Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000166
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00:01 (Theme Song) Jesus is worthy
00:12 oh yes, he's worthy worthy of all... 00:18 all the praise. 00:20 [music] Pastor Byrd: Judges chapter 16, 00:22 verse number 1. 00:24 Judges chapter 16 and verse number 1. 00:27 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 00:29 The Word of God says in Judges 16:1, 00:31 "Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, 00:37 and went in," the Bible says, "unto her. 00:40 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. 00:43 And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all 00:46 night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, 00:48 saying, In the morning, when it is day, 00:51 we shall kill him." 00:52 We shall do what, everybody? 00:53 Aud.: Kill him. 00:54 PB: "Samson lay," verse 3 says, "till midnight, and arose 00:56 at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, 00:58 and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, 01:02 and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top 01:05 of an hill that is before Hebron. 01:07 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman." 01:10 He loved a what, everybody? 01:11 Aud.: Woman. 01:12 PB: "In the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah." 01:14 Her name was what, everybody? 01:16 Aud.: Delilah. 01:17 PB: "And the lords of the Philistines came up 01:19 unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein 01:22 his great strength lieth, and by what means we may 01:26 prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; 01:29 and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces 01:33 of silver."And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, 01:36 I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, 01:40 and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee." 01:43 Verse 7. 01:44 "And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green 01:50 withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, 01:55 and be as another man." 01:56 You go on throughout Scripture, verse 21, and read it tonight, 01:59 you will discover that four times Delilah came 02:03 to him, and it was on the fourth time that she came, 02:05 he surrendered and told her that his strength lieth 02:08 in his hair. 02:10 Tonight we begin this journey of Extreme Makeover. 02:13 Extreme Makeover, Relationship Edition. 02:19 Father in heaven, bless us now as we preach Your Word 02:21 to Your people. 02:22 Hide us behind your cross, and Lord, I pray that Your Word 02:26 will permeate the hearts of Your hearers tonight. 02:30 I pray that You will remove all distraction right now 02:32 so that Thy people may hear Thee specifically speaking 02:36 to them. 02:37 And tonight we're going to praise You in advance 02:39 for what You're going to do. 02:40 In Jesus' name, amen Extreme Makeover, Relationship Edition. 02:47 The world of television is a world of reality. 02:53 The popularity of daytime soap operas, family sitcoms 02:59 and documentaries are now in our world, giving way 03:02 to real-life drama and reality shows. 03:06 Yes, television is still home to crime-infested, 03:09 sex-crazed dramas including Scandal, House of Cards, 03:15 and Orange Is the New Black. 03:18 Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. 03:20 Tell the truth, shame the devil. 03:22 Come on everybody, say amen. 03:23 Aud.: Amen. 03:24 PB: But now the Cosby Show, Family Matters (Steve Erkel), 03:33 Family Ties, and the Brady Bunch have been replaced 03:38 by reality TV. 03:40 People today want to see the real thing. 03:44 So people now watch reality TV. 03:48 Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, The Voice, 03:51 America's Next Top Model, Real Housewives of Atlanta, 03:58 or better yet this new one that's out. 04:00 Somebody had to tell me, 'cause I didn't know it. 04:02 Come on, say amen. 04:03 Atlanta Exes. 04:05 And this reality craze has even come to the church, 04:10 because now we have the Real Preachers of L.A. 04:13 And we now have even Preachers' Daughters. 04:18 Now, I call these final shows "the real of the real," 04:23 because about a decade ago, when the reality TV boom hit, 04:26 we just watched shows like Extreme Makeover, 04:30 where the show revolved around ordinary men 04:33 and women undergoing extreme makeovers and they 04:36 were originally, it wasn't the Home Edition, but it was 04:38 just Extreme Makeover where people were having 04:41 plastic surgeries, exercise regimens, new hairstyles 04:45 and new wardrobes. 04:47 But then a spinoff came from that, the original Extreme 04:50 Makeover, and was called Extreme Makeover Home Edition, 04:53 where each edition, each episode, if you will, 04:55 was about a family who had faced some type of crisis 04:59 and they were in need of a new home. 05:02 So, contractors and laborers would come in, volunteer 05:04 and rebuild a new home in its place at no cost 05:07 to the family. 05:08 Now, this Extreme Makeover motif grew so much in popularity 05:14 that there was another spinoff: Extreme Makeover 05:18 Marriage Edition. 05:19 It didn't make it, or it didn't last. 05:21 It only had one episode. 05:22 But then there was another spinoff: Extreme Makeover 05:25 Weight Loss Edition, which became Extreme 05:29 Weight Loss. 05:31 Tonight and this week, we don't deal with those, 05:34 but we deal with Extreme Makeover, Spirituality 05:38 at Its Best. 05:40 Tonight we start with Extreme Makeover, 05:43 Relationship Edition. 05:47 One of the most interesting things to observe today 05:49 are the relationships people find themselves in, because many 05:53 people have really never had a blueprint or seen 05:55 a model or seen a healthy relationship that they 05:58 can follow. 06:00 We're living in a world where many sociologists 06:02 and psychologists have called this a "sick generation." 06:06 What kind of generation? 06:07 Aud.: Sick. 06:08 PB: We're sick in many ways, and one area that has affected 06:10 all of us is that we are sick relationally. 06:15 The media celebrates things like having a child first, 06:19 then we'll get married later. 06:22 Living together first, we'll get married later. 06:26 People change marriage mates as often as one changes 06:30 magazine subscriptions. 06:32 People have been hurt by one person of the opposite sex, 06:35 and have now resorted to becoming gender benders 06:39 in order to find fulfillment. 06:41 When God created, and what He created, the institute 06:44 in the Garden of Eden, the biblical creation of God 06:46 in the Garden of Eden, as a marriage between a man 06:48 and a woman is now being challenged in our world 06:51 with the evolution of Adam and Steve, and Eve and Evette. 06:55 We live in a sick world. 07:00 And the more the world condones sickness 07:04 as wellness, the less likely people are to work toward 07:07 relational wellness. 07:09 Now, the Bible has a lot to say about relationships, 07:12 about what we should do and what we should not do, 07:14 and so tonight, quickly, somebody is going to get 07:18 an Extreme Makeover Relationship Edition. 07:23 Tonight's message is going to help somebody learn what 07:27 not to do, because you don't have to make the same 07:30 mistakes that somebody else has made. 07:32 And then tonight's message is designed to help others 07:35 of you, of what to do in a relationship. 07:37 So then, for some this message is a message of prevention 07:39 in what not to do, and for others this message 07:41 is a message of prescription for what you need to do. 07:44 So tonight, everybody gets medicine from Dr. Jesus. 07:48 Come on, say amen. 07:52 Aud.: Amen. 07:54 PB: Now, our main character in tonight's Extreme 07:59 Makeover Relationship Edition is what we read 08:02 from Judges 16. 08:04 Our main character is Samson. 08:07 You know Samson. 08:09 Mighty man. 08:10 Tough man. 08:12 Strong man. 08:14 It was Samson who killed a lion. 08:17 It was Samson who killed 30 men at Ashkelon. 08:21 It was Samson who killed 1,000 men with the jawbone 08:25 of a donkey. 08:26 You remember all these things, because Samson was a strong man. 08:31 But Samson was a strong man with a big weakness. 08:35 Samson had a weakness for romancing women. 08:40 Samson loved the ladies. 08:44 Praise God, he was a man that loved the ladies. 08:48 Do I have a witness in this place? 08:50 [Aud. reaction] PB: But his weakness 08:52 for women often led him on the road to revenge. 08:57 He was extremely gifted, but not always godly. 09:01 He was strong on the outside, but had no control 09:07 on the inside. 09:08 Samson, you see, was a lot like us. 09:12 Most of us know what it's like to be tempted. 09:14 Anybody know what it's like to be tempted? 09:16 All of us struggle at times with the desire for revenge. 09:21 We've been there, and we see Samson struggling and falling, 09:24 and we have an idea of what he's going through, 09:27 because the truth of the matter is, there's a little bit 09:29 of Samson in all of us. 09:32 A whole lot of Samson in most of us. 09:36 One of the things we learn form Samson's life is that 09:39 sin will always take us further than we want to go. 09:43 [Aud. reaction] PB: Samson's Achilles heel 09:47 was lust. 09:48 The Bible says in verse 1 that Samson went to Gaza. 09:51 Enemy territory where he should not have been in 09:53 the first place, and the Bible says he saw a harlot. 09:55 He saw a what, everybody? 09:56 Aud.: Harlot. 09:57 PB: He saw a harlot, he saw a prostitute. 09:59 The next thing you know, Samson is spending the night 10:03 with this woman. 10:04 He's spending the night with this prostitute. 10:08 Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. 10:13 The Bible then says in verse number 4, after the woman 10:16 in verse 1, the Bible says in verse 4 that he loved 10:22 a woman in the valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 10:26 Her name was what, everybody? 10:27 Aud.: Delilah. 10:28 PB: Now, you have to understand. 10:30 The Bible says she's from the valley. 10:32 Which means, this woman is not from a high place. 10:35 This woman comes from the valley. 10:38 She comes from a low place. 10:41 There's something wrong when somebody is only attracted 10:45 to lowdown people. 10:47 I cannot understand for the life of me why strong 10:49 women are attracted to weak men; why strong men are attracted 10:53 to weak women. 10:54 There's something wrong when somebody is only attracted 10:57 to lowdown people. 10:59 The Bible says that Samson fell in love with this woman, 11:04 in verse number 4, with this woman from the valley. 11:08 But in reading the text over and over, nowhere in Scripture, 11:12 nowhere in the text, does it say that the woman 11:14 from the valley was in love with him. 11:18 Samson loved her, but she didn't love him. 11:24 So, if you're going to have a makeover in your relationship, 11:28 number one, you've got to stop loving 11:31 people who don't love you. 11:33 Aud.: Amen. 11:34 PB: The first time you know something's wrong in your 11:36 relationship is when the one you're so in love with, you 11:39 can't even get them to say the words. 11:42 They can't even say I love you. 11:43 Here they go: Well, I care about you. 11:45 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm in like with you. 11:50 There's something wrong. 11:52 I don't care, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, 11:56 friend, friend. 11:57 There's something wrong when you're always 11:59 the one calling. 12:01 You're always the one texting. 12:04 You're always the one e-mailing. 12:06 You're always the one tweeting. 12:08 You're always the one Facebooking 12:09 and Instagraming. 12:09 You're always the one giving and they never give a thing. 12:13 You're always the one supporting, and they're never 12:15 there to support you. 12:16 Anybody know what I'm talking about? 12:18 You're always running behind them, and they never run 12:21 behind you. 12:22 You ought to make up in your mind, I'm coming out 12:24 of these one-sided relationships where I've always got 12:27 to give something and I'm never getting anything in return. 12:31 If I can call you, you can call me. 12:34 If I can text you, you can text me. 12:39 If I can e-mail you, you can e-mail me. 12:43 If I can do nice things for you, you can do nice things 12:45 for me. 12:46 You've got to make up your mind: I'm going to stop falling 12:49 in love with people that don't even like me. 12:52 There are some folk coming here tonight, they're 12:55 in love with folk who care barely stand you. 12:59 You've got to make up your mind, I'm not going to play 13:02 myself another day, trying to love somebody 13:04 who doesn't love me. 13:06 If you can't love me for who I am and you don't me 13:08 for what I bring to the table, then there won't be anything 13:11 going on. 13:12 I'm through playing myself. 13:14 I refuse to go through another academic year crying 13:17 all night long. 13:18 I refuse to walk around depressed and hurt. 13:20 This far and no further. 13:22 I'm drawing a line in the sand, the game is over, I will not 13:27 be in love with people who don't even like me. 13:32 And one more thing, let me throw this in. 13:34 I'm just an old Adventist preacher, you know. 13:36 Some of you trying to love folk that don't even love Jesus. 13:43 How is somebody going to love you when they don't 13:45 love Jesus? 13:47 Now, I'm a young man, but I'm a little old spirit, 13:49 so let me just throw this out there at the beginning 13:51 of the school year. 13:52 Let me throw this out here: I'm convinced, Pastor Byrd, 13:57 that Christians ought to date Christians. 14:01 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm convinced 14:04 that Christians ought to marry Christians. 14:08 But let me take it a step further. 14:13 Some of you are going to get mad, but I love you anyhow. 14:20 Adventists ought to marry Adventists. 14:24 And notice I said Christians first, and Adventists 14:28 second, because there are some Adventists who 14:30 are not Christians. 14:31 I wish I had a witness in this place. 14:33 [Aud. reaction] PB: If dogs can get with dogs, 14:36 if cats can get with cats, if fish can get with fish, 14:41 then Christians ought to get with Christians, 14:44 because how can two walk together unless they agree? 14:47 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 14:49 But not only that, another lesson 14:51 from Extreme Makeover Relationship Edition, 14:53 from this narrative, you will discover that if you want 14:55 your relationship made over, you've got to commit 14:57 yourself to honesty. 14:59 Everybody say "honesty." 15:00 Aud.: Honesty. 15:01 PB: Now, I don't care if it's a relationship or game, 15:04 between husband and wife, boyfriend girlfriend, friend 15:06 or friend. If you want your relationship 15:08 to be a good one, friends you've got 15:10 to be honest. 15:11 You've got to be honest with your self and you've 15:13 got to be honest with the other person. 15:15 You see, Delilah, not only is she from a low place 15:18 but Delilah begins her relationship with Samson, 15:21 lying. 15:22 She makes Samson think that she really loves him, 15:28 but she's only in it for some money. 15:32 She's lying about her true feelings for Samson. 15:37 But then, not only Delilah, not only that, but in every 15:40 response that Samson gives for Delilah's questions 15:44 about his strength, he's lying. 15:46 Now you know something's not right in the relationship 15:51 when you start off lying, and they start off lying. 15:57 Yeah, that's my car, 16:02 that's my Benz, that's my Beemer, 16:05 that's my SUV. 16:08 No, it's not. 16:10 It is not your car. 16:12 You went to the rental car place, pulled off the sticker 16:14 and you are walking around like everybody else. 16:17 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 16:19 Or better yet, this is Oakwood. 16:21 I'm graduating this year. 16:22 [Aud. reaction] PB: No, you're not. 16:28 The Academic Affairs Department get me wrong. 16:31 No, they didn't. 16:32 You have another semester to go. 16:37 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 16:39 Iím trying to throw it out there for you. 16:41 I haven't dated anyone since I've been at Oakwood. 16:44 Yes, you have. 16:46 You're just lying. 16:48 They just graduated, and you're still here. 16:50 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 16:52 Or better yet, this is what I get from church folk all 16:54 the time. 16:55 Church folk come to me, "Pastor Byrd, I want to talk 16:57 to you. 16:58 I'm the CEO of a company." 17:04 No, you're not. 17:07 You have your own multi-level marketing 17:10 business that you're trying to get off the ground. 17:12 You're not the CEO, you're the OE--only employee 17:17 of your company. 17:18 [Aud. reaction] PB: And let me throw 17:20 this in. 17:21 For all of you who want to start your own business, 17:26 you've got to work. 17:27 You've got to do what, everybody? 17:29 Aud.: Work. 17:30 PB: You can't have million-dollar dreams 17:32 with minimum-wage work ethic. 17:37 Can you really be with somebody who can't be honest 17:40 with you up front? 17:42 Just tell me what's going on at the front, and we won't 17:45 have all the drama at the finish. 17:49 Because one lie leads to another lie. 17:53 If you don't have a job, tell me. 17:57 If you're still dating somebody, tell me. 18:01 If you've got baby mama drama, tell me. 18:07 If your ex-boyfriend is crazy and possessive, 18:11 tell me. 18:14 Tell the truth, because lying lips, the Bible says, 18:17 are an abomination to the Lord. 18:19 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 18:20 You've got to be truthful with people. 18:22 You've got to even have folk in your life that are going 18:23 to tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing 18:25 but the truth. 18:25 You've got to get these smiling, lying folk out of your 18:28 face. 18:28 You've got to learn how to be honest. 18:30 You've got to be able to talk--and listen to me 18:31 good--this is for the married folks. 18:32 You've got to be able to talk to your spouse about everything. 18:35 You've got to be ready and able to deal with the truth 18:37 about you. 18:38 Some of us, we're quick to tell other people the truth 18:40 about themselves, but we don't want to hear them tell 18:42 us the truth about ourselves. 18:45 You'll be dead wrong. 18:47 Wrong! 18:48 in a situation. 18:50 And instead of your spouse telling you the truth about 18:52 their situation, they'll be quiet 18:53 just to keep the peace. 18:54 And you'll go out and you'll make a fool of yourself, 18:56 but you've got to be able to deal with the truth about 18:58 you. 18:59 Listen to me. 19:00 In many marriages there is this 80-20 rule. 19:02 Pareto principle. 19:04 Some of you business students know, Pareto principle. 19:05 Pareto principle says 20 percent of the people do 80 percent 19:07 of the work. 19:08 But there's also an 80-20 rule in marriage. 19:12 Spouses know about 80 percent about their spouse. 19:18 The other 20 percent they were too afraid to tell them 19:20 while they were dating, because if they did, 19:22 they would have been afraid that their spouse wouldn't have 19:24 married them if they knew the real deal. 19:26 But we take that 20 percent. 19:28 Not we--people take that 20 percent, hold it close 19:32 to their vest until we meet somebody outside of their 19:36 marriage who they think can identify 19:39 with the other 20 percent. 19:41 But then that ends up destroying marriages. 19:44 That's why, when you date right now, you've got to ask 19:46 them for total disclosure. 19:48 You've got to tell them, and you ought to want to tell 19:51 them, I want you to feel comfortable telling 19:52 me everything. 19:53 Because if I can't accept you for who you are right 19:55 now, then we must not be meant to be together. 19:58 I'd rather you would tell me now than to marry you and find 20:00 out 10 years later that you had a dark side. 20:03 Your soul mate can accept you for who you are. 20:06 The person that comes home, not the person that everybody 20:08 else sees, but the person that comes home. 20:11 I say it all the time: My wife and three daughters are my 20:13 toughest members, because they know if the Pastor Byrd 20:16 that you see is the same Pastor Byrd that's at home. 20:21 When the mask if off. 20:22 When the suit is off. 20:26 For you, when the nails come off. 20:31 When the hairpieces come off. 20:33 [Aud. reaction] PB: When the teeth 20:37 [laughter] come out. 20:41 When everything comes out, the real you. 20:46 You need to find somebody that can accept you for the real you. 20:51 You need the truth, and you've got to be truthful. 20:53 Delilah does not love Samson. 20:55 Delilah is not trying to tell Samson the truth. 20:59 Money is her motivation. 21:03 But that wasn't strange to Samson, because he was used 21:06 to ungodly considerations for cash. 21:10 Which brings me to my next point on this thing called 21:12 honesty. 21:14 Stop getting with people in these relationships 21:17 just for money or just for what they can get out of you. 21:22 Not only must you be truthful and honest in your words, 21:24 but you've got to be truthful and honest in your motives. 21:27 Look at verse 1. 21:28 Samson went in with a prostitute. 21:32 Considerations or compassion for cash. 21:39 Then verse 5 illustrates that Delilah was ready 21:44 to provide consideration for cash. 21:49 Ladies, you do not have to lower your standards 21:53 or provide considerations for cash just to get something 21:58 from him. 21:59 Just because you need a ride somewhere doesn't mean you 22:04 have to provide ungodly considerations. 22:08 Just because you need help on an assignment doesn't 22:12 mean you have to provide ungodly considerations. 22:15 Just because you need some money doesn't mean you have 22:18 to provide ungodly considerations. 22:21 The story is told of a young lady. 22:23 She had a friend, it was a guy. 22:25 Male friend. 22:26 Not a boyfriend, but a guy friend. 22:28 He came to her with this article that was in the newspaper, 22:31 and he came to her and said, read this, 22:33 read this. 22:34 Hey, look at this article. 22:35 They've got something in the paper, 22:37 they have something in the classified section. 22:39 I can't believe it, but it's something somebody 22:41 just might do. 22:42 The proposal was: If you will have sexual relations 22:45 one time with a man for 1 million dollars, 22:51 there are three things you are guaranteed of. 22:54 Number one, nobody will ever know. 22:58 Number two, there will be no disease. 23:03 Number three, no babies. 23:08 One million dollars. 23:10 Nobody will ever know, no disease, no babies. 23:14 One million dollars, no questions asked, 23:18 out the door. 23:18 He asked her, Would you do it? 23:23 She thought about it, just like somebody tonight is thinking 23:27 about it. 23:28 [Aud. reaction] PB: Nobody would know. 23:34 One million dollars, no disease, no babies, out the door. 23:39 She thought about it and she says to him, Yes, I'll do it. 23:44 He then said to her, Well, will you do the same thing 23:47 for me, for $25? 23:50 She said, what do you think I am, a prostitute? 23:53 He said, We've already established that. 23:57 We're just negotiating price. 24:00 [Aud. reaction] PB: Young ladies, 24:02 turn to that young man right now and tell them, 24:05 I'm not for sale. 24:08 And because, friends, you're not for sale, you need 24:12 to take all these for-sale and on-sale signs off. 24:22 What am I talking about? 24:24 I travel the country preaching, and I go to church, 24:27 and I see people with all this out. 24:30 With all this up here. 24:34 Who are you coming to meet? 24:36 Not the King of kings, not the Lord of lords. 24:38 I wish I had a witness in this place. 24:40 That is not of God. 24:44 I know you don't like it, but I'm going to preach it 24:46 anyhow. 24:47 All this we hear in our world today: Come as you are. 24:51 When we say come as you are, you are to come 24:54 with your heart as you are. 24:56 Not coming and looking any kind of way as you are. 25:00 God receives you where your heart is. 25:03 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 25:05 [Aud. reaction] PB: If we were going to see 25:07 President Obama, we would look nice, 25:09 we'd dress up, we'd be our best. 25:11 How much more, when we come into the house of God, 25:14 to meet the King of kings and the Lord of lords, take off 25:19 all these for-sale and on-sale signs. 25:23 You don't like that. 25:25 That's all right. 25:28 And it's just not the young people, either. 25:34 Preach, Pastor Byrd. 25:35 I'm doing the best I can. 25:38 We've got some old Casanova up in here. 25:41 [Aud. reaction] PB: Remember in this church, 25:44 we've got people that are getting married 25:46 after they are 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