IF YOU THINK THAT ONE PERSON 00:00:01.20\00:00:02.10 DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 00:00:02.16\00:00:03.30 THINK AGAIN. 00:00:03.37\00:00:04.97 WHEN GOD CHANGES ONE PERSON 00:00:05.03\00:00:07.60 THERE ARE RIPPLES THAT GO OUT 00:00:07.67\00:00:09.97 LIKE DROPPING A PEBBLE IN A 00:00:10.04\00:00:11.74 STREAM ON PLACID WATER. 00:00:11.81\00:00:14.68 WHEN GOD CHANGES ONE, OTHERS 00:00:14.74\00:00:17.28 ARE CHANGED BY THAT EVENT. 00:00:17.35\00:00:19.68 ¤ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ¤ 00:00:19.75\00:00:26.35 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:26.42\00:00:30.56 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:00:30.63\00:00:36.03 ¤ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ¤ 00:00:36.10\00:00:43.87 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:00:43.94\00:00:48.54 ¤ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ¤ 00:00:48.61\00:00:53.95 TONIGHT WE TURN OUR ATTENTION -- WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTS, CHAPTER 00:00:54.02\00:01:02.42 12. AND IN ACTS CHAPTER 12, I WILL BEGIN WITH VERSE 5. 00:01:02.49\00:01:06.46 HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, 00:01:06.53\00:01:08.66 I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY FOR THIS OCCASION, "SPECIAL DELIVERY." 00:01:50.67\00:01:55.34 "SPECIAL DELIVERY." 00:01:55.41\00:01:56.98 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 00:01:57.05\00:01:59.71 FATHER IN HEAVEN, 00:01:59.78\00:02:01.32 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUTH THAT COMES FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 00:02:01.38\00:02:04.85 GRATEFUL, BECAUSE IN A DAY WHEN TRUTH IS HARD TO FIND, 00:02:04.92\00:02:10.59 EVERY WORD BETWEEN THESE COVERS IS TRUTH. 00:02:10.66\00:02:15.76 GRATEFUL BECAUSE WHEN IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS NO HOPE, 00:02:15.83\00:02:20.00 WHEN IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS NONE TO WHOM WE CAN TURN, 00:02:20.07\00:02:23.91 WE CAN TURN TO GOD AND TO HIS WORD. 00:02:23.97\00:02:27.51 AND IN HIS WORD THERE IS POWER; 00:02:27.58\00:02:29.94 AND IN HIM THERE IS SOLUTION FOR EVERY PROBLEM. 00:02:30.01\00:02:34.58 NOW, AS WE OPEN THY WORD, LET THY POWER COME AND BE WITH US 00:02:34.65\00:02:38.55 SO THAT WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND THY WORD AND BE CHANGED BY IT. 00:02:38.62\00:02:43.09 IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN. 00:02:43.16\00:02:47.66 WE LOOK AT A SITUATION THAT PROBABLY HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSION OF SAUL. 00:02:47.73\00:02:59.31 WHEN THAT GREAT MAN, THAT STUDENT OF GAMELIO WAS 00:02:59.37\00:03:05.61 CONVERTED, YOU MUST KNOW THAT IT MADE A DIFFERENCE ALL AROUND THE 00:03:05.68\00:03:10.49 PLACES THAT WE READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE. 00:03:10.55\00:03:13.76 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SAUL WAS ONE WHO PERSECUTED ON 00:03:13.82\00:03:18.39 BEHALF OF THOSE WHO CALLED THEMSELVES GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. 00:03:18.46\00:03:23.30 BUT WHEN CHRIST CAME AND THERE 00:03:23.37\00:03:26.40 DEVELOPED A GROUP GATHERED 00:03:26.47\00:03:27.70 AROUND HIM, JESUS WAS NOT ACCEPTED. 00:03:27.77\00:03:31.41 AND SO, SAUL TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF ESPECIALLY TO GO OUT AND PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS. 00:03:31.47\00:03:39.91 BUT WHEN THAT STRANGE EVENT OCCURRED ON THE ROAD TO 00:03:39.98\00:03:46.22 DAMASCUS, WHEN THAT LIGHT SHOWN DOWN AND WHEN HE FELL FROM HIS 00:03:46.29\00:03:50.83 HORSE AND THERE SAW IN THAT LIGHT JESUS. 00:03:50.89\00:03:55.66 AND WHEN HE WENT FROM THAT PLACE BLIND IN TERMS OF HIS PHYSICAL 00:03:55.73\00:04:00.24 EYES BUT ABLE TO SEE IN TERMS OF HIS SPIRITUAL EYES; 00:04:00.30\00:04:04.84 HE BECAME A NEW CREATURE BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF JESUS. 