Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000215
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00:01 GOD TAKES YOU UP AND SHOWS YOU
00:02 SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN 00:04 DO, AND THE VERY NEXT MOMENT, 00:06 "WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE 00:07 GONNA DO NOW, I NEED A JOB, 00:13 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW 00:13 I'M GONNA GET IT. 00:15 "WELL HOW ABOUT THAT GOD WHO 00:16 JUST ANSWERED YOUR LAST PRAYER ?" 00:18 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:24 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:28 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:34 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:42 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:46 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:51 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NO ORDINARY BOX FOLKS. 00:56 THIS ARK OF THE COVENANT, WHICH IS COVERED WHEN THEY TRAVEL, 01:01 HAS TWO ANGELS BEATEN OUT OF FINE GOLD ABOVE IT. 01:05 IN BETWEEN THEM IS CALLED THE MERCY SEAT; 01:09 IT IS A SYMBOL OF GOD'S 01:10 MERCY TO HIS CHILDREN. 01:12 INSIDE OF THAT CONTAINER 01:13 IS THE LAW OF GOD, THE COMMANDS 01:15 THAT GOD GIVES TO HIS CHILDREN. 01:17 "GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY 01:19 THAT LOVE THY LAW" THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM." 01:23 WHEN YOU ARE WILLING TO GO AS GOD COMMANDS, 01:27 THERE IS A POWER THAT GOES BEFORE YOU. 01:30 BUT ABOVE THOSE ANGELS AND BETWEEN THEM IS A LIGHT THAT HAS NO POWER SOURCE. 01:38 WELL, I SHOULD SAY NO NATURAL POWER SOURCE. 01:42 AND SOME REFER TO IT AS THE SHEKINAH GLORY. 01:46 IT IS LIGHT THAT HAS NO FUEL FLOWING TO IT, 01:50 NO IGNITION THAT IS NECESSARY; 01:53 IT IS PROOF POSITIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:58 NOW, WOULD YOU DO A LITTLE DEDUCTIVE THINKING WITH ME ? 02:03 ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS SAYS THAT THERE'S A SCENARIO THAT 02:07 OCCURRED WHEN THEY GOT TO THE JORDAN. 02:09 I HAVE COME THROUGH A SUCURETOUS ROUTE TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. 02:14 IF JESUS MEETS JOSHUA, AND SAYS, "I'VE GIVEN YOU JERICHO." 02:21 WOULD JESUS THEN GO AWAY ? 02:26 IF THE LORD OPENED THE RED SEA, 02:29 WOULD JESUS DESERT JOSHUA WITH THE JORDAN BEFORE HIM ? 02:34 IF THE LORD SAYS TO JOSHUA, "I WILL BEGIN THIS DAY TO MAGNIFY YOU IN THE SIGHT OF ISRAEL." 02:43 AND WOULD YOU ALLOW ME JUST TO PLAY WITH THAT A LITTLE WHILE ? 02:46 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OVER, 02:49 THEY READ ALL OF THESE BOOKS TRYING TO TELL THEM HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF CONVINCING, 02:54 HOW YOU CAN WIN EVERY ARGUMENT, 02:57 HOW YOU CAN BE SO ATTRACTIVE THAT NOBODY CAN RESIST YOU, 03:00 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT THE WAY TO BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO BE IS TO LET GOD BUILD YOU UP. 03:08 "I WILL BEGIN TO MAGNIFY YOU THIS DAY." 03:12 JOSHUA MUST HAVE HAD SO MUCH CONFIDENCE, 03:14 IT WOULD GET ON YOUR NERVES IF YOU WERE AN UNBELIEVER. 03:17 HE COMES OUT AND SAYS, "PRIESTS GO DOWN AND WHEN I GIVE YOU THE 03:20 SIGNAL, LET YOUR FEET TOUCH THE WATER." 