Caption transcript for Sar Shalom: “Yeshua — Foundation Sufficient for Salvation” (8/8)

• 01:00 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:02 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 01:03 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:07 AND WHAT ARE WE PRESENTING?
• 01:09 A STORY ON JESUS.
• 01:11 IT'S A GREAT STORY!
• 01:13 THOUGH WE DON'T BEGIN WITH GREATNESS.
• 01:16 NOW WE BEGIN WITH WEAKNESS.
• 01:19 IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM
• 01:21 WE'LL BEGIN BY HEARING JESUS WEIGH IN
• 01:23 ON THE HUMAN CAPACITY FOR SELF DECEIT.
• 01:27 FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS AND GO WITH ME ON THE JOURNEY NOW.
• 01:51 CONSIDERING HIMSELF HOLY
• 01:54 A MAN STANDS ON A PATHWAY READING SCRIPTURE FROM A SCROLL.
• 01:58 CERTAINLY HE WILL BE NOTICED BY THOSE WALKING BY.
• 02:02 CERTAINLY HE WILL BE NOTICED BY THE LORD.
• 02:05 "LORD, LORD...STOP!"
• 02:07 "I HAVE PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME,"
• 02:10 "CAST OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME,"
• 02:13 "AND I HAVE DONE MANY WONDERS IN YOUR NAME."
• 02:19 "I DON'T KNOW YOU", SAYS THE LORD
• 02:22 AND HE CONTINUES ON HIS JOURNEY.
• 02:29 THE CAPACITY FOR SELF DECEIT HAS ALWAYS AMAZED ME.
• 02:33 I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO A GOOD JOB OF FOOLING OTHER PEOPLE.
• 02:36 IT AMAZES ME HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF FOOLING OURSELVES.
• 02:41 SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST SO SNUG IN OUR RELIGIOSITY
• 02:45 WE THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IMPRESSED BY IT
• 02:48 AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE
• 02:49 AND WE THINK THE LORD IS AS WELL
• 02:51 I WANT TO SERVE NOTICE TO THE FACT THAT HE ISN'T.
• 02:54 BEHIND ME IS THE PLACE WHERE SOME 2,000 YEARS AGO
• 02:57 THE LORD GAVE WHAT'S CALLED "THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT"
• 03:00 AND IT WAS THERE WHERE HE PUT THE LANDING GEARS DOWN ON THAT MESSAGE BY SAYING,
• 03:04 "LISTEN...I AM NOT OVER IMPRESSED BY SELF-RIGHTEOUS RELIGIOUS PEOPLE."
• 03:10 IT SOUNDS PRETTY FORCEFUL AND HEAVY
• 03:13 AND I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UPBEAT ON TV
• 03:15 BUT I THINK WHEN I TEACH THE BIBLE
• 03:17 I'M SUPPOSED TO BE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
• 03:20 AND HE SAYS HERE IN VERSE 21 THROUGH 23 OF THE 7TH CHAPTER,
• 03:24 "NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME 'LORD, LORD' WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM."
• 03:28 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO THE PROVERBIAL "TALKING THE TALK"
• 03:32 BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T "WALK THE WALK".
• 03:35 THE LORD SAYS HERE
• 03:38 "YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF PROPHESYING AND CASTING OUT DEMONS,"
• 03:43 "THERE'S A LOT OF CHARISMA THERE"
• 03:46 "BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHARACTER."
• 03:50 THERE CAN BE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THERE TOO WITH RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
• 03:54 BUT LISTEN TO ME PLEASE
• 03:56 IT'S REALLY NOT JUST ABOUT CREEDS, IT'S ABOUT DEEDS.
• 04:01 WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR UNDERSTANDING
• 04:05 OF THE ESSENCE AND THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
• 04:07 ORGANIZED INTO DOCTRINE,
• 04:09 WHILE WE NEED TO DO THAT,
• 04:10 TO UNDERSTAND FAITH,
• 04:12 IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE IN THE WORLD OF PRACTICE
• 04:15 AND THE REASON WHY I MENTION THAT
• 04:17 ISN'T BECAUSE "I'M JUST IN A BAD MOOD BY GOLLY"
• 04:19 OR "I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY"
• 04:21 "SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GET HEAVY WITH YA."
• 04:23 NAAAA...
• 04:24 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S CALLED "THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT"
• 04:27 THE LORD TALKS A LOT ABOUT DEED.
• 04:29 HE TALKS ABOUT MANAGING THE INTERIOR WORLD,
• 04:32 HE TALKS ABOUT DEALING WITH ANGER,
• 04:35 HE TALKS ABOUT DEALING WITH SEXUAL IMPULSES,
• 04:38 HE TALKS ABOUT DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT WE GET SIDEWAYS WITH IN WEBS OF RELATIONSHIPS,
• 04:44 HE TALKS ABOUT MARRIAGE,
• 04:46 HE TALKS ABOUT US NOT BEING POMPOUS AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS IN CHARITY,
• 04:50 BUT GIVE EXPECTING GOD TO BLESS,
• 04:54 HE TALKS TO US ABOUT PRAYING NOT TO IMPRESS OTHER PEOPLE
• 04:57 BUT TO GET TO THE HEART OF GOD,
• 05:00 HE TALKS TO US ABOUT GIVING,
• 05:01 ABOUT LAYING UP FOR OURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN,
• 05:04 HE TALKS TO US ABOUT BEING LOVING, CARING, SHARING PEOPLE,
• 05:07 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TOOTING THE HORN,
• 05:10 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PRANCING AROUND LOOKING ALL RELIGIOUS AND EVERYTHING IN CHURCH.
• 05:17 LISTEN TO ME,
• 05:19 THERE'S 168 HOURS IN A WEEK
• 05:21 AND I'M THRILLED PERSONALLY IF YOU OPT TO SPEND ONE OF THEM IN A CHURCH BUILDING.
• 05:27 BUT THERE'S 167 OTHER HOURS.
• 05:31 COMING TO YOU FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE HERE IN ISRAEL
• 05:35 I'M NOT COMING TO YOU FROM A CHURCH BUILDING PER SE.
• 05:38 OVER HERE BY THE WAY IT'S LIKE ONE BIG CHURCH.
• 05:40 YOU NEED TO COME WITH ME TO ISRAEL.
• 05:41 THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE HERE IS INSPIRING TO BE SURE.
• 05:45 COMING TO YOU FROM THIS PLACE I WANT TO JUST UNDERSCORE
• 05:48 THAT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN
• 05:49 ISN'T JUST WORKED OUT ON A PARTICULAR ADDRESS ON A SUNDAY MORNING
• 05:54 BUT IT'S WORKED OUT IN LIVING EXPERIENCE.
• 05:57 JESUS SAYS BE LOVING, BE SHARING, BE CARING,
• 06:00 LOOK TO DO GOOD DEEDS IN THIS WORLD..."MITZVAOT",
• 06:03 BE GRACIOUS, BE GRACEFUL, GET OUT THERE IN THE WORLD
• 06:07 AND BE SALT AND LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
• 06:09 AND BY VIRTUE OF YOUR LOVING, CARING AND SHARING
• 06:13 THE LORD'S GOING TO LOOK AT YOU AND SAY,
• 06:14 "WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT".
• 06:36 AS THE LORD CONCLUDES HIS TEACHING ON THE MOUNT
• 06:39 HE LIKENS THOSE WHO APPLY HIS PRECEPTS TO A WISE MAN WHO BUILDS HIS HOUSE ON THE ROCK.
• 06:47 A STRONG, STURDY HOUSE IS THE RESULT OF DILIGENT WORK AND CAREFUL ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
• 06:54 A SOLID FOUNDATION IS PARAMOUNT.
• 06:56 ONCE COMPLETED SUCH A HOUSE WILL WITHSTAND ALL MANNER OF STORMS.
• 07:05 AND THE RAIN DESCENDED...
• 07:06 THE FLOODS CAME...
• 07:07 AND THE WINDS BLEW AND BEAT ON THE HOUSE
• 07:10 AND THE HOUSE STOOD STRONG.
• 07:12 BUT THE FOOLISH MAN BUILDS HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND
• 07:17 AND GREAT WAS ITS FALL.
• 07:24 I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED FOR OUR FUTURE
• 07:29 AND THE REASON WHY I BELIEVE THAT IS
• 07:32 WE ARE ALL GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES IN THE FUTURE
• 07:37 AND WHAT BECOMES OF US IN THAT FUTURE
• 07:41 IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN LIFE NOW.
• 07:49 IT'S NOT ABOUT CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND US,
• 07:52 IT'S NOT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE,
• 07:55 SUCCESS IN LIFE IS PREDICATED UPON MAKING THE RIGHT KIND OF DECISIONS.
• 08:01 I MENTION THAT BECAUSE JESUS SAID "THAT HE WHO HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE AND DOES THEM"
• 08:06 "WILL BE LIKE SOMEONE WHO BUILT ON A GOOD FOUNDATION"
• 08:09 AND WHEN THE STORMS COME THERE'S FLASH OF LIGHTING AND THUNDER
• 08:13 AND THERE'S PRECARIOUS RAINS AND WINDS THAT BLOW.
• 08:18 WHEN ALL THAT HAPPENS AS IT SURELY DOES HAPPEN
• 08:21 AS WE MAKE OUR JOURNEY FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB,
• 08:24 WHEN ALL THAT HAPPENS THE PERSON CAN BE REST ASSURED
• 08:28 AND THINK OF THE TERM "REST ASSURED".
• 08:31 THE INDIVIDUAL CAN TAKE SOLACE IN KNOWING THAT THEY'VE BUILT LIFE ON A GOOD FOUNDATION
• 08:37 AND THEY WILL OUTLIVE THE CHALLENGES THAT COME IN LIFE.
• 08:42 WHEREAS THOSE, SAYS THE LORD, WHO HEAR THESE WORDS OF MINE AND DO NOT DO THEM,
• 08:48 THIS IS LIKE SOMEONE THAT BUILDS ON A LOUSY FOUNDATION
• 08:52 AND THEN WHEN LIFE HAPPENS AS LIFE SURELY DOES,
• 08:59 THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, THE DIFFICULT SEASONS AND THE REST,
• 09:03 WHEN ALL THAT COMES UPON, THE PERSON COLLAPSES
• 09:07 BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE FORM THAN FOUNDATION,
• 09:10 THEY LACKED THE SUBSTANCE TO WEATHER THE TRIALS.
• 09:16 YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION "WEATHERING THE TRIALS"?
• 09:18 WELL LISTEN TO THE LORD'S WORD.
• 09:21 ONCE UPON A TIME OUR CULTURE WAS MORE TO JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES
• 09:28 AND HENCE THE EXPRESSION "TO WEATHER THE STORMS"
• 09:30 OR...THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO HERE WITH THE STORMS THAT
• 09:33 JESUS SAYS ARE THRUST AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES.
• 09:37 CONSIDER WITH ME THAT SUCCESS IN LIFE ACCORDING TO THE LORD
• 09:41 IS PREDICATED UPON "HEARING HIS WORDS".
• 09:45 "DEVAR" IN HEBREW, "THE WORD"
• 09:47 AS I RECALL COMES FROM AN EXPRESSION MEANING
• 09:49 "THE REAL THING".
• 09:51 THOSE WHO HEAR THE REAL THING OF JESUS AND DO THEM,
• 09:54 THIS, ACCORDING TO THE LORD, IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
• 10:01 I WANT TO UNDERSCORE HERE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTUALLY HEARING THE WORDS OF JESUS
• 10:06 AND THE REASON WHY I MENTION THAT IS
• 10:07 I KNOW THAT MYSELF AS A PREACHER, TEACHER, PASTOR, A THEOLOGIAN TYPE,
• 10:11 MY MIND CAN BE SO CLUTTERED WITH MY OWN ANXIETIES AND TENSIONS AND BAGGAGE.
• 10:17 WHEN I GET UP TO SPEAK I DON'T WANT IT TO BE MY OWN CLUTTER,
• 10:22 BUT RATHER, LORD HAVE MERCY, JUST THROUGH ME,
• 10:25 THROUGH THIS GUY THAT'S TRYING TO DO IT LORD
• 10:27 PLEASE BE GRACIOUS AND LET PEOPLE HEAR YOU THROUGH ME.
• 10:33 WE NEED TO HEAR THE WORDS OF JESUS AND DO THEM.
• 10:38 WHAT BETTER WAY, BY THE WAY, THAN FOR YOU YOURSELF
• 10:41 TO ACTUALLY PICK UP THE BIBLE AND HEAR HIM OUT.
• 10:44 COMING TO YOU FROM ISRAEL
• 10:46 HERE WHERE THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT WAS PLAYED OUT,
• 10:49 I'M PLEASED TO REMIND YOU OF JESUS' WORDS
• 10:51 AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU AS WITH MYSELF,
• 10:54 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR WHAT HE SAYS
• 10:57 AND LET'S DO IT SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE SUCCESS AND SECURITY
• 11:02 THAT WE ALL HOPE FOR BUT THAT NOT EVERYBODY ACHIEVES.
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• 12:30 WE LIVE IN A STRESSFUL WORLD IN SO MANY WAYS
• 12:33 AND IT DOESN'T HURT US TO STEP BACK FROM IT
• 12:36 AND GET SOME STRATEGIES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE DAYS.
• 12:40 AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A RETREAT
• 12:42 LIKE A TRIP TO ISRAEL TO FACILITATE THAT AND MORE.
• 12:47 SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRAVELED SO MANY MILES OVER SO MANY YEARS,
• 12:51 IN FACT, EVER SINCE THE DAYS OF PENTECOST
• 12:54 AND THEY ALL REPORT SOMETHING SPECIAL WHEN THEY GO TO JESUS' LAND.
• 13:00 HOW ABOUT YOU COMING WITH ME?
• 13:03 TO GET THE BALL ROLLING
• 13:04 CALL 1-800-WONDERS,
• 13:08 WE'LL SEND YOU A BROCHURE
• 13:10 AND LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN GO ON THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
• 13:14 THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
• 13:17 JESUS OF COURSE IS THE REAL CHANGE AGENT.
• 13:20 IF YOU'RE DERIVING BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM
• 13:23 YOU MIGHT WANT THE WHOLE SERIES,
• 13:24 IT'S THE OFFER ON THIS PROGRAM, "SAR SHALOM - PRINCE OF PEACE".
• 13:28 THIS COMES WITH TWO DVDS;
• 13:31 FOUR PROGRAMS EACH,
• 13:33 ALL SHOT ON LOCATION IN ISRAEL,
• 13:35 ISRAELI ACTORS,
• 13:36 LOOKING AT JESUS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
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• 13:50 IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION TO YOU
• 13:53 AND SPEAKING OF INFORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION;
• 13:56 OFF WE GO NOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS.
• 14:02 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES
• 14:04 HE WENT UP ON A MOUNTAIN
• 14:06 AND HE TAUGHT THEM AS ONE HAVING AUTHORITY.
• 14:11 "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH"
• 14:16 "YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"
• 14:20 "WHOEVER COMPELS YOU TO GO A MILE, GO WITH HIM TWO"
• 14:25 "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES"
• 14:27 "DO NOT LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES ON EARTH"
• 14:33 "JUDGE NOT THAT YOU BE NOT JUDGED"
• 14:37 "KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU"
• 14:42 "YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS"
• 14:45 "THEREFORE, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW SAYING,"
• 14:50 'WHAT SHALL WE EAT?'
• 14:51 OR 'WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?'
• 14:53 OR 'WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?'
• 14:55 "FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THAT YOU NEED ALL THESE THINGS"
• 15:00 "BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS"
• 15:05 "AND ALL OF THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU."
• 15:10 THERE'S A CALMING, GENTILE BREEZE BEHIND ME
• 15:17 AND IT FEELS GOOD HERE IN THE MIDEAST SUMMER
• 15:21 WHEN I'M FILMING THIS SEGMENT ATOP THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES,
• 15:27 THE VERY PLACE WHERE JESUS AT THE FIRST GATHERED PEOPLE UNTO HIMSELF
• 15:32 TO GIVE THIS 'TORAH FROM THE TOP' AS I CALL IT,
• 15:36 TO GIVE THE ESSENCE AND THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIANS, HE SPELLED IT OUT.
• 15:41 OH, IT'S INSPIRATIONAL HERE,
• 15:43 THERE'S THE WIND THAT'S BLOWING ALL OVER ME,
• 15:46 THERE'S THE SEA OF GALILEE BEHIND ME,
• 15:48 THERE'S THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AROUND ME HERE IN THIS GARDEN,
• 15:54 A LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE HERE IN ISRAEL
• 15:56 AT THE VERY PLACE WHERE JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT
• 15:59 THE WAY PEOPLE CAN FIND PEACE AND WALK OUT PEACE
• 16:02 AS THEY MAKE THEIR JOURNEY FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB.
• 16:06 THERE'S A CHURCH THAT SETS ATOP THIS SITE,
• 16:08 PILGRIMS COME HERE STILL FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
• 16:11 OF ALL DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN PERSUASIONS
• 16:13 IN ORDER TO RE-EXPERIENCE WHAT IT WAS TO BE WITH JESUS
• 16:18 ON THAT SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 16:47 I ASK MYSELF THE QUESTION WHAT I LEARNED
• 16:50 FROM MY BRIEF EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRINCE OF PEACE
• 16:53 HERE IN THE GALILEE AS I WITH YOU WALKED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS
• 16:57 AND CONSIDERED THE FAMOUS SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 17:00 I LEARNED A NUMBER OF THINGS,
• 17:02 ONE OF WHICH IS THAT THE GOD QUEST PAYS.
• 17:06 JESUS BEGAN HIS TORAH FROM THE TOP TEACHING
• 17:09 SAYING THAT THOSE THAT SEEK GOD FIND HIM,
• 17:13 THAT THE MEEK INHERIT,
• 17:15 THAT THE GENTLE ARE THE BETTER,
• 17:17 THAT THE POOR AND THE DISENFRANCHISED,
• 17:21 THE ABUSED GET THEIR JUST DESERVE.
• 17:24 I LEARNED THAT IF WE SEEK,
• 17:26 IF WE ASK,
• 17:27 IF WE PURSUE HIM
• 17:29 WE'LL FIND HIM IF WE SEEK HIM WITH ALL OF OUR HEART.
• 17:32 AND I LEARNED THIS AS WELL,
• 17:34 AND THIS IS A TOUGH LESSON IN TOUGH TIMES
• 17:36 THAT IF WE SEEK HIM
• 17:38 THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US FINANCIALLY.
• 17:41 IT'S SO EASY TO WORRY IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY
• 17:45 BUT YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO WORRY.
• 17:48 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "DON'T WORRY".
• 17:50 OH HE SAID IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS
• 17:54 BUT THE SUM OF ALL TEACHING IS
• 17:57 SEEK FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
• 18:00 AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE ADDED UNTO US.
• 18:04 AND FROM THAT I UNDERSTAND HIM TO SAY THAT HE'S GOT OUR BACK.
• 18:08 HE SAID "DON'T HOARD MONEY GREEDILY",
• 18:11 "DON'T HAVE AN EVIL EYE AND BE DISCONCERNED FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND,"
• 18:16 "TO BE UNCONCERNED FOR THOSE ROUND ABOUT."
• 18:19 HE SAID "LAY UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN".
• 18:21 DIFFERENT WAYS HE SAYS THE SAME THING AT THE END OF DAYS
• 18:26 AND THAT IS, BE A GRACIOUS, DECENT PERSON,
• 18:29 BE A TZADDIK, BE A RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND THAT ENTAILS CHARITY.
• 18:32 JESUS TALKS ABOUT BEING CHARITABLE IN GIVING
• 18:36 WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF INTENTION
• 18:38 AND THE MODE OF NOT BEING IN ORDER TO LET THE WORLD KNOW HOW CHARITABLE WE ARE
• 18:42 BUT RATHER IF WE GIVE IN SECRET
• 18:44 THE LORD SAYS THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL REWARD US.
• 18:50 THAT APPLIES TO PRAYER.
• 18:52 IT APPLIES TO OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
• 18:54 AND IF I UNDERSTAND JESUS CORRECTLY,
• 18:56 THE JESUS WHO SPOKE FROM THIS PLACE TO MY HEART AND YOURS SOME 2,000 YEARS AGO,
• 19:02 IF I UNDERSTAND HIM CORRECTLY
• 19:04 THERE'S A PAYDAY FOR THOSE WHO MAKE IT THEIR WAY
• 19:08 TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS, ISRAEL'S MESSIAH.
• 19:13 BUT OF COURSE HE IS NOT JUST THE MESSIAH OF ISRAEL;
• 19:16 HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
• 19:18 AND SO FROM THIS PLACE ALL OVER THE WORLD SOME 2,000 YEARS LATER,
• 19:23 THE PILGRIMS COME TO BREATHE THE AIR,
• 19:27 TO SEE THE SITES
• 19:29 AND TO BE AT THE PLACE WHERE JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT HOW TO HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY.
• 19:37 SONS OF ABRAHAM,
• 19:38 IN THE FLESH AND MY FAITH;
• 19:41 TED SINGS ABOUT ALL THAT AND MORE.
• 19:44 ♪MY HEART IS HEAVY FOR YOU NOW♪
• 19:50 ♪HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF ELOHIM INSIDE YOUR HEART♪
• 19:57 ♪SEEK THE LORD WHILE YET HE MAY BE FOUND♪
• 20:04 ♪THE MIGHTY GOD OF JACOB♪
• 20:08 ♪ISAAC AND ABRAHAM♪
• 20:11 ♪YESHUA'S CALLING YOU♪
• 20:15 ♪BACK TO YOUR PROMISED LAND♪
• 20:18 ♪LA LA LA LI LA LA LA LI♪
• 20:22 ♪LA LA LA LI♪
• 20:27 ♪WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?♪
• 20:33 ♪WHILE HE IS NEAR I PRAY YOU'D CALL UPON THE LORD♪
• 20:40 ♪HA'MASHIACH IS RETURNING TO THE LAND♪
• 20:47 ♪MY HEART IS HEAVY FOR YOU♪
• 20:50 ♪SONS OF ABRAHAM♪
• 21:01 ♪NOW LOOK UPON THE ONE WHO WAS PIERCED♪
• 21:08 ♪A SUFFERING SERVANT FOR US ALL♪
• 21:14 ♪AFFLICTED FOR OUR SIN♪
• 21:17 ♪AND YET NO GUILE WAS IN HIS MOUTH♪
• 21:21 ♪AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ALL ARE HEALED♪
• 21:31 ♪ALMIGHTY GOD OF JACOB♪
• 21:35 ♪ISAAC AND ABRAHAM♪
• 21:39 ♪YESHUA'S CALLING YOU♪
• 21:43 ♪BACK TO YOUR PROMISED LAND (LA LA LA LI LA LA LA LI)♪
• 21:49 ♪BACK TO YOUR PROMISED LAND (LA LA LA LI)♪
• 21:53 ♪LA LA LA LI LA LA LA LI♪
• 21:56 ♪BACK TO YOUR PROMISED LAND♪
• 22:07 WELL INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC HAS A WAY OF LIFTING US HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.
• 22:13 AND THERE ARE SO MANY FORCES UPON US IN THIS LIFE
• 22:16 THAT ARE PRESSING US DOWN LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER.
• 22:20 I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT,
• 22:22 YOU MAY WELL FEEL IT.
• 22:24 DID YOU EVERY HEAR THE EXPRESSION
• 22:26 "MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE"?
• 22:28 THIS IN PART DERIVES FROM THE BIBLICAL STORY
• 22:32 WHERE JESUS WOULD TAKE HIS DISCIPLES AWAY UP ON A MOUNTAIN
• 22:37 AND THERE HE WOULD BE TRANSFORMED
• 22:39 AND THERE HE WOULD TRANSFORM THEM IN THE PROCESS.
• 22:44 ZOLA ONCE DID A SERIES
• 22:46 "GO TO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAINS",
• 22:48 AND IN THIS NEXT CLIP WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ZOLA
• 22:50 AND SEE ZOLA THERE
• 22:52 AT THE VERY PLACE OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 22:54 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT AND BE BLESSED BY IT.
• 23:01 I'M WALKING UP MOUNT BEATITUDES OR THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT SITE.
• 23:07 THIS IS NOT THE SITE OF IT USUALLY SHOWN ON TELEVISION
• 23:11 WHERE THE TOURISTS GATHER
• 23:13 BUT THIS IS THE ROAD UP THE MOUNTAIN
• 23:15 THAT COMES ALONG THE RIDGE.
• 23:18 WHEN THE PEOPLE REACH THE SUMMIT
• 23:20 THEY PAUSE TO HEAR A PUBLIC ADDRESS BY THE WONDERFUL CARPENTER OF GALILEE.
• 23:27 ON THAT MORNING BEFORE PASSOVER
• 23:29 THE PEOPLE PASSING BY ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HEAR THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 23:34 THE MOUNTAIN ITSELF IS NOT A LARGE ONE.
• 23:38 THE LORD DIDN'T HAVE HIS SERMON ON MOUNT HERMON
• 23:41 OR MOUNT CARMEL OR MOUNT TABOR
• 23:44 OR BIGGER MOUNTAINS
• 23:45 BUT RATHER A PLACE
• 23:47 WHERE RATHER ORDINARY PEOPLE WOULD BE PASSING BY.
• 23:51 AND THESE PEOPLE WERE FROM GALILEE
• 23:53 HEADING DOWN TOWARD THE FEAST
• 23:55 OR NORTH OF GALILEE AND HAD TO PASS THIS WAY AS THEY WENT.
• 23:58 AND THEY WERE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF PEOPLE JESUS SOUGHT
• 24:03 BECAUSE THIS UNIQUE KINGDOM THAT HE WAS PROMISING
• 24:05 WAS NOT FOR THE MIGHTY,
• 24:07 THE POWERFUL, THE RICH, OR THE RELIGIOUS...
• 24:12 HIS KINGDOM WAS FOR THE MEEK.
• 24:14 THIS KINGDOM WAS FOR THOSE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR SINS,
• 24:18 REPENTANT AND CONTRITE,
• 24:21 THOSE WHO WERE IN DEBT TO GOD BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS,
• 24:24 THOSE WHO COULD EASILY PRAY "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS".
• 24:29 THOSE WHO'S SELF EFFACING RIGHTEOUSNESS
• 24:34 EXCEEDED THAT OF THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES
• 24:38 WHICH THE LORD PRESCRIBED.
• 24:41 JESUS WENT ON RECORD SAYING THAT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
• 24:44 NEEDED TO EXCEED THAT OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
• 24:47 IN HIS OWN DAY AND TIME.
• 24:49 AND THAT'S TRUE IN PART
• 24:50 BECAUSE RELIGION HAS A WAY OF GETTING TOO RIGID,
• 24:53 A LITTLE TOO STRUCTURED
• 24:55 AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED STRUCTURE,
• 24:57 BUT WHAT WE NEED IS INTERNAL GOVERNMENT,
• 25:01 TO BE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES
• 25:04 OF WHAT JESUS IS SAYING ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
• 25:08 IT'S MORE THAN JUST A LIST OF RULES,
• 25:10 MORE SO, IT'S A WAY TO BE.
• 25:14 IN THIS SERIES WE'VE LOOKED TO EXPLORE THAT WAY OF BEING
• 25:17 AS WE'VE CONSIDERED THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEW ECONOMY
• 25:21 AND EXPLORE WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO WALK IN THE NEW "HALAKAH".
• 25:26 "HALAK" IS THE HEBREW VERB "TO WALK".
• 25:29 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FOLLOW THE LORD STEP BY STEP?
• 25:33 WELL THE LORD PLACED A PREMIUM ON BEING GENTEEL, MEEK,
• 25:37 ON BEING FLEXIBLE.
• 25:40 SOMETIMES WE GET VERY RIGID AND FORCEFUL.
• 25:42 I KNOW I HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
• 25:44 AND I DO WELL TO HEED JESUS' ADVISE
• 25:46 AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE GIVING,
• 25:48 A LITTLE MORE KINDLY DISPOSED
• 25:50 AS I WORK WITH OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE
• 25:52 AND OTHER KINDS OF PERSONALITIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
• 25:56 IT'S EASY, WAY TOO EASY,
• 25:58 FOR ME TO GET ORNERY
• 25:59 AND GET THE NASTYS
• 26:00 AND GET INTO THE FLESH AND NOT THE SPIRIT
• 26:03 AND I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN INCLINATIONS AS WELL
• 26:06 THAT CAN LEAD YOU ASTRAY.
• 26:08 WELL HOPE THAT THIS SERIES HELPS US TO STAY ON THE NARROW PATH
• 26:13 BY VIRTUE OF OUR EXPLORING WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THAT PATH.
• 26:17 YOU KNOW THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME BEGINS WITH THE FIRST STEP
• 26:21 AND I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE IT,
• 26:22 CHRIST'S WORD,
• 26:24 MESSIAH'S WORD...
• 26:25 I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE
• 26:26 BUT I DO CARE ABOUT YOU MAKING A DECISION
• 26:28 THAT YOU ARE NOT THE BEST KING OF YOUR LIFE
• 26:31 AND THEN REACHING UP TO THE KING OF KINGS.
• 26:33 IF YOU ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU,
• 26:34 YOU WILL FIND THAT HE WILL.
• 26:36 AND IF YOU SEEK HIM
• 26:38 YOU'LL FIND HIM,
• 26:39 IF YOU SEEK HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
• 26:41 GLAD TO PLAY A PART IN ALL OF THAT.
• 26:43 THANKS FOR GOING WITH US ON THE JOURNEY.
• 26:45 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:46 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:48 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM