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<v Speaker 1>Adventist Radio London. Inspiration for the song Welcome the Talking

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<v Speaker 1>Point with Ray Senya Pedro Angela discussing the hot topics.

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<v Speaker 2>And answering your questions Saturdays five to seven pm.

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<v Speaker 1>On Adventist Radio London.

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<v Speaker 3>It's talking Point.

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<v Speaker 1>It's talking Point. It's talking Point. It's talking point, real conversations.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to have.

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<v Speaker 1>Good evening, good evening. This is talking Point and in

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning was the word. That's our series for the

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<v Speaker 1>next few weeks. Welcome to the new year. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for joining us. We had a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a recap last time and if you joined that discussion

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<v Speaker 1>then you'll know some about highlights for twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>and what we have planned for twenty twenty five. There

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<v Speaker 1>is still time for you to add your thoughts opinions

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to be part of the program. I know

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<v Speaker 1>we drum on about this week after week, but please

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<v Speaker 1>do get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's studio at Adventist Radio Dot London or eight triple

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<v Speaker 1>with us that way. So our season, our series begins

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<v Speaker 1>in the beginning was the word and the concept is

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<v Speaker 1>for us to begin with some Bible study and we're

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to delve in deep into the Beatitudes, which

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<v Speaker 1>was the beginning of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. To

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<v Speaker 1>help us do that is past the Nick the Talents,

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<v Speaker 1>and we will talk to him shortly and he will

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<v Speaker 1>help us lead this discussion for the next couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>As usual with me is Angela and member of the team,

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<v Speaker 1>the baby of the team, Mulember is also on tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Pedro had some other commitments, but he may pop on later,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll leave the door open for him. Angela Malember,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you this evening?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, good evening and welcome to Talking Points. Yes, another week,

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<v Speaker 2>and can we still say Happy New Year? I certainly

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<v Speaker 2>have so the new year to be saying that, So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to wash everybody a happy new year again.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope your week has been a good one, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know your twenty twenty five has started off well,

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, and I'm good. It's been a really busy,

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<v Speaker 2>busy week for me. I had a few things to

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<v Speaker 2>be doing. I had a few days off to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of have time to do stuff. So but I was

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<v Speaker 2>very very busy doing some preparation for some stuff I

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<v Speaker 2>had to do. I don't want to say what. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of prayer was put down. Yeah, it's in God's hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever's going to happen with a new opportunity, so we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see what goes there.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 2>Still coughing away, so it's not quite fully better with that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I guess another I suppose a highlight of my week,

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<v Speaker 2>if you can call it that, I actually got some

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<v Speaker 2>new glasses. You know, my eyesight has starting to dwindle

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<v Speaker 4>It's a natural.

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<v Speaker 2>Process of aging, as it were, but i'd lost a

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<v Speaker 2>pair and I was like, I can't really see him,

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<v Speaker 2>sort of using some cheap andes. But I actually went

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<v Speaker 2>and got some new glasses, and it's just been really

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<v Speaker 2>great to be able to see a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>clearly having to struggle too much. So yeah's things to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, oh good. The week is flowing, pass is

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<v Speaker 2>always here. We are another Sabbath.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I'm good. I'm good, wonderful. I'm just thinking

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we should open up the zoom and we'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>offline about that, and then next week maybe our listeners

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<v Speaker 1>can see you and the brand new glasses in Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see how that goes. We'll see how that goes. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you doing? Welcome? By the way, I know

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<v Speaker 1>we spoke last year. Gosh, if anyone caught that program

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<v Speaker 1>or even remembers that program, hopefully it'll be recorded and

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<v Speaker 1>available on Speaker. By the way, this is an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to say that most of our programs are on speaker

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<v Speaker 1>for you to re listen or listen afresh if you

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<v Speaker 1>missed aspreaker dot com and you just google talking Point

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<v Speaker 1>or sorry, search talking Point Arl. But Malemba is our

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<v Speaker 1>newst member. She will be on as often as she

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<v Speaker 1>but if she can be, she certainly will be on.

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<v Speaker 1>And she has a rich history in broadcasting, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to her expertise. Molima putting on the spot.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you doing? How was your week? Happy New

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<v Speaker 1>Year to you, and that's say good evening to our listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember are you there?

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<v Speaker 4>Remember Hello, sir, can you hear me?

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<v Speaker 1>I can hear you?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you hear me?

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<v Speaker 4>Is it just you?

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, it's not just me. I'm just wondering if

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<v Speaker 4>So what did you say?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, everything else that you said.

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<v Speaker 1>All right now, it's like, how are you doing? And

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<v Speaker 1>just allowing you to introduce yourself and to great our listeners.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, believing in everybody? Happy new Year, Happy twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so happy, honestly, I don't know. For some reason,

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<v Speaker 4>I can really feel that the year is so new.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so excited for this year and everything it has

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<v Speaker 4>to be a good year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Otherwise, I'm happy you've been part of Talking Points, just

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<v Speaker 4>like Senior has said, very new to Chalking Points, and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so excited for this journey. I honestly can't wait

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<v Speaker 4>to be a part of more programs as and when

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<v Speaker 4>I'm available. I'll definitely hope on any show that comes

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<v Speaker 4>my way. I love to talk, I love to share

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<v Speaker 4>these I love to listen to other people share their

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<v Speaker 4>views and just learn and get different people's perspectives. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 4>here we are. I've had a lovely week. My work

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<v Speaker 4>was good, going back to work after a holiday. I

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<v Speaker 4>had December holiday two weeks, then went back to work

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<v Speaker 4>this week, so you know, after resting, getting back to

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<v Speaker 1>Here for it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm excited for the new year. Yeah, yeah, good evening

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<v Speaker 4>and everyone, Hellosna, Hi Angela.

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<v Speaker 2>With us today.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love the excitement. I'm not sure I am

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<v Speaker 1>as excited about the new year. In fact, I've just

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<v Speaker 1>been kind of looking at what's happening across the globe,

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<v Speaker 1>just briefly, because if you look too intently, you might

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<v Speaker 1>get discouraged. There is just so much going on, from

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<v Speaker 1>snow to fires, cheers, potential viruses. I mean, but god,

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<v Speaker 1>it is all I can say there, But God.

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<v Speaker 2>We trust. Are so sad. I've been. I've been, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>catching a few videos of people who are just like

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<v Speaker 2>like I've just lost everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Just before we started, I saw a video of this man.

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<v Speaker 4>He was he wanted to cry, but he said it

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<v Speaker 4>can only be good. I shouldn't even cry because he's

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<v Speaker 4>in between two his neighbor on the left the house

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<v Speaker 4>house wasn't burnt down, and he's just saying, it can

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<v Speaker 4>only be good. My house is intact, it's there, but

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<v Speaker 4>But then you're like, only God.

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<v Speaker 2>As people have lost things, they're also saying, but we

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<v Speaker 2>have our lives, and you know, we can start over

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<v Speaker 2>as it were, and whilst that's not going to be easy,

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<v Speaker 2>we're still here.

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it that we there's not I'm not heard of

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<v Speaker 1>any Again, I haven't been following so so intently, but

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't heard that there's been major loss of life.

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<v Speaker 1>So with that we give God thanks. Even in the

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<v Speaker 1>store storms that have have'say stop snow storms that have

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<v Speaker 1>full details. So it's really good to know that God

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<v Speaker 1>is still in control amidst the chaos, amidst the calamities,

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<v Speaker 1>He's still in control, and we keep a watchful eye

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<v Speaker 1>I say it because I'm not sure anybody's ready to

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<v Speaker 1>go back to where we were in twenty twenty God forbid.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, there's just a lot going on. What we

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<v Speaker 1>give God thiens and we look forward to twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five in faith, just praying that all will be well.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, let's just pray at this point, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we'll welcome Past Vitalis, who's been waiting for patiently into

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation. He wants to talk a little bit about

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<v Speaker 1>where he's act for twenty twenty five, to give us

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<v Speaker 1>a little introduction as to who he is. Those who

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<v Speaker 1>we've been on Talking Point, our loyal listeners may have

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<v Speaker 1>heard him before, because he certainly has been on the

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<v Speaker 1>program before. But for those who do not know him,

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<v Speaker 1>then he will offer a brief introduction. So yeah, let's

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<v Speaker 1>pray and let's jump right into it, because as always,

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<v Speaker 1>when the time flies, it flies. The heavenly Father, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for another opportunity to have a conversation. Talking Point

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<v Speaker 1>is about conversations, and today specifically, we are delving into

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Lord, May your spirit have its way in

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus' name, I pray Amen and amen aaster Minnie? Are

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<v Speaker 1>you there? Can you hear me? Loud and clear? And

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<v Speaker 3>And I would thank you guys for the privilege of

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<v Speaker 3>joining you on this absolutely amazing program. Nice meeting you, remember,

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<v Speaker 3>which I could say, which I could say. I'm a

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<v Speaker 3>bit more popular than you, but you will be here

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<v Speaker 3>a lot, a lot more than me. I visit every

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<v Speaker 3>now and then. You don't welcome to the program, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and I I really, I'm sure I will. When I

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<v Speaker 3>listen on, I will be hearing a little bit more

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<v Speaker 3>about you and from you, and of course Angela Angela,

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<v Speaker 3>so yeah right, yeah, so you a little bit more

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<v Speaker 3>about me. Titalist is my full name, Fitalists. I've been

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<v Speaker 3>in ministry for about fifteen years now, originally from the

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<v Speaker 3>beautiful island of Saint Lucia. Well that's about me. So

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<v Speaker 3>I initially passed an instance in Lucia and I'm currently

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<v Speaker 3>the senior pastor in the not even conference of the

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<v Speaker 3>whole Grimsby and consort as the churches. What else is there?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure what else you want me to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Xenia is good. Yeah, no, no, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Was saying, that's good because you've laid the foundation in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of your years in ministry, and as we're about

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<v Speaker 1>to unpack the Bible and the Word, then it's useful

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<v Speaker 1>to understand what you're your sort of what you're bringing

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<v Speaker 1>to the discussion.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yeah, excellent, excellent, I quite quite agree. Yeah. So,

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<v Speaker 3>just help do this study, that is going to be

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<v Speaker 3>again because there's never a time that you go into

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<v Speaker 3>gone in and God have you know, opened up certain

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<v Speaker 3>going to be a blessing to me. So yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>just really looking looking forward to spending the next couple

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<v Speaker 1>Well for me, and I'm sure Angela and Malember will

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<v Speaker 1>was about a blessed attitude, and having done a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of research in preparation for the conversation, I understand

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<v Speaker 1>that the attitude stems from a Greek word which is

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<v Speaker 1>very similar. I'm not going to attempt to say it,

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<v Speaker 1>but it means blessed, and to be fair, that is

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<v Speaker 1>what the beatitudes are about, each each one beginning with

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<v Speaker 1>a very good point to start the year on in

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<v Speaker 1>Is Kingdom on Earth? And what are the rewards and

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<v Speaker 1>what are the responsibilities? So that's that's my take in

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<v Speaker 1>a nutshell or of the beattitudes, But maybe you can

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<v Speaker 1>kind of lay a bit more of a foundation before

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<v Speaker 1>we go into specifically the first of those. What are

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<v Speaker 3>Sure? Sure if the the attitudes, of course is a

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<v Speaker 3>part of a greater narrative, which is the Sermon on

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<v Speaker 3>the Mount. And of course, in our capacity as preachers,

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<v Speaker 3>whenever we engage the word, the Word of God, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to preach, preach a small portion. But I

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<v Speaker 3>would encourage everyone really to look at the entirety of

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<v Speaker 3>chapter six into chapter seven, you would see a very

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<v Speaker 3>he theres a particular order in which he gives it,

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<v Speaker 3>So after the the attitudes and so on, he goes

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<v Speaker 3>into this teaching on the law where there is this

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<v Speaker 3>this constant phrase that you hear, Uh, you've been told

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<v Speaker 3>or you heard, but I tell you so you you

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<v Speaker 3>heard x y Z about the law. But I tell

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<v Speaker 3>you here is how it has to be applied. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>So he does that here when you go into chapter

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<v Speaker 3>six I think it is, yes, into chapter six, he

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<v Speaker 3>he takes he brings it up or not. He then

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<v Speaker 3>speaks to our individual spirituality again, yeah, normal phrase, and

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<v Speaker 3>the normal phrase there is whatever you do in secret,

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<v Speaker 3>your father will reward you openly. And he gives a

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<v Speaker 3>series of teachings on on these and then you delve

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<v Speaker 3>into chapter seven. In chapter seven, Jesus takes some time

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<v Speaker 3>and he again just begins to give a little bit more,

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<v Speaker 3>and you would see there again the emphasis there is

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<v Speaker 3>where he speaks about the importance of being careful and

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<v Speaker 3>exercising faith and so on. So realistically speaking, I want

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<v Speaker 3>to encourage persons don't look at the the attitudes simply

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<v Speaker 3>by themselves. I think while their blessings there, if you

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<v Speaker 3>look at them as part of the whole teaching, one

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<v Speaker 3>thing becomes very important, and it is this the the

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<v Speaker 3>attitudes actually from the foundation, the spiritual foundation upon which

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<v Speaker 3>everything else Jesus teaches in the Summer on the Mount

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<v Speaker 3>is built. So it's one thing to take what he

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<v Speaker 3>says about the law. But unless unless you you you

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<v Speaker 3>have that foundation first, you are likely going to miss

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<v Speaker 3>some of it. And so so you're not wrong, you're

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<v Speaker 3>not wrong, But there's a heavy spiritual component to it,

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<v Speaker 3>upon which this phenomenal teaching from Christ is built. There's

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<v Speaker 3>something else that I want to share, and it is

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<v Speaker 3>the fact that when you when you when you look

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<v Speaker 3>at the beattitudes, yeah, you will discover that there is

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<v Speaker 3>this vertical and horizontal as aspect to it. So the

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<v Speaker 3>the relationship between us and God and relationship between us

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<v Speaker 3>and our fellow men, now where we where else we

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<v Speaker 3>see that, we see it. With the ten commandments, the

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<v Speaker 3>first four has to do with our love for God.