03:23 AND AS THEY TAKE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT REPRESENTING THE PRESENCE OF GOD, 03:28 MY FAVORITE AUTHOR OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE SAYS, 03:32 "THAT THE SAME WARRIOR, WHO WAS CHRIST, WHO HAD COME 03:35 WITH THE SWORD DRAWN, STEPPED INTO THE JORDAN." 03:42 OH BOY, I LOVE THAT PICTURE. 03:44 I CAN SEE THAT ! 03:46 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT ONE DROPLET OF WATER MIGHT SAY TO ANOTHER ? 03:56 IF IT LOOKED DOWN INTO THE BED THAT WAS BEFORE IT AND SAID, 04:01 "DO YOU SEE WHO THAT IS ?" 04:04 "YEAH." 04:05 "YOU REMEMBER HIM ?" 04:07 "YEAH, I THINK HE'S THE ONE WHO SPOKE ME INTO EXISTENCE. 04:13 HE SPAKE AND IT WAS DONE. 04:15 HE COMMANDED AND IT STOOD FAST. 04:17 I KNOW HIM !" 04:19 "WELL, WHAT YOU GONNA DO ? 04:21 IF WE KEEP GOING LIKE THIS, WE'RE GONNA ROLL RIGHT OVER HIM." 04:23 "MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA ROLL OVER HIM, BUT I'M GONNA STAY RIGHT HERE MYSELF." 04:28 THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, 04:32 AND I SUGGEST, THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN THE WATER STOPPED THE WATER ! 04:39 SO THAT NOW, THE WATER PILES UP ON ONE SIDE AND FLOWS ON ON THE OTHER, 04:44 AND ALL OF ISRAEL MARCHES THROUGH ON DRY LAND. 04:49 BUT NOW WHEN THEY GET OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, NOW FORGIVE ME, 04:52 BUT IF I'D JUST CROSSED THE JORDAN, AND IF MY FORBEARERS HAD CROSSED THE RED SEA, 04:59 I WOULD BE PRACTICALLY INVINCIBLE. 05:04 YOU KNOW. 05:05 'COURSE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SOME OF US IN THIS VERY ROOM 05:08 HAVE HAD GOD DO SOME THINGS FOR US 05:12 THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN ANY OTHER WAY, AND YET OUR FAITH IS SO TENTATIVE. 05:21 GOD TAKES YOU UP AND SHOWS YOU SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN DO, 05:25 AND THEN, THE VERY NEXT MOMENT, "WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW. 05:32 I NEED A JOB, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GET IT." 05:36 WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT GOD WHO JUST ANSWERED YOUR LAST PRAYER ?" 05:40 YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT INTO THE COMPUTER AGE YET, 05:43 MAYBE YOU GOT A ROLODEX SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD; 05:46 ROLL THE ROLODEX, LOOK BACK IN THE FILE, 05:50 LOOK THROUGH THE FILE OF ANSWERED PRAYERS 05:53 AND RECOGNIZE THAT GOD FOR YOU IS GUARANTEED THAT YOU CANNOT BE KEPT BACK. 06:00 THE WALLS IN YOUR LIFE, THEY'RE GONNA FALL ! 06:05 JOSHUA SAID, "WHEN WE GET OVER THERE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO." 06:09 TERRIBLE PLAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT WITH HUMAN EYES AND THINK OF IT IN PROBABILITIES. 06:16 HE SAYS, "HERE'S THE PLAN. 06:19 SOLDIERS, COME. 06:22 THE PRIESTS WILL LEAD US AROUND THE WHOLE CITY 06:28 AND THE SOLDIERS WILL COME AFTER THE PRIESTS." 06:31 "EXCUSE ME, UH, GENERAL SIR. 06:36 PRIESTS FIRST ?" 06:39 YOU KNOW HOW FOLKS ARE ABOUT PREACHERS ANYWAY. 06:42 YOU KNOW, PREACHERS MAY THINK THAT THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING, 06:47 BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OK IN A PRAYER MEETING, I DON'T MIND THE PREACHERS. 06:52 "BUT SIR, THIS IS WAR. 06:55 YOU'RE GONNA LET THE PREACHERS . . ." 