WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:13.359 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. 5 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:15.199 I'm Chris and I'm Jeff. 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.280 And we're here together as Chris and Jeff. 7 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:19.320 And man, it's great to be here. 8 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:19.760 It is. 9 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:20.600 It is all. 10 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.760 It's it's great to be anywhere, anywhere, to be alive 11 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:24.640 and healthy. 12 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.440 It is, it is. It's always an adventure, you know. 13 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.679 It's it's the older you get, the more you run 14 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:30.440 into people your own age where you say, hey, how's 15 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:32.280 it going today, and they're like, well, I'm above. 16 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:37.159 The earth, above ground. Yeah. That's that's how you know 17 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:37.799 you're getting old. 18 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.320 Yeah, that's how you know you get Hey, we are in. 19 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.280 The middle to sit up right and take sustenance. 20 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:49.119 Right right, although I go to Canada from our pharmaceuticals. Hey, 21 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.479 we are in the middle of a series that we're 22 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:54.079 unpacking on the Sermon on the Mount and we're actually 23 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.920 talking about the beatitudes. But before we dive into that, 24 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.159 we have our version of taboo. 25 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.159 Good and those are always fun. Des recalls it. 26 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.680 Guess the word I have not even looked at these 27 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:06.920 except for a minute before we. 28 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:08.879 Started saying I'm the one trying to get you to 29 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:10.040 guess yes, yes, and. 30 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.359 So this is different. So hopefully if you're watching on video, 31 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.159 we'll put on the screen the words that I am 32 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.200 not allowed to say. And the goal of this game 33 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.200 is for you at home to race and to say 34 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.560 out loud and maybe to beat Jeff. 35 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.840 Yeah, I'm quite certain people will beat me at this. 36 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.079 Okay, are you ready? 37 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:27.439 Yes? 38 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.719 Okay? Oh gee, whiz? How did I do this one? Okay? 39 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:33.959 Confused? Uncertain? 40 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.079 Ten eighty HP is the definition of a. 41 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:41.840 Ten eight HP of a monitor. 42 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.599 Yeah, but it refers to it refers to the crispness 43 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:51.680 of the picture, yes, or the jeez, that's a bad 44 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:55.280 way to go. Okay. To make to make a decision, 45 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.840 to make a decision in your mind, give me another 46 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:02.280 word for decision, decision, to have a to have a 47 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.120 what oh man, I don't. 48 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:04.480 Know, dude. 49 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:09.080 Uh okay, To make a decision, to come to a 50 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:15.759 conclusion yes, the end, yes, yes, the end in mind. 51 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:19.400 Okay, Okay, how about this one, man? 52 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:21.680 You make a New Year's resolution? 53 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.680 Oh my word, HP, I was trying to get you. 54 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:27.240 Oh there, that's a good one. 55 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.759 Why didn't I just think of New Year's because because 56 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.599 I wasn't allowed to say goal, promised, Jim died or quit. 57 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:37.639 But I guess said years. I can said New Year's immediately, Okay. 58 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.280 I was thinking, it's so complicated, you know what I 59 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:40.639 was thinking. 60 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.840 I was thinking, like people were screaming, to make. 61 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:46.159 A resolve in your mind, to make a decision. 62 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:48.879 People were screaming, Well, i'll tell you what. 63 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:54.759 You are obviously much better because that was bad for me. Okay, 64 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.639 I'm so sorry. I apologize to the world. 65 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.400 Well that was exciting, though the exciting it was tense. 66 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:04.000 Okay, okay, ready, yes, gee whiz, here we go. The 67 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:12.159 time that starts a new day sunrise, the actual time midnight? Yes, correct. 68 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:17.199 I wasn't allowed to say twelve clock countdown night or 69 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:18.080 kiss oh. 70 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.080 Okay, okay, there seems to be a theme here. 71 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:26.120 Oh god it okay, I got this theme down now. 72 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.000 Okay, ready for this one. I got this one. This 73 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:32.879 is a good one. Ready, Yes, it's the final countdown countdown. 74 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:40.800 I wasn't allowed to say ten numbers, clock, seconds or timer. 75 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:45.759 Very good, but I got away with that one final countdown. Yes, Oh, 76 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:47.639 I got a good one for this one. Okay you ready? 77 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:48.000 Yes? 78 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:52.039 Okay, last podcast we said either sweat glitter or cry 79 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:56.599 confetti confetti? Yes see they were They weren't counting on 80 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.879 that man, Des was not thinking that. 81 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.719 So our listener, our listeners, if they were listening. 82 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:07.199 Goodness, I wasn't allowed to say glitter. Maybe she did? 83 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.960 Oh you blew it? 84 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:13.360 I did, blue I did. I was gonna say paper mess, glitter, 85 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:15.680 clean or tiny? What were you gonna say to our listeners? 