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

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