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<v Speaker 3>The last six has to do with our love for man.

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<v Speaker 3>Because when Christ was asked was the greatest commandment, he

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<v Speaker 3>was asked one question. Uh, he answered by giving to it,

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<v Speaker 3>says the first is a level of lot of your

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<v Speaker 3>God with all your heart, soul of mind, and the

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<v Speaker 3>second your neighbor as yourself. When you look at the

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<v Speaker 3>Lord spread When you look at the Lot's prayer, you

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<v Speaker 3>see the same format. The initial part of the prayer

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<v Speaker 3>has everything to do with our relationship with God, and

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<v Speaker 3>the last bit of that prayer that's when we pray

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<v Speaker 3>forgive us and as we forgive those who also stress

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<v Speaker 3>us against us. When you look at the beatitudes, the

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<v Speaker 3>very same format follows. And that's not surprising because of

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<v Speaker 3>the critical teaching that Christ gives hair in the someone

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<v Speaker 3>on the mouth. So the first for the attitudes, which

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<v Speaker 3>is what will be spending some time looking at in

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<v Speaker 3>this series, the first for the attitudes has absolutely everything

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<v Speaker 3>to do with our relationship with God. The last five,

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<v Speaker 3>that's where you go a little bit into that's when

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<v Speaker 3>you go a little bit into how we relate to others.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe at some point I'm happy to come back for

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<v Speaker 3>us to look at the last five. But now I think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a very good place to start off with the

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<v Speaker 3>first four. So so so. So there's that, but there's something,

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<v Speaker 3>as you said, uh, as it relates to the that

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<v Speaker 3>way that keeps being repeated in the the attitudes. I think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's good to just establish with there's some

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<v Speaker 3>general truths about the attitudes, so that when we go

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<v Speaker 3>into the individual ones, we we have a nice foundation

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<v Speaker 3>and nice platform that we are working on and working with.

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<v Speaker 3>Here is the thing, now, you guys are going to

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<v Speaker 3>have to forgive me. Yeah, with with my my background

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<v Speaker 3>in theology, I recently completed my emmy in systematics theology,

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<v Speaker 3>so I have I am I take the whole Greek

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<v Speaker 3>at the eglisy to our next level. So you'll have

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<v Speaker 3>to forgive me tonight if I if I'm sounding a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit like I'm in too heavy, But what I

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<v Speaker 3>found is that the this parity that exists between our

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<v Speaker 3>modern day English language and the Greek that the Bible

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<v Speaker 3>you really want to get a nice grasp of of

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<v Speaker 3>what the Bible is saying, it would be wise to

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<v Speaker 3>be able to delve into the Greek as well. And

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<v Speaker 3>the good thing here is Greek is not only available

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<v Speaker 3>to people who went to a seminary like myself. There

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<v Speaker 3>are a number of websites online that are available where

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<v Speaker 3>you are able to go in and get some Greek words.

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<v Speaker 3>So even though you don't understand what is written, what's

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<v Speaker 3>important is understanding the meaning and so on. Yes, so

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<v Speaker 3>there's something here that I think I would love to

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<v Speaker 3>just just to engage you guys on there's a question.

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<v Speaker 3>We we see Jesus starts every single beattitude with what

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<v Speaker 3>is well? What is translated into the English as blessed?

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<v Speaker 3>And I like what you've already done here X on it.

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<v Speaker 3>What are your thoughts on it? What do you think

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<v Speaker 3>that would blessed means? What do you think you know?

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<v Speaker 3>When he said blessed is an answer on what do

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<v Speaker 3>you think that would blessed means? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>I was just trying to get from Angie and Malember

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<v Speaker 1>what their thoughts are on the beattitude. So maybe Angie

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<v Speaker 1>you said you wanted to kind of jump in. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure if it's the answer to this question or

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of sets that up, but what are your

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<v Speaker 1>standing it is that you kind of in that past

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<v Speaker 1>or we could be happily highly favored, or there's still

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<v Speaker 1>despite the challenges, there's still something good that may come

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<v Speaker 1>from that because it almost seems like, you know, despite

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<v Speaker 1>whatever's happening. So you know, the first one being we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go into them, but you know, the pooring

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<v Speaker 1>spirit or those who mourn. So it's what I like

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<v Speaker 1>about the attitudes is how I think Party has mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>is how almost visual it is, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>the way in which he's kind of explained that, so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's despite your situation, there's still a blessing

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<v Speaker 1>despite whatever. So that's how I'm how I'm seeing some

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<v Speaker 1>of that. I don't know if I'm in the right.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of the right thing there, But you know,

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<v Speaker 4>How agree with Angela, just like is saying when we

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<v Speaker 4>when it comes to the word blessing is enjoying, like

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<v Speaker 4>God's the privilege of God's blessings, his blessings again, but

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<v Speaker 4>it's almost like a privilege for you to go through

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<v Speaker 4>what you are going through. It's like divinely, like a

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<v Speaker 4>divine favor upon you. You're fortunate enough to be going

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<v Speaker 4>through what you are going through, so it's a privilege

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<v Speaker 4>that you are poor in spirit. I'm sure we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to get to the poor in spirit later on, but

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<v Speaker 4>just from the word blessed, it's it's something good. I

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<v Speaker 4>should say, you have been fortunate. It's fortunate enough that

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<v Speaker 4>you're going through that that you're going through. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 4>we'll explain more as we go through the text. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't to prompt anything or go.

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<v Speaker 1>Forward, yeah and past, yeah, and answer of your question.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's it. But the word blessed is in

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<v Speaker 1>a sense highly favored or favored or or or having

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<v Speaker 2>What's good in your life as well. You know, even

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<v Speaker 1>God is good, God is goods. Have we hit have

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<v Speaker 3>You're there, you're there, but there is more more so God.

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<v Speaker 3>For example, in the Kadi's version, the wood is blessed. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>some other versions they don't use the world blessed to

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<v Speaker 3>The interesting thing, all three of those words carry a

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<v Speaker 3>what I what I understood what that word blessed meant. Well, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>so the Greek word is the word macarry macarryos, from

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<v Speaker 3>loves us and how much he gives us. And it

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<v Speaker 3>got me to a point where I really began to

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<v Speaker 3>understand the reason that He began the teachings of the

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<v Speaker 3>Sermon on the Mount with these. So let me let

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<v Speaker 3>me just share this history at the word. One word

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<v Speaker 3>that comes closest enough in the English to describe what

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<v Speaker 3>that word macarryo mean is gonna be. It's not gonna

429
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<v Speaker 3>make much sense to you towards here is the word untouchable.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, right now.

431
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<v Speaker 3>Is exactly so that that was also my reaction. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesse margin Hair, I did the great kind of went

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<v Speaker 3>to seminary and blah blah, blah blah. When I discovered it,

434
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<v Speaker 3>I was like, whoa untouchable?

435
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<v Speaker 6>How?

436
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<v Speaker 3>But then just the word untouchable alone in our modern

437
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<v Speaker 3>day context wouldn't quite give us an the true meaning

438
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<v Speaker 3>of it, all the true on the obvious. So we'll

439
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<v Speaker 3>have to go into the classical Greeks to see how

440
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<v Speaker 3>that word was used back then. And Harris Harry is

441
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<v Speaker 3>what is absolutely mind blowing. The word McCarry joy was

442
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<v Speaker 3>used as a phrase for the elites in society, those

443
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<v Speaker 3>persons who are rich, And the reason they're called macarry

444
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<v Speaker 3>untouched the book is because because of their riches, they

445
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<v Speaker 3>are considered to be persons who are not affected, persons

446
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<v Speaker 3>who are not touched by poverty, and persons who don't

447
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<v Speaker 3>really who are not going to be the ones running

448
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<v Speaker 3>around to clean the house and to clean their No,

449
00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:52.440
<v Speaker 3>they have servants for that. So for that reason, h

450
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<v Speaker 3>in my in my country there we would call folks

451
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<v Speaker 3>like that bourgeois. I guess I'm coming from a French background.

452
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<v Speaker 3>So so those persons who are rich, those people who

453
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<v Speaker 3>are up there, who have all that money and so on,

454
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<v Speaker 3>who are not affected heavily by the stuff that the

455
00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:13.200
<v Speaker 3>average Joe is affected by. That is the word I

456
00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:17.440
<v Speaker 3>was used to describe them. Now, what's even more interesting,

457
00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:22.599
<v Speaker 3>heir right, is that that same word is also used

458
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<v Speaker 3>to describe the Greek gods. And remember, of course, in

459
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<v Speaker 3>those the genders, they had a series of gods as

460
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<v Speaker 3>use for and so on and for them. The reason

461
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<v Speaker 3>that the Greek gods were called macarry is because those

462
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<v Speaker 3>Greek gods lived and existed in the heavens where they

463
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<v Speaker 3>were away from poverty, and unlike the elite of the earth,

464
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<v Speaker 3>they were also away from sickness and death. So it's like,

465
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<v Speaker 3>this idea of being untouchable means that whatever is that

466
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<v Speaker 3>you have, whatever privileges that you have, nothing at all

467
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<v Speaker 3>can affect it. So the idea of untouchable brings a

468
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<v Speaker 3>sense of security and safety. But that's not all. That's

469
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<v Speaker 3>something else that is that really really, really really helped

470
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<v Speaker 3>me appreciate more the importance and necessity of just pursuing Christ.

471
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<v Speaker 3>Just pursue Christ, because honestly, nothing else in the world

472
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<v Speaker 3>really matters. There's nothing else that that would possibly give

473
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<v Speaker 3>you what Christ is able to give. And here it is.

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<v Speaker 3>The word also means to be self sufficient, in other words,

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<v Speaker 3>in other words, Yes, the word happy explains it, the

476
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<v Speaker 3>word blessed explicit, The word satisfy explains it that happiness,

477
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<v Speaker 3>that that blessedness of being fortunate, or that satisfaction is

478
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<v Speaker 3>not something that you're dependent on anything outside of you.

479
00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:06.359
<v Speaker 3>It is in dwelling. It's it's within you. Let me

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<v Speaker 3>just share two passages of Scripture just to bring out

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<v Speaker 3>that point. Yeah, and then I'll be happy to get

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<v Speaker 3>your your your take on it. It looks fourteen, thirteen

483
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<v Speaker 3>and fourteen. Here's what Jesus says. He says, but when

484
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<v Speaker 3>you give a fist, invite the poor, the quippled, the lame,

485
00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:27.400
<v Speaker 3>the blind, and he says, and you will be blessed

486
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<v Speaker 3>simul with macarry on. Why because they cannot repay you. Okay.

487
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<v Speaker 3>So then he goes in fotun and he says, for

488
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<v Speaker 3>you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

489
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<v Speaker 3>In other words, you you believe that life of of

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<v Speaker 3>being a blessing to others. And here is the guarantee

491
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<v Speaker 3>I'm giving you your You will be on spiritually untouchable.

492
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<v Speaker 3>What about you is spiritually untouchable. Your your repayment will

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<v Speaker 3>be at the reserve for the just. And if that

494
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<v Speaker 3>is your repayment, there is nothing. The devil can do nothing,

495
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<v Speaker 3>Your ANYI can do nothing, your hiatus can do that

496
00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:15.279
<v Speaker 3>is going to interfere with that. That is the chure

497
00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:20.599
<v Speaker 3>and it is safe just for you. Yeah, he's one more.

498
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<v Speaker 3>Here's one more. There's one more in James five and eleven.

499
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<v Speaker 3>Again it's it just brings out the same concept. Behold,

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<v Speaker 3>we consider those blessed similar who remains stepfast, We consider

501
00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:39.119
<v Speaker 3>that those blessed who remain faithful, who didn't give up

502
00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:41.359
<v Speaker 3>on God. Then he goes from you have heard of

503
00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:45.000
<v Speaker 3>the stepfastness of Joe, and you're seen the purpose of

504
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:48.920
<v Speaker 3>the Lord. How the Lord is get this compassionate and

505
00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.680
<v Speaker 3>merciful and so here's what he's saying. So, so, how

506
00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:58.079
<v Speaker 3>are those who remain faithful to God spiritually untouchable? Here's

507
00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:03.839
<v Speaker 3>what he's saying. God's passion and God's merciful is yours.

508
00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.559
<v Speaker 3>No one can touch that, no one can interfere with it.

509
00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:11.920
<v Speaker 3>God's favor is yours. Is annoyting is yours. There is

510
00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:16.079
<v Speaker 3>absolutely nothing anyone can do to interfere with that. So

511
00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:21.880
<v Speaker 3>this idea of Macarryo is and I like that. In

512
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<v Speaker 3>the original Greek, every single one of the parables actually

513
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<v Speaker 3>starts with with that wild so it's not just in

514
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<v Speaker 3>the English. So you are spiritually untouchable if you are

515
00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:38.359
<v Speaker 3>if you make this particular condition. You are spiritually untouchable

516
00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:42.400
<v Speaker 3>if you meet that particular condition. And because God himself

517
00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:46.400
<v Speaker 3>is the one who is making that declaration on those

518
00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.039
<v Speaker 3>who make those conditions that he's talking about, what it

519
00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:54.200
<v Speaker 3>tells me is simply this, as long as I am

520
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<v Speaker 3>in Christ, as long as I'm positioned in him, whatever

521
00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:04.240
<v Speaker 3>blessings he intends for me, whatever favors the intense for me,

522
00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:09.039
<v Speaker 3>whatever provisions is made available for me. It's it's just mine.

523
00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:12.400
<v Speaker 3>It's mine. That's it. And the only person who could,

524
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<v Speaker 3>literally is get in the way of my blessing, of

525
00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:19.079
<v Speaker 3>my anointing, of my favor is me. And that's for me.

526
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<v Speaker 3>Is absolutely amazing. Now, I'm sure probably you guys have

527
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<v Speaker 3>good explained that way before. I'm not sure. I'm very

528
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<v Speaker 3>much open to any from your.

529
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<v Speaker 2>I certainly have not, And I was just saying, I

530
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<v Speaker 2>haven't either, actually, and I was thinking, actually, that's i'd

531
00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:43.440
<v Speaker 2>almost say, much deeper than I thought it. I kind

532
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<v Speaker 2>of almost considered it to be. I mean, it's it

533
00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:52.760
<v Speaker 2>seems fairly self explanatory on the surface level, but as

534
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<v Speaker 2>you've broken it down in terms of taking that word,

535
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<v Speaker 2>it's so much it's so much bigger than that. It's

536
00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.920
<v Speaker 2>so much deeper than that. Yeah, and it's really highlights

537
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<v Speaker 2>you just how great and awesome God really is.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it makes it so great. Yeah. When you first

539
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<v Speaker 4>hear the beatitudes blessed, blessed are the poor in spirit,

540
00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.679
<v Speaker 4>you almost kind of feel like it doesn't sound as

541
00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:21.760
<v Speaker 4>good as the way you have explained it past that

542
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<v Speaker 4>I have picked something very different today that I have learned.

543
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<v Speaker 4>We understand what the word blessed is and we know

544
00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:31.519
<v Speaker 4>it's just God blessing us. We can't even really explain it,

545
00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.880
<v Speaker 4>but the way you have explained it gives us so

546
00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:37.159
<v Speaker 4>much hope that regardless of what you go through, you

547
00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.840
<v Speaker 4>are untouchable because God is with you. It's like when

548
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<v Speaker 4>the Bible tells us not touch not manented, No, we

549
00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.320
<v Speaker 4>conformed against you shall prosper. You know that the devil

550
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<v Speaker 4>is going to attack you in any way, but even

551
00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:55.679
<v Speaker 4>when you are attacked, you are untouchable because whatever the

552
00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:59.159
<v Speaker 4>devil is trying will not prosper upon your life. Victory

553
00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.400
<v Speaker 4>is ours. God has already worn it for us. So

554
00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:04.840
<v Speaker 4>we are blessed because we know who we believe in.

555
00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.199
<v Speaker 4>We are blessed because we know that He shields us

556
00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:10.599
<v Speaker 4>twenty four to seven. We are blessed because we understand

557
00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:15.920
<v Speaker 4>that God got our back regardless of what we go through.

558
00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.519
<v Speaker 4>That you know the times life that we, just like you,

559
00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:21.440
<v Speaker 4>just go through crazy moments in life and you start

560
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<v Speaker 4>to question whether or not you're blessed but then if

561
00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:26.480
<v Speaker 4>you're really blessed and you understand who God is, you

562
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.559
<v Speaker 4>know that regardless of what you go through, it's not

563
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<v Speaker 4>what you're going through right now. In the moment, God

564
00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:35.920
<v Speaker 4>is still there, you're still not Yes, you shouldn't be moved.

565
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<v Speaker 4>When you're not moved, then you have faith that cannot

566
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<v Speaker 4>be shaken, and and you know the enemy knows that.

567
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<v Speaker 4>So the moment, I feel like, to me, it's an

568
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<v Speaker 4>encouragement that we need to have faith that is untouchable,

569
00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:52.000
<v Speaker 4>whether or not life is good for me today. I

570
00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:54.199
<v Speaker 4>need to know that I will not be moved. Then

571
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<v Speaker 4>I know I'm there with God.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Angie, I like you, I'm like, I'm not. Really, it's

574
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<v Speaker 1>good to have someone say something at fresh again. You know,

575
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<v Speaker 1>you may feel you've read the Bible, you've heard the sermons,

576
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.119
<v Speaker 1>but it's always good to go in with a fresh perspective,

577
00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:23.960
<v Speaker 1>with a fresh with a different with a different viewpoint,

578
00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.039
<v Speaker 1>because there's always stuff to learn. Until He comes, we

579
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<v Speaker 1>will not it will not be fully revealed. And you know,

580
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<v Speaker 1>I've been searching, Angilie, like you said, you're not sure

581
00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:39.800
<v Speaker 1>where you normally look for words or you know, something

582
00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:42.440
<v Speaker 1>settles with your spirit, and that's what you take forward

583
00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.400
<v Speaker 1>for twenty twenty five. And I'm not sure yet if

584
00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:48.719
<v Speaker 1>I've found what it is that's going to be my

585
00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:52.199
<v Speaker 1>thing for this year, but untouchable seems just about right

586
00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:57.000
<v Speaker 1>now because we've been talking about it. That's how we

587
00:37:57.039 --> 00:38:01.239
<v Speaker 1>started off the program. There's so much going on. There

588
00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:05.559
<v Speaker 1>is so much going on around us, isn't it just

589
00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:10.239
<v Speaker 1>as you've said, Malember, a calm, reassurance to know that

590
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<v Speaker 1>we are in fact untouchable. When you go into it

591
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<v Speaker 1>a little bit deeper, you'll explain that there are conditions,

592
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<v Speaker 1>there are responsibilities on our end that we'll have to keep.

593
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<v Speaker 1>But once, like you said, we're in in God's hands

594
00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:34.159
<v Speaker 1>and in his will. There's just this hope and this

595
00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:44.760
<v Speaker 1>reassurance that we are in fact untouchable favorite unforgiven. And

596
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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to put you right back in because I

597
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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you remember the conversation we had about

598
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<v Speaker 1>how what we were thinking of for twenty twenty five,

599
00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:58.960
<v Speaker 1>Searching forward, searching for a concept, maybe something that resonates

600
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<v Speaker 1>with us or resonates with you, that's generally how you

601
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<v Speaker 1>start the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely, it definitely does, and it's funny because as

603
00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:10.320
<v Speaker 2>you're talking, you know it's also it will be a

604
00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:13.519
<v Speaker 2>testament of our faith as well, because you know, for

605
00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:16.400
<v Speaker 2>us to have hope, you have to have faith in something.

606
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<v Speaker 2>And you know, we we have faith. You know, we

607
00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:24.559
<v Speaker 2>go by what we we believe. We know sometimes it's

608
00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:27.079
<v Speaker 2>really difficult to see that. As you said, whatever's going

609
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<v Speaker 2>on in the world right now, you know, it's not

610
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<v Speaker 2>making Sometimes when you're going through stuff or you're seeing

611
00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:34.960
<v Speaker 2>what's happening, it doesn't feel like people are untouchable, even

612
00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:37.039
<v Speaker 2>though you may know that. But that's where our faith

613
00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.280
<v Speaker 2>has to come in. We've got to have you know,

614
00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:41.599
<v Speaker 2>we know that we alills talk about the time of

615
00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.719
<v Speaker 2>trouble and it's coming.

616
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<v Speaker 1>It's here.

617
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<v Speaker 2>Our faith has to be so strong so that we're

618
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<v Speaker 2>not going to be shaken. We have to have such

619
00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:52.639
<v Speaker 2>strong faith that we're going to be untouchable because things

620
00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:55.519
<v Speaker 2>are going to impact us. So you know, as you

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<v Speaker 2>just as you were just talking, as you know, talking

622
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<v Speaker 2>about it, then I was thinking, yeah, my faith has

623
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<v Speaker 2>to be on point. I only have that kind of

624
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<v Speaker 2>level of faith if I really am doing God's will

625
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm right there with him. You know, one of

626
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<v Speaker 2>my favorite text. I'm trying to think where it's from

627
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<v Speaker 2>now in terms of you know, I always envisioned God

628
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<v Speaker 2>upholding us with his right just right hand, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>got us right there. So we're literally clutching for life

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<v Speaker 2>as it were, to have that level of faith, to

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<v Speaker 2>stay strong, to be untouchable. And that's a really interesting

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<v Speaker 2>concept in itself because you know what that look what

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<v Speaker 2>does that look like? What does that seem practically even

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<v Speaker 2>when everything seems to be going on around you.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, yeah, I like what you said, Andrew, because

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes we may be going to of thinking, well, if

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<v Speaker 3>I'm spiritually untouchable, then nothing will should happen to me.

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<v Speaker 3>But we have to remember that the very last beatitude,

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<v Speaker 3>he says, blessed are you when many value and persecute you. Mm,

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<v Speaker 3>So it does not mean that you are completely devoid

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<v Speaker 3>of challenges and difficulties. Head Jesus spoke these, uh, he

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<v Speaker 3>out of a desire for others to experience what he

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<v Speaker 3>was living, and he was crucified, he was hitten, he

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<v Speaker 3>was despired. Here is the thing, this, this idea of

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<v Speaker 3>my carrios. I think looking at it from me spiritual standpoint,

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<v Speaker 3>as being spiritually untouchable. What it tells me is that

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<v Speaker 3>when I am quote unquote spiritually untouchable, I have this

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<v Speaker 3>confidence in God's certainty of my spiritual victory. Tells me

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<v Speaker 3>that there is this inner piece, this inner joys in

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<v Speaker 3>satisfaction that God gives me that irrespective of what happens

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<v Speaker 3>to me on the outside, respective of how how bad

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<v Speaker 3>people treat me, irrespective of how much things don't go

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<v Speaker 3>my way, nothing can still that peace that God gives me.

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<v Speaker 3>Because because it is it is is self contained. God

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<v Speaker 3>is the one who supplies it, not me. It comes

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<v Speaker 3>from Him. And because there is this contentment in God

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<v Speaker 3>that I experienced, I should I willnost find myself in

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<v Speaker 3>a place where there is a need for me to

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<v Speaker 3>try to find fulfillment outside of God. Because if Jesus says,

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<v Speaker 3>blessed are you, my power is spiritually unsouchable? Are you

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<v Speaker 3>if you make this condition, because God will do that

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<v Speaker 3>for you. So the spiritual what makes you spiritually untouchable

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<v Speaker 3>is what God does for you. And my Gosh, if

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<v Speaker 3>God is the one who does it, is the one

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<v Speaker 3>who does it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that, Yes, yes, it's good.

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<v Speaker 4>Is the one who does it for you. Is no

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<v Speaker 4>way they can do otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>Am past past Nick, Why don't you lead us in

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<v Speaker 1>our first prayer and then we will take a break,

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<v Speaker 1>take a song, let it resonate, let it marry in aid,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we'll come back to talk a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>about the first All right, sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's free, let's prey, let's free. Patawah. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 3>much for your word that is available for us to

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<v Speaker 3>to delve into it before your holy spirit, that is

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<v Speaker 3>able to just impact your word onto our hearts. It's

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<v Speaker 3>just so sweet a Lord, to know the depth on

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<v Speaker 3>the extent of your love for us and the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that you desire or you desire for us to be

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<v Speaker 3>in that place of spiritual and such ability. And I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just thanking you for the provisions that you made for

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<v Speaker 3>that it's available to absolutely everyone. There's none at all

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<v Speaker 3>who's going too far, who am not able to be

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<v Speaker 3>rich value and were I'm able to be in that

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<v Speaker 3>place where you could bless them in that regard. I

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<v Speaker 3>pray that that will be the reality for the listeners

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<v Speaker 3>for us who are here on this program, and that

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<v Speaker 3>your name will be just glorified and exhorted through us

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<v Speaker 3>as you just continue to have your way, especially as

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<v Speaker 3>we face this new year. It's just we pray Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen man man perfect right. So we'll take a break here,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have a selection and then back on the other.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to me, talk to me.

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<v Speaker 7>A mone in a world.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just me and you.

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<v Speaker 8>I feel so lost because I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, what if I you.

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<v Speaker 8>The wrong thing to do.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm so afraid, afraid of disappointing you, Sonny, to talk

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<v Speaker 9>to you.

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<v Speaker 10>And ask you for.

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<v Speaker 11>Your guidance, especially today when my life be so cloudy,

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<v Speaker 11>guide me unchillo.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh yeah, my hole sandry.

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<v Speaker 10>Are fading, fad.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm old berda. I don't think my street's gonna least.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'm crying out, crying out, I know, and you're

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<v Speaker 9>the only one who.

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<v Speaker 10>Is able to pull through.

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<v Speaker 12>So nor me talk to you.

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<v Speaker 1>And ask you for your God, it's it's.

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<v Speaker 10>Fat showing today.

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<v Speaker 13>When my word seems so clody, gat be aunt antion, ma.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh yeah, yes, shall do so show me how to

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<v Speaker 6>do it? Sure away.

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<v Speaker 14>To let me make the same sense.

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<v Speaker 10>Over and over.

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<v Speaker 7>You will be and I'll be the wall to be

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<v Speaker 7>shot to make shd out can give me. I don't

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<v Speaker 7>want any.

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<v Speaker 8>All to talk to you, I said, and ask you

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<v Speaker 8>for your.

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<v Speaker 10>Guide its.

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<v Speaker 6>Specially today.

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<v Speaker 14>Woman susn't end then county lot you can guide me.

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<v Speaker 12>Through that swell.

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<v Speaker 10>A woman of my my heart, my lord, my fall.

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<v Speaker 1>Plenty to do is just keep a single word from you.

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<v Speaker 14>Oh I don't, I'm woman up, Just one part to

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<v Speaker 14>make a difference in what I do, though, Get me

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<v Speaker 14>until I'm sure, I hope and I open open.

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<v Speaker 10>Open, will say one word, one word, one word, one word.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll open.

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<v Speaker 14>I'm oh, I'm chill, jill.

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<v Speaker 6>You the love of my son, captain of mysy, need

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<v Speaker 6>to work from you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I went.

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<v Speaker 15>My great is thy faithfulness, Oh God, my father, there

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<v Speaker 15>is no shad of journey with.

741
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<v Speaker 8>Thou changest, not thy compassions.

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<v Speaker 3>They feel.

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<v Speaker 10>As thou hadst been the fever with creat is thy faithfulness.

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<v Speaker 15>Created thy faithfulness more nick by.

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<v Speaker 10>New mercyts.

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<v Speaker 4>I see.

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<v Speaker 10>All I have need that and half cool.

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<v Speaker 6>Createst that faith mix loran.

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<v Speaker 8>Me summer and winter, springtime, and hall and sunmoned starts

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<v Speaker 8>in their courses, joint.

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<v Speaker 5>With all there, and marry all winness to thy grave from.

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<v Speaker 1>Less mercy and.

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<v Speaker 12>Gray eightings thy faiment great as thy face morning by

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<v Speaker 12>morning name.

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<v Speaker 1>Ses I see.

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<v Speaker 10>All have.

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<v Speaker 3>I can have.

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<v Speaker 10>Five greates THI fagness your.

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<v Speaker 8>Pardon for sin.

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<v Speaker 10>It appeace thine in.

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<v Speaker 8>Thy presence, to cheer and to go extress.

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<v Speaker 10>Ride on the court less things on mine with ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousand peace.

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<v Speaker 10>Bred is thy papleless, crit is thapleness by an nice season?

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<v Speaker 10>Have I had p all gosslas falls is not.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to talking point. And if you've missed the first,

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<v Speaker 1>but then you've missed a lot. I what's the word?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know what the word I'm looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to suggest. I'll make it light. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>suggest courage that, yes, encourage, Thanks. Do you know what

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<v Speaker 1>we're like this?

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<v Speaker 3>We're like this.

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<v Speaker 1>I encourage you to pick up the recording when it's

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<v Speaker 1>available and just delve deep with us as we look

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<v Speaker 1>at the word, and in particular we're looking at the beatitudes.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, I've just been so blessed already and we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking offline about that that we really want to

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<v Speaker 1>make these more frequent. We want to do more of

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<v Speaker 1>this Bible study and more of work. I'm reading the

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<v Speaker 1>word and appreciate the word. So if there is again

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<v Speaker 1>a particular topic or text that you'd like us to

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<v Speaker 1>dive into, or puts your pastor listening, and do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to lead then do get in touch with love

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<v Speaker 1>to hear from you? Passink? Why don't you take us

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<v Speaker 1>through the next session.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thank you very much. So what we've actually done

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<v Speaker 3>was just to establish a bit of a foundation for

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<v Speaker 3>the the attitudes. So with that we will now delve

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<v Speaker 3>into the first one. Now let me just read it.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's something really, really, really interesting and important about

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<v Speaker 3>the first one that I think needs to be etched into.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoever you are, and I'll share with you the reason why.

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<v Speaker 3>So in match of five and verse three just says, listened,

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<v Speaker 3>and the poor in spirit, for this is the kingdom

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<v Speaker 3>of heaven. For this is the kingdom of heaven. Two

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<v Speaker 3>points on this, and then we will begin to just

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<v Speaker 3>to look at the concept of the poor in spirit

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<v Speaker 3>point number one. Just like I said, on the the attitudes,

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<v Speaker 3>the entire the attitudes forms the foundation upon which the

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<v Speaker 3>entire teachings of the of the someone on the Mount

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<v Speaker 3>are built. The first, the attitude, the very first one,

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<v Speaker 3>is the foundation upon which the order the attitudes are built.

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<v Speaker 3>If you examine them you're examine the all nine, you

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<v Speaker 3>will discover that the first one is the only one

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<v Speaker 3>that Jesus says, you receive that blessing right away. So

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<v Speaker 3>the point in spirts for this is the kingdom of Heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>All the others he's saying, you will get them in time.

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<v Speaker 3>M hm, you will get it now. Getting them in

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<v Speaker 3>time does not mean you have to wait until the

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<v Speaker 3>second coming. But he's saying, but this one here is

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<v Speaker 3>the one that is absolutely vital and critical for us

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<v Speaker 3>to get. Now. I remember going through it and I

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<v Speaker 3>was wondering, abhy, why why is that so different? Why

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<v Speaker 3>is that also critical? And then delving into it, I

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<v Speaker 3>it began to challenge me. It began to challenge me.

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<v Speaker 3>So why it might sound like a nice simple the

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<v Speaker 3>attitude digging deep into it, it's really the attitude that

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<v Speaker 3>calls you to meet a condition that entails hurting yourself. Okay, now,

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<v Speaker 3>before before I go further, hair right, let me just

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<v Speaker 3>say this very puck. So if we look at the beatitudes,

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<v Speaker 3>there is a particular format that they all follow. So

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<v Speaker 3>they all start with blessed other and that's the condition

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<v Speaker 3>that God asked for us to meet, and then they

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<v Speaker 3>continue with for X, Y, and Z will happen to you,

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<v Speaker 3>for this is the kingdom of heaven, or they shall

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<v Speaker 3>be comforted, et cetera. Secretary. So the condition is ours

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<v Speaker 3>to meet. So in this the case of the first lattitude,

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<v Speaker 3>it's my responsibility to be poor in spirit, second one,

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<v Speaker 3>and my responsibility to mold, my responsibility to be meet,

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<v Speaker 3>my responsibility to a hangan first after rightlessness. Here is

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<v Speaker 3>a challenge though, with this. What God is going to

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<v Speaker 3>provide which makes us spiritually untouchable. Only God can give.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a given. There. There's no way I can give

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<v Speaker 3>myself the kingdom of God, no way I can comfort

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<v Speaker 3>myself that that is what God does for us, and

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<v Speaker 3>I praise Him for it. It just helps me appreciate

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<v Speaker 3>his grisk even more. But here is what's interesting. The

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<v Speaker 3>condition that God is asking us to meet we cannot

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<v Speaker 3>meet on our own. So he says the poor in spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>We cannot quote unquote be poor in spirit on our own.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me just trouble you with here. The truth is,

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<v Speaker 3>every single one of us are in a place of

843
00:59:15.199 --> 00:59:18.840
<v Speaker 3>spiritual poverty. There's no question there. But what does it

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<v Speaker 3>mean by poor in spirit? Let me get to open

845
00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:25.400
<v Speaker 3>it up. Guys, let me get put this before I

846
00:59:25.480 --> 00:59:27.559
<v Speaker 3>jump into it. I would love to just hear your

847
00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:30.719
<v Speaker 3>thoughts on it. What do you think Christ means when

848
00:59:30.760 --> 00:59:33.840
<v Speaker 3>he says the poor in spirit? How can you be

849
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<v Speaker 3>poor in spirit?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I'll try the past. I'm going to ask you

851
00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:45.559
<v Speaker 1>to come back and and clarify what you mean by

852
00:59:45.639 --> 00:59:49.119
<v Speaker 1>hurt ourselves, Like I can see the equivocal look on

853
00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:54.679
<v Speaker 1>our listener's brow at the moment, So clarify that. But

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00:59:55.480 --> 00:59:58.519
<v Speaker 1>when I think of poor in the spirit, I think

855
00:59:58.840 --> 01:00:07.360
<v Speaker 1>of one had humility m hm, humility acknowledging that that

856
01:00:07.679 --> 01:00:11.960
<v Speaker 1>I am nothing, absolutely nothing without Christ, without God.

857
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's a similar thing. And I think also recognizing

858
01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:21.199
<v Speaker 2>that we have full dependence on him, or we should

859
01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:23.639
<v Speaker 2>have full dependence on Him to be able to do anything.

860
01:00:24.880 --> 01:00:28.039
<v Speaker 2>And I guess thinking about in terms of what it's saying,

861
01:00:29.280 --> 01:00:32.800
<v Speaker 2>without him, we won't have we won't receive those blessings,

862
01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:38.079
<v Speaker 2>we won't have those things. Yeah, So I'm thinking about it. Yeah,

863
01:00:38.159 --> 01:00:43.440
<v Speaker 2>I would say it's humility, humble nurse, being open to

864
01:00:43.559 --> 01:00:48.320
<v Speaker 2>God working within ours to recognize that, yes, we need

865
01:00:48.440 --> 01:00:50.800
<v Speaker 2>Him completely to be blessed.

866
01:00:53.239 --> 01:01:00.519
<v Speaker 4>I also have a similar thought especially when daniells about

867
01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:04.960
<v Speaker 4>being humble, I feel being poor in spirit and also

868
01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:08.480
<v Speaker 4>mean that we need to humble enough to be teachable.

869
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<v Speaker 4>So I don't know, but the first that I came

870
01:01:11.679 --> 01:01:14.880
<v Speaker 4>to my mind was just being humble. When you are

871
01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:18.239
<v Speaker 4>poor in spirit, you are lowly. But then I'm going

872
01:01:18.320 --> 01:01:21.559
<v Speaker 4>to use words to describe other parts of the assicians.

873
01:01:22.000 --> 01:01:25.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm trying not to do that, but fully depending on God,

874
01:01:25.840 --> 01:01:30.119
<v Speaker 4>trusting in God that He's going to provide for our needs.

875
01:01:31.599 --> 01:01:34.559
<v Speaker 1>And I want to also clarify because I sort of

876
01:01:34.639 --> 01:01:38.960
<v Speaker 1>came across that, and it's important to identify.

877
01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:39.159
<v Speaker 3>What it is not.

878
01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:46.480
<v Speaker 1>You know, it is not being shy or lacking confidence

879
01:01:46.760 --> 01:01:49.480
<v Speaker 1>or letting people walk all over you and all that

880
01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:54.840
<v Speaker 1>other stuff which it could be misinterpreted to me, but

881
01:01:55.000 --> 01:01:59.400
<v Speaker 1>it is to acknowledge that whatever we have, whatever gifts,

882
01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:04.239
<v Speaker 1>whatever strengths, whatever, And I use the word loosely because

883
01:02:04.840 --> 01:02:11.960
<v Speaker 1>His strengthen but whatever it is, it is because of Gardens.

884
01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:16.239
<v Speaker 1>It's He is the ultimate source. So if we acknowledge

885
01:02:16.320 --> 01:02:20.599
<v Speaker 1>that and we live with that, then for me, that

886
01:02:21.000 --> 01:02:25.880
<v Speaker 1>that is what being being porn spirit is.

887
01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:30.239
<v Speaker 4>Also, like when you said reducing it up to what

888
01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:33.760
<v Speaker 4>it is not the first thought when somebody says poor

889
01:02:34.079 --> 01:02:37.000
<v Speaker 4>in something, you know, poor comes off to be like

890
01:02:37.119 --> 01:02:42.719
<v Speaker 4>a negative word. It is reduced to having nothing or begging.

891
01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:45.440
<v Speaker 4>And so the first person when you hear somebody saying

892
01:02:45.800 --> 01:02:49.719
<v Speaker 4>poor in spirit, you are thinking, is it that you

893
01:02:49.800 --> 01:02:53.599
<v Speaker 4>don't have the spirit or you lack the spirit? But

894
01:02:53.960 --> 01:02:56.719
<v Speaker 4>it's actually the opposite of not really the opposite, but

895
01:02:56.800 --> 01:03:00.880
<v Speaker 4>it's very far from lacking. It's to me, I would

896
01:03:01.159 --> 01:03:05.760
<v Speaker 4>want to think of it as less of the poor

897
01:03:05.840 --> 01:03:09.440
<v Speaker 4>in spirit, as being humble. Really, I'm going to go

898
01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:11.360
<v Speaker 4>back to what I said. I was just trying to

899
01:03:11.440 --> 01:03:14.039
<v Speaker 4>explain what it is not really.

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01:03:15.039 --> 01:03:19.039
<v Speaker 1>Being dependent, being dependent on God exactly.

901
01:03:19.239 --> 01:03:21.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you're right, Melema in terms of I mean,

902
01:03:21.760 --> 01:03:23.280
<v Speaker 2>I agree with you in the sense of that it's

903
01:03:23.320 --> 01:03:27.639
<v Speaker 2>not necessarily a negative. It's recognizing where you are and

904
01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.480
<v Speaker 2>what you need to kind of move forward to do

905
01:03:30.559 --> 01:03:34.599
<v Speaker 2>what you're doing, So that in itself, I don't know,

906
01:03:34.719 --> 01:03:37.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't necessarily see it as a negative. It seem

907
01:03:37.840 --> 01:03:39.559
<v Speaker 2>as a negative, and it should be seen as a

908
01:03:39.559 --> 01:03:42.920
<v Speaker 2>negative that we are fully dependent on God for our

909
01:03:42.960 --> 01:03:47.000
<v Speaker 2>blessings and for the things that will come. And I

910
01:03:47.079 --> 01:03:50.880
<v Speaker 2>think it's that, as you've said, past the recognition the

911
01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:53.320
<v Speaker 2>conditions that are there to be met, we have to

912
01:03:53.440 --> 01:03:57.599
<v Speaker 2>know that they're their conditions. That's kind of highlighting maybe

913
01:03:58.480 --> 01:04:01.719
<v Speaker 2>what those conditions are and for us to recognize that

914
01:04:02.480 --> 01:04:04.199
<v Speaker 2>to be able to then do you know if you

915
01:04:04.239 --> 01:04:07.039
<v Speaker 2>don't know something, you're not kind of aware, or you're

916
01:04:07.079 --> 01:04:10.000
<v Speaker 2>not open as you said, remember about being taught something,

917
01:04:10.119 --> 01:04:12.480
<v Speaker 2>then you're not going to be able to say, Okay,

918
01:04:12.719 --> 01:04:15.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be dependent on that because I recognize this,

919
01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:18.119
<v Speaker 2>because I think it's also about recognizing that you can't

920
01:04:18.159 --> 01:04:21.079
<v Speaker 2>do this on your own. It's not strength that you

921
01:04:21.199 --> 01:04:24.679
<v Speaker 2>do this. It's not through your own things that you

922
01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:27.199
<v Speaker 2>put in. You know, it's a lot more than that.

923
01:04:30.639 --> 01:04:34.360
<v Speaker 1>Can I ask you? Then, going back to that concept

924
01:04:34.440 --> 01:04:37.320
<v Speaker 1>of hurting yourself, it is it? Then you're saying that

925
01:04:37.599 --> 01:04:44.159
<v Speaker 1>we're we need to to belowly or be what's the

926
01:04:44.199 --> 01:04:50.679
<v Speaker 1>word I'm looking for? Bring ourselves down? Because there is

927
01:04:50.760 --> 01:04:53.480
<v Speaker 1>a text and I can't think exactly where it comes from.

928
01:04:54.079 --> 01:04:57.360
<v Speaker 1>But if it's those who are humble, he will he

929
01:04:57.559 --> 01:05:02.519
<v Speaker 1>will lift up, he will exult. So it's it's a

930
01:05:02.719 --> 01:05:09.719
<v Speaker 1>humbling of ourselves, understanding the the our poverty in spirit,

931
01:05:09.840 --> 01:05:17.199
<v Speaker 1>our lack in spirit, other than him providing and him blessing.

932
01:05:18.000 --> 01:05:25.039
<v Speaker 3>Is that where you were, you're you're basically like if

933
01:05:25.079 --> 01:05:29.400
<v Speaker 3>you try, I'm not yo the well you're doing well.

934
01:05:29.440 --> 01:05:32.000
<v Speaker 3>You're doing well. If if you look at every single

935
01:05:32.079 --> 01:05:34.440
<v Speaker 3>one of the conditions that Christ asked us to meet

936
01:05:34.880 --> 01:05:40.719
<v Speaker 3>for the beatitudes, they they are not they're not conditions

937
01:05:40.840 --> 01:05:44.719
<v Speaker 3>that we as human beings naturally pursue.

938
01:05:45.199 --> 01:05:45.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

939
01:05:46.280 --> 01:05:49.559
<v Speaker 3>So so so it's it's really a call to go

940
01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:53.440
<v Speaker 3>against the green of our persons. So what I said

941
01:05:54.000 --> 01:05:59.159
<v Speaker 3>is a called look yourself. Naturally speaking, I don't want

942
01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:02.920
<v Speaker 3>to be meek, I don't want to moan. I don't

943
01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:06.840
<v Speaker 3>to be poor in any way. That's that's that's no

944
01:06:07.360 --> 01:06:11.480
<v Speaker 3>why I don't to be hungry of this you you

945
01:06:11.679 --> 01:06:16.000
<v Speaker 3>think of them and and they're uncomfortable. For for me

946
01:06:16.119 --> 01:06:18.360
<v Speaker 3>to be a peacemaker, it means sometimes I have to

947
01:06:18.480 --> 01:06:23.519
<v Speaker 3>accept wrong. That's not that's not mine. But but I like,

948
01:06:23.679 --> 01:06:29.159
<v Speaker 3>I like what said. It's a call for you to

949
01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:35.159
<v Speaker 3>understand that actually, well I'm not sure if it's remember

950
01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:37.880
<v Speaker 3>or if it's I'm sorry, guys, but it's it's it's

951
01:06:38.000 --> 01:06:41.599
<v Speaker 3>actually for you to be in a place where it

952
01:06:41.920 --> 01:06:47.559
<v Speaker 3>seems negative, but it's not MM Hmmm, because there's there's

953
01:06:47.599 --> 01:06:52.360
<v Speaker 3>there's a statement that I remember reading as a young

954
01:06:52.559 --> 01:06:56.800
<v Speaker 3>Christian that God would not ask you to give up

955
01:06:57.079 --> 01:06:59.159
<v Speaker 3>anything that's in your best interest to keep.

956
01:07:00.079 --> 01:07:00.519
<v Speaker 1>Mmm.

957
01:07:01.400 --> 01:07:03.840
<v Speaker 3>If if it got asked you to give it up,

958
01:07:04.159 --> 01:07:07.840
<v Speaker 3>it is because he knows that it is getting me

959
01:07:07.920 --> 01:07:11.360
<v Speaker 3>in the way of what He wants to do for you,

960
01:07:11.679 --> 01:07:16.039
<v Speaker 3>through you and by you. So so so he's the thing.

961
01:07:16.119 --> 01:07:18.159
<v Speaker 3>That's here's the thing. And this for me it was

962
01:07:18.320 --> 01:07:23.480
<v Speaker 3>again it really, it really gave me a kick away.

963
01:07:25.920 --> 01:07:28.679
<v Speaker 3>So the poor in spirit. The interesting thing here is

964
01:07:28.760 --> 01:07:31.719
<v Speaker 3>that the word Jesus uses there for poor is not

965
01:07:32.079 --> 01:07:37.920
<v Speaker 3>the average word that's used back in the day for Paul. Instead,

966
01:07:38.800 --> 01:07:44.000
<v Speaker 3>the the a better, a better translation of the word

967
01:07:44.239 --> 01:07:47.639
<v Speaker 3>is to be destitute. And let let me give you

968
01:07:48.480 --> 01:07:53.639
<v Speaker 3>an example. Let me give you an example of their right.

969
01:07:53.719 --> 01:07:58.199
<v Speaker 3>And we'll look at some biblical examples. So for example,

970
01:07:58.719 --> 01:08:02.239
<v Speaker 3>in mass you eleven and five the same what is used.

971
01:08:02.280 --> 01:08:04.119
<v Speaker 3>And I want I want you to see some of

972
01:08:04.199 --> 01:08:09.639
<v Speaker 3>the other human conditions that are attached with them. Right,

973
01:08:11.960 --> 01:08:15.519
<v Speaker 3>So he says, the blind receives site, the blind the

974
01:08:15.719 --> 01:08:20.119
<v Speaker 3>label work, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the death hair,

975
01:08:20.680 --> 01:08:23.680
<v Speaker 3>the dead rays and the good news is proclaimed to

976
01:08:23.760 --> 01:08:26.840
<v Speaker 3>the poor. All of those individuals have one thing in common.

977
01:08:29.039 --> 01:08:35.800
<v Speaker 3>They are the societal outcasts. Uh, the average poor person

978
01:08:36.159 --> 01:08:38.720
<v Speaker 3>can still go in a field somewhere and work and

979
01:08:38.960 --> 01:08:43.760
<v Speaker 3>earn a living. Those who are destitute, they are not

980
01:08:44.239 --> 01:08:48.159
<v Speaker 3>qualified to be slaves or to get the most minial

981
01:08:48.199 --> 01:08:50.640
<v Speaker 3>of jobs in other ways. In other ways, they are

982
01:08:50.720 --> 01:08:54.039
<v Speaker 3>this enfranchised. They are seen as the scammel society. They're

983
01:08:54.159 --> 01:08:59.520
<v Speaker 3>incapable of contributing. There's there's Back in the day, they

984
01:08:59.560 --> 01:09:02.279
<v Speaker 3>would be those persons who would have to live on

985
01:09:02.399 --> 01:09:07.000
<v Speaker 3>the periphery of the community because they're they're seen as

986
01:09:07.199 --> 01:09:10.920
<v Speaker 3>those who don't belong, so they cannot rise on their own.

987
01:09:11.680 --> 01:09:15.039
<v Speaker 3>They cannot do for themselves because they are blind and

988
01:09:15.279 --> 01:09:18.920
<v Speaker 3>live and are leopards, and they are definite and so on.

989
01:09:19.479 --> 01:09:23.279
<v Speaker 3>And they are in a position where they literally need

990
01:09:23.439 --> 01:09:26.279
<v Speaker 3>someone else to come in and do for them otherwise

991
01:09:26.439 --> 01:09:30.600
<v Speaker 3>they are finished. That's it. So when he uses that

992
01:09:30.720 --> 01:09:33.640
<v Speaker 3>phrase the poor in spirit, he's not just telling us, Okay,

993
01:09:33.800 --> 01:09:36.760
<v Speaker 3>you just be poor. You can still go and work

994
01:09:36.840 --> 01:09:40.199
<v Speaker 3>some menial jobs in the spiritual realm and get some stuff. No, no, no,

995
01:09:40.760 --> 01:09:45.079
<v Speaker 3>he's saying you have to beest teacher, spiritually desicate. In

996
01:09:45.199 --> 01:09:48.640
<v Speaker 3>other words, get to a place where you recognize for yourself.

997
01:09:48.680 --> 01:09:51.239
<v Speaker 3>Get to a place where your spiritual condition is such

998
01:09:51.319 --> 01:09:54.119
<v Speaker 3>that God It's is so hard you are able to

999
01:09:54.159 --> 01:09:57.840
<v Speaker 3>see yourself so much that you know, beyond a shadow

1000
01:09:57.920 --> 01:10:03.399
<v Speaker 3>of a doubt, that we without God, I'm through. Without God.

1001
01:10:03.479 --> 01:10:07.319
<v Speaker 3>I'm nothing unless someone comes along and lifts me up.

1002
01:10:07.359 --> 01:10:10.399
<v Speaker 3>Unless God himself comes along and lists me up and

1003
01:10:10.720 --> 01:10:14.479
<v Speaker 3>does for me, that's it. I'm nothing. Let me let

1004
01:10:14.520 --> 01:10:17.560
<v Speaker 3>me share and all the text with you that explains

1005
01:10:18.039 --> 01:10:26.840
<v Speaker 3>the same in in Yes, in locate seven and fourteen.

1006
01:10:28.560 --> 01:10:31.279
<v Speaker 3>It gives a nice example here of what needs to

1007
01:10:31.359 --> 01:10:35.640
<v Speaker 3>be a spiritual beggar, what it needs to be spiritually destitute. Right,

1008
01:10:37.359 --> 01:10:42.079
<v Speaker 3>it's the the story of the tax collector and the

1009
01:10:43.279 --> 01:10:46.720
<v Speaker 3>and the pharisee. Jesus says, but the tax collectors stood

1010
01:10:46.760 --> 01:10:50.319
<v Speaker 3>at a distance. He wouldn't even look up to Heaven,

1011
01:10:51.399 --> 01:10:54.319
<v Speaker 3>but with his breast and said, God, have mercy on

1012
01:10:54.399 --> 01:10:58.239
<v Speaker 3>me as sinner. And Jesus says, here's the kicker. I

1013
01:10:58.399 --> 01:11:01.159
<v Speaker 3>tell you that this man, rather than the other, went

1014
01:11:01.279 --> 01:11:05.680
<v Speaker 3>home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves

1015
01:11:06.399 --> 01:11:10.359
<v Speaker 3>will be hambled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

1016
01:11:10.439 --> 01:11:17.199
<v Speaker 3>So to be spiritually destitute, to be poor in spirit

1017
01:11:18.199 --> 01:11:24.600
<v Speaker 3>means to make yourself of absolutely nothing whatsoever where God

1018
01:11:24.800 --> 01:11:27.479
<v Speaker 3>is concerned, you know, just just to be able to

1019
01:11:27.560 --> 01:11:32.319
<v Speaker 3>recognize that. That's it. Another example, they look fourteen and

1020
01:11:32.520 --> 01:11:34.439
<v Speaker 3>the thirteen. He says, but when you give a banquet,

1021
01:11:34.560 --> 01:11:38.439
<v Speaker 3>invite the poor, the quippled, the lave, the blind, same bracket,

1022
01:11:39.520 --> 01:11:44.399
<v Speaker 3>same bracket. So when I talked earlier on Zenia about

1023
01:11:45.880 --> 01:11:52.840
<v Speaker 3>hurting yourself, it's me sitting alone with God in my

1024
01:11:53.840 --> 01:11:57.640
<v Speaker 3>in my devotional time and just allowing the word of

1025
01:11:57.760 --> 01:12:02.560
<v Speaker 3>God to hit me and to not run away from

1026
01:12:03.640 --> 01:12:07.159
<v Speaker 3>what God is showing me that I am to embrace

1027
01:12:07.479 --> 01:12:11.439
<v Speaker 3>the truth that he points out to me. One of

1028
01:12:11.479 --> 01:12:13.760
<v Speaker 3>the things I love about the wood the word confession.

1029
01:12:13.840 --> 01:12:16.840
<v Speaker 3>Confession is not just you speaking about the wrongs that

1030
01:12:16.880 --> 01:12:20.319
<v Speaker 3>you've done. It it's literally you agree with God. When

1031
01:12:20.359 --> 01:12:24.399
<v Speaker 3>you confess, you're speaking the truth, even though the truth

1032
01:12:24.600 --> 01:12:30.359
<v Speaker 3>is I'm a thief. That's the truth. You've been able

1033
01:12:30.439 --> 01:12:35.000
<v Speaker 3>to acknowledge, unto and to and to own that. And

1034
01:12:35.560 --> 01:12:38.600
<v Speaker 3>it's for that reason Christ the Bible says, if we

1035
01:12:38.760 --> 01:12:41.640
<v Speaker 3>confess our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us

1036
01:12:41.640 --> 01:12:44.720
<v Speaker 3>of the places from all on righteousness. So so this

1037
01:12:44.960 --> 01:12:50.640
<v Speaker 3>idea of being spiritually destiny, spiritually poor, spiritually impoverished, with

1038
01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:56.399
<v Speaker 3>a spiritual outcast is recognizing I don't belong in God's kingdom,

1039
01:12:57.680 --> 01:13:02.319
<v Speaker 3>I don't deserve his favor. I am completely incapable of

1040
01:13:02.600 --> 01:13:07.079
<v Speaker 3>helping myself spiritually. I am completely detendant on God to

1041
01:13:07.199 --> 01:13:10.680
<v Speaker 3>come in and to do for me, because that's how

1042
01:13:11.000 --> 01:13:13.000
<v Speaker 3>messed up of a person I am. And let me

1043
01:13:13.039 --> 01:13:14.640
<v Speaker 3>put it to you this week and before I open

1044
01:13:14.720 --> 01:13:18.039
<v Speaker 3>up to your hair. Yeah, I have to be able

1045
01:13:18.159 --> 01:13:22.319
<v Speaker 3>to recognize that irrespective of how many degrees I have,

1046
01:13:22.640 --> 01:13:25.159
<v Speaker 3>respective of how much I value have been in the church,

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<v Speaker 3>what positions have held, whatever ministries have been involved in,

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01:13:29.079 --> 01:13:31.680
<v Speaker 3>how much God have used me to bring deliverers to people,

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<v Speaker 3>whether it is from demon possession, deman harassment, whatever it

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01:13:36.039 --> 01:13:38.119
<v Speaker 3>might be. No matter how many persons have come to

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01:13:38.319 --> 01:13:43.000
<v Speaker 3>Christ through my ministry, whenever I sit in my study,

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<v Speaker 3>I must continue to recognize that I am spiritually destitute.

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<v Speaker 3>One last thing here, it's interesting that this phrase, well,

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<v Speaker 3>it's the same thing for all of the rest of

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<v Speaker 3>the of the attitudes it's used in the present continuous tense,

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01:14:02.520 --> 01:14:06.840
<v Speaker 3>which means, irrespective of how much God works through me,

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01:14:07.600 --> 01:14:12.560
<v Speaker 3>I am always supposed to be spiritually destitute, respect how

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01:14:12.680 --> 01:14:16.640
<v Speaker 3>much He annoys me and how much he exalts me.

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01:14:17.000 --> 01:14:22.319
<v Speaker 3>I am always siritually destitute, because that's the condition God

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01:14:22.439 --> 01:14:25.319
<v Speaker 3>needs in order for the Kingdom of God to be mine.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd love for you guys to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>Something else was going to say.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to say, because when you were saying about

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<v Speaker 2>some of these conditions that we have to meet, how challenging.

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<v Speaker 2>Then this potentially can be because as you said, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the things that we would naturally pursue, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily things that we would want. And I suppose when

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<v Speaker 2>we think about in society to now most for a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people, being self sufficient, been able to cope

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01:14:58.600 --> 01:15:01.000
<v Speaker 2>with things, been able to do stuff, kind of is

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<v Speaker 2>a complete contrast for that, because in some way we've

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<v Speaker 2>been kind of you know, asked to kind of say, right, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to be the user word destitute, which I

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<v Speaker 2>remember thinking, gosh, that seems even worse than.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of hearing.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, so it's almost it's almost like almost

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<v Speaker 2>like contradictions in terms, really I have to be really humble,

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01:15:20.760 --> 01:15:23.319
<v Speaker 2>but it goes against the grain. So I just think

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<v Speaker 2>to myself and I wonder how easy that would be.

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<v Speaker 2>I think in theory, yes you hear all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I guess when you think about practically what that

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<v Speaker 2>means and how you're living your life and what you

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01:15:33.720 --> 01:15:36.680
<v Speaker 2>have to do, I just think, WHOA, that's kind of challenging.

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<v Speaker 2>Potential will be challenging when you put it, when you

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01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:43.079
<v Speaker 2>contextualize it and put it into you know, you think, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>how am I going to apply that principle to my

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01:15:45.319 --> 01:15:50.359
<v Speaker 2>life and everything that I do? Yes, that was that

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01:15:50.520 --> 01:15:56.079
<v Speaker 2>was my my initial thinkings on those on that mm hmmm.

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<v Speaker 4>When first I was talking, just as thought when when

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<v Speaker 4>you were talking about being hurt, the first thing that

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01:16:07.279 --> 01:16:12.479
<v Speaker 4>came to my mind was dying daily. You know, when

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible tells us to carry our cross daily, it's

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<v Speaker 4>not something that is easy to do, just like it

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01:16:20.159 --> 01:16:22.880
<v Speaker 4>is not easy to be poor in spirit. It's not

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01:16:23.000 --> 01:16:25.079
<v Speaker 4>easy to just say I'm going to be a good person.

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<v Speaker 4>When somebody shouts at me, I won't shout back. I

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01:16:28.439 --> 01:16:31.920
<v Speaker 4>will speak to them in a good voice. When somebody

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01:16:32.039 --> 01:16:35.680
<v Speaker 4>gets on my last nerve, I want to be angered

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<v Speaker 4>or like you know, you just want to be meek,

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01:16:38.039 --> 01:16:40.560
<v Speaker 4>because the Bible says you're blessed when you are all

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01:16:40.600 --> 01:16:43.359
<v Speaker 4>of these nice, when you're all of these things. It's

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01:16:43.439 --> 01:16:46.560
<v Speaker 4>not easy. It's easier said than it is done. But

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<v Speaker 4>then when we talk of my thought, when we talk

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01:16:49.319 --> 01:16:52.760
<v Speaker 4>of being hurt, is that we need to give up.

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01:16:52.880 --> 01:16:56.319
<v Speaker 4>We need to swallow the pride. You know, everybody wants

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01:16:56.399 --> 01:16:59.359
<v Speaker 4>to have a sense of pride in what they do.

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01:16:59.560 --> 01:17:01.720
<v Speaker 4>Because I'm not going to be the last person who

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01:17:01.960 --> 01:17:04.560
<v Speaker 4>thill shout at I also want to say something because

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01:17:04.720 --> 01:17:06.880
<v Speaker 4>my voice has to be heard. But it's in those

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01:17:07.000 --> 01:17:10.439
<v Speaker 4>moments that we are reminded just swallow your pride. The

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01:17:10.520 --> 01:17:13.640
<v Speaker 4>battery is not used to fight. Vengeance is not for us,

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01:17:13.680 --> 01:17:15.920
<v Speaker 4>it's for the lords. Speak up when you have to

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01:17:16.039 --> 01:17:18.560
<v Speaker 4>speak up. Like we said again, it's not that people

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01:17:18.680 --> 01:17:21.479
<v Speaker 4>have to tramp upon you. You can air your views

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01:17:21.560 --> 01:17:24.079
<v Speaker 4>in a way that is not offensive, in a way

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01:17:24.119 --> 01:17:27.239
<v Speaker 4>that shows that this you are a christ like a person.

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01:17:27.880 --> 01:17:32.600
<v Speaker 4>And so really swallowing the pride, carrying that cross daily,

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01:17:32.960 --> 01:17:37.079
<v Speaker 4>refraining like literally telling yourself not to do what you

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01:17:37.239 --> 01:17:39.800
<v Speaker 4>want to do when you feel like you should do

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<v Speaker 4>and be a certain way you literally tell yourself not

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01:17:43.359 --> 01:17:46.920
<v Speaker 4>to run away physically if you have to run like

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01:17:47.079 --> 01:17:50.439
<v Speaker 4>it's such a struggle. There's prayer, which is the spiritual

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01:17:50.520 --> 01:17:54.159
<v Speaker 4>part involved in our well being, in not in being

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01:17:54.319 --> 01:17:58.159
<v Speaker 4>hurt every day. There's a physical one that you tell yourself.

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01:17:58.359 --> 01:18:01.079
<v Speaker 4>You literally stop yourself from doing something that you want

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01:18:01.159 --> 01:18:03.680
<v Speaker 4>to do because you know it is not what God

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01:18:03.800 --> 01:18:06.520
<v Speaker 4>wants for you. You know you have this cross to

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01:18:06.640 --> 01:18:08.920
<v Speaker 4>carry and you are going to carry it every day,

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01:18:09.039 --> 01:18:12.239
<v Speaker 4>painful as it is, you will still carry it because

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01:18:12.279 --> 01:18:15.560
<v Speaker 4>you know what you want. Your jries out to be.

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01:18:16.000 --> 01:18:16.840
<v Speaker 4>I should say.

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<v Speaker 3>That, and you are, you are, you are absolutely sports

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01:18:25.039 --> 01:18:28.920
<v Speaker 3>spot on there. Again, the one of the things that

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01:18:29.000 --> 01:18:33.960
<v Speaker 3>continue to hit me is that while while God is

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01:18:34.159 --> 01:18:37.640
<v Speaker 3>asking us to meet those conditions, we cannot meet them

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01:18:37.760 --> 01:18:42.640
<v Speaker 3>on our own. So I I I cannot. I cannot

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01:18:42.640 --> 01:18:45.680
<v Speaker 3>get to that place of spiritual meekness on my own.

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01:18:45.720 --> 01:18:48.840
<v Speaker 3>I cannot be spiritually desecute on my own. So so

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01:18:49.000 --> 01:18:53.119
<v Speaker 3>while while it is my responsibility to get there, I

1140
01:18:53.279 --> 01:18:55.960
<v Speaker 3>have to recognize that God has made the provisions for

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01:18:56.079 --> 01:18:58.760
<v Speaker 3>me to be able to get there. There is His

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01:18:58.960 --> 01:19:02.119
<v Speaker 3>word that is able to impact me. There's there's there,

1143
01:19:02.279 --> 01:19:05.239
<v Speaker 3>there's the avenue of prayer where I'm able to speak

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01:19:05.319 --> 01:19:07.880
<v Speaker 3>to him. There is my conscience that the Holy Spirit

1145
01:19:08.000 --> 01:19:10.760
<v Speaker 3>ministers do, and then there is me who have to

1146
01:19:10.840 --> 01:19:13.560
<v Speaker 3>decide whether or not I will humble myself to go,

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01:19:13.720 --> 01:19:16.279
<v Speaker 3>whether or not I will I will leave obedience to his,

1148
01:19:16.359 --> 01:19:19.199
<v Speaker 3>whether or not I will exercise fit in him, whether

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01:19:19.319 --> 01:19:23.479
<v Speaker 3>or not I will swallow my pride and and go

1150
01:19:23.800 --> 01:19:27.000
<v Speaker 3>in the direction that He's asking me to go. Let

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01:19:27.079 --> 01:19:29.279
<v Speaker 3>me ask a question, Guys, have you ever been in

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01:19:29.359 --> 01:19:32.640
<v Speaker 3>a place where God asked you to do something and

1153
01:19:33.079 --> 01:19:37.600
<v Speaker 3>you're like you're dying inside because you just have to

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01:19:37.680 --> 01:19:41.399
<v Speaker 3>bring yourself to do it. Oh?

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01:19:41.520 --> 01:19:46.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, plenty of times. Oh right, I am thinking now

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01:19:46.399 --> 01:19:49.840
<v Speaker 1>of of of of times where I have come through

1157
01:19:49.920 --> 01:19:57.359
<v Speaker 1>for people. I've done things for people and they haven't reciprocated.

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01:19:59.039 --> 01:20:02.920
<v Speaker 1>And next next thing, you know, here they come again, saying, well,

1159
01:20:03.319 --> 01:20:05.399
<v Speaker 1>can you please help me with this? And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord Lord, why I had I made up my mind

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01:20:12.039 --> 01:20:15.479
<v Speaker 1>that I've washed my hands? I am never you know,

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01:20:15.640 --> 01:20:20.159
<v Speaker 1>these people are ungrateful, blah blah blah blah blah names.

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01:20:20.600 --> 01:20:23.319
<v Speaker 1>I've got, you know, all my words for them, and

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01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:26.640
<v Speaker 1>and and some. And then he says, if I were

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01:20:26.720 --> 01:20:31.760
<v Speaker 1>to treat you m okay, okay, okay, say normal.

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<v Speaker 3>What what what? What? What? One of the things, yeah,

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01:20:38.920 --> 01:20:43.399
<v Speaker 3>about the whole concept of being spiritually destitute, is that

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01:20:44.399 --> 01:20:51.680
<v Speaker 3>God is actually asking you two give your right to him.

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01:20:52.319 --> 01:20:57.279
<v Speaker 3>M hm. So you're you're you're right to be angry,

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01:20:57.359 --> 01:20:59.199
<v Speaker 3>give it to him. You're right for events, give it

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01:20:59.279 --> 01:21:07.960
<v Speaker 3>to him. You're you're right to to two to take

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01:21:08.039 --> 01:21:10.920
<v Speaker 3>the steps that's necessary for yourself. You give that to him.

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01:21:11.399 --> 01:21:15.560
<v Speaker 3>And the truth is, it's not so much the outward doing,

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01:21:15.680 --> 01:21:19.720
<v Speaker 3>but the inward work that really makes us spiritually destitute.

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01:21:21.520 --> 01:21:26.840
<v Speaker 3>And and so when I talk to Jena about it's

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01:21:26.880 --> 01:21:30.960
<v Speaker 3>a call to hurt yourself, that's what I mean, because

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01:21:31.000 --> 01:21:34.199
<v Speaker 3>it's it's it's literally God's saying to you, here is

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01:21:34.239 --> 01:21:38.279
<v Speaker 3>a condition to that is to be met in order

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01:21:38.560 --> 01:21:42.119
<v Speaker 3>that you have it in order for me to bless you,

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01:21:42.359 --> 01:21:47.920
<v Speaker 3>so that you can become spiritually untouchable. So really and truly,

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01:21:48.399 --> 01:21:50.319
<v Speaker 3>it's like, God, what you asked me to give up

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01:21:50.439 --> 01:21:52.560
<v Speaker 3>is a lot. But when you look at what he's

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01:21:52.760 --> 01:21:56.279
<v Speaker 3>offering m hm. When you look at what he's offering

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01:21:57.000 --> 01:21:58.720
<v Speaker 3>in terms of what he's asked you to give up,

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01:21:58.960 --> 01:22:01.319
<v Speaker 3>because what he's asking you to give. You're holding onto it.

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01:22:01.920 --> 01:22:05.239
<v Speaker 3>It just it. It keeps you at a place where

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01:22:05.800 --> 01:22:10.079
<v Speaker 3>you are going to keep missing out on the blessings

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01:22:10.159 --> 01:22:12.600
<v Speaker 3>that He intends for you. You're going to keep missing

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01:22:12.680 --> 01:22:16.479
<v Speaker 3>out on that spiritual untouchability aspect of your life that

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01:22:16.640 --> 01:22:20.720
<v Speaker 3>is supposed to be realized. So so in essence, in essence,

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01:22:21.159 --> 01:22:24.760
<v Speaker 3>it's that that call for spiritual destitution is a call

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01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:29.399
<v Speaker 3>for you to go deep with God and honest with

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01:22:29.520 --> 01:22:34.800
<v Speaker 3>yourself about who you are and where you are, and

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01:22:35.039 --> 01:22:38.840
<v Speaker 3>just availing yourself to God, as he is the one

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01:22:38.840 --> 01:22:41.880
<v Speaker 3>who will point it out to you. And that's how

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01:22:42.039 --> 01:22:46.920
<v Speaker 3>you that's how you achieve that condition of spiritual destitution.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me tell you, it's not nice, but it's worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>Fascinating. Talk to us then about that second second half.

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<v Speaker 1>What what what is he saying when he when he

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01:23:00.760 --> 01:23:05.199
<v Speaker 1>says the Kingdom of heaven? But what what are we?

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01:23:06.399 --> 01:23:07.359
<v Speaker 1>What are we looking at?

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<v Speaker 3>Now? That that's an excellent one, because of course he says, uh,

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01:23:14.119 --> 01:23:17.640
<v Speaker 3>the poor in spirit, this is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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01:23:17.760 --> 01:23:21.680
<v Speaker 3>And like I said early on, he uses that's the

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01:23:21.720 --> 01:23:23.880
<v Speaker 3>only one he uses in the present day. All the

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01:23:23.960 --> 01:23:27.199
<v Speaker 3>others are in the future tents. So it means therefore

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01:23:27.479 --> 01:23:30.600
<v Speaker 3>that as long as you are poor in spirit, the

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01:23:30.720 --> 01:23:36.520
<v Speaker 3>Kingdom of Heaven is yours. Right now, man, right now? Now,

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01:23:36.800 --> 01:23:40.840
<v Speaker 3>What what does it mean? What does it mean? Let

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01:23:40.880 --> 01:23:43.600
<v Speaker 3>me share just two points and then we will, will

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01:23:43.800 --> 01:23:49.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, open up again one in the minds of

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01:23:49.479 --> 01:23:52.760
<v Speaker 3>Jesus ters and for him himself as well. The whole

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01:23:52.880 --> 01:23:56.520
<v Speaker 3>concept of a kingdom, the kingdom has several components to it.

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<v Speaker 3>The kingdom as a ruler. Kingdom has a territory, it

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01:24:00.199 --> 01:24:05.000
<v Speaker 3>has laws, and it has citizens. Right. So for example,

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<v Speaker 3>here we are in the United Kingdom. Uh, in my

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01:24:10.000 --> 01:24:13.920
<v Speaker 3>capacity as an immigrant, hair there are there are certain

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01:24:14.159 --> 01:24:17.680
<v Speaker 3>privileges that I don't that I don't have that citizens

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01:24:17.720 --> 01:24:23.000
<v Speaker 3>here have right the their laws that are in the

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01:24:23.319 --> 01:24:27.479
<v Speaker 3>favor of the citizens of that kingdom. So so if

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<v Speaker 3>he's saying yours is the Kingdom of Heaven, and we're

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<v Speaker 3>not talking about the United king we're talking about the

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01:24:31.600 --> 01:24:34.479
<v Speaker 3>Kingdom about Heaven, you know, of God. So it means

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01:24:34.520 --> 01:24:37.119
<v Speaker 3>that for that that that as a result of you

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01:24:38.239 --> 01:24:45.840
<v Speaker 3>being in that place of spiritual destitution, you being spiritually untouchable,

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01:24:46.000 --> 01:24:53.279
<v Speaker 3>means the rights and trivileges of the citizens of God's

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01:24:53.359 --> 01:24:59.560
<v Speaker 3>Kingdom are yours. The resources of God's Kingdom are yours.

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01:25:00.439 --> 01:25:06.159
<v Speaker 3>The laws that governs the God's Kingdom our laws. That's

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01:25:06.359 --> 01:25:10.960
<v Speaker 3>that's that's weird. And God's laws are not horrible laws.

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01:25:11.800 --> 01:25:14.119
<v Speaker 3>Following the law, the love brings you happiness and joy,

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01:25:14.439 --> 01:25:18.880
<v Speaker 3>its fulfillment, it brings you satisfaction. But here is something

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01:25:19.000 --> 01:25:23.199
<v Speaker 3>here about the Kingdom that I want to just share

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01:25:23.239 --> 01:25:26.119
<v Speaker 3>with you. But even before I go, then let me

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01:25:26.239 --> 01:25:28.079
<v Speaker 3>just ask you, so i'll sort of what I will

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01:25:28.159 --> 01:25:30.720
<v Speaker 3>already share. When you hear the Kingdom of God, what

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01:25:30.840 --> 01:25:34.600
<v Speaker 3>do you think are the the characteristics of God's Kingdom?

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01:25:34.840 --> 01:25:36.279
<v Speaker 3>What do you think it's about.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a tough one because immediately when I think, when

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01:25:42.880 --> 01:25:46.199
<v Speaker 1>I think of kingdom or the Kingdom of God, I'm

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01:25:46.319 --> 01:25:51.159
<v Speaker 1>thinking of eternity. That's the first thing that comes to mind.

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<v Speaker 1>So for me to then transfer it or make it today,

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01:25:58.199 --> 01:26:05.279
<v Speaker 1>make it now, it requires a shift. It requires a shift.

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<v Speaker 1>And I suppose what what what I would maybe say

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01:26:11.119 --> 01:26:15.600
<v Speaker 1>is that he claim to give us life and joy

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01:26:15.760 --> 01:26:18.359
<v Speaker 1>and peace and and and those are the things that

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01:26:18.439 --> 01:26:22.359
<v Speaker 1>I would say, ours to claim now part of the

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01:26:22.479 --> 01:26:25.960
<v Speaker 1>kingdom come or the kingdom now?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay. If I was gonna say.

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<v Speaker 2>Something quite I was gonna say something quite similar, and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess it's if we're thinking about what living with

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<v Speaker 2>you know, being with God, if we attending would be

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<v Speaker 2>like it's kind of giving us the hope that actually,

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<v Speaker 2>as you said, we continue to die to self as

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<v Speaker 2>it were, every day and we can still experience some

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<v Speaker 2>of that right now, you know, we speak create space

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<v Speaker 2>for God to be with us, giving us that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of peace, joy and power and what have you right

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<v Speaker 2>here and now. So it's almost like a full taste

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<v Speaker 2>of what's to come.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe yep, yep, yep, I honestly have I don't know

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<v Speaker 4>about my I just think of heaven and God been

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<v Speaker 4>our ruler. When I think of the Kingdom of God,

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<v Speaker 4>I just envision, you know how our mind is limited

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<v Speaker 4>to what we see and what the convision, So I

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<v Speaker 4>envision this earthly kingdom, but in heaven more beautiful and

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<v Speaker 4>way data how we have a ruler, a king or

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<v Speaker 4>a queen. And that's how I envision the Kingdom of God.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think of the Kingdom of God, I know

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<v Speaker 4>it's in heaven, or that's how at least I think

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<v Speaker 4>of it. It's in heaven, and they see God sitting

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<v Speaker 4>on the throne being our king. That's what I think

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<v Speaker 4>the Kingdom of God is.

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<v Speaker 3>And you're you're not wrong. There is a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>more to it. There's a little bit more to it.

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<v Speaker 3>You remember when when John the Baptist began his ministry,

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<v Speaker 3>the subject of his preaching was, Behold, the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 3>Heaven is at hand. Mm hmmm. When Jesus came on,

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<v Speaker 3>he preached the same thing, Behold the Kingdom of Heaven

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<v Speaker 3>is at hand. Don't you find it's interesting that that

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<v Speaker 3>theme was not being preached before mm hmm.

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<v Speaker 4>Instead.

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<v Speaker 3>Instead, instead that that theme was being preached when the

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<v Speaker 3>time for the Messiah's arrival to be there. And there's

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<v Speaker 3>a reason for it. There was going to be a

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<v Speaker 3>significant shift in the spiritual battle long before I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going a little bit off. And do you guys,

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<v Speaker 3>have you ever taken the time to realize that in

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<v Speaker 3>the Old Testment there's less they're less references of people

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<v Speaker 3>being demon possessed and demon harassed in the New Testament. Yes, right,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a reason for that. There's a reason for that.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, as at that time of the Messiah's coming

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<v Speaker 3>came nearer, the devil knew. I mean he study is

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<v Speaker 3>the prophecies that Maybole tells us that so he knew.

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<v Speaker 3>So he began ramping up. He began ramping up his

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<v Speaker 3>efforts right for the sole purpose of trying to what

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<v Speaker 3>God's plant head too mustages. The scripture I want to

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<v Speaker 3>share with with you, guys, and these are coming straight

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<v Speaker 3>from the mouth of Jesus himself is helping us understand

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<v Speaker 3>the significant characteristic of the Kingdom of God. In Luke

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<v Speaker 3>ten and it, he says to his disciples, when you

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<v Speaker 3>enter the town and are welcomed it, what is offered

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<v Speaker 3>to you? Then? It was, he says, heal the sick

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<v Speaker 3>who are there, and tell them the Kingdom of God

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<v Speaker 3>has come near to you. M So, what are the

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<v Speaker 3>healing of the sick have to do with the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 3>of God? When when people are healed, they are being delivered.

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<v Speaker 3>They have been delivered. Let me let me share another

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<v Speaker 3>one for you with you again. In Luke chapter eleven

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<v Speaker 3>and verse twenty, Jesus says, but if I drive out

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<v Speaker 3>demons by the finger of God, then the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 3>God has come upon you. In other words, in other words,

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<v Speaker 3>in other words, what Christ is here highlighting is that

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<v Speaker 3>the significant characteristic of the Kingdom is that the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 3>brings deliverance to people. Just this week, from my devotion,

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<v Speaker 3>I've been looking at a look chapter four, so he's

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<v Speaker 3>not in the presentation, So I just really look for

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<v Speaker 3>eighteen and nineteen where Jesus is quoting from Isaiah sixty

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<v Speaker 3>one where he says, the spirit of the Lord is

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<v Speaker 3>upon me because he has anointed me to preash the

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<v Speaker 3>Gospel to the poor. That's the same way that we

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<v Speaker 3>saw on spiritually Destitute. Yes, submitted me to heal the

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<v Speaker 3>broken hearted, to press the delivereral to the captives, and

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<v Speaker 3>recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them.

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<v Speaker 3>That I was to pretty the acceptable year of the

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<v Speaker 3>Lord to preach that the Kingdom of God is all

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<v Speaker 3>about people being delivered. Amen, it's a lot of people

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<v Speaker 3>being spiritually delivered. So when he says, blessed are the

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<v Speaker 3>spiritually destitute, for theirs is the Kingdom of God, what

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<v Speaker 3>he's saying is that whatever the deliverance you need life

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<v Speaker 3>m hm, whatever deliverance you need in your life, the

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<v Speaker 3>Kingdom of God is yours. Because you are a citizen

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<v Speaker 3>of that kingdom. The rights and trivileges that belong to

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<v Speaker 3>citizens are yours. When when, however, when uh individuals are

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<v Speaker 3>held hostage and so on and so of America and

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<v Speaker 3>the US, they move heaven and earth, they send their

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<v Speaker 3>military in and so on to get their people back.

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<v Speaker 3>Why because these are citizens of their kingdom. Guys, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know if you're hearing what I'm saying. Jesus is

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<v Speaker 3>saying here. Jesus is saying here. When you are you

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<v Speaker 3>will be spiritually untouchable when you deliberately pursue becoming spiritually destitute,

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<v Speaker 3>because then every as expect of the kingdom, every benefit

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<v Speaker 3>of the kingdom when it comes to spiritually deliverance is yours.

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<v Speaker 3>Man one is yours. And as I just try to

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<v Speaker 3>tie down, I'm just appreciating so much that Jesus chose

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<v Speaker 3>that first the attitude to be the foundation upon which

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<v Speaker 3>all the others are built. So I must no longer

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<v Speaker 3>go to Matthew six forty three and read six First

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<v Speaker 3>the Kingdom of God is right, and other thing will

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<v Speaker 3>be added on to you without referencing the attitude, without

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<v Speaker 3>referencing blessed and the poor in spirit, because look, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're a poor in spirit. Doesn't matter how many other

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<v Speaker 3>blessings or promises are in the rest of the sermon

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<v Speaker 3>on the mounth, my friend, you will not receive any

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<v Speaker 3>one of them. It begins with your being poor spirits,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you've been spiritually destitute, that's the way becoming

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<v Speaker 3>spiritually untouchable comes in m Man. We've we've, we've, we've

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<v Speaker 3>kind of come to a little bit to the end

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<v Speaker 3>of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's an excellent going to. Maybe Pasnik,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to lead us again in a final

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<v Speaker 1>session of prayer around the kingdom and being delivered, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we will wrap up with final thoughts, and then

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<v Speaker 1>Malemba will close us out.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, sure, sure, let's spray, let's be, let's be fod.

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<v Speaker 3>We thank you again for for your world. We thank

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<v Speaker 3>your God for being great and awesome and for just

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<v Speaker 3>loving us so much. For God that you are making

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<v Speaker 3>so many absolutely amazing blessings available to us. Lord, just

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<v Speaker 3>the very fact that you are highlighting for us this

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<v Speaker 3>evening at what you're You're you're asking us to to

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<v Speaker 3>just acknowledge the truth of who we are and so

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<v Speaker 3>just to the hard work spiritually. Where where the submission

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<v Speaker 3>of our heart is concerned, and if we just get their, Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>if we get there, you're promising to give us so

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<v Speaker 3>much as it relates to your kingdom, so much as

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<v Speaker 3>citizens of your kingdom, that the rights of citizens become ours,

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<v Speaker 3>the privileges of citizens become ours. The strength of the

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<v Speaker 3>Kingdom is on our side, and the deliverance that we

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<v Speaker 3>need or God, despite whatever it is that we are

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<v Speaker 3>going through, we are guaranteed that you will bring deliverance.

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<v Speaker 3>So sometimes it may feel like we are not getting there,

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<v Speaker 3>it may feel like we want to just give up,

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<v Speaker 3>But may you remind us all of that as long

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<v Speaker 3>as we are spiritually destitute, the spiritual on such ability

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<v Speaker 3>of being, of benefiting from the citizens of your kingdom

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<v Speaker 3>is the one that no one can go from us.

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<v Speaker 3>And we thank you for it. We'll bless you for it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just been me prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, Amen, thank you, thank you, pastor. And I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to delving into the next session next week,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm certain our listeners will be back to hear

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<v Speaker 1>more of the discussion, and I'm sure as well they've

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<v Speaker 1>been enlightened and maybe have different perspectives now on the

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<v Speaker 1>text that they may have read several times before, or

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<v Speaker 1>had been preached on several times before, but never really

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<v Speaker 1>gone as deep as this, So it's been really really refreshing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Angie Malemba, what's your takeaway from this

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<v Speaker 1>Evening's conversation? You can find just one.

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<v Speaker 2>There was so much that I mean, I think right

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<v Speaker 2>from the beginning in terms of being you know, untouchable,

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<v Speaker 2>and the idea of kind of and I guess he's

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<v Speaker 2>that Greek word in terms of what's relating to being elite,

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<v Speaker 2>being above those things. Whilst we're untouchable doesn't mean so

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<v Speaker 2>that things won't impact us, but ultimately we can be

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<v Speaker 2>that if we say every day God, I need you,

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<v Speaker 2>I need as much as I can. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to do what I need to do to get

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<v Speaker 2>that ultimate I think only surprize, but that kind of gift,

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<v Speaker 2>that blessing of the Kingdom of God right here and

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<v Speaker 2>now as a full taste for going forward. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>been so much because ive kind of it's it's been

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<v Speaker 2>really interesting to sort of see how this has been unpacked.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think I never really sort of gauge the

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<v Speaker 2>idea that that sort of that the foundation and the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, there's a lot of there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of themes running through and quite similar, and I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Jesus is a storyteller. You know, he had

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<v Speaker 2>a message running through right through, and it sort of

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<v Speaker 2>works in similar ways in terms of how he presented those.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, again looking forward to the sort of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>breaking down the next few attitudes as well.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor's been really really really good, really enjoyed.

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<v Speaker 1>That, and I want to before Malember comes in because

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<v Speaker 1>I know she'll be closing out all for the prayer,

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<v Speaker 1>and I probably should have taken another music break, but

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<v Speaker 1>I hope that it's not been too much, and certainly

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<v Speaker 1>that our listeners have been able to sort of take

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<v Speaker 1>it all in and let it just marry it, as

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<v Speaker 1>I said before. But but for me, I'm even going

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<v Speaker 1>to take it back to that scripture that you shared, Pastor,

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<v Speaker 1>about the Pharisee and the tax collector, and I see

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<v Speaker 1>some how easily it could be that you tick those boxes.

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<v Speaker 1>And certainly we're reminded that it's not by works, but

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<v Speaker 1>often we feel like it. Yeah, I'm the one in

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<v Speaker 1>the church every every you know, Wednesday Night Sunday night,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it might be. I'm the one that pays the tides.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the one that feeds the sick and the hungry,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, I'm the one that does all that,

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<v Speaker 1>and therefore I am entitled to I am the one

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<v Speaker 1>that that inherits the kingdom. But this is not what

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<v Speaker 1>it's about. And you've reminded us that we you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not about all that. It's about coming, stripping ourselves,

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<v Speaker 1>killing our flesh and just carrying our cross, as Melimba said,

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<v Speaker 1>and recognizing that we are absolutely nothing despite what we

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<v Speaker 1>have done, what we have accomplished, and Pastor you said it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you've preached, you've you've sort of delivered through

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<v Speaker 1>your messages. You've you've done so much, but you still

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<v Speaker 1>have to remind yourself and when you come into the

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<v Speaker 1>quiet places with God, and when we come into that

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<v Speaker 1>place with God, we need to recognize that we are

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely nothing without Him and that has to stay with

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<v Speaker 1>us and that has to be the foundation on which

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<v Speaker 1>everything else is built. So that's for me what I

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<v Speaker 1>take on. It's not easy to do because you are

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<v Speaker 1>aspiring to be what God wants you to be, to

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<v Speaker 1>tick those boxes but it's also acknowledging that even when

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<v Speaker 1>you take them and if you tick them, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to be taking them for the right reasons. And you

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<v Speaker 1>have to acknowledge that it is still Him that gives you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whatever you need, and it's still by His

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<v Speaker 1>grace that you go. It's nothing that you've done that

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<v Speaker 1>makes you worthy. So yeah, yeah, Malemba, what's your final thought?

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<v Speaker 1>And then we'll bring past the back in because I

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<v Speaker 1>I think I see him. He's scream weavings. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure he's wanting to add something else there? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>wanting to add something here?

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, no, no, I'm just I'm just being blessed

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<v Speaker 3>by your the contribution that you guys are making.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, I have so much to say, but you

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<v Speaker 1>got two minutes today.

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<v Speaker 4>I know it's been so lovely, honest blessed the poor

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<v Speaker 4>in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 4>the last part just hit me. The Kingdom of Heaven,

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<v Speaker 4>me being a citizen of God, imagine him being my ruler.

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<v Speaker 4>We look at it as God when we think of

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<v Speaker 4>God is in heaven. He's so far from us, like

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<v Speaker 4>we think he's far, but looking at the fact that

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<v Speaker 4>the Kingdom is mine as in heaven. Mulember, these two

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<v Speaker 4>going together, it's so beautiful. If it takes me to

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<v Speaker 4>be poor in spirit for me to the kingdom, Oh yes,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm definitely going to be poor in spirit. If it

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<v Speaker 4>takes need to hurt myself every day to live up

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<v Speaker 4>to a standard that God wants me to attain, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>definitely going to do that because I know what I

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<v Speaker 4>want at the end. I want to inherit the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 4>of Heaven. I want it to be mine. I don't

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<v Speaker 4>want it to pass me. So regardless of what happens,

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<v Speaker 4>if it means I should be meek, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 4>do that because I know what I want at the

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<v Speaker 4>end of the day. So really, it's amazing to know

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<v Speaker 4>that I can be a partaker of heaven as long

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<v Speaker 4>as i'm poor in spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, amen, Amen, Amelama, Why don't you close us off

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<v Speaker 1>with a prayer, just the kind of sum up where

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<v Speaker 1>where we're at, and then yeah, we will say, oh goodbye.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, let us spring. Oh, dear heavenly Father Jehovah,

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<v Speaker 4>we are grateful for this lovely discussion that we have had.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you so much for Pastor and allowing him to

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<v Speaker 4>speak to us. We are grateful that we have learned

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<v Speaker 4>even something new today. We pray dey Jesus, that may

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<v Speaker 4>you help us to be poor in spirit, for the

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<v Speaker 4>Kingdom of heaven is ours. Help us, yere Jesus, to

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<v Speaker 4>learn to live by your precepts. Help us to follow

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<v Speaker 4>your word. We pray for the listeners out there. May

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<v Speaker 4>you bless them, May they be blessed. O God, continue

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<v Speaker 4>lot to help us in this journey as we spread

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<v Speaker 4>your word may speak to us even before it speaks

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<v Speaker 4>to somebody out there. It's in the mighty name of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 4>We pray with thanksgiving in our hearts. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, Amen, Pastor, Thank you again. I think the whole

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<v Speaker 1>team has thank you and we look forward to having

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<v Speaker 1>you back for another episode, another sort of not as

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<v Speaker 1>we continue to delve into the beatitudes exactly, no problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you well. It's good night from me Zanyel and.

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<v Speaker 4>Good night for Mandel. Good night from William Bagh.

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<v Speaker 1>And God bless you. We'll see you next time.

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<v Speaker 11>Bye.

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<v Speaker 1>Adventist Radio London. Inspiration for the song