Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000214
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00:01 WHENEVER YOU TAKE A NEW JOB YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
00:04 THAT GOD IF IS WITH YOU, 00:06 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND 00:07 FILL ANYBODY ELSE'S SHOES. 00:10 WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS STAY 00:12 ON GOD'S SIDE FOR YOU KNOW 00:15 WHAT OUR THEME IS: 00:16 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ?" 00:20 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:27 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. 00:37 ♪ 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. ♪ 00:55 WE'RE TURNING OUR ATTENTION TONIGHT TO THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. 00:59 AND IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, 01:03 THE SIXTH CHAPTER, IT IS ONE 01:07 THAT IS FAMILIAR TO MANY. 01:11 LET'S FIND OUT IF THE BIBLE HAS SOMETHING NEW TO SAY ABOUT AN OLD STORY. 01:19 JOSHUA CHAPTER 6, AND LET ME BEGIN WITH VERSE 1: 01:50 TONIGHT I WANT TO ENTITLE OUR STUDY, "WALLS." 01:55 "WALLS." 01:56 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 01:59 FATHER WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WHENEVER WE TURN TO THE WORD, 02:04 THERE IS TRUTH FOR THE MOMENT. 02:07 THERE IS SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION. 02:14 NOW, AS WE LOOK AT AN ANCIENT STORY, 02:18 WE BELIEVE SOMEHOW THAT GOD IS ABLE TO APPLY IT TO MODERN SITUATIONS. 02:25 AND SO IN FAITH NOW, WE COME TRUSTING THAT WHAT MANKIND, 02:31 WHAT HUMANKIND COULD NEVER DO, GOD CAN DO EASILY. 02:37 DO IT FOR US NOW. 02:38 WE SHALL GIVE GLORY AND HONOR, AND PRAISE TO THY NAME. 02:42 FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN. 02:48 THIS IS A TUMULTUOUS TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL BECAUSE THE FORMER LEADER, MOSES IS GONE. 03:01 I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE PRESENT LEADERSHIP, 03:09 WHEN THE LEADER GOES, PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR OPINIONS. 03:15 MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE WHO ARE CRITICAL WHEN THEY HAVE LEADERSHIP, 03:20 DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAD UNTIL THAT'S GONE. 03:26 MOSES, YOU CAN READ ALL THROUGH, THAT MOSES WAS CRITICIZED 03:31 MANY TIMES FOR WHAT HE DID OR WHAT HE DID NOT DO. 03:35 IN FACT, SOMETIMES THE FOLK WOULD DRIVE HIM TO THE PLACE 03:38 WHERE HE WOULD ASK GOD EITHER TO TAKE HIS LIFE OR TO SIMPLY PUT THE PLAN ASIDE. 03:46 AND I'M THANKFUL THAT GOD DOES NOT GIVE UP WHEN PEOPLE GIVE UP. 03:52 IN FACT, THERE OUGHT TO BE A LESSON THERE FOR US. 03:55 SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE NOT WHAT WE ARE OUGHT TO BE, GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. 04:02 SO, NOW MOSES IS GONE AND COMES NOW JOSHUA. 04:07 THIS YOUNG MAN, WHO HAD PROBABLY HAD GROWN UP AROUND MANY OF 04:11 THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES TO BE POWERFUL, HE COMES NOW 04:15 TRYING TO TAKE THE PLACE, SOME WOULD SAY, OF MOSES. 04:21 AND NOW EVERYBODY SAYS, "HE'LL NEVER BE LIKE MOSES WAS." 04:26 WHEN THE FACT IS, HE DID NOT NEED TO BE LIKE MOSES WAS. 04:31 WHEN GOD CALLED JOSHUA, HE SIMPLY SAID TO HIM, 04:36 "YOU BE COURAGEOUS, AND IF YOU TRUST IN ME, 04:41 I WILL BE WITH YOU AS I WAS WITH MOSES. 04:46 WHENEVER YOU TAKE A NEW JOB YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF GOD IS WITH YOU, 04:52 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND FILL ANYBODY ELSE'S SHOES. 04:56 WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS STAY ON GOD'S SIDE FOR YOU KNOW WHAT OUR THEME IS: 05:02 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ?" 05:07 AND THIS YOUNG MAN BEGINS IN A PERFECT WAY. 05:11 HE'S OUT PRAYING, AND HE'S PRAYING TOWARDS JERICHO. 05:18 NOW, SOME OF US WOULD HAVE PRAYED HIDDEN BEHIND THE RANKS, 05:24 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE COMMANDER, YOU OUGHT TO HIDE, 05:26 YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SAFE BECAUSE AFTER ALL, 05:29 IF THE COMMANDER IS GONE, THEN THE TROOPS WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 05:34 BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A LEADER, 05:35 YOU OUGHT TO BE AT LEAST COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO MOVE AHEAD OF THOSE. 05:40 IN FACT, LEADERSHIP IMPLIES GOING AHEAD. 05:43 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE RISK OF GOING AHEAD. 05:47 SO JOSHUA IS NOT PRAYING BEHIND THE RANKS, HE'S TOWARDS JERICHO PRAYING. 05:53 AND AS HE PRAYS, THERE COMES A SOLDIER WITH A SWORD DRAWN. 06:00 NOW THAT DOESN'T TRANSLATE TOO WELL INTO THE PRESENT, 06:04 BUT LET ME PAINT A SCENARIO FOR YOU. 06:08 SUPPOSE IN YOUR PRAYER, AND I WILL ASSUME THAT MAYBE YOUR EYES ARE CLOSED WHEN YOUR PRAYING, 06:14 BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN SOMEBODY IS CLOSE TO YOU, 06:17 YOU CAN FEEL THEIR PRESENCE. 06:19 SUPPOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PRAYER, YOU FELT THE PRESENCE OF SOMEBODY, 06:25 AND KIND OF OPENED ONE EYE, AND SAW SOMEBODY DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE GARMENTS. 06:35 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, ALL THOSE COLORS THAT BLEND WITH THE TREES. 06:38 KIND OF FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 06:41 AND THEY HAD AN AK-47 OR LET'S MAKE IT EVEN SMALLER THAN THAT. 06:47 THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF MILITARY PISTOL AIMED AT YOU. 06:53 NOW THINK ABOUT IT FOLKS, LET'S GET REAL. 06:56 YOU CAN PRAY WHILE YOU RUN. 07:00 YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU ? 07:04 BUT WATCH WHAT JOSHUA DOES; 07:06 NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A PRESENT PICTURE IN YOUR MIND, 07:10 AND I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN HONEST ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE, 07:14 IF YOU OPENED YOUR EYES AND SOMEBODY HAD A WEAPON DRAWN AND THEY WERE STANDING BEFORE YOU. 07:22 I DOUBT THAT MANY OF US WOULD DO WHAT JOSHUA DID. 07:25 IN FACT, I'LL BE HONEST ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT JOSHUA DID. 07:30 JOSHUA GOT UP FROM HIS PRAYER, 07:33 MOVED TOWARDS THE SOLDIER WITH THE SWORD DRAWN AND SAYS, 07:39 "ARE YOU ON OUR SIDE, OR ON THEIR SIDE ?" 07:45 THAT'S SOME POWERFUL, POWERFUL MOVEMENT. 07:49 INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGE, 07:52 HE MOVES TOWARDS THE CHALLENGER, THE ONE WITH THE SWORD DRAWN, 07:57 AND SAYS, "WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON ?" 07:59 INCIDENTALLY, I DON'T WANT TO PASS BY THIS; HE DOES NOT SAY 08:04 "WHO ARE YOU ?" 08:05 HE DOES NOT SAY, "WHAT IS IT THAT BRINGS YOU TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ?" 08:10 IT'S OBVIOUS THAT BUSINESS HAS BROUGHT THIS INDIVIDUAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOO 08:15 BUT HE SAYS, "ARE YOU ON OUR SIDE, OR THEIR SIDE ?" 