Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000208
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00:01 IN FACT, IF THE DEVIL IS NOT
00:04 CAUSING SOME PROBLEM IN YOUR 00:05 LIFE, YOU MAY ALMOST ASSUME 00:08 THAT YOU ARE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH 00:09 TO JESUS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 00:13 GET CLOSE TO JESUS THERE 00:14 WILL BE SOME PROBLEMS. 00:16 THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL 00:18 SUFFER PERSECUTION. 00:20 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:26 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:31 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:36 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:44 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:49 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:54 TURN WITH ME IF YOU WILL 00:58 TO JOHN CHAPTER 11 AND I WILL 01:04 POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 01:06 VERSES BEGINNING WITH VERSE 32. 01:12 JOHN, CHAPTER 11. 01:16 VERSE 32 BEGINS THIS WAY: 02:06 I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY, "EVERYBODY CRIED". . . "EVERYBODY CRIED." 02:13 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 02:17 FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 02:18 OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THE WORD OF GOD. 02:23 IN THIS BOOK, WE FIND TRUTH UNADULTERATED. 02:28 IN THIS BOOK WE HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. 02:33 IN THIS BOOK WE TRACE THE MOVINGS OF THIS POWERFUL JESUS. 02:40 BUT MORE THAN THAT, FOR THROUGH THE THRESHOLD OF THIS BOOK, 02:45 COMES JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS. 02:48 TONIGHT FATHER, ALL THAT WE HAVE AND ALL 02:52 THAT WE ARE WE COMMIT NOW TO THEE. 02:56 AND WE ASK SOMEHOW BY THE MIRACLE OF THY HOLY SPIRIT, 03:00 THAT WE SHALL WALK IN THE GREEN PASTURES OF THY WORD. 03:04 IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, LET EVERYONE SAY, AMEN. 03:10 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A STRANGE POLITICALLY CHARGED SITUATION. 03:19 MOST OF US WANT TO SEE THE BIBLE AS A TIME OF PEACE AND QUIET. 03:27 WE WANT TO THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE HAPPENS IN JOY. 03:34 WE WANT TO THINK THAT JESUS WAS ALWAYS WANDERING OVER 03:37 PEACEFUL MOUNTAINS AND WALKING THROUGH QUIET, COOL VALLEYS. 03:45 BUT THE FACT IS THAT JESUS EXPRESSES HIS POWER, 03:49 IN THAT HE MOVED AMONG THE REAL PEOPLE. 03:54 HE WAS WHERE THE REAL PEOPLE LIVED. 03:59 HE WAS NOT SOMEWHERE CLOISTERED AWAY, 04:01 HE WAS NOT HIDDEN FROM VIEW, 04:03 HE WAS NOT SOMEWHERE SEPARATED. 04:06 BUT WHEN HE CAME FROM WORSHIP WITH HIS FATHER, 04:10 HE MOVED IN THE "HURLEY-BURLEY" OF HUMAN EXPERIMENT. 04:15 HE WAS THERE AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HIM MOST, 04:18 AND WHEN YOU FIND HIM NOW, YOU MUST NOT THINK THAT HE HAS COME 04:23 TO SOME SITUATION THAT IS PRISTINE AND SET ASIDE, 04:29 BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT THERE WERE GATHERED AROUND HIM ALL 04:33 OF THE POWERS THAT YOU MIGHT IMAGINE BECAUSE THEY 04:37 THOUGHT HIS KINGDOM WAS OF THIS WORLD. 04:41 SO, THEY WERE WORRIED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE TOO MUCH POLITICAL POWER. 04:48 NOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS WAS AWAY TEACHING WHEN A CALL CAME. 04:54 THE CALL CAME FROM FRIENDS OF HIS, 04:58 AND YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS, FOR MOST OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE, 05:03 HIS PUBLIC LIFE, WAS ALWAYS HAVING TO TALK IN PARABLES 05:09 BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE LISTENING TO EVERY WORD 05:11 HE SPOKE, TRYING TO TWIST IT TO MAKE IT MEAN SOMETHING WRONG. 05:18 AND YOU THOUGHT THAT JUST STARTED, DIDN'T YOU ? 05:22 YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU COME AMONG CHRISTIANS, 05:28 WHEN YOU GET AROUND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, 05:30 I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU COULD RELAX -- BUT IT'S NOT SO. 05:35 HOW MANY KNOW IT'S NOT SO ? 05:39 ONE WRITER SUGGESTS THAT IF JESUS HAD NOT GONE TO JERUSALEM, 05:43 WHICH WAS THEN THE CAPITOL OF THE RELIGIOUS WORLD, 05:46 THAT HE MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED, 05:49 BECAUSE THERE WAS WHERE THE TROUBLE CAME TO ITS HIGHEST POINT. 05:55 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO THAT WHEN CHRIST WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, 06:01 THERE WAS ALWAYS THE DEVIL THERE, MOVING THROUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE PROBLEMS. 06:08 IN FACT, IF THE DEVIL IS NOT CAUSING SOME PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE, 06:14 YOU MAY ALMOST ASSUME THAT YOU ARE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO JESUS, 06:20 BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO JESUS THERE WILL BE SOME PROBLEMS. 06:23 THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 06:29 JESUS SUFFERED, BUT WHEN HE GOT TO BETHANY, 06:34 HE COULD STOP TALKING IN PARABLES, HE COULD SPEAK PLAINLY THERE. 06:40 BECAUSE MARY, AND MARTHA, AND LAZARUS WERE FRIENDS, 06:44 THEY WERE LIKE FAMILY TO HIM. 06:46 YOU REMEMBER THE TIME THAT HE CAME TO HAVE THAT MEAL WITH THE FAMILY ? 06:52 YOU REMEMBER THAT MARTHA, WHO WAS PROBABLY THE ONE WHO RAN THE HOUSEHOLD, 06:56 WAS IN WHATEVER THEY CALL THE KITCHEN PREPARING THE FOOD, 07:00 BUT MARY, WHO HAD, ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT THAT WE READ IN THE BIBLE, 07:04 BEEN AWAY FROM THAT CHRISTIAN HOME, AND HAD BEEN POSSESSED OF SEVEN DEMONS, 07:10 AND JESUS HAD MET HER OUT THERE SOMEWHERE 07:13 AND INSTEAD OF GETTING DISTURBED WITH HER, 07:16 HE HAD LOVED HER BACK HOME, HE HAD CAST THE DEMONS OUT OF HER, 07:21 AND HE HAD BROUGHT HER BACK TO A CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 07:23 SHE NEVER FORGOT WHAT GOD DID FOR HER THROUGH JESUS. 07:28 SO, WHILE MARTHA WAS THERE PREPARING FOOD 07:31 AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT -- YOU KNOW, 07:34 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST FOOD BEING RIGHT. 07:43 I TRAVEL A LOT NOW, AND SOMETIMES I COME TO HOMES WHERE 07:48 THEY SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEAL, AND YOU HEAR THE AUTOMATIC CAN OPENER. 08:00 THAT IS A DISCONCERTING SOUND; 08:04 THEN YOU HEAR THE MICROWAVE. 08:07 THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE. 08:11 WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IS THAT PREPARATION WAS MADE BEFORE YOU CAME; 08:16 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO TAKE TIME TO MAKE THE FOOD READY. 08:21 WHEN YOU GO INTO THE HOUSE, THE AROMA HAS PERMEATED THE DRAPES, 08:25 AND THE CARPET, AND THE FURNITURE. 08:28 WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR, YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 08:33 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY CONDEMNATION OF THAT, 08:37 BUT MARY HAD NO TIME NOW. 08:40 IT WAS NOT THE MATTER OF HER DISLIKING THE PREPARATION OF FOOD; 08:44 IT WAS A MATTER OF PRIORITY. 08:48 SHE WOULD RATHER SIT AND LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF JESUS 08:53 THAN TO GET THE FOOD READY FOR HIM TO EAT, 08:56 FOR ONE WRITER SUGGESTS SHE HAD CHOSEN THE BEST DISH ON THE TABLE. 09:03 THE WORDS OF JESUS MEANT THAT. 09:06 SOMETIMES THE BEST FOOD IS NOT FOOD AT ALL. 09:09 SOMETIMES FOR YOUR SOUL TO BE NOURISHED YOU DON'T NEED TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE; 09:15 YOU NEED TO GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES. 09:17 (applause) 09:21 MARY WAS AT THE FEET OF JESUS. 09:25 MARTHA SAID, "DON'T LET HER TO DO THAT, DON'T ALLOW ME SERVE ALONE." 09:29 AND JESUS SAID, "WELL, SHE'S CHOSEN THE BEST DISH ON THE TABLE." 09:33 THERE WERE TIMES THAT THEY HAD SHARED TOGETHER, 09:36 AND WHEN JESUS WAS IN THIS HOME, HE WAS AT PEACE. 09:40 THESE WERE LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS; 09:41 MARY AND MARTHA LIKE SISTERS, LAZARUS LIKE A BROTHER. 09:45 SO, WHILE THIS ILLNESS BEGAN TO DESCEND, 09:50 MARY AND MARTHA WERE NOT UTTERLY DISTURBED 09:53 FOR THEY KNEW THEY HAD A FRIEND IN JESUS. 09:59 I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE DO WHO DON'T KNOW JESUS ? 10:04 I DON'T BELIEVE WHEN YOU KNOW JESUS, YOUR LIFE IS WITHOUT PAIN, 10:08 BUT PAIN IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU KNOW JESUS. 10:13 I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL ONCE; I'VE BEEN THROUGH ONE SURGERY. 10:18 I DON'T LONG TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING; 10:22 BEFORE THEY PUT ME UNDER THE ANESTHESIA, 10:25 I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS, AND I COMMITTED MY LIFE TO HIM. 10:32 AND I TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER HE DID. 10:36 IF I CAME OUT, IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT, 10:39 OR IF HE CHOSE NOT TO BRING ME OUT, IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT 10:43 AS LONG AS I WENT TO SLEEP IN JESUS. 10:49 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS ? 10:54 I BELIEVE THAT DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, 10:58 BUT THEY DON'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH COMFORT. 11:02 THERE ARE TOO MANY PROBABILITIES. 11:08 "WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TEST FOR THIS AND TEST FOR THAT; 11:11 AND WE LOOKED AT THIS AND LOOKED AT THAT 11:15 AND WE THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO RUN SOME MORE TESTS." 11:21 I'M GLAD THE GREAT PHYSICIAN CAN DO IT WITH ONE TEST 11:26 AND KNOW ALL ABOUT ME, KNOW MY SITUATION. 11:31 SO, THIS FAMILY WAS NOT UTTERLY DISTRAUGHT BECAUSE THEY 11:36 UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN JESUS IS A FRIEND, THEN YOU CAN CALL HIM. 11:41 JESUS IS A FRIEND IN NEED. 11:44 LAZARUS GOT WORSE, AND WORSE, AND WORSE, AND FINALLY MARY 11:49 MUST HAVE HEARD THE WORDS FROM MARTHA, 11:51 "YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME ?" 11:54 MARY SAID, "YEAH, I THINK SO. 11:56 THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT." 11:59 AND WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF OUR HANDS, THEY'RE 'BOUT JUST RIGHT FOR JESUS. 12:06 SO, THEY SENT A MESSENGER AND TOLD THE MESSENGER TO SAY 12:11 WHEN YOU GET TO JESUS, DON'T SAY WHO IT IS THAT'S SICK 12:17 BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE DETRACTORS AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO 12:20 CRITICIZE JESUS WILL BEAT HIM BACK HERE. 12:24 SO JUST TELL HIM, "ONE WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK." 12:31 YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE CLOSE TO JESUS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL YOUR NAME. 12:36 I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT JESUS WOULD KNOW ME, WITHOUT HAVING HEARD MY NAME. 12:43 BUT I SOMEHOW SUSPECT THAT'S WISHFUL THINKING, 12:46 BUT WHEN THE MESSENGER CAME AND SAID, "MAY I SPEAK TO YOU ?" 12:50 AND THEY TRIED TO GET AS QUIET AS THEY COULD, 12:54 BUT NO MATTER HOW DISCREET THE MESSENGER WAS, SOMEBODY WAS LISTENING. 12:59 YOU KNOW HOW FOLKS ARE. 13:01 THERE ARE FOLK WHO ARE ALWAYS LISTENING; 13:08 TRYING TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT . . . 13:13 LISTEN, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO CATCH THE NEWS. 13:19 AND THE MESSENGER SAYS, "ONE WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK." 13:26 "YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ?" 13:28 "I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT HE LOVED EVERYBODY." 13:32 "WELL, HE SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND IT." 13:34 NOW JESUS KNOWS, IN FACT, THE DISCIPLES KNOW WHO IT IS. 13:39 SO THE DISCIPLES THINK THAT JESUS IS GONNA STOP WHAT HE'S DOING, 13:44 GOT ABOUT A 25 MILE TRIP, GONNA TAKE ABOUT TWO DAYS TO DO IT. 13:49 THEY SAID, "JESUS IS GONNA STOP RIGHT NOW. 13:51 YOU CAN KINDA START PUTTING THINGS AWAY 'CAUSE THE WORD JUST CAME." 13:55 BUT JESUS TOLD THE MESSENGER, 13:58 "LET THEM KNOW THAT THE SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH." 14:02 SO THE MESSENGER TAKES OFF WITH A SMILE, 14:05 AND RUNS BACK TO MARY AND MARTHA AND SAYS: 14:07 "I TOLD JESUS WHAT YOU SAID AND HE SAID, 'THE SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH.' " 14:12 SO, ONE OF THEM LEANS OVER TO LAZARUS AND WHISPERS, 14:16 "LAZARUS, JESUS SAID IT'S NOT UNTO DEATH." 14:21 LAZARUS, WITH WHATEVER STRENGTH HE HAD LEFT 14:23 LOOKED OVER WITH A GLEAM IN HIS EYE, 14:26 BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT MEANT, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE." 14:31 WHEN YOU SERVE JESUS, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALWAYS IS GONNA BE A SWEET RIDE. 14:41 YOU KNOW ? 14:43 YOU CAN'T THINK THAT IF YOU SERVE THE LORD THERE WILL BE NO MORE TRIALS. 14:48 IF GOD WOULD ALLOW THAT WHEN YOU CAME TO JESUS, 14:51 THERE WOULD BE NO MORE TRIALS, EVERYBODY WOULD BE A CHRISTIAN. 14:58 WE'D HAVE MORE HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH THAN WE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT, 15:03 BECAUSE THE WORD WOULD GO OUT, "IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS, BE A CHRISTIAN." 15:08 SO EVERYBODY WHO DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE TRIALS, EVERYBODY WHO DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE TESTS, 15:12 ALL THE LAZY, ALL THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHIN' FOLKS, WOULD COME PILING INTO CHURCHES, 15:17 'CAUSE THEY WOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET OVER AND GET BY, BE A CHRISTIAN. 15:23 BUT YOU SEE, THE DEVIL COULDN'T HANDLE THAT KIND OF THING. 15:25 YOU REMEMBER IN THE TRIAL OF JOB, THE DEVIL SAYS, 15:28 "I GUESS HE DOES SERVE YA, YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM." 15:32 THE LORD SAID, "IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I GIVE HIM, 15:36 BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN US, 15:39 GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE THE STUFF THAT HE'S GOT, 15:41 AND SEE IF HE WON'T STILL LOVE ME." 15:44 SOMETIMES MY FRIEND, SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO ALLOW TROUBLE TO COME TO YOU SO THAT THE DEVIL 15:52 CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT STUFF, THIS IS ABOUT LOVE. 16:02 SO, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET IN A TEST, DON'T GET MAD; 16:06 MAYBE GOD'S BEEN BRAGGIN ON YA ! 16:11 OH, I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, "SHHHHHHH" PLEASE LORD. 16:16 BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, GOD HAS TO BRAG. 16:18 CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 16:21 SO THEY WHISPER IN LAZARUS' EAR, 16:23 LAZARUS THINKS HE'S GONNA BE FINE, AND THEY WATCH HIM, 16:26 AND THEY WATCH HIM WITH COURAGE, 16:29 BUT FINALLY, THAT HOUR COMES WHEN LAZARUS BREATHES IN A BREATH, 16:39 AND LETS IT OUT, AND IT IS HIS LAST. 16:45 MARTHA LOOKS IN THE EYES OF MARY, 16:50 MARY INTO THE EYES OF MARTHA, 16:53 AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK NOW. 16:56 WHERE WAS HE ? 16:59 WHERE WAS HE ? 17:01 WHEN HE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO, HE WAS HERE. 17:05 WHEN HE NEEDED A PLACE TO EAT, HE WAS HERE, 17:10 BUT WHEN WE NEED HIM, WHERE IS HE ? 17:15 YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LET YOUR MIND WANDER. 17:23 WHERE IS HE NOW ? 17:25 IF HE HAD BEEN HERE, OUR BROTHER WOULDN'T HAVE DIED, 17:29 AND THEY CHERISHED THIS NEGATIVE THOUGHT. 17:32 FRIEND OF MINE, YOU AND I HAVE ONE DAY GOT TO COME TO THE PLACE TO KNOW 17:38 THAT CHRIST IS ALL POWERFUL, BUT THAT WHAT HE DOES IS FOR THE GLORY OF HIS NAME. 17:48 AND IF TO HEAL YOU WOULD BRING GLORY, YOU'D BE HEALED. 17:53 BUT IF TO ALLOW YOU TO SUFFER WILL BRING GLORY, THEN YOU'LL SUFFER. 17:58 IF TO LET YOU LIVE WILL BRING GLORY, YOU'LL LIVE, 18:01 BUT IF TO LET YOU DRIFT INTO THE SLEEP, 18:03 A SLEEP FROM WHICH HE CAN BRING YOU BACK, CAN BRING GLORY, 18:08 THEN YOU'LL SLEEP. 18:09 IT'S NOT ABOUT US; 18:12 IT'S ABOUT THE GLORY OF HIS NAME. 18:16 LAZARUS IS DEAD. 18:19 JESUS HAS NOT ARRIVED. 18:21 THE DISCIPLES ARE NOT ALL TOGETHER EXCITED; 18:24 THEY'VE ALREADY DONE AN ANATOMY OF THE PROBLEMS WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST, A KINSMAN. 18:32 YOU KNOW, THIS THING IS GETTIN' KIND OF STRANGE HERE. 18:36 JOHN THE BAPTIST, DEAD; 18:39 LAZARUS GONE; 18:44 IT'S GETTING' KIND OF ROUGH HERE. 18:47 KNOW IT COULD BE ME NEXT; 18:52 I THOUGHT WHEN WE WAS WITH THE MASTER, EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. 18:58 LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU CAN STICK AROUND HIM AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 19:05 SOUNDS LIKE SOME CHURCH MEMBERS, DOESN'T IT ? 19:08 I DON'T KNOW MYSELF, YOU KNOW I'M GONNA KEEP ON GOIN' BUT I AIN'T SURE. 19:15 THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CHARGED WITH DOUBT AS JESUS STAYED 19:20 FOR TWO MORE DAYS AFTER THE MESSAGE CAME. 19:23 AND THEN TOOK A TRIP THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FASTER, BUT TOOK HIS TIME. 19:29 SO ON THE FOURTH DAY AFTER THE DEATH, JESUS ARRIVES. 19:38 NOW, SOMEBODY WILL SAY, "WHY WOULD JESUS DO THAT ?" 19:42 REMEMBER THAT GLORY THING ? 19:44 DON'T EVER LET THAT SLIP AWAY FROM YOU. 19:46 YOU SEE, JESUS NEEDED TO BE KNOWN FOR WHO HE WAS, 19:51 BECAUSE SOMEBODY IN THIS DAY AND TIME 19:55 WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS HAS POWER. 19:59 AND ONE DAY, SOMEBODY WAS BOUND TO ASK THE QUESTION, 20:03 "OH YES, HE'S GOT POWER OVER WIND, AND HE'S GOT POWER OVER DISEASE, 20:09 HE'S GOT POWER OVER SOME LIMITED THINGS BUT WHAT ABOUT DEATH ? 20:18 CAN HE HANDLE THAT ? 20:20 IF HE'S SO POWERFUL, CAN HE DEAL WITH THE ULTIMATE FINALITY OF DEATH ?" 20:28 OH YES, THERE HAD BEEN THE SON OF THE WIDOW AT NAIN, 20:32 THERE HAD BEEN JAIRUS' DAUGHTER, BUT THESE WERE IN SMALL PLACES 20:36 AND REMOTE TIMES AND NOBODY WAS SURE. 20:39 YOU SEE, IN THOSE DAYS, ACCORDING TO SOME HISTORIANS 20:43 WHO ARE FAIRLY RELIABLE, THE PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT THE SOUL 20:47 STRUGGLED TO GET BACK INTO THE BODY FOR 72 HOURS. 20:52 NOW, YOU THINK THAT SOUNDS STRANGE, 20:54 BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOME THINGS PEOPLE BELIEVE NOW THAT SOUND MORE STRANGE. 21:01 I COULD ASK YOU WHY YOU ARE AFRAID TO WALK THROUGH A CEMETERY. 21:10 DON'T GET ME STARTED ! 21:13 MAYBE ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 21:18 SOME CRIMINALS ARE AFRAID TO GO IN THE CEMETERY. 21:22 IN FACT, THE WAY HOME THROUGH THE CEMETERY 21:24 MAY BE SAFER THAN THE WAY HOME ON THE STREET. 21:29 BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, NOW DON'T -- YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND. 21:44 "DID YOU SEE SOMETHIN' MOVE ?" 21:53 GO DOWN TO A FUNERAL HOME AND EVERYBODY'S ALL . . . 22:01 "YOU FOLK LEAVIN ? 22:04 YOU'RE NOT LEAVIN' NOW ARE YA ?" 22:07 WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT ? 22:10 THERE IS SOME FEAR BECAUSE WHEN WE FACE DEATH WE FACE OUR OWN FRAILTY. 22:18 WE FACE THE FACT THAT WE TOO COULD DIE. 22:22 AND WE HAVE SOME STRANGE THINGS IN OUR MINDS. 22:25 FULLY RATIONAL PEOPLE GET DISTURBED ABOUT DEATH AND THE DEAD. 22:32 BUT THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT FOR 72 HOURS, WHILE THE BODY WAS FAIRLY INTACT, 22:38 THAT THE SOUL STRUGGLED TO GET BACK IN. 22:40 SO THEY WOULD PUT SOMEBODY AT THE TOMB FOR 72 HOURS TO WATCH. 22:44 BUT THEN AFTER THAT, THEY HAD DECIDED THAT THE BODY BECAME 22:49 SO MALFORMED AND THAT IT WAS SO UNPLEASANT IN TERMS OF ODOR, 22:55 THAT THE SOUL RELENTED AND YOU COULD LEAVE BECAUSE THE PERSON WOULD NEVER COME BACK. 23:03 NOW WATCH THIS: 23:05 IF JESUS HAD COME BACK ON THE FIRST DAY AND SAID, 23:08 "LAZARUS, COME FORTH." 23:11 AH, SEE, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE SOUL WAS JUST STRUGGLIN' TO GET BACK IN, 23:19 JESUS JUST HAPPENED TO GO DOWN THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME. 23:24 SO JESUS DID NOT COME ON DAY ONE. 23:25 ON DAY TWO THEY WOULD HAVE SAID IT STILL. 23:28 ON DAY THREE -- OH SEE VERY, VERY GOOD MOVE I THINK, STRATEGIC. 23:34 JESUS COMES BACK ON THE THIRD DAY. 23:36 AH, INTERESTING, WHY DIDN'T HE WAIT ? 23:39 SO THIS TIME, HE WAITS, AND HE WAITS UNTIL THE FOURTH DAY 23:45 WHEN THE GUARDS HAVE LEFT THE TOMB 23:47 AND WHEN MARY AND MARTHA HAVE GIVEN UP AND WHEN THEIR FINAL 23:50 WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT JESUS, AND JUST MAYBE MARY 23:54 SAYS TO MARTHA OR MARTHA TO MARY, 23:57 "DON'T SAY THAT NAME AGAIN." 24:05 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, DON'T YOU EVER GET TO THE PLACE WHERE 24:08 YOU LOSE FAITH IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 24:13 I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY MIRACLES HAPPEN IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 24:17 MY MINISTRY IS NOT ONE OF MIRACLE HEALING, 24:20 BUT I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE HEALED AT THE NAME OF JESUS. 24:24 MY MINISTRY IS NOT ONE OF PUTTING OUT DEVILS, 24:27 BUT I'VE SEEN DEMONS LEAVE AT THE NAME OF JESUS. 24:31 I HAVE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN WITH THESE EYES 24:34 THAT LET ME KNOW THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 24:38 HE'S A POWERFUL SAVIOR. 24:40 (applause) 24:43 NOW JESUS COMES, WHEN JESUS COMES, HE DOES NOT COME INTO A QUIET HOUSE. 24:51 WE HAVE RITUALS, SOME OF US, IN OUR CULTURES, 24:54 I MOVE NOW BETWEEN CULTURES AND I LEARNED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT RITUALS. 24:59 THE ONES WITH WHICH I AM FAMILIAR WILL PUT A CROWD 25:04 AT THE EVENT OF A DEATH. 25:07 SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE RITUALS THAT WE GO THROUGH. 25:11 IT WAS NOT UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED THEN. 25:15 MARY AND MARTHA WERE SADDENED, 25:17 THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF BETHANY, WHO LOVED THEM, WERE SINCERELY HURT. 25:20 THEY CAME TO WEEP WITH THEM. 25:23 BUT IN THAT DAY, YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE PAID MOURNERS, 25:29 WHO WERE PAID TO WEEP. 25:32 SO THEY WOULD COME TO ADD THEIR EMPTY LAMENT TO THE SOUND OF WEEPING. 25:41 Announcer: WHEN GOD MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN REST ASSURED HE'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE. 25:44 FOR OUR OFFER TO YOU THIS WEEK, WE GIVE YOU A CHOICE: 25:47 "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 25:51 MEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD GIVES A MAN STRENGTH WHEN HE IS ANGRY AND NEEDS PEACE. 25:56 AND GOD LISTENS TO A MAN'S PRAYER 25:58 WHEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIFE OVERWHELM HIM. 26:01 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY MEN OF THE BIBLE--LIKE ABRAHAM, DAVID AND PAUL. 26:06 WOMEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD WALKS WITH WOMEN THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT. 26:10 AND GOD GIVES FREELY TO WOMEN, POWER TO DEFEAT FEAR. 26:13 THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON GODLY WOMEN OF THE BIBLE LIKE SARAH, 26:17 RUTH AND ELIZABETH--THE MOTHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 26:20 WHETHER YOU'RE A MAN OR A WOMEN, 26:22 IN TIMES OF NEED AND TROUBLE, 26:24 IN TIMES OF HEARTACHE AND PAIN, 26:26 GOD IS THERE FOR YOU WITH HIS PROMISE. 26:28 DISCOVER HIS PROMISES TODAY BY CALLING 26:30 OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:35 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 26:38 ASK FOR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" 26:40 OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 26:43 EITHER BOOK IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 26:46 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE BOOK. 26:47 JUST WRITE TO: 26:49 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. 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