86 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:16.040 Okay? 87 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.079 I was just gonna say if they were listening yesterday, 88 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:19.680 had they had a leg up on all the rest? 89 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:23.519 I thought for sure I was off script, yes, but 90 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:24.519 I shouldn't have say. 91 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:25.800 Glitter, no Gladkay? 92 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:30.680 Well, all right, my bad, okay, okay, here it goes. Ready. 93 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:35.319 The job of a mirror is to reflect. Yes, I 94 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.959 nailed that one, nailed it, okay. I wasn't gonna say 95 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:44.439 think past year memories or look okay, okay, so I 96 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.519 nailed it. So I I messed up on number four. 97 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.879 I took forever on number one, and you got number 98 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:55.600 two and three immediately excellent, and number five excellent. So 99 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:56.680 three of five were good. 100 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.240 It's very fulfilling, yes, very fulfilling. Well, at there's a 101 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:01.920 lot of pressure on this side of that game. 102 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:03.240 Yes, there is. 103 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:03.680 There is. 104 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.800 Wow, to be honest, I almost think there's more pressure 105 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:07.480 on this side. 106 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.040 Well, I this was hard for me, So let's go 107 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:11.920 back to the old way. 108 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:13.600 Okay, Okay, were you were? 109 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.639 You read and I just guess yeah, all right, Wow, 110 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:17.560 Well that was fun. 111 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:19.959 It was fun, okay, And it was a rather kind 112 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.319 of had a New Year's theme because. 113 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:22.800 We're in the new year. 114 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:25.680 We are in the new year according to when this airs. Yeah, 115 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.199 and though it's a days before our Christmas. 116 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:32.000 Services, and as it being a new year, let's make 117 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.240 some some new decisions. And one of those is to 118 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:36.680 act like Jesus. How about that for twenty twenty six. 119 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:37.560 That's a good one. 120 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:38.759 Yeah, how do we do that? 121 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:44.000 Does that? Does that mean Jesus powers? 122 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.040 Yeah, yeah, that's exactly what you're thinking. That's exactly what 123 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:48.519 I was saying. 124 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:50.839 You're the one that says Jesus powers are attainable through 125 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:51.720 the spirit. 126 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:52.319 Through the Holy Spirit. 127 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.120 Jesus said, everything I can I did, You'll be able 128 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:56.959 to do great You'll be able to do greater things 129 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:57.360 than these. 130 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.639 So I'm gonna act like Jesus and I have Jesus powers, and. 131 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.120 I don't think that's what I meant. How about start 132 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:06.560 acting like Jesus first, and then maybe he'll give you oh. 133 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.959 Star, I see, I see what you did there. 134 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:14.040 So the only way we can know how to act 135 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.240 like Jesus is to find out what he says about. 136 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.240 It is that the transition. Yes, okay, good, good job? 137 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:20.759 Are you good? 138 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.040 Yeah? I'm good with that. 139 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.759 Okay, I prove so I will allow that, so he says, 140 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:28.000 And we're gonna what we're gonna do is our premise 141 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.519 is all the things Jesus talks about in the Beatitudes, 142 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:36.399 those eight or nine things, each of those statements now 143 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.959 he speaks about or talks about. 144 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:40.680 He has topics. 145 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:42.160 Throughout the whole rest of the Sermon on the Mount 146 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.079 that reflect those ideas, and so each of those we're 147 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.920 gonna take two or three days to kind of unpack 148 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.199 different angles of what he's talking about. 149 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.279 You know what my main question is about the series? 150 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:01.240 How many attitudes can it be have? Okay, it's beatitudes? 151 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:03.360 How many? H yeah? A lot? Well? 152 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:04.600 Is he even angry? 153 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:08.480 Being one way? Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 154 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:12.920 Nine nine attitude? Yes, yeah, yeah, okay, are all right? 155 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.519 My wife loves bees, okay? 156 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:17.639 Or ten if you take verse twelve is its own okay. 157 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:18.680 So here's what it says. 158 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.319 In Matthew chapter five, verse three, he said, God blesses 159 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.000 those who are poor and realize their need for Him, 160 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.120 for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. Another way that 161 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.040 that's often translated is blessed. 162 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:29.800 Are the poor in spirit. 163 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.759 God blesses those who are poor in spirit realize their 164 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.160 need for Him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 165 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:38.319 Now this word poor, does it mean humble, poor in spirit? 166 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:40.480 Yes? Yeah, I think that's one of them. 167 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:43.240 Yes, because because later on in verse five, which we're 168 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:45.480 going to cover in a few days, it also says 169 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:47.240 bless blessed are those who are humble. 170 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:48.439 That's right, that's right. 171 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.439 So are these are those close cousins these beatitudes? 172 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.240 I think that this first one really is all about 173 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:59.480 dependency on God as opposed to just pure humility. First 174 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.040 of all, before I'm humble in the world, I got 175 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:04.959 to get understand who I am in front of God. Right, 176 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:08.399 So it's I'm not God, God's God, and so I'm 177 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.279 dependent on him rather than just using him as a 178 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:12.040 good luck charm. 179 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.160 So because it does say poor in spirit, in spirit, 180 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:18.079 that's right, meaning I'm deficient for all things, that's right. 181 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.480 And then it says and it says, and realize their 182 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:21.639 need for Him. 183 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:22.120 That's right. 184 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:25.560 So the poor in spirit idea is more about our 185 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:30.160 need for God the humble in what verse five six, 186 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:33.120 whatever it is. Verse five is talking about how we 187 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.240 interact with others. Right, So anyways, and I think you'll 188 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.240 see that and how it gets unpacked. But one of 189 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:45.679 the passages where Jesus references this idea is in Matthew 190 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:50.320 five seventeen through twenty. He says, don't misunderstand why I've come. 191 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:52.600 I did not come to abolish the law of Moses 192 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:55.360 or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to 193 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:58.799 accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth. Until heaven 194 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:01.120 and earth disappeared, not even the smallest detail of God's 195 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:04.440 law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. So if 196 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:07.519 you ignore the least commandment and teach others do the same, 197 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:09.159 you'll be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven. 198 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:12.600 But anyone who obeys God's laws and teaches them will 199 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.360 be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. But I 200 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.480 warn you, unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness 201 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:19.399 of the teachers of the religious Law and the Pharisees, 202 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:20.320 you will never. 203 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:21.240 Enter the Kingdom of heaven. 204 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:26.320 Don't what Wow, that's hardcore. What verse was that again, 205 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.519 Matthew five seventeen through twenty? 206 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.720 Yeah, yeah, you started reading and then I realized I 207 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.399 didn't flip there. But then I realized I didn't have 208 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.120 to flip. It's only right there. Listen. The thing that 209 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.320 stands out to me, obviously, is the very last thing 210 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:45.120 you read. Unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness 211 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.639 of the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, you'll 212 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:51.200 never enter the Kingdom of heaven. And that is perhaps 213 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.919 a reference to a group of people believing that this 214 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:58.559 is a sermon about being more righteous to get to heaven, 215 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:04.039 right to have good deeds. But Jesus wasn't saying here's 216 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.120 the requirements to get to heaven, be more righteous. What 217 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:10.440 he was saying is you have to be perfect in 218 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.519 your righteousness in order to even get to heaven. And 219 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:15.679 he isn't meaning most of the time, and he isn't 220 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:19.759 meaning even in this reference. He's not meaning you know, 221 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:21.919 ninety nine point nine nine nine percent of the time 222 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:24.559 he's meaning always, he's meaning perfection. 223 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:26.320 If you're trying to earn your way to heaven, if 224 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:27.559 you're trying to earn your way, and you're gonna have 225 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.320 to be even more righteous than the most righteous people 226 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:34.240 you know, right, right, So pick one who's most righteous person? 227 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:34.480 You know? 228 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:36.919 Is that Some people say the Pope. Some people say, 229 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.519 you know, Billy Graham, mother t Ye whatever. Right, So 230 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.519 Jesus say it is saying, hey, if you're going to 231 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:47.279 earn your way to heaven, then you you're gonna have 232 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:49.559 to be better than the best human being you've ever 233 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:49.919 heard of. 234 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.240 Right, And he's saying this to multitudes, Yeah, to the 235 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:54.399 whole crowd, to the whole crowd. 236 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:59.080 Because they thought, you know, their religious system was keep 237 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:04.320 these six hundred seventeen laws, do these sacrifices. Don't be 238 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.559 like the rest of the pagans around you. Watch out 239 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.360 what you eat, watch out how you cut your hair, 240 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:12.440 watch out you know, how you behave and all these things. 241 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.200 And if you do that, they thought, well, then you 242 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:17.840 get to go to heaven or whatever, and that you're 243 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.440 right with God. God's gonna bless you, Jesus saying, hey, 244 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.399 I'm here to tell you about my kingdom, and it's 245 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.440 nothing like what you thought. He's, first of all, I 246 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.879 didn't come to get rid of the law, which is 247 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:32.360 because he you know, we begin to find out that 248 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.960 it's salvation is by grace through faith, so I find out. 249 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.440 So you start to kind of think, well, then the 250 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:40.120 law wasn't important. But Jesus doesn't say I came to 251 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.919 get rid of the law, or I came to forget 252 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.559 the law. I came to readjust the law, Jesus, and 253 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.759 I came to fulfill it. I came to accomplish all 254 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.679 of its purpose. And then he said, but if you're 255 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:53.000 going to accomplish its purpose, you're gonna have to keep 256 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:56.759 it perfectly. He's comparing his ability to keep the law 257 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.360 perfectly to your inability to keep the law perfectly. 258 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.440 And he's it's much like when he said, he who 259 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.000 is without sin cast the first. 260 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.919 Stone, right, only Jesus could have cast the first jone. 261 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.679 That's right, Jesus was the only one qualified to cast 262 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:10.600 the first stone. And he's saying the same thing here. 263 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:14.559 He's saying, like, I can fulfill the law, but you 264 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.000 can't right. 265 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.600 So there's a really good note. You know, we love 266 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:25.240 the life application study Bible. And he says Jesus was 267 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.840 saying that his listeners needed a different kind of righteousness 268 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.000 altogether out of love for God, not just a more 269 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:35.720 intense version of the Pharisees obedience. Isn't that great, which 270 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:40.799 was mere legal compliance. Our righteousness must first of all 271 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:42.840 come from what God does in us, not what we 272 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:46.320 can do by ourselves. And two be God centered, not 273 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.679 self centered. Three it must be based on reverence for God, 274 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.799 not approval from people. And fourth, it must go beyond 275 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.639 keeping the law to living by the principles behind the law. 276 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.360 We should be just as concerned about our attitudes that 277 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.279 people don't see as about our actions that are seen 278 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:06.120 by all. So Jesus is saying, here, if you combine 279 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:08.279 the two ideas, blessed to those who are poor in spirit, 280 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:11.000 they realize their need for him. And then Jesus said, hey, 281 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.200 you can't get to heaven unless you can keep the 282 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:13.879 law perfectly. Oh wait a minute, I did. 283 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.080 I came. I didn't come to get rid of the law. 284 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:18.320 I came to fulfill the law. 285 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.600 Now you also have to do that, or you can 286 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:25.000 just trust me, right, And that's why he's starting that way, 287 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:27.240 starting off his message with this idea. 288 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:32.159 Who's got two thumbs and it's perfect. This this guy 289 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:33.600 so great. 290 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.679 Yeah, yeah, that's so good. 291 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.879 So so blessed of the poor in spirit and realize 292 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:43.919 their need for him. Also reminds me of when Jesus 293 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.200 taught us how to pray. So he says, you know, 294 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:47.799 the first part is you know how it would be 295 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.799 your name, which is declare God's greatness. And then when 296 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.480 you do that, then you move into the different sections 297 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.600 of the lord's prayer. They acknowledge our dependency. Right, give 298 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.320 us our daily bread, you know, your kingdom come, you know, 299 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.080 lead us not into temptation. It's our deficiency of not 300 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.679 being able to do much without God's help or God's power, 301 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.440 God's strength. And I think that that's a great reminder 302 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:15.639 for all of us, blessed the poor in spirit, who 303 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.320 acknowledge that you need God. You know, there are times 304 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.320 in our lives where we think we've got this right. 305 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.840 There's all these different kinds of times where some problem 306 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.960 comes along and we think that like, hey, you know, 307 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.159 God has given me the experience and the resources and 308 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.159 the wisdom I'm going to handle this on my own. 309 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.480 And so we don't take time to pray for God's wisdom, 310 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.639 we don't take time to seek godly counsel, and we 311 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:38.919 think we think we know better. We just sort of 312 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.480 take over and we try to solve things in our 313 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.000 own strength. But Jesus is saying, hey, you'll be happy 314 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.879 the rest of your life if you just develop the 315 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:53.200 attitude of understanding that in every and any situation, you 316 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:57.039 have to depend on your heavenly Father for everything, for wisdom, 317 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:02.720 for guidance, for encourage, meant for strength, for you know, everything. 318 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.320 And I think that that falls in line with every 319 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:09.799 other thing. It reminds me of Psalm twenty three, you 320 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.559 know where we're reminded of. David talks about how the 321 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:17.399 Lord is are shepherd and sheep are the most dependable 322 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:21.879 animal that exists on the planet. Right They they are 323 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.279 dependent I'm sorry dependent. 324 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:23.960 Dependent. 325 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:28.519 Yeah, they're the most depend you can you can count 326 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:34.519 on him. Hey if he if he says he's doing something, 327 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.279 you better take that. 328 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:44.039 You better take that. No, I've met dependent. 329 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:47.000 They're the most dependent animal that exists. So, you know, 330 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:51.600 like they depend on their shepherd for everything, for protection, 331 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.960 for you know, to provide meals so they don't harm themselves. 332 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.080 They don't, you know, They for medicine, for for guidance, 333 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:01.399 for even for emotional support, I mean, goodness, gracious, even 334 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:05.840 for digesting their food. Everything that a sheep does is 335 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.240 pretty much all the good comes from the shepherd. They 336 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:13.480 are so dependent, right, And that really is one of 337 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:17.080 the strongest themes of honestly, the entire Bible, from the 338 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.360 Old Testament all the way through to the New Testament. 339 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:23.080 Jesus talks about you know, he's the shepherd, and his 340 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.320 sheep know his voice, and the theme carries on all 341 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:29.879 the way through the New Testament. And again, I just 342 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:33.600 think all of that is, you know, it's probably a 343 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.559 great one to start with. Jesus starts here. Yeah, you know, 344 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.360 acknowledge your dependency, that's a great one. 345 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:42.960 There's nothing you need more. You're so poor spiritually that 346 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.559 your only hope is Him right, your greatest need is 347 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.320 Him understanding. You know, if we take if we were 348 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.840 to take pray quests from. 349 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:54.240 Stage, wow, that'd be a long time. 350 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.440 Eighty five percent of the praise quest will get is 351 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:01.679 pray for my aunt's gallstones, pray for cancer, Pray for 352 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:05.759 you know, heart problems, Pray for my you know, COVID, 353 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.359 Pray for whatever, you know, my uncle, my. 354 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.279 Aunt, my mom, my dad, my brother, lost his job. 355 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:15.960 Yep, lost his job, financial things, whatever, yep. But Jesus says, 356 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:22.880 the most important thing is Him in your relationship with Him, right, 357 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.480 And so I think this should also form in form 358 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:29.400 the way that we pray. And you'll find that when 359 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.759 we get to the Lord's prayer that he also kind 360 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:34.599 of prays through similar things. Is what he talks about 361 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.559 in the in the Beatitudes. And so the most important 362 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.880 thing is our is our need and nor dependency for Christ. 363 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.880 Everything else will fall into place once we have Him 364 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.920 in the right place. And this is why he says 365 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.920 in six twenty three or six thirty three in the 366 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:52.960 same message, he says, seek first his kingdom and his 367 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.880 righteousness and all these other things to be added to you. 368 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.160 Right. 369 00:17:55.559 --> 00:18:02.119 So, Pali, So I think it's interesting. Blessed are those 370 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.319 who are poor in spirit and realize their need for Him. 371 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:09.920 I've done a lot of work around the world with 372 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:19.000 religious freedom stuff and across religions, multi faith conversations, things 373 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:25.279 like that, and I've noticed it's been pretty surprising to 374 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.720 me when I get into some of the places, let's say, 375 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:32.880 particularly in the Middle East. Some of the oldest groups 376 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:36.039 of Christians in the world are in the Middle East, right, 377 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:43.400 the Chaldeans, the Coptics, the Syrian Catholics, right, all these 378 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:48.559 orthodox all these people that have their church has existed 379 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.400 for thousands of years. And it's amazing to me if 380 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.559 I get into what is considered a Christian village. Often 381 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:02.200 times the things that are verbalized by shopkeepers and everyday 382 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:05.960 Christians that are in their churches, and oftentimes they'll be 383 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.880 in their church every evening, six seven days a week. 384 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.519 The things that they talk about the Muslims are the 385 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:17.960 others that aren't like them, is kind of denigrating and 386 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:23.039 looking down on them. And they have this superiority in 387 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.079 their belief they have this superiority. 388 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.240 In their religion. 389 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:32.839 They're rich in their cultural religion, and they then feel 390 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:37.440 comfortable fighting or pushing down others. And it's interesting to me. 391 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.160 Jesus doesn't invite us into a rich religion. He invites 392 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:43.480 us into a relationship where we realize that we are 393 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.359 desperately poor and desperately in need of Him. So I'm 394 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:50.480 not saying we shouldn't take joy and pride and satisfaction 395 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:53.559 culturally in where we come from and all those kinds 396 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:57.039 of things. But our pride should not be in our religion. 397 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:00.359 Our pride should not be driving us to look down 398 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.960 on others instead. I just need to realize. And we 399 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.000 gave a message, did we give it from stage? I 400 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:10.279 remember you sent me an outline one time that I 401 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.119