Caption transcript for Sar Shalom: “The Law Brought to Life” (3/8)

• 01:02 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:03 JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
• 01:05 I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:10 IN THIS CASE THE THIRD OF AN 8 PART TREATMENT OF JESUS
• 01:14 CALLED "SAR SHALOM - PRINCE OF PEACE"
• 01:17 JESUS WANTS TO BRING YOU PEACE IN SO MANY WAYS,
• 01:19 ONE OF WHICH IS IN YOUR MARRIAGES AND MY MARRIAGE.
• 01:23 HE'S ALL ABOUT PEACE.
• 01:25 HE'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING IT TOGETHER.
• 01:27 I SO MUCH WANT YOU TO LEARN ABOUT THE PEACE IN JESUS AS IT RELATES TO RELATIONSHIPS,
• 01:31 SO OFF WE GO NOW TO HEAR FROM OUR LORD.
• 01:36 AND THERE FOLLOWED HIM GREAT MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE...
• 01:40 OLD AND YOUNG...
• 01:41 HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
• 01:44 PERHAPS THERE WERE SOME GATHERED ON THE MOUNT THAT DAY WHO WONDERED...
• 01:50 WOULD THEIR MARRIAGE LAST?
• 01:52 WHAT ABOUT DIVORCE?
• 01:55 AND NOW THE LORD HAD MADE IT VERY CLEAR...
• 01:59 MARRIAGE IS SACRED AND, EXCEPT FOR INFIDELITY,
• 02:03 IS BINDING FOR A LIFETIME.
• 02:09 A MAN SHALL CLEAVE UNTO HIS WIFE AND THEY SHALL BE ONE,
• 02:14 BONE OF MY BONES AND FLESH OF MY FLESH.
• 02:24 IT'S CALLED A "GET".
• 02:26 SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GET A, QUOTE, "GET".
• 02:31 AND PRAY TELL WHAT'S A "GET"?
• 02:34 IT'S A HEBREW TERM FOR A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT.
• 02:38 SOME PEOPLE MARRY FOR AN IDEAL,
• 02:41 THEY THINK THEY GOT A RAW DEAL,
• 02:43 AND THEY GO SEARCHING FOR A NEW DEAL.
• 02:46 HERE, THE LORD HIMSELF WEIGHS IN ON THAT SAYING,
• 02:51 "YOU'VE HEARD IT WAS SAID TO THE MEN OF OLD"....
• 02:54 AND WHAT'S SAID TO THE MEN OF OLD?
• 02:57 HE SAID, "WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE LET HIM GIVE HER A 'GET'
• 03:03 "AND TELL HER TO GET GOING".
• 03:06 THERE'S SOME LEGITIMATE WAY TO JUST DISSOLVE THIS CORPORATION.
• 03:11 I'VE BEEN MARRIED APPROACHING 24 YEARS NOW TO MY WIFE PATTY.
• 03:18 KIDS HAVE GROWN UP AND MOVED ON.
• 03:21 WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE FIGHT ON OCCASION,
• 03:25 DIVORCE WAS NEVER AN ISSUE.
• 03:27 AND NOW THAT THE KIDDOS HAVE KINDA SORTA MOVED ON
• 03:31 AND I LOOK AT HER AGAIN,
• 03:33 FRANKLY I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE WEATHERED THE STORMS
• 03:36 AND WE'RE THERE AND IMPERFECT AS I AM I BELIEVE,
• 03:40 AND SHE'D AGREE AS WELL,
• 03:41 THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN.
• 03:45 HOW SAD IT IS THAT MANY NEVER MAKE IT TO THAT MOMENT.
• 03:50 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 03:51 WELL, WHEN THEY HIT ROAD BUMPS IN THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE
• 03:54 THEY LOOK TO GET OUT OF DODGE.
• 03:56 AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FIND SOME WAY TO SANCTION IT LEGALLY
• 04:00 OR RELIGIOUSLY
• 04:02 SO THAT THEY CAN CUT LOOSE AND GET ON DOWN THE ROAD.
• 04:05 WHILE PEOPLE CAN DO THAT
• 04:06 AND WHILE IT'S ACCEPTABLE IN THE CULTURE,
• 04:08 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITH ME AS WE READ SCRIPTURE
• 04:11 HOW IT'S NOT ALTOGETHER ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD.
• 04:14 AND HE SAID,
• 04:27 THE WORD "SEXUAL IMMORALITY" IN THE GREEK IS "PORNEAS"
• 04:30 WHERE ONE GETS "PORNOGRAPHY".
• 04:32 IN AS MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE RATHER CASUAL
• 04:35 ABOUT GETTING IN AND OUT OF LOVE,
• 04:38 GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH LOVE,
• 04:42 JESUS SAYS, "NOT SO QUICK GUYS".
• 04:44 "IF ANYBODY WANTS TO INITIATE DIVORCE"
• 04:47 "EXCEPT FOR ISSUES OF SEXUAL IMMORALITY,"
• 04:50 "THAT'S NOT KOSHER,"
• 04:52 "IT'S NOT LEGITIMATE,"
• 04:53 "REALLY IT ISN'T."
• 04:54 OF COURSE THE ISSUE WITH SEXUAL IMMORALITY IS THE ONE PARTNER,
• 04:59 THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BROKEN THE UNION.
• 05:02 THEY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT
• 05:04 WHERE THE TWO BECAME ONE FLESH,
• 05:06 BUT NOW THEY'VE BECOME ANOTHER ONE FLESH
• 05:08 IN WHICH CASE THEN YOU HAVEN'T INITIATED THE DIVORCE
• 05:11 IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED,
• 05:13 YOU JUST DECIDED TO NAME IT AND CLAIM IT AND MOVE ON.
• 05:16 EGREGIOUS AS THAT IN DIVORCE HERE IS LEGITIMIZED
• 05:20 THOUGH IT'S NOT THE PREFERENCE STILL.
• 05:24 WHAT DO I UNDERSTAND JESUS TO BE SAYING HERE AS ELSEWHERE?
• 05:28 BETTER IT IS TO CULTIVATE THE BONDS OF UNION.
• 05:32 PREVIOUSLY HE UNDERSCORED THAT
• 05:35 "BROTHERS, WE HAVE GOT TO LEARN TO GET ALONG"
• 05:39 "BECAUSE ANGER CAN BE VERY HARMFUL IN RUPTURING COMMUNITY".
• 05:43 SIMILARLY, VARIOUS ISSUES CAN COME UP IN MARRIAGE
• 05:46 AND PEOPLE CAN KIND OF WASH THEIR HANDS CLEAN OF IT.
• 05:49 YOU TALK TO ONE PREACHER,
• 05:51 HE DOESN'T GRANT IT,
• 05:52 WELL FIND SOMEBODY ELSE LIKE A DOCTOR,
• 05:54 GO GET A SECOND OPINION...
• 05:56 AND YOU CAN AND YOU WILL...
• 05:58 YOU'LL FINALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
• 06:01 BUT WHAT'S JESUS LOOKING FOR?
• 06:04 HE'S LOOKING FOR US
• 06:05 TO GO THE DISTANCE FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB.
• 06:09 I HAVEN'T MADE IT ALL THE WAY YET,
• 06:11 BUT 24 YEARS INTO THE PROCESS OR APPROACHING 24 YEARS,
• 06:15 I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT GETS BETTER AS IT GETS LONGER.
• 06:19 LEARN TO LOVE AND FORGIVE
• 06:21 AND LET'S KEEP OUR MARRIAGES SACRED.
• 06:43 AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO THEM,
• 06:46 "YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID TO THOSE OF OLD,"
• 06:49 'YOU SHALL NOT SWEAR FALSELY BUT SHALL PERFORM YOUR OATHS TO THE LORD'
• 06:55 "BUT I SAY TO YOU"
• 06:58 "DO NOT SWEAR AT ALL,"
• 07:00 "NEITHER BY HEAVEN FOR IT'S GOD THRONE,"
• 07:03 "NOR BY THE EARTH FOR IT IS HIS FOOTSTOOL,"
• 07:07 "NOR BY JERUSALEM FOR IT IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING."
• 07:11 "NOR SHALL YOU SWEAR BY YOUR HEAD"
• 07:14 "BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT MAKE ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK,"
• 07:19 "BUT LET YOUR 'YES' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO' ...'NO',"
• 07:25 "FOR WHATEVER IS MORE THAN THESE IS FROM THE EVIL ONE."
• 07:36 THE TERM "FELLOWSHIP"
• 07:37 HARKS TO A BUNCH OF FELLOWS IN THE SAME SHIP
• 07:40 ACTUALLY ROWING TOGETHER
• 07:43 AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EACH ONE DOES THEIR PART IS IT NOT?
• 07:47 I THINK IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ON DIFFERENT DAYS
• 07:51 JESUS WAS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT WEIGHING IN
• 07:54 ON THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO PERFORM THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
• 07:58 WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT
• 08:00 HOW MARRIAGE IS A COMMITMENT,
• 08:03 IT'S AN OATH AND IT'S BINDING IN PERPETUITY,
• 08:06 THAT'S THE PREFERRED SCENARIO OF COURSE
• 08:08 FOR A VARIETY OF OBVIOUS REASONS.
• 08:10 SIMILARLY INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO BE COUNTED UPON
• 08:13 TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THEIR COMMITMENTS
• 08:16 IN A VARIETY OF OTHER HUMAN ENDEAVORS AS WELL.
• 08:20 I'M SURE THAT YESHUA...
• 08:22 I'M SURE JESUS HAD A STERN LOOK IN HIS FACE
• 08:25 IN UNDERSCORING THE NEED TO BE FORTHRIGHT, HONEST, EARNEST,
• 08:31 DILIGENT TO PERFORM COMMITMENTS
• 08:33 AND NOT HAVE TO EMBELLISH IT ALL WITH A LOT OF SWEARING.
• 08:36 JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, VERSE 33,
• 08:50 AND HE MAKES A POINT
• 08:52 AND FINISHES IT SAYING,
• 08:53 "LISTEN, LET YOUR 'YES' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO' BE 'NO'."
• 08:58 THIS FRIENDS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
• 09:01 THE HEBREW WORD FOR "TRUTH", "EMET"
• 09:05 COMES THE FIRST LETTER OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET "ALEF".
• 09:10 THE MIDDLE ONE IS "MEM"
• 09:12 AND THE LAST LETTER IS "TAV"
• 09:15 AND TOGETHER IT'S THE WORD "EMET"
• 09:17 WHICH MEANS "TRUTH" IN HEBREW
• 09:19 WHICH SPEAKS OF IN EFFECT,
• 09:21 "THE SUM OF ALL THINGS".
• 09:23 WHEN WE SPEAK WE SHOULD SPEAK THE TRUTH.
• 09:26 AND THE SUM OF ALL THINGS
• 09:27 IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE CONGRUITY BETWEEN WHAT WE SAY
• 09:30 AND THE WAY THAT WE PERFORM.
• 09:33 I'VE TOLD MY BOYS,
• 09:34 IF YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO MEET A GIRL FOR A DATE
• 09:38 AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT 6 O'CLOCK,
• 09:40 BE THERE AT 6 O'CLOCK.
• 09:42 IF THERE'S A YOUNG LADY
• 09:43 ORANOTHER GUY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MEET YOU AT 4 O'CLOCK
• 09:46 AND THEY SAY THEIR GOING TO BE THERE AT 4,
• 09:47 IF THEY DON'T SHOW AND THIS BECOMES HABITUAL,
• 09:50 YOU NEED TO CONSTRUE THAT AS A PERSONALITY FLUKE.
• 09:53 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 09:54 IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEYOND THE PALE OF REASON
• 09:56 TO EXPECT THAT PEOPLE WE'LL ACTUALLY PERFORM WHAT THAT SAY.
• 10:01 AND HEAR ME ON THIS;
• 10:03 RATHER...
• 10:04 HEAR YESHUA ON THIS.
• 10:05 THEN AS NOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD
• 10:07 WHERE PEOPLE ALL TOO OFTEN DON'T PERFORM WHAT THEY SAY.
• 10:11 AND HENCE IN ORDER TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY...
• 10:14 "I SWEAR TO GOD"...
• 10:15 "I SWEAR THIS AND SWEAR THAT"...
• 10:17 IF SOMEONE'S IN A PLACE
• 10:18 WHERE THEY NEED TO EMBELLISH THEIR WORD
• 10:20 WITH ALL OF THIS EXTRA ENERGY
• 10:22 SOMETHING'S WRONG.
• 10:24 THAT PERSON IN THEIR OWN MIND,
• 10:25 THEY REALIZE THERE'S SOMETHING OF A CHARACTER DEFICIT
• 10:28 IN ORDER TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT TO PUMP IT UP
• 10:31 WITH SWEARING BY THIS AND THAT AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
• 10:34 IT OUGHT NOT TO BE THAT WAY.
• 10:37 THE LORD WENT ON RECORD TELLING HIS DISCIPLES AND ME AND YOU BY ASSOCIATION THEN
• 10:43 THAT THERE HAS TO BE CONGRUITY
• 10:46 BETWEEN WHAT WE SAY AND THE WAY THAT WE PERFORM.
• 10:50 OR TO PUT IT IN MODERN VOCABULARY,
• 10:53 "A MAN'S WORD SHOULD BE HIS BOND", SO TOO WITH A WOMAN.
• 10:58 BE THAT KIND OF PERSON FRIEND
• 11:00 THAT KEEPS YOUR WORD
• 11:01 AND BY VIRTUE OF YOUR SO DOING
• 11:03 THE LORD WILL BE PLEASED BECAUSE HE SAID,
• 11:05 "DON'T SWEAR EITHER BY HEAVEN OR BY EARTH."
• 11:08 "LET YOUR 'YES' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO' BE 'NO'."
• 11:11 FRIENDS LET IT BE SO.
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• 11:57 AS JESUS WALKED BY THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 11:59 HE SAW SIMON AND ANDREW CASTING THEIR NET INTO THE SEA
• 12:03 FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN.
• 12:05 TODAY THE GALILEE STILL BECKONS
• 12:08 AS DO THE FISHERMEN LIKE DANIEL CARMEL
• 12:13 SHALOM
• 12:15 I WANT TO INVITE YOU
• 12:16 FOR A BOAT RIDE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 12:18 ON "THE SEA OF GALILEE WORSHIP BOATS".
• 12:20 JOIN US IN WORSHIP ON THE GALILEE
• 12:31 GOING TO ISRAEL
• 12:32 IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
• 12:35 THERE MAY WELL BE SOME
• 12:37 WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
• 12:38 THAT YOU'RE PRAYING
• 12:40 FOR SOMEONE IN YOUR WEBS OF RELATIONSHIP
• 12:42 TO EXPERIENCE JESUS IN A WAY
• 12:44 THAT'S MORE DEEP
• 12:46 AND MORE MEANINGFUL.
• 12:47 WHY NOT TAKE THEM TO ISRAEL?
• 12:50 YOU CAN'T LECTURE PEOPLE INTO TRANSFORMATION
• 12:53 BUT SOMETIMES JUST TO WALK WHERE JESUS WALKED,
• 12:56 TO GO THERE,
• 12:58 TO EXPERIENCE IT ALL...
• 12:59 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IT SAID
• 13:01 THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
• 13:03 WELL HOW ABOUT HUNDREDS OF PICTURES
• 13:05 FROM A TRIP OF A LIFETIME?
• 13:08 OH, IT CAN MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFETIME.
• 13:10 PEOPLE SEE MANY THINGS WHEN THEY GO TO ISRAEL WITH US,
• 13:14 WE PASS KIBBUTZ EIN GEV...
• 13:16 THAT'S A PLACE THAT HASN'T CHANGED FOR 2000 YEARS
• 13:19 AND THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS TO ALLOW US TO FILM THERE
• 13:22 AND I KNOW YOU WOULD BE BLESSED TO SEE THAT
• 13:24 AS WE GO PAST THAT AS WELL AS THE MANY OTHER SITES.
• 13:27 AND SPEAKING OF SEEING IN A DIFFERENT VENUE,
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• 14:11 SO OFF WE GO NOW AGAIN TO HIS LAND, TO HIS WORLD,
• 14:15 WE'LL ENTER INTO THAT WORLD NOW
• 14:17 AND CONSIDER HOW IT MIGHT RELATE TO OUR VERY OWN.
• 14:40 FOR UNTOLD GENERATIONS IT HAD ALL SEEMED SO NATURAL.
• 14:44 AN EYE FOR AN EYE...
• 14:46 A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.
• 14:49 BUT NOW THE LORD WAS SAYING QUITE THE OPPOSITE...
• 14:52 GO THE SECOND MILE.
• 14:55 REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE
• 14:56 GIVE TO HIM WHO ASKS YOU
• 14:59 AND THEN...
• 15:01 GIVE HIM MORE.
• 15:16 THE LATIN EXPRESSION "LEX TALIONIS"
• 15:19 HARKS TO THE TERM FOR THE LAW OF RETALIATION.
• 15:23 "YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT FROM PEOPLE!"
• 15:26 THERE'S THE BIBLICAL EXPRESSION,
• 15:29 AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.
• 15:32 WE FIND IT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 15:34 WE FIND IT IN ANCIENT LAW CODES
• 15:37 AND HERE JESUS BEGINS BY HARKING TO IT...
• 15:39 "YOU'VE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID TO THE MEN OF OLD"
• 15:42 "AN EYE FOR AN EYE"
• 15:44 BY GOLLY YOU CAN'T LET PEOPLE PUSH YOU AROUND;
• 15:46 YOU'VE GOT TO STAND YOUR GROUND.
• 15:49 I GRANT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT OF COURSE.
• 15:54 SIMILARLY, ONCE HERE IN ISRAEL
• 15:57 I LEARNED AN EXPRESSION THAT I WANT TO COMMEND TO YOU
• 16:00 BECAUSE I THINK IT SUMS UP WHAT THE LORD IS TALKING ABOUT HERE AS HE GOES ON.
• 16:04 I HEARD THE EXPRESSION HERE...
• 16:05 "BLESSED ARE THE FLEXIBLE, THEY WILL NOT BE BROKEN".
• 16:10 ISN'T IT THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH THAT WE'VE GOT TO LEARN TO BEND A LITTLE BIT?
• 16:14 WE CAN'T JUST FOR EVER BE STANDING UP FOR OUR RIGHTS
• 16:18 AND LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE US DIRTY.
• 16:21 I MEAN THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WILL DO YOU DIRTY IN LIFE
• 16:24 THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU BITTER, NOT BETTER
• 16:26 IF YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT ATTITUDE...
• 16:28 "BY GOLLY I'M GOING TO TELL THEM".
• 16:30 IT SEEMS TO ME...
• 16:32 NEVER MIND ME...WHAT DO I KNOW?
• 16:33 IT SEEMS TO THE LORD
• 16:35 WE DO WELL TO BE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE, A LITTLE GRACIOUS.
• 16:38 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BEAR UP UNDER PETTY INSULTS...
• 16:41 YOU KNOW... TURN THE OTHER CHEEK...
• 16:44 BEING WILLING TO HENCE GO THE EXTRA MILE,
• 16:48 WHICH BY THE WAY IT'S NOTED HERE IN THE PASSAGE,
• 16:50 IF SOMEONE BECKONS YOU TO GO ONE MILE...GO TWO.
• 16:54 AND IT HARKS TO AN OLD ROMAN PRACTICE
• 16:56 WHERE THE ROMAN MILITARY USED TO BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE CIVILIAN FOLK
• 16:59 CARRY BAGGAGE FOR THEM FOR CERTAIN DISTANCE
• 17:02 AND THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO IT
• 17:04 BUT THEY'RE KIND OF FORCED INTO SERVICE.
• 17:06 HERE PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED INTO THINGS
• 17:09 AND JESUS IS TELLING THEM TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ATTITUDE CHECK.
• 17:13 BUT NEVER MIND BEING FORCED,
• 17:16 THERE'S A HEBREW EXPRESSION "MITZVAH"...MEANS COMMANDMENT
• 17:21 AND IT IS APPLIED TO BEING A BLESSING.
• 17:25 THE LORD WOULD HAVE HIS PEOPLE TO DO MITZVAHOT,
• 17:28 TO DO BLESSINGS.
• 17:30 AND HENCE IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN NEED,
• 17:32 INSTEAD OF WAITING TO BE BECKONED INTO SERVICE,
• 17:36 WHY NOT OF YOUR OWN ACCORD TAKE THE INITIATIVE
• 17:39 TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND JUST GO HELP.
• 17:43 AND IF WE'RE BECKONED TO GO WHERE WE DON'T WISH TO GO,
• 17:47 AND WE'RE UNABLE TO REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THAT SITUATION,
• 17:51 WHY NOT GO WITH SOMETHING OF A GOOD ATTITUDE AND BE A WITNESS TO THE LOVE OF GOD?
• 17:58 THIS IS WHAT THE LORD IS TALKING ABOUT HERE.
• 18:00 HE'S TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME AND YOU,
• 18:03 HE'S TALKING TO THEM.
• 18:04 THEY DIDN'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD,
• 18:06 THERE WERE ABUSERS IN THE WORLD,
• 18:08 THERE WERE MEAN PEOPLE IN THAT WORLD,
• 18:10 MANIPULATORS, PLAYERS IN THAT WORLD.
• 18:12 AND NOT EVERYONE CAN JUST EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM ALL THAT,
• 18:16 SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT LEARN HOW TO FUNCTION IN A LESS THAN PERFECT ENVIRONMENT.
• 18:21 RAV SHAUL, RABBI PAUL, IN HIS OWN WAY SAID,
• 18:26 "IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DEAL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS MEN,"
• 18:29 "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THIS WORLD".
• 18:32 HIS POINT WAS THERE'S PLENTY OF IMPERFECT PEOPLE AROUND
• 18:36 AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US TO BE PERFECT.
• 18:40 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR PERFORMANCE NEVER WANES
• 18:42 BUT WE WANT TO BE RESOLUTE IN OUR DECISION TO BE LOVING AND KIND,
• 18:47 DIFFICULTIES WITH OTHERS NOTWITHSTANDING.
• 18:49 THAT'S A LESSON THAT PAUL TAUGHT...THAT JESUS TAUGHT.
• 18:52 IT'S A LESSON THAT I WANT TO COMMEND TO YOU
• 18:54 MINDFUL OF THEIR WORDS HERE FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE.
• 19:00 IT'S A NEW SOUND, MESSIANIC JEWISH MUSIC,
• 19:03 AND HERE'S TED PEARCE TO BRING IT TO YOU.
• 19:07 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:09 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:12 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:14 ♪THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS LORD♪
• 19:16 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:19 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:21 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:23 ♪THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND♪
• 19:27 ♪I WILL GO TO HIM♪
• 19:31 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 19:36 ♪I WILL GO TO HIM♪
• 19:41 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 19:45 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:48 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:50 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:52 ♪THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OH♪
• 19:55 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 19:57 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 20:00 ♪OPEN TO ME♪
• 20:02 ♪THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS♪
• 20:13 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 20:15 ♪(OPEN UP)♪
• 20:16 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 20:17 ♪(OPEN UP)♪
• 20:18 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 20:47 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THE GATES♪
• 20:51 ♪THE GATES RIGHTEOUSNESS♪
• 20:56 ♪I'M GOING THROUGH THE GATES NOW♪
• 21:03 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 21:07 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:12 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 21:17 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:22 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 21:27 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:31 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 21:36 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:40 ♪OPEN TO ME....♪
• 21:45 TED DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS REGULAR FOLK, AS A REGULAR GUY.
• 21:50 THE LORD USED THIS ORDINARY GUY TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
• 21:55 AND IN A WORLD WHERE TV CAN BE SO SHOWY AND GLOWY
• 21:59 IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE REGULAR PEOPLE
• 22:02 AND I WANT TO BE THAT REGULAR PEOPLE.
• 22:04 JESUS SAID, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ZOLA LEVITT WEIGH IN ON THIS,
• 22:08 THAT THE LORD CAME TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT FOR, AROUND AND ABOUT REGULAR PEOPLE
• 22:15 WHERE THE POWERFUL AND THOSE THAT ARE FULL OF THEMSELVES
• 22:19 ARE MARGINALIZED FINALLY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE REST OF US...
• 22:22 FOLK WITH FEET OF CLAY FROM THE NECK DOWN
• 22:25 WHO WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS.
• 22:27 HERE IS ZOLA LEVITT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE
• 22:29 AS HE TEACHES US ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 22:33 NOW THE SERMON THOUGH SPEAKS
• 22:35 TO THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SUBJECTS.
• 22:38 IT'S THE DIVINE CONSTITUTION
• 22:40 FOR RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT
• 22:42 ON THE EARTH AT LAST.
• 22:44 IT'S DESIGNED PECULIARLY FOR THE POOR IN SPIRIT AND THE MEEK.
• 22:49 THE BEATITUDES ARE FULL OF THAT
• 22:52 "BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT",
• 22:53 "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK THAT WILL INHERIT THE EARTH".
• 22:56 PSALM 72 IS ALSO FULL OF THAT
• 22:59 AND IT'S A VERY MESSIANIC,
• 23:01 VERY MUCH A KINGDOM PSALM.
• 23:02 FROM THE FIRST VERSE,
• 23:05 "GIVE THE KING THY JUDGMENTS O GOD AND THY RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THE KING'S SON."
• 23:11 IT'S INTERESTING, DAVID IS THE ONE WRITING...
• 23:13 HE IS THE KING HERE
• 23:15 AND THE KING'S SON IS MASHIACH BEN DAVID...
• 23:18 THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF DAVID.
• 23:20 "HE SHALL JUDGE THY PEOPLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THY POOR WITH JUDGMENT"
• 23:25 NOW TO VERSE 11,
• 23:27 AND NOTICE HOW IT SINGLES OUT THE POOR...
• 23:29 "YE, ALL KINGS SHALL FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM."
• 23:32 "ALL NATIONS SHALL SERVE HIM."
• 23:34 "FOR HE SHALL DELIVER THE NEEDY WHEN HE CRIETH,"
• 23:37 "THE POOR ALSO AND HIM THAT HATH NO HELPER."
• 23:39 "HE SHALL SPARE THE POOR AND NEEDY"
• 23:42 "AND SHALL SAVE THE SOULS OF THE NEEDY."
• 23:45 CERTAINLY THEY COULD SEE THAT THE PSALM WAS FULL OF THAT.
• 23:48 JOEL CHAPTER 2, VERSE 29,
• 23:50 "I'LL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON YOUR HANDMAIDS AND SERVANTS",
• 23:55 THIS KINGDOM IS FOR THE POOR IN SPIRIT AND NOT THE PROUD.
• 23:58 IT'S FOR THOSE WHO MOURN BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS,
• 24:01 THOSE WHO ARE MEEK IN CONSCIOUSNESS OF THEIR SINS;
• 24:04 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREPARED.
• 24:09 ZOLA LEVITT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
• 24:13 THE LORD IS GAME TO PREPARE FOR US A KINGDOM.
• 24:18 OH I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW PROFOUND THAT IS
• 24:22 BECAUSE YESHUA, BECAUSE JESUS SAID AS MUCH IN SO MANY WAYS ON VARIOUS DAYS.
• 24:28 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS THE CONSTITUTION FOR A NEW WAY OF LIVING NOW.
• 24:35 JESUS SAID THAT "I'VE GONE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU LATER".
• 24:41 ISN'T IT GREAT JUST TO THINK ABOUT HIM GOING BEFORE US
• 24:46 AND BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR US?
• 24:49 AND YOU KNOW WHEN THAT BETTER WORLD BEGINS?
• 24:52 IT BEGINS NOW.
• 24:55 FOR US THE KINGDOM BEGINS TRULY
• 24:59 WHEN WE DECIDE TO MAKE HIM KING TRULY.
• 25:05 AND YOU COULD BE SITTING ON YOUR THRONE RIGHT NOW IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH YOUR...
• 25:10 IT'S NOT EXACTLY YOUR SCEPTER,
• 25:12 BUT YOUR CHANNEL SURFER,
• 25:13 AND THEY SAY THAT A MAN'S HOME IS IN HIS OWN CASTLE,
• 25:18 YOU MAY WELL BE THE KING OF YOUR CASTLE
• 25:21 BUT THE LORD MIGHT NOT BE THE KING OF THE KING
• 25:25 AND HE WANTS TO COME INTO YOUR HOME FRIEND
• 25:28 AND HE WANTS TO COME INTO YOU PERSONALLY.
• 25:31 AND THEN WITH HIM RESIDENT WITHIN YOU HE WANTS TO THEN GO BEFORE YOU
• 25:37 AND ENABLE YOU TO BUILD A WORLD THAT'S BETTER
• 25:40 BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE LIFE TO COME.
• 25:45 THE PRINCE OF PEACE IS ANXIOUS TO BRING PEACE
• 25:48 BUT THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS
• 25:52 WE NEED TO MAKE PEACE WITH HIM.
• 25:56 I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, I REALLY DO,
• 26:00 AS YOU CONSIDER THIS SERIES
• 26:03 AS WE TOGETHER ENTER INTO A TIME MACHINE
• 26:06 AND JOURNEY BACK TO THE UNFOLDING OF THE BIBLICAL DRAMA.
• 26:10 THIS IS THE THIRD OF AN 8 PART SERIES
• 26:13 AND WE'RE GOING ON IN THE JOURNEY.
• 26:15 BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ON YOUR KNEES
• 26:17 AND ASKED THE KING INTO YOUR HEART TO MAKE HIM KING,
• 26:20 WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT NOW?
• 26:21 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT,
• 26:23 THIS SERIES ISN'T GOING TO DO YOU A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD.
• 26:26 AND IF YOU HAVE DONE THAT
• 26:28 THIS SERIES WILL FEED YOU HOPEFULLY, PRAYERFULLY
• 26:32 AS YOU'LL COME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS WILL AND HIS WAYS.
• 26:36 WELL THANK YOU FOR STAYING TUNED TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 26:40 IN A WORLD WITH TUNING OPTIONS
• 26:42 I'M HONORED THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN.
• 26:44 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ME.
• 26:45 AS YOU GO NOW
• 26:47 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:49 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM