GOD CAN LOOK INTO YOUR FUTURE, 00:00:01.60\00:00:04.70 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 00:00:04.70\00:00:07.86 AND PLAN FOR YOUR NEEDS IN THE FUTURE NOW. 00:00:07.86\00:00:14.16 SO, SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING 00:00:14.16\00:00:15.86 TO YOU NOW, MAY NOT MAKE 00:00:15.86\00:00:18.56 SENSE NOW, BUT IT WILL 00:00:18.56\00:00:21.30 MAKE SENSE BY AND BY. 00:00:21.30\00:00:23.83 ? PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ? 00:00:23.83\00:00:29.96 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:29.96\00:00:34.16 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:00:34.16\00:00:39.70 ? HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ? 00:00:39.70\00:00:47.56 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:00:47.56\00:00:52.10 ? WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ? 00:00:52.10\00:00:58.43 TURN WITH ME IF YOU WILL, TO THE BOOK OF ESTHER, CHAPTER 6; 00:00:58.43\00:01:06.20 AND THERE YOU WILL FIND THE 00:01:06.20\00:01:08.00 WORDS THAT WILL INTRODUCE US 00:01:08.00\00:01:10.80 TO OUR THOUGHT FOR TONIGHT. 00:01:10.80\00:01:13.66 ESTHER, CHAPTER 6, AND 00:01:13.66\00:01:17.20 LET ME BEGIN WITH VERSE ONE, 00:01:17.20\00:01:18.80 I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY, "OVERNIGHT." 00:02:02.06\00:02:06.30 "OVERNIGHT." 00:02:06.30\00:02:08.03 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 00:02:08.03\00:02:10.76 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME WITH EMPTY CUPS. 00:02:10.76\00:02:15.40 WE COME NEEDING TO KNOW FOR A CERTAINTY THAT IF GOD BE FOR US, 00:02:15.40\00:02:23.06 NO ONE CAN BE AGAINST US. 00:02:23.06\00:02:26.06 AND SO WE LOOK TO THY WORD AND WE TRUST THAT BEFORE WE HAVE 00:02:26.06\00:02:30.56 LEFT THIS PLACE THAT OUR HEARTS WILL BE LIFTED AND OUR COURAGE SHALL HAVE INCREASED. 00:02:30.56\00:02:37.80 WE TRUST IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOD IS THE GIVER OF EVERY GOOD 00:02:37.80\00:02:41.23 AND PERFECT GIFT SO OUR CUPS ARE LIFTED HIGH 00:02:41.23\00:02:45.76 AND WE TRUST THAT THEY SHALL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING, 00:02:45.76\00:02:49.63 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 00:02:49.63\00:02:54.53 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING STORIES IN THE WORD OF GOD. 00:02:54.53\00:03:01.76 IT BEGINS WITH WHAT MIGHT BE UNDERSTOOD AS AN EARLY 00:03:01.76\00:03:08.46 REVELATION OF GENDER EQUALITY. 00:03:08.46\00:03:14.06 THE FACT IS THAT KING XERXES AHASUERUS, AS HE IS CALLED 00:03:14.06\00:03:18.73 IN THE SCRIPTURES, HAD CALLED A BANQUET. 00:03:18.73\00:03:24.26 HE HAD CALLED IT FOR HIS NOBLES AND FOR THE GREATS IN HIS 00:03:24.26\00:03:30.46 KINGDOM. IT WOULD LAST, ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS, FOR 00:03:30.46\00:03:36.30 180 DAYS. MAYBE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE FOR THE WHOLE TIME, 00:03:36.30\00:03:38.93 MAYBE SOME CAME AND OTHERS CAME LATER, 00:03:38.93\00:03:41.50 BUT THIS WENT ON FOR A TIME THAT IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE FOR US 00:03:41.50\00:03:48.46 NOW. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS AS PART OF THIS CELEBRATION, 00:03:48.46\00:03:53.33 ANOTHER WONDERFUL GATHERING OF WOMEN WHO CAME TOGETHER WITH THE 00:03:53.33\00:04:01.76 QUEEN, VASHTI. AND AS THEY FEASTED, ONE SCHOLAR SUGGESTS, 00:04:01.76\00:04:06.26 THEY FEASTED ONLY FOR LIFTING THE NAME OF THE KING. 00:04:06.26\00:04:12.53 NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT A KING WOULD WANT TO DO MORE 00:04:12.53\00:04:15.60 WITH HIS RESOURCES THAN THAT, BUT SOME PEOPLE'S EGOS NEED TO 00:04:15.60\00:04:22.43 BE FED. EVIDENTLY THIS KING XERXES WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. 00:04:22.43\00:04:26.06 AND SO HE SAID, "LET'S HAVE A FEAST AND LET'S HONOR ME. 00:04:26.06\00:04:30.83 LET'S SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT I'VE GOT, 00:04:30.83\00:04:35.73 LET'S SHOW THEM HOW POWERFUL I AM, 00:04:35.73\00:04:39.13 LET'S BRING MY FRIENDS AND PARADE THEM IN FRONT OF 00:04:39.13\00:04:44.00 EVERYBODY. LET SHOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THIS KINGDOM AND LET THEM SEE THAT I AM ABOVE IT 00:04:44.00\00:04:52.83 ALL." AND SO, THEY BEGAN WITH THEIR FEASTING 00:04:52.83\00:04:55.60 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IT IS APPARENT THAT THEY BEGAN 00:04:55.60\00:05:00.70 TO GO INTO SOME ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONTRAINDICATED. 00:05:00.70\00:05:06.06 THEY BEGAN TO TAKE VESSELS, SOME WOULD SUGGEST, 00:05:06.06\00:05:08.80 VESSELS THAT WERE HOLY, BUT IT IS NOT TOO CLEAR. 00:05:08.80\00:05:11.76 IN FACT, I WOULD NOT REST MY REPUTATION ON IT. 00:05:11.76\00:05:14.60 BUT FROM WHATEVER CONTAINERS THEY CHOSE, 00:05:14.60\00:05:17.63 THEY APPARENTLY DRANK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 00:05:17.63\00:05:20.86 THAT ROBBED THEM OF THEIR WISDOM. 00:05:20.86\00:05:25.10 AND WHEN THEY WERE SUFFICIENTLY DRUNK, 00:05:25.10\00:05:29.50 THEY BEGAN TO DO THINGS THAT WERE NOT WISE. 00:05:29.50\00:05:32.50 THAT IS NOT A STRANGE STORY, IS IT ? 00:05:32.50\00:05:36.20 AMONG THOSE PEOPLE WHO MET, THERE WERE THOSE WHO WERE 00:05:36.20\00:05:39.26 IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THE KING HAD. 00:05:39.26\00:05:41.83 WHEN YOU READ THIS STORY AND THE COLORS THAT WERE THERE, 00:05:41.83\00:05:45.83 IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND HOW THEY ARE TRANSLATED 00:05:45.83\00:05:48.40 INTO THE KING JAMES VERSION, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY IS ALMOST 00:05:48.40\00:05:53.66 COLORBLIND. BUT THE FACT IS, THAT THE COLORS TRANSLATE 00:05:53.66\00:05:56.23 DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU GO AND CHECK THEM OUT. 00:05:56.23\00:05:58.30 IT APPEARS THAT THE SHUSHAN PALACE WAS A PLACE OF CONSUMMATE 00:05:58.30\00:06:03.66 BEAUTY. DARK BLUE STONE WITH GOLD AND SILVER ORNAMENTATION, 00:06:03.66\00:06:08.73 IT HAD PURPLE AND WHITE AWNINGS AND THE FURNISHINGS MATCHED THE AWNINGS AND THE OTHER COLORS. 00:06:08.73\00:06:17.13 THEY WOULD DRINK NOT FROM NORMAL GLASSES OR CONTAINERS, 00:06:17.13\00:06:21.83 BUT EACH ONE WAS CARVED DIFFERENTLY. 00:06:21.83\00:06:24.50 YOU DRANK IN FACT FROM AN OBSHEDAT, 00:06:24.50\00:06:28.33 AND EVERYONE WAS SATISFIED. 00:06:28.33\00:06:31.53 SO NOW, IN THE MIDST OF THEIR WONDERFUL BