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• 01:02 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:03 JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
• 01:04 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN
• 01:07 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:08 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
• 01:11 WE'RE LOOKING AT A SERIES ON JESUS
• 01:13 AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH JESUS TALKING ABOUT FASTING.
• 01:18 I BELIEVE WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN IN THIS CULTURE;
• 01:21 WE'RE SO MUCH ABOUT ACQUIRING STUFF.
• 01:24 SOMETIMES WE NEED TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND SEEK JESUS.
• 01:27 LET'S HEAR WHAT JESUS HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT AND MORE.
• 01:50 THE LORD HAD MADE IT QUITE CLEAR...
• 01:53 THERE IS A PLACE FOR FASTING
• 01:55 BUT IT IS NOT IN PUBLIC
• 01:57 ESPECIALLY AT THE CITY GATE.
• 02:00 DISFIGURING THE FACE WITH ASHES
• 02:03 MAY BE REWARDED WITH ATTENTION
• 02:05 BUT THE ATTENTION IS THE EXTENT OF THE REWARD.
• 02:13 "WHEN FASTING... DO SO IN SECRET" SAYS THE LORD
• 02:17 "AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY."
• 02:26 JUST TO BE SURE
• 02:28 I LOOKED AT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE THE OTHER DAY
• 02:31 AND LOOKED AT MY DATE OF BIRTH.
• 02:34 BEING REMINDED THAT I'M 54 YEARS OLD
• 02:37 IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I DIDN'T JUST START LIVING.
• 02:40 AND ONE OF THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN 54 YEARS OF LIVING
• 02:44 IS THAT THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM
• 02:50 AND NEITHER ARE PEOPLE.
• 02:54 THERE'S THIS LITTLE THING CALLED "PRETENSE".
• 02:57 THERE'S A WORD "OSTENSIVELY"
• 03:00 WHICH MEANS "INTENDED FOR SHOW".
• 03:03 THERE'S THE WORD "PRETENSE",
• 03:05 THAT AND THE "PRETEND" ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH
• 03:09 AND SPEAK TO HOW SOME PEOPLE PRESENT THEMSELVES
• 03:13 AS BEING SOMETHING WHEN THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
• 03:16 WE ALL KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD AT LARGE
• 03:20 BUT ISN'T IT RATHER BAZAAR,
• 03:22 ODD THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE CHURCH?
• 03:26 PEOPLE PARADE ABOUT TO BE A LITTLE MORE RIGHTEOUS,
• 03:30 A LITTLE MORE HOLY THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
• 03:34 I'M NOT IMPRESSED BY THAT,
• 03:37 JESUS ISN'T IMPRESSED,
• 03:38 HE SAID AS MUCH WHEN HE WARNED AGAINST THOSE THAT FAST
• 03:42 AND THEY JUST MAKE THEIR FACE...
• 03:45 THEY MAKE THEMSELVES TO LOOK JUST A CERTAIN WAY
• 03:48 SO OTHERS ROUND ABOUT CAN GO,
• 03:51 "AHHHH...WHAT A RIGHTEOUS PERSON...WHAT A HOLY PERSON".
• 03:55 JESUS SAID THEY HAVE THE REWARD BY VIRTUE OF THEIR SO DOING.
• 04:01 PAY DAY COMES EVERY MOMENT,
• 04:03 THAT IS TO SAY,
• 04:04 WHAT THEY'RE AFTER IS WANTING TO IMPRESS THE WORLD
• 04:07 AND THEY GET PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY FOR IT BECAUSE THE WORLD'S IMPRESSED,
• 04:10 OR AT LEAST THE SHALLOW PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
• 04:13 IF I UNDERSTAND THE LORD CORRECTLY,
• 04:16 BETTER IT IS THAT WE DO THINGS FOR HIM
• 04:19 NOT IN ORDER TO GARNER THE ATTENTION ROUND ABOUT.
• 04:22 THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT WHEN WE FAST,
• 04:25 WHEN WE DO DENY OURSELVES FOR CHRIST'S SAKE
• 04:27 WE HAVE A WAY OF CLEANING OURSELVES OUT.
• 04:31 REALLY, AS YOU SIT THERE RIGHT NOW,
• 04:33 YOUR BODY CAN BE PUMPED FULL OF SODIUM FROM THE COKES YOU'RE DRINKIN',
• 04:38 FROM CAFFEINE FROM THE COFFEE,
• 04:40 THE SUGAR CAN BE HAVING EFFECT ON YOUR MIND,
• 04:43 NOT JUST YOUR BODY.
• 04:44 THERE'S SO MUCH JUNK IN
• 04:47 AND IT EFFECTS NOT JUST THE WAY WE LOOK, THE WAY WE FEEL, THE WAY WE THINK...
• 04:51 TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
• 04:53 WE NEED TO PURGE OURSELVES FROM SOME STUFF
• 04:55 TO GET SOME NEW PERSPECTIVE,
• 04:58 NEW IDEAS, NEW WAYS OF THINKING,
• 05:00 NEW WAYS OF FEELING.
• 05:02 FASTING HAS GREAT VALUE
• 05:04 BEYOND THE MOMENTARY VALUE
• 05:08 OF IMPRESSING THE WORLD HOW RIGHTEOUS WE ARE.
• 05:10 THE VALUE OF DENIAL LIKE THIS IS
• 05:13 THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET IN TOUCH WITH OURSELVES,
• 05:16 GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LORD,
• 05:18 GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR BODY
• 05:20 AND THIS PAYS GREAT DIVIDENDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
• 05:25 OH, DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE FRIEND,
• 05:27 JESUS SAID THOSE THAT FAST,
• 05:29 THEY ANOINT THEMSELVES TO IMPRESS OTHERS,
• 05:32 THEY ARE IN EFFECT HYPOCRITES IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 18.
• 05:37 THE WORD "HYPOCRITE" AS I MENTIONED IN ANOTHER SEGMENT,
• 05:40 IN HEBREW COMES FROM THE WORD FOR "HYENA",
• 05:43 THEY MAKE AN ABSOLUTE FOOL OUT OF THEMSELVES,
• 05:46 THEY RUIN THE MOMENT,
• 05:49 THEY RUIN OTHERS BY GOING AROUND TRYING TO IMPRESS.
• 05:52 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU INSTEAD
• 05:55 TO PLACE A PERSONAL PREMIUM ON HOLINESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• 06:02 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO ABSORB SOME SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES...
• 06:05 PRAYER, FASTING, CHARITY GIVING.
• 06:11 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT
• 06:14 FOR SACRIFICING THEMSELVES LIKE THIS,
• 06:16 NEVER MIND HOW OTHERS CAN DERIVE SOME BENEFIT FROM US.
• 06:20 AND LET'S REMEMBER NEVER, NEVER, NEVER DO IT FOR SHOW.
• 06:24 LET'S GIVE UP VARIOUS PLEASURES
• 06:27 SO WE CAN PURSUE GOD'S TREASURES.
• 06:45 "NO ONE WILL NOTICE",
• 06:47 HE WHISPERS TO HIMSELF.
• 06:49 "THIS TREASURE OF MINE WILL REMAIN A SECRET...FOREVER"
• 06:53 BUT NOT SO, SAYS THE LORD.
• 06:57 "LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN"
• 07:01 "WHERE NEITHER MOTH NOR RUST DESTROYS"
• 07:05 "AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN AND STEAL."
• 07:09 "FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO."
• 07:18 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT'S ALL ABOUT "ME AND MY MONEY"
• 07:23 AND THEY LOVE TO BEHOLD IT,
• 07:25 THEY LOVE TO HOLD IT,
• 07:27 TO SEIZE IT EVER SO CLOSE AND HOLD IT
• 07:30 BECAUSE THEY HOLD IT SO DEARLY.
• 07:32 AND THEY LOOK...
• 07:33 MAKE SURE NO ONE SEES...
• 07:35 AND THEY BURY IT,
• 07:37 THEY HIDE IT.
• 07:39 OH THEY JUST FEEL SO GOOD TO POSSESS IT.
• 07:43 JESUS SAID WE'RE BETTER SERVED
• 07:47 TO NOT WANT TO HOLD ON SO TIGHT TO THE MONEY
• 07:52 BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A WAY OF GETTING AWAY FROM US NOW DOESN'T IT?
• 07:56 THE LORD'S SAYING,
• 07:58 "DON'T LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES ON EARTH WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL".
• 08:07 IN ANOTHER VOCATION
• 08:10 I SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN A PATROL DIVISION
• 08:14 AND HAD ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AS A PEACE OFFICER
• 08:17 TO DEAL WITH BURGLARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
• 08:20 AND I CAN ASSURE YOU
• 08:23 THAT PEOPLE CAN BE VERY CREATIVE IN THE WAYS THEY GO AFTER YOUR ASSETS.
• 08:28 WE'VE LEARNED THAT NOW HAVEN'T WE IN OUR CULTURE?
• 08:32 TRAGICALLY, BY THE WAY, WE'VE SEEN MONEY JUST EVAPORATE...
• 08:37 HORRIBLE...
• 08:39 THROUGH STEALTH,
• 08:41 THROUGH INTRIGUE,
• 08:43 PEOPLE WORK THEIR WAY INTO OUR BANKS...
• 08:45 MONEY JUST DISSIPATES,
• 08:47 IT'S HORRIBLE.
• 08:48 SOME HAVE GONE TO JAIL,
• 08:50 SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT,
• 08:52 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE JUST GOTTEN AWAY FROM US.
• 08:55 JESUS SAID THAT WE DO WELL TO INVEST MONEY,
• 09:00 NOT JUST LOOK TO SIEZE IT.
• 09:02 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HOLD IT FOREVER ANYWAY.
• 09:05 NEVER, NEVER, NEVER,
• 09:06 NEVER IN MY LIFE
• 09:07 DID I EVER SEE A HEARSE MAKING THAT FINAL DRIVE
• 09:10 WITH A U-HAUL IN THE BACK OF IT...
• 09:13 THE GUY'S JUST TAKING HIS TREASURES TO THE NEXT WORLD.
• 09:16 NOW I KNOW OF SOME PHARAOHS THAT WENT THROUGH ALL KIND OF EFFORTS
• 09:20 TO BUILD THESE MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURES UNDERNEATH
• 09:25 WHICH THEY WENT TO THEIR GRAVE WITH THEIR TREASURES WITH THEM.
• 09:29 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 09:30 PEOPLE EVEN GOT IN THERE.
• 09:33 BETTER FRIENDS, TO BE RICH TOWARD GOD...
• 09:36 NOT JUST TO INVEST IN HOLDING ON TO ALL OF IT
• 09:39 BUT TO INVEST SOME OF THAT IN THE KINGDOM.
• 09:42 JESUS TALKS ABOUT THIS DOES HE NOT?
• 09:44 AND THEN HE GOES ON TO CONCLUDE THE POINT SAYING,
• 09:46 "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO."
• 09:52 AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT.
• 09:54 I THINK THAT BY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
• 09:57 AND ORIGINAL CULTURE,
• 09:59 THAT EXPRESSION WHICH YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD WILL MAKE JUST A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
• 10:03 TALK ABOUT THE HEART...
• 10:05 WHERE YOUR HEART IS.
• 10:06 YOU KNOW TODAY IF YOU HAVE A HEART PROBLEM
• 10:08 YOU'LL GO TO A "CARDIOLOGIST",
• 10:10 SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE HEART...CARDIOLOGY.
• 10:14 THE WORLD "CARDO" IS A HEART TERM
• 10:17 AND IT SPEAKS OF MAIN STREET IN OLD CITIES.
• 10:20 YOU KNOW THE CARDO WAS THE MAIN STREET THAT WENT THROUGH TOWN
• 10:24 AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE HAD THEIR SHOPS.
• 10:26 IT'S WHERE ALL THE BUSINESS WAS TRANSACTED,
• 10:29 SO IN THE CARDO,
• 10:30 THAT'S WHERE YOU FOUND THE MONEY,
• 10:33 THE MONEY WAS IN THE CITY
• 10:34 AND THE MONEY WAS AT THE CARDO
• 10:36 AND PEOPLE WENT THERE.
• 10:38 SO WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
• 10:40 THAT'S WHERE YOUR CARDO WAS.
• 10:42 JESUS SAYS,
• 10:43 "WHERE OUR TREASURE IS THAT'S WHERE OUR HEART IS".
• 10:48 AND A WAY TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE'S HEART'S ALL ABOUT
• 10:52 JUST LOOK AND SEE TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN
• 10:56 WHAT THEY DO WITH THIS LITTLE THING CALLED MONEY.
• 11:00 PRAY TELL, DO WE WANT TO HOARD IT AND HOLD IT EVER SO CLOSE
• 11:05 OR DO WE WANT TO BE GRACIOUS,
• 11:07 DO WE WANT TO BE KINDLY DISPOSED,
• 11:09 TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE,
• 11:11 TO ADVANCE THE LORD'S WORK.
• 11:13 LISTEN TO ME IN THIS,
• 11:14 IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LET GO OF SOME MONEY
• 11:16 TO ADVANCE THE LORD'S WORK
• 11:18 YOUR GOING TO FIND THE LORD
• 11:19 BRINGING SOME MORE MONEY BACK IN.
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• 12:46 THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT A PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
• 12:50 AND I THINK I GET A LITTLE PEACE IN THAT
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• 13:08 I'VE SEEN HIM CAST THE NET AND CATCH FISH BEFORE.
• 13:11 JESUS SAID HE'D MAKE US FISHERS OF MEN
• 13:13 AND I'M WONDERING IF I'M CATCHING YOU
• 13:16 OR AT LEAST CATCHING YOUR ATTENTION.
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• 14:15 HOW HE CASTS THE NET
• 14:17 AND HELPS PEOPLE COME TO KNOW HIM.
• 14:36 FOR SOME IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY AT SEA.
• 14:40 NOT SO FOR OTHERS.
• 14:42 "IT'S IN TIMES LIKE THESE", THE LORD SAYS,
• 14:45 "THAT ONE'S LIGHT CAN PIERCE THE PREVAILING DARKNESS".
• 14:49 THE IMAGE IS CLEAR.
• 14:52 BARREN NETS...
• 14:54 EMPTY BASKETS...
• 14:57 DESPONDENT FRIENDLESS.
• 15:02 "IF THEREFORE YOUR EYE IS GOOD YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT."
• 15:20 IF YOU'RE LIKE ME YOU JUST DON'T REALLY LIKE STINGY PEOPLE.
• 15:24 THEY FRUSTRATE ME PERSONALLY.
• 15:27 GOD KNOWS I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE THAT WAY.
• 15:29 BETTER IT IS TO BE SHARING AND CARING.
• 15:31 WE KNOW THAT TO BE THE CASE
• 15:33 AND WE KNOW AS WELL THAT JUST NOT EVERYBODY'S LIKE THAT.
• 15:37 THERE'S A HEBREW EXPRESSION CALLED "AYIN HARA",
• 15:42 "AN EVIL EYE"
• 15:44 WHICH INTERESTINGLY HARKS TO BEING STINGY,
• 15:47 THEY LOOK AT OTHERS AND JUST DON'T CARE.
• 15:49 CONVERSELY THERE'S THE EXPRESSION, "AYIN TOVA",
• 15:52 WHICH MEANS " A GOOD EYE".
• 15:54 YESHUA, JESUS, IS EMPLOYING THIS HEBREW EXPRESSION HERE IN THE MATTHEAN GOSPEL.
• 16:00 IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 6
• 16:04 HE SPEAKS OF SOMETHING THAT'S UNINTELLIGIBLE
• 16:08 APART FROM UNDERSTANDING THE HEBREW BACKGROUND.
• 16:10 HE SAYS, AND I QUOTE,
• 16:12 "THE LAMP OF THE BODY IS THE EYE"
• 16:14 IN VERSE 22 AND IN VERSE 23 HE SAYS,
• 16:16 "AND IF THE EYE IS BAD THAN YOU KNOW THAT WHOLE BODY'S GOING TO BE FULL OF DARKNESS".
• 16:21 THE POINT HERE,
• 16:22 IF YOU HAVE AN EVIL EYE,
• 16:24 AN AYIN HARA,
• 16:25 AN EVIL EYE,
• 16:26 THEN IF YOU'RE STINGY
• 16:28 IT'S JUST GOING TO AFFECT YOU THROUGHOUT,
• 16:30 NOT JUST IN THE WAY YOU DISPENSE YOUR MONIES.
• 16:32 THIS IS A JEWISH EXPRESSION,
• 16:35 A HEBREW EXPRESSION IS NOTED IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
• 16:37 AND YESHUA IS HARKING BACK TO THIS.
• 16:40 IN CHAPTER 22, VERSE 9 HE SAYS, AND I QUOTE,
• 16:43 "HE WHO HAS A GENEROUS EYE WILL BE BLESSED FOR HE GIVES HIS BREAD TO THE POOR".
• 16:49 IN OTHER WORDS YOU SEE SOMEONE IN NEED
• 16:52 AND YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO IT.
• 16:54 THE LORD SAYS, "IF WE'RE THAT WAY....
• 16:56 YOU PERHAPS HEARD THE EXPRESSION
• 16:59 "WE DO WELL TO SHARE OUR BREAD WITH THE HUNGRY".
• 17:04 "WE DO WELL TO BE RESPONSIVE TO NEEDS ROUND ABOUT, TO PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT".
• 17:08 NOT EVERYONE'S LIKE THAT.
• 17:10 SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SELFISH TO THE CORE
• 17:12 AND THEY HURT OTHER PEOPLE BY THEIR INDIFFERENCE.
• 17:16 IT SHOULD NOT BE SO AMONG US.
• 17:20 WHEN YESHUA INSTRUCTS DISCIPLES FOR WHAT IT IS TO BE CHRISTIAN,
• 17:25 HEAR ME...IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CREEDS, IT'S ABOUT DEEDS.
• 17:29 IT'S ABOUT DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD.
• 17:31 IT'S ABOUT BEING KINDLY DISPOSED.
• 17:34 IT'S ABOUT CARING AND SHARING.
• 17:37 AND IF WE'RE GENEROUS, WE GIVE TO THE POOR, WE HELP OTHERS,
• 17:41 WE TITHE, WE GIVE OFFERINGS.
• 17:43 IF OUR EYE IS GOOD, OUR WHOLE BODY WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT
• 17:48 BECAUSE WE'RE CARING AND SHARING
• 17:50 AND THAT LOVINGNESS ABOUT US DRAWS OTHERS INTO THAT VORTEX,
• 17:55 INTO THAT WAY OF BEING
• 17:56 AND WE'RE JUST A DELIGHT TO BE AROUND
• 17:58 BECAUSE WE'RE CARING, SHARING PEOPLE.
• 18:00 CONVERSELY, IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE JUST MR. AND MRS. SCROOGE,
• 18:04 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT COVETING MY MONEY,
• 18:07 IT'S ALL ABOUT ME AND MY STUFF.
• 18:09 IF I UNDERSTAND THE LORD CORRECTLY,
• 18:10 THAT'S LIKE OUR EYE BEING DARK...
• 18:13 WE'RE BLIND AND IT IMPOSES A KIND OF DARKNESS IN THE BODY.
• 18:17 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION, "LIGHTEN UP"
• 18:20 OR "LET THE SUNSHINE IN"?
• 18:23 FROM THE 70'S THERE'S AN OLD SONG "LET THE SUNSHINE IN".
• 18:26 LISTEN, FROM YESHUA'S PERSPECTIVE,
• 18:28 FROM JESUS' PERSPECTIVE,
• 18:30 LET THE SON SHINE IN,
• 18:32 HAVE AN EYE THAT'S FULL OF LIGHT.
• 18:34 SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
• 18:37 BE OPEN, BE GRACIOUS, BE CARING AND SHARING
• 18:40 AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND AS YOU LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS,
• 18:42 AS YOU'RE LOVING TOWARD OTHERS
• 18:45 JESUS SAYS THAT YOU'LL GET IT BACK IN RETURN
• 18:48 30 FOLD, 60 FOLD AND 100 FOLD
• 18:52 AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN "AYIN TOVA",
• 18:55 A GOOD EYE, YOUR BODY IS GOING TO BE FULL OF LIGHT AND BLESSING,
• 18:58 YOUR GONNA BE A BLESSING
• 19:00 AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE BLESSED YOURSELF.
• 19:16 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE CYMBALS♪
• 19:18 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DANCE♪
• 19:21 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE SHOFAR♪
• 19:23 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HANDS♪
• 19:26 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE TIMBREL♪
• 19:29 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE HARP♪
• 19:31 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DRUM AND THE FLUTE♪
• 19:34 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HEART♪
• 19:37 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:39 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:41 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:45 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 19:47 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:50 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:52 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 19:55 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 19:58 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE CYMBALS♪
• 20:01 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DANCE♪
• 20:03 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE SHOFAR♪
• 20:06 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HANDS♪
• 20:09 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE TIMBREL♪
• 20:11 ♪PRAISE IN WITH THE HARP♪
• 20:14 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DRUM AND THE FLUTE♪
• 20:17 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HEART♪
• 20:19 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:22 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:24 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:27 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 20:30 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:32 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:35 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 20:41 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 20:42 ♪AND LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH♪
• 20:45 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:23 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE CYMBALS♪
• 21:26 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DANCE♪
• 21:29 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE SHOFAR♪
• 21:31 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HANDS♪
• 21:34 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE TIMBREL♪
• 21:37 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE HARP♪
• 21:39 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH THE DRUM AND THE FLUTE♪
• 21:42 ♪PRAISE HIM WITH YOUR HEART♪
• 21:44 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 21:47 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 21:49 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 21:53 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 21:55 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 21:57 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 22:00 ♪HALLELU ET ADONAI♪
• 22:03 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 22:06 ♪COME AND PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 22:11 ♪COME♪ ♪AND PRAISE♪
• 22:13 ♪THE LORD♪
• 22:22 SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THE LORD PUTS A NEW SONG IN OUR MOUTH.
• 22:27 SOMETIMES WE GET SONGS OF OUR OWN,
• 22:29 OTHER TIMES WE JUST WORSHIP THE LORD WITH OTHERS.
• 22:32 I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU'RE WORSHIPPING THE LORD WITH TED PEARCE AND WITH ME.
• 22:37 WELL WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT
• 22:43 AND THERE'S SOME PROFUNDITY HERE AND WHY IS THAT?
• 22:47 JESUS WAS A RABBI;
• 22:48 HE WAS A TEACHER, TRUE.
• 22:51 BUT HE WAS MORE THAN JUST A TEACHER;
• 22:53 HE WAS A SACRIFICE FOR YOU.
• 22:57 HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE THAT WE CAN HAVE LIFE
• 23:02 AND HERE NOW THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT WEIGHS IN ON THAT AND MORE
• 23:06 AS WE DIG DEEPER INTO THE NATURE OF WHO JESUS WAS,
• 23:11 WHAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT
• 23:13 AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU.
• 23:20 WITHOUT MESSIAH, BELIEVE ME,
• 23:22 WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING SACRIFICES TO JERUSALEM.
• 23:25 WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP A DAY OF ATONEMENT.
• 23:27 WE WOULD HAVE TO GET TO JERUSALEM
• 23:29 AND CONFESS OUR SINS FOR 24 HOURS,
• 23:32 FASTING AND AFFLICTING OUR SOULS BEFORE GOD
• 23:36 TO KEEP OUR REDEMPTION IN SHAPE.
• 23:37 WELL, IT MIGHT NOT DO US ANY HARM BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
• 23:41 IT'S THE KIND OF THING GRACE DELIVERS US FROM.
• 23:44 GRACE ACCEPTS US AS WE ARE.
• 23:45 BUT IN THE KINGDOM WE'LL OBEY THIS LAW AGAIN.
• 23:49 THE GOOD NEWS, HOWEVER, IS WE SHALL BE CHANGED.
• 23:53 OUR EYE WON'T OFFEND US,
• 23:54 OUR HAND WON'T OFFEND US.
• 23:55 YOU MIGHT SAY THERE'S GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS.
• 23:58 THE GOOD NEWS IS GRACE ACCEPTS US AS WE ARE.
• 24:01 THE BAD NEWS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OBEY THESE HARD LAWS IN THE KINGDOM.
• 24:05 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE SHALL BE CHANGED.
• 24:07 IN THE NEW BODY IN THE RESURRECTION CONDITION THESE TEMPTATIONS DON'T OCCUR.
• 24:11 AND SO WE CAN MANAGE WITH THIS LAW.
• 24:13 BUT YOU KNOW UNDER THE OLD LAW THE RABBI STRUGGLED WITH GUILT.
• 24:17 TO QUOTE THE RABBIS JUST BEFORE JESUS' TIME
• 24:21 IN THE BABHA METZIA RABBI SHAMMAI SAID
• 24:24 "THOUGHTS CONSTITUTE SIN".
• 24:27 IN THE KODSHIM RABBI HILLEL ARGUED THAT
• 24:29 "ONLY GUILTY DEEDS CONSTITUTE SIN".
• 24:33 RABBI YESHUA, JESUS, FOLLOWED THE SHAMMAI SCHOOL SAYING
• 24:36 "IT'S THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE SINFUL."
• 24:39 AND BELIEVE ME WITHOUT HIS SACRIFICE
• 24:41 EVERY ONE OF US IS GUILTY OF GREAT SINS.
• 24:51 HE WAS RIGHT.
• 24:52 HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
• 24:55 ZOLA THAT IS,
• 24:56 WHEN HE SAID THAT WITHOUT JESUS' SACRIFICE
• 24:58 WE WOULD ALL BE GUILTY OF GRAVE SINS.
• 25:02 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE WOULDN'T HAVE A WAY TO GET THE SPOT OUT OF THE GARMENT.
• 25:09 FRIENDS THERE'S SOME FULLERS BLEACH THAT CAN WASH US,
• 25:14 WASH THOSE SIN SOAKED GARMENTS AS WHITE AS SNOW.
• 25:20 I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE OLD CHURCH TALK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 25:23 IT IS OLD CHURCH TALK.
• 25:24 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 25:25 IT'S TRUE.
• 25:28 THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
• 25:29 AND I THINK IF YOU WERE GUT LEVEL HONEST WITH YOURSELF YOU'D KNOW IT,
• 25:33 WHAT I'M SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
• 25:35 IS THAT ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
• 25:42 SIN DIDN'T JUST ENTER THE WORLD IN GENERAL IN GENESIS,
• 25:45 IT ENTERED INTO MY WORLD AND YOUR WORLD AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME AND BROUGHT PEOPLE DOWN.
• 25:53 PEOPLE DON'T JUST HAVE GUILT BECAUSE OF SIN, THEY HAVE SHAME.
• 25:57 GUILT SAYS THAT I DID SOMETHING WRONG.
• 26:00 SHAME SAYS THAT I AM SOMETHING WRONG AND THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
• 26:05 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM
• 26:10 BECAUSE JESUS CAME TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
• 26:15 SAR SHALOM, PRINCE OF PEACE
• 26:17 IS ALL ABOUT US MAKING PEACE WITH GOD,
• 26:20 US MAKING PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER,
• 26:23 AND US MAKING PEACE WITH OURSELVES
• 26:27 BY SLAYING THE DRAGONS OF GUILT
• 26:32 AND SILENCING THE GHOSTS OF SHAME THAT HAUNT US.
• 26:38 JESUS CAME TO DO ALL THAT AND MORE.
• 26:40 I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS IN THIS SERIES.
• 26:44 WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK.
• 26:46 AND AS YOU GO NOW, PLEASE,
• 26:47 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:50 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM