Caption transcript for Sar Shalom: “Crimes of the Heart” (2/8)

• 01:01 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:04 JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
• 01:09 I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:10 PRESENTING THE SECOND OF AN EIGHT PART TREATMENT OF JESUS.
• 01:13 AND IT'S A JOY TO BRING JESUS TO YOU.
• 01:17 IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR WORLD AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT TAKES YOU BACK TO JESUS' WORLD,
• 01:23 THE GALILEE, THE HOLY LAND AND TO HEAR AND TO SEE JESUS,
• 01:28 TO HEAR HIS WORDS AND TO SEE HIM RE-ENACTED.
• 01:32 IN THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO SEE A NUMBER OF THINGS,
• 01:34 ONE OF WHICH IS THE FACT THAT JESUS DIDN'T COME TO DESTROY BUT TO BUILD.
• 01:39 JESUS IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, NOT THE DESTRUCTION BUSINESS.
• 01:44 SIN TAKES ITS OWN TOLL ON THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE BUT JESUS CAME TO BUILD AND TO REBUILD.
• 01:51 OFF WE GO TO CONSIDER THAT AND MORE.
• 02:22 AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH
• 02:24 AND AS HIS CUSTOM WAS HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY
• 02:28 AND STOOD UP TO READ
• 02:30 AND THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.
• 02:52 I THINK HE WASN'T JUST BEING SPECIFIC, I THINK HE WAS BEING EMPHATIC WHEN HE SAID,
• 02:58 "DO NOT THINK I HAVE COME TO ABOLISH THE TORAH".
• 03:04 "I DIDN'T COME TO ABOLISH THE TORAH OR THE NEVI'IM, 'THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS'",
• 03:08 "I CAME TO FULFILL THEM"
• 03:12 AGAIN NOT JUST A SPECIFIC STATEMENT BUT PROBABLY THERE'S AN EXCLAMATION POINT ATTACHED.
• 03:17 THE REASON BEING THAT OF COURSE JESUS DIDN'T COME TO THROW AWAY THINGS JEWISH.
• 03:22 I MEAN, IT'S A SIMPLE POINT, TRUE,
• 03:25 BUT MANY DIDN'T GET IT GOING THROUGH THE FIRST CENTURY INTO THE SECOND CENTURY
• 03:30 MANY CHRISTIANS WERE SO CONVINCED
• 03:32 THAT OBVIOUSLY JESUS WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HEBREW BIBLE,
• 03:37 THAT IT WAS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED PART OF SACRED LITERATURE.
• 03:40 IT TOOK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY FOR THE CHURCH TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT
• 03:45 THAT THE HEBREW BIBLE WAS STILL PART OF THE CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT.
• 03:51 IT IS SO BAZAAR BUT SAD TO SAY IT IS SO VERY TRUE
• 03:54 AND THE REASON WHY I MENTION THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING
• 03:57 HOW INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS
• 04:00 CAN BE SO UNAWARE OF THE ESSENCE AND THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT HE'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT.
• 04:05 JESUS DIDN'T COME TO KNOCK THE LEGS OUT OF THINGS JEWISH
• 04:07 BUT TO OFFER FULFILLMENT TO THE HOPES AND THE ASPIRATIONS
• 04:11 AND THE LITERATURE, THE DIVINE LITERATURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 04:14 ONE NEEDN'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
• 04:17 JUST VISIT THE LITERATURE WHERE HE SAID AGAIN,
• 04:27 JESUS ISN'T ABOUT DESTROYING PEOPLE AND DESTROYING STUFF,
• 04:32 JEWISH PEOPLE, JEWISH STUFF, OLD TESTAMENT STUFF.
• 04:37 JESUS DIDN'T COME TO PUT ALL THAT DOWN.
• 04:41 TRAGICALLY, HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CHURCH'S STORY.
• 04:45 ONE CAN LOOK AT MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
• 04:50 IN CHURCHES AROUND EUROPE THERE'S STATUES DEPICTING ONE WOMAN, 'ECCLESIA TRUMPHANS',
• 04:56 THE PICTURE OF THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT PROUD AND STRONG.
• 05:00 AND NEXT TO HER IS A STATUE OF THIS WOMAN THAT'S SHAMED,
• 05:05 THAT'S DOWNCAST, LOOKING DOWN,
• 05:07 DEPICTING THE SYNAGOGUE.
• 05:10 IT'S TRAGIC HOW IT WENT THAT WAY
• 05:12 BECAUSE JESUS, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WORDS NEVER WANTED IT TO GO THAT WAY.
• 05:17 HE RATHER WAS GAME TO SHOW PEOPLE, TO USE THE PAULINE LANGUAGE, A MORE EXCELLENT WAY.
• 05:24 JESUS DIDN'T COME TO TROUNCE ALL THAT BUT RATHER TO FULFILL IT,
• 05:28 TO SHOW INDIVIDUALS HOW TO LIVE IT OUT
• 05:31 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT BY SAYING
• 05:36 "HERE'S THE WAY. OTHERS HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY MEANS."
• 05:41 "LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT'S FULFILLED."
• 05:43 "LET ME SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN MIND THE BIBLICAL STORY"
• 05:46 "AND FIND PRACTICAL STREET LEVEL VALUE."
• 05:50 JESUS' POINT, IF THERE'S ANY CRITICISM, HE SAYS WHEN HE FINISHES,
• 06:02 THE PROBLEM ISN'T WITH THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SENSE
• 06:05 AS MUCH AS IT IS THE WAY THE PEOPLE WERE MISCONSTRUING IT.
• 06:08 JESUS CAME TO SET THAT RIGHT
• 06:10 AND IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT HE DOES JUST THAT BY UNPACKING THE ESSENCE AND THE SUBSTANCE
• 06:18 OF WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK WITH GOD ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 06:22 ACCORDING TO THE NEW.
• 06:45 A SIMPLE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN NEIGHBORS
• 06:48 AND THE RESULTING HEATED EXCHANGE.
• 06:55 NEITHER SIDE WILL BACK DOWN AS THE BITTERNESS HAS LED TO ANGER.
• 07:02 ANGER HAS LED TO FERMENTING RAGE.
• 07:07 AND NOW ALL COMMON SENSE IS GONE.
• 07:10 WHAT BEGAN IN THE HEART HAS LED TO THIS.
• 07:18 I'VE SEEN ANGER.
• 07:20 FRANKLY, I'VE SEEN MURDER
• 07:22 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
• 07:24 IF YOU KNOW OF ANY POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS,
• 07:30 TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.
• 07:31 BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A ONE THAT HASN'T GONE TO A CRIME SCENE TO
• 07:35 SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ANGER GENIE IS LET OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
• 07:40 THE REASON WHY I MENTION THAT
• 07:41 IS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT.
• 07:44 HE SAYS HERE,
• 07:48 AND HE GOES ON TO GIVE VOICE TO THAT AND MORE HERE WHEN HE SAYS,
• 07:57 AND FRANKLY I LIKE THE "WITHOUT A CAUSE" CLAUSE
• 08:00 BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE IS A KIND OF JUSTIFIED ANGER,
• 08:03 BUT NOT OF THE SORT THAT LEADS TO WHAT HE GOES ON TO DESCRIBE HERE.
• 08:07 HE SAYS,
• 08:15 WHICH IS A TERM MEANING TO SPIT.
• 08:19 THAT IS, THINGS DETERIORATE TO THE POINT WHERE
• 08:22 PEOPLE ARE PERFORMING IN WAYS THAT ARE JUST GHASTLY,
• 08:27 IT'S BOMBASTIC.
• 08:28 HE SAYS,
• 08:34 IF I UNDERSTAND JESUS CORRECTLY
• 08:37 HE IS TAPPING INTO, NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE COMMIT ACTS OF MURDER,
• 08:42 BUT THAT THE IMPULSES THAT PROMPT FRACTURE AND SOCIAL DECAY,
• 08:49 THOSE IMPULSES RESIDE IN OUR HEARTS
• 08:52 AS WE INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
• 08:54 SOMETIMES IMPROPERLY
• 08:56 AND WE ALLOW THIS STUFF JUST TO UNRAVEL
• 08:59 AND JESUS ISN'T AS MUCH CONCERNED AT THIS JUNCTURE ABOUT THE ACT OF MURDER
• 09:04 AS MUCH AS THE DETERIORATION WITHIN THAT PRECIPITATES IT.
• 09:09 WELL WE ALL HAVE HUMAN NATURES,
• 09:11 WE ALL WORK WITH PEOPLE,
• 09:13 AND HOW SHOULD WE WORK WITH PEOPLE IF WE'RE TO WALK MORE CLOSELY BEHIND JESUS?
• 09:17 WELL HE SAYS IN VERSE 24, HE GIVES A STORY HERE, HE SAYS
• 09:35 I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL PROFUNDITY HERE
• 09:38 AND THERE'S IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY,
• 09:43 CHRISTIAN LIFE.
• 09:45 IN CHURCH WE OFFER OUR VARIOUS GIFTS
• 09:47 AND THE CONTEXT HERE IS
• 09:49 SOMEONE'S ABOUT TO OFFER A GIFT IN THE TEMPLE,
• 09:52 SOME RELIGIOUS SACRIFICE,
• 09:54 SOME EXTENSION OF PIETY,
• 09:56 AND THE LORD SAYS,
• 09:58 "BUT IF YOU'RE ALL WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE WITH A BROTHER AND SISTER,"
• 10:02 "TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST AND THEN TAKE CARE OF YOUR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION".
• 10:08 THE POINT IS THAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON INDIVIDUALS TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP,
• 10:13 HENCE HE SAYS, QUOTE,
• 10:14 "FIRST BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER".
• 10:19 IF I UNDERSTAND JESUS,
• 10:21 HE WOULD PREFER THAT WE DEVELOP MECHANISMS TO STAY IN COMMUNION ONE WITH ANOTHER,
• 10:27 TO STAY IN COMMUNITY.
• 10:29 WE LIVE IN A CULTURE TRAGICALLY WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH RUPTURE,
• 10:32 THERE'S SO MUCH DISORIENTATION
• 10:35 AND IT SENDS PEOPLE OUT OF CONTROL INDIVIDUALLY,
• 10:38 HUSBANDS, WIVES, GO SEPARATE WAYS,
• 10:40 THE KIDS FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS,
• 10:42 CHURCHES FRACTURE,
• 10:44 THINGS CRATER,
• 10:45 IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE FRANKLY.
• 10:47 WE'VE GOT TO PUT AN END TO THIS
• 10:48 AND HOW DO WE DO THAT?
• 10:50 WELL JESUS SAYS THAT WE NEED TO PLACE A PREMIUM ON RECONCILIATION.
• 10:55 HERE ME ON THIS AS I CLOSE,
• 10:57 IT'S EASY TO FIND WHAT'S WRONG WITH A PERSON,
• 10:59 IT'S HARDER TO FIND WHAT'S RIGHT.
• 11:01 LET'S FIND WHAT'S RIGHT,
• 11:03 LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
• 11:04 LET'S LOOK TO BE RECONCILED
• 11:05 AND BY VIRTUE OF OUR SO DOING
• 11:07 WE'RE GOING TO PLEASE JESUS WHO SAID
• 11:09 "BETTER TO BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER".
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• 12:17 WHEN IT COMES TO TRIPS TO ISRAEL
• 12:20 THE KEYWORD IS "BLESSING".
• 12:23 IT'S SUCH A WIN, WIN SITUATION,
• 12:25 WHY IS THAT?
• 12:26 BECAUSE ISRAEL IS BLESSED BY YOUR PARTICIPATION.
• 12:30 JUST YOU'RE GOING TO ISRAEL IN THESE TIMES IS A WITNESS
• 12:33 AND OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE BLESSED IN THE PROCESS TO WALK IN JESUS' FOOTSTEPS.
• 12:38 IF YOU GO WITH US I'M BLESSED
• 12:40 CAUSE I GET TO MAKE SOME NEW FRIENDS
• 12:42 AND RIGHT NOW IT'S EASY JUST TO STARE AT CAMERAS
• 12:45 AND I KNOW IN THEORY THAT THERE'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON THE OTHER END OF IT
• 12:49 AND I SURE LOVE GETTING TO KNOW EM',
• 12:52 SO BY ALL MEANS, CONSIDER COMING TO ISRAEL WITH ME.
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• 13:15 WE HAVE TWO THINGS HERE
• 13:16 PARTICULARLY, THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT WROTE,
• 13:18 "JESUS, THE JEW'S JEW".
• 13:21 OH, WE JUST LOVE LOOKING AT JESUS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE,
• 13:25 IT'S A PERSPECTIVE THAT IS SO TRUE BUT IT IS SO OFT IGNORED.
• 13:29 ZOLA TEACHES IN A CHURCH ON JESUS, THE JEW'S JEW,
• 13:32 YOU MIGHT WANT THAT AS WELL
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• 13:46 BUT OFF WE GO NOW BACK TO JESUS' WORLD
• 13:49 IN AND AROUND THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 13:51 AS WE CONSIDER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 14:15 IT'S THE CLOSE OF A PEACEFUL, WARM SUMMER'S DAY.
• 14:19 FOR SOME...IT'S A TIME WHEN ALL IS RIGHT.
• 14:23 AND FOR SOME...IT'S A TIME WHEN ALL IS WRONG.
• 14:27 AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO THE MULTITUDE....
• 14:29 "YOU HAVE HEARD IT SAID, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,"
• 14:35 "BUT I SAY TO YOU"
• 14:37 "THAT WHOEVER LOOKS AT A WOMAN TO LUST FOR HER"
• 14:40 "HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART."
• 14:49 JESUS WENT ON RECORD SAYING THAT WHOEVER LOOKS AT A WOMAN LUSTFULLY
• 14:54 HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART.
• 15:01 OF COURSE, I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT A WOMAN TWICE
• 15:05 AND YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE LIKE THAT,
• 15:08 HENCE I'M IN A POSITION TO SPEAK IN AN INFORMED WAY ABOUT WHAT JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT HERE...
• 15:13 HAVING BEEN ALL HEALED AND DELIVERED.
• 15:17 WELL THAT'S NOT TRUE IS IT?
• 15:20 AT THE END OF THE DAY
• 15:22 YOU CAN PUT REVEREND, DOCTOR, PASTOR, TELEVANGELIST IN FRONT OF A GUY
• 15:27 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
• 15:29 A MAN IS STILL A MAN,
• 15:31 A WOMAN IS STILL A WOMAN,
• 15:33 A HUMAN IS STILL A HUMAN
• 15:35 AND WE ALL HAVE THESE SEXUAL ENERGIES WITHIN US.
• 15:39 PRAY TELL THEN
• 15:40 WHAT IS JESUS TALKING ABOUT?
• 15:44 HE GOES ON TO SAY
• 15:46 THAT AFTER INFORMING THAT INDIVIDUALS DO HAVE THOSE TENSIONS AND ENERGIES WITHIN,
• 15:53 HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT IF SOMETHING CAUSES YOU TO SIN...
• 15:57 CUT IT OFF...
• 15:59 IF YOUR RIGHT EYE CAUSES YOU TO SIN...
• 16:02 PLUCK IT OUT...
• 16:05 THOSE ARE SOME INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS
• 16:08 AND I MIGHT ADD THEY HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY BY ENTHUSIASTIC CHURCH MEN.
• 16:14 ONE FELLOW IN PARTICULAR
• 16:15 NAMED ORIGEN
• 16:17 CASTRATED HIMSELF...
• 16:19 WELL THAT'S INSANE ISN'T IT?
• 16:22 YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE ENTHUSIASM I MIGHT ADD...
• 16:25 BUT THAT'S TAKING IT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR.
• 16:28 WHAT'S JESUS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS
• 16:32 YOU'VE HEARD IT WAS SAID DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY
• 16:34 BUT I'M TELLING YOU...
• 16:36 AND HE TELLS YOU THE THINGS THAT I JUST REMINDED YOU OF.
• 16:39 WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT?
• 16:41 AND WHEN HE SAYS,
• 16:42 LISTEN, IF SOMETHING CAUSES YOU TO SIN, GET RID OF IT.
• 16:45 IS THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH AND THE HUMANS UPON THE EARTH
• 16:49 WHO GAVE US SEXUAL ENERGIES THAT PROPEL US AND THE SPECIES FORWARD...
• 16:54 HAVING MADE THAT WITHIN US,
• 16:56 IS HE NOW TELLING US THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR THAT TO BE WITHIN US?
• 16:59 FRANKLY I THINK NOT.
• 17:03 WHAT THEN?
• 17:05 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAVING THOSE PASSIONS AND THOSE INTERESTS AS WE DO,
• 17:11 WE DO WELL TO TAKE PAINS TO KEEP THE GENIE IN THE BOTTLE UNTIL THE TIME.
• 17:18 AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
• 17:20 THERE IS A LEGITIMATE WAY TO HAVE SEXUAL EXPRESSION...
• 17:24 IT'S CALLED THE UNION OF MARRIAGE.
• 17:27 IF I UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE CORRECTLY
• 17:28 THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SEXUAL CONTACT WITHOUT A CONTRACT.
• 17:33 ABSENT THAT, "HANDS OFF" IS THE POLICY.
• 17:37 BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO THAT INFLAME THE
• 17:40 PASSIONS WITHIN...PORNOGRAPHY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
• 17:45 WHEN YOU HEAR JESUS SAYING,
• 17:46 IF SOMETHING CAUSES YOU TO SIN CUT IT OFF,
• 17:50 GETTING RID OF THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO GO.
• 17:54 SIMILARLY IN THE WAY THAT WE DRESS...
• 17:57 IF ONE DRESSES IN A WAY IN ORDER TO EVOKE SIN IN OTHERS
• 18:01 IT'S BEST THEY NIP THAT IN THE BUD
• 18:03 AND CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A MANNER THAT MORE BEFITS CHRISTIAN RESOLUTION.
• 18:08 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
• 18:12 THE POINT IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT MARRIAGE AS HOLY
• 18:16 AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT SEXUAL ACTIVITY AS HOLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF MARRIAGE
• 18:22 AND TO TAKE PAINS TO INSURE
• 18:24 THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR FRAME OF REFERENCE.
• 18:29 I'VE OFTEN SAID WITH MY BOYS,
• 18:31 I CAN LABOR TO RAISE THEM FOR 20 YEARS
• 18:33 AND THE WRONG GIRL CAN UNDO THAT IN ABOUT 2O SECONDS.
• 18:37 MEN...WOMEN...
• 18:39 LET'S ALL OF US TAKE PAINS TO WALK BEFORE THE LORD IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• 18:43 IF WE DO THAT WE'LL FIND THE LOVE WE'RE LOOKING FOR...
• 18:46 IF WE DON'T, WE WON'T.
• 18:50 AND NOW FOR AN ALL TIME FAVORITE CLASSIC,
• 18:53 TED PEARCE SINGS HIS RENDITION OF "PSALM 23".
• 19:00 ♪THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT♪
• 19:05 ♪HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES♪
• 19:11 ♪HE LEADS ME BESIDE STILL WATERS♪
• 19:16 ♪HE RESTORETH MY SOUL♪
• 19:21 ♪AND YE THOUGH I WALK♪
• 19:23 ♪THROUGH THE VALLEY♪
• 19:25 ♪AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH♪
• 19:28 ♪I WILL FEAR NO EVIL♪
• 19:32 ♪FOR THOU ART WITH ME♪
• 19:34 ♪THY ROD AND THEY STAFF♪
• 19:37 ♪THEY COMFORT ME♪
• 19:48 ♪THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME♪
• 19:53 ♪IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES♪
• 19:58 ♪THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL♪
• 20:04 ♪MY CUP RUNNETH OVER♪
• 20:09 ♪AND SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE♪
• 20:20 ♪AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER♪
• 20:31 ♪FOREVER♪
• 20:57 ♪AND YE THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH♪
• 21:04 ♪I WILL FEAR NO EVIL♪
• 21:08 ♪FOR THOU ART WITH ME♪
• 21:11 ♪THY ROD AND THE STAFF♪
• 21:13 ♪THEY COMFORT ME♪
• 21:19 ♪AND SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW ME♪
• 21:24 ♪ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE♪
• 21:29 ♪AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER♪
• 21:40 ♪THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT♪
• 21:45 ♪ONLY HE RESTORETH MY SOUL♪
• 21:57 TED PEARCE IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF MESSIANIC ARTISTS
• 22:00 THAT ARE BENT ON HELPING PEOPLE WORSHIP JESUS IN A JEWISH LIGHT.
• 22:05 SPEAKING OF JEWISH LIGHT,
• 22:07 I'M ONE OF A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT ARE HELPING TO EXPLORE JESUS IN A JEWISH LIGHT.
• 22:12 I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU WANT TO GO WITH US ON THE JOURNEY
• 22:15 AND LEARN ABOUT JESUS IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS OWN DAY AND TIME.
• 22:19 THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT HELPED US UNDERSTAND
• 22:23 THAT JESUS CAME TO FULFILL THE TORAH, NOT TO ABOLISH.
• 22:28 THE TORAH, THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 22:30 WAS WRITTEN IN STONE,
• 22:31 BUT JESUS CUTS TO THE BONE,
• 22:32 HE GETS TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER.
• 22:35 I'M SO GLAD THAT HE GOT INTO MY HEART AND PAST DEFENSIVE MATTER
• 22:39 AND I BECAME A NEW CREATURE IN THE PROCESS.
• 22:41 OFF WE GO NOW TO HEAR ZOLA
• 22:43 AS HE TEACHES ABOUT JESUS, THE JEWISH MESSIAH.
• 22:48 TO CONTRAST THE OLD COVENANT AND THE NEW,
• 22:51 THE LAW IN THE OLD COVENANT WAS CARVED IN STONE...AS ON MOUNT SINAI.
• 22:55 IN THE NEW COVENANT THE LAW IS WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS.
• 22:59 IN THE OLD COVENANT IMPORTANT ACTS EXTERNAL ARE WHAT COUNTS...MURDER.
• 23:05 IN THE NEW COVENANT THE INTERNAL MOTIVES...ANGER.
• 23:10 IN THE OLD COVENANT IT ALWAYS SAYS THOU SHALT NOT.
• 23:13 IN THE NEW COVENANT BLESSED ART THOU.
• 23:17 WITH THE OLD COVENANT THERE'S NOT ANYTHING OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS ASSURANCE.
• 23:22 THERE IS THE SACRIFICES,
• 23:24 THE KEEPING OF THE LAWS,
• 23:26 THE CONSTANT PRAYER AND SO ON...
• 23:28 BUT ALWAYS A WORKING ON THE SALVATION.
• 23:31 BUT THIS OLD COVENANT ENDS AT DEATH.
• 23:35 THE NEW COVENANT GIVES NEW LIFE FOR NEW CREATURES.
• 23:38 AND THE NEW COVENANT DEFEATS WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS "THE LAST ENEMY"...DEATH.
• 23:43 JESUS CAME TO FULFILL THIS NEW COVENANT
• 23:46 AND TO SIGN IT IN BLOOD.
• 23:48 HE SAID THE KINGDOM WAS AT HAND.
• 23:50 "AT HAND" BIBLICALLY MEANS THERE'S NO EVENT THAT HAS TO INTERVENE BEFORE THE KINGDOM.
• 23:56 IN OTHER WORDS THERE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A CHURCH AGE
• 24:00 HAD THE PEOPLE ACCEPTED THE KINGDOM AND TAKEN IT THEN.
• 24:03 THE SERMON HERE GAVE THEM THE PRECEPTS OF THE KINGDOM...
• 24:07 THEY UNDERSTOOD IT.
• 24:08 PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE KINGDOM
• 24:10 BECAUSE THE PROPHECY AND DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT THE KINGDOM ARE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT...
• 24:15 IN THE BOOKS OF ISAIAH,
• 24:16 EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 40 TO 48,
• 24:18 THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS KINGDOM PALACE,
• 24:21 THE TEMPLE THAT WILL BE BUILT FOR THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN...
• 24:25 OR ZECHARIAH'S REMARKS ABOUT...
• 24:27 EVERYONE SHALL COME UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO JERUSALEM
• 24:30 TO WORSHIP THE LORD
• 24:32 AND CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES...
• 24:34 ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 14, VERSE 16...
• 24:35 THAT CHRISTIANS ARE DOING THAT NOW COMING UP TO JERUSALEM EVERY YEAR AT TABERNACLES
• 24:40 GETTING USED TO THIS VERY PLEASANT DUTY OF THE KINGDOM TO COME.
• 24:46 ZOLA WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT...
• 24:48 IN THE FALL EVERY YEAR
• 24:50 CHRISTIANS COME BY THE THOUSANDS...
• 24:54 PARADE PERMITS ARE GOTTEN SO CHRISTIANS CAN MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS...
• 24:59 THERE'S A BIG CONCERT VENUE...
• 25:01 THE HOTELS FILL UP.
• 25:06 OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHAT A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY OF THE LOVE OF GOD
• 25:10 AS CHRISTIANS MAKE THEIR WAY TO JERUSALEM.
• 25:13 INTERESTINGLY AND TRAGICALLY
• 25:17 THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY IS REALLY IN EFFECT
• 25:22 THE ONLY EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM
• 25:24 AS MANY NATIONS OF THE WORLD JUST REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL'S CAPITOL.
• 25:31 BUT WE BIBLE BELIEVERS RECOGNIZE IT AND WE GIVE HONOR TO IT.
• 25:36 AND I WANT TO GIVE HONOR TO YOU...
• 25:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
• 25:44 THE FACT THAT YOU WATCH US SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT US...TRUE.
• 25:48 BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.
• 25:51 IN A WORLD WHERE ANOTHER TELEVISION PROGRAM IS JUST A CLICK AWAY,
• 25:54 THE FACT THAT YOU TUNE ON TO US SPEAKS OF YOUR OWN TUNING ON TO JESUS A LITTLE BIT.
• 26:00 YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY
• 26:02 AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OUR PERSPECTIVE.
• 26:05 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
• 26:07 I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING SOMETHING BY LEARNING ABOUT JESUS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE,
• 26:12 BUT I HOPE YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AS WELL AT THE FEELING LEVEL
• 26:17 NOT JUST THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL.
• 26:19 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT...
• 26:20 AS INTERESTING AS INFORMATION CAN BE,
• 26:24 REALLY THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRANSFORMATION,
• 26:26 IT'S ALL ABOUT COMING TO KNOW THE PERSON OF JESUS
• 26:28 NOT JUST THE WORD OF JESUS.
• 26:30 AND THE WAY THAT YOU DO THAT IS BY REACHING UP TO HIM IN PRAYER
• 26:33 AND REACHING OUT TO THE FUTURE
• 26:36 AND JESUS WILL GO WITH YOU,
• 26:37 HE'LL LEAD YOU ON LIFE'S JOURNEY.
• 26:39 THANK YOU FOR TUNING US IN.
• 26:41 WE'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK
• 26:43 AND AS YOU GO NOW
• 26:44 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:46 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM