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meditates<00:20:38.420><c> on</c><00:20:38.680><c> the</c><00:20:38.880><c> law</c><00:20:39.259><c> day</c><00:20:39.980><c> and</c><00:20:40.460><c> night.</c>

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the<00:20:49.200><c> Bible.</c>

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Blessed<00:20:53.259><c> are</c><00:20:54.119><c> those</c><00:20:54.680><c> whose</c><00:20:54.980><c> ways</c><00:20:55.359><c> are</c><00:20:55.819><c> blameless,</c><00:20:57.339><c> who</c><00:20:57.500><c> walk</c>

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They<00:21:08.839><c> do</c><00:21:09.119><c> no</c><00:21:09.440><c> wrong,</c><00:21:10.539><c> but</c><00:21:10.680><c> follow</c><00:21:11.039><c> his</c><00:21:11.339><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:21:12.859><c> so</c><00:21:13.099><c> this</c><00:21:13.759><c> idea</c><00:21:14.140><c> of</c><00:21:14.480><c> blessings</c><00:21:14.900><c> was</c><00:21:15.299><c> a</c><00:21:15.579><c> form</c><00:21:15.920><c> of</c><00:21:16.259><c> teaching</c>

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that<00:21:16.839><c> was</c><00:21:17.119><c> common.</c>

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But<00:21:22.799><c> do</c><00:21:22.980><c> you</c><00:21:23.180><c> see</c><00:21:23.400><c> what</c><00:21:23.579><c> these</c><00:21:24.000><c> two</c><00:21:24.420><c> blessings</c><00:21:24.880><c> from</c><00:21:25.200><c> Psalm</c><00:21:25.500><c> 1</c>

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and<00:21:26.059><c> Psalm</c><00:21:26.380><c> 119</c><00:21:27.200><c> have</c><00:21:27.460><c> in</c><00:21:27.720><c> common?</c>

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They're<00:21:31.359><c> aspirational.</c>

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When<00:21:34.539><c> we</c><00:21:34.779><c> read</c><00:21:35.000><c> these</c><00:21:35.319><c> things,</c><00:21:35.740><c> we</c><00:21:35.759><c> can</c><00:21:36.700><c> nod</c><00:21:36.940><c> our</c><00:21:37.259><c> heads</c><00:21:37.500><c> and</c>

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say<00:21:37.940><c> yes,</c>

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Blessed<00:21:47.160><c> are</c><00:21:47.420><c> those</c><00:21:48.019><c> whose</c><00:21:48.440><c> ways</c><00:21:48.960><c> are</c><00:21:49.559><c> blameless.</c>

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We<00:21:51.059><c> aspire</c><00:21:51.660><c> to</c><00:21:51.859><c> be</c><00:21:52.099><c> blameless.</c>

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But<00:21:54.420><c> is</c><00:21:54.740><c> anyone</c><00:21:55.079><c> among</c><00:21:55.400><c> us</c><00:21:55.980><c> really</c><00:21:56.559><c> blameless?</c>

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No.

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Or<00:22:00.940><c> we</c><00:22:01.059><c> could</c><00:22:01.160><c> look</c><00:22:01.339><c> to</c><00:22:01.599><c> Psalm</c><00:22:01.819><c> 1,</c><00:22:02.240><c> we</c><00:22:02.380><c> could</c><00:22:02.579><c> say</c><00:22:02.740><c> yes,</c><00:22:03.140><c> we</c><00:22:03.380><c> aspire</c><00:22:04.059><c> to</c>

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avoid<00:22:04.859><c> walking</c><00:22:05.380><c> with</c><00:22:05.660><c> the</c><00:22:05.839><c> wicked,</c><00:22:06.559><c> as</c><00:22:06.619><c> it</c><00:22:06.880><c> says.</c>

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Blessed<00:22:08.000><c> is</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.380><c> one</c><00:22:08.519><c> who</c><00:22:08.680><c> does</c><00:22:08.900><c> not</c><00:22:09.200><c> walk</c><00:22:09.519><c> and</c><00:22:09.880><c> step</c><00:22:10.059><c> with</c>

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the<00:22:10.400><c> wicked.</c>

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the<00:22:16.279><c> wicked</c><00:22:16.579><c> or</c><00:22:17.539><c> never</c><00:22:17.960><c> stood</c><00:22:18.359><c> with</c><00:22:18.839><c> sinners?</c>

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And<00:22:21.240><c> if</c><00:22:21.359><c> this</c><00:22:21.640><c> is</c><00:22:21.839><c> the</c><00:22:22.039><c> case,</c><00:22:23.519><c> if</c><00:22:23.680><c> we</c><00:22:24.000><c> fall</c><00:22:24.339><c> short</c><00:22:25.000><c> of</c><00:22:26.259><c> being</c><00:22:26.819><c> blameless,</c>

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does<00:22:28.920><c> that</c><00:22:29.220><c> mean</c><00:22:29.500><c> we</c><00:22:29.880><c> fall</c><00:22:30.220><c> short</c><00:22:30.700><c> of</c><00:22:31.539><c> receiving</c><00:22:31.980><c> the</c><00:22:32.539><c> blessing</c><00:22:32.980><c> because</c>

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So<00:22:38.140><c> when</c><00:22:38.319><c> the</c><00:22:38.640><c> Pharisees,</c><00:22:39.160><c> for</c><00:22:39.440><c> example,</c><00:22:40.400><c> came</c><00:22:40.779><c> to</c><00:22:41.119><c> passages</c>

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like<00:22:42.000><c> this</c><00:22:42.240><c> in</c><00:22:42.500><c> Psalm</c><00:22:42.779><c> 1</c><00:22:43.180><c> or</c><00:22:43.339><c> Psalm</c><00:22:43.740><c> 119,</c>

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they<00:22:45.460><c> interpreted</c><00:22:46.160><c> these</c><00:22:46.599><c> passages</c><00:22:47.299><c> and</c><00:22:48.240><c> they</c><00:22:48.720><c> concluded</c><00:22:49.420><c> that</c><00:22:50.819><c> their</c><00:22:51.160><c> lives</c><00:22:51.619><c> of</c><00:22:52.099><c> piety</c>

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and<00:22:53.319><c> their</c><00:22:53.720><c> works</c><00:22:54.099><c> of</c><00:22:54.460><c> law</c><00:22:55.019><c> earned</c><00:22:55.700><c> them</c><00:22:56.420><c> those</c><00:22:56.819><c> blessings.</c>

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They<00:22:58.980><c> counted</c><00:22:59.339><c> themselves</c><00:23:00.099><c> as</c><00:23:00.619><c> blameless.</c>

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They<00:23:02.220><c> counted</c><00:23:02.599><c> themselves</c><00:23:03.480><c> as</c><00:23:04.059><c> righteous.</c>

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In<00:23:06.880><c> their</c><00:23:07.180><c> minds,</c><00:23:07.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:08.059><c> says,</c><00:23:09.400><c> the</c><00:23:09.619><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:10.259><c> were</c><00:23:10.619><c> confident</c><00:23:11.259><c> of</c><00:23:11.460><c> their</c><00:23:11.720><c> own</c>

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righteousness<00:23:12.440><c> and</c><00:23:12.940><c> looked</c><00:23:13.200><c> down</c><00:23:13.980><c> on</c><00:23:14.500><c> everyone</c><00:23:15.079><c> else.</c>

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That's<00:23:16.819><c> what</c><00:23:16.980><c> Jesus</c><00:23:17.420><c> said</c><00:23:17.720><c> in</c><00:23:17.880><c> his</c><00:23:18.119><c> parable</c><00:23:18.460><c> from</c><00:23:18.740><c> Luke</c><00:23:19.000><c> 18.</c>

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In<00:23:20.900><c> that</c><00:23:21.180><c> parable,</c><00:23:21.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:21.900><c> says</c><00:23:22.140><c> the</c><00:23:22.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:23.000><c> stood</c><00:23:23.240><c> by</c>

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himself<00:23:24.140><c> and</c><00:23:24.500><c> prayed,</c>

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God,<00:23:25.980><c> I</c><00:23:26.299><c> thank</c><00:23:26.480><c> you</c><00:23:26.700><c> that</c><00:23:26.839><c> I'm</c><00:23:27.079><c> not</c><00:23:27.359><c> like</c><00:23:27.640><c> those</c><00:23:27.920><c> other</c><00:23:28.240><c> people.</c>

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Says,<00:23:30.579><c> I</c><00:23:30.579><c> fast</c><00:23:31.019><c> twice</c><00:23:31.420><c> a</c><00:23:31.700><c> week</c><00:23:31.900><c> and</c><00:23:32.079><c> give</c><00:23:32.220><c> a</c><00:23:32.440><c> tenth</c><00:23:32.619><c> of</c><00:23:32.819><c> all</c><00:23:33.039><c> that</c><00:23:33.220><c> I</c>

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get<00:23:33.940><c> in</c><00:23:35.180><c> the</c><00:23:35.400><c> mind</c><00:23:35.660><c> of</c><00:23:35.819><c> the</c><00:23:36.039><c> Pharisee.</c>

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They<00:23:37.319><c> had</c><00:23:37.680><c> earned</c><00:23:38.160><c> the</c><00:23:38.500><c> blessing</c><00:23:39.059><c> because</c><00:23:40.559><c> they</c><00:23:40.799><c> had</c><00:23:41.079><c> done</c><00:23:41.359><c> works</c><00:23:41.660><c> of</c>

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law<00:23:42.319><c> and</c><00:23:42.599><c> they</c><00:23:42.779><c> had</c><00:23:43.039><c> lived</c><00:23:43.220><c> lives</c><00:23:43.660><c> of</c><00:23:44.000><c> piety.</c>

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And<00:23:45.000><c> in</c><00:23:45.220><c> their</c><00:23:45.480><c> minds,</c><00:23:46.000><c> according</c><00:23:46.440><c> to</c><00:23:46.720><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:47.819><c> they</c><00:23:48.140><c> were</c><00:23:48.660><c> confident</c><00:23:49.440><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:51.240><c> own</c><00:23:51.460><c> righteousness.</c>

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But<00:23:53.960><c> brothers</c><00:23:54.220><c> and</c><00:23:54.460><c> sisters,</c><00:23:54.720><c> when</c><00:23:54.880><c> we</c><00:23:55.119><c> come</c><00:23:55.339><c> to</c><00:23:55.539><c> Matthew</c><00:23:56.019><c> 5</c>

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and<00:23:57.700><c> we</c><00:23:57.960><c> see</c><00:23:58.099><c> the</c><00:23:58.380><c> blessings</c><00:23:59.019><c> that</c><00:23:59.980><c> Jesus</c><00:24:00.440><c> offers</c><00:24:00.980><c> here,</c>

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the<00:24:02.259><c> teaching</c><00:24:02.579><c> is</c><00:24:03.220><c> completely</c><00:24:04.000><c> different.</c>

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It's<00:24:06.160><c> so</c><00:24:06.559><c> unique.</c><00:24:07.240><c> It's</c><00:24:07.519><c> so</c><00:24:07.859><c> opposite</c><00:24:08.440><c> of</c><00:24:08.599><c> what</c><00:24:09.579><c> the</c><00:24:09.960><c> people</c>

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would<00:24:10.519><c> have</c><00:24:10.900><c> expected</c>

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that<00:24:12.440><c> it</c><00:24:12.740><c> was</c><00:24:13.700><c> refreshing</c><00:24:14.480><c> and</c><00:24:15.160><c> shocking</c><00:24:15.680><c> and</c><00:24:16.259><c> amazing</c><00:24:17.079><c> to</c>

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these<00:24:18.799><c> everyday</c><00:24:19.779><c> Jews.</c>

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them<00:24:35.619><c> just</c><00:24:36.319><c> as</c><00:24:36.500><c> they</c><00:24:36.680><c> were.</c>

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for<00:25:19.220><c> spiritual</c><00:25:19.759><c> insight.</c>

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blessing,<00:25:35.539><c> the</c><00:25:35.700><c> blessing</c><00:25:36.039><c> of</c><00:25:36.259><c> the</c><00:25:36.420><c> kingdom.</c>

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It<00:25:43.240><c> was</c><00:25:43.500><c> totally</c><00:25:44.480><c> opposite,</c><00:25:46.480><c> totally</c><00:25:46.640><c> unexpected</c><00:25:47.380><c> from</c><00:25:48.359><c> what</c>

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these<00:25:48.819><c> folks</c><00:25:49.079><c> had</c><00:25:49.279><c> ever</c><00:25:49.539><c> heard</c><00:25:49.819><c> or</c><00:25:50.079><c> considered</c><00:25:50.660><c> for</c><00:25:51.259><c> themselves.</c>

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A<00:25:52.220><c> blessing</c><00:25:52.559><c> for</c><00:25:52.839><c> me?</c><00:25:54.619><c> For</c><00:25:54.859><c> me?</c><00:25:56.539><c> This</c><00:25:56.940><c> was</c><00:25:57.180><c> awesome.</c>

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And<00:25:59.539><c> so</c><00:25:59.619><c> now</c><00:25:59.839><c> as</c><00:26:00.000><c> we</c><00:26:00.180><c> read</c><00:26:00.460><c> through</c><00:26:00.720><c> and</c><00:26:00.960><c> consider</c><00:26:01.339><c> each</c><00:26:01.599><c> of</c><00:26:01.720><c> these</c><00:26:01.920><c> blessings,</c><00:26:02.339><c> I'd</c><00:26:02.579><c> like</c><00:26:02.680><c> to</c>

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spirit<00:26:10.819><c> or</c><00:26:11.519><c> to</c><00:26:11.920><c> mourn</c><00:26:13.039><c> or</c><00:26:13.400><c> to</c><00:26:13.759><c> be</c><00:26:15.099><c> persecuted,</c>

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That's<00:26:34.380><c> what</c><00:26:34.519><c> the</c><00:26:34.759><c> Pharisees</c><00:26:35.259><c> tried</c><00:26:35.539><c> to</c><00:26:35.799><c> do.</c>

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receive<00:26:43.079><c> these</c><00:26:43.380><c> blessings.</c>

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be<00:26:48.539><c> poor</c><00:26:48.819><c> in</c><00:26:49.140><c> spirit</c><00:26:49.599><c> or</c><00:26:50.339><c> that</c><00:26:50.539><c> his</c><00:26:50.779><c> disciples</c><00:26:51.240><c> should</c><00:26:51.480><c> be</c><00:26:51.759><c> mourning</c><00:26:52.059><c> all</c>

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Instead,<00:26:56.099><c> the</c><00:26:56.400><c> characteristics</c><00:26:57.119><c> that</c><00:26:59.740><c> we</c><00:27:01.019><c> see</c><00:27:01.319><c> here</c><00:27:01.519><c> in</c><00:27:01.680><c> these</c><00:27:01.940><c> blessings,</c><00:27:03.319><c> they're</c><00:27:03.759><c> really</c><00:27:04.119><c> descriptions</c><00:27:04.980><c> of</c>

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Do<00:27:11.839><c> you</c><00:27:11.839><c> see</c><00:27:11.980><c> the</c><00:27:12.160><c> difference?</c><00:27:13.740><c> These</c><00:27:14.119><c> were</c><00:27:14.299><c> the</c><00:27:14.480><c> type</c><00:27:14.680><c> of</c><00:27:14.980><c> people,</c><00:27:15.759><c> the</c>

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So<00:27:21.099><c> when</c><00:27:21.279><c> we</c><00:27:21.500><c> think</c><00:27:21.680><c> about</c><00:27:21.960><c> the</c><00:27:22.240><c> poor</c><00:27:22.420><c> in</c><00:27:22.740><c> spirit,</c><00:27:23.000><c> Jesus</c><00:27:23.460><c> said,</c><00:27:24.660><c> blessed</c><00:27:25.099><c> are</c>

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think<00:27:33.619><c> it</c><00:27:33.880><c> means?</c><00:27:34.380><c> Is</c><00:27:34.480><c> it</c><00:27:35.299><c> poor</c><00:27:35.799><c> financially?</c><00:27:37.680><c> Is</c><00:27:37.980><c> it</c><00:27:38.220><c> poor</c><00:27:38.599><c> emotionally?</c><00:27:40.619><c> Is</c>

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it<00:27:41.579><c> poor</c><00:27:42.779><c> spiritual</c><00:27:44.279><c> life?</c>

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What<00:27:45.660><c> is</c><00:27:45.920><c> it</c><00:27:46.660><c> that</c><00:27:47.039><c> he</c><00:27:47.240><c> means</c><00:27:47.859><c> when</c><00:27:48.319><c> he</c><00:27:48.539><c> says</c><00:27:48.759><c> that?</c>

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of<00:27:53.940><c> the</c><00:27:54.079><c> above.</c>

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sick<00:28:00.839><c> and</c><00:28:01.740><c> they</c><00:28:01.799><c> were</c><00:28:02.099><c> hurting.</c>

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They're<00:28:03.599><c> the</c><00:28:03.779><c> ones</c><00:28:03.980><c> that</c><00:28:04.160><c> no</c><00:28:04.339><c> one</c><00:28:04.559><c> admires,</c><00:28:05.200><c> who</c><00:28:05.299><c> looks</c><00:28:05.519><c> up</c><00:28:05.799><c> to</c>

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or<00:28:06.160><c> thinks</c><00:28:06.460><c> important.</c>

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about<00:28:10.700><c> themselves</c><00:28:11.359><c> too.</c>

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And<00:28:14.039><c> so</c><00:28:14.279><c> Jesus</c><00:28:14.779><c> offers</c><00:28:15.460><c> them</c><00:28:15.940><c> first,</c><00:28:17.359><c> the</c><00:28:17.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:28:19.279><c> I</c><00:28:19.420><c> think</c><00:28:19.559><c> the</c><00:28:19.880><c> point</c><00:28:20.119><c> of</c><00:28:20.279><c> it</c><00:28:20.440><c> is</c><00:28:20.599><c> this,</c><00:28:22.400><c> the</c><00:28:22.700><c> experience</c>