00:04:04.91\00:04:09.94 NOW YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS AWAY FOR A WHILE 00:04:10.01\00:04:11.95 BUT THE WORD GOT AROUND THAT THERE IS A CHANGE IN SAUL. 00:04:12.01\00:04:18.12 IN FACT HE COMES BACK WITH A NEW NAME. 00:04:18.19\00:04:20.76 HE IS NO LONGER SAUL, BUT PAUL. 00:04:20.82\00:04:24.33 AND FOR THE LONGEST TIME, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKED TO HAVE CONTINUED PERSECUTION 00:04:24.39\00:04:31.57 WERE SHOCKED BY THE CHANGE IN ONE MAN. 00:04:31.63\00:04:36.44 IF YOU THINK THAT ONE PERSON DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 00:04:36.50\00:04:41.14 THINK AGAIN. WHEN GOD CHANGES ONE PERSON THERE ARE RIPPLES 00:04:41.21\00:04:46.18 THAT GO OUT LIKE DROPPING A PEBBLE IN A STREAM ON PLACID 00:04:46.25\00:04:50.85 WATER. WHEN GOD CHANGES ONE, OTHERS ARE CHANGED BY THAT 00:04:50.92\00:04:56.29 EVENT. NOW THIS GREAT SCHOLAR, SAUL, THIS PERSECUTOR OF 00:04:56.36\00:05:02.03 CHRISTIANS, TURNS AND BECOMES AN ADVOCATE FOR JESUS. 00:05:02.10\00:05:06.17 SO, FOR A LONG TIME, PERSECUTION ALMOST WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE 00:05:06.23\00:05:14.08 POPULATION. EVEN THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES GREAT ADVOCATES OF JUDAISM 00:05:14.14\00:05:19.45 ALMOST FROZE IN THEIR TRACKS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN SAUL BECAME PAUL. 00:05:19.51\00:05:27.26 BUT, IT WEARS OFF. 00:05:27.32\00:05:30.06 EVIL FOLKS WILL NOT REFRAIN FROM EVIL FOR LONG. 00:05:30.13\00:05:36.43 OH, I THOUGHT WE'D GET MORE RESPONSE ON THAT TRUTH. 00:05:36.50\00:05:40.60 THE FACT IS THAT IF YOUR HEART IS INCLINED TOWARDS EVIL, 00:05:40.67\00:05:44.51 THEN FOR A SEASON YOU MAY BE PUSHED ASIDE FROM IT. 00:05:44.57\00:05:49.38 BUT IF EVIL IS YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY, YOU WILL RETURN TO IT. 00:05:49.44\00:05:54.42 SO NOW THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO WONDER, 00:05:54.48\00:05:56.95 "WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START DOING SOME MORE OF THOSE THINGS 00:05:57.02\00:06:01.02 LIKE WE USED TO DO AGAINST THESE FOLKS WHO ARE CALLED CHRISTIANS 00:06:01.09\00:06:04.23 ?" AND NOW THE PERSECUTION IS NOT COMING SO MUCH FROM THOSE 00:06:04.29\00:06:09.00 WHO ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THE JEWISH CHURCH, 00:06:09.06\00:06:12.10 BUT NOW IT COMES FROM AN OFFICIAL END. 00:06:12.17\00:06:16.24 HEROD AGRIPPA THE FIRST, IS HEROD NOW, THE TETRARCH OF 00:06:16.30\00:06:20.71 GALILEE AND IS GIVEN BY THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS POWER OVER 00:06:20.78\00:06:26.55 JUDEA. NOW THIS MAN IS STRANGE. 00:06:26.61\00:06:29.72 HE IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN AN EDOMITE BY BIRTH. 00:06:29.78\00:06:34.22 BUT BECAUSE HE WENT INTO SCRIPTURE, 00:06:34.29\00:06:37.59 THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED IT THEN THE JEWISH SCRIPTURE, 00:06:37.66\00:06:40.33 AND READ IN DEUTERONOMY 17:15 THAT YOU OUGHT NOT PUT 00:06:40.40\00:06:44.47 ANYBODY OVER YOU WHO IS NOT YOUR BROTHER. 00:06:44.53\00:06:48.10 CAN YOU IMAGINE READING THAT BIT OF KNOWLEDGE ? 00:06:48.17\00:06:52.84 THESE PEOPLE NOW, WHO HAVE ALL OF THESE STRANGE TRADITIONS 00:06:52.91\00:06:56.34 HAVE IN THEIR SCRIPTURE, "DON'T PUT ANYBODY OVER YOU WHO IS NOT 00:06:56.41\00:07:01.08 YOUR BROTHER." NOW I'M NOT SURE WHICH CAUSED WHAT, 00:07:01.15\00:07:04.39 BUT THE FACT IS THAT HE WANTED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER OVER THESE JEWISH PEOPLE, 00:07:04.45\00:07:10.53 AND SO AT LEAST HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS A PROSELYTE TO JUDAISM. 00:07:10.59\00:07:16.53 ONE SCHOLAR HAS IT THIS WAY, 00:07:16.60\00:07:18.83 "THAT WHEN THE WORDS OF THIS SCRIPTURE WERE READ TO HIM, 00:07:18.90\00:07:23.91 THAT HE FELL AND BOWED HIS HEAD BEFORE AN AUDIENCE. 