08:20 BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEUTRAL TERRITORY. 08:25 NOW THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO THINK THAT YOU CAN SOMEHOW 08:28 DILLY AND DALLY ALL AROUND IN GRAY AREAS. 08:32 BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE TO UNDERSTAND IN THE WORDS OF 08:36 JOSHUA TO THIS PERSON WHOM HE DOES NOT KNOW YET, 08:40 "ARE YOU ON OUR SIDE OR ON THEIR SIDE ?" 08:43 BECAUSE HE ASSUMES THAT THERE IS NO NEUTRALITY HERE. 08:48 NEUTRALITY IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 08:53 YOU ARE EITHER ON GOD'S SIDE OR YOU ARE AGAINST GOD. 08:57 THERE IS ACTUALLY NO NEUTRAL GROUND. 09:00 THERE ARE SOME WHO THINK SO, BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION. 09:04 YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DECLARE RIGHT NOW WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON. 09:08 IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP YOUR DECLARATION WITH SOME ACTION. 09:13 IF SOMEBODY FOLLOWED YOU ALL DAY LONG, 09:14 MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON. 09:18 MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO TELL BY HOW YOU CONDUCT YOUR LIFE WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON. 09:23 SO, THE QUESTION IS SIMPLE. 09:25 AND NOW, THIS BEING; ONE COMMENTATOR SUGGESTS THAT 09:32 THIS BEING WAS NOT A SMALL ONE, NOT A TINY CREATURE BECAUSE 09:38 THERE WAS SOMETHING COMMANDING ABOUT HIS PRESENCE, 09:42 AND YET JOSHUA MOVES TOWARD THIS BEING AND SAYS, 09:45 "ARE YOU FOR THEM, OR FOR US ?" 09:48 AND NOW THE ANSWER COMES, "I AM NOT FOR THEM, BUT I 09:53 AM COME NOW AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF GOD'S CHILDREN." 10:01 WATCH THIS: JOSHUA IS THE GENERAL OF ISRAEL'S ARMY, YOU KNOW, 10:09 AND I'VE BEEN AROUND A COUPLE OF GENERALS; 10:12 THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY MOVE. 10:15 THEY MOVE WITH POWER. 10:18 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT STRAIGHT WALK, AND THEY SPEAK IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER. 10:24 BUT HERE IS ONE GENERAL NOW, CONFRONTED BY ANOTHER, AND WHEN HE SAYS, 10:32 "ARE YOU ON OUR SIDE OR ARE YOU ON THEIR SIDE ?" 10:35 THIS BEING SAYS, "I AM COME AS CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST." 10:42 SO A GENERAL RECOGNIZES THAT A COMMANDER OF A HIGHER RANK IS IN HIS PRESENCE. 10:50 YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT NO MATTER WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, 10:55 WHEN YOU COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY, YOU HAVE BEEN OUTRANKED. 11:01 WELL, YOU SAY, HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS JESUS ? 11:08 I KNOW FOR A COUPLE REASONS. 11:11 IF YOU KEEP ON READING, YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT THIS SOLDIER WITH THE SWORD DRAWN SAYS, 11:19 "TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF YOUR FEET, BECAUSE THE PLACE WHERE YOU STAND IS HOLY GROUND." 11:30 IF YOU LOOK AT REVELATION CHAPTER 19 AND VERSE 10 11:33 YOU DISCOVER A SITUATION WHERE A MESSENGER CAME 11:36 AND THE RESPONDENT SAID,"I WILL BOW DOWN TO WORSHIP YOU." 11:40 AND THE ANGEL SAID, "NO, DON'T WORSHIP ME." 11:42 ANGELS DON'T DEMAND, CANNOT TRUTHFULLY COMMAND WORSHIP. 11:48 BUT THIS SOLDIER SAYS, "TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF BECAUSE THIS IS HOLY GROUND." 11:54 IF JOSHUA HAD HAD HIS NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH HIM, 12:00 AND IF HE HAD HIS MODEM CONNECTED, 12:05 HE COULD HAVE TURNED IT ON AND INITIALIZED THE MODEM 12:10 AND CONNECTED WITH AN INFORMATION BASE AND TYPED IN, 12:15 "SHOES OFF"; "HOLY GROUND"; SEND." 12:22 AND WAITED A MINUTE, AND THE SCREEN WOULD HAVE CLICKED FAST; 12:27 MOSES, BURNING BUSH, HOLY GROUND, JESUS. 12:35 THIS IS NOT JUST ANYBODY. 12:37 THIS IS NOT SOME ERRANT SOLDIER DRIFTING OFF COURSE. 12:42 THIS IS JESUS OVER BY JERICHO SAYING TO JOSHUA, 12:47 "I HAVE GIVEN INTO YOUR HAND JERICHO THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR, 12:54 THE KING OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, HE BELONGS TO YOU." 12:59 HE SAYS IT WITH THE SWORD STILL IN HIS HAND. 13:02 YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE FOLK WHO DON'T KNOW HOW POWERFUL JESUS IS, 13:08 YOU OUGHT TO LET THAT IMAGE SINK IN. 13:12 WHEN YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES, YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THE WALLS OR THE CEILING; 13:18 YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT A SITUATION. 13:23 JESUS COMES AS THOUGH COMING BACK FROM JERICHO. 13:29 WELL FORGIVE ME, MY IMAGINATION GOES WILD NOW, 13:33 HOW WOULD THIS GENERAL KNOW THAT HE CAN GIVE INTO THE HAND 13:37 OF THIS JOSHUA THE COUNTRY JERICHO WITH ITS HIGH WALLS. 13:43 ONE HISTORIAN SUGGESTS THAT THE WALLS OF JERICHO WERE SO HIGH 13:47 THAT EVEN THOSE WHO SAW THEM THEN, SAID THEY REACHED UP TO THE HEAVENS. 13:52 AND YET, THIS SOLDIER, ALONE WITH A SWORD DRAWN SAYS, 13:56 "YOU'VE GOT IT, I'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE VICTORY. 13:59 THE VICTORY BELONGS TO YOU. 14:02 SO FORGET ABOUT WALLS. 14:04 WALLS ARE NOTHING TO ME; I TAKE WALLS DOWN. 14:10 IT BELONGS TO YOU." 14:12 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE CONFRONTED BY WALLS AND AFRAID; 14:19 WALLS THAT LOCK YOU OUT AND WALLS THAT HEDGE YOU IN. 14:24 I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT THIS GENERAL CAN HANDLE WALLS. 14:30 IN FACT, LET ME SKIP AHEAD IN THE STORY A LITTLE BIT AND SCOOP A LITTLE BIT. 14:37 I BELIEVE, AND IF YOU READ IN CHAPTER 6 YOU WOULD SEE, 14:42 THAT WHEN THEY BEGAN TO MARCH AROUND THESE WALLS, 14:45 THE ONE SIGNAL THAT IS COMMANDED IS TO BLOW THE HORNS, BLOW THE TRUMPETS, 14:53 AND WHEN YOU BLOW THEM, THEN YOU CAN SHOUT BECAUSE THE WALLS ARE GONNA FALL. 15:01 PERHAPS IT COULD BE THAT THE WALLS HAD ALREADY BEEN 15:06 DISASSEMBLED BY THE POWER OF THIS GENERAL. 15:11 MAYBE IN FACT, ALLOW ME TO GET EXCITED FOR JUST A MOMENT; 15:15 MAYBE THEY HAD BEEN ALREADY TORN DOWN BUT PUT ON A TIMER; 15:22 MAYBE ALREADY CONQUERED, BUT SET FOR THE SOUND OF A RAM'S HORN SO THEY WOULD STAY TEMPORARILY; 15:31 TEETERING OR TATTERING BUT WOULD NOT FALL UNTIL THE RAM'S HORN BLEW. 15:36 SO, THE GENERAL COULD ANNOUNCE, "IT'S ALREADY YOURS." 15:41 NOW JOSHUA COMES FROM HIS PRAYER, 15:44 GOES NOW TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPECTING LEADERSHIP AND HE TELLS THEM NOW, 15:51 "WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER AND TAKE JERICHO." 15:54 WELL, THERE'S A TEENY, WEENIE, LITTLE LOGISTICAL PROBLEM; 15:59 THE JORDAN. 16:03 THE JORDAN CAN BE, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW WHO TRAVEL THERE, IT CAN BE A TRICKLE. 16:09 I SAW PARTS OF THE JORDAN THAT AT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE YEAR, 16:13 TIMES OF THE YEAR, COMES DOWN TO A TRICKLE. 16:15 YOU COULD NEGOTIATE IT WITH NO HELP, PARTICULARLY IF YOU KNEW 16:19 WHERE TO CROSS AND WHEN TO CROSS. 16:22 BUT THIS WAS IN THE HARVEST SEASON WHEN THE RAINS WERE 16:27 FALLING TO FILL OUT THE CROPS SO THAT THEY COULD BE HARVESTED. 16:32 SO, THE WATERS WERE COMING DOWN IN TORRENTS NOW. 16:37 WHY, YOU MIGHT ASK, WOULD GOD SUGGEST THAT HIS PEOPLE CROSS 16:43 THIS JORDAN WHEN HE COULD SIMPLY TELL THEM, WAIT. 16:47 AND IF YOU WAIT, YOUR PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY. 16:52 I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY. 16:57 BUT IF YOU'RE ON GOD'S SIDE, AND GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE, 17:02 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR PROBLEMS TO GO AWAY, 17:05 BECAUSE GOD IS SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS. 17:09 IN FACT, MAYBE HE ALLOWED THEM; 17:11 MAYBE HE COMMANDED THEM TO GO NOW SO THAT THEY COULD SEE AGAIN HIS POWER. 17:17 REMEMBER IT IS THE POWER OF GOD THAT OPENED A DRY PATH THROUGH THE RED SEA. 17:22 AND I'VE READ ALL THAT SCIENTIFIC GOBBLEDEY-GOOK THAT SAYS "WELL, NOT SO." 17:29 IN FACT, I REREAD IT JUST RECENTLY. 17:33 THEY SUGGEST THAT THE PART OF THE RED SEA WHERE MOSES WAS, WAS NOT REALLY A SEA, 17:40 THEY SAY IT WAS THE REED SEA AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH WATER THERE. 17:45 THEY SAID THAT YOU COULD PRACTICALLY TAKE AN ARMY, 17:48 AND IF YOU WENT AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THE RIGHT PLACE, YOU COULD GO. 17:52 IN FACT, THEY SAY IF THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT THE RIGHT SPEED 17:56 AND FOR LONG ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD DRY A PLACE SO THAT YOU COULD CROSS. 18:02 WELL, HOW I ASK YOU, DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT WHEN PHARAOH 18:06 AND HIS ARMY GOT INTO WHATEVER BODY OF WATER THIS IS, THAT THEY WERE DROWNED IN THE WATER ? 18:14 GOD ALWAYS PUTS SOMETHING THERE TO MAKE YOU KNOW THAT HE IS POWERFUL. 18:19 SO, MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO BELIEVE THE SCIENTISTS INSTEAD OF BELIEVING THE BIBLE. 18:24 WELL, MY QUESTION IS: HOW IS IT THAT ONE ARMY GOT THROUGH, 18:28 ONE GRAND GROUP OF PEOPLE WENT THROUGH, AND ANOTHER COMES AND GOD, 18:32 ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, CUT OFF THEIR CHARIOT WHEELS AND STUCK THEM THERE 18:38 LONG ENOUGH TO DISCONGEAL THE WATER AND LET IT BLOW OVER 18:42 THEM SO IF THERE WASN'T ENOUGH WATER THERE, TELL THE DROWNED PEOPLE OF EGYPT. 18:49 TELL THEM IT WASN'T ENOUGH. 18:52 I BELIEVE THAT GOD OPENED THE RED SEA, AND JUST WHAT GOD SAID TO JOSHUA IS TRUE, 18:58 "AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU." 19:03 SO GO DOWN TO THE RUSHING WATERS OF THE JORDAN, BUT HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT. 19:08 AND FORGIVE ME, BUT I SEE JOSHUA TALKING NOW TO A GROUP OF ELDER STATESMEN. 19:18 YOU KNOW, I'M FINALLY OLD ENOUGH NOW TO BE ONE OF THE ELDER STATESMEN. 19:21 I DON'T' KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED, I WAS TOO BUSY TO RECOGNIZE IT. 19:27 BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT THING NOW. 19:31 BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG, YOU KNOW, THE ELDER STATESMEN ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY, 19:35 "WELL, SON" -- YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN, -- "WELL SON, WE TRIED 19:43 THAT AND DON'T DO THAT, THAT DOESN'T WORK." 19:47 CAN YOU IMAGINE JOSHUA COMES TO THIS GROUP OF LEADERS AND SAYS, 19:52 "I'VE GOT A PLAN." 19:54 "WELL, WHAT IS IT ?" 19:56 "UH, WE'RE GONNA LET THE PRIESTS BRING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT 20:01 AND MARCH DOWN TO THE WATER." 20:05 "LET'S SEE, THIS IS SAD. 20:11 THIS YOUNG MAN IS GONNA TRY AND DO WHAT MOSES DID. 20:16 AND YOU KNOW, MOSES WAS HIS MENTOR, MOSES WAS HIS ROLE MODEL, 20:20 WE PROBABLY CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR WANTING TO DO IT, 20:23 BUT WHAT A TRAGEDY, HE'S GONNA BE EMBARRASSED. 20:29 LET'S JUST GO ALONG WITH IT, LET'S HUMOR HIM. 20:33 JOSHUA, SON, WHAT DID THE LORD TELL YOU WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE 20:38 PRIESTS BRING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT AND GO DOWN TO THE WATER ?" 20:43 HE SAID, "WELL, YOU PREPARE TO SEE A MIRACLE. 20:47 BECAUSE GOD TOLD ME THAT WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE 20:51 AND WHEN THE FEET OF THE PRIESTS TOUCH THE WATER, 20:55 GOD'S GONNA MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY." 21:00 "OK SON, WE'LL GO WITH YOU OK ? 21:06 AND LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS." 21:08 AND I LOVE IT WHEN THEY DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW ? 21:11 THE WORLD IS FULL OF DOUBTERS, ISN'T IT ? 21:14 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING. 21:15 YOU TELL THEM GOD ANSWERED A PRAYER. 21:17 BUT I WONDER WHAT KIND OF A BORING LIFE DO YOU LIVE 21:21 IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT GOD ANSWERS PRAYER ? 21:25 MY LIFE HAS BEEN FULL OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT, 21:28 BECAUSE WHILE GOD DOESN'T SAY YES ALL THE TIME, 21:32 IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO TALK TO HIM AND FIND OUT WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ! 21:38 SOMETIMES I GET MY FAITH SO HIGH THAT I GET EXCITED WHEN A DOOR CLOSES 21:44 BECAUSE I KNOW GOD'S GONNA MAKE ANOTHER WAY. 21:47 HE'S EITHER GONNA OPEN THAT DOOR AGAIN, OR HE'S GONNA CAUSE ANOTHER DOOR TO POP OPEN, 21:52 OR MAYBE HE'LL MAKE A HOLE IN A WALL WHERE THERE IS NO DOOR, BUT GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. 22:01 WHAT A BORING LIFE IT MUST BE TO SIT DOWN AND JUST THINK ABOUT PROBABILITIES. 22:08 YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO THINK OF SUCH THINGS SAY THAT 22:11 THE DIFFERENCE ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN ANIMALS AND MAN 22:16 IS THAT ANIMALS ONLY HAVE COGNITIVE SKILLS; 22:19 THEY CAN ONLY SEE WHAT IS. 22:21 BUT HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE TO THINK PROBABILITIES THROUGH. 22:26 SO YOU CAN GO TO A WALL AND SAY, 22:28 NOW WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT WALL WILL MOVE ? 22:35 AND OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE IN YOUR NORMAL MIND, 22:39 IF YOU ARE LOOKING WITH PHYSICAL EYES, 22:42 AND IF YOU ARE THINKING ON HUMAN TERMS, 22:46 YOU'LL SAY THE LIKELIHOOD IS PROBABLY NIL. 22:50 SO I WILL GO BACK AND SIT DOWN AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. 22:54 BUT IF YOU KNOW GOD, AND GOD HAS SAID "GO" THEN WHEN GOD SAYS GO, HIS CALLING IS AN ENABLING. 23:05 WHEN HE SAYS TO DO A THING, HE PROVIDES THE POWER WITH WHICH TO DO IT. 23:11 SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD EVEN IF THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OBSTACLE IN THE WAY, JUST MOVE. 23:17 WHEN THEY GO OUT NOW, FACING THE JORDAN, THE PRIESTS, 23:22 SEVEN OF THEM COME WITH THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 23:24 BUT YOU'VE GOTTO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NO ORDINARY BOX FOLKS. 23:29 THIS ARK OF THE COVENANT, WHICH IS COVERED WHEN THEY TRAVEL 23:33 HAS TWO ANGELS BEATEN OUT OF FINE GOLD ABOVE IT, 23:37 IN BETWEEN THEM IS CALLED THE MERCY SEAT. 23:41 IT IS A SYMBOL OF GOD'S MERCY TO HIS CHILDREN. 23:44 INSIDE OF THAT CONTAINER IS THE LAW OF GOD, 23:47 THE COMMANDS THAT GOD GIVES TO HIS CHILDREN. 23:50 "GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY THAT LOVE THY LAW", THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM." 23:55 WHEN YOU ARE WILLING TO GO IN AS GOD COMMANDS, 24:00 THERE IS A POWER THAT GOES BEFORE YOU. 24:03 BUT ABOVE THOSE ANGELS AND BETWEEN THEM IS A LIGHT THAT HAS NO POWER SOURCE. 24:11 WELL, I SHOULD SAY NO NATURAL POWER SOURCE. 24:14 AND SOME REFER TO IT AS THE SHEKINAH GLORY. 24:19 IT IS A LIGHT THAT HAS NO FUEL FLOWING TO IT, NO IGNITION THAT IS NECESSARY. 24:25 IT IS PROOF POSITIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 24:31 NOW, WOULD YOU DO A LITTLE DEDUCTIVE THINKING WITH ME ? 24:36 ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS SAYS THAT THERE IS A SCENARIO 24:39 THAT OCCURRED WHEN THEY GOT TO THE JORDAN. 24:42 AND I HAVE COME THROUGH A SUCURETOUS ROUTE TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. 24:47 IF JESUS MEETS JOSHUA, AND SAYS, "I'VE GIVEN YOU JERICHO," WOULD JESUS THEN GO AWAY ? 24:58 IF THE LORD OPENED THE RED SEA, WOULD JESUS DESERT JOSHUA WITH THE JORDAN BEFORE HIM ? 25:07 IF THE LORD SAYS TO JOSHUA, "I WILL BEGIN THIS DAY TO MAGNIFY YOU IN THE SIGHT OF ISRAEL." 25:16 AND WOULD YOU ALLOW ME JUST TO PLAY WITH THAT A LITTLE WHILE ? 25:19 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW GET OVER; 25:22 THEY READ ALL OF THESE BOOKS TRYING TO TELL THEM HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF CONVINCING, 25:27 HOW YOU CAN WIN EVERY ARGUMENT, 25:29 HOW YOU CAN BE SO ATTRACTIVE THAT NOBODY CAN RESIST YOU, 25:32 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT THE WAY TO BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO BE IS IS TO LET GOD BUILD YOU UP. 25:41 I WILL BEGIN TO MAGNIFY YOU THIS DAY. 25:44 JOSHUA MUST HAVE HAD SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IT WOULD GET ON 25:47 YOUR NERVES IF YOU WERE AN UNBELIEVER. 25:50 HE COMES OUT AND SAYS, "PRIESTS GO DOWN 25:52 AND WHEN I GIVE YOU THE SIGNAL, LET YOUR FEET TOUCH THE WATER. 25:58 Announcer: GOD IS A HUMBLING MYSTERY. 26:01 BUT A MYSTERY ISN'T SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 26:05 IT'S SIMPLY SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT. 26:08 SOMETIME OUR SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING GOD CAN PRODUCE ONLY MORE CONFUSION. 26:14 SOMETIMES GOD PASSES BY US AND WE DON'T SEE HIM. 26:19 WE LET THE WORLD GET IN THE WAY. 26:22 WHEN WE CAN'T HEAR GOD SPEAK TO US, WE LOSE OUR ABILITY TO PERCEIVE HIM. 26:28 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE GOD YOU ALWAYS WANTED IS REALLY THERE. 26:33 AND OUR OFFER THIS WEEK WILL HELP YOU KNOW HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 26:38 IT'S A SOUL AWAKENING BOOK CALLED "SEARCHING" BY CHRIS BLAKE. 26:43 GOD HAS PLACED THE YEARNING TO KNOW HIM IN EACH OF US. 26:48 KNOWING 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