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[789.22 --> 790.26] he has anointed me |
[790.26 --> 791.46] to proclaim good news |
[791.46 --> 792.56] to the poor. |
[793.08 --> 793.96] That's where we start, |
[794.06 --> 794.48] the poor. |
[795.74 --> 797.00] Not just socially |
[797.00 --> 797.98] or economically, |
[798.12 --> 799.16] as some might interpret, |
[799.68 --> 800.82] or in other circles, |
[800.82 --> 801.86] they just interpret |
[801.86 --> 802.72] this word poor |
[802.72 --> 804.36] as being spiritually poor. |
[804.54 --> 805.16] Or you don't have |
[805.16 --> 805.68] enough faith. |
[805.80 --> 806.56] You're not spiritually |
[806.56 --> 807.70] mature enough. |
[808.30 --> 808.52] Sure. |
[808.90 --> 809.80] But it includes |
[809.80 --> 810.94] all things. |
[811.22 --> 811.56] Again, |
[811.70 --> 812.38] it is about |
[812.38 --> 813.58] giving our whole lives |
[813.58 --> 814.00] to God. |
[814.60 --> 815.20] And so we were |
[815.20 --> 816.74] holistically poor, |
[817.48 --> 818.14] if you want to put it |
[818.14 --> 818.54] that way. |
[818.78 --> 819.54] One commentator |
[819.54 --> 820.52] puts it better than I do. |
[820.82 --> 821.22] He says, |
[821.32 --> 821.84] the poor, |
[822.20 --> 823.74] in the holistic sense |
[823.74 --> 825.04] of those who are |
[825.04 --> 826.44] for any of a number |
[826.44 --> 827.26] of social, |
[827.58 --> 828.68] religious reasons, |
[829.08 --> 830.32] relegated to positions |
[830.32 --> 831.82] outside the boundaries |
[831.82 --> 832.78] of God's people. |
[833.26 --> 834.40] That's who Jesus |
[834.40 --> 835.38] is referring to |
[835.38 --> 836.22] when he says, |
[836.50 --> 837.48] I've come to proclaim |
[837.48 --> 838.70] good news to the poor. |
[840.16 --> 841.56] Anyone relegated |
[841.56 --> 842.10] to positions |
[842.10 --> 843.28] outside the boundaries |
[843.28 --> 844.12] of God's people. |
[844.66 --> 845.00] And thus, |
[845.10 --> 846.40] what Jesus is doing |
[846.40 --> 847.44] by proclaiming |
[847.44 --> 848.00] the good news |
[848.00 --> 848.50] for the poor |
[848.50 --> 849.84] is that he is inviting |
[849.84 --> 850.74] even those |
[850.74 --> 851.54] that would have been |
[851.54 --> 852.94] viewed as outsiders. |
[853.20 --> 854.40] And he's inviting us in. |
[855.68 --> 856.94] Even me? |
[859.06 --> 859.58] Yes, |
[859.74 --> 860.30] even you. |
[860.30 --> 862.06] No matter where |
[862.06 --> 862.62] you've been. |
[863.08 --> 863.38] Really? |
[864.18 --> 864.92] Even through all |
[864.92 --> 865.96] my brokenness, |
[866.08 --> 866.72] my addictions, |
[866.98 --> 867.84] and my sins, |
[868.46 --> 869.76] God calls me |
[869.76 --> 871.26] and uses me |
[871.26 --> 872.34] to reflect his light |
[872.34 --> 874.06] and his year |
[874.06 --> 875.06] of the Lord's favor |
[875.06 --> 875.84] on earth, |
[875.90 --> 876.38] his kingdom? |
[878.96 --> 880.06] There is an element |
[880.06 --> 880.62] of humility |
[880.62 --> 881.92] as we wrestle with that, |
[882.14 --> 883.22] with that same question, |
[883.28 --> 884.74] which I do myself as well. |
[885.36 --> 886.14] Well, I'm a pastor |
[886.14 --> 886.72] and I should have |
[886.72 --> 887.72] everything put together. |
[887.72 --> 890.88] No, but I still struggle. |
[892.04 --> 892.84] What are the sins |
[892.84 --> 893.72] that I struggle with |
[893.72 --> 894.68] and what are the questions |
[894.68 --> 895.26] that the enemy |
[895.26 --> 896.18] tempts us with |
[896.18 --> 897.90] as I keep thinking |
[897.90 --> 898.56] to myself, |
[898.96 --> 899.76] do you think |
[899.76 --> 900.76] that you're good enough? |
[901.64 --> 902.48] Do you think |
[902.48 --> 903.36] you're holy enough |
[903.36 --> 904.58] to belong to God's people? |
[906.30 --> 907.18] We're not. |
[907.94 --> 908.86] I'm not. |
[909.24 --> 910.24] But God says |
[910.24 --> 911.00] by his grace |
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