THIS MAN FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED
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IN A SITUATION WHERE THE
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VERY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE
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SAID TO HIM, " TAKE COURAGE,"
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SAID TO HIM, "GIVE UP".
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I PREACH THE GOSPEL BECAUSE
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THE GOSPEL GIVES HOPE.
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THERE IS NOBODY BEYOND
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THE REACH OF GOD.
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD ?
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Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF
LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH
PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  WORTHY OF
ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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TONIGHT, I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION
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TO THE 2ND CHAPTER
OF THE BOOK OF MARK.
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LET'S SEE WHAT GOD
HAS TO SAY TO US TONIGHT.
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MARK, CHAPTER 2, AND I
BEGIN READING FROM VERSE THREE:
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I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY FOR
TONIGHT, "AUTHORIZED BREAK-IN."
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AUTHORIZED BREAK-IN.
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LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL
TONIGHT FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS THE
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INFLUENCE OF THY HOLY SPIRIT.
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WE RECOGNIZE NOW
THAT WITHOUT THAT POWER,
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WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WORD,
NOR CAN WE BE BLESSED BY IT.
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SO WE ASK NOW THAT THE
SWEET INFLUENCE OF JESUS,
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THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF JESUS,
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MIGHT BE
DISPENSED TO THIS PLACE.
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AND AS WE STUDY
THY WORD TONIGHT,
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LET US KNOW THAT POWER
IN OUR LIVES, PERSONALLY,
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SO THAT THERE
MIGHT BE CHANGES IN US.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE
PRAY, LET EVERYONE SAY, AMEN.
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TONIGHT WE LOOK AT
A STUDY IN CONTRAST.
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THE FACT IS, THAT THE
TWO LOCATIONS THAT WILL
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COME TOGETHER COULD
NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT.
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THERE IS A MAN AT HOME, DYING.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
HE IS SICK WITH PALSY.
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BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT THE STATE OF THE ART,
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IN TERMS OF MEDICINE,
HAD NOT ADVANCED SO MUCH,
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SO THAT WHAT YOU READ HERE MAY
NOT GIVE A PROPER PICTURE OF HOW
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SERIOUS IT WAS. THIS MAN HAD
FOUND HIMSELF IN A SITUATION
WHERE NOT ONLY WAS HE ILL,
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BUT WHEN HE WENT TO THOSE WHO
OUGHT TO HAVE HAD THE AUTHORITY
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TO CALL ON GOD'S NAME AND HEAL
HIM, THESE PEOPLE SAID IN FACT,
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"YOU DESERVE TO BE SICK."
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IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS
THOUGHT THAT WHEN YOU WERE SICK,
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IT WAS THE PUNISHMENT OF GOD.
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THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE
THING IN THIS DAY, WOULDN'T IT ?
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THE FACT IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT
IS FULL OF SO MUCH POLLUTION.
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THE FACT IS, THAT
JUST LIVING IN THIS SOCIETY
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GIVES YOU STRANGE
ACCESS TO DISEASE AND GERMS.
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YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVER
DONE ANYTHING TO DESERVE
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AN ILLNESS BUT THIS
WORLD HAS BECOME POLLUTED.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO SMOKE
CIGARETTES TO INHALE SIDE STREAM
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SMOKE. SOME SCIENTISTS
WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE IS MORE
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POISON IN SIDE STREAM
SMOKE THAN IN SMOKING ITSELF.
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I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THIS,
THAT YOU LIVE AND YOU ARE
EXPOSED TO STRANGE DANGERS.
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IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING
TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN A
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HOSPITAL HAD DONE
SOMETHING WRONG TO DESERVE IT.
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TO BE SURE, ALL HAVE SINNED AND
COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
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BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD IS
ONE WHO IS ABLE TO PUNISH WITH
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IMPUNITY. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
THESE SICKNESSES THAT WE SEE
EVERYDAY ARE THE PUNISHMENT.
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IN FACT, THE BIBLE GIVES US TO
KNOW THAT A PLACE CALLED HELL
WILL BE THE PUNISHMENT.
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SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO
THE GOOD AS WELL AS TO THE BAD.
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IF NOT, WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD
YOU DO WITH THE STORY OF JOB ?
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SO, THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT
ENLIGHTENED IN THEIR THEOLOGY.
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THEY SAID TO THIS MAN, "YOU'RE
SICK ALRIGHT, AND THE REASON
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WHY YOU'RE SICK IS BECAUSE
YOU HAVE DONE SOME EVIL DEED
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AND GOD IS
PUNISHING YOU FOR IT."
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IN THOSE DAYS, IF YOU GOT
LEPROSY, THEY CALLED IT "THE
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STROKE"; THEY CALLED
IT "THE FINGER OF GOD."
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SO, THE MORE SERIOUS YOUR
ILLNESS, THE WORSE THEY THOUGHT
YOUR SIN MUST HAVE BEEN.
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I SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT, THAT
THIS MAN FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED
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IN A SITUATION WHERE THE VERY
PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE SAID TO
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HIM, "TAKE COURAGE,"
SAID TO HIM, "GIVE UP".
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I PREACH THE GOSPEL
BECAUSE THE GOSPEL GIVES HOPE.
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THERE IS NOBODY
BEYOND THE REACH OF GOD.
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THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN BE CUT
OFF FROM GOD IS TO CUT YOURSELF
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OFF. BECAUSE GOD IS ABLE,
HE SAVES TO THE UTTERMOST.
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SO, THE MAN IS AT HOME AND
UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS NO
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MORE HOPE. BUT THE
PROBLEM IS NOT EXTERNAL.
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HIS PROBLEM IS INTERNAL.
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I'VE DISCOVERED THAT
NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY,
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IT WILL NOT BOTHER YOU UNLESS
YOU SUSPECT THAT IT MAY BE TRUE.
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IF SOMEONE WERE TO ACCUSE
ME TONIGHT OF BEING ANOREXIC,
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I WOULD SHRUG IT OFF.
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I KNOW IT NOT TO BE TRUE.
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ARE YOU WITH ME ?
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SO, BE CAREFUL WHAT MAKES YOU
MAD, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING GETS
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TO YOU, YOU PROBABLY SUBSCRIBE
JUST A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT HAS
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BEEN SAID. OH,
I'M PREACHING NOW.
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THIS MAN WAS IN A TERRIBLE
SITUATION, BECAUSE AT HIS HOME
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WITH HIS ILLNESS, AN ILLNESS
THAT HAD DRAINED HIM OF HIS
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COLOR, AN ILLNESS THAT WAS
INTRACTABLE, PERNICIOUS, AND
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STUBBORN; AN ILLNESS
THAT WOULD NOT RELENT,
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AN ILLNESS THAT WOULD
NOT GIVE IN TO THE DOCTORS
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OR EVEN TO THOSE WHO THOUGHT
THEMSELVES MIRACLE HEALERS.
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THIS MAN WAS WORSE THAN A SICK
MAN BECAUSE HE DECIDED IN HIS
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OWN HEART, YES, I HAVE
BROUGHT THE SICKNESS ON MYSELF.
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HE BEGAN TO LOOK AT HIS LIFE,
AND HE DECIDED THAT THE REASON
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WHY HE WAS SICK
WAS BECAUSE OF HIS SIN.
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NOW I BELIEVE THAT
SIN BRINGS SICKNESS.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE
WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
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MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IT MEANS
THAT YOU WILL DIE EVENTUALLY.
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I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LITTLE
DEATH AS YOU MOVE ALONG IN A BAD
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LIFESTYLE. ONE OF MY CHILDREN,
I'M GETTING BETTER NOW ABOUT
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IDENTIFYING THEM, BOUGHT ONE OF
THOSE CAMERAS, SOME OF YOU STILL
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HAVE THEM, THESE CAMERAS WILL
DEVELOP THE FILM IMMEDIATELY.
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YOU KNOW THE ONE, PUT THE FILM
IN; TAKE A PICTURE; ZZZZZT AND
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IT COMES OUT. I WENT TO THE
STORE TO GET SOME MORE FILM FOR
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THE CAMERA AND I THOUGHT
I WOULD BE A GOOD FATHER,
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SO I SAID TO THE
MAN AT THE DRUG STORE,
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"I'D LIKE TO BUY NOT ONLY THE
FILM, BUT I'D LIKE TO BUY SOME
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BATTERIES." THE MAN SAID,
"FOR THE CAMERA YOU HAVE ?"
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I SAID, "YES."
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HE SAID, "SIR, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND, YOU DON'T NEED
BATTERIES FOR THAT CAMERA."
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I SAID, "COME ON NOW,
I'M NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST,
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BUT I KNOW THAT IF
THE THING SAYS, ZZZZZT,
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THERE HAS TO BE A
POWER SOURCE SOMEWHERE."
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HE SAID, "WELL, WHAT YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND IS THAT EVERY TIME
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YOU BUY NEW FILM, THERE IS
A BATTERY IN THE FILM PACK."
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I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT EVERY TIME
YOU SIN, THERE'S A LITTLE DEATH
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IN THE PACK. (applause)
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WHEN YOU LIVE FOR JESUS,
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE.
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THERE ARE SOME DEAR LADIES, IT
HAPPENS THAT LADIES LIVE LONGER
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THAN MEN, AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND
CHURCHES WHERE THESE DEAR LADIES
-- YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE
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ADVANCED IN AGE, BUT GOD
HAD DONE SOMETHING FOR THEM.
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THEIR HAIR MIGHT HAVE BEEN
GRAY, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GRAY;
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THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD WRINKLES,
BUT THEY WERE PRETTY WRINKLES.
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YOU KNOW, IT
PAYS TO SERVE JESUS.
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THIS MAN RECOGNIZES IN HIS HEART
THAT HIS SIN HAS CAUSED HIS
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PROBLEM. ONE OF MY FAVORITE
WRITERS SAYS THAT THE GREATEST
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DESIRE OF THIS MAN'S HEART
WAS NOT TO BE HEALED, BUT TO BE
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FORGIVEN. BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED
THAT AT THE ROOT OF ALL ILLNESS
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THERE IS SIN. AND SO HIS PRAYER
AT HOME, SAYS THE WRITER, WAS
NOT SO MUCH "HEAL ME."
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GET TO THE
SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM;
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BECAUSE THE
ILLNESS IS A SYMPTOM,
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THE SIN IS THE SOURCE.
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THAT WAS HIS PRAYER.
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SO NOW, I GO AWAY, AND YOU KNOW
IT'S WONDERFUL HOW THE BIBLE
CAUSES YOUR MIND TO STRETCH.
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IF YOU WATCH TOO MUCH
TELEVISION, YOUR IMAGINATION IS
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FRENCH-FRIED. YOU GOTTA HAVE
EVERYTHING SCROLLED BEFORE YOU.
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BUT IF YOU READ THE WORD OF GOD,
THE PICTURES OPEN IN PANORAMIC
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FORM SO THAT YOU SEE THINGS THAT
YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE OTHERWISE.
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COME WITH ME NOW DOWN TO
CAPERNAUM WHERE JESUS HAS GONE
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INTO A HOUSE. IT IS NOT THE
SABBATH, SAY THE SCHOLARS, BUT
IF JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE, A
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CROWD GATHERS. POWERFUL JESUS.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
IF YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH,
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YOU ARE LIABLE TO SEE
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AMAZING.
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NOW, I IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE
BEEN LIKE AROUND THIS HOUSE IN
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CAPERNAUM. JESUS IS THERE,
NO DOUBT WITH THE DISCIPLES,
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AND AS I READ THE CONTEXT I COME
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT
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ALSO HAVE BEEN SOME OF
THOSE DOCTORS OF THE LAW
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AND THOSE WHO CALLED THEMSELVES
THEOLOGIANS GATHERED TOGETHER.
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BUT WHEN THAT AUGUST ASSEMBLY
BROUGHT ITSELF INTO THAT HOME,
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THE PEOPLE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BEGAN TO TALK.
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THEY SAID, "DO YOU KNOW
WHO'S DOWN THE STREET ?"
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"HUH UH."
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"I THINK JESUS IS DOWN THERE."
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"YEAH ?
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YOU THINK HE IS ?"
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"I SAW HIM.
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I KNOW WHO HE IS YOU KNOW."
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"I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I'M GOING TO FIGURE A WAY TO GET
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OVER THERE. I BORROWED A KNIFE
FROM THEM, I THINK I'M GONNA
TAKE IT BACK TODAY."
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(knocks on podium)
"HEY, HOW YOU DOING ?
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REMEMBER THAT KNIFE I BORROWED ?
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OH LOOK !
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JESUS IS HERE ?
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YOU MIND IF I
COME IN A MINUTE ?"
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AND THEN PRESENTLY
SOMEONE ELSE COMES AND THEY SAY,
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"LOOK YOU REMEMBER
THAT CUP OF ... OH, JESUS.
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COULD I JUST COME IN AND
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HIM ?"
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ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE HOUSE IS FULL.
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NOW, EVERYBODY
LIKES A LITTLE COMPANY,
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BUT THIS WAS GETTING
DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS.
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YOU KNOW FURNITURE WAS NOT BUILT
FOR OVERCROWDED SITUATIONS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
FURNITURE THEY MAY HAVE HAD,
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BUT IT WAS NOW OVEREXTENDED AND
PEOPLE WERE SITTING EVERYWHERE.
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OUTSIDE ON THE NARROW STREETS,
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AT LEAST THE SCHOLARS BELIEVE
THAT THE STREETS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
00:14:29.50\00:14:32.63
NARROW, NOW THERE
IS A CROWD GATHERING.
00:14:32.63\00:14:34.70
THE PEOPLE ARE PRESSING IN
TO KNOW WHAT JESUS WILL DO.
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AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT
CROWD, JESUS BEGINS TO PREACH.
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MY, MY, MY I WISH I
COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
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WHAT MUST IT HAVE BEEN
LIKE TO HEAR JESUS PREACH ?
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JESUS, JESUS WHO WAS THE
SON OF GOD IN HUMAN FLESH,
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JESUS WHO WENT OUT EARLY IN THE
MORNING TO MEET WITH HIS FATHER,
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JESUS, WHO ACCORDING TO
SOME ACCOUNTS DID NOT EVEN MAKE
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PLANS, BUT WAITED UNTIL
HIS FATHER TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO;
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JESUS, WHO ACCORDING TO ONE
WRITER WOULD GO OUT AND SING
EARLY IN THE MORNING,
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MAKING A CONTACT SURE WITH GOD.
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NOW JESUS IS GONNA PREACH ?
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OH, THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING.
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BESIDES, 'S NOT A CHURCH.
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YOU CAN KIND OF GET CLOSE TO HIM
AND SEE ALL THE EXPRESSIONS ON
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HIS FACE, AND THE LIGHT IN
HIS EYES, AND HIS GESTURES,
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AND HIS BODY LANGUAGE.
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YOUR GONNA SEE EVERYTHING NOW.
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SO, THE CROWD PRESSES IN.
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NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A POINT
AT WHICH THESE DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS COME TOGETHER
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BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR
PEOPLE, PRAISE GOD FOR THEM,
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WHO CAME TO KNOW THAT
JESUS WAS IN A HOUSE DOWNTOWN,
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WHILE THEIR FRIEND WAS
IN TROUBLE IN THE SUBURBS.
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I MAY BE TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF
LIBERTY WITH THAT, BUT DOESN'T
IT SOUND AWFUL GOOD ?
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HERE IS A MAN WHO
CANNOT GET HIMSELF UP,
00:16:09.10\00:16:12.86
LYING ON A PALLET,
CAN'T EVEN MOVE ON HIS OWN;
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BUT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR
THEMSELVES, THESE FOUR MEN
DECIDE, WE WILL DELAY OUR GOING,
00:16:18.26\00:16:25.90
AND WE WILL GO AND BRING
OUR FRIEND TO JESUS, BECAUSE WE
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BELIEVE THAT IF HE COULD JUST
GET TO JESUS, SOMETHING WOULD
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HAPPEN FOR HIM. I WANT TO SAY TO
YOU THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE MORE
OF THAT IN THIS SOCIETY.
00:16:35.86\00:16:41.23
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
WHAT JESUS SAYS, BUT THEY IGNORE
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SOME THINGS. I SUGGEST TO YOU
THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR
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COMMUNITY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T CARE
ENOUGH ABOUT OUR YOUTH TO BE
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MENTORS FOR THEM. SOMEBODY OUGHT
TO STOP CARING SO MUCH ABOUT
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SELF AND TAKE THE TIME, MAKE THE
TIME TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEEDS.
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ON THE TELEVISION OVER AND
OVER AGAIN I'M SEEING SOMEBODY
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SAYING THERE'S
A LOST GENERATION.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
PORTRAYED IN A NEGATIVE SENSE
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AND WE SIT AT HOME AND WRING
OUR HANDS AND WONDER WHAT TO DO.
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WHY DON'T YOU FIND
SOME CHILD SOMEWHERE ?
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WHY DON'T YOU HELP SOMEBODY GET
THROUGH THE PROBLEMATIC STAGE OF
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GROWTH ? WHY DON'T YOU USE THE
POWER THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO
MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR SOMEBODY
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ELSE ? IT'S BIBLICAL, ISN'T IT ?
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IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO CLAIM JESUS,
AND WALK BY ALL OF THE PROBLEMS.
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THESE FOUR ARE CARING ENOUGH
THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO SEE
JESUS FOR THEMSELVES,
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THEY GO TO HIS HOUSE AND THEY
SAY, "LOOK, WE'RE GETTING READY
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TO GO." "WHERE ?"
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"WE'RE TAKING YOU SOMEWHERE,
WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN THERE,
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BUT YOU'RE LIABLE
TO WALK BACK HOME."
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YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH WHEN
YOU GO TO JESUS, DON'T YOU ?
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IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE MAN
IS GOING TO BE HEALED, LEAVE HIM
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HOME. AMEN ?
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AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO PRAY FOR ME
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'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH FAITH IN THEIR PRAYERS.
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I WENT TO PRAY FOR A LADY A FEW
WEEKS AGO AND A PREACHER WENT
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WITH ME, AND I, THAT
PRAYER MADE ME OPEN MY EYES.
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IT WAS A TERRIBLE PRAYER.
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THE MAN SAID, "WELL
LORD, SHE'S GOING TO DIE ANYWAY
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AND WE JUST CAME TO SAY
THAT SHE'S ALMOST GONE NOW.
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I OPENED MY EYES
TRYING TO GIVE HIM A SIGNAL --
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"HEY BROTHER; THE WOMAN DOESN'T
NEED A PRAYER LIKE THAT !"
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IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE JESUS
HAS POWER, WHY DON'T YOU STOP
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PRAYING ? OH, BUT WHEN THEY LET
ME PRAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD
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IT ! I SAID, "I KNOW THAT JESUS
IS ABLE; I KNOW THAT HE CAN
BRING LIFE OUT OF DEATH,
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HE CAN BRING GOOD OUT OF BAD,
I KNOW THAT HE CAN BRING VICTORY
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OUT OF FAILURE." IF YOU DON'T
HAVE FAITH, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR
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TIME. THESE FOLK PICK
HIM UP AND SAY, "COME ON."
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HE SAYS, "WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ?"
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THEY SAY, "JUST
RIDE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
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GET YOUR FAITH TOGETHER, WE'RE
TAKING YOU DOWN TO SEE JESUS."
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AND AS THEY TAKE
HIM DOWN TO SEE JESUS,
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THEY COME TO A
SITUATION WHEN THEY GET THERE;
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THE PEOPLE ARE CROWDED ALL OUT
INTO THE LITTLE THOROUGHFARE.
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NOW, OF COURSE, ALL THEY
HAVE TO DO IS GO UP AND SAY,
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"EXCUSE ME, DO YOU SEE
THE MAN THAT WE'RE CARRYING ?
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HE'S VERY SICK.
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COULD WE GET
RIGHT THROUGH THERE ?"
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AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL SAY,
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"OH PLEASE, BY ALL
MEANS, COME THROUGH."
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COME ON FOLKS, LET'S GET REAL.
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IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE,
YOU PARK YOUR CAR IN THE WRONG
PLACE OUTSIDE OF A CHURCH.
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ANY CHURCH; AND GO OUTSIDE AND
FIND YOURSELF BLOCKING SOMEBODY
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IN. THEY WILL LOSE ALL THE
RELIGION THEY GOT IN WORSHIP 
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TELLING YOU THAT YOU
SHOULD HAVE MOVED YOUR CAR.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ?
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I'M SORRY, MAYBE
THIS TOWN IS DIFFERENT.
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SO THEY SAY, "EXCUSE ME . . ."
"I'VE BEEN STANDING HERE A LONG
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TIME. HE CAN'T SEE
ANYWAY, HE'S LAYING DOWN.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU WANT ME TO DO.
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IF I LET HIM BY,
THEY NOT GONNA LET HIM BY.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MAN.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
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HE SHOULD HAVE COME EARLIER
LIKE THOSE FOLKS UP THERE."
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LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS,
SOME CHRISTIANS CAN BE ROUGH.
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THERE'S SOME AMAZING THINGS
DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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SO, THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH.
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YOU UNDERSTAND IT DON'T YOU ?
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THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH,
AND NOW THE QUESTION IS,
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH ?
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DO YOU GIVE UP ?
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IF YOUR BODY IS
RACKED WITH PAIN,
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IF YOUR LIFE IS OOZING FROM YOU,
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IF YOUR COLOR HAS EVAPORATED AND
YOU FIND YOURSELF FACING DEATH,
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WHAT DO YOU DO ?
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THERE ARE TOO MANY
PEOPLE NOW WHO HAVE GIVEN UP.
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THERE ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP,
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AND OLDER PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GIVEN UP.
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IN FACT, THE REASON WHY SOME OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP
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IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE
OLD PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP.
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AMEN ?
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IF SOME OF US WOULD TALK
MORE ABOUT WHAT JESUS CAN DO,
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SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLK
WOULD BELIEVE MORE IN HIS POWER.
00:21:56.46\00:22:00.56
BUT INSTEAD, WE SIT AT HOME AND
TALK THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE POWER OF JESUS,
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AND THEN WONDER WHY OUR
CHILDREN DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
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IT'S TIME FOR US TO RISE
UP IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR
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GENERATIONS BELOW US
AND TELL THEM THAT JESUS,
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THE POWERFUL
JESUS, IS THE ANSWER.
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MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO DO
IT, OUR CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL,
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AND YOU KNOW, THAT
TUITION IS AMAZING.
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I BELIEVE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE
SOME KIND OF METHOD TO KNOW WHEN
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PARENTS GET MONEY. EVERY TIME
MY WIFE AND I WOULD GET A LITTLE
00:22:43.46\00:22:46.76
EXTRA MONEY, WE'D GET A BILL
IN THE MAIL FOR JUST ABOUT THAT.
00:22:46.76\00:22:52.66
AND SOMETIMES IT
WAS MORE THAN THAT.
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BUT WE HAD LEARNED SOMETHING;
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I LEARNED IT FROM MY PARENTS.
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THAT IS, THAT WHEN YOU
HAVE A NEED AND YOU DON'T HAVE A
00:22:59.13\00:23:04.13
SUPPLY, GO TO THE ONE
WHO HAS ALL THE SUPPLY.
00:23:04.13\00:23:08.86
GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND TALK
TO THE ONE WHOSE RESOURCES NEVER
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RUN OUT. AND MY
WIFE AND I FOR A WHILE,
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YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS IN
MY GENERATION WERE STRANGE,
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WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN TO
GROW UP AND NOT KNOW PAIN.
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COME ON FOLKS.
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SO, ONE OF THE KIDS
WOULD CALL HOME AND SAY,
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"HEY DAD, I NEED TUITION."
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"OK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
00:23:35.06\00:23:37.36
WHEN DO YOU NEED IT."
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"I NEED IT TOMORROW."
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IT'S ALWAYS TOMORROW, ISN'T IT ?
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"SO, YOU'RE SURE YOU
GOT TO HAVE IT TOMORROW ?"
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"DAD, I GOT TO
HAVE IT TOMORROW."
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I'D SAY "OK,
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT."
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AND THEN I'D HANG UP THE
PHONE AND GET WITH MY WIFE
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AND WE'D GET ON OUR
KNEES AND CRY TO THE LORD.
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AND THEN, WATCH THIS, WHEN THE
LORD WOULD OPEN A WAY OUT OF "NO
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WAY", WE'D SEND THE MONEY
DOWN AND CALL THEM AND SAY,
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"HELLO, THE MONEY'S ON THE
WAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT."
00:24:08.30\00:24:12.63
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CULTURALLY
DEPRIVING YOUR CHILDREN
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IF YOU DON'T TELL
THEM HOW YOU GOT THE MONEY.
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THAT'S WHY SO MANY FOLK
ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE NOW
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IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW HOW TO GET MONEY.
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THEY THINK THAT THE WAY YOU GET
MONEY IS TO GO OUT AND TAKE IT
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FROM SOMEBODY. FRIEND, MY BIBLE
SAYS THAT THE SILVER AND THE
GOLD BELONG TO GOD.
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THE BANK MANAGER MAY NOT KNOW
WHO'S MONEY THAT IS IN HIS BANK,
00:24:37.36\00:24:42.83
BUT ALL THE MONEY
BELONGS TO MY FATHER.
00:24:42.83\00:24:46.40
SO, WHEN I GO DOWN THERE, I
DON'T CARE WHAT MY CREDIT REPORT
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LOOKS LIKE, IF GOD WANTS
ME TO HAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY,
00:24:51.23\00:24:59.13
HE'LL SHAKE THE COAXIAL CABLE
THAT CONNECTS THE COMPUTERS
00:24:59.13\00:25:03.56
TOGETHER AND MAKE MY CREDIT WHAT
IT NEEDS TO BE SO I CAN GET SOME
00:25:03.56\00:25:09.33
MONEY. THE
MONEY BELONGS TO GOD !
00:25:09.33\00:25:14.03
GOD WILL MAKE A WAY.
00:25:14.03\00:25:16.86
BUT WE NEED TO TELL
PEOPLE HOW YOU GET OVER.
00:25:16.86\00:25:21.16
DON'T LET YOUNG PEOPLE GO AROUND
THINKING THAT THE ONLY WAY
00:25:21.16\00:25:24.43
TO GET OVER IS TO DO SOMETHING
WRONG, TO TRY AND BE SLICK,
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TO SNEAK, TO DUCK AND DODGE.
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NO !
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THE WAY TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS
IS THROUGH THE POWERFUL JESUS.
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THAT'S THE WAY YOU MAKE IT.
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SO WE DECIDED TO TELL THEM.
00:25:42.66\00:25:43.90
WE GOT TO THE PLACE
WHERE THEY'D CALL UP AND SAY,
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"DO YOU GOT THE TUITION ?"
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AND WE'D SAY "NO".
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"YEAH, BUT DAD
I GOT TO HAVE IT."
00:25:49.60\00:25:51.30
"WHEN ?"
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"TOMORROW."
00:25:52.36\00:25:53.50
"I DON'T SEE HOW
WE'RE GONNA DO IT."
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"DAD, WHATCH YOU GONNA DO ?"
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I SAID, "YOU BETTER PRAY."
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AMEN ?
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