06:56 "WELL YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 06:58 DIDN'T WE JUST GET THROUGH THE JORDAN WITH THE PRIESTS AND THE SYMBOL OF THE POWER OF GOD ? 07:04 HOW ABOUT NOW ?" 07:06 "WELL, I GUESS." 07:08 "THE PRIESTS WILL LEAD, THE ARMY WILL FOLLOW, 07:11 THEN ALL THE PEOPLE WILL GO AROUND JERICHO ONE DAY. 07:17 THEN TWO, THEN THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, 07:23 AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY, WE'RE GOIN' AROUND SEVEN TIMES." 07:31 "JOSHUA, SON, I'LL ADMIT THAT I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE JORDAN THING. 07:42 BUT CAN'T YOU SEE THAT STRATEGICALLY THIS PLAN HAS FATAL FLAWS ? 07:49 IF WE EXPOSE OUR WHOLE POPULATION TO THESE PEOPLE OF JERICHO, 07:57 HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT ATTACK US 07:59 WHILE WE ARE SPREAD ALL AROUND WITH NO DEFENSE ? 08:03 YOU'VE GOT THE PRIESTS IN FRONT AND THEN THE ARMY, THEN THE PEOPLE. 08:07 IT COULD BE A HORRIBLE DEFEAT. 08:10 PLEASE, RETHINK THIS !" 08:13 "BUT YOU SEE SIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS NOT MY PLAN. 08:21 SEE, I MAY NOT HAVE TOLD YOU, BUT I WAS AT A PRAYER MEETING 08:26 A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND WHILE I WAS PRAYING, I FELT SOMEBODY THERE. 08:32 AND WHEN I GOT UP, MET A SOLDIER WITH HIS SWORD IN HIS HAND, 08:37 LIKE HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THE BUSINESS. 08:41 AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE WAY TO GET THE WALLS TO FALL. 08:46 SO IF YOU DON'T MIND SIR, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TOO YOU, 08:50 AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT BECAUSE LOGISTICALLY THIS DOES 08:53 NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW, JUST LET ME FOLLOW 08:58 WHAT JESUS SAID, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF GOD BE FOR YOU, NOBODY CAN STAND AGAINST YOU. 09:06 SO FORGIVE ME IF I SEEM NAIVE, BUT LET'S JUST DO IT GOD'S WAY." 09:11 OH, IF PEOPLE WOULD EVER GET ENOUGH FAITH, TO DO IT GOD'S WAY ! 09:19 I READ A BOOK AGES AGO THAT SAID AT OUR BEST, 09:25 WE ARE RIGHT ONLY 55% OF THE TIME. 09:30 NOW THE OPTIMIST WOULD SAY, "THAT'S BETTER THAN HALF." 09:36 BUT THE REALIST WOULD SAY, "THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE WRONG 45% OF THE TIME." 09:42 KIND OF EXPLAINS WHY YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE YOU KNOW. 09:48 MOST OF THE TIME YOU MAY BE RIGHT IF YOU'RE REALLY GOOD, 09:51 BUT ALMOST HALF THE TIME YOU'RE WRONG ! 09:55 WHY NOT TRY GOD'S WAY ? 09:59 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE GOD A CHANCE ? 10:02 THE FACT IS THAT WE TRUST IN SO MANY THINGS, 10:06 WE TRUST -- YOU GO AND PUT YOUR MONEY IN A BANK. 10:11 IF YOU GOT ENOUGH TO OPEN THE ACCOUNT, 10:13 IN MOST PLACES I THINK THAT'S AROUND FIFTY DOLLARS, 10:17 YOU GO PUT YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK -- YOU DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE. 10:22 BANKS HAVE BEEN CLOSING WITH REGULARITY THESE DAYS. 10:25 BUT YOU GIVE THEM YOUR LAST FIFTY AND THEY SAY, 10:29 "WELL, SIR, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO YOU NOW AN ATM CARD." 10:34 AND YOU'RE SO EXCITED ! 10:37 "WOULD YOU GIVE US A NUMBER ? 10:39 THIS WILL BE YOUR CODE. 10:40 YOU WRITE IT DOWN, WE WON'T TELL ANYONE." 10:42 YOU WRITE IT DOWN. 10:44 "NOW, WHEN YOU NEED YOUR MONEY, YOU JUST TAKE THIS CARD, 10:47 AND DON'T PUT YOUR NUMBER WITH YOUR CARD 10:49 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR CARD AND YOUR NUMBER. 10:52 AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR CARD AND YOUR NUMBER, 10:54 YOU CAN PUT YOUR CARD IN THE ATM MACHINE, AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE, 10:59 AND THEN YOU PUNCH IN YOUR CODE AND YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY." 11:03 AND HERE YOU COME, YOU DON'T TRUST IN GOD, 11:06 BUT YOU TRUST PEOPLE YOU HAVE NEVER MET, 11:08 "HERE IT IS, JUST GIVE ME MY CARD." 11:10 YOU PUT YOUR LITTLE CARD IN YOUR WALLET AND YOU'RE SO EXCITED, 11:13 YOU CAN BARELY WAIT TO GO AND USE IT, YOU KNOW. 11:16 AND HERE YOU ARE, LITTLE CAMERA LOOKIN' AT YA, 11:19 AND YOU PUT YOUR LITTLE OLD CARD IN THERE. 11:24 AND THEN YOU SAY, "WELL, I'VE ONLY GOT 50 DOLLARS IN THERE, 11:29 MAYBE I BETTER TAKE OUT, 11:31 FIFTEEN DOLLARS; IT COMES BACK AND SAYS "YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MONEY OUT IN MULTIPLES OF 20." 11:39 (laughter) 11:42 AND HERE YOU ARE, LOCKED OUTSIDE OF A BANK. 11:47 LOCKED OUTSIDE OF YOUR MONEY, AT ANOTHER BRANCH, 11:50 SOMETIMES IN ANOTHER TOWN, BUT YOU TRUST PEOPLE THAT YOU NEVER MET, 11:56 TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PLASTIC AND A NUMBER. 12:01 AND YOU'RE GOING, "WELL, I CAN GO ON A TRIP BECAUSE IF I GET 12:04 OVER THERE AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, 12:06 ALL I GOT TO DO IS TAKE MY CARD SEE, 12:08 AND PUNCH IN MY NUMBER AND ALL I GOT TO DO IS GET SOME MONEY, 12:12 SO WHEREVER I AM I GOT SOME MONEY." 12:14 YOU MEAN, YOU TRUST THAT AND YOU WON'T TRUST GOD ? 12:17 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN YOU CALL ON GOD, 12:20 THERE'S A SYSTEM THAT BEATS THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE. 12:23 I CAN GET DOWN ON MY KNEES, PUNCH IN THE AMOUNT, 12:29 THE CODE IS J-E-S-U-S AND WHATEVER I NEED, GOD WILL SUPPLY. 12:38 ALL OF MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHNESS IN GLORY, 12:44 AND YET MOST FOLKS SAY, "NAH, I CAN'T TRUST HIM NOW. 12:48 I'M JUST GONNA TRUST IN MY BANK." 12:51 THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE. 12:54 AMEN ? 12:55 WELL, IN JOSHUA, CHAPTER 6, THE STORY BEGINS TO UNWIND. 13:04 JOSHUA SAYS TO THE PEOPLE, "WHEN YOU MARCH, MARCH SILENTLY." 13:13 WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT SOME OF US COULDN'T HAVE MARCHED. 13:15 (laughter) 13:24 YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO CAN'T KEEP QUIET ? 13:29 THERE'S FOLK WHO CAN'T BE QUIET. 13:32 THEY MARCH, BUT "I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO." 13:34 "SHHH, I DON'T THINK THEY WANT US TO." 13:39 "YEAH, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU MAN, I'M MARCHING." 13:41 "SHHH." 13:43 "YEAH, BUT LOOK AT THAT BIGOL' CITY WALL, I CAN'T EVEN SEE 13:47 WHEN THE WALL ENDS; THERE'S WALL GOIN' ALL THE WAY UP IN THE CLOUDS." 13:51 "SHHH, JUST BE QUIET, SHHH, JUST MARCH, GOD SAID MARCH." 13:55 AND ONE WRITER SAYS THAT AS THEY MARCHED, 14:01 THEY BEGAN TO HEAR THE RHYTHM OF THEIR OWN FEET. 14:06 NOT JUST YOUR FEET, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S FEET. 14:11 BOY, YOU CAN START FEELING POWER EVERY TIME YOU PUT 14:14 YOUR FOOT DOWN YOU HEAR THOUSANDS OF OTHER FEET. 14:18 NOW FORGIVE ME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN GOD SENDS YOU TO DO 14:21 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE SENDS A FEW ANGELS WITH YOU. 14:25 I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR FEET MAKE NOISE OR NOT, BUT ON OCCASION, 14:28 IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THE ANGELS SAID, 14:31 "HEY, COME ON, MAKE A LITTLE NOISE HERE." 14:33 AND THE SOUND OF THEIR FEET, AND IF YOU CAN EVER SHUT UP YOUR MOUTH 14:42 YOU COULD PROBABLY START HEARING THE POWER OF GOD MARCHING ALONG 14:50 WITH THE PEOPLE AND AS YOU MARCH, YOU START FEELING POWER 14:55 AND YOU GET BACK HOME AND ALL EXCITED AND PEOPLE SAY, 14:59 "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU ?" 15:01 YOU SAY, "I'M MARCHING WITH JESUS." 15:03 "WHEN YOU LEFT YOU WEREN'T FEELING LIKE THAT." 15:06 "YEAH, BUT I'VE BEEN MARCHING WITH JESUS." 15:09 SOMETHING BEING QUIET OUT THERE. 15:13 AND AFTER THAT MARCH ONE DAY, NOW FORGIVE ME, I'M IN JERICHO NOW. 15:20 WHAT MUST THESE PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT ? 15:25 THEY'RE READY THE FIRST TIME, MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR, UP ON THE WALLS. 15:30 "WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW ?" 15:31 "GET THE MESSAGE DOWN TO THE KING. 15:33 LET HIM KNOW THAT THE ISRAELITES ARE ABOUT TO ATTACK." 15:36 "ALL THE WALLS SHUT ? 15:37 ALL THE GATES ?" 15:38 "YES, YES SIR !" 15:41 "DOORS ? 15:42 HAVE YOU CHECKED THEM SIR?" 15:43 "YES SIR ! 15:44 CLOSED SIR !" 15:47 "ARE YOU SURE ?" 15:48 "SURE SIR !" 15:49 "VERY GOOD, YOU MAY COME AT EASE NOW. 15:52 SAYS, "WELL, I'LL BE READY WITH OUR TROOPS. 15:54 EVERYONE IS STATIONED SIR. 15:55 WE ARE BATTLE READY." 15:57 "HOW DO YOU THINK THEY WILL ATTACK ?" 15:59 "WELL, IT'S HARD TO TELL. 16:00 "LET'S OBSERVE AND REACT. 16:03 WAIT FOR MY ORDER." 16:05 AND THE PEOPLE ARE MARCHING AROUND AND THEY'RE WAITING 16:06 FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, BUT ALL THEY'RE DOING IS MARCHING. 16:14 "I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 16:19 THEY'RE JUST GOING ON AROUND." 16:21 "WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE ? 16:22 GET A REPORT." 16:23 "ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE OTHER SIDE. 16:26 WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE, OTHER SIDE, OTHER SIDE." 16:29 "TELL HIM THEY'RE STILL MARCHING, STILL MARCHING, STILL MARCHING." 16:34 "ASK THEM WHERE THEY'RE GOING." 16:35 "WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHERE THEY'RE GOING." 16:39 "GOING BACK TO THEIR CAMP, BACK TO THEIR CAMP, BACK TO THEIR CAMP." 16:43 "WHAT ? 16:45 WHAT KIND OF STRATEGY IS THAT ?" 16:48 THE NEXT DAY, PROBABLY ON GOD, BUT YOU KNOW. 16:55 AROUND THE FOURTH DAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE ? 16:58 PULL THE ARMOR BACK, PUT THE SWORD DOWN. 17:04 "MAN, THIS IS SOMETHING ISN'T IT ? 17:07 GUESS THEY'RE JUST GONNA KEEP ON MARCHIN' AROUND. 17:08 WHAT DO THEY THINK WE'RE GONNA DO, GIVE UP ? 17:12 I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT." 17:13 FIFTH DAY. 17:16 "HERE THEY COME ! 17:20 LOOK, I SAW THAT GUY YESTERDAY, LOOK, SEE." 17:28 SIXTH DAY, SEVENTH DAY. 17:33 "OH MAN, YOU KNOW. 17:36 WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. 17:39 OK, THEY'RE COMING AROUND AGAIN. 17:44 MAYBE YOU BETTER SEND A MESSAGE DOWN, OK ? 17:48 THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING, BUT JUST CHECKIN." 17:52 "O.K. IS THAT THE SECOND TIME THEY'RE GOIN AROUND ?" 17:57 "WHERE'S MY, OK, I GOT IT, OK." 18:02 "FIFTH TIME NOW, HUH ?" 18:06 "OKAY, THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE BUT I DON'T KNOW." 18:10 "YEAH." 18:12 "SEVENTH TIME NOW ?" 18:14 "DO YOU FEEL THAT ?" 18:20 "I DON'T KNOW." 18:22 "ARE YOU . . . IS EVERYBODY." 18:27 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WALLS THAT WERE IMPENETRABLE. 18:33 WALLS THAT THEY REPORTED SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY REACHED TO HEAVEN, COME DOWN. 18:42 THEY FALL FLAT. 18:45 JOSHUA SAYS TO THE PEOPLE MARCHING, "WHEN YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HORNS, SHOUT !" 18:53 STICK WITH ME. 18:54 HE TOLD THEM TO SHOUT BEFORE THE WALLS FELL. 18:59 THE PROBLEM WITH US IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO WAIT 19:02 UNTIL GOD DOES SOMETHING TO SHOUT ! 19:06 IF GOD TELLS YOU HE'S GONNA DO IT, THEN YOU CAN DEPEND UPON IT. 19:10 IF THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 31, 19:16 "IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US ?" 19:20 WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED ? 19:23 PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD OUGHT TO BE SOME OF THE MOST 19:24 TRIUMPHANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE GOD HAS ALREADY TOLD 19:28 YOU THAT IF YOU'RE ON HIS SIDE, HE CAN TAKE WALLS DOWN. 19:34 ONE WRITER SAYS THAT IF THOSE WALLS HAD BEEN SO DEEPLY 19:38 EMBEDDED THAT THEY WENT TO THE CORE OF THE EARTH, 19:42 AND IF THEY HAD BEEN SO HIGH THAT THEY REACHED UP TO HEAVEN, 19:46 GOD STILL WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM DOWN 19:51 BECAUSE THERE IS NO WALL THAT IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM OUT. 19:58 NOW STICK WITH ME. 20:01 THIS MARCHING IS ALSO SYMBOLIC. 20:05 FOR THE CITY OF JERICHO WAS KNOWN FOR THE VILEST KIND OF WORSHIP AND IDOLATRY. 20:13 IT WAS THE SEAT OF IDOL WORSHIP; 20:16 THE GODDESS OF THE MOON WAS LIFTED HIGHER THAN THE GOD OF HEAVEN. 20:21 AND THESE PEOPLE WOULD WORSHIP IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE HAIR STAND UP ON YOUR HEAD. 20:27 IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WORSHIP; 20:30 IT WAS LICENTIOUS, IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS. 20:34 THEY HAD ALLOWED THEIR WEALTH AND THEIR RICHNESS TO GET TO THEIR HEADS. 20:38 THEY THOUGHT THAT NOTHING COULD TAKE THEM DOWN. 20:42 THEY THOUGHT THAT THEIR WALLS WERE SO THICK AND SO POWERFUL; 20:47 THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SO PROTECTED WHEN THEIR GATES WERE CLOSED, 20:50 THAT EVEN WHEN THEY HEARD THAT GOD, WHO HAD BUILT A PATH THROUGH THE RED SEA, 20:55 AND WHO HAD OPENED UP THE JORDAN, 20:57 THEY SAID, "NO MATTER WHAT HE DID, HE MAY HAVE TAKEN OUT THE KINGS OF THE AMORITES, 21:02 HE MAY HAVE TURNED THEM UPSIDE DOWN BUT HE WILL NEVER GET THROUGH THESE WALLS. 21:07 SHUT THE GATES AND LOCK GOD OUT ! 21:13 THE ONLY ONE THAT WE CAN RECORD IN THAT WHOLE CITY 21:18 WHO WAS IN TOUCH WITH REALITY WAS A HARLOT NAMED RAHAB, 21:24 WHICH GOES TO SHOW YOU, YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. 21:31 THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO GO TO CHURCH EVERY TIME THEY GET A CHANCE, 21:34 WHOSE LIVES ARE AS ROTTEN AS THEY CAN BE. 21:37 AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHOM SOCIETY LOOKS DOWN UPON WHO 21:41 HAVE MORE GOODNESS IN THEIR HEARTS THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE. 21:44 LEARN NOT TO JUDGE PEOPLE BY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE 21:47 OR BY WHAT THEIR PROFESSION MAY BE, 21:49 BECAUSE GOD CAN TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF ANYPLACE WHO ARE DOING 21:53 ANYTHING AND IF THEY SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO HIM, 21:56 GOD CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THEM ! 21:59 TRACE YOUR WAY IF YOU DARE TO THE PROGENITORS OF CHRIST AND YOU WILL FIND THIS VERY RAHAB, 22:07 WHOM GOD PUT IN THE STREAM OF FAMILY THAT WOULD BRING JESUS TO THE EARTH. 22:13 THIS WOMAN, WHO WAS A WOMAN OF ILL REPUTE, 22:16 GOD SHOWS YOU THROUGH HER THAT IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD, 22:20 NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO YOU. 22:24 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ? 22:27 SO THE WOMAN RAHAB SAYS, "I KNOW GOD'S GETTING READY TO TAKE THIS CITY." 22:32 IN FACT, SHE TOLD THE SPIES, 22:34 "WHEN YOU COME BACK, SAVE ME AND MY FAMILY." 22:37 SPIES SAID, "PUT YOUR FAMILY IN YOUR HOUSE. 22:40 PUT A CORD OUT OF THE WINDOW, MAKE IT RED." 22:43 YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY THOUGHT OF IT. 22:47 "AND WHEN WE GET THERE, WE WILL SAVE YOU BECAUSE YOU KNEW, 22:52 YOU COULD SEE WITH EYES OTHER THAN YOUR PHYSICAL EYES. 22:55 YOU HAD ENOUGH FAITH EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING FOR YOU, 22:59 YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO THE BIBLE RECORDS, 23:03 WHO KNEW THAT GOD WAS ABOUT TO TAKE THE CITY." 23:06 BUT THE PEOPLE OF JERICHO THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD LOCK GOD OUT. 23:12 YOU CANNOT ! 23:14 THE SYMBOLISM IS SIMPLE. 23:17 THE NAME JOSHUA COMES FROM THE SAME ROOT AS THE NAME JESUS. 23:24 SO IF YOU WILL, IT WAS JESUS IN SYMBOL, MARCHING AROUND SIN, IN SYMBOL. 23:36 A CITY OF SIN THAT LOCKED ITS GATES 23:41 AND TRUSTED ITS WALLS THAT THE POWER OF JESUS CAN'T GET IN. 23:49 IF YOU THINK SO, THINK AGAIN. 23:53 BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME HABIT 23:57 IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONQUER. 24:02 LET JESUS MARCH AROUND IT. 24:06 OPEN THE DOOR AND LET HIM IN. 24:08 SAY, "JESUS, I TRIED. 24:10 THE WALLS ARE TOO HIGH FOR ME. 24:13 BUT I HEARD ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, COME ON IN AND MARCH." 24:17 ONE WRITER SAYS THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN ISRAEL 24:21 WOULD MARCH AROUND JERICHO, BEFORE THE SUN HAD COME UP 24:27 AND WHILE THE EERIE GRAY OF MORNING WAS STILL DOMINANT, 24:33 YOU COULD SEE THE LIGHT FROM THE SHEKINAH GLORY 24:36 COVERED OVER AS THE PRIESTS CARRIED IT; 24:39 SHINING AND BOUNCING OFF THE BADGES OF THE PRIESTS 24:43 AS THEY MARCHED IN THE EARLY MORNING GRAY. 24:47 IT WAS NOT THE POWER OF THE SUN, S-U-N, 24:51 BUT THE POWER OF THE SON, S-O-N 24:54 THAT LIT UP THE HOPE OF THOSE MORNINGS. 24:58 AND I SAY TO YOU, RIGHT THIS MOMENT, 25:01 THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE THAT JESUS CANNOT CONQUER 25:07 IF YOU LET HIM IN, AND LET HIM MARCH. 25:13 THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOUR WALLS WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOU, 25:18 MY WALLS WILL NOT RESPOND TO ME. 25:22 BUT THEY KNOW WHO JESUS IS. 25:27 JESUS TAKES DOWN WALLS, AND IF YOU LET HIM MARCH -- SOME 25:32 SCHOLARS SUGGEST THAT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE PERFECT NUMBER OF DAYS, 25:37 AND THE SEVENTH TIME ON THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE PERFECT NUMBER OF TIMES. 25:41 SO, FORGET THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WHEN 25:44 JESUS HAS MARCHED INTO YOUR HEART AND HAS MADE THE 25:48 PERFECT NUMBER OF CIRCUITS AROUND YOUR PROBLEM. 25:53 WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM IS, IT WILL CRUMBLE, 25:57 THE WALLS WILL FALL AND YOU WILL HAVE VICTORY, 26:02 BECAUSE JESUS IS THE ONE WHO'S MARCHING. 26:07 NOW THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE THAT YOU CAN'T GET OVER ? 26:13 WHAT IS THE HABIT IN YOUR LIFE ? 26:15 REMEMBER THE ONE YOU GOT OVER SIX YEARS AGO ? 26:20 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DID NOT REALLY START THE PROBLEM, 26:27 SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO END IT. 26:31 BUT IF YOU WILL TRUST JESUS, AND LET HIM MARCH, 26:36 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HE CAN SURROUND YOUR PROBLEM, 26:41 AND MARCH, AND WITH POWER THAT IS BEYOND BELIEF, 26:46 THE WALLS WILL HEAR HIM AND FEEL HIM AND FALL. 26:53 HE IS THE ANSWER. 26:56 Announcer: THE GOD YOU ALWAYS WANTED IS REALLY THERE. 26:58 AND OUR OFFER THIS WEEK WILL HELP YOU KNOW HIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 27:03 IT'S A BOOK CALLED "SEARCHING" BY CHRIS BLAKE. 27:05 JUST CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 27:09 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:13 THE BOOK IS YOUR'S FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:16 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:18 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077 27:28 ♪ LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 27:33 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:35 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE 27:37 WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:43 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, 27:45 WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 27:46 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 27:49 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A 27:51 BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 27:52 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST 27:54 IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 27:58 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 28:09 ♪ OF ALL THE GLORY. ♪ 28:14 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY. ♪ 28:21 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ |
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