00:07:23.97\00:07:29.08 BUT THEN, THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME FORTH AND SAID, 00:07:29.14\00:07:31.98 'OH, BUT HEROD, THE FACT IS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BORN ONE 00:07:32.05\00:07:38.05 OF US, BUT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED OUR RELIGION, SO OUR BROTHER, THOU 00:07:38.12\00:07:43.59 ART.' AND HEROD LIFTED HIS HEAD AND FEIGNED A SMILE 00:07:43.66\00:07:47.86 AND ACTED AS THOUGH HE HAD FOUND A NEW FAMILY." 00:07:47.96\00:07:51.87 YOU MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT NEW FAMILY MEMBERS. 00:07:51.93\00:07:58.34 EVERYBODY WHO CLAIMS TO BE IN THE FAMILY IS NOT NECESSARILY IN 00:07:58.41\00:08:04.21 THE FAMILY. IT WAS TO HIS ADVANTAGE TO BE CONNECTED WITH 00:08:04.28\00:08:10.29 THE CHURCH. AND SO NOW HE IS ENSCONCED IN THE WARMTH OF 00:08:10.35\00:08:17.43 FAMILY AFFILIATION AND HE BEGINS TO WONDER, 'WHAT WILL MAKE MY NEW FAMILY HAPPY ?" 00:08:17.49\00:08:21.86 IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE, 00:08:21.93\00:08:24.83 WHO HAD BEEN KIND OF PUSHED BACK BY THE CHANGE OF SAUL TO PAUL, 00:08:24.90\00:08:31.31 WERE NOW REGAINING THEIR STRENGTH AND THEY THOUGHT AND 00:08:31.37\00:08:37.85 PERHAPS EXPRESSED, "IT WOULD BE GOOD AGAIN TO TEACH THESE CHRISTIANS A LESSON." 00:08:37.91\00:08:43.39 SO, THIS HEROD AGRIPPA, SON OF ARISTOPOLUS AND BERETUS; 00:08:43.45\00:08:49.09 GRANDSON OF HEROD THE GREAT, THINKS TO HIMSELF, 00:08:49.16\00:08:52.76 "HOW MAY I INGRATIATE MYSELF WITH THE PEOPLE OVER WHOM I RULE 00:08:52.83\00:08:57.83 ?" AND HE THOUGHT, "WELL, I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T PERSECUTE 00:08:57.90\00:09:01.80 CHRISTIANS AND MAKE THEM GET THEIR SPIRIT BACK." 00:09:01.87\00:09:05.27 AND HE BEGAN TO SEND OUT HIS OFFICIALS AND HE TOLD THEM, 00:09:05.34\00:09:09.28 "GO AND DESTABILIZE THEIR HOMES; 00:09:09.34\00:09:11.71 PUT A FEW OF THEM IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT ARE 00:09:11.78\00:09:15.42 EMBARRASSING; TAKE THEIR POSSESSIONS FROM THEM; 00:09:15.48\00:09:17.69 MAKE THEM HAVE A HARD TIME IN PRIVATE BUT CERTAINLY IN PUBLIC. 00:09:17.75\00:09:22.89 LET IT BE SEEN THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ON THE SIDE OF 00:09:22.96\00:09:29.66 THE JEWISH CHURCH. AND HE BEGAN TO DO THAT AND THE REACTION WAS 00:09:29.73\00:09:34.27 POSITIVE. NOW I'M HAPPY THAT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN 00:09:34.34\00:09:39.61 GOVERNMENT. SOMEBODY OUGHT TO SAY AMEN. 00:09:39.67\00:09:42.81 BUT THERE IS A NEW KIND OF POLITICIAN; 00:09:42.88\00:09:46.72 THE POLITICIAN WHO GOVERNS NOT BY CONVICTION, 00:09:46.78\00:09:50.65 BUT BY OPINION POLL. 00:09:50.72\00:09:55.12 YOU KNOW, SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING; 00:09:55.19\00:09:59.86 PUT OUT A TRIAL BALLOON; 00:09:59.93\00:10:02.86 LET AN ARTICLE LEAK INTO THE PAPER AND LET'S SEE WHAT THE 00:10:02.93\00:10:09.30 PEOPLE SAY. AND IF THEY ARE FOR IT, THEN I'LL STAND FOR IT. 00:10:09.37\00:10:12.64 BUT IF THEY ARE AGAINST IT, I WON'T EVER MENTION IT. 00:10:12.71\00:10:15.34 SO YOU LET A LITTLE LEAK GO OUT AND FOLKS SAY, 00:10:15.41\00:10:17.25 "YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA." 00:10:17.31\00:10:18.78 AND THEN SOME LITTLE PETTY POLITICIAN GRABS SOME SOAP BOX 00:10:18.85\00:10:22.68 AND STANDS UP IN FRONT OF SOME CAMERA AND SAYS, 00:10:22.75\00:10:25.62 "YOU KNOW, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR US IS TO DO THIS OR THAT." 00:10:25.69\00:10:30.96 BUT IT'S NOT BASED ON THE HEART; 00:10:31.03\00:10:33.13 IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBERS. 00:10:33.19\00:10:35.96 EVIDENTLY THESE NEW POLITICIANS ARE NOT NEW AT ALL, 00:10:36.03\00:10:40.04 BECAUSE HEROD AGRIPPA THE FIRST WANTED TO SEE HOW THE PEOPLE 00:10:40.10\00:10:44.84 WOULD RESPOND. AND THEY ENJOYED IT. 00:10:44.91\00:10:47.18 SO NOW HE TAKES JOHN, JOHN WHO WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF THUNDER; 00:10:47.24\00:10:53.42 JOHN WHO WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE; 00:10:53.48\00:10:56.48 JOHN WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO SAID TO JESUS, 00:10:56.55\00:10:59.55 "LET ME SERVE AT YOUR SIDE." 00:10:59.62\00:11:02.26 JESUS REMARKED IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 23, 00:11:02.32\00:11:05.73 "IF YOU TAKE THAT POSITION, IF YOU SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND OR AT 00:11:05.79\00:11:11.10 MY LEFT, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO DRINK THE CUP OF SORROW WITH 00:11:11.17\00:11:14.84 ME." I OUGHT TO PAUSE TO SAY THAT SOME FOLK WANT TO BE CLOSE 00:11:14.90\00:11:19.37 TO JESUS, BUT PRECIOUS FEW UNDERSTAND THAT IT PAYS TO SERVE 00:11:19.44\00:11:23.51 JESUS BUT IT ALSO COSTS. 00:11:23.58\00:11:26.98 NOTHING IS FREE. 00:11:27.05\00:11:29.95 NOW IN MY LIFETIME, AND IT IS NOW A SUBSTANTIAL LIFETIME, 00:11:30.02\00:11:34.89 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COME WITH AGE. 00:11:34.96\00:11:37.59 YOU CAN SPEAK WITH A LITTLE MORE AUTHORITY AND I WILL. 00:11:37.66\00:11:40.90 I HAVE LEARNED THAT WHILE IT COSTS TO BE ON GOD'S SIDE, 00:11:40.96\00:11:45.70 IT PAYS MUCH MORE THAN IT COSTS. 00:11:45.77\00:11:49.40 AND THERE ARE SOME WHO WILL NOT LIKE YOU IF YOU SERVE JESUS, 00:11:49.47\00:11:53.98 BUT WHEN THERE IS NOBODY ELSE UPON WHOM YOU CAN CALL, 00:11:54.04\00:11:58.15 YOU CAN GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH 00:11:58.21\00:12:02.38 JESUS, AND HE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:12:02.45\00:12:05.35 THE PRAYER IS THERE; THE PRAYER VIGIL IS AWAKE AND ALIVE. 00:12:05.42\00:12:09.29 THE SITUATION THAT WE FACE NOW IN THIS BIBLE TEXT 00:12:09.36\00:12:15.00 IS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE BEING PERSECUTED AGAIN, 00:12:15.06\00:12:18.63 AND ONCE THIS JOHN IS PUT IN PRISON, 00:12:18.70\00:12:21.30 THIS JOHN WHO WANTED TO SUFFER BUT WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE DIMENSIONS OF IT. 00:12:21.37\00:12:26.21 JESUS SAYS, "YOU'LL SUFFER WITH ME." 00:12:26.27\00:12:28.61 BUT JOHN SAYS, "YEAH, I STILL WANT TO BE ON YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT 00:12:28.68\00:12:31.81 SIDE." JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL DRINK FROM THE CUP." 00:12:31.88\00:12:33.31 HE SAID, "BUT I STILL WANT TO BE THERE." 00:12:33.38\00:12:35.22 NOW HE'S PUT IN PRISON AND WHAT JESUS SAYS OCCURS. 00:12:35.28\00:12:40.92 HE IS PUT TO DEATH WITH THE SWORD. 00:12:40.99\00:12:44.09 I DID SOME CHECKING ON THAT. 00:12:44.16\00:12:46.86 WHY IS IT MENTIONED--THE SWORD ? 00:12:46.93\00:12:49.36 IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THOUGHT RATHER CRUDE TO BEHEAD WITH A 00:12:49.43\00:12:54.90 SWORD. THEY WOULD NORMALLY DO IT WITH AN AX. 00:12:54.97\00:12:57.87 NOW LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, 00:12:57.94\00:13:00.48 IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE MY HEAD OFF, I HAVE NO PREFERENCE. 00:13:00.54\00:13:04.21 I SIMPLY WANT IT QUICK. 00:13:04.28\00:13:08.18 BUT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE AX WAS MORE HUMANE, BECAUSE IT WAS 00:13:08.25\00:13:17.39 QUICK. THE SWORD MIGHT NOT MOVE SO QUICKLY OR CUT SO WELL. 00:13:17.46\00:13:22.93 AND WHEN THIS IS MENTIONED, THIS MEANS THAT IT WAS SECRET AND DONE PERHAPS ON A WHIM. 00:13:23.00\00:13:29.94 HEROD AGRIPPA THE FIRST SAYS, 00:13:30.01\00:13:31.84 "WELL, IF THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT PERSECUTION, 00:13:31.91\00:13:34.34 I'LL TAKE ONE AND KILL HIM AND THEN LET THE NEWS KIND OF 00:13:34.41\00:13:38.75 MEANDER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS." 00:13:38.81\00:13:42.22 AND WHEN THE PEOPLE HEARD IT THEY THOUGHT "I'M GLAD THAT IT 00:13:42.28\00:13:48.86 HAPPENED." LET ME POINT SOMETHING OUT TO YOU. 00:13:48.92\00:13:52.29 YOUR REACTION TO EVIL IS POWERFUL. 00:13:52.36\00:14:00.14 WHEN SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES OR THAT MERITS 00:14:00.20\00:14:07.98 SHAME, AND YOU REACT BY APPLAUDING, 00:14:08.04\00:14:12.31 YOU GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO DO WHAT THEY OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT 00:14:12.38\00:14:21.66 CONTINUE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU AT LEAST OWE IT TO A SITUATION TO SAY, "SHAME ON 00:14:21.72\00:14:30.47 YOU." BUT INSTEAD OF SAYING "SHAME" THESE FOLKS SAID, 00:14:30.53\00:14:33.10 "WELL, I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT HAPPENED. 00:14:33.17\00:14:36.14 YOU KNOW, PERSECUTION IS WARMING UP AGAIN." 00:14:36.20\00:14:39.51 SO NOW THIS HEROD AGRIPPA, WHO SOME WOULD CALL A "PEOPLE 00:14:39.57\00:14:44.65 PLEASER" SAYS, "WELL, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 00:14:44.71\00:14:46.58 IN FACT, THE NEXT TIME I DO IT, I WILL NOT ONLY TAKE ONE WHO IS 00:14:46.65\00:14:52.15 WELL KNOWN, BUT I WILL NOT KILL THIS PERSON IN SECRET, I'LL DO 00:14:52.22\00:14:58.29 IT IN PUBLIC." SO NOW HE TAKES ONE OF THE MOST LOQUACIOUS OF THE APOSTLES, PETER. 00:14:58.36\00:15:04.77 YOU READ THE NEW TESTAMENT, YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM PETER. 00:15:04.83\00:15:07.40 HE'S ALWAYS TALKING. 00:15:07.47\00:15:09.44 SOMETIMES WHAT HE SAYS IS NOT COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE, BUT HE 00:15:09.50\00:15:14.58 TALKS ANYHOW. SAY YOU KNOW, IF I WERE GONNA CHOOSE AN APOSTLE TO 00:15:14.64\00:15:17.91 TAKE OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT EVERYBODY WOULD NOTICE IT, 00:15:17.98\00:15:20.68 LET IT BE PETER BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT PETER CAN DISAPPEAR AND FOLKS SAY, 00:15:20.75\00:15:25.12 "WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T MISS HIM." 00:15:25.19\00:15:27.29 YOU WILL CERTAINLY MISS PETER BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS TALKING. 00:15:27.36\00:15:31.16 SO, HE PUTS PETER IN PRISON AND ANNOUNCES THAT AFTER THE 00:15:31.23\00:15:38.17 PASSOVER, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT AFTER EASTER, 00:15:38.23\00:15:40.90 AND THAT'S REALLY NOT ACCORDING TO THEIR TRADITION 00:15:40.97\00:15:43.47 IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY TRIED TO USE TO EXPLAIN; 00:15:43.54\00:15:46.71 BUT AFTER PASSOVER, I'M GONNA KILL HIM IN PUBLIC. 00:15:46.78\00:15:51.35 AFTER PASSOVER I TRIED TO DO ALL THE CHECKING I COULD, 00:15:51.41\00:15:54.55 AND DISCOVERED THAT MAYBE WHILE THE CROWDS WERE THERE FOR 00:15:54.62\00:16:00.62 PASSOVER, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME SYMPATHIZERS FOR PETER 00:16:00.69\00:16:03.39 AND THERE WAS ALSO A TRADITION IF YOU REMEMBER, 00:16:03.46\00:16:06.33 THAT THEY WOULD SET A NOTABLE PRISONER FREE AT PASSOVER. 00:16:06.39\00:16:11.40 SO, HEROD SAYS, "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S NOT HAVE ANY MORE OF 00:16:11.47\00:16:15.24 THAT HAPPEN." YOU REMEMBER THAT DIDN'T WORK TOO WELL WITH JESUS 00:16:15.30\00:16:20.14 AND BARABBAS. SO, I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER PASSOVER AND AFTER THE CROWDS HAVE LEFT THE 00:16:20.21\00:16:26.18 VICINITY, THEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO 00:16:26.25\00:16:29.28 ENTERTAIN THEM I WILL BRING PETER OUT AND I WILL TAKE HIS 00:16:29.35\00:16:34.72 LIFE IN PUBLIC. AND WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED IT, THE CHURCH BEGAN 00:16:34.79\00:16:41.30 TO PRAY. I BELIEVE IN PRAYER. 00:16:41.36\00:16:45.47 I HAVE FOLK TELL ME ALL THE TIME THAT YOU CANNOT BE TRULY 00:16:45.53\00:16:48.37 INTELLIGENT AND BELIEVE IN PRAYER. 00:16:48.44\00:16:52.54 THEY SAY THAT WHEN YOU PRAY AND SOMETHING SEEMS TO HAPPEN, 00:16:52.61\00:16:55.54 IT'S ONLY AN ACCIDENT; 00:16:55.61\00:16:58.65 IT'S ONLY WHAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED ANYWAY, 00:16:58.71\00:17:01.42 IT'S JUST THAT YOU GIVE GOD CREDIT 00:17:01.48\00:17:03.75 FOR WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE SEQUENCE OF TIME. 00:17:03.82\00:17:07.79 I DARE TO DEFY. 00:17:07.86\00:17:10.99 I HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE NOBODY COULD HELP ME BUT GOD. 00:17:11.06\00:17:17.50 AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET ON MY 00:17:17.57\00:17:22.14 KNEES, BUT I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS, 00:17:22.20\00:17:24.17 SOMETIMES DRIVING WITH MY EYES OPEN 00:17:24.24\00:17:27.48 AND I'VE SEEN GOD STEP IN ON TIME. 00:17:27.54\00:17:31.11 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN NOBODY WAS THERE WITH THE 00:17:31.18\00:17:33.58 RESOURCES TO COME TO MY AID, BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT 00:17:33.65\00:17:36.62 HEAVEN IS SO POWERFUL THAT EVEN WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS THERE 00:17:36.69\00:17:40.46 TO HELP A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:17:40.52\00:17:45.93 IN FACT, YOU HAVE DEPRIVED YOURSELF CULTURALLY IF YOU'VE 00:17:45.99\00:17:51.33 NEVER TRIED IT. IN FACT, HOW CAN YOU KNOCK IT IF YOU DON'T TRY IT 00:17:51.40\00:17:55.94 ? THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, 00:17:56.00\00:17:58.54 WELL YOU KNOW, THESE DAYS I COULD KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:17:58.61\00:18:02.84 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN THIS OR THAT, 00:18:02.91\00:18:05.78 BUT THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED PRAYER, 00:18:05.85\00:18:09.78 IF YOU'VE NEVER REACHED OUT THE HAND OF FAITH INTO THE THIN 00:18:09.85\00:18:15.26 UNKNOWN TRUSTING THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO IS THERE TO BE IN TOUCH. 00:18:15.32\00:18:22.56 IF YOU'VE NEVER CONJURED UP ALL OF THE BELIEF THAT YOU HAVE; 00:18:22.63\00:18:26.74 IF YOU'VE NEVER TRUSTED ENOUGH TO WHISPER UP A PRAYER AND LET 00:18:26.80\00:18:31.94 GOD HAVE IT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT POWER IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 00:18:32.01\00:18:35.91 BUT THE CHURCH KNEW, SO THEY BEGAN TO PRAY. 00:18:35.98\00:18:39.15 AND AS THEY PRAYED AND PRAYED AND PRAYED, 00:18:39.21\00:18:41.98 SOME FOLK MIGHT HAVE GIVEN UP 00:18:42.05\00:18:43.95 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW SOME OF US WANT OUR PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED 00:18:44.02\00:18:49.06 IN A CERTAIN WAY. WE'VE WATCHED TOO MANY MOTION PICTURES; 00:18:49.12\00:18:52.73 WE WANT A "SPIELBERG MOMENT". 00:18:52.79\00:18:56.33 YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A TABLE MOVE OR A SOUND OF WIND 00:18:56.40\00:19:03.00 OR SOME MUSICAL BACKGROUND. 00:19:03.07\00:19:06.14 WE WANT GOD TO ANSWER IN A DRAMATIC FASHION. 00:19:06.21\00:19:10.31 I'M GLAD THAT GOD ANSWERS THE WAY HE WANTS TO. 00:19:10.38\00:19:14.42 GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO COME THROUGH LIKE I CHOOSE, 00:19:14.48\00:19:16.62 IN FACT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING; 00:19:16.69\00:19:18.72 THAT IF YOU LET GOD ANSWER THE PRAYER LIKE HE CHOOSES, 00:19:18.79\00:19:21.46 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED TO ASK. 00:19:21.52\00:19:25.43 THE BIBLE SAYS SO, THAT HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD ASK 00:19:25.49\00:19:31.13 OR IMAGINE. SO I DON'T TRY TO PIN GOD DOWN AND SAY, 00:19:31.20\00:19:33.23 "LORD, HERE'S HOW I WANT IT, HERE'S HOW IT OUGHT TO COME." 00:19:33.30\00:19:36.20 IN FACT, THERE'S SOME FOLK IN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW 00:19:36.27\00:19:39.91 BECAUSE THEY GOT ON THEIR KNEES AND TOLD GOD WHAT TO DO. 00:19:39.97\00:19:43.58 IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL GOD WHAT TO DO, WHY DO YOU PRAY ? 00:19:43.65\00:19:46.85 GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND SAY, 00:19:46.92\00:19:50.15 "LORD, I WANT A MAN. 00:19:50.22\00:19:51.22 LET HIM BE TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME." 00:19:51.29\00:19:56.76 THE LORD MAY SEND YOU ONE THAT'S SHORT, LIGHT, AND RATHER ODD 00:19:56.83\00:20:02.70 LOOKING. BUT IF HE LOVES GOD AND BELIEVES IN THE WORD, MAYBE YOU CAN PUT UP WITH HIM ANYHOW. 00:20:02.76\00:20:09.20 THERE ARE SOME BRETHREN WHO'VE TOLD GOD WHAT THE WOMAN OUGHT TO 00:20:09.27\00:20:14.54 LOOK LIKE. I'VE HAD SOME OF THE FOLK COME BACK TO ME, 00:20:14.61\00:20:16.41 SOME OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO'VE FOUND THE WOMAN OF THEIR DREAMS. 00:20:16.48\00:20:20.28 A MAN SAID TO ME ONE TIME, A MAN WHO WAS MARRIED TO A VERY 00:20:20.35\00:20:23.92 ATTRACTIVE WOMAN. IN FACT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THAT 00:20:23.99\00:20:26.45 CHURCH AT THE TIME WOULD ALWAYS GO TO GREET THEM BOTH, BUT THE BRETHREN WEREN'T LOOKING AT HIM, 00:20:26.52\00:20:31.83 THEY WERE LOOKING AT HER AND THEY WOULD SAY TO HIM VERY 00:20:31.89\00:20:35.26 DISCREETLY, "MAN, YOU'RE MARRIED TO A NICE LADY." 00:20:35.33\00:20:37.90 ONE DAY HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE AND SAID, 00:20:37.97\00:20:39.97 "PASTOR THERE ARE MORNINGS WHEN I WAKE UP AND THE SUN LANDS ON 00:20:40.04\00:20:44.77 HER FACE . . ." (laughter) 00:20:44.84\00:20:48.64 YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME AREN'T YOU ? 00:20:48.71\00:20:50.85 AND HE SAID, "I SAY TO GOD, HOW DID I FORCE YOU TO GIVE ME THIS 00:20:50.91\00:20:56.72 WOMAN WHO LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL BUT WHO IS SO MEAN INSIDE ?" 00:20:56.79\00:21:03.06 I BELIEVE THAT IT COUNTS MORE WHAT'S HERE THAN WHAT'S HERE. 00:21:03.12\00:21:09.40 ALL OF THIS WILL FALL. 00:21:09.46\00:21:15.54 THE RELENTLESS PULL OF GRAVITY WILL ONE DAY TAKE IT AWAY. 00:21:15.60\00:21:20.51 YOU MUST LOOK BROTHER, YOU MUST SEARCH SISTER, 00:21:20.58\00:21:25.55 FOR SOMETHING THAT GRAVITY CANNOT EFFECT. 00:21:25.61\00:21:28.88 FOR I TELL YOU THAT GRAVITY WILL AFFECT ALL OF THESE THINGS. 00:21:28.95\00:21:32.05 THAT MAN WHO WALKS RAM ROD STRAIGHT NOW, GRAVITY WILL ONE 00:21:32.12\00:21:35.96 DAY GET HIM. (laughter) 00:21:36.02\00:21:40.66 YOU SEE HIM, AMEN ? 00:21:40.73\00:21:43.06 YOU GO TO THE HOSPITALS YOU SEE THE BRETHREN WHO USED TO BE TALL 00:21:43.13\00:21:48.37 -- SLIDING ALONG. BUT IF THEY GOT A GOOD HEART, IT'S A GOOD 00:21:48.44\00:21:53.64 MAN SLIDING. WE CANNOT TELL GOD HOW TO DO WHAT GOD KNOWS TO DO. 00:21:53.71\00:22:00.85 SO, NOW THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH PRAY AND THE TIME PASSES. 00:22:00.92\00:22:06.12 AND NOW WE ARE AT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXECUTION. 00:22:06.19\00:22:15.16 IT'S AMAZING WHAT PETER DOES. 00:22:15.23\00:22:19.13 ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXECUTION, 00:22:19.20\00:22:23.00 AND I CAN PROVE TO YOU THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD WAS 00:22:23.07\00:22:27.84 GONNA DELIVER HIM; NOW YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 00:22:27.91\00:22:29.84 SOME OF US, YOU KNOW WE GOT THESE NEW CHRISTIANS WHO CAN'T 00:22:29.91\00:22:36.75 TAKE ANY TROUBLE. LITTLE OL' NAMBY-PAMBY CHRISTIANS. 00:22:36.82\00:22:41.16 IF EVERYTHING IS NOT RIGHT, THEY START WHIMPERING. 00:22:41.22\00:22:44.16 "OH I CAN'T TAKE IT, GOD DOESN'T LOVE ME." 00:22:44.23\00:22:48.10 YOU KNOW, IF THEY GO INTO A CHURCH AND THE COLORS DON'T 00:22:48.16\00:22:52.33 MATCH. "OH, THIS IS TERRIBLE." 00:22:52.40\00:22:55.20 YOU OUGHT TO THANK GOD THAT YOU GOT IN. 00:22:55.27\00:22:58.67 THANK GOD THAT YOUR SINS ARE NOT WRITTEN ON THE CARPET, 00:22:58.74\00:23:03.31 NO MATTER HOW FUNNY A COLOR IT MAY BE. 00:23:03.38\00:23:05.68 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE GOT TO HAVE EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT. 00:23:05.75\00:23:09.35 "I WENT IN AND THEY LOOKED AT ME FUNNY." 00:23:09.42\00:23:12.92 WELL, LOOK IN THE MIRROR; 00:23:12.99\00:23:14.22 MAYBE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKED AT FUNNY. 00:23:14.29\00:23:16.32 (laughter) 00:23:16.39\00:23:19.89 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY EVERYTHING MUST BE CORRECT, 00:23:19.96\00:23:22.36 EVERYTHING MUST BE PERFECT. 00:23:22.43\00:23:24.63 FOLKS, LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN YOU SERVE JESUS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN EASY ROAD. 00:23:24.70\00:23:29.57 GOD DID NOT PROMISE THAT THE ROAD WOULD BE EASY. 00:23:29.64\00:23:32.74 HE JUST SAID, "I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU, I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU. 00:23:32.81\00:23:37.38 I'LL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." 00:23:37.45\00:23:41.62 THE ROAD MAY GET ROCKY, THE ROAD MAY NOT BE EASY, 00:23:41.68\00:23:45.85 IT MAY TWIST AND TURN, BUT IF JESUS GOES WITH ME, I'LL GO. 00:23:45.92\00:23:52.23 SO, IT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT. 00:23:52.29\00:23:54.50 "YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND I THINK 00:23:54.56\00:23:57.60 WE OUGHT TO JUST CALL OFF THE PRAYER MEETING." 00:23:57.67\00:24:00.47 BUT PETER IS IN THE PRISON THINKING GOD'S NOT GONNA 00:24:00.54\00:24:04.64 DELIVER SO THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME IN THE MORNING. 00:24:04.71\00:24:07.78 THE MAN GOES TO SLEEP. 00:24:07.84\00:24:13.55 NOW, I'LL BE TRUTHFUL WITH YOU. 00:24:13.62\00:24:16.62 I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU IN A CATEGORY OUTSIDE OF WHERE I AM. 00:24:16.69\00:24:20.32 I WOULD HAVE STAYED UP TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT WITH THE LORD. 00:24:20.39\00:24:27.50 "LORD, NOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER . . ." 00:24:27.56\00:24:30.73 I PRAY THAT PRAYER SOMETIMES ON AIRPLANES WHEN IT GETS KIND OF 00:24:30.80\00:24:34.50 ROUGH UP THERE; "LORD, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU AND I NEED TO 00:24:34.57\00:24:37.57 TALK ABOUT ? CAUSE IF THIS THING IS GOING DOWN, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN YOUR ARMS, 00:24:37.64\00:24:42.41 I SURE WOULD LIKE TO BE READY TO MEET YOU IF I MUST DIE 00:24:42.48\00:24:47.05 AND WAKE IN THE RESURRECTION LET ME DIE IN PEACE." 00:24:47.12\00:24:50.02 I HAVE THAT TALK. 00:24:50.09\00:24:51.69 I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ASLEEP WITH PETER. 00:24:51.75\00:24:54.96 I THINK I'D HAVE BEEN UP, "LORD, NOW IS EVERYTHING OK ? 00:24:55.02\00:24:57.39 'CAUSE I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE HOURS HERE. 00:24:57.46\00:24:59.86 IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I COULD GET IT 00:24:59.93\00:25:03.47 STRAIGHT. BUT PETER MUST HAVE THIS THING DONE. 00:25:03.53\00:25:06.33 HE'S ASLEEP. 00:25:06.40\00:25:08.70 THEY HAVE FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS, SIXTEEN SOLDIERS, FOUR AT A TIME WATCHING HIM. 00:25:08.77\00:25:15.64 THE REASON WHY THEY GOT SO MANY SOLDIERS IS 'CAUSE IF YOU READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 5:18,19,20 00:25:15.71\00:25:20.32 YOU DISCOVER THAT THIS BROTHER GOT OUT OF PRISON ONCE BEFORE. 00:25:20.38\00:25:26.29 SO BROTHER HEROD AGRIPPA THE FIRST IS NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. 00:25:26.35\00:25:29.72 HE SAID, "LOOK, LOCK HIM IN, PUT HIM IN THE INNER PRISON." 00:25:29.79\00:25:32.86 THE HISTORIANS SAY THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE OUTER PRISON, BUT IN 00:25:32.93\00:25:37.63 THE INNER PRISON. HE WAS THERE CHAINED TO TWO SOLDIERS, AND THEY HAD TWO MORE WATCHING THE 00:25:37.70\00:25:43.24 GATE. SO NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 00:25:43.30\00:25:45.31 MY MAN PETER, GOT THE CHAINS ON HIM, "YOU BRETHREN OK ?" 00:25:45.37\00:25:50.61 HEY MAN, THE QUESTION IS, 00:25:50.68\00:25:51.98 "ARE YOU OK ?" 00:25:52.05\00:25:53.01 "I'M FINE." 00:25:53.08\00:25:54.22 "BUT YOU'RE GOIN' DOWN IN THE MORNING." 00:25:54.28\00:25:55.88 "WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MORNING . . . GOOD NIGHT." 00:25:55.95\00:26:00.79 THAT'S SOME FAITH FOLKS. 00:26:00.86\00:26:02.99 Announcer: WHEN GOD MAKES A PROMISE, YOU CAN REST ASSURED HE'LL KEEP THAT PROMISE. 00:26:05.23\00:26:09.30 FOR OUR OFFER TO YOU THIS WEEK, WE GIVE YOU A CHOICE: 00:26:09.36\00:26:12.33 "GOD'S PROMISES FOR MEN" OR "GOD'S PROMISES FOR WOMEN." 00:26:12.40\00:26:16.34 MEN WILL DISCOVER THAT GOD GIVES A MAN STRENGTH WHEN HE IS ANGRY 00:26:16.40\00:26:20.84 AND NEEDS PEACE. 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