WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 Adventist Radio London inspiration. 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:04.160 For the song. 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.560 Talking Point. 4 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:16.199 It's talking great, it's talking Point conversations. 5 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:17.199 You need to have. 6 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:19.559 Good evening. 7 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:24.160 Good evening, and welcome to another edition of Talking Point. 8 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.239 I trust and pray that you've had a good week 9 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:29.280 thus far. 10 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:30.719 Well. 11 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:35.119 It is the second installment of our series. In the 12 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.399 beginning was the Word, and it's just a play on 13 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.679 the text, but really it's a decision by us to 14 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.880 start the new year with a deep dive into the 15 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.479 Word of God. To help us do that past to 16 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.759 Nick is back and he's going to take us through 17 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.000 another of the beatitudes. So we're really looking forward to that. 18 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:58.679 We really enjoyed last week and I'm going to just 19 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.719 maybe brief free cap or will do a brief recap 20 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:08.439 before we move into the second slide. As it were, guys, 21 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:10.560 how are we doing. Let's just do a sound check 22 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.840 and just ensure that everybody's on and everybody's okay tonight. 23 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.959 I have with me the usual I want to say suspects, 24 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:22.560 but I'll stay away from that. Our usual co host 25 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:29.159 uh Pedro's on evening, Petro Angie and of course our 26 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.719 US member Malember. How are you guys doing? Patro maybe 27 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.439 if you kick us off. 28 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.879 Good, good evening everybody, and welcome to Talking Point. Yep, 29 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.680 I'm back. I missed last week. I'm so sorry we missed. 30 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:46.560 You had a previous engagement that I had to go to, 31 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:48.920 so it was nowhere else it was gonna be too noisy, 32 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.560 so I couldn't joy. I really I hate that I 33 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:52.000 missed it. 34 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.560 Yeah, good to have you back. 35 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.200 Oh, yes, it's good to be back. Thank you. You're sure? 36 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:09.199 If I'm sure, I don't know. Sometimes I wonder. 37 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:16.719 I mean, it would have been a nice maybe a 38 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.680 good opportunity to throw some shade, but I. 39 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.159 Won't do shade the other time on me, So you 40 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:23.840 know that's what I'm saying. Are you sure? Because you 41 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.680 know I'm a deserter, so you know I forgot that word. 42 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:31.719 You are not? 43 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.240 But you know you asked me how my week went? 44 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.400 Or you just asking me just you know, yes, how 45 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:40.919 are you? 46 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:41.639 How's your week? 47 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:41.879 Then? 48 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:43.039 Oh? 49 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.639 My week was was good besides losing my phone. But 50 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:51.280 you know, and that's about it. It's material. 51 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:52.280 What can you do? 52 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.159 Can't cry about it? Because you cry about it's not 53 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.199 gonna make a difference. You stop crying. Guess what still lost, 54 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.199 so you know, move on and you know, just try. 55 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:04.840 To talking offline about how it feels I'm sorry, go. 56 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.599 On ahead, what you say now. 57 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.639 I'm just saying we were talking offline about how it 58 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.400 feels like our life is on that device, so different 59 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.560 to how it was many many years ago when it 60 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:17.159 was just numbers. 61 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.319 My life is definitely on that phone, between phone numbers 62 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.400 and stuff. I got what's up numbers and I can't 63 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:24.800 what's episode crazy? 64 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:25.800 I can't switch. 65 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:28.719 I got a new SIM card with my old number, 66 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.120 but the What's up on my on the phone I 67 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:32.759 have now would not let me. 68 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.080 It's telling me go to. 69 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.280 The all phone to connect the phone the phone I 70 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.800 have now do WhatsApp, but I can't because that phone 71 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:42.240 is lost. 72 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.479 I can't remember how there is a way to navigate that. 73 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:47.039 But maybe we can chat offline. 74 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:48.960 Yeah, no, I'm gonna figure it out. I just it 75 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:49.479 just happened. 76 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:51.879 It just happened, so I haven't had a chance to 77 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:53.639 really look into it. But yeah, I mean, you know, 78 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:55.599 that's only frustrating. But that as for that. You know, 79 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.840 life is good. You know, I'm alive, My family is good, 80 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:03.159 everybody's good. You guys are good. And I'm happy. 81 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.759 Yeah, that's the perspective. Indeed, Angie, how are you? 82 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:12.439 I have felt better. 83 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:18.040 Indeed, another round of this cold flu whatever bug that's 84 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:21.920 going around that's hit me again midweek, so I'm feeling 85 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:24.920 a little bit under the weather. So I excuse my 86 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:31.600 croaky voice and possible fits of coughing that might happen. So, yeah, 87 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.879 it's been a bit of retiring week. I've had not 88 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.399 had much energy. I've still kind of been working, but 89 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.000 thankfully because I work from home, you know, it's not 90 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.600 to be bad. But yeah, I really could do with 91 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.199 a holiday because this cold weather, and I think I've 92 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.560 really misjudged how cold it was as well this week 93 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.959 because of a couple of days when it's actually freezing. 94 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.600 So hopefully I can shift this cold cold as soon 95 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.959 as possible and get back to full strength and what 96 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.519 have you. So but you know, praise Gods, still here 97 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:10.160 making it through, pushing through, and so yeah, quick. 98 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.639 Angela, you know you're not actually when it's cold, like 99 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.600 it's been cold and then like today was kind of 100 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.560 warm because the summer's out, that's when you really get 101 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:22.160 sick because it's the change in the weather. Yeah, you 102 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:24.199 kind of you kind of think, oh, you know, the 103 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.120 sun is out, maybe a little bit warmer, so then 104 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:27.519 you don't just like you normally dress. 105 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:30.759 I don't even think it's that because I do wrap up. 106 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:32.199 Most people will be looking at me like it's reading 107 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.120 not that cold, Angela. But I'm like, I felt like 108 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:35.680 I really misjudged it. But you know when you get 109 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.920 a chill, and I think the cold over in the 110 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.920 UK is one that just seeps straight into your bones. 111 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.879 So that's how I felt it this week. And it's 112 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.600 just like, and I guess maybe because my immune system 113 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:49.120 is struggling at the moment. 114 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:55.519 Because you just just to recovered. Yeah, so you yeah, 115 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.560 you sound like I sounded last week, just about but 116 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.879 I'm proud to say me that gave it to you because. 117 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:04.879 I'm I had to cut you off. 118 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:10.600 She sounds a whole lot better than you sounded. 119 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:17.879 Oh I still miss you. I still miss you. Yeah, 120 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.680 that's true. That's true, to be fair, and I still 121 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.079 have a bit of a cough. But but all is well. 122 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.240 God is good in the end. You know, we just 123 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.720 give thanks for life, give thanks for life, and to 124 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:32.560 make sure you, you know, drink all those at home 125 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.759 remedies and all the juice and all the bits and 126 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:41.160 all that stuff to just get yourself back to full steam, 127 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:47.279 fulling Melimba, How are you, How are you doing? Welcome back. 128 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:49.199 I want to say. 129 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:53.480 This is my second time being with you, guys. I'm 130 00:06:53.560 --> 00:07:03.160 so excited. Hello everybody. You Welcome to Talking Points. It's 131 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:05.360 good to have you. We didn't have you last week, 132 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:08.319 so it's interesting that you're here this time around. 133 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.680 Thank you. It's interesting to have you around too. 134 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.759 Thank you. Otherwise, I have been good, guys. My week 135 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.839 has been great. I was agreeing with Angela about how 136 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.560 good it was last weekend was freezing. I was going 137 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.360 to church on Saturday. The sun was out. I thought, 138 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.360 oh the sun is out, but it was like minus 139 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:31.360 three or four when I went outside. It was deceasing. Yes, 140 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:36.639 I was freezing last week. But God is good. I'm 141 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:40.399 very fine. Like Pedro said, we're all fine. You guys 142 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.639 are fine, and be grateful to God for that. 143 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:49.560 Amen. Amen. I love that perspective. Indeed, all things wetever, 144 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:55.360 all things wet together, we're good. So that love the Lord. Well, 145 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.160 I want, without further you, let's jump into some prayer. 146 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:02.959 I think in between of the conversations I kind of 147 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:04.959 hinted to how my week has been. I'm feeling a 148 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.439 little better, sounding a lot better according to Pedro, and 149 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:13.519 just looking forward to going through the study. It was 150 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:19.879 so enlightening last week some I think maybe a different 151 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:23.639 perspective or a deeper perspective would you say on things 152 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:27.720 that we've come across before, read before, but never really 153 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.439 took that view, So passonikly, thank you for that, and 154 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.120 we're looking forward to bring you back on so we 155 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:37.200 can continue the discussion. Guys, what did you think, what's 156 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:42.960 your kind of takeaway or what's your highlight from last week? 157 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.279 If we just do that briefly before we go on. 158 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.120 I'm going to be honest, I don't think i've really 159 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.320 I feel like I've reflected on this after wards, and 160 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.320 I felt like I don't really think I've really done 161 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:57.600 a real deep dive study into the attitudes before I 162 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.919 think I had. It's a very very long time because 163 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.679 a lot of things seems very new to me, So 164 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.879 for me it's like, oh, I've never really done this before. 165 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:05.919 So. 166 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.639 It was really interesting to look at it and to 167 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.279 sort of see the perspective the idea that these obviously 168 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:20.360 were quite foundational statements, blessings, instructions and promises was really 169 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:25.600 interesting as well. And you know the fact that we 170 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.960 can be overcomers to the things that are happening, but 171 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:30.559 we have to almost die to self and we have 172 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.240 to really be in a position where we are fully 173 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.759 dependent on God to be able to receive some of 174 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:40.480 these promises. And you know, some of the statements almost 175 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:45.320 seem slightly contradictory, but you know that they are talking 176 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:50.080 about their leading towards hope. You know, if you do something, 177 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:53.559 you would you would inherit something, you would gain something, 178 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:58.480 you'd be blessed by something. So I'm had it really interesting. 179 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:01.559 So yeah, looking forward to the rest of it as well. 180 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:06.159 But yeah, recognizing that you know, we can be we 181 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:08.440 can be overcome as we can be conquer as we are, 182 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.679 we can be the dates if we're putting our full 183 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.919 life and trusting God in his hands. 184 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:21.480 Amen. Amen, Blumbers. What's your highlight takeaway? 185 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:22.919 Oh? 186 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:29.120 Yeah, last week was very interesting. One thing that I 187 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:33.200 love the most is the realization that if we are 188 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.559 poor in spirit, the Kingdom of God belongs to us 189 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.639 because they makeew five us three says blessed the poor 190 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.759 in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven, and 191 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:50.039 so realizing that we are partakers of heaven, are citizens, 192 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.759 and God is our God. You know, every time we 193 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.039 think of God, it feels like he's far apart, like 194 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.720 he's in heaven and we are here. But last week, 195 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:02.080 the way person me explained it made me realize that 196 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:07.080 he's literally like my governor. I belong here, I'm entitled 197 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.360 to the shares of heaven, and that just made me 198 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.799 feel very courageous for the future. It gives you a 199 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:17.600 certain level of confidence in God and a certain level 200 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.799 of certainty for our future. I just felt like living 201 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:26.320 all to God because I know who is my president, 202 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.480 I know who is my king, I know who is 203 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:32.320 leading me, and so it just made me to feel 204 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:35.720 like I can be poor in spirit because the kingdom 205 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.279 of Heaven belongs to me. I never looked at the 206 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.600 Beatitudes in this way. I've read the Beatitudes before, I 207 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.720 feel like I've understand I've understood a few of them. 208 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:48.600 But the way we discussed last week, the way it 209 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:53.000 was broken down, and just hearing each person giveing their 210 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:56.919 two cents was so amazing because then we got to 211 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:01.519 understand them at a deeper level and just basically seeing 212 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.639 things from a different angle. Otherwise, I was just so 213 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.399 happy seeing that I can put all my confidence in 214 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.799 God because he really has my future. And if God 215 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.399 has my future, nobody can come against me. So I 216 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.720 was just so happy that we are not poor, not 217 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:23.559 poor to be like less privileged or less in society. 218 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:28.879 We can be poor in spirit to mean that God mean. 219 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.279 I don't want to God diep into explaining what it means, 220 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.879 because then people can should go back and listen. That 221 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.720 point was really nice and interesting. But I'm just grateful 222 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:43.960 that we had the start off based off on the 223 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.360 first beatitudes, which was quite interesting. I'm looking forward to 224 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:48.120 today's one. 225 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:53.080 Yeah, excellent and really nothing to add or take away there. 226 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:59.720 The caption for last week's discussion was becoming spiritually on 227 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.440 and I think that perspective, wondering if that's the theme 228 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.399 I want to take through the year, because sometimes you 229 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.120 just you clasp on to something, you grasp onto something 230 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:15.879 and it really resonates, and that for me resonated, you know, Macarios, 231 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.600 I don't know, the past of the bishop will come 232 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:21.120 in and let me know if I'm actually really pronouncing 233 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:25.200 that correctly. But it's the Greek word and that for 234 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:31.759 me was was was the highlight, becoming spiritually untouchable, knowing 235 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:36.840 that God is my I have confidence in God, who 236 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:42.000 who is in control, who loves me with a gappy love. 237 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:47.440 And as Malemba said, we are citizens of the Kingdom 238 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:52.480 of Heaven. He is our king and we are his children. 239 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:57.600 So really looking forward passonic to continuing the conversation, and 240 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:01.480 just before we hear from you, let's have a word 241 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:06.039 of prayer. Reminder to all if you'd like to be involved, 242 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.759 if you've had a listen to and a reminder, it's 243 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:12.600 on spreaker dot com or it will be I just 244 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.039 need to check it and stay already. But you can 245 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:21.240 find our previously recorded programs on spreaker dot com. Talking 246 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.919 Point part of ARL's programming. But if you'd want to 247 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:26.879 be part of the discussion, if you've got a question 248 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.039 you know a little bit of the be attitudes, or 249 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.799 there's a question that's always been plaguing you about the 250 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.279 BE attitudes, and join the conversation studio at Adventist Radio 251 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:40.240 dot London or eight triple to eight Hope Space and 252 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:42.919 then your message or you can watch that, especially if 253 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:46.600 you're further afield zero seven four or five nine six 254 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:52.679 four two eight nine eight and join the conversation. Let's 255 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.879 just pray definily. Father, thank you again for the opportunity 256 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:59.639 to come together and talk. This is what talking point 257 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:03.759 is a about. And tonight especially we're doing a deep 258 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.480 dive into the world, and we asked for your spirit 259 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.919 to give us wisdom and insight. 260 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.159 Then we had to. 261 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:14.159 Bless the technology. Bless all of us in Jesus name. 262 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:20.559 I pray, Amen and a man passionate. You've been waiting 263 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.759 patiently or will be taking a bit of our highlights 264 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.080 and dissecting it. Have we got it right? Is there 265 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.720 something we didn't quite get understand? 266 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.960 Something you guys? 267 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.200 I was in the background listening and I was getting 268 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:43.000 all excited to the point where that thought crossed my mind. 269 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:45.200 I need to invite mole to my chich to preach 270 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.720 my gosh. 271 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:50.480 I didn't want to pre hip anything, but I'm fitting. 272 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:55.679 Look at that. 273 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:03.039 But yeah, no, I mean hearing you guys share, I 274 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.039 am also been being blessed because irrespective of how much 275 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.559 you go through the world, or how much God inspires 276 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.960 you at a time, or how much he reveals to 277 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:16.679 you as a human being. Life happens to you, and 278 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:19.639 every now and then you you need to find you 279 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.840 you You're always blessed. 280 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.200 Again. 281 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:26.240 Just this morning, for example, a devotion I did and 282 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:30.320 took some notes about a year ago, I felt the 283 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:32.360 need to to just put aside what I was doing 284 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:34.840 and go back to it. So just hearving you get 285 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.919 you guys share for me, it is just an absolute 286 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.159 blessing and I'm just really grateful to God for it. 287 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.600 Really. 288 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:43.080 But in terms of yeah, your spot on and your 289 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:48.080 your your pronouncing of the word is you did justice 290 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:50.919 to it as well, So spot on, spot on to 291 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.440 all of you, Pedro, God bless you, bro. It's really 292 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.080 nice having you because this evening, and of course looking 293 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.039 forward to you to your input as well. As we 294 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:01.519 look at the second the attitude. 295 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:08.119 Lovely, well let's let's you take the lead past the 296 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.240 neck and let's get right into it. 297 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.599 Sure sure, sure, So, just as just before we go 298 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.519 ahead to read the second beatitude, uh so, you guys 299 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.119 have already done an absolutely amazing job with some of 300 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:22.000 the recap, so I just want to touch on a 301 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.440 few things again just in case someone might be hearings 302 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.079 for the first time, and they may not have the 303 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.799 background of what we're talking about. So, uh, the entire 304 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:37.359 series just a bit of a correction. Hair is called 305 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:43.400 becoming spiritually untouchable. The reason being that word macarios, which 306 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:50.799 you highlighted xenia, which is translated blessed or happy or satisfied, 307 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.720 literally means untouchable, and of course to be spiritually on 308 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:58.920 untouchable in the context that we looked at last time, 309 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:06.240 it borders on people who are elite persons who are 310 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:09.960 living in a particular place where they are fully such 311 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:14.000 satisfied and they are not dependent on external factors to 312 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.559 give them that satisfaction. So when we every time we 313 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.799 read the Beatitudes and it starts off with the word blessing, 314 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.960 we have to remember it's not just blessing in the 315 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:26.920 way that we think of blessing, but it's God saying, Hey, 316 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:31.079 I am going to favor you so much. 317 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:32.559 I'm going to annoyt you so much. 318 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.279 I will do for you so much that you will 319 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:40.039 become spiritually untouchable. Your blessings are untouchable. You will be 320 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:42.759 satisfied from within. That's what I will do for you, 321 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.880 which for me is really makes the Beatitude such an 322 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.720 absolutely amazing foundational teaching. Of course, we also look at 323 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:57.079 the poor in spirit, which we mentioned is that that 324 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.839 first beatitude is the foundation for the rest of the beatitude. 325 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.599 We also spoke about the fact that the beatitudes themselves 326 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.720 is a foundation upon which the entire Sermon on the mount. 327 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.160 Is is built. 328 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:12.960 But that very first one is a foundation for the 329 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:15.119 rest of them. And if you, if you ever take 330 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.160 some time to really explore the Beatitudes, you will you 331 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.160 will realize that they're kind of in an ascending order. 332 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:25.759 So you start off a poor inspirit. 333 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.680 And and every other one of that that Jesus speaks about, 334 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:35.240 it's like he's building them on on the ones that 335 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:41.880 went before. So there's there's that, And of course the beattitudes, 336 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.240 all of them has a conditional format. There is a 337 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.960 condition for us to meet, and we did discuss last 338 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.759 time that despite the fact that we are the ones 339 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:53.960 responsible to meet that condition, we can admet it on 340 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.559 our own. 341 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.599 So we need God. 342 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.680 But but what God needs from us really is for 343 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:03.000 our had to be open and willing and for us 344 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.640 to be deliberate at pursuing those conditions. The truth is, 345 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:09.240 some of those conditions are uncomfortable. 346 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.400 Some of those. 347 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:13.599 Conditions called for us to go against the very green 348 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.079 of who we are. 349 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.640 But that's what's required. 350 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.920 And as long as those conditions are met, that spiritual blessing, 351 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:24.319 that spiritual benefit. God is the one who provides it. 352 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:27.240 And hey, if God gives it, no deboney the hell 353 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:31.000 can touch it. If God gives it, no one at 354 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.440 all can possibly undo what God has do not take 355 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.240 away from you. 356 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:39.680 So with that said, I'm not sure if Pedro, I 357 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:41.279 don't Pigure were not with us last time. 358 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.880 I don't know if Pedro any of one of you 359 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.519 guys have anything to share before we we we read 360 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.079 the second one and to begin to delve into. 361 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:53.519 It, I'm happy for you to go ahead, Petrol, where 362 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.359 you where you at. 363 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:58.599 I'm happy to go right into it because I didn't 364 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:00.680 have a chance to listen to to the show last week, 365 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.839 so I have I'm gonna be going on a fly head. 366 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:07.839 But yeah, you guys are making my work as a 367 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:11.079 as a as a theologian hair easy, So that's that's great. 368 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:16.640 So the second beattitude. Of course, we find it in 369 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:21.039 March chapter five, verse four, and there Jesus said, Blessed 370 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.640 are those who moan for they will be comforted, blessed 371 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:29.000 that those who moan for they will be confident. And and 372 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.279 like I mentioned a little while ago, we were seeing 373 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:35.519 the condition that he's asking us to meet is to moan, 374 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.519 and the promise is. 375 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.359 We will be comforted. 376 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.119 So let's just just spend some time just exploring it. 377 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:45.440 So what does it mean to moan? What does it 378 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.160 mean to moan? So let me just open it up 379 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:51.960 to us here. I'm sure we're not new to the 380 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.160 concept of moaning. But when you hear moaning or blessed 381 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:58.440 are those who moan? What comes to mind? What do 382 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.519 you think it might mean? 383 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:06.079 Well, I'm just gonna go first. I don't know if 384 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:09.960 I know the full meaning. But what that surprised me 385 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:12.359 about how you've just put it is the fact that 386 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:16.960 you're saying that the prerequisite or the requirement is to mourn. 387 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:20.359 And generally, just as you said for the beatitude before, 388 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:25.000 being being being uncomfortable and not something that we would 389 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:29.920 be predisposed to or want to do. We predisposed in 390 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:32.599 the right term, but we'd want to do. And that 391 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:36.359 rings true for morning. It speaks of being sad, being 392 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:40.480 you know, losing a loved one or losing something, And 393 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:44.720 so when you're saying this is the condition, like, maybe 394 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:47.039 I want want that blessing on the back of this 395 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.039 particular one because this is not a comfortable place and 396 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:54.319 this is not something I would necessarily want for myself 397 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:56.440 or or for those I love and get about. 398 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:59.799 Mmmmmm, I'm not sure if anyone else wants to. 399 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:05.880 I Actually, since I just lost my brother in August, 400 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:10.160 I feel blessed though that more I mourned him, I 401 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:13.759