WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.119 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily Joseph 2 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.439 inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different characters and speakers 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.559 all over the Philippines. We're hoping this podcast finds you 4 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.280 in good shame and now here's your message. 5 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.280 You're listening to a message from Victory. We hope it 6 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.439 inspires you to honor God and make disciples in your community. 7 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.719 We are starting a brand new series today and the 8 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:46.359 title of our series is Redefined. This is the longest 9 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:49.479 sermon that Jesus preached, and this is also going to 10 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.719 be the longest series we're going to have in Victory. 11 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.560 This is going to run for sixteen weeks and different 12 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:58.119 topics that will be covered. 13 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:00.880 We'll talk about. 14 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:06.400 From loving your enemies to money, to anxiety to UH, 15 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:09.959 marriage and divorce and on all of these things. Six 16 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.239 ten different topics for the next six ten weeks. And 17 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:18.840 it's really interesting as we study this sermon, we're calling 18 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.040 this Redefined because if you read the sermon, you'll realize 19 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:27.680 Jesus was actually redefining the way uh, the way we 20 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:35.200 live our lives, and redefined means defining differently or defining again. 21 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.519 You know, if you're a if you're a Christian and 22 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.840 you're reading the Bible, I'm sure you came across this 23 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.480 verse that says, if anyone is in Christ, he's a 24 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:50.120 new creation. The old has gone and the new has come. 25 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.879 So when you're in Christ, everything is made new. There's 26 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.560 new master. Uh, there's you have You're given a new heart. 27 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.719 That's why you have new desires. You have a desire 28 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:03.959 for God. And now there's a new way of living. 29 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:06.840 You know, if you every time you go to a 30 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:14.479 different nation, traveler Ohio and travel you you'll instantly notice 31 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.080 the difference in language or culture. 32 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:27.840 Sometimes the smell immediately airport. You know, I still remember the. 33 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:30.840 First time I I went out of the country for 34 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:34.120 a two weeks mission trip to China. 35 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.680 It was very different, but. 36 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:41.240 I was so used to our culture and living here 37 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.960 in the Philippines that when I went there, it was 38 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:44.439 really a. 39 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.439 Culture of a shock for me. 40 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:51.479 If you go to Japan, you know, immediately you'll see 41 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:58.319 people are so disciplined. Gab Robot, very young, line Lanza 42 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.879 from the elevator to line end up going to the 43 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:08.039 train station. They're they're so disciplined. Then you have no 44 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:13.479 choice but to adopt so Hi, come in. Become conscious 45 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:22.159 when you go to the US, the notice English grabbing 46 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:34.680 a red passive. Hey, how's your day? But did processing? Processing? 47 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:45.120 But next time, next time. So they're just so good okay, 48 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:49.360 and you have to be prepared there the state where 49 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.319 I stayed for three months because I I was sent 50 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:54.599 there and to study for three months. 51 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.560 Uh, this is a Nashville area hall. 52 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.599 I really I noticed that people are so uh, they're 53 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:07.319 so concerned about their personal space. I like, if you're 54 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:22.759 going to enter a convenience store or a restaurant, mean, 55 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.959 and the moment you passed by tela because you know, 56 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.199 they're so used to it now. In the same way 57 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.600 the moment you become a Christian, not only that you 58 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.720 received salvation, but the Bible says you are uh, you're 59 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:49.079 you became part of God's kingdom. We have a new God, 60 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.839 we have a new Master, and and there's a different 61 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.519 way of life and so and that's why what this 62 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.879 series is all about. Okay, it's redefining because we're so 63 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.519 used to living the life we used to live, and 64 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:09.199 so now that we're Christians, we're reorienting and renewing our mind. 65 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:16.160 So expect, really expect a culture clash and really a 66 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:20.120 reversal of values. Nisantium is a really time value as 67 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.480 a family and as a Filipino. But now that you're 68 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:27.000 a Christian, you're realized sometimes there will be tensions because 69 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:30.800 now that you are walking with Christ. So again, for 70 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.240 the next sixteen weeks, we'll look, well, we're going to 71 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.160 look at the sermon at the mount So if you 72 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.160 have your Bible with you, were going to start in 73 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:42.040 Matthew chapter five, and we're going to read from verse 74 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:46.680 one to twelve. Seeing the crowds went up on the mountain, 75 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.319 and when he sat down, his disciples came to him, 76 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.519 and then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, 77 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:55.000 Blessed or the poor and spirit, for theirs is the 78 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.720 Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they 79 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.439 shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall 80 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.199 inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst 81 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:11.439 for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, 82 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:15.560 for they shall receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, 83 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.279 for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for 84 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.800 they shall be called sons of God. And blessed are 85 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.680 those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is 86 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:29.560 the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile 87 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.879 you and persecute you, and utter all kinds of evil 88 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:37.199 against you, and false persecute you, and other all kinds 89 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.720 of evil evil against you falsely on my account verse twelve. 90 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.800 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. 91 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:49.079 For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 92 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:52.240 Just to give you a little context about this, Jesus 93 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:57.279 just started his ministry after fasting forty days in forteen 94 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.959 nine see was tempted by the devil. And then after 95 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.639 that he began his ministry. Immediately after, he started calling 96 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.199 his first disciples and started ministering to great crowds of people, 97 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.839 and people love to listen to him. They are it's 98 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:16.439 so new to them, and he's preaching with authority, challenging 99 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:21.800 the norms and the religious teachings of their time. Now 100 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:27.680 in chapter five, verse one, there's this big crowd that's 101 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.199 waiting for him, and so the Bible says he went 102 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:34.120 to the mountain and started teaching them. And in the 103 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:38.079 audience are Jesus disciples and people who are new in 104 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.560 the faith. To go to abosat in Dta, you're just 105 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.199 maybe one two years in the faith, walking with the Lord, 106 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:48.800 and so we can relate to the audience of Jesus. Now, 107 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.360 maybe you notice canina don'm bin a basapunatin you matt 108 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.680 you chapter five. Really, at first, when I was studying this, 109 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:05.639 it's really counter cultural. It's counter intuitive from the life 110 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.920 that we know today. The sermon on the mouth will 111 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.079 not make sense to us unless we understand the meaning 112 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.600 of the word blessed, because but I'm blessed are those 113 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:21.399 who more But that's not what we advocate today. Blessed 114 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.480 are those who are poor in spirit. No, we don't 115 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:28.160 say that. We consider the rich or the wealthy they 116 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:30.040 are the blessed ones. 117 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:31.560 But poor I don't think so. 118 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:36.519 And so all these nine beatitudes, these are really not 119 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:41.279 making sense unless we understand the word blessed. So the 120 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:46.080 word blessed, if you look at the original meaning of 121 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.960 this in Greek, it's from the Greek word macario's meaning happy. 122 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:52.080 How many of you hear you want to be happy? 123 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.879 Okay, I'm yet to meet somebody who's dream in life 124 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:01.759 is to have a miserable and sad life. A prayer 125 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:12.879 your Lord and buhiku Sana yungang tele novella Lloyd Wi 126 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:17.039 no every everyone I know, we we want to be happy. 127 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:21.120 Here's what Blaces Pascal said is a noted Christian leader 128 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.679 and writer who live in the sixteen hundred. They said, 129 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:28.600 all men seek happiness. This is without exception, whatever different 130 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:32.480 means they employ, they all tend to this end. The 131 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.639 cause of some going to war and of others avoiding 132 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.879 it is the same desire in both attended with different views. 133 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:44.559 This is the motive of every action of every man. 134 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:51.799 So we're we're all looking for happiness, and many times 135 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:55.679 that's the motivation behind everything that we do. Why am 136 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.120 I doing this? And that's because of the pursuit of happiness. 137 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:01.960 I want to be happy. I want to make somebody happy. 138 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.480 I want to make my wife happy. I want So 139 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:08.240 it's the motivation and everything that we do. Another meaning 140 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:14.200 of the word blessed or macarius is uninviable state worthy 141 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:21.080 of congratulations. So again Paran, it doesn't make sense, Paran. 142 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.200 If you're blessed, you're somebody who ought to be congratulated, 143 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.679 just like Stephen Curry, who is now who landed the 144 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:34.240 biggest offer in the NBA congratulated by Lebron. 145 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:40.200 Again. But contract congratulations. 146 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:44.080 Now, that's the meaning of macarios, an inward contentedness that 147 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:50.519 is not affected by circumstances. Now, during the time of Jesus, 148 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:55.039 every time they word they use the word blessed, Normally 149 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.960 they think of the gods, the Greek gods, or the dead. 150 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:00.360 Who's considered. 151 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.000 Must blessed by Yumanhapatai, I know, because there's no bad 152 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.720 things that's ever going to happen to them again. So 153 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:09.480 every time the word blessed is mentioned, they will assign 154 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.080 that to the Greek gods, to the dead, or to 155 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:15.159 the super rich during their time. 156 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:20.120 And you cannot consider nil na blessed. Okay, people who are. 157 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:25.759 Considered to be immune from problems and all the challenges 158 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.840 that normal people experience. You know, if you if you 159 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:37.039 search an Instagram the hashtag blessed, you'll find out there 160 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:44.879 are seventy four million hashtag right no blessed, say Instagram brinousmo. 161 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:50.080 Most of it really pertains to either a promotion, material 162 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:56.080 or financials. It's referring to healing or improvement in health 163 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.519 or a place that they visited, or it refers to 164 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.600 a to a happening or people. So normally and yumaa, 165 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.919 if it's a being, I'm blessed, dam parking, a God 166 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:13.879 blessed or Nita and be praying blessed in church. So 167 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.840 normally it refers to a good thing happening, or a 168 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.240 good thing that happened to someone. 169 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:24.039 Now that's our idea of blessed. 170 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:30.840 No wonder, considering the meaning of blessed or Machario's a 171 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.799 happiness that is not based on external and the circumstance, 172 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.559 no wonder. If this is our definition of blessed, something 173 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.320 that is based on something that is temporal or external, 174 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.679 then we will not be happy and we will not 175 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:51.960 consider ourselves blessed because these things come and go, like healing. 176 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.759 You know, we pray for healing, and healing is good. 177 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.399 I'm not saying these things are not good. It's good 178 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.600 to have these things. These are blessings, but these are 179 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.960 not the primary basis in order for us to say 180 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.240 that someone is blessed. 181 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:11.320 According to the teaching of Jesus, the beatitudes, these are not. 182 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.960 So whether you have this or not, you can be 183 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:20.080 a blessed person, because the idea of blessed is something 184 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.120 that is not based on external or temporal again, like. 185 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.360 Healing the bye. 186 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.120 If you pray for healing tapas gumlinka pah, blessed, but 187 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.879 you know that's temporal because you will get sick again 188 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.000 and eventually we'll all die, So that's not really the 189 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:42.480 greatest blessing of all. I was talking to my daughter. 190 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.600 I guess two days ago we are having this conversation. 191 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:49.879 She was invited to a birthday party and they stayed 192 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:54.039 in Kazana for almost the entire day. Man, I don't know, 193 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.919 nine ten am and then have to pick her up 194 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:00.759 num four pm because I have a victory group six o'clock, so. 195 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.480 I have to go there. 196 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:04.919 And when I went there, I saw her said, pinnaup, 197 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.679 how is Kitzena? And she was not happy, She's sad. 198 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.320 She's complaining a lot of about a lot of things. 199 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.759 And I just knew that it was a discipleship moment. 200 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.559 So I stopped the car and talked to her and 201 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:21.080 I said, why are you? Why are you complaining? And 202 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.000 so after talking to her and trying to draw out 203 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:29.039 what and help her process what she's feeling. She said, 204 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.039 because every time it's about to end, like this is 205 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.440 not just about kidzying. I've noticed this several times already, 206 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:38.039 And she said, because every time it's about to end, 207 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.759 I feel sad. 208 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.720 And it makes sense, but I. 209 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:45.679 Have to explain to her that, okay, but you have 210 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.919 to understand that it's not always going to be fun. 211 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.480 And if you don't learn that today, you're going to 212 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:57.480 grow up frustrated and disappointed because it's not. 213 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:02.000 Always going to be fun. But you can always be grateful. 214 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.960 When you understand that you're blessed and you have a 215 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.759 lot of things to be thankful about. So I have 216 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.840 to teach her that and talk to her. In Dephesions, 217 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.600 chapter one, verse three, it says, blessed be the God 218 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.600 and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed 219 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:26.360 us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. 220 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:29.279 You know, one thing we need to understand about being 221 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:33.840 blessed is that it doesn't start with a happening or 222 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:34.399 a promotion. 223 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.200 It starts with a right relationship with God. You know. 224 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:41.159 The first beatitude it says, blessed or the poor in spirit? 225 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.519 What does it mean? Poor in spirit. 226 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:47.240 I like what Alexander MacLaren said about this. He said, 227 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.559 to be poor in spirit is to be an inmost reality, 228 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:57.559 conscious of need, of emptiness, of dependence on God, of 229 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:02.320 the merit. The true estimate of self as blind, evil, 230 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:06.399 weak is intended so that what it means to be 231 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:10.759 poor in the spirit, it means realizing your real spiritual 232 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:16.360 condition and the moment that you are morally bankrupt, and 233 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.840 in spite of having these things, without Christ in your 234 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:25.519 life and without your sins being forgiven, you basically have nothing. 235 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.159 The Bible says, apart from Christ, you're nothing. 236 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.480 We have nothing. And the Bible says, the moment. 237 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.639 We realize that, the moment our eyes are opened, and 238 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:39.360 the moment we humble ourselves and say, Lord, apart from you, 239 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:46.320 all of these things it's worthless. The Bible says, you're blessed. Congratulation, 240 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.360 because now you're going to encounter God and you're going 241 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.720 to experience what it really means to be blessed, because 242 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:01.919 blessed doesn't start with having a material thing. It starts 243 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:07.640 with a right relationship with God. So blessed, sabimo, you're blessed. 244 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.079 So whether you get what you're praying for or not, 245 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:17.160 doesn't matter. You're still blessed. Whether you receive your healing 246 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.440 or not, You're still blessed. You know, the Bible says 247 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:25.720 we will not receive in this life all that God 248 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.599 has promised for us. Some of it were going to 249 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:30.799 receive here, but some of it were not going to. 250 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.799 Receive in this life. But it's okay because Jesus is 251 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.680 going to return and he promised to restore all things. 252 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.519 And you may not receive what God promised in this life. 253 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.000 For sure, when he returns, God will fulfill all his 254 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:49.359 promises to you and me, and in the end he 255 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:54.799 will still be proven faithful. So we are blessed because 256 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:58.000 our hope is not just in this life, but in 257 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:02.440 the life to come. Another observation about the realtitude is 258 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.079 that one of the most important but overlooked details about 259 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:09.160 the Sermon on the Mount is where Jesus gave the sermon. 260 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:14.720 There is a reason for including that detail. Where Jesus 261 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.599 preached the sermon on the mount. It can happen in 262 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:22.039 the temple, but Jesus gave this sermon on the mount, 263 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.039 and he was talking about the law. That's why he 264 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.319 kept on referring. If you read chapter five six seven, 265 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.880 you would notice that Jesus would say, you know that 266 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.279 it's written, So he's referring to the law that Moses gave, 267 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:43.079 and then he will redefine its meaning or upgrade the 268 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:48.359 people's understanding of it. So this is the similarity between 269 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.359 Jesus giving the Sermon on the Mount and Moses giving 270 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.400 the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai is that they gave. 271 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.000 The law after they were saved and delivery. 272 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:06.519 Moses gave the Ten Commandments after God delivered the Israelites 273 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.839 from Egypt from four hundred years of slavery, and when 274 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.720 they crossed the Red Sea, the Bible says, that's baptism. 275 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:17.400 And I would understand, why can you imagine one two 276 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:20.880 million Israelites crossing the Red Sea. Can you imagine Moses 277 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.680 conmnanual baptism. 278 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.160 Every day. 279 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:32.880 So the Bible says, when they crossed the Red Sea, 280 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:36.759 that's a picture of baptism. So when they reached this 281 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:40.559 point of Moses giving the law the Ten Commandments, they 282 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.279 were delivered their saved. So the law is not for 283 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:47.119 them to obey so that they will be saved. No, 284 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:51.880 I will live that way because I am saved. God 285 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:54.960 was starting a new nation. They were so used to 286 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.440 the life that they lived in Egypt, having stayed there 287 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:02.920 for four hundred years. Etian culture in a young way 288 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:07.039 off La now that they are in God and God 289 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.279 is starting a new nation under God. 290 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:12.599 God is to give them the Ten Commandments so they 291 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:15.559 would know how to live as the people of God. 292 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.319 So in the same way the sermon on the on 293 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:24.000 the mouth, it's these are things that we ought to live, 294 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:27.920 not so God will bless us. No, we're already blessed. 295 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.480 That's why we're going to live this way. In fact, 296 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:37.480 understanding that you are blessed will enable you to live 297 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:41.559 this way. Be guess having Lord so parent double meaning 298 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.039 you know you're blessed. If you continually do this, you 299 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:47.680 will continue you will be blessed in a greater way. 300 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:51.240 But also you will be able to live this way 301 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:55.000 because you're blessed. You can be hungry and thirsty for 302 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:59.839 righteousness because you're given a new heart. You can be meek, 303 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:06.400 humble and not asserting your yourself over others because you 304 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:11.039 know God has already given you all things, and God 305 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.519 promised to exalt the humble. So in the Goohila, I 306 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:17.359 am a manipulate I don't know. I don't need to 307 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.160 force myself. 308 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.079 I can be meek. 309 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:25.400 We can be merciful because we had been shown mercy. 310 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:27.599 How many of you here you know you receive mercy 311 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:30.200 from God? And how many of you here you need 312 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.480 mercy every day. That's why the Bible says it's mercy, 313 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:36.839 it's you every morning. That's why I can be merciful 314 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.000 to others. That's why I can extend mercy even to 315 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:43.480 those who have wronged me. You know why, because I'm 316 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:48.079 a recipient of God's mercy, and the Bible says, be 317 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:51.039 merciful the way God has been merciful to you. 318 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.960 We can be pure in heart, blessed or the pure 319 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:56.720 in heart. We can be pure in heart. 320 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:01.839 We can live a life of integrity, live pure and 321 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:06.359 holy because we're no longer slaved to sin because of 322 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.759 what Christ is done for us. 323 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:12.640 Because we have Christ in us, we can live in freedom. 324 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.759 We can follow Christ. We can live for him. We 325 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:20.559 can be pure in heart. We can be peacemaker. 326 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:23.279 Because God did not only save you and me, he 327 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:25.400 gave us a ministry of reconciliation. 328 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:28.680 We can rejoice and be glad. 329 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:32.640 Even when we are persecuted for our faith, because the 330 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:35.240 Bible says the life we live, we no longer live 331 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:37.559 for ourselves, but we live for. 332 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:43.000 God, who gave his life for us. God Lord Nay 333 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:46.880 well as China. He gave everything. He gave his life. 334 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:50.839 And because of what Christ has done, I can also 335 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:56.240 surrender all. I can also give my all because of 336 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:59.319 what Christ is done for us. So I am blessed 337 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:03.400 because I have Christ. So whether God Is have answered 338 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:08.160 my prayer requests already or not, I'm still blessed because 339 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.799 I have Christ. 340 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:11.119 And because I am blessed, I can live this way, 341 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:11.960 you know. 342 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:17.759 As I end, and verse twelve the summary of the Beatitudes, 343 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:23.119 it says, rejoice and be glad, for your reward is 344 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.759 great in heaven. 345 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:28.000 For great is your reward in heaven. You know. 346 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:32.359 I my rest day is Monday Sunday because it may 347 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:35.200 work now, so Mondays are our day off, and I 348 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.880 always look forward to Monday. 349 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.680 That the helicong hashtag I love Monday. 350 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:44.599 And sometimes you know, you know, we will work Tuesday 351 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:48.599 to Sunday, maybe weeksta like I saw loaded. Let me 352 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.039 you'll start it early and then you'll go home twelve. 353 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:57.200 There's just sometimes it's just crazy. But you know, because 354 00:23:57.240 --> 00:24:02.839 I know there's Monday, I can just work with all 355 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:05.880 my heart. May nely look forward to the balid three days, 356 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:13.240 you know, Monday five pm. You mayly look forward God. 357 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:15.680 I mean, if you know, if you're looking forward to something, 358 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:22.400 it motivates you to endure al Am called temporary six days. 359 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:28.839 On the seventh day, God rested, and I will rest. 360 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:36.400 So it's okay, what are you waiting for? What are 361 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.119 you hoping for? 362 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:44.160 The Bible says we can live this way because great 363 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:47.559 is our reward in heaven. My reward is not just 364 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:53.640 in this life. My reward is Christ himself when he returns. 365 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:57.200 I know that everything in this world is just temporary, 366 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:04.519 success or failure temporary. There's something that is eternal, and 367 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.759 that's what I look forward to. And so if you 368 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:14.759 have that view, the Bible says, you're blessed. No, there's 369 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.920 this verse in the Bible, my Life Versus. When I 370 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:22.240 was in college, it says whoever loses his life for 371 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.720 his sake will find it, but whoever keep his life 372 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:30.759 will lose it. Before I cannot understand what that means, 373 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:35.279 but now I understand if I lose the life I 374 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:40.720 know for him, in the process, I will find the 375 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:46.200 life He desires for me. You know, there's this life 376 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:48.599 that I know. I've been holding onto this, I'm not 377 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:52.559 willing to let go. I've been embracing this. I'm not 378 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:55.640 sure if there's something better than this, But the Bible says, 379 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:59.519 if you lose your life, you will find it. And 380 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:03.279 sometimes there are Christians that, even though they are in christ, 381 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.319 they are not experiencing the life that God wants for them. 382 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:09.160 You know why, because they are not willing to let 383 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:13.799 go the life that they used to live and the 384 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.559 life that they know. 385 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:20.640 So my encouragement for us is to lose that old 386 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:27.079 life and embrace the life that God is offering to us. Amen, Lord, 387 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:30.279 thank you for renewing our mind today, and thank you 388 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:32.839 for helping us understand what it means to be blessed, 389 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:38.920 what it means to really have joy and happiness that 390 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:45.119 is not temporary, not temporal, but eternal. Lord, thank you 391 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:49.200 for helping us understand that we are blessed not because 392 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:54.559 we have a big salary, or family, wife, or kids, 393 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:57.400 or good health. No, we are blessed because we have You. 394 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:02.400 And that's the reason we are bless. So Lord, I 395 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:07.039 pray Lord, that you will change the way we see 396 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.759 life and the way we see the world. I pray 397 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:14.440 more and more as we walk with you, we will 398 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:22.920 acquire your values, your mindset, your word. I pray we 399 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.839 will see life the way you see it. And I 400 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:28.119 pray we will align our heart and our life to you. 401 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.440