Caption transcript for Sar Shalom: “Models of Behavior” (4/8)

• 01:01 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:04 JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
• 01:05 AND I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU
• 01:06 TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:10 WE ARE ALL ABOUT PRESENTING JESUS IN THIS SERIES
• 01:15 ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT SHOT IN ISRAEL.
• 01:19 LET ME ASK YOU,
• 01:21 DID YOU EVER GET UPSIDE DOWN IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS?
• 01:25 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GETTING THOSE UPSIDE DOWN RELATIONSHIPS RIGHT SIDE UP?
• 01:29 WELL THEN GIVE JESUS A HEARING NOW AS HE DEALS WITH THAT AND MORE.
• 02:01 TO THOSE WHO HAD GATHERED THAT DAY ON THE MOUNT
• 02:05 IT MUST HAVE SEEMED PECULIAR ...LOVE YOUR ENEMIES?
• 02:10 DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU?
• 02:13 THEY WOULD SOON FIND REASON TO APPLY THE LORD'S TEACHING.
• 02:17 A MAN WRESTLES WITH THE WHEEL OF HIS BROKEN WAGON.
• 02:24 THE TOWN'S "KNOW IT ALL" RIDICULES HIM
• 02:26 BERATING HIM TO NO END.
• 02:28 IF THERE WAS EVER A REASON TO HATE YOUR ENEMY
• 02:32 THIS WOULD BE THE TIME.
• 02:40 BUT THE LORD'S WORD RESONATES...
• 02:42 "DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU"
• 02:45 "AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU"
• 02:50 "THAT YOU MAY BE SONS OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN."
• 02:59 WE'RE INVOLVED IN WEBS OF RELATIONSHIPS AREN'T WE?
• 03:02 SOMETIMES THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SOUR DON'T THEY?
• 03:06 THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT?
• 03:10 IN A WORLD WHERE TENSIONS ARISE
• 03:13 AND WITH IT FERMENTING DISCONTENTS COME TO THE SURFACE
• 03:18 AND WE FIND OURSELVES SOMETIMES PUSHED AROUND BY OTHERS
• 03:22 AND SOMETIMES PUSHING AROUND OTHERS.
• 03:24 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT?
• 03:26 WELL YOU SAW IN THE PRECEDING DRAMA
• 03:28 THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST RAGE AND BLAME AND POINT FINGERS.
• 03:32 WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
• 03:34 BEHIND ME IS THE PLACE WHERE THE LORD GAVE THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, SO CALLED,
• 03:39 AND UNDERNEATH ME IS THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 03:42 AND IN MY HAND IS THE BIBLE.
• 03:44 LET'S LOOK AND SEE WHAT JESUS SAID
• 03:46 ABOUT DEALING WITH PRECARIOUS INTERPERSONAL SITUATIONS.
• 03:51 IN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 44, JESUS SAYS,
• 03:59 THE VERB, "TO LOVE",
• 04:00 "AHAV" IN HEBREW
• 04:02 MEANS TO DO GOOD ON BEHALF OF.
• 04:03 DOESN'T MEAN TO ALWAYS FEEL GOOD.
• 04:05 SOMETIMES AT THE FEELING LEVEL I GET WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE
• 04:09 AND YOU PROBABLY DO TOO.
• 04:11 BUT THE LORD SAYS THAT WE DO WELL TO LOOK TO BE LOVING
• 04:13 ...DIFFICULTIES ASIDE.
• 04:15 HE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE.
• 04:20 TRUTH IS...IS ALL THIS IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE ISN'T IT?
• 04:23 BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S NOT ME THAT SAID IT,
• 04:26 IT'S THE LORD.
• 04:28 IF I UNDERSTAND HIM CORRECTLY
• 04:29 THAT BENEFITS ACCRUE WHEN WE ENDEAVOR TO BE BLESSINGS
• 04:33 TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T BLESSINGS THEMSELVES.
• 04:36 HE SAYS, "AND TO DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY USE YOU".
• 04:43 JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHICS BID US
• 04:45 TO DO MITZVAHOT,
• 04:48 TO DO BLESSINGS,
• 04:49 TO DO GOOD IN THE WORLD
• 04:52 EVEN IN A WORLD THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD TOUS.
• 04:54 ..FASCINATING.