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favored<00:28:29.099><c> position,</c>

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in<00:28:31.119><c> that</c><00:28:31.319><c> it</c><00:28:31.500><c> is</c><00:28:31.900><c> the</c><00:28:32.079><c> most</c><00:28:32.440><c> desperate</c><00:28:33.000><c> who</c><00:28:34.599><c> are</c><00:28:34.839><c> the</c><00:28:35.019><c> ones</c><00:28:35.279><c> who</c>

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The<00:28:41.359><c> poor</c><00:28:41.599><c> in</c><00:28:41.940><c> spirit</c><00:28:42.740><c> were</c><00:28:43.279><c> therefore</c><00:28:43.880><c> the</c><00:28:44.779><c> first</c><00:28:45.160><c> to</c><00:28:45.480><c> receive</c><00:28:45.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:46.660><c> offer.</c>

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The<00:28:48.579><c> next</c><00:28:48.839><c> three</c><00:28:49.079><c> blessings</c><00:28:49.519><c> were</c><00:28:49.740><c> made</c><00:28:49.980><c> to</c><00:28:50.319><c> those</c><00:28:50.680><c> who</c><00:28:50.980><c> mourn,</c><00:28:51.660><c> to</c><00:28:51.720><c> those</c><00:28:52.079><c> who</c><00:28:52.299><c> are</c><00:28:52.480><c> meek,</c><00:28:53.279><c> and</c><00:28:53.400><c> to</c>

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those<00:28:53.920><c> who</c><00:28:54.180><c> hunger</c><00:28:54.519><c> and</c><00:28:54.859><c> thirst</c><00:28:55.160><c> for</c><00:28:55.519><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:28:57.079><c> I</c><00:28:57.220><c> think</c><00:28:57.380><c> that</c><00:28:57.640><c> these</c><00:28:58.000><c> three</c><00:28:58.279><c> blessings</c><00:28:58.720><c> were</c><00:28:59.019><c> in</c><00:28:59.140><c> some</c>

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ways<00:28:59.680><c> connected.</c>

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It<00:29:40.220><c> means</c><00:29:40.619><c> to</c><00:29:40.940><c> be</c><00:29:41.359><c> faithful</c><00:29:41.940><c> in</c><00:29:42.619><c> our</c><00:29:42.980><c> relationships</c><00:29:43.700><c> with</c><00:29:44.000><c> our</c>

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Here<00:29:56.480><c> Jesus</c><00:29:57.000><c> is</c><00:29:57.319><c> telling</c><00:29:57.619><c> his</c><00:29:58.039><c> hearers</c><00:29:58.539><c> that</c><00:29:58.819><c> their</c><00:29:59.240><c> deep</c><00:30:00.059><c> longing</c><00:30:00.940><c> for</c>

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righteousness<00:30:02.119><c> in</c><00:30:02.460><c> the</c><00:30:02.660><c> world</c><00:30:03.220><c> will</c><00:30:03.839><c> be</c><00:30:04.140><c> rewarded.</c>

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Again,<00:30:06.880><c> think</c><00:30:07.180><c> of</c><00:30:07.359><c> those</c><00:30:08.339><c> to</c><00:30:08.880><c> whom</c><00:30:09.059><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.599><c> was</c><00:30:10.019><c> speaking.</c>

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a<00:30:18.799><c> world</c><00:30:19.460><c> that</c><00:30:21.539><c> was</c><00:30:21.880><c> broken.</c>

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such<00:30:28.460><c> bad</c><00:30:28.900><c> ways.</c>

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They<00:30:30.700><c> saw</c><00:30:31.140><c> how</c><00:30:31.400><c> the</c><00:30:31.700><c> kingdom</c><00:30:32.099><c> of</c><00:30:32.480><c> man</c><00:30:32.880><c> was</c><00:30:33.359><c> broken</c><00:30:33.960><c> and</c><00:30:34.680><c> how</c><00:30:35.079><c> society</c><00:30:35.700><c> at</c>

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large<00:30:36.579><c> was</c><00:30:37.319><c> struggling.</c>

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And<00:30:43.059><c> so</c><00:30:43.200><c> when</c><00:30:43.400><c> Jesus</c><00:30:43.920><c> offers</c><00:30:44.420><c> a</c><00:30:44.700><c> blessing</c><00:30:44.960><c> to</c><00:30:45.180><c> those</c><00:30:45.500><c> who</c><00:30:45.740><c> hunger</c><00:30:46.019><c> and</c>

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pain<00:31:19.859><c> and</c><00:31:20.099><c> over</c><00:31:20.259><c> the</c><00:31:20.559><c> terrible</c><00:31:21.039><c> ways</c><00:31:21.599><c> that</c><00:31:21.920><c> people</c><00:31:22.539><c> treated</c>

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about<00:31:24.799><c> the</c><00:31:25.079><c> trouble</c><00:31:25.380><c> that</c><00:31:25.599><c> they</c><00:31:25.880><c> experienced.</c>

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And<00:31:27.920><c> so</c><00:31:28.099><c> Jesus</c><00:31:28.480><c> says</c><00:31:28.880><c> to</c><00:31:29.059><c> those</c><00:31:29.440><c> who</c><00:31:29.839><c> mourn,</c><00:31:31.579><c> he</c><00:31:31.859><c> blesses</c><00:31:32.299><c> them</c>

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and<00:31:32.700><c> says</c><00:31:32.920><c> that</c><00:31:33.119><c> they</c><00:31:33.279><c> will</c><00:31:33.500><c> be</c><00:31:33.819><c> comforted.</c>

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to<00:31:37.779><c> him</c><00:31:38.319><c> were</c><00:31:38.779><c> the</c><00:31:39.359><c> people</c><00:31:40.000><c> that</c><00:31:41.000><c> few</c><00:31:41.259><c> looked</c><00:31:41.599><c> up</c><00:31:41.880><c> to.</c>

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They<00:31:42.680><c> were</c><00:31:43.059><c> meek.</c>

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They<00:31:45.339><c> considered</c><00:31:45.799><c> themselves</c><00:31:46.380><c> less</c><00:31:46.940><c> than</c><00:31:47.640><c> others.</c>

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You<00:31:49.779><c> might</c><00:31:50.000><c> say</c><00:31:50.259><c> that</c><00:31:50.440><c> they</c><00:31:50.579><c> were</c><00:31:50.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.880><c> ones</c><00:31:51.099><c> that</c><00:31:51.319><c> Paul</c><00:31:51.599><c> referred</c><00:31:52.180><c> to</c><00:31:52.460><c> when</c><00:31:52.640><c> he</c>

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exhorted<00:31:53.220><c> the</c><00:31:53.559><c> Philippians</c>

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and<00:31:56.259><c> said</c><00:31:56.420><c> that</c><00:31:56.559><c> they</c><00:31:56.740><c> should</c><00:31:56.920><c> do</c><00:31:57.140><c> nothing</c><00:31:57.480><c> out</c><00:31:57.700><c> of</c><00:31:57.940><c> selfish</c>

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ambition,<00:31:59.740><c> but</c><00:32:00.000><c> should</c><00:32:00.319><c> instead</c><00:32:01.220><c> consider</c><00:32:02.019><c> others</c><00:32:02.539><c> better</c>

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than<00:32:03.259><c> themselves.</c>

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The<00:32:05.000><c> NIV</c><00:32:05.299><c> translates</c><00:32:05.779><c> that</c><00:32:06.059><c> verse</c><00:32:06.279><c> and</c><00:32:06.539><c> says</c><00:32:06.720><c> in</c><00:32:07.319><c> humility,</c>

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value<00:32:08.660><c> others</c><00:32:09.720><c> above</c><00:32:10.539><c> yourself.</c>

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That's<00:32:12.519><c> what</c><00:32:12.640><c> they</c><00:32:12.900><c> did.</c>

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And<00:32:14.460><c> they</c><00:32:14.619><c> were</c><00:32:14.859><c> merciful.</c>

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This<00:32:15.779><c> was</c><00:32:16.000><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> next</c><00:32:16.460><c> blessing.</c>

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To<00:32:18.099><c> be</c><00:32:18.359><c> merciful</c><00:32:18.880><c> is</c><00:32:19.359><c> to</c><00:32:19.640><c> show</c><00:32:20.059><c> and</c><00:32:20.519><c> perform</c><00:32:21.119><c> acts</c><00:32:21.599><c> of</c><00:32:22.019><c> care</c><00:32:22.440><c> and</c><00:32:22.740><c> compassion</c><00:32:23.500><c> to</c>

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those<00:32:24.220><c> that</c><00:32:24.460><c> are</c><00:32:24.720><c> hurting.</c>

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These<00:32:28.259><c> people</c><00:32:28.619><c> didn't</c><00:32:29.000><c> have</c><00:32:29.980><c> positions</c><00:32:30.559><c> of</c><00:32:31.079><c> importance</c><00:32:31.500><c> where</c><00:32:31.799><c> they</c>

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could<00:32:32.240><c> make</c><00:32:32.539><c> big</c><00:32:32.960><c> policy</c><00:32:33.640><c> decisions</c><00:32:34.299><c> about</c><00:32:34.680><c> how</c><00:32:35.140><c> it</c><00:32:35.420><c> was</c><00:32:35.740><c> that</c>

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they<00:32:36.140><c> could</c><00:32:36.420><c> care</c><00:32:36.839><c> for</c><00:32:37.160><c> society</c><00:32:37.839><c> at</c><00:32:38.220><c> large.</c>

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These<00:32:40.059><c> people</c><00:32:40.299><c> had</c><00:32:40.519><c> no</c><00:32:40.900><c> influence</c><00:32:41.420><c> that</c><00:32:41.660><c> would</c><00:32:41.960><c> allow</c><00:32:42.519><c> others</c>

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to<00:32:44.099><c> change</c><00:32:44.519><c> their</c><00:32:44.900><c> ways.</c>

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But<00:32:46.859><c> what</c><00:32:47.079><c> they</c><00:32:47.359><c> could</c><00:32:47.660><c> do</c><00:32:48.279><c> is</c><00:32:49.220><c> they</c><00:32:49.420><c> could</c><00:32:49.799><c> see</c><00:32:50.180><c> somebody</c><00:32:50.700><c> that</c><00:32:50.920><c> was</c>

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hurting<00:32:51.619><c> and</c><00:32:53.160><c> they</c><00:32:53.319><c> could</c><00:32:53.599><c> act.</c>

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And<00:32:55.500><c> the</c><00:32:55.680><c> people</c><00:32:55.880><c> that</c><00:32:56.200><c> came</c><00:32:56.460><c> to</c><00:32:56.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:57.099><c> that</c><00:32:57.440><c> day</c><00:32:57.839><c> were</c><00:32:58.259><c> those</c>

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types<00:32:59.099><c> of</c><00:32:59.480><c> people.</c>

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Remember,<00:33:03.680><c> many</c><00:33:03.960><c> of</c><00:33:04.099><c> the</c><00:33:04.279><c> people</c><00:33:04.440><c> who</c><00:33:04.819><c> traveled</c><00:33:05.079><c> all</c><00:33:05.579><c> over</c><00:33:05.859><c> Israel</c><00:33:06.279><c> to</c>

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go<00:33:06.799><c> to</c><00:33:07.000><c> Galilee</c><00:33:07.420><c> that</c><00:33:07.680><c> day</c><00:33:07.960><c> to</c><00:33:08.400><c> hear</c><00:33:08.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:09.319><c> by</c><00:33:09.599><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> lake</c>

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came<00:33:12.700><c> carrying</c><00:33:13.480><c> those</c><00:33:15.059><c> who</c><00:33:15.240><c> were</c><00:33:15.559><c> sick</c><00:33:16.059><c> and</c><00:33:16.839><c> paralyzed</c><00:33:17.539><c> and</c>

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had<00:33:18.539><c> mental</c><00:33:18.940><c> illnesses.</c>

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These<00:33:21.200><c> people</c><00:33:21.660><c> were</c><00:33:22.059><c> merciful</c><00:33:22.640><c> in</c><00:33:22.940><c> that</c><00:33:23.059><c> they</c><00:33:23.279><c> were</c><00:33:23.579><c> not</c><00:33:23.900><c> only</c>

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understanding<00:33:25.039><c> the</c><00:33:25.460><c> problems</c><00:33:25.940><c> of</c><00:33:26.180><c> the</c><00:33:26.359><c> world,</c>

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but<00:33:26.740><c> they</c><00:33:26.920><c> were</c><00:33:27.259><c> doing</c><00:33:27.640><c> something</c><00:33:28.059><c> about</c><00:33:28.299><c> it</c><00:33:28.700><c> with</c><00:33:29.059><c> individuals</c><00:33:29.779><c> that</c><00:33:30.039><c> they</c>

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came<00:33:30.599><c> across.</c>

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And<00:33:32.880><c> Jesus</c><00:33:33.259><c> said</c><00:33:33.960><c> that</c><00:33:35.099><c> they</c><00:33:35.640><c> would</c><00:33:36.059><c> inherit</c><00:33:36.440><c> the</c><00:33:36.720><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:33:38.880><c> next</c><00:33:39.200><c> blessing</c><00:33:39.579><c> was</c><00:33:39.819><c> to</c><00:33:39.980><c> the</c><00:33:40.200><c> pure</c><00:33:40.440><c> in</c><00:33:40.660><c> heart.</c>

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Prestige<00:33:42.700><c> and</c><00:33:43.059><c> importance</c><00:33:43.420><c> were</c><00:33:43.680><c> not</c><00:33:43.940><c> something</c><00:33:44.259><c> that</c><00:33:44.480><c> the</c>

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crowd<00:33:45.000><c> sought</c><00:33:45.579><c> or</c><00:33:46.539><c> could</c><00:33:46.759><c> even</c><00:33:47.079><c> imagine,</c><00:33:48.700><c> let</c><00:33:48.839><c> alone</c><00:33:49.119><c> achieve</c>

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in<00:33:49.799><c> this</c><00:33:50.059><c> life.</c>

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In<00:33:51.440><c> an</c><00:33:51.759><c> ancient</c><00:33:52.059><c> eastern</c><00:33:52.660><c> society,</c><00:33:53.519><c> they</c><00:33:53.759><c> were</c><00:33:54.019><c> the</c><00:33:54.259><c> lowest</c>

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social<00:33:55.200><c> class.</c>

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They<00:33:56.500><c> weren't</c><00:33:56.759><c> interested</c><00:33:57.299><c> in</c><00:33:57.680><c> appearances</c><00:33:58.140><c> or</c><00:33:58.579><c> in</c><00:33:58.839><c> impressing</c><00:33:59.319><c> others.</c>

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No,<00:34:01.599><c> the</c><00:34:01.680><c> people</c><00:34:01.980><c> that</c><00:34:02.200><c> Jesus</c><00:34:02.619><c> blessed</c><00:34:02.980><c> that</c><00:34:03.339><c> day,</c><00:34:03.700><c> the</c><00:34:03.839><c> people</c><00:34:04.200><c> that</c>

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sat<00:34:04.960><c> by</c><00:34:05.400><c> that</c><00:34:05.819><c> lake</c><00:34:06.079><c> and</c><00:34:06.400><c> listened</c><00:34:06.680><c> to</c><00:34:06.960><c> their</c><00:34:07.180><c> master,</c>

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they<00:34:09.059><c> were</c><00:34:09.320><c> concerned</c><00:34:10.039><c> about</c><00:34:10.579><c> matters</c><00:34:11.000><c> of</c><00:34:11.219><c> the</c><00:34:11.420><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:34:13.059><c> Jesus</c><00:34:13.440><c> said</c><00:34:13.780><c> that</c><00:34:13.960><c> they</c><00:34:14.139><c> would</c><00:34:14.440><c> see</c><00:34:14.739><c> God.</c>

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No<00:34:16.639><c> longer</c><00:34:17.280><c> would</c><00:34:18.579><c> they</c><00:34:18.820><c> be</c><00:34:19.139><c> invisible</c><00:34:19.820><c> to</c><00:34:20.199><c> others.</c>

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In<00:34:22.320><c> the</c><00:34:22.679><c> kingdom</c><00:34:23.000><c> age,</c><00:34:24.099><c> they</c><00:34:24.380><c> would</c><00:34:24.599><c> have</c><00:34:24.800><c> an</c><00:34:25.179><c> audience</c><00:34:25.820><c> with</c>

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the<00:34:26.820><c> great</c><00:34:27.179><c> creator</c><00:34:27.699><c> himself.</c>

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They<00:34:29.099><c> would</c><00:34:29.360><c> see</c><00:34:29.739><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:34:32.239><c> spoke</c><00:34:32.559><c> about</c><00:34:32.800><c> the</c><00:34:33.119><c> peacemakers,</c><00:34:33.980><c> and</c><00:34:34.119><c> peacemakers</c><00:34:34.699><c> are</c><00:34:34.920><c> those</c><00:34:35.260><c> who</c><00:34:35.579><c> focus</c><00:34:35.860><c> on</c>

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reconciling<00:34:37.639><c> those</c><00:34:38.119><c> who</c><00:34:38.420><c> are</c><00:34:38.619><c> in</c><00:34:39.019><c> conflict.</c>

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More<00:34:41.280><c> than</c><00:34:41.539><c> that,</c><00:34:41.780><c> they're</c><00:34:41.980><c> the</c><00:34:42.179><c> ones</c><00:34:42.519><c> who</c><00:34:43.059><c> seek</c><00:34:43.440><c> peace</c><00:34:44.320><c> with</c><00:34:44.800><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:34:46.639><c> said</c><00:34:46.960><c> they</c><00:34:47.480><c> shall</c><00:34:47.760><c> be</c><00:34:48.159><c> called</c><00:34:48.659><c> children</c><00:34:49.260><c> of</c><00:34:49.519><c> God.</c>

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The<00:34:51.340><c> last</c><00:34:51.739><c> blessing</c><00:34:52.079><c> was</c><00:34:52.360><c> to</c><00:34:52.519><c> the</c><00:34:52.760><c> persecuted.</c>

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When<00:34:54.300><c> we</c><00:34:54.559><c> come</c><00:34:54.760><c> to</c><00:34:55.039><c> the</c><00:34:55.360><c> last</c><00:34:55.719><c> of</c><00:34:55.880><c> these</c><00:34:56.219><c> eight</c><00:34:56.760><c> characteristics</c><00:34:57.480><c> listed</c><00:34:57.980><c> in</c>

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these<00:34:58.440><c> blessings,</c>

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we<00:34:59.159><c> find</c><00:34:59.539><c> ourselves,</c><00:35:00.239><c> brothers</c><00:35:00.340><c> and</c><00:35:00.679><c> sisters,</c><00:35:02.920><c> looking</c><00:35:03.179><c> at</c><00:35:03.460><c> Jesus.</c>

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Jesus<00:35:06.820><c> was</c><00:35:07.119><c> the</c><00:35:07.360><c> persecuted</c><00:35:07.940><c> one</c><00:35:08.699><c> who,</c><00:35:09.920><c> for</c><00:35:10.019><c> righteousness'</c>

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sake,<00:35:11.940><c> gave</c><00:35:12.340><c> his</c><00:35:13.099><c> life.</c>

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And<00:35:14.820><c> Jesus</c><00:35:15.380><c> was</c><00:35:15.840><c> on</c><00:35:16.239><c> this</c><00:35:16.500><c> mountain</c><00:35:16.840><c> on</c><00:35:17.139><c> that</c><00:35:17.440><c> day</c><00:35:17.820><c> speaking</c>

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to<00:35:18.659><c> the</c><00:35:18.880><c> large</c><00:35:19.820><c> crowd,</c>

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and<00:35:20.860><c> he</c><00:35:21.340><c> asked</c><00:35:21.699><c> them</c><00:35:22.059><c> to</c><00:35:23.260><c> follow</c><00:35:23.599><c> me.</c>

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A<00:35:25.539><c> life</c><00:35:25.760><c> of</c><00:35:26.139><c> following</c><00:35:26.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:26.900><c> would</c><00:35:27.219><c> not</c><00:35:27.440><c> be</c><00:35:27.739><c> easy,</c><00:35:28.139><c> and</c><00:35:28.300><c> it</c>

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would<00:35:28.719><c> surely</c><00:35:29.099><c> lead</c><00:35:29.500><c> to</c><00:35:29.800><c> difficulty</c><00:35:30.400><c> in</c><00:35:30.619><c> this</c><00:35:30.860><c> present</c><00:35:31.219><c> evil</c><00:35:31.559><c> age,</c>

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but<00:35:33.579><c> not</c><00:35:33.920><c> in</c><00:35:34.119><c> the</c><00:35:34.280><c> one</c><00:35:34.420><c> to</c><00:35:34.699><c> come.</c>

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And<00:35:36.260><c> again,</c><00:35:36.460><c> Jesus</c><00:35:36.900><c> promised</c><00:35:37.519><c> that</c><00:35:37.980><c> theirs</c><00:35:38.619><c> is</c><00:35:39.679><c> the</c><00:35:40.099><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:35:41.059><c> heaven.</c>

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So,<00:35:43.159><c> brothers</c><00:35:43.219><c> and</c><00:35:43.500><c> sisters,</c><00:35:43.900><c> we</c><00:35:44.119><c> are</c><00:35:44.500><c> about</c><00:35:45.239><c> to</c><00:35:46.480><c> honor</c><00:35:46.780><c> Jesus</c>

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now<00:35:47.699><c> in</c><00:35:47.840><c> the</c><00:35:47.940><c> way</c><00:35:48.199><c> that</c><00:35:48.380><c> he</c><00:35:48.559><c> asked</c><00:35:48.840><c> us</c><00:35:49.119><c> to.</c>

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We<00:35:52.159><c> will</c><00:35:52.480><c> soon</c><00:35:52.719><c> take</c><00:35:53.079><c> the</c><00:35:53.360><c> bread</c><00:35:53.559><c> and</c><00:35:53.780><c> drink</c><00:35:54.019><c> from</c><00:35:54.260><c> the</c><00:35:54.500><c> cup,</c>

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and<00:35:55.559><c> when</c><00:35:55.900><c> we</c><00:35:56.099><c> do</c><00:35:56.340><c> so,</c><00:35:56.840><c> we</c><00:35:57.019><c> pause.</c>

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And<00:35:59.940><c> we</c><00:36:00.219><c> meditate.</c>

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We<00:36:02.019><c> pray.</c>

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We<00:36:03.659><c> think.</c>

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And<00:36:05.960><c> as</c><00:36:06.179><c> we</c><00:36:06.340><c> do</c><00:36:06.539><c> that</c><00:36:06.820><c> today,</c><00:36:08.519><c> let's</c><00:36:08.900><c> consider</c><00:36:09.360><c> that</c><00:36:09.679><c> each</c><00:36:10.079><c> one</c>

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of<00:36:10.500><c> these</c><00:36:11.039><c> blessings,</c>

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each<00:36:13.079><c> one</c><00:36:13.239><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> the</c><00:36:13.760><c> characteristics</c><00:36:14.480><c> that</c><00:36:14.800><c> are</c><00:36:15.119><c> associated</c>

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with<00:36:16.039><c> these</c><00:36:16.340><c> blessings</c><00:36:16.679><c> here</c><00:36:16.980><c> in</c><00:36:17.159><c> Matthew</c><00:36:17.500><c> 5,</c>

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were<00:36:19.920><c> the</c><00:36:20.159><c> very</c><00:36:20.900><c> characteristics</c><00:36:21.659><c> that</c><00:36:22.179><c> Jesus</c><00:36:22.900><c> of</c><00:36:23.900><c> Nazareth</c>

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:30.760
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demonstrated<00:36:26.219><c> in</c><00:36:27.019><c> his</c><00:36:27.380><c> life</c><00:36:28.039><c> each</c><00:36:29.079><c> and</c><00:36:29.500><c> every</c><00:36:29.760><c> day.</c>

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He<00:36:33.219><c> was</c><00:36:33.519><c> poor</c><00:36:33.739><c> in</c><00:36:34.079><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:36:36.500><c> mourned</c><00:36:36.960><c> for</c><00:36:37.219><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:36:39.400><c> was</c><00:36:39.760><c> meek</c><00:36:40.199><c> and</c><00:36:40.519><c> lowly</c><00:36:41.059><c> and</c><00:36:41.679><c> laid</c><00:36:41.940><c> down</c><00:36:42.320><c> his</c><00:36:42.619><c> life</c><00:36:43.139><c> for</c><00:36:43.559><c> his</c><00:36:43.980><c> friends.</c>

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Jesus<00:36:46.500><c> hungered</c><00:36:47.199><c> and</c><00:36:47.539><c> thirsted</c><00:36:48.139><c> to</c><00:36:48.360><c> see</c><00:36:48.659><c> God's</c><00:36:49.239><c> righteousness</c><00:36:49.659><c> in</c><00:36:49.940><c> the</c><00:36:50.159><c> world</c>

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and<00:36:50.619><c> was</c><00:36:50.900><c> prepared</c><00:36:51.400><c> to</c><00:36:51.679><c> die</c><00:36:52.059><c> for</c><00:36:52.420><c> it.</c>

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He<00:36:54.480><c> showed</c><00:36:54.760><c> mercy.</c>

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He<00:36:57.659><c> was</c><00:36:57.900><c> pure</c><00:36:58.460><c> in</c><00:36:59.300><c> heart,</c><00:36:59.980><c> and</c><00:37:01.420><c> he</c><00:37:01.539><c> was</c><00:37:01.780><c> the</c><00:37:02.079><c> absolute</c><00:37:02.880><c> epitome</c>

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of<00:37:03.840><c> a</c><00:37:04.059><c> peacemaker</c>

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because<00:37:05.099><c> his</c><00:37:05.800><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:06.780><c> has</c><00:37:07.900><c> reconciled</c><00:37:08.739><c> us,</c><00:37:09.280><c> brothers</c><00:37:09.460><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:37:10.380><c> to</c><00:37:10.579><c> God</c><00:37:10.840><c> himself.</c>

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That's<00:37:13.039><c> why</c><00:37:13.239><c> Jesus</c><00:37:13.719><c> is</c><00:37:14.039><c> referred</c><00:37:14.400><c> to</c><00:37:14.699><c> as</c><00:37:14.840><c> the</c><00:37:15.099><c> Prince</c><00:37:15.480><c> of</c><00:37:15.739><c> Peace.</c>

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And<00:37:18.440><c> for</c><00:37:18.619><c> all</c><00:37:18.920><c> these</c><00:37:19.239><c> wonderful</c><00:37:19.699><c> things,</c><00:37:20.219><c> Jesus</c><00:37:20.739><c> was</c><00:37:21.239><c> persecuted</c><00:37:21.900><c> and</c>

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finally<00:37:23.440><c> executed</c>

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so<00:37:25.460><c> that</c><00:37:25.659><c> we</c><00:37:26.480><c> could</c><00:37:26.900><c> receive</c><00:37:27.860><c> the</c><00:37:28.559><c> blessing.</c>

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So<00:37:33.300><c> now,</c><00:37:33.599><c> as</c><00:37:33.719><c> we</c><00:37:33.980><c> prepare</c><00:37:34.400><c> to</c><00:37:34.780><c> break</c><00:37:35.059><c> bread</c><00:37:35.320><c> and</c><00:37:35.539><c> drink</c><00:37:35.760><c> from</c>

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the<00:37:36.199><c> cup,</c><00:37:36.400><c> let's</c><00:37:36.699><c> remember</c><00:37:37.500><c> that</c><00:37:38.300><c> it</c><00:37:38.440><c> was</c><00:37:38.719><c> Jesus'</c><00:37:39.619><c> life</c><00:37:39.800><c> and</c><00:37:40.159><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:37:42.099><c> not</c><00:37:42.360><c> our</c><00:37:42.619><c> own</c><00:37:42.900><c> righteousness</c><00:37:43.440><c> that</c><00:37:44.860><c> makes</c><00:37:45.139><c> the</c><00:37:45.440><c> blessing</c>

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of<00:37:46.019><c> the</c><00:37:46.239><c> kingdom</c><00:37:46.860><c> available</c><00:37:47.599><c> to</c><00:37:47.880><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:37:49.239><c> the</c><00:37:49.440><c> reversal</c><00:37:50.079><c> of</c><00:37:50.340><c> the</c><00:37:50.639><c> Pharisees'</c><00:37:51.300><c> attempt</c><00:37:51.719><c> to</c><00:37:52.480><c> earn</c>

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the<00:37:53.139><c> blessing</c><00:37:53.480><c> through</c><00:37:53.780><c> works</c><00:37:54.139><c> of</c><00:37:54.400><c> law.</c>

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you<00:38:13.059><c> listening</c><00:38:13.519><c> today</c><00:38:14.360><c> is</c><00:38:15.800><c> how</c><00:38:16.500><c> should</c><00:38:17.280><c> we</c><00:38:18.039><c> respond</c><00:38:18.920><c> to</c><00:38:19.360><c> this</c><00:38:19.619><c> blessing?</c>

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Hebrews<00:38:22.860><c> 12</c><00:38:24.099><c> gives</c><00:38:24.760><c> us</c><00:38:25.000><c> an</c><00:38:25.179><c> answer.</c>

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us<00:38:33.679><c> be</c><00:38:33.980><c> filled</c><00:38:34.300><c> with</c><00:38:34.679><c> gratitude.</c>

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You<00:38:43.960><c> see,</c><00:38:44.260><c> brothers</c><00:38:44.360><c> and</c><00:38:44.639><c> sisters,</c><00:38:46.079><c> we</c><00:38:46.480><c> desire</c><00:38:46.940><c> to</c><00:38:47.280><c> honor</c><00:38:47.619><c> God</c>

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