Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000206
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00:01 THIS MAN FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED
00:03 IN A SITUATION WHERE THE 00:04 VERY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE 00:05 SAID TO HIM, " TAKE COURAGE," 00:08 SAID TO HIM, "GIVE UP". 00:12 I PREACH THE GOSPEL BECAUSE 00:15 THE GOSPEL GIVES HOPE. 00:18 THERE IS NOBODY BEYOND 00:21 THE REACH OF GOD. 00:23 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD ♪ 00:29 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:33 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:39 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY ♪ 00:47 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:51 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:57 TONIGHT, I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION 01:01 TO THE 2ND CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF MARK. 01:06 LET'S SEE WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY TO US TONIGHT. 01:10 MARK, CHAPTER 2, AND I BEGIN READING FROM VERSE THREE: 01:57 I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY FOR TONIGHT, "AUTHORIZED BREAK-IN." 02:06 AUTHORIZED BREAK-IN. 02:09 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 02:11 FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL TONIGHT FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS THE 02:16 INFLUENCE OF THY HOLY SPIRIT. 02:20 WE RECOGNIZE NOW THAT WITHOUT THAT POWER, 02:25 WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WORD, NOR CAN WE BE BLESSED BY IT. 02:30 SO WE ASK NOW THAT THE SWEET INFLUENCE OF JESUS, 02:34 THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF JESUS, 02:37 MIGHT BE DISPENSED TO THIS PLACE. 02:40 AND AS WE STUDY THY WORD TONIGHT, 02:43 LET US KNOW THAT POWER IN OUR LIVES, PERSONALLY, 02:47 SO THAT THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES IN US. 02:51 IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, LET EVERYONE SAY, AMEN. 02:56 TONIGHT WE LOOK AT A STUDY IN CONTRAST. 03:02 THE FACT IS, THAT THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT WILL 03:06 COME TOGETHER COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT. 03:12 THERE IS A MAN AT HOME, DYING. 03:17 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS SICK WITH PALSY. 03:21 BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE OF THE ART, 03:25 IN TERMS OF MEDICINE, HAD NOT ADVANCED SO MUCH, 03:30 SO THAT WHAT YOU READ HERE MAY NOT GIVE A PROPER PICTURE OF HOW SERIOUS IT WAS. 03:39 THIS MAN HAD FOUND HIMSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE NOT ONLY WAS HE ILL, 03:45 BUT WHEN HE WENT TO THOSE WHO OUGHT TO HAVE HAD THE AUTHORITY 03:49 TO CALL ON GOD'S NAME AND HEAL HIM, THESE PEOPLE SAID IN FACT, 03:55 "YOU DESERVE TO BE SICK." 04:00 IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT WHEN YOU WERE SICK, 04:05 IT WAS THE PUNISHMENT OF GOD. 04:10 THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING IN THIS DAY, WOULDN'T IT ? 04:14 THE FACT IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS FULL OF SO MUCH POLLUTION. 04:18 THE FACT IS, THAT JUST LIVING IN THIS SOCIETY 04:22 GIVES YOU STRANGE ACCESS TO DISEASE AND GERMS. 04:28 YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVER DONE ANYTHING TO DESERVE 04:31 AN ILLNESS BUT THIS WORLD HAS BECOME POLLUTED. 04:37 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SMOKE CIGARETTES TO INHALE SIDE STREAM SMOKE. 04:42 SOME SCIENTISTS WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE IS MORE POISON 04:46 IN SIDE STREAM SMOKE THAN IN SMOKING ITSELF. 04:50 I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THIS, THAT YOU LIVE AND YOU ARE EXPOSED TO STRANGE DANGERS. 04:59 IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN A 05:01 HOSPITAL HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG TO DESERVE IT. 05:05 TO BE SURE, ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 05:09 BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ONE WHO IS ABLE TO PUNISH WITH IMPUNITY. 05:15 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE SICKNESSES THAT WE SEE EVERYDAY ARE THE PUNISHMENT. 05:20 IN FACT, THE BIBLE GIVES US TO KNOW THAT A PLACE CALLED HELL WILL BE THE PUNISHMENT. 05:27 SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO THE GOOD AS WELL AS TO THE BAD. 05:32 IF NOT, WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO WITH THE STORY OF JOB ? 05:39 SO, THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT ENLIGHTENED IN THEIR THEOLOGY. 05:45 THEY SAID TO THIS MAN, "YOU'RE SICK ALRIGHT, AND THE REASON 05:50 WHY YOU'RE SICK IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SOME EVIL DEED 05:54 AND GOD IS PUNISHING YOU FOR IT." 05:56 IN THOSE DAYS, IF YOU GOT LEPROSY, THEY CALLED IT "THE STROKE"; 06:00 THEY CALLED IT "THE FINGER OF GOD." 06:03 SO, THE MORE SERIOUS YOUR ILLNESS, THE WORSE THEY THOUGHT YOUR SIN MUST HAVE BEEN. 06:10 I SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT, THAT THIS MAN FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED IN A SITUATION 06:16 WHERE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE SAID TO HIM, 06:18 "TAKE COURAGE," SAID TO HIM, "GIVE UP". 06:24 I PREACH THE GOSPEL BECAUSE THE GOSPEL GIVES HOPE. 06:30 THERE IS NOBODY BEYOND THE REACH OF GOD. 06:37 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN BE CUT OFF FROM GOD IS TO CUT YOURSELF OFF. 06:43 BECAUSE GOD IS ABLE, HE SAVES TO THE UTTERMOST. 06:48 SO, THE MAN IS AT HOME AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS NO MORE HOPE. 06:55 BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT EXTERNAL. 06:58 HIS PROBLEM IS INTERNAL. 07:02 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY, 07:05 IT WILL NOT BOTHER YOU UNLESS YOU SUSPECT THAT IT MAY BE TRUE. 07:18 IF SOMEONE WERE TO ACCUSE ME TONIGHT OF BEING ANOREXIC, 07:28 I WOULD SHRUG IT OFF. 07:32 I KNOW IT NOT TO BE TRUE. 07:37 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 07:39 SO, BE CAREFUL WHAT MAKES YOU MAD, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING GETS TO YOU, 07:46 YOU PROBABLY SUBSCRIBE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. 07:53 OH, I'M PREACHING NOW. 07:58 THIS MAN WAS IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION, BECAUSE AT HIS HOME WITH HIS ILLNESS, 08:05 AN ILLNESS THAT HAD DRAINED HIM OF HIS COLOR, 08:09 AN ILLNESS THAT WAS INTRACTABLE, PERNICIOUS, AND STUBBORN; 08:15 AN ILLNESS THAT WOULD NOT RELENT, 08:17 AN ILLNESS THAT WOULD NOT GIVE IN TO THE DOCTORS 08:20 OR EVEN TO THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES MIRACLE HEALERS. 08:24 THIS MAN WAS WORSE THAN A SICK MAN BECAUSE HE DECIDED IN HIS 08:29 OWN HEART, YES, I HAVE BROUGHT THE SICKNESS ON MYSELF. 08:36 HE BEGAN TO LOOK AT HIS LIFE, AND HE DECIDED THAT THE REASON 08:40 WHY HE WAS SICK WAS BECAUSE OF HIS SIN. 08:44 NOW I BELIEVE THAT SIN BRINGS SICKNESS. 08:48 THE BIBLE SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. 08:52 MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL DIE EVENTUALLY. 08:55 I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LITTLE DEATH AS YOU MOVE ALONG IN A BAD LIFESTYLE. 09:08 ONE OF MY CHILDREN, I'M GETTING BETTER NOW ABOUT IDENTIFYING THEM, 09:13 BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE CAMERAS, SOME OF YOU STILL HAVE THEM, 09:18 THESE CAMERAS WILL DEVELOP THE FILM IMMEDIATELY. 09:22 YOU KNOW THE ONE, PUT THE FILM IN; TAKE A PICTURE; ZZZZZT AND IT COMES OUT. 09:30 I WENT TO THE STORE TO GET SOME MORE FILM FOR THE CAMERA 09:35 AND I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A GOOD FATHER, 09:37 SO I SAID TO THE MAN AT THE DRUG STORE, 09:39 "I'D LIKE TO BUY NOT ONLY THE FILM, BUT I'D LIKE TO BUY SOME BATTERIES." 09:45 THE MAN SAID, "FOR THE CAMERA YOU HAVE ?" 09:47 I SAID, "YES." 09:49 HE SAID, "SIR, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU DON'T NEED BATTERIES FOR THAT CAMERA." 09:55 I SAID, "COME ON NOW, I'M NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST, 09:57 BUT I KNOW THAT IF THE THING SAYS, ZZZZZT, 10:00 THERE HAS TO BE A POWER SOURCE SOMEWHERE." 10:05 HE SAID, "WELL, WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT EVERY TIME YOU BUY NEW FILM, 10:11 THERE IS A BATTERY IN THE FILM PACK." 10:20 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT EVERY TIME YOU SIN, THERE'S A LITTLE DEATH IN THE PACK. 10:26 (applause) 10:31 WHEN YOU LIVE FOR JESUS, SOMETHING HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE. 10:35 THERE ARE SOME DEAR LADIES, IT HAPPENS THAT LADIES LIVE LONGER THAN MEN, 10:39 AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND CHURCHES WHERE THESE DEAR LADIES -- YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE 10:44 ADVANCED IN AGE, BUT GOD HAD DONE SOMETHING FOR THEM. 10:48 THEIR HAIR MIGHT HAVE BEEN GRAY, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GRAY; 10:53 THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD WRINKLES, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY WRINKLES. 10:58 YOU KNOW, IT PAYS TO SERVE JESUS. 11:04 THIS MAN RECOGNIZES IN HIS HEART THAT HIS SIN HAS CAUSED HIS PROBLEM. 11:11 ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS THAT THE GREATEST DESIRE OF 11:15 THIS MAN'S HEART WAS NOT TO BE HEALED, BUT TO BE FORGIVEN. 11:23 BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT AT THE ROOT OF ALL ILLNESS THERE IS SIN. 11:30 AND SO HIS PRAYER AT HOME, SAYS THE WRITER, WAS NOT SO MUCH "HEAL ME." 11:38 GET TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM; 11:42 BECAUSE THE ILLNESS IS A SYMPTOM, 11:45 THE SIN IS THE SOURCE. 11:48 THAT WAS HIS PRAYER. 11:51 SO NOW, I GO AWAY, AND YOU KNOW IT'S WONDERFUL HOW THE BIBLE CAUSES YOUR MIND TO STRETCH. 11:59 IF YOU WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION, YOUR IMAGINATION IS FRENCH-FRIED. 12:05 YOU GOTTA HAVE EVERYTHING SCROLLED BEFORE YOU. 12:09 BUT IF YOU READ THE WORD OF GOD, THE PICTURES OPEN IN PANORAMIC 12:13 FORM SO THAT YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE OTHERWISE. 12:19 COME WITH ME NOW DOWN TO CAPERNAUM WHERE JESUS HAS GONE INTO A HOUSE. 12:27 IT IS NOT THE SABBATH, SAY THE SCHOLARS, BUT IF JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE, A CROWD GATHERS. 12:36 POWERFUL JESUS. 12:38 EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IF YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH, 12:41 YOU ARE LIABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AMAZING. 12:45 NOW, I IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE AROUND THIS HOUSE IN CAPERNAUM. 12:51 JESUS IS THERE, NO DOUBT WITH THE DISCIPLES, 12:54 AND AS I READ THE CONTEXT I COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT 12:59 ALSO HAVE BEEN SOME OF THOSE DOCTORS OF THE LAW 13:03 AND THOSE WHO CALLED THEMSELVES THEOLOGIANS GATHERED TOGETHER. 13:09 BUT WHEN THAT AUGUST ASSEMBLY BROUGHT ITSELF INTO THAT HOME, 13:13 THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEGAN TO TALK. 13:15 THEY SAID, "DO YOU KNOW WHO'S DOWN THE STREET ?" 13:18 "HUH UH." 13:20 "I THINK JESUS IS DOWN THERE." 13:22 "YEAH ? 13:24 YOU THINK HE IS ?" 13:25 "I SAW HIM. 13:27 I KNOW WHO HE IS YOU KNOW." 13:30 "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO FIGURE A WAY TO GET OVER THERE. 13:33 I BORROWED A KNIFE FROM THEM, I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE IT BACK TODAY." 13:44 (knocks on podium) "HEY, HOW YOU DOING ? 13:48 REMEMBER THAT KNIFE I BORROWED ? 13:50 OH LOOK ! 13:51 JESUS IS HERE ? 13:53 YOU MIND IF I COME IN A MINUTE ?" 13:55 AND THEN PRESENTLY SOMEONE ELSE COMES AND THEY SAY, 13:58 "LOOK YOU REMEMBER THAT CUP OF ... OH, JESUS. 14:03 COULD I JUST COME IN AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HIM ?" 14:06 ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE HOUSE IS FULL. 14:10 NOW, EVERYBODY LIKES A LITTLE COMPANY, 14:13 BUT THIS WAS GETTING DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS. 14:17 YOU KNOW FURNITURE WAS NOT BUILT FOR OVERCROWDED SITUATIONS. 14:21 I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FURNITURE THEY MAY HAVE HAD, 14:23 BUT IT WAS NOW OVEREXTENDED AND PEOPLE WERE SITTING EVERYWHERE. 14:27 OUTSIDE ON THE NARROW STREETS, 14:29 AT LEAST THE SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THE STREETS MIGHT HAVE BEEN NARROW, 14:32 NOW THERE IS A CROWD GATHERING. 14:34 THE PEOPLE ARE PRESSING IN TO KNOW WHAT JESUS WILL DO. 14:38 AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT CROWD, JESUS BEGINS TO PREACH. 14:45 MY, MY, MY I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 14:48 WHAT MUST IT HAVE BEEN LIKE TO HEAR JESUS PREACH ? 14:53 JESUS, JESUS WHO WAS THE SON OF GOD IN HUMAN FLESH, 14:58 JESUS WHO WENT OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO MEET WITH HIS FATHER, 15:02 JESUS, WHO ACCORDING TO SOME ACCOUNTS DID NOT EVEN MAKE PLANS, 15:06 BUT WAITED UNTIL HIS FATHER TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO; 15:09 JESUS, WHO ACCORDING TO ONE WRITER WOULD GO OUT AND SING EARLY IN THE MORNING, 15:14 MAKING A CONTACT SURE WITH GOD. 15:16 NOW JESUS IS GONNA PREACH ? 15:19 OH, THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING. 15:21 BESIDES, 'S NOT A CHURCH. 15:23 YOU CAN KIND OF GET CLOSE TO HIM AND SEE ALL THE EXPRESSIONS ON HIS FACE, 15:28 AND THE LIGHT IN HIS EYES, AND HIS GESTURES, 15:33 AND HIS BODY LANGUAGE. 15:35 YOUR GONNA SEE EVERYTHING NOW. 15:37 SO, THE CROWD PRESSES IN. 15:39 NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A POINT AT WHICH THESE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS COME TOGETHER 15:47 BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE, PRAISE GOD FOR THEM, 15:53 WHO CAME TO KNOW THAT JESUS WAS IN A HOUSE DOWNTOWN, 15:58 WHILE THEIR FRIEND WAS IN TROUBLE IN THE SUBURBS. 16:04 I MAY BE TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY WITH THAT, BUT DOESN'T IT SOUND AWFUL GOOD ? 16:09 HERE IS A MAN WHO CANNOT GET HIMSELF UP, 16:12 LYING ON A PALLET, CAN'T EVEN MOVE ON HIS OWN; 16:18 BUT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THEMSELVES, THESE FOUR MEN DECIDE, WE WILL DELAY OUR GOING, 16:25 AND WE WILL GO AND BRING OUR FRIEND TO JESUS, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE 16:29 THAT IF HE COULD JUST GET TO JESUS, SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN FOR HIM. 16:35 I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE MORE OF THAT IN THIS SOCIETY. 16:41 PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAYS, BUT THEY IGNORE SOME THINGS. 16:45 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY 16:49 WHEN PEOPLE DON'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT OUR YOUTH TO BE MENTORS FOR THEM. 16:55 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO STOP CARING SO MUCH ABOUT SELF AND TAKE THE 16:59 TIME, MAKE THE TIME TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEEDS. 17:05 ON THE TELEVISION OVER AND OVER AGAIN I'M SEEING SOMEBODY 17:08 SAYING THERE'S A LOST GENERATION. 17:10 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS PORTRAYED IN A NEGATIVE SENSE AND WE SIT 17:14 AT HOME AND WRING OUR HANDS AND WONDER WHAT TO DO. 17:17 WHY DON'T YOU FIND SOME CHILD SOMEWHERE ? 17:20 WHY DON'T YOU HELP SOMEBODY GET THROUGH THE PROBLEMATIC STAGE OF GROWTH ? 17:25 WHY DON'T YOU USE THE POWER THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR SOMEBODY ELSE ? 17:32 IT'S BIBLICAL, ISN'T IT ? 17:37 IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO CLAIM JESUS, AND WALK BY ALL OF THE PROBLEMS. 17:41 THESE FOUR ARE CARING ENOUGH THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO SEE JESUS FOR THEMSELVES, 17:46 THEY GO TO HIS HOUSE AND THEY SAY, "LOOK, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO." 17:51 "WHERE ?" 17:52 "WE'RE TAKING YOU SOMEWHERE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN THERE, 17:55 BUT YOU'RE LIABLE TO WALK BACK HOME." 18:02 YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH WHEN YOU GO TO JESUS, DON'T YOU ? 18:05 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE MAN IS GOING TO BE HEALED, LEAVE HIM HOME. 18:08 AMEN ? 18:10 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO PRAY FOR ME 18:14 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH IN THEIR PRAYERS. 18:17 I WENT TO PRAY FOR A LADY A FEW WEEKS AGO AND A PREACHER WENT WITH ME, 18:21 AND I, THAT PRAYER MADE ME OPEN MY EYES. 18:24 IT WAS A TERRIBLE PRAYER. 18:26 THE MAN SAID, "WELL LORD, SHE'S GOING TO DIE ANYWAY 18:29 AND WE JUST CAME TO SAY THAT SHE'S ALMOST GONE NOW. 18:34 I OPENED MY EYES TRYING TO GIVE HIM A SIGNAL -- 18:36 "HEY BROTHER; THE WOMAN DOESN'T NEED A PRAYER LIKE THAT !" 18:42 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE JESUS HAS POWER, WHY DON'T YOU STOP PRAYING ? 18:46 OH, BUT WHEN THEY LET ME PRAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD IT ! 18:49 I SAID, "I KNOW THAT JESUS IS ABLE; I KNOW THAT HE CAN BRING LIFE OUT OF DEATH, 18:55 HE CAN BRING GOOD OUT OF BAD, I KNOW THAT HE CAN BRING VICTORY OUT OF FAILURE." 19:01 IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME. 19:04 THESE FOLK PICK HIM UP AND SAY, "COME ON." 19:06 HE SAYS, "WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ?" 19:07 THEY SAY, "JUST RIDE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 19:10 GET YOUR FAITH TOGETHER, WE'RE TAKING YOU DOWN TO SEE JESUS." 19:13 AND AS THEY TAKE HIM DOWN TO SEE JESUS, 19:15 THEY COME TO A SITUATION WHEN THEY GET THERE; 19:19 THE PEOPLE ARE CROWDED ALL OUT INTO THE LITTLE THOROUGHFARE. 19:25 NOW, OF COURSE, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO UP AND SAY, 19:30 "EXCUSE ME, DO YOU SEE THE MAN THAT WE'RE CARRYING ? 19:34 HE'S VERY SICK. 19:36 COULD WE GET RIGHT THROUGH THERE ?" 19:39 AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL SAY, 19:41 "OH PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, COME THROUGH." 19:46 COME ON FOLKS, LET'S GET REAL. 19:49 IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE, YOU PARK YOUR CAR IN THE WRONG PLACE OUTSIDE OF A CHURCH. 19:56 ANY CHURCH; AND GO OUTSIDE AND FIND YOURSELF BLOCKING SOMEBODY IN. 20:04 THEY WILL LOSE ALL THE RELIGION THEY GOT IN WORSHIP TELLING YOU 20:09 THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE MOVED YOUR CAR. 20:12 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ? 20:13 I'M SORRY, MAYBE THIS TOWN IS DIFFERENT. 20:17 SO THEY SAY, "EXCUSE ME . . ." "I'VE BEEN STANDING HERE A LONG TIME. 20:27 HE CAN'T SEE ANYWAY, HE'S LAYING DOWN. 20:36 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO. 20:38 IF I LET HIM BY, THEY NOT GONNA LET HIM BY. 20:43 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MAN. 20:44 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. 20:46 HE SHOULD HAVE COME EARLIER LIKE THOSE FOLKS UP THERE." 20:52 LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS, SOME CHRISTIANS CAN BE ROUGH. 20:57 THERE'S SOME AMAZING THINGS DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 21:02 SO, THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH. 21:07 YOU UNDERSTAND IT DON'T YOU ? 21:10 THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH, AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, 21:13 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH ? 21:18 DO YOU GIVE UP ? 21:20 IF YOUR BODY IS RACKED WITH PAIN, 21:23 IF YOUR LIFE IS OOZING FROM YOU, 21:27 IF YOUR COLOR HAS EVAPORATED AND YOU FIND YOURSELF FACING DEATH, 21:32 WHAT DO YOU DO ? 21:35 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE NOW WHO HAVE GIVEN UP. 21:39 THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP, 21:40 AND OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP. 21:42 IN FACT, THE REASON WHY SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP 21:45 IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE OLD PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP. 21:49 AMEN ? 21:51 IF SOME OF US WOULD TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT JESUS CAN DO, 21:56 SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLK WOULD BELIEVE MORE IN HIS POWER. 22:00 BUT INSTEAD, WE SIT AT HOME AND TALK THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POWER OF JESUS, 22:06 AND THEN WONDER WHY OUR CHILDREN DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. 22:09 IT'S TIME FOR US TO RISE UP IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR 22:13 GENERATIONS BELOW US AND TELL THEM THAT JESUS, 22:17 THE POWERFUL JESUS, IS THE ANSWER. 22:22 MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO DO IT, OUR CHILDREN WERE IN SCHOOL, 22:26 AND YOU KNOW, THAT TUITION IS AMAZING. 22:33 I BELIEVE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE SOME KIND OF METHOD TO KNOW WHEN PARENTS GET MONEY. 22:43 EVERY TIME MY WIFE AND I WOULD GET A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY, 22:46 WE'D GET A BILL IN THE MAIL FOR JUST ABOUT THAT. 22:52 AND SOMETIMES IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. 22:55 BUT WE HAD LEARNED SOMETHING; 22:56 I LEARNED IT FROM MY PARENTS. 22:59 THAT IS, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED AND YOU DON'T HAVE A SUPPLY, 23:04 GO TO THE ONE WHO HAS ALL THE SUPPLY. 23:08 GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND TALK TO THE ONE WHOSE RESOURCES NEVER RUN OUT. 23:14 AND MY WIFE AND I FOR A WHILE, 23:16 YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS IN MY GENERATION WERE STRANGE, 23:19 WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP AND NOT KNOW PAIN. 23:26 COME ON FOLKS. 23:30 SO, ONE OF THE KIDS WOULD CALL HOME AND SAY, 23:32 "HEY DAD, I NEED TUITION." 23:35 "OK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 23:37 WHEN DO YOU NEED IT." 23:38 "I NEED IT TOMORROW." 23:43 IT'S ALWAYS TOMORROW, ISN'T IT ? 23:45 "SO, YOU'RE SURE YOU GOT TO HAVE IT TOMORROW ?" 23:47 "DAD, I GOT TO HAVE IT TOMORROW." 23:50 I'D SAY "OK, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT." 23:51 AND THEN I'D HANG UP THE PHONE AND GET WITH MY WIFE 23:54 AND WE'D GET ON OUR KNEES AND CRY TO THE LORD. 23:58 AND THEN, WATCH THIS, WHEN THE LORD WOULD OPEN A WAY OUT OF "NO WAY", 24:04 WE'D SEND THE MONEY DOWN AND CALL THEM AND SAY, 24:08 "HELLO, THE MONEY'S ON THE WAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." 24:12 BUT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CULTURALLY DEPRIVING YOUR CHILDREN 24:17 IF YOU DON'T TELL THEM HOW YOU GOT THE MONEY. 24:22 THAT'S WHY SO MANY FOLK ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE NOW 24:24 IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET MONEY. 24:26 THEY THINK THAT THE WAY YOU GET MONEY IS TO GO OUT AND TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY. 24:30 FRIEND, MY BIBLE SAYS THAT THE SILVER AND THE GOLD BELONG TO GOD. 24:37 THE BANK MANAGER MAY NOT KNOW WHO'S MONEY THAT IS IN HIS BANK, 24:42 BUT ALL THE MONEY BELONGS TO MY FATHER. 24:46 SO, WHEN I GO DOWN THERE, I DON'T CARE WHAT MY CREDIT REPORT LOOKS LIKE, 24:51 IF GOD WANTS ME TO HAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY, 24:59 HE'LL SHAKE THE COAXIAL CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE COMPUTERS 25:03 TOGETHER AND MAKE MY CREDIT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE SO I CAN GET SOME MONEY. 25:09 THE MONEY BELONGS TO GOD ! 25:14 GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. 25:16 BUT WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE HOW YOU GET OVER. 25:21 DON'T LET YOUNG PEOPLE GO AROUND THINKING THAT THE ONLY WAY 25:24 TO GET OVER IS TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, TO TRY AND BE SLICK, 25:28 TO SNEAK, TO DUCK AND DODGE. 25:31 NO ! 25:33 THE WAY TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS IS THROUGH THE POWERFUL JESUS. 25:40 THAT'S THE WAY YOU MAKE IT. 25:42 SO WE DECIDED TO TELL THEM. 25:43 WE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY'D CALL UP AND SAY, 25:45 "DO YOU GOT THE TUITION ?" 25:46 AND WE'D SAY "NO". 25:49 "YEAH, BUT DAD I GOT TO HAVE IT." 25:51 "WHEN ?" 25:52 "TOMORROW." 25:53 "I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT." 25:55 "DAD, WHATCH YOU GONNA DO ?" 25:56 I SAID, "YOU BETTER PRAY." 26:00 AMEN ? 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