• 04:56 I FOUND IN MY OWN LIFE AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOURS
• 04:59 BUT SOMETIMES ME AND PATTY GET TANGLED UP.
• 05:02 PATTY IS MY WIFE OF 23 AND A HALF YEARS NOW
• 05:05 AND YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE JUST...
• 05:07 IT'S USUALLY MY FAULT...
• 05:09 WHAT I FIND WITH HER IS THAT WHEN WE GET...
• 05:12 YOU KNOW LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE...
• 05:14 WHEN HEADS BANG...
• 05:16 WHAT I FIND IS WHEN SHE OPTS JUST TO BE GRACIOUS AND GENTEEL
• 05:20 ..."OH, LISTEN JEFF, OKAY, ENOUGH, GOD BLESS YOU"
• 05:23 ...IT DIFFUSES ME.
• 05:25 WHEN PEOPLE ARE RAMPING UP
• 05:27 IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO TRY AND RAISE THE LEVELS,
• 05:30 IMPORTANT AS THE DE-ESCALATION OF CONFLICTS THAT ARE CASCADING UPWARDS.
• 05:36 AND IF I UNDERSTAND THE LORD ON ALL OF THIS
• 05:39 WE WANT TO DO GOOD TO THOSE,
• 05:41 WE WANT TO ENDEAVOR TO BE A BLESSING,
• 05:44 WE WANT TO TRY AND LOVE OTHERS.
• 05:47 TRUTH BE KNOWN, THOUGH IT SEEMS TO GO PATENTLY AGAINST THE GRAIN AT ONE LEVEL,
• 05:52 IT'S A GREAT RECIPE FOR HEALING, FOR A WHOLENESS.
• 05:57 IT'S A GREAT RECIPE FOR THE RECOVERY OF EQUILIBRIUM
• 06:01 THOUGH OUR NATURES DON'T NECESSARILY ABIDE THE PRACTICE EASILY.
• 06:05 JESUS SAYS OTHER THINGS AND IN VERSE 48 HE CLOSES SAYING,
• 06:16 AND AT ONE LEVEL THAT CAN BE AN OPPRESSING VERSE CAN'T IT?
• 06:19 BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS...
• 06:20 IS THAT NONE OF US REALLY ARE PERFECT.
• 06:23 I THINK BY THE WAY THE WORD IS MISCONSTRUED
• 06:25 BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.
• 06:27 "TAM" IN HEBREW,
• 06:29 OR "TAMIM"
• 06:30 IS THE ORIGINAL ON THAT,
• 06:33 IT MEANS TO BE INDISCRIMINATE.
• 06:35 IT MEANS TO BE FAIR AND BALANCED IN DEALINGS WITH OTHERS
• 06:40 AND THIS IS WHAT THE LORD IS TALKING ABOUT
• 06:42 THAT IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS LET'S BE KINDLY DISPOSED,
• 06:47 LET'S NOT BE BEGRUDGING,
• 06:49 LET'S REALIZE THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR GOOD DAYS AND OUR BAD DAYS.
• 06:53 AND LETS REALIZE MOST OF ALL THAT IF WE FOLLOW JESUS
• 06:56 BY VIRTUE OF OUR SO DOING WE'LL GET THE BETTER OF VEXING SITUATIONS AND PEOPLE.
• 07:18 FOR SOME THE CITY GATE WAS A PLACE TO BUY AND SELL,
• 07:22 WHILE FOR OTHERS IT WAS SIMPLY A PLACE TO BE SEEN...
• 07:26 FOR THE FINE, RICH ROBES
• 07:29 AND FOR ONE'S GOOD DEEDS.
• 07:32 "CHARITABLE DEEDS ARE HONORABLE"
• 07:34 THE LORD HAD SAID,
• 07:36 "BUT NOT WHEN THEY ARE FLAUNTED".
• 07:39 "SUCH GIVING DOES MERIT A REWARD
• 07:41 "BUT NOT FROM THE FATHER IN HEAVEN."
• 07:52 FRANKLY I'M THRILLED WHEN ANYONE OPTS TO BE CHARITABLE
• 07:56 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT POOR PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM THE GIFT.
• 08:01 BUT WHAT AMAZES ME PERSONALLY
• 08:03 IS THE WAY SOME PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS OF SO DOING
• 08:05 DEMONSTRATE THEY'RE REALLY NOT ABOUT WANTING TO GIVE TO OTHERS
• 08:10 BUT INSTEAD THEY'RE GLEANING SOMETHING FROM OTHERS...
• 08:12 SOME SENSE OF "HOW RIGHTEOUS I AM",
• 08:14 "HOW GOOD I AM".
• 08:16 AND FRANKLY FRIENDS, THAT SPOILS EVERYTHING,
• 08:19 IT SPOILS THE PERSON,
• 08:21 IT RUINS THE PERSON,
• 08:22 THAT'S WHY THE LORD SAYS IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1, HE SAYS,
• 08:35 I GREW UP IN A JEWISH HOME
• 08:37 AND IN JEWISH HOMES WE HAVE A SHABBOS MEAL, A FRIDAY MEAL
• 08:41 AND THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED
• 08:43 A "TZEDAKAHBOX"
• 08:45 AT THE DINNER TABLE
• 08:46 WHERE INDIVIDUALS COME IN
• 08:47 AND THEY'RE BECKONED
• 08:48 TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE
• 08:50 AND FILL UP THE BOX
• 08:51 AND SEND IT AWAY TO A CHARITY.
• 08:53 THE CHARITY BOX IS CALLED A "TZEDAKAH BOX",
• 08:55 THE WORD "TZEDAKAH"
• 08:56 COMES "TZEDEK",
• 08:57 IT MEANS TO BE RIGHTEOUS.
• 08:59 THE POINT IS THERE'S SOMETHING RELIGIOUS,
• 09:02 THERE'S SOMETHING WONDERFUL,
• 09:04 THERE'S SOMETHING...
• 09:05 WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE DEVOUT
• 09:07 AND THEY GIVE OF THEMSELVES LIKE THIS AS AN EXTENSION OF BIBLICAL FAITH AND VIRTUE...
• 09:12 IF I UNDERSTAND THE LORD CORRECTLY HE SAYS, "DO THAT".
• 09:17 OF COURSE WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE THE NEEDS ARE GREAT
• 09:20 AND WE NEED INDIVIDUALS TO RISE UP AND BE KINDLY DISPOSED.
• 09:23 I'M CHALLENGED BY THAT TO ASK THE QUESTION,
• 09:25 "LORD, HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO BE GIVING?"
• 09:28 "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME MONETARILY?"
• 09:30 IT'S NOT JUST ME TALKING TO YOU ABOUT "OH SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY"
• 09:33 OR...I HAVE TO TALK TO MYSELF ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOVING, CARING AND SHARING.
• 09:39 IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT
• 09:42 I'M WARNED HERE, "DON'T BE POMPOUS IN THE GIVING JEFFREY."
• 09:46 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR MY PURPOSES...
• 09:49 AND THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND TO YOU,
• 09:52 CONCERNED AS YOU MIGHT BE NATURALLY SO IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN
• 09:56 WHERE MONEY SEEMS TO BE IN HIGH DEMAND AND SHORT SUPPLY,
• 10:01 WHEN YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION HOW YOU CAN ATTEND TO YOUR BUSINESS.
• 10:05 WHAT I WANT YOU TO HEAR IN THIS IS THAT IN THE GIVING, THERE IS A GETTING.
• 10:10 AND NOT THE KIND OF GETTING YOU GARNER BY IMPRESSING THE WORLD HOW POMPOUS YOU ARE
• 10:15 BUT CONSIDER WITH ME PLEASE HOW THE LORD SAYS,
• 10:26 JUST LET'S LAND ON THOSE WORDS FOR A SECOND.
• 10:29 HE SAYS, "LISTEN, BE GIVING."
• 10:30 "DON'T LET ANYBODY KNOW."
• 10:32 "DO IT IN SECRET."
• 10:33 "AND YOU KNOW WHAT?"
• 10:34 "YOUR FATHER WHO'S IN SECRET SEES."
• 10:40 IF WE CAN JUST PUT SOME FLESH ON THE PARABLE,
• 10:43 IF WE CAN JUST PUT SOME APPLICATION TO THE MESSAGE.
• 10:49 THE POINT IS THAT IF WE'RE CARING, IF WE'RE LOVING,
• 10:52 GOD SEES THAT.
• 10:54 AND FRIENDS THERE'S A BLESSING IN THAT IF WE'LL OPT TO BE THAT.
• 11:00 I'M RAMPING UP A LITTLE.
• 11:02 I DON'T WANT TO SOUND PREACHY BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME...
• 11:05 NOT EVEN ME...
• 11:06 TO HEAR JESUS ON THIS.
• 11:08 "THE LORD WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL REWARD YOU".
• 11:14 WHEN YOU GIVE A CHARITABLE DEED...DO IT.
• 11:18 GOD SEES THAT YOU'RE DOING IT
• 11:21 AND THERE'S A WAY THAT HE'S GOING TO REWARD YOU IN THE DOING.
• 11:25 IT'S A WORD THAT JESUS GAVE 2,000 YEARS AGO,
• 11:29 IT HAD A LOT OF RELEVANCE TODAY,
• 11:31 IT'S A MESSAGE FOR TODAY,
• 11:34 IT MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU,
• 11:35 IT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.
• 11:38 MAY WE ALL BE LOVING, CARING AND SHARING INDIVIDUALS
• 11:41 AND WATCH THE MIRACLE HOW GOD BLESSES US BY VIRTUE OF OUR SO BEING.
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• 12:31 AS JESUS WALKED BY THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 12:33 HE SAW SIMON AND ANDREW CASTING A NET INTO THE SEA
• 12:36 FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN.
• 12:40 TODAY THE GALILEE STILL BECKONS
• 12:42 AS DO THE FISHERMEN LIKE DANIEL CARMEL.
• 12:46 SHALOM.
• 12:48 I WANT TO INVITE YOU FOR A BOAT RIDE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 12:51 ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WORSHIP BOATS.
• 12:53 JOIN US IN WORSHIP ON THE GALILEE.
• 13:09 THERE MUST BE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ISRAEL
• 13:12 BECAUSE PILGRIMS HAVE BEEN GOING THERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
• 13:18 AND EXPERIENCING SOMETHING SPECIAL,
• 13:21 EXPERIENCING A BLESSING IN THE PROCESS OF SO DOING.
• 13:26 HOW ABOUT YOU?
• 13:29 HOW ABOUT GOING WITH ME?
• 13:32 WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME?
• 13:36 IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT IT
• 13:37 CALL 1-800-WONDERS.
• 13:41 GIVE US A CALL.
• 13:42 WE'LL GIVE YOU A BROCHURE
• 13:44 AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT ALL LEADS.
• 13:48 WHEN WE PRODUCED THIS SERIES ON JESUS
• 13:50 I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO LEAD AT ONE LEVEL
• 13:54 BUT IF IT'S LEADING IT'S WAY INTO YOUR HEART
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• 14:33 WELL TALK ABOUT LEARNING,
• 14:34 OFF WE GO NOW TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT JESUS.
• 15:13 GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
• 15:15 AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS
• 15:17 AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
• 15:20 AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION
• 15:22 BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE
• 15:25 FOR YOURS IS THE KINGDOM
• 15:27 AND THE POWER AND GLORY
• 15:29 FOREVER, AMEN.
• 15:35 THEY CAME TO YESHUA, JESUS,
• 15:37 AND SAID
• 15:38 "LORD TEACH US TO PRAY".
• 15:40 THEY WANTED TO "DAVEN"
• 15:41 WHICH IS THE JEWISH TERM FOR IT
• 15:43 AND YESHUA WEIGHED IN LIKE THIS,
• 15:44 HE SAYS
• 15:45 "WELL GO WITH THIS GUYS."
• 15:47 IT'S CALLED THE LORD'S PRAYER
• 15:48 BUT IT'S REALLY THE DISCIPLES PRAYER FOR MY MONEY
• 15:50 BECAUSE HE'S TELLING US HOW TO DO IT.
• 15:52 AND WHAT DOES HE SAY?
• 15:54 HE SAYS,
• 15:55 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 16:05 I KNOW IT SOUNDS SO VERY RELIGIOUS AND CHRISTIAN ON ONE HAND
• 16:08 BUT IT IS SUCH A JEWISH PRAYER
• 16:11 TO PETITION GOD THE FATHER IN HEAVENWITH THE MENTION OF THE SANCTIFICATION OF HIS NAME
• 16:19 IS VERY, VERY JEWISH.
• 16:21 A MAJOR DOCTRINE IN JUDAISM BY THE WAY
• 16:23 IS WHAT'S CALLED "Kadosh HaShem"
• 16:26 AND CONVERSELY "Chilul HaShem".
• 16:29 IT MEANS TO SANCTIFY THE NAME OR TO VILIFY THE NAME.
• 16:32 THE POINT IS THAT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON JEWISH PEOPLE
• 16:36 FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
• 16:37 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE TO MAKE GOD'S NAME LOOK GOOD IN THE WORLD AND WHY IS THAT?
• 16:41 BECAUSE WE'RE NAMED AFTER GOD,
• 16:43 "YISRAEL", "THE PRINCE OF GOD".
• 16:46 AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE CITIZENS IN THAT COMMONWEALTH
• 16:49 TO REPRESENT HIM WELL.
• 16:52 YESHUA SAYS AS MUCH IN HIS OWN WAY
• 16:54 AND JUDAISM DOES MUCH THE SAME.
• 16:56 I'M LOOKING HERE AT A PRAYER BOOK, A COMMON PRAYER
• 16:59 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 17:10 A PRAYER BY THE WAY THAT'S RECITED IN JEWISH LITURGY THE WORLD OVER
• 17:15 AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME.
• 17:18 JESUS WAS A JEW
• 17:20 AND HE WAS COMMENDING THE SAME SORT OF VISION NOW WASN'T HE?
• 17:24 BUT THERE'S A NUANCE IN JESUS THAT HE GOES ON TO UNDERSCORE
• 17:28 THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
• 17:30 IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT,
• 17:32 "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,"
• 17:33 "HALLOWED BE THY NAME",
• 17:35 "THY KINGDOM COME..." ETC.
• 17:36 ...VERY JEWISH.
• 17:38 "AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES"
• 17:41 AND HEAR ME...
• 17:42 "AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US."
• 17:46 THERE'S A COMMENT,
• 17:48 "LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"
• 17:50 "DELIVER US FROM EVIL".
• 17:52 INASMUCH AS INDIVIDUALS ARE INCLINED TO PETITION GOD,
• 17:55 "GOD COME INTO MY WORLD AND FORGIVE ME",
• 17:59 YESHUA GOES ON RECORD
• 18:00 BECKONING INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER IN TO HIS WORLD
• 18:03 TO BE AGENTS OF FORGIVENESS THEMSELVES.
• 18:07 THE LORD'S PRAYER ISN'T THUS ABOUT CALLING ON GOD TO PERFORM IN A CERTAIN WAY,
• 18:12 THOUGH THAT'S THERE,
• 18:14 BUT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT HERE
• 18:15 WHERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT
• 18:17 WE ARE CALLED TO PERFORM IN A CERTAIN WAY
• 18:20 AND GOD KNOWS IT'S REALLY HARD TO LOVE THE UNLOVABLE...IS IT NOT?
• 18:25 AND EVERYONE SAID "AMEN".
• 18:27 THE LORD SAYS IN VERSE 14 AFTER THIS,
• 18:29 "YOU KNOW IF YOU FORGIVE MEN THEIR TRESPASSES"...
• 18:32 GOD HELP US IT'S HARD...
• 18:34 IF WE FORGIVE MEN THEIR TRESPASSES,
• 18:37 HE SAYS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER SIMILARLY WILL DO LIKEWISE,
• 18:40 WILL FORGIVE YOU.
• 18:42 BUT...AND THERE'S ALWAYS A "BUT"...CONVERSELY,
• 18:46 "IF YOU DON'T",
• 18:47 "HE WON'T."
• 18:48 IN THE LORD'S PRAYER
• 18:50 AND WHEN WE PRAY
• 18:51 WE PARTICULARLY BECKON GOD FOR FORGIVENESS AND HELP.
• 18:55 THE LORD TURNS THAT AROUND IN A CERTAIN WAY ON THIS DAY
• 19:00 AND BECKONS INDIVIDUALS TO GO OUT IN THE WORLD
• 19:03 AND GIVE SOME HELP AND EXERCISE SOME FORGIVENESS.
• 19:07 THIS IS PART OF THE LORD'S PRAYER
• 19:09 AND IT'S INSTRUCTION FOR ME
• 19:11 AND GOD KNOWS I NEED THE HELP
• 19:12 AND IT'S INSTRUCTION FOR YOU
• 19:14 AND HE KNOWS YOU MIGHT NEED IT AS WELL.
• 19:18 LEARN TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH GOD...SEEK HIM,
• 19:20 SEEK HIS PRESENCE
• 19:21 AND THEN LOOK TO MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AT LARGE.
• 19:37 AND NOW FOR TED PEARCE
• 19:38 AS HE SINGS "THE LORD'S PRAYER".
• 19:43 ♪OUR FATHER♪
• 19:48 ♪WHO ART IN HEAVEN♪
• 19:54 ♪HALLOWED BE THY NAME♪
• 20:00 ♪THY KINGDOM COME♪
• 20:03 ♪THY WILL BE DONE♪
• 20:06 ♪IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN♪
• 20:13 ♪GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD♪
• 20:19 ♪AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS♪
• 20:22 ♪AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST US♪
• 20:33 ♪LEAD US NOT♪
• 20:36 ♪INTO TEMPTATION♪
• 20:41 ♪BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL♪
• 20:51 ♪FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM♪
• 20:53 ♪AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY♪
• 20:57 ♪FOREVER♪
• 21:02 ♪FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM♪
• 21:06 ♪AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY♪
• 21:09 ♪FOREVER♪
• 21:12 ♪AND EVER♪
• 21:17 ♪AMEN♪
• 21:23 ♪AMEN♪
• 21:31 ♪MY LORD♪
• 21:45 A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
• 21:47 AND A GOOD WORSHIP SONG IS AS WELL
• 21:50 AS WE GET TRANSPORTED INTO GOD'S PRESENCE.
• 21:53 I HOPE IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD
• 21:54 BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD,
• 21:57 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 21:58 BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD PEACE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
• 22:01 LIFE'S NOT ALWAYS PEACEFUL TO BE SURE
• 22:05 BUT WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS WHO LEADS US IN TRIUMPH
• 22:08 WHETHER IT'S WITH TED PEARCE'S MUSIC
• 22:12 OR WITH ZOLA'S INSIGHT
• 22:13 OR MY FOLLOWING IN ZOLA'S FOOTSTEPS,
• 22:16 WE'RE ALL ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN IN THE WORLD
• 22:20 AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN IN A DECIDEDLY JEWISH CONTEXT.
• 22:25 WELL HERE THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT WEIGHS IN ON THAT
• 22:28 AND UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT JESUS' WORD AS A JEW.
• 22:34 HE DOES THAT LIKE NO ONE ELSE
• 22:36 AND SO OFF WE GO ON LOCATION AND HEAR FROM THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT.
• 22:43 THERE ARE TEN PARAGRAPHS OF BEATITUDES
• 22:46 AS THERE ARE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE LAW.
• 22:48 THE DISPUTE TERMS OF RABBINICAL DEBATE ARE USED IN THE SERMON.
• 22:53 IN OTHER WORDS JESUS SAYS,
• 22:56 "I COME TO NOT DESTROY THE LAW BUT TO FULFILL IT".
• 22:59 THE DESTROYER IS THE ONE WHO ARGUES AGAINST THE POINT
• 23:03 AND THE FULFILLER IS THE ONE WHO ARGUES FOR IT
• 23:06 AND THEY'RE LIKE TWO LAWYERS,
• 23:07 THEY LEARN BY DEBATE,
• 23:09 THEY ARGUE THE SCRIPTURES
• 23:10 AND A LOT OF MEANING COMES OUT OF THAT.
• 23:12 AND THIS IS ALL JESUS WAS SAYING IS
• 23:14 "I'M NOT THE DESTROYER; I'M THE FULFILLER OF THIS LAW."
• 23:17 "I RAISE IT TO HIGHEST INTENTION."
• 23:20 THE AUDIENCE WERE USED TO THIS FORM AND STYLE.
• 23:23 THEY WERE NON-RELIGIOUS,
• 23:25 GALILEANS AND TRAVELERS,
• 23:26 NOT SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.
• 23:28 HE SAID TO THEM,
• 23:30 "IF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS DOES NOT EXCEED THAT OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES"
• 23:33 "YOU CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
• 23:36 NOW, THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES THEREFORE WERE NOT IN THIS AUDIENCE...
• 23:39 BOY THINGS WOULD HAVE STOPPED RIGHT THERE IF THEY WERE.
• 23:42 AS A CONTRAST WITH THE LAW, JESUS SAYS,
• 23:45 "YOU HAVE HEARD OF OLDEN TIMES"...WHICH IS THE LAW,
• 23:48 "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU"...WHICH IS THE KINGDOM LAW,
• 23:53 THIS IS THE HIGHER LAW.
• 23:56 MESSIAH'S MESSAGE IS MUCH MORE UNIVERSAL THAN THE LAW.
• 24:00 RABBI LEVI BEN GERSHOM SAYS IN...
• 24:05 AND WHY DO WE USE THESE QUOTATIONS?
• 24:07 THE RABBINICAL QUOTATIONS ARE BIBLE COMMENTATORS OF THE AGES
• 24:13 LIKE DR. RYRIE,
• 24:14 LIKE DR. SCOFIELD
• 24:15 AND THEIR WISDOM IS DERIVED FROM SCRIPTURE.
• 24:18 WE DON'T GIVE IT AS SCRIPTURE
• 24:20 BUT IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THEY WROTE.
• 24:22 AND ON THE IDEA THAT MESSIAH'S MESSAGE IS MORE UNIVERSAL THAN THE LAW,
• 24:25 IN THE MIDRASH RABBI LEVI BEN GERSHOM SAID,
• 24:29 "MOSES BY THE MIRACLES WHICH HE BROUGHT"
• 24:32 "DREW BUT A SINGLE NATION TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD"
• 24:35 "BUT THE MESSIAH WILL DRAW ALL NATIONS TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD."
• 24:40 HEARING ZOLA MAKES ME A TAD BIT NOSTALGIC AND WHY IS THAT?
• 24:45 BECAUSE TWENTY SOME YEARS AGO
• 24:48 I HELPED HIM WORK ON THAT AND OTHER SERIES AROUND THAT TIME.
• 24:52 THE WORD OF GOD IS TIMELESS ISN'T IT?
• 24:55 AND ZOLA'S POINT ABOUT JESUS DRAWING ALL MEN TO HIMSELF
• 25:02 HAS IMPLICATIONS THAT GO BEYOND ZOLA'S TIME
• 25:05 AND IT'LL GO BEYOND MY OWN.
• 25:08 AND HOPEFULLY IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO YOUR WORLD REAL TIME.
• 25:12 AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
• 25:14 WHEN I CONSIDER HOW JESUS DRAWS ALL MEN TO HIMSELF AND WOMEN TO HIMSELF
• 25:21 I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER AND RAISE THE QUESTION,
• 25:25 IS HE DRAWING YOU?
• 25:30 ARE WE JUST SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT RIGHT NOW
• 25:33 BECAUSE YOU'RE BORED IN YOUR LIVING ROOM AND WATCHING TELEVISION?
• 25:36 OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHATEVER ELSE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE
• 25:41 THERE'S A LITTLE APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY HERE NOW
• 25:45 BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
• 25:47 IS THAT YOU LOCATE WITHIN YOU
• 25:49 A CERTAIN CALL OF GOD ON YOUR LIFE.
• 25:52 WHERE DOES THAT BEGIN AND WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
• 25:56 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS ULTIMATELY FOR YOU
• 26:00 BUT I KNOW THIS...
• 26:01 THAT FOLLOWING JESUS INTO AN UNKNOWN FUTURE
• 26:05 ALWAYS BEGINS WITH US FESSING UP WITH WHAT WE DO KNOW.
• 26:11 IF WE FIND OURSELVES COMING SHORT BECAUSE OF THE SINS IN OUR LIFE
• 26:16 AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO ATTEND TO THAT
• 26:18 WE GO TO HIM AND ASK HIM FOR FORGIVENESS.
• 26:21 IF WE'VE BEEN LEADING OUR OWN LIFE AND NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF IT
• 26:24 WE PUT OUR LIFE IN HIS HANDS
• 26:27 AND THEN OFF WE GO INTO THE FUTURE.
• 26:30 IN A WAY, THAT FUTURE IS UNKNOWN
• 26:32 BUT SOMETHING CAN BE KNOWN
• 26:34 AND THAT IS HIS PROMISE IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BETTER WITH HIM THAN WITHOUT HIM,
• 26:40 SO WHY NOT MAKE THAT DECISION NOW?
• 26:42 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US,
• 26:44 STAY TUNED AGAIN NEXT WEEK,
• 26:46 BUT AS YOU GO NOW
• 26:47 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:49 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM