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

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