SO IF YOU WANT A JOB, YOU DON'T 00:00:02.10\00:00:03.50 SIT AT HOME, LAY IN THE BED -- 00:00:03.50\00:00:09.00 WHAT DO YOU THINK 00:00:09.00\00:00:10.13 IS GOING TO HAPPEN ? 00:00:10.13\00:00:11.06 DO YOU THINK THE EMPLOYMENT 00:00:11.06\00:00:11.83 AGENCY IS GOING TO 00:00:11.83\00:00:12.56 COME TO YOUR HOUSE ? 00:00:12.56\00:00:15.16 IF YOU ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING, 00:00:15.16\00:00:16.60 GO OUT THERE WHERE IT IS ! 00:00:16.60\00:00:18.80 ? PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD ? 00:00:18.80\00:00:25.16 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:25.16\00:00:29.50 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:00:29.50\00:00:35.03 ? HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ? 00:00:35.03\00:00:42.76 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:00:42.76\00:00:47.33 ? WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ? 00:00:47.33\00:00:54.70 SO WE DECIDED TO TELL THEM. 00:00:54.70\00:00:55.93 AND WE GOT TO THE PLACE 00:00:55.93\00:00:56.90 THEY'D CALL UP AND SAY, 00:00:56.90\00:00:57.80 "DO YOU GOT THE TUITION ?" 00:00:57.80\00:00:58.86 AND WE'D SAY, "NO." 00:00:58.86\00:01:01.83 "YEAH, BUT DAD I GOT TO HAVE IT." 00:01:01.83\00:01:03.56 "WHEN ?" 00:01:03.56\00:01:04.56 "TOMORROW." 00:01:04.56\00:01:05.70 "I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT." 00:01:05.70\00:01:08.16 "DAD, WHAT'S YOU GONNA DO ?" 00:01:08.16\00:01:09.06 I SAID, "YOU BETTER PRAY." 00:01:09.06\00:01:13.16 AMEN ? 00:01:13.16\00:01:15.23 AND THEN WHEN THE LORD WOULD COME THROUGH THEY WOULD KNOW HOW 00:01:15.23\00:01:18.96 HE CAME THROUGH. YOU GOT TO KNOW, IN THE WORDS OF MIHALIA 00:01:18.96\00:01:22.00 JACKSON, "HOW YOU GOT OVER", OR ELSE WHEN YOUR SOUL LOOKS BACK 00:01:22.00\00:01:28.86 AND WONDERS IT WILL NEVER FIND OUT HOW YOU GOT OVER. 00:01:28.86\00:01:33.20 JESUS IS THE ANSWER. 00:01:33.20\00:01:35.56 NOW THEY BRING THE MAN DOWN, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 00:01:35.56\00:01:38.76 "WHAT SHOULD WE DO ?" 00:01:38.76\00:01:39.93 DO THEY GIVE UP ? 00:01:39.93\00:01:40.90 NO, NO, NO. 00:01:40.90\00:01:42.20 IF YOU NEED A BLESSING, YOU DON'T GIVE UP. 00:01:42.20\00:01:44.86 AMEN ? 00:01:44.86\00:01:46.06 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN UP. 00:01:46.06\00:01:48.20 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE SIDES OF ROADS WHO'VE GIVEN UP; 00:01:48.20\00:01:51.93 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR HOMES TRAPPED WHO 00:01:51.93\00:01:55.66 HAVE GIVEN UP; WHEN YOU WANT A BLESSING, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP ON 00:01:55.66\00:01:57.66 SEEKING. THE BIBLE SAYS, "SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND, 00:01:57.66\00:02:00.66 KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL BE OPENED, ASK" AMEN ? 00:02:00.66\00:02:05.43 GOD FEEDS THE BIRDS, BUT HE DOES NOT THROW WORMS IN THEIR NESTS. 00:02:05.43\00:02:14.73 SO IF YOU WANT A JOB, YOU DON'T SIT AT HOME, LAY IN THE BED. 00:02:14.73\00:02:23.70 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN ? 00:02:23.70\00:02:25.56 DO YOU THINK THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IS GOING TO COME TO YOUR 00:02:25.56\00:02:28.86 HOUSE ? IF YOU ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING, GO OUT THERE WHERE IT 00:02:28.86\00:02:32.96 IS ! BE WHERE GOD CAN FIND YOU WHEN HE NEEDS YOU, WELL, 00:02:32.96\00:02:36.63 GOD CAN FIND YOU ANYWHERE, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. 00:02:36.63\00:02:40.03 SO, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. 00:02:40.03\00:02:42.50 SO SOMEBODY LOOKS UP ON TOP OF THE HOUSE AND SAYS, 00:02:42.50\00:02:46.40 "HEY MAN, YOU THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKING ?" 00:02:46.40\00:02:50.30 "YEAH, I WAS THINKING THAT BUT I WASN'T GONNA SAY NOTHIN." 00:02:50.30\00:02:56.53 "WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MAN NEED TO BE HEALED AND THEY CAN FIX THE 00:02:56.53\00:03:05.66 ROOF." "SAY, BUT YOU KNOW IF WE GO UP THERE AND DO THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT 00:03:05.66\00:03:13.83 US." "YEAH, BUT THE MAN'S SICK. 00:03:13.83\00:03:16.46 IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, THE MAN'S GONNA DIE, LET 'EM TALK." 00:03:16.46\00:03:21.76 AMEN ? 00:03:21.76\00:03:24.06 SEE FOLK WORRY A WHOLE LOT ABOUT WHO'S TALKIN -- TALK IS SO CHEAP, EVERYBODY CAN TALK. 00:03:24.06\00:03:30.53 IF YOU NEED A BLESSING, GO FOR THE BLESSING. 00:03:30.53\00:03:33.36 SO THE BROTHERS SAY, "OK". 00:03:33.36\00:03:35.00 NOW, I'VE TRIED TO GO BACK INTO THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT 00:03:35.00\00:03:37.36 AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GOT ON TOP OF THE ROOF. 00:03:37.36\00:03:39.30 IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A ONE STORY HOUSE, NOT A TWO STORY 00:03:39.30\00:03:42.60 ONE, AND THEY WENT UP ON AN ELEVATION BEHIND IT THAT MAY HAVE LED DOWN TO IT, 00:03:42.60\00:03:47.66 SO THEY GOT UP THERE SOMEHOW WITH THIS PALLET, BORNE BY FOUR 00:03:47.66\00:03:53.43 PEOPLE. I'M SURE IT WAS NOT A GLORIOUS CLIMB. 00:03:53.43\00:03:57.70 AMEN ? 00:03:57.70\00:03:59.53 THE LORD DIDN'T SAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BLESSING 00:03:59.53\00:04:01.30 AND IT WAS GONNA BE ALWAYS PRETTY. 00:04:01.30\00:04:05.10 AMEN ? 00:04:05.10\00:04:06.56 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOOKS AT TELEVISION AND SAYS, 00:04:06.56\00:04:08.36 "WELL, WHEN I GO TO JESUS, THE WAY I WANT TO GO IS" 00:04:08.36\00:04:12.36 FOLK DISILLUSION YOURSELF OF THAT. 00:04:12.36\00:04:15.13 YOU DON'T DECIDE HOW YOU GO TO JESUS, JUST GO ! 00:04:15.13\00:04:20.60 SO, THEY CLIMB, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ROUGH "YOU GOT HIM 00:04:20.60\00:04:23.53 ?" "YEAH, I GOT HIM, COME ON NOW." 00:04:23.53\00:04:24.73 "YOU GOT THAT END ?" 00:04:24.73\00:04:25.50 "YEAH." 00:04:25.50\00:04:26.20 "OK, COME ON." 00:04:26.20\00:04:27.76 "HEY MAN, DON'T LET HIM FALL. 00:04:27.76\00:04:32.86 MAN GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS, DON'T LET HIM FALL !" 00:04:32.86\00:04:36.13 "OK MAN, WE'RE UP HERE, NOW WHAT WE GONNA DO ?" 00:04:36.13\00:04:40.23 "WELL, TELL YOU WHAT, LAY HIM DOWN FOR A MINUTE." 00:04:40.23\00:04:45.20 "OK, WE GOT THAT." 00:04:45.20\00:04:50.43 "WELL, HOW MUCH ROOM YOU THINK WE GONNA NEED." 00:04:50.43\00:04:52.10 "WE GOTTA TAKE SOME MORE OFF." 00:04:52.10\00:04:55.00 NOW MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE DEACONS -- WHAT ARE THE DEACONS INSIDE THE ROOMS THINKING ? 00:04:55.00\00:05:06.40 (audience laughing) 00:05:06.40\00:05:19.96 COME ON FOLKS, ARE YOU WITH ME NOW ? 00:05:19.96\00:05:24.46 "MAN, YOU KNOW THAT AIN'T RIGHT -- JESUS TRYING TO PREACH -- YOU 00:05:24.46\00:05:29.50 SEE THAT ?" "SOMEBODY ALWAYS WANTING TO MESS UP." 00:05:29.50\00:05:32.40 "TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE SERVICE HERE IN THE HOUSE -- LOOK AT 00:05:32.40\00:05:36.13 THAT !" "YOU BELIEVE THAT ?" 00:05:36.13\00:05:37.76 "I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, I AIN'T NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT IN 00:05:37.76\00:05:40.80 MY LIFE." "DO YOU THINK THESE BRETHERN ON TOP OUR WORRIED ?" 00:05:40.80\00:05:42.93 "NO, THEY'RE TEARING A BIGGER HOLE." 00:05:42.93\00:05:46.16 AMEN ? 00:05:46.16\00:05:47.70 SOMEBODY'S HOPING JESUS IS GOING TO SAY, "STOP." 00:05:47.70\00:05:49.93 BUT WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND 00:05:49.93\00:05:55.43 TO SAVE THE LOST. HE'S NOT ABOUT TO STOP THE MAN. 00:05:55.43\00:05:57.93 ARE YOU STILL WITH ME. 00:05:57.93\00:05:59.76 SO NOW, THEY GO UP, AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO LET THE MAN 00:05:59.76\00:06:04.36 DOWN. NOW WATCH THIS FOLKS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE 00:06:04.36\00:06:09.30 COMMUNITY. DO YOU KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN 00:06:09.30\00:06:11.30 ABLE TO GET THAT MAN DOWN TO JESUS -- BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 00:06:11.30\00:06:19.96 COOPERATE ? TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA PREACH TONIGHT. 00:06:19.96\00:06:23.13 SEE, THERE'S SOME FOLK WHO GOTTA DO IT THEIR WAY, OR NO WAY. 00:06:23.13\00:06:29.43 THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT WE CAN'T GET 00:06:29.43\00:06:32.73 DONE, CAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND FOUR PEOPLE WHO'LL COOPERATE. 00:06:32.73\00:06:36.83 "NOW, I'M GONNA DO IT MY WAY." 00:06:36.83\00:06:38.06 "IF YOU AIN'T DOIN IT MY WAY, I'M GOIN' HOME." 00:06:38.06\00:06:41.26 THESE GUYS SAY, "LOOK, YOU READY ?" 00:06:41.26\00:06:42.93 "ALRIGHT, NOW LOOK MAN," "ALRIGHT, ONE, TWO, COME ON. 00:06:42.93\00:06:47.03 "ALRIGHT, YOU GOT IT ?" 00:06:47.03\00:06:48.26 "SAY MAN, YOU'RE LETTIN' IT DOWN TO FAST. 00:06:48.26\00:06:50.30 COME ON LET'S GO." 00:06:50.30\00:06:52.00 FOUR PEOPLE WHO CARE. 00:06:52.00\00:06:55.83 YOU'VE GOT TO LET HIM DOWN TOGETHER OR ELSE HE'S GONNA 00:06:55.83\00:06:59.50 FALL. IF YOU LAND LIKE THAT, IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 00:06:59.50\00:07:02.40 AMEN ? 00:07:02.40\00:07:04.13 WHY CAN'T CHRISTIANS COOPERATE ? 00:07:04.13\00:07:09.80 WERE THESE FOUR THE ONLY FOLK WHO CARED ENOUGH TO COOPERATE ? 00:07:09.80\00:07:14.43 WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE ONE IN 00:07:14.43\00:07:20.46 CHRIST ? WHY IS IT THAT WE FIGHT SO MUCH AGAINST EACH OTHER ? 00:07:20.46\00:07:24.26 IF JESUS IS YOUR SAVIOR, AND JESUS IS MY SAVIOR, 00:07:24.26\00:07:29.40 HOW IS IT THAT YOU DON'T LOVE ME ? 00:07:29.40\00:07:32.30 THERE'S SOMETHIN' WRONG ! 00:07:32.30\00:07:34.26 THERE'S SOMETHIN' WRONG ! 00:07:34.26\00:07:35.73 IF GOD IS YOUR FATHER, THEN I MUST BE YOUR BROTHER. 00:07:35.73\00:07:40.33 YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE WAY I LOOK OR THE WAY I WALK, BUT I'M IN 00:07:40.33\00:07:46.10 THE FAMILY. AMEN ? 00:07:46.10\00:07:47.56 GET OVER IT ! 00:07:47.56\00:07:51.00 WHY IN THE WORLD CAN'T CHRISTIANS COOPERATE ? 00:07:51.00\00:07:54.86 WE CLAIM TO LOVE A GOD THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN, 00:07:54.86\00:07:57.00 BUT WE HATE EACH OTHER AND WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER. 00:07:57.00\00:07:59.76 THERE'S SOMETHIN' WRONG ! 00:07:59.76\00:08:00.96 BROTHER, COME ON, I'M LETTIN' HIM DOWN. 00:08:00.96\00:08:03.76 NOW HERE IT COMES FOLKS. 00:08:03.76\00:08:07.80 IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN YOUR MIND 00:08:07.80\00:08:14.00 THAT WHAT THIS MAN NEEDS IS HEALING. 00:08:14.00\00:08:22.96 THIS MAN IS LET DOWN ON A BED BY FOUR PEOPLE -- AMAZING ! 00:08:22.96\00:08:29.00 BUT WHEN HE COMES DOWN TO EYE LEVEL WITH JESUS -- OH, AND I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 00:08:29.00\00:08:36.73 WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT -- WHAT MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHEN THAT 00:08:36.73\00:08:39.66 MAN ROLLED HIS HEAD OVER AND HIS EYES MET JESUS' EYES. 00:08:39.66\00:08:47.46 YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN READ EVERYTHING ABOUT ME. 00:08:47.46\00:08:52.10 I MAY BE SMILING AT YOU, BUT MY HEART CAN BE BROKEN AND I CAN 00:08:52.10\00:08:56.66 STILL SMILE; BUT JESUS KNOWS ALL ABOUT ME. 00:08:56.66\00:09:00.56 I MAY BE HERE TONIGHT LOOKING LIKE I'M DOING OK, 00:09:00.56\00:09:02.60 BUT IN FACT MY LIFE MAY BE A SHAMBLES, 00:09:02.60\00:09:05.13 BUT THE LORD KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN MY HEART. 00:09:05.13\00:09:09.70 WHEN THOSE EYES MET -- NOW JESUS SAYS, "SON, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN 00:09:09.70\00:09:23.36 THEE." COME ON FOLKS, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT AND 00:09:23.36\00:09:26.90 YOU KNOW IT. THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT YOU WOULD THINK IF YOU 00:09:26.90\00:09:29.76 LOOKED AT THE SITUATION WAS THAT THE MAN WAS SICK AND HE SHOULD 00:09:29.76\00:09:33.20 SAY, "YOU ARE HEALED." 00:09:33.20\00:09:35.46 BUT JESUS LOOKS DIFFERENTLY. 00:09:35.46\00:09:38.80 THE BIBLE SAYS, "MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART." 00:09:38.80\00:09:46.73 SO GOD KNOWS NOT ONLY WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE, BUT HE KNOWS WHAT 00:09:46.73\00:09:54.50 IS. SO, IF IT IS SO THAT THIS MAN THOUGHT THAT THE 00:09:54.50\00:09:58.80 GREATEST JOY TO HIS HEART WOULD BE TO HAVE HIS SINS FORGIVEN, 00:09:58.80\00:10:04.06 THEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT JESUS HAS ANSWERED NOT 00:10:04.06\00:10:07.83 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WHAT IT IS ! 00:10:07.83\00:10:12.50 THAT'S THE POWER OF JESUS ! 00:10:12.50\00:10:16.43 SOMEBODY TONIGHT THINKS THEY'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER. 00:10:16.43\00:10:19.36 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'LL LOOK -- THEY'LL COME AND DRIVE THROUGH 00:10:19.36\00:10:22.76 YOUR COMMUNITY AND THINK THEY KNOW WHAT YOU NEED. 00:10:22.76\00:10:26.46 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 00:10:26.46\00:10:28.43 SOMETIMES THEY'LL DRIVE THROUGH ON A BUS AND LOOK "O LOOK, ISN'T 00:10:28.43\00:10:37.46 THAT SAD. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED ?" 00:10:37.46\00:10:40.30 AND THEY MAKE UP A PLAN. 00:10:40.30\00:10:42.20 THEY'RE GONNA COME AND HELP YOU NOW. 00:10:42.20\00:10:44.60 THEY DIDN'T COME AND ASK YOU, THEY'RE SCARED TO GET OFF THE 00:10:44.60\00:10:50.10 BUS. NOBODY GOT OFF AND SAID, "EXCUSE ME, WHAT DO YOU FOLK 00:10:50.10\00:10:53.36 NEED ?" NO, NO, NO -- THEY'RE SCARED. 00:10:53.36\00:10:54.60 "NO NO, KEEP DRIVING." 00:10:54.60\00:10:57.73 "OH THAT'S SO SAD. 00:10:57.73\00:11:01.63 WE NEED TO SEND SOMEONE BACK OVER HERE AND LET THEM TAKE CARE 00:11:01.63\00:11:07.96 OF THEIR NEEDS." I'M SO GLAD THAT JESUS DOESN'T DRIVE BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A BUS ! 00:11:07.96\00:11:13.13 I'M SO GLAD THAT HE READS MY HEART AND KNOWS WHAT I NEED. 00:11:13.13\00:11:18.43 SO WHAT JESUS KNOWS ABOUT THIS MAN IS THAT THIS MAN NEEDS HIS 00:11:18.43\00:11:23.23 SINS FORGIVEN. I READ IN THE BIBLE IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 1 AND 00:11:23.23\00:11:26.33 VERSE 21 WHEN JESUS WAS PREDICTED TO HIS MOTHER, THE 00:11:26.33\00:11:29.73 ANGEL SAID, "YOU SHALL BRING FORTH A SON AND SHALL CALL HIS 00:11:29.73\00:11:33.53 NAME JESUS, FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS." 00:11:33.53\00:11:37.46 ONE DAY, JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS BAPTIZING DOWN BY JORDAN, 00:11:37.46\00:11:40.73 LIFTED UP HIS EYES, HAVING LOOKED AT CRIMINAL FACES 00:11:40.73\00:11:43.26 ALL OF THOSE MONTHS, SAW ONE FACE THAT HAD NOT ONE SCAR OF SIN UPON IT AND HE SAID, 00:11:43.26\00:11:49.13 "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE 00:11:49.13\00:11:55.06 WORLD." JESUS CAME TO FORGIVE SIN, AND I'M SO GLAD TONIGHT. 00:11:55.06\00:12:00.36 AND NOT ONLY IS JESUS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO PUT MONEY WHERE I NEED 00:12:00.36\00:12:04.30 IT OR TO PUT PEACE IN MY LIFE, BUT JESUS IS ABLE TO FORGIVE 00:12:04.30\00:12:11.60 SIN. CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 00:12:11.60\00:12:15.00 IF JESUS COULDN'T FORGIVE SIN, I'D QUIT PREACHIN' -- BUT HE 00:12:15.00\00:12:19.93 CAN. SO, HE SAID TO THE MAN, "SON, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN 00:12:19.93\00:12:24.66 THEE." NOW, WATCH THE DRAMA. 00:12:24.66\00:12:26.53 THIS IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU MISSED ON TELEVISION TONIGHT, I 00:12:26.53\00:12:34.96 PROMISE YOU. THE PHARISEES AND THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW ARE 00:12:34.96\00:12:39.80 AFRAID TO TALK, SO THEY START TALKING WITH THEIR EYES. 00:12:39.80\00:12:43.00 LET ME TRANSLATE: 00:12:49.63\00:12:51.63 "DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID ?" 00:12:51.63\00:12:54.86 "HUH-HUH." 00:12:54.86\00:13:01.33 "YOU GONNA DO SOMTHIN' ? 00:13:01.33\00:13:03.40 "UH-UH." 00:13:03.40\00:13:08.06 "YEAH BUT, WHAT HE DID WAS FORGIVE SIN." 00:13:08.06\00:13:13.60 "HUH-HUH." 00:13:13.60\00:13:16.96 "WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CATCH HIM." 00:13:16.96\00:13:19.66 "UH-UH." 00:13:19.66\00:13:24.06 AND HERE'S WHAT JESUS DID -- HE READ THEIR HEARTS. 00:13:24.06\00:13:30.60 NOW REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT JESUS PUT THE POWER DOWN, 00:13:30.60\00:13:34.13 SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE HAD TO GO TO WHAT WAS EQUIVALENT TO A 00:13:34.13\00:13:42.70 COMPUTER SYSTEM. TURN THE THING ON; INITIATE THE MODEM; 00:13:42.70\00:13:47.10 "WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ?" 00:13:47.10\00:13:53.36 SEND. 00:13:53.36\00:13:55.50 (laughter) 00:13:55.50\00:14:05.93 GOD TELLS THE ANGELS, TELL HIM THEY'RE THINKIN' "HE 00:14:05.93\00:14:11.46 BLASPHEMIN." SO, ON THE SCREEN, "THEY THINK YOU ARE 00:14:11.46\00:14:19.23 BLASPHEMING." "WHAT SHOULD I DO ?" 00:14:19.23\00:14:23.00 SEND. 00:14:23.00\00:14:29.76 "PROVE TO THEM WHO YOU ARE." 00:14:29.76\00:14:34.26 (laughter) 00:14:34.26\00:14:39.96 NOW, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S A LITTLE DRAMA, BUT YOU GET IT 00:14:39.96\00:14:44.63 DON'T YA ? THAT'S POWER COMING FROM HEAVEN. 00:14:44.63\00:14:47.50 SO, JESUS SAYS, "IF YOU THINK IT'S HARDER TO FORGIVE SIN THAN TO HEAL, WATCH THIS !" 00:14:47.50\00:15:02.03 YOU SEE, THERE ARE TWO WORLDS FOLKS. 00:15:02.03\00:15:06.13 THERE'S THE WORLD YOU CAN SEE WITH THESE EYES, 00:15:06.13\00:15:09.36 THERE'S ANOTHER DIMENSION WHERE GOD MOVES WITH POWER. 00:15:09.36\00:15:14.40 WHEN YOUR MIND IS BAPTIZED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 00:15:14.40\00:15:18.26 IT MAKES IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE INTO THE OTHER DIMENSION. 00:15:18.26\00:15:23.46 AMEN ? 00:15:23.46\00:15:25.00 HOW MANY KNOW THAT GOD WILL TELL YOU WHEN TO GO AND WHEN TO STOP. 00:15:25.00\00:15:29.90 GOD WILL TELL YOU WHEN TO GO FAST AND WHEN TO GO SLOW. 00:15:29.90\00:15:33.93 GOD WILL TELL YOU WHEN TO GO LEFT AND WHEN TO GO RIGHT. 00:15:33.93\00:15:36.90 GOD WILL TELL YOU SOMETIMES, "JUST STAND STILL AND SEE THE 00:15:36.90\00:15:43.23 POWER OF GOD." BUT GOD IS ABLE ! 00:15:43.23\00:15:45.43 CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 00:15:45.43\00:15:47.20 GOD WILL HELP YOU TO SEE AROUND CORNERS, 00:15:47.20\00:15:48.93 GOD WILL HELP YOU TO SEE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, 00:15:48.93\00:15:51.90 THAT'S BECAUSE GOD KNOWS ! 00:15:51.90\00:15:55.16 YESTERDAYS ARE JUST LIKE TOMORROWS WITH GOD. 00:15:55.16\00:15:58.36 HE'S THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW. 00:15:58.36\00:16:01.63 HE CAN WALK INTO YOUR FUTURE; 00:16:01.63\00:16:03.90 CHANGE THINGS UP THERE AND THEN COME BACK AND 00:16:03.90\00:16:07.00 TELL YOU WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO BEFORE YOU GET THERE. 00:16:07.00\00:16:13.63 SO JESUS SAYS, "IN CASE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OTHER 00:16:13.63\00:16:18.33 DIMENSION, EVIDENTLY YOU DON'T THINK I'VE GOT POWER OVER THERE, 00:16:18.33\00:16:21.26 SO LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON; 00:16:21.26\00:16:24.63 LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING YOU CAN GET YOUR FINITE MINDS 00:16:24.63\00:16:30.23 WRAPPED AROUND. RISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED, AND WALK." 00:16:30.23\00:16:42.36 ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MAN WHOSE COLOR HAD PROBABLY DRAINED, 00:16:42.36\00:16:48.66 IS FLUSHED WITH THE COLOR OF YOUTH. 00:16:48.66\00:16:54.40 MUSCLES THAT HAVE ATROPHIED LYING ON HIS BED, 00:16:54.40\00:16:58.53 FEEL A SHOCK GO THROUGH THEM. 00:16:58.53\00:17:02.63 THE MAN GETS UP OFF HIS BED, IN FACT, JESUS DIDN'T JUST 00:17:02.63\00:17:06.16 SAY WALK, HE WANTED TO SHOW THAT THE MAN HAD SOME SERIOUS POWER. 00:17:06.16\00:17:09.96 THE MAN GET UP AND THEN ROLL UP THE BED HE CAME ON. 00:17:09.96\00:17:14.70 "SAY, IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN 00:17:14.70\00:17:21.16 WANT TO GET BACK ON THIS BED, BUT IF YOU SAY TAKE IT; 00:17:21.16\00:17:27.66 YOU GOT THE POWER TO GET ME UP OFF OF IT, 00:17:27.66\00:17:29.36 I'LL DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY." 00:17:29.36\00:17:32.60 NOW, WATCH THIS ! 00:17:32.60\00:17:34.13 WATCH THIS ! 00:17:34.13\00:17:35.66 SOME OF YOU MISSED THIS WHEN YOU READ THIS THE LAST TIME. 00:17:35.66\00:17:37.96 HOW DOES HE GET OUT NOW ? 00:17:37.96\00:17:40.56 REMEMBER THOSE FOLK WHO WOULDN'T LET HIM GET IN ? 00:17:40.56\00:17:43.43 (applause) 00:17:43.43\00:17:53.76 "HOW YOU DOIN' BROTHER ?" 00:17:53.76\00:17:57.03 "HEY MAN, YOU THE GUY WHO THEY JUST . . ." 00:17:57.03\00:17:58.46 "I'M THE SAME ONE. 00:17:58.46\00:18:00.63 YOU WOULDN'T LET ME IN THIS WAY, BUT I GOT IN THAT WAY. 00:18:00.63\00:18:05.03 IT COULD NOT GET IN THE NATURAL WAY, SO MY BROTHERS BROKE ME IN, 00:18:05.03\00:18:09.73 BUT IT WAS AN AUTHORIZED BREAK IN BECAUSE THE LORD GAVE ME 00:18:09.73\00:18:14.06 THE AUTHORITY TO GET TO JESUS ANY KIND OF WAY, 00:18:14.06\00:18:18.46 AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE POWER TO 00:18:18.46\00:18:22.26 FORGIVE SIN, BUT HE HAS POWER TO GET YOU UP OFF YOUR SICK BED. 00:18:22.26\00:18:26.60 HE'S A POWERFUL JESUS." 00:18:26.60\00:18:31.20 YOU READ BACK IN HERE, YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING THAT I'LL PROBABLY CLOSE WITH. 00:18:31.20\00:18:38.83 BIBLE SAYS, "THAT WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH," 00:18:38.83\00:18:50.56 ROMANS CHAPTER 15 SAYS THAT THE STRONG OUGHT TO BEAR THE INFIRMITIES OF THE WEAK. 00:18:50.56\00:18:58.56 THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT GOD MAY HAVE PUT ON YOUR HEART TO HELP BECAUSE THE STRONG, 00:18:58.56\00:19:01.83 IF YOU'RE STRONG YOU OUGHT TO BEAR THE INFIRMITIES -- YOU OUGHT TO HELP SOMEBODY. 00:19:01.83\00:19:06.63 BUT THESE MEN WERE NOT ONLY A PARADIGM FOR HELPING OTHERS, 00:19:06.63\00:19:11.86 PERHAPS FOR MENTORING I'VE PUT IT IN THAT FASHION, BUT THESE 00:19:11.86\00:19:18.93 MEN HAD FAITH. AND WHEN THEY WENT UP THERE, AND SOME OF THE SCHOLARS ARE STILL BICKERING 00:19:18.93\00:19:24.80 NOW, THE QUESTION IS, "THEIR" PLURAL, DOES THAT MEAN THE FOUR WHO WERE CARRYING HIM AND THE 00:19:24.80\00:19:31.50 MAN ? DOES THAT MEAN THE FOUR ONLY WHO WERE CARRYING HIM ? 00:19:31.50\00:19:34.13 WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES. 00:19:34.13\00:19:37.33 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD GIVE YOU THAT KIND OF HEALING 00:19:37.33\00:19:40.50 UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF FAITH. 00:19:40.50\00:19:44.13 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH TO CLAIM THE BLESSING. 00:19:44.13\00:19:47.20 SOME OF YOU TONIGHT HAVE A BLESSING, JUST RIGHT HERE. 00:19:47.20\00:19:52.83 LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU. 00:19:52.83\00:19:55.73 I'VE GOT A SERMON ON EAGLES THAT I CAN'T PREACH ANYMORE; 00:19:55.73\00:20:00.66 TOO MANY CASSETTE TAPES. 00:20:00.66\00:20:06.30 BUT I WAS STUDYING ABOUT EAGLES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 00:20:06.30\00:20:09.40 THE BIBLE SAYS, "AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH HER NEST, SO THE LORD CARES FOR HIS CHILDREN." 00:20:09.40\00:20:15.96 SO, I WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND I SPREAD OUT ALL KINDS OF BOOKS 00:20:15.96\00:20:22.06 ABOUT EAGLES, AND IN ONE OF THOSE BOOKS, I READ THIS. 00:20:22.06\00:20:25.43 EAGLES THAT LIVE OVER THE WATER, OVER THE OCEAN OR OVER THE SEA, 00:20:25.43\00:20:32.16 THE WAY THEY EAT IS TO LOOK DOWN INTO THE WATER, AND SEE A FISH. 00:20:32.16\00:20:38.43 BUT THE EAGLE, ACCORDING TO SOME ORNITHOLOGISTS, CAN SEE PERHAPS 00:20:38.43\00:20:44.96 A MILE OR MORE. SO THE EAGLE LOOKS DOWN, MAYBE MORE THAN A 00:20:44.96\00:20:49.73 MILE, SEES THE FISH SWIMMING NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, 00:20:49.73\00:20:54.06 BUT THE EAGLE CANNOT DIVE WHERE THE FISH IS, 00:20:54.06\00:20:58.16 THE EAGLE HAS TO DIVE WHERE THE FISH IS GONNA BE. 00:20:58.16\00:21:08.83 SO THE EAGLE CALCULATES THE TRAJECTORY OF THE FISH IN THE 00:21:08.83\00:21:14.13 WATER AND THE SPEED AT WHICH IT IS MOVING, 00:21:14.13\00:21:20.23 GOD GAVE HIM THAT POWER, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 00:21:20.23\00:21:23.13 SO NOW THE EAGLE IS NOT DIVING WHERE THE FISH IS, 00:21:23.13\00:21:26.53 THE EAGLE DIVES WHERE THE FISH IS GONNA BE. 00:21:26.53\00:21:30.06 AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WORKS MOST OF THE TIME. 00:21:30.06\00:21:32.83 EAGLE GOES DOWN -- TOOK A LONG TIME TO DIVE -- BUT WHEN THE 00:21:32.83\00:21:35.76 EAGLE GETS THERE, TALONS GO DOWN, PICKS UP FISH. 00:21:35.76\00:21:39.50 COULD IT BE SOMETIMES THAT WHEN YOU PRAY, 00:21:39.50\00:21:43.16 GOD DOES NOT DELIVER YOUR BLESSING WHERE YOU ARE, 00:21:43.16\00:21:49.26 BUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE ? 00:21:49.26\00:21:50.83 (applause) 00:21:50.83\00:21:58.06 COULD IT BE THAT GOD KNOWS THAT BY THE TIME HE GETS THE BLESSING 00:21:58.06\00:22:03.80 TO YOU, MAYBE YOU NEED TO PRAY A LITTLE LONGER, 00:22:03.80\00:22:05.70 MAYBE YOUR HEART NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMBLE, 00:22:05.70\00:22:08.16 MAYBE YOU NEED TO DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT MORE FAITH, 00:22:08.16\00:22:10.60 SO HE DOESN'T BRING IT WHERE YOU ARE NOW, 00:22:10.60\00:22:13.03 HE BRINGS THE BLESSING WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE AND SOME OF US GIVE UP AND QUIT SWIMMIN'. 00:22:13.03\00:22:19.16 AND I SAY, "HALLELUJAH" BECAUSE I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF 00:22:19.16\00:22:21.06 BLESSINGS FROM FOLK WHO WEREN'T IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT 00:22:21.06\00:22:25.50 TIME. ARE YOU STILL WITH ME ? 00:22:25.50\00:22:28.90 IT IS A MATTER OF FAITH. 00:22:28.90\00:22:33.26 AND TONIGHT, MY MESSAGE TO OUR HEARTS IS THIS; 00:22:33.26\00:22:38.40 THE BIBLE SAYS IN LUKE CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 53 I BELIEVE IT IS, 00:22:38.40\00:22:43.23 THAT "THE RICH WENT AWAY FROM JESUS HUNGRY, BUT THE POOR HE FED TO OVERFLOWING." 00:22:43.23\00:22:52.76 SOME PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH THINKING THAT WE ARE SO GOOD, 00:22:52.76\00:23:00.30 SO BLESSED, YOU KNOW, "I'M GOING OUT TO HEAR HIM BECAUSE I WISH HE WOULD GET THIS MAN STRAIGHT. 00:23:00.30\00:23:12.06 I'M TAKING MY HUSBAND OUT FOR HIM TO TELL HIM." 00:23:12.06\00:23:17.36 I DIDN'T COME HERE TO PREACH TO YOUR HUSBAND, I GOT YOU. 00:23:17.36\00:23:21.26 AMEN ? 00:23:21.26\00:23:23.03 THERE'S SOME HUSBAND HERE TONIGHT, I'M GONNA BRING THIS 00:23:23.03\00:23:24.70 WOMAN OUT HERE AND MAYBE THIS PREACHER CAN STRAIGHTEN HER OUT. 00:23:24.70\00:23:28.50 AIN'T TRYIN' TO PREACH TO YOUR WIFE, THERE'S SOME GOSPEL FOR 00:23:28.50\00:23:33.33 EVERYBODY. THEN THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO THINK THEY ARE SO 00:23:33.33\00:23:40.46 DOWNRIGHT HOLY. I'M JUST GONNA GO OUT AND SHARE MY BLESSING, 00:23:40.46\00:23:43.33 JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M WITH THEM. 00:23:43.33\00:23:49.10 YOU'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH NOTHIN'. 00:23:49.10\00:23:52.80 BUT I CAME HERE TONIGHT UNDERSTANDING THAT MY LIFE IS EMPTY WITHOUT JESUS. 00:23:52.80\00:24:01.20 WITHOUT JESUS, I'M LIKE THAT MAN ON THAT BED; 00:24:01.20\00:24:06.36 I CAN'T WALK, I CAN'T MOVE, I'M ALMOST DEAD. 00:24:06.36\00:24:11.50 BUT IF SOMEBODY, IF THE LORD WOULD ARRANGE IT FOR SOMEBODY 00:24:11.50\00:24:15.70 TO HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO COME AND TELL ME SOMETHING 00:24:15.70\00:24:18.53 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF NOBODY COMES GOD WILL ARRANGE A WAY, 00:24:18.53\00:24:22.36 BUT I CANNOT COME BELIEVING THAT I DON'T NEED IT. 00:24:22.36\00:24:25.43 I'VE GOT TO COME UNDERSTANDING THAT IN MY HEART THERE IS A VACUUM THE SIZE OF JESUS, 00:24:25.43\00:24:33.43 AND WHEN THAT POWERFUL JESUS COMES INTO MY HEART I AM 00:24:33.43\00:24:39.60 CHANGED; MY PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, 00:24:39.60\00:24:41.96 NOT BY THE POWER OF THIS WORLD, 00:24:41.96\00:24:45.13 BUT BY THE POWER OF JESUS. 00:24:45.13\00:24:48.36 NOW THIS IS GONNA GET TOUCHY, 00:24:48.36\00:24:53.90 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS IS THE POST-MODERN ERA 00:24:53.90\00:24:59.56 AND WE LIKE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY NOW, 00:24:59.56\00:25:01.46 WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO EMBARRASSED, 00:25:01.46\00:25:04.36 BUT TONIGHT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMEBODY 00:25:04.36\00:25:08.20 WHO HAS A PROBLEM THAT A SIN-FORGIVING SAVIOR COULD 00:25:08.20\00:25:17.93 SOLVE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMEBODY TONIGHT WHO'S GOT A HABIT THAT THEY CAN'T BREAK. 00:25:17.93\00:25:25.53 I READ ONE TIME THAT IF YOU HAVE A HABIT, 00:25:25.53\00:25:28.40 YOU START PRAYING AND GOD STARTS TAKING IT AWAY. 00:25:28.40\00:25:31.96 FIRST OF ALL, HE'LL TAKE THE "H" OFF, BUT YOU STILL HAVE "A BIT". 00:25:31.96\00:25:41.96 TAKES THE "A" OFF, AND THE "BITS" STILL THERE. 00:25:41.96\00:25:46.63 BUT IF HE CAN EVER GET "I" OUT OF THE WAY, 00:25:46.63\00:25:51.63 "SELF" OUT OF THE WAY, 00:25:51.63\00:25:54.73 THEN WHAT YOU'VE GOT LEFT IS A "T" AND THAT'S THE SIGN 00:25:54.73\00:25:57.20 OF A CROSS AND THE CROSS REPRESENTS THE POWER OF JESUS, 00:25:57.20\00:26:01.36 AND THE POWERFUL JESUS WILL WIPE YOUR HABIT OUT. 00:26:01.36\00:26:06.40 THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR 00:26:08.06\00:26:12.50 GRIEF, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE, YOUR HEART ACHES, 00:26:12.50\00:26:15.56 YOUR GUT WRENCHES, YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 00:26:15.56\00:26:18.06 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 00:26:18.06\00:26:21.36 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 00:26:21.36\00:26:24.20 DURING THESE TIMES, YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 00:26:24.20\00:26:28.50 WELL, I HAVE A FREE BOOK I'D LIKE TO SEND YOU CALLED 00:26:28.50\00:26:31.20 'HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT.' 00:26:31.20\00:26:33.36 WRITTEN BY CHARLES SCRIVEN, HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU'RE HURT 00:26:33.36\00:26:36.00 TEACHES US HOW TO BECOME WOUNDED HEALERS. 00:26:36.00\00:26:38.73 FINDING CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE, IT GIVES US CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE NOT ABANDONED. 00:26:38.73\00:26:45.10 THAT GOD SHARES OUR PAIN WHEN WE SUFFER. 00:26:45.10\00:26:48.00 YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU ARE HURTING; THE ANSWERS ARE NOT ALWAYS GIVEN TO US, 00:26:48.00\00:26:52.36 BUT TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU DO HURT, GOD GRIEVES 00:26:52.36\00:26:56.83 WITH YOU. HE'S PREPARING A PLACE FOR YOU AFTER THIS LIFE 00:26:56.83\00:26:59.43 WHERE PAIN AND GRIEF WILL NO LONGER EXIST. 00:26:59.43\00:27:02.40 WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GO TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE, 00:27:02.40\00:27:04.90 THIS BOOK WILL TEACH US HOW TO BECOME PART OF THE JOYFUL 00:27:04.90\00:27:09.13 WOUNDED. IN LUKE 6:21 JESUS SAID, 'BLESSED ARE YOU THAT WEEP NOW, FOR YOU WILL LAUGH.' 00:27:09.13\00:27:14.43 SO LET YOURSELF SMILE, KNOWING WHAT JOY IS YET TO COME. 00:27:14.43\00:27:18.60 JUST CALL THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 00:27:18.60\00:27:22.86 ? LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD ? 00:27:25.43\00:27:29.73 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S 00:27:29.73\00:27:32.06 PROGRAM, CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE: 00:27:32.06\00:27:33.66 WALTER PEARSON P.O. 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