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:13,400 world. That is true. 480 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:14,900 What else? How about this? 481 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:16,900 How about the plight of the oppressed? 482 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,000 Certainly, that's something we're about this. 483 00:28:20,100 --> 00:28:21,600 How about the Affliction of the innocent? 484 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,800 We look at this and we say it's not fair. 485 00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,500 When the innocent is Afflicted, these are things in a general 486 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:31,200 sense that we could. I could say honestly mourn over. 487 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,300 But that's not the context of this passage, and that's not 488 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:40,700 what Jesus was talking about. Jesus was talking about a 489 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:45,000 specific kind of morning, he was talking about mourning over your 490 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,300 personal sins. So in the first beatitude he 491 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:51,600 reminds us that we need to recognize. 492 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:54,300 We are nothing apart from God in the second. 493 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:58,500 Beatitude he wants us to recognize that there's one thing 494 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,200 that separates man from God and that is sin. 495 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:09,200 That's the one thing. It separates man from God. 496 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:14,000 He ever stop to consider why God hates sin so much I think the 497 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,400 obvious stuff everybody. I think the obvious stuff is 498 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,600 number one. God is so pure and holy he can't 499 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,300 even look on sin. When the sins of the world were 500 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,100 placed on Jesus, on the cross, he turned his face away. 501 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,800 Jesus had to endure the Affliction of the Cross bearing 502 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:34,100 the sins of the world as Hebrews 12 says even the shame of the 503 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:40,300 cross. Though he was pure and innocent 504 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:45,700 and perfect. So yes, sin is ugly. 505 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,000 And God can't look at that. So God hates that. 506 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:55,100 Yes, that's true. but number two, God, hates sin folks 507 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,200 because that's the one thing that'll keep you from him 508 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,000 forever. God wants you to go to heaven. 509 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:05,500 He wants everybody to go to heaven. 510 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:11,300 The one thing that'll keep somebody from heaven and keep 511 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:16,300 somebody from the presence of God for all eternity is sin. 512 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,800 So what's Jesus want you to do? Understand. 513 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,800 I'm nothing without God. I need you, Lord, and then mourn 514 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,800 over your sin because that's what's going to keep you from 515 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,100 God. A passage here, please. 516 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,000 Isaiah, 59. And to but your iniquities have 517 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,100 separated you from your God and your sins have hidden his face 518 00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:41,500 from you, so that he will not hear. 519 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,300 I know sin is fun and I'm not going to spend a lot of time 520 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:48,400 talking about this, but I want to say this about Sin. 521 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,300 I know people sometimes say, let's not talk about Sin let's 522 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:55,000 just call it something else. Remember a preacher back in the 523 00:30:55,008 --> 00:30:56,600 old days you might remember this. 524 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,100 But one preacher in the old days says why this is kind of a 525 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:02,900 general idea today? Why can't we just say this, can 526 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:05,000 we stop calling? It's in. 527 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:09,300 Can we just call it an unfortunate circumstance in the 528 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,300 upward? Progress of man? 529 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,700 Let's call it something like that. 530 00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:19,600 No, let's call it what it is. And it's ugly. 531 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:23,700 But I also know this too. I'm not naive. 532 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:28,900 Sin is fun. To the flesh. 533 00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:36,400 It's fun. It is it gratifies the flesh? 534 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,700 But did you know that true blessedness or true happiness 535 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,700 and sin are completely incompatible? 536 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:49,100 They don't go together. A person may think they're happy 537 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:53,400 and joyful in their sinful life. But you can't have true 538 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,700 happiness and have sin in your life. 539 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,500 You can't, they're incompatible. Send it to, happiness are 540 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,700 incompatible. And by the way, God's people 541 00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:06,900 have always been those who mourn when they trespass against him 542 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,200 at me, give you an example. When David sinned with 543 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,200 Bathsheba, this is what David said have mercy upon me. 544 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,700 O God, according to your loving-kindness, according to 545 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:20,200 the multitude of your Tender Mercies blot out my 546 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,600 transgressions Wash Me thoroughly from my iniquity and 547 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,200 cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my transgressions 548 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,000 and my sin is always, before me. Against you. 549 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:36,700 And you only have I sinned and done this evil in your sight. 550 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:42,800 Another example. When Peter denied Jesus, like I 551 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,100 mentioned just a moment ago. Remember what Peter did by the 552 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:50,800 way, he denied Jesus, not only three times but even the Bible 553 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,000 says cursing and swearing, he says I know not the man. 554 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,500 How did Peter feel about that? Felt pretty bad about that, 555 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,300 didn't he? Because in Matthew chapter 26 556 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:05,500 and 75, Peter says this, the Bible says is of Peter. 557 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:11,800 I mean, He went out and he wept bitterly. 558 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:17,700 Because he sinned against God. And I got to say, this is not a 559 00:33:17,708 --> 00:33:21,600 bad thing, it's not a bad thing. Paul reminds us that Godly 560 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,600 sorrow has a vital role because it produces repentance to 561 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,900 Salvation. Second Corinthians chapter 7, 562 00:33:27,900 --> 00:33:32,100 and verse 10 notice. But Godly sorrow, produces 563 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,400 repentance, leading to Salvation, not to be regretted, 564 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:38,700 but the sorrow of the world produces death. 565 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:40,100 Let's look at the first part of this. 566 00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:43,400 When we talk about morning here, what are we talking about? 567 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,100 We're talking about Godly sorrow. 568 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:46,800 That is a good thing, why? Why? 569 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,900 Because Godly sorrow produces a change in you, it's called 570 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:54,200 repentance. What's that going to do? 571 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:59,100 It'll lead you to Salvation? And what does Paul say In this 572 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:01,500 passage? That's not to be regretted 573 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,600 another words. That's not a bad thing. 574 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,199 It's a good thing, okay? It's okay to mourn for your sin. 575 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,600 On the flip side, though. Worldly sorrow. 576 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,800 Is something else. There's sorrow of the world, 577 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,699 produces death. What is the sorrow of the world? 578 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:24,199 The sorrow of the world is to be sorry because you have committed 579 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:28,699 a sin or because you were caught in a sin. 580 00:34:29,699 --> 00:34:32,500 There's a lot of people and their past, their troubled, 581 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,800 about their past and their guilty about their past. 582 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,100 And I'm going to get to that in a moment. 583 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,400 But they do nothing about it. What is that? 584 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,400 Worldly sorrow. It didn't lead to repentance. 585 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:52,100 Worldly sorrow. They did nothing about it. 586 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:56,100 Give you a perfect example. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus. 587 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,800 Was he sorrowful? Yeah, he takes the money. 588 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,800 He takes it back to them. He gives it back to them. 589 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,100 He throws it on the ground. He says, I can't take the money. 590 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,100 I betrayed innocent blood. You know, they said big deal, 591 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:15,500 your problem, get lost. Sorrowful. 592 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:20,300 Worldly sorrow. No repentance. 593 00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:23,400 What did he do? The Bible says he went out and 594 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:28,400 he hung himself. Physical death. 595 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,400 He never repented. Spiritual death. 596 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,700 But the good kind of Sorrowing, the good kind of morning, that's 597 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:42,400 the kind that's leads to repentance that leads to 598 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,700 Salvation, and that's a good thing. 599 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,700 All right, let's talk about this word sorrow for just a moment, 600 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,200 the word sorrow. There's actually nine different 601 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,200 words for the word, sorrow or morning. 602 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,400 And what's amazing to me is Jesus uses the one that is the 603 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,700 strongest and most severe. It is the word that is used. 604 00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:02,900 By the way, to those describing someone who's lost a loved one 605 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,700 and with gut-wrenching morning, they Mourn, their passing. 606 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:13,400 It's the same word. But please get this. 607 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,600 He wasn't saying you got to hate yourself. 608 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,400 He was saying, you got to hate your sin. 609 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:25,300 It's wrong to Hate Yourself. It's wrong to do that. 610 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:32,500 God doesn't want that. by using this term in this beatitude he's 611 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:36,300 picturing total, humility acknowledging one spiritual 612 00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:41,100 plight and Jesus says, when you mourn over sin, when you do 613 00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,700 that, You're going to be comforted. 614 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:48,400 The Lord does not leave us comfortless and he does not want 615 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,000 us to live our life in a state of Perpetual mourning. 616 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,600 He doesn't want that in our sorrow. 617 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,400 He doesn't want that. He promises the peace that 618 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,200 surpasses all understanding Philippians 4:7, what's the 619 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,500 piece? Please get this The piece is 620 00:37:04,500 --> 00:37:08,800 first of all, I'm mourn over my sin so that I make it right. 621 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,700 It leads to repentance it produces that in my heart, it 622 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:14,600 leads to Salvation. So what's the comfort? 623 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,700 I'm forgiven. Man. 624 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,900 Forgiven. Like it never happened. 625 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,000 And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding is 626 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,300 knowing. Knowing for a fact that I have 627 00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:43,300 been forgiven and everything is okay between me and God, that's 628 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:45,100 the peace that surpasses all understanding. 629 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:51,100 I'm forgiven. We don't have to suffer from 630 00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:55,000 Perpetual guilt. So in context, this beatitude 631 00:37:55,000 --> 00:38:01,000 promises comfort from the grief of Sin from personal infractions 632 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,700 against God. Let me give you some passages 633 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:05,500 now. First John, chapter 1 and verse 634 00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:12,100 7 conditional here. If we walk in the light as he is 635 00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:15,400 in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood 636 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:20,500 of Jesus Christ, his son cleanses us from all sin. 637 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,200 But I'm going to tell you something, folks. 638 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,700 We talked about the washing of regeneration that is baptism, 639 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:28,300 right? That's when the, our sins are 640 00:38:28,308 --> 00:38:31,500 washed away, but I'm going to tell you something, you will sin 641 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:35,700 again. And God, put the plan in place 642 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,000 of what you do when you sin again and you will, there is not 643 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:45,300 a prayer that I pray. Where I don't ask God to forgive 644 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:49,100 me. Maybe I committed a sin and I 645 00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:52,700 didn't know it. I want that one covered too. 646 00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:55,900 And you know what's going to cover it, it's going to be the 647 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:59,800 blood of Jesus. How do I get the blood of Jesus 648 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:05,000 to cleanse my sin? After I've been baptized after I 649 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,700 have contacted the blood of Jesus. 650 00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,300 What's the maintenance process? Brilliant passages. 651 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,600 First John chapter 1 and verse 9. 652 00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:15,600 Here it is. If we confess our sins, he's 653 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,100 faithful. And just to forgive us our sins 654 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,800 and what cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 655 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:25,300 This word confess means this. When you confess that sin to 656 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:28,600 God, you are literally saying the same thing that God says 657 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,500 about that sin. You hate that sin look familiar. 658 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,200 There it is morn. Same thing. 659 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,400 Morning, you confess that sin to God but that's not just 660 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,100 admission by the way, that is confession with Godly sorrow and 661 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:49,600 repentance. What happens when I do that. 662 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,000 He is faithful meaning I can trust him. 663 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:56,800 He's going to forgive us of those sins and even cleanse us 664 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,700 from all unrighteousness. That means this even the 665 00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:02,000 contamination of that sin is gone. 666 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:06,500 I said that I said I was going to get back to this. 667 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,300 I want to talk about guilt, I want you to please listen to me. 668 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:15,200 This is very important. If God forgives you. 669 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:25,200 You must forgive yourself. I know. 670 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,400 Guilt is a strong terrible thing. 671 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:31,300 I know what? It's like to be hard on 672 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:36,400 yourself. but if the promise is that God is going to forgive 673 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:42,800 you, when you are repentant and you confess that to God, Why in 674 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,500 the world would you still hold on to it? 675 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:53,100 Let it go. We tell you what happens with 676 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:56,500 guilt. And not forgiving yourself of 677 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:59,700 your past. I know people that can't get by 678 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:03,100 their past. They're Christians, but they 679 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:05,700 just can't turn loose of the past. 680 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,800 The guilt is so strong, they can't lose it. 681 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,800 You know, what happens, it cripples them in their service, 682 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:21,100 to God, it's crippling So, please remember this, if God 683 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:27,600 forgives you, let it go. And forgive yourself, too. 684 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:31,800 There's something else too. There's even a plan for habitual 685 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,200 sins because you know, what happens sometimes to us, we are 686 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:39,100 weak. We are not perfect. 687 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:42,800 And sometimes our sins that we struggle with are the same 688 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,000 things over and over and over again. 689 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,600 And there's a plan for that too. There's a plan for habitual 690 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,000 sins. James 5:16 confess, your 691 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,100 trespasses to one another and pray one. 692 00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:57,700 For another that you may be healed the effective fervent 693 00:41:57,700 --> 00:41:59,800 prayer of a righteous man avails much. 694 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,300 Okay, I'm going to come to my brother here. 695 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:06,400 I must say, brother, I'm struggling. 696 00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:11,400 With and you fill in the blank, the Senate. 697 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,900 I asked God to forgive me. I know. 698 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:15,800 God. Forgives me. 699 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,500 And I'm repentant every time I ask God to forgive me, but I 700 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:25,100 just keep struggling. I'm weak and I keep falling back 701 00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:29,700 into the same habitual pattern. And I need your help. 702 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,100 My brother is going to pray for me. 703 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:39,600 And the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 704 00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:41,700 It's going to get the job done, right? 705 00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:44,000 That's number one, but there's benefit. 706 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,400 Number two. I've now just become accountable 707 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:52,200 to my brother. We don't we have accountability. 708 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:56,900 And now I go to my brother and he's going to come back to me 709 00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:58,400 and say, hey how you doing with that problem? 710 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,500 How you doing with that? Struggle still praying for you. 711 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:06,200 Pray for you everyday. I'm going to add one little 712 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,500 thing here. This is the pattern here for 713 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:13,200 helping us live the Christian Life and avoid habitual sins. 714 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:19,200 Like, we struggle with so, if somebody comes to you, As their 715 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,600 brother or sister in Christ and when they come to you, and they 716 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,500 confess something like that, privately, keep it to yourself. 717 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:35,100 Keep it to yourself. It's a precious precious plan. 718 00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:40,600 To help you get through it. And don't broadcast it beyond 719 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,100 what your brother or sister confessed to you keep it there. 720 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,800 Stick to the plan. It's a great thing, being a 721 00:43:47,808 --> 00:43:54,100 Christian, that's great stuff. Okay, in conclusion. 722 00:43:56,100 --> 00:44:00,700 When add one more thing. The specific context of mourning 723 00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:04,200 is mourning over your sin. That is the specific context. 724 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:10,300 In a general context because in a specific context when we mourn 725 00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:13,200 over our sin, we're going to be comforted and that Comfort is 726 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,200 that I've been forgiven and we know that that's true, but in a 727 00:44:16,207 --> 00:44:20,400 general sense, we are comforted from every get this. 728 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:25,900 Please Earthly sorrow. About the world's Injustice or 729 00:44:25,900 --> 00:44:29,400 anything else. As a Christian, we also have 730 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:35,500 comfort. I don't know what you do and 731 00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:37,800 it's not bad what you do and I'm not saying, don't do it. 732 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,900 I'm just saying what I do and what I don't do. 733 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:45,000 I don't watch the news. It is a bummer. 734 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,900 It is depressing. When I talk to people, they want 735 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:54,100 to talk about what they heard on the news and all the bad stuff 736 00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,000 that's about to happen. I've been hearing about bad 737 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,700 stuff going to happen, by the way, for years, it was supposed 738 00:44:57,700 --> 00:45:01,900 to happen like next week, so Been hearing that for years but 739 00:45:01,900 --> 00:45:07,600 next week's the big thing. It's depressing. 740 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,600 So I don't do it. But whether I did were look at 741 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,500 the news or whether I don't look at the news, I do understand 742 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:22,800 that there's trouble out there. And I'm a moron over that. 743 00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:28,400 And so, will you? But to the child of God, there's 744 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:32,200 comfort in that to do. You know why? 745 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:39,700 It's knowing the assurance that God is totally in control. 746 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:47,700 No matter what? so, I'm comforted Jesus says, 747 00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:50,400 blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of 748 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:54,000 Heaven. Blessed are those that mourn 749 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,300 for? They will be comforted. 750 00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:59,500 I'm nothing without God. I'm moreover my sin and I'm 751 00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:02,900 comforted. When I Repent of those things, 752 00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:04,500 and take care of those things in my life. 753 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,800 To know, I've been forgiven, I'm also comforted to know. 754 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,000 Listen, I'm going to put my life in the hands of God and both 755 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,800 Time and Eternity. And it's going to be okay 756 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,600 because he's in control more comfort. 757 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,400 That's it. I'm finished. 758 00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:24,900 Let me ask you this, do you want today the benefit? 759 00:46:26,100 --> 00:46:30,200 That we've talked about of piece of Salvation and comfort. 760 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,800 Do you want that benefit? If you do? 761 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,600 Here's the invitation, here's how you get it. 762 00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:37,400 First of all, you got to hear the word of God. 763 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,100 You've done that today, Romans 10:17. 764 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:42,800 So then faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the word of God, 765 00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:47,000 hearing the word of God produces something, it produces Faith you 766 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,500 have to believe, with all your heart. 767 00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:51,600 Surely, you do Hebrews 11 and 6, but without faith, it's 768 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,400 impossible to please him for. He who comes to God, must 769 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,500 believe that he is. That he is a rewarder of those 770 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:01,700 that diligently seek him. Then what here's that word? 771 00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:05,600 Again, we talked about it today, you got to repent, repent of 772 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,800 your life. Repent of your sins acts 17 and 773 00:47:07,808 --> 00:47:09,900 30. Truly these times of ignorance, 774 00:47:09,900 --> 00:47:13,200 God, overlooked. But now commands, all men 775 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:18,200 everywhere to repent And then we make the greatest statement will 776 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,500 ever make. We make the confession that 777 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:23,700 Jesus Christ is the Son of God acts 8:37. 778 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:27,400 Then Philip said, if you believe with all your heart, you may be 779 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,300 baptized. And he answered and said, I 780 00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:34,400 believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 781 00:47:35,300 --> 00:47:37,900 But next, the point of Salvation Mark 16:16. 782 00:47:37,900 --> 00:47:41,100 You got to be baptized for the remission of your sins. 783 00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:43,900 Mark 16:16. He who believes and is baptized, 784 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:46,900 will be saved. But he, who does not believe 785 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,600 will be condemned. If you do that. 786 00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:55,900 You could be saved, you could be forgiven, you can have your sins 787 00:47:55,900 --> 00:47:59,200 washed away, you can be comforted. 788 00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:01,500 If you'll do that today, maybe you've taken those steps of 789 00:48:01,500 --> 00:48:03,200 obedience, maybe you straight away. 790 00:48:04,100 --> 00:48:06,500 What a great time to come back. Repent of those things confess. 791 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:09,100 Those things will pray with you and for you and God will forgive 792 00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:12,100 and restore it. We thank you for listening to 793 00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:16,900 our podcast, put on by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 794 00:48:16,900 --> 00:48:20,400 Road in Bakersfield, if you would like any additional 795 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,700 information, or you would like to receive a free Bible 796 00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:29,200 correspondence, course by mail. Please email us at info at her 797 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,600 Church of Christ Bakersfield.com. 798 00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:37,500 Our service times are on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 799 00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:42,000 Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Please make plans to join us. 800 00:48:42,500 --> 00:48:44,700 We would love for you to be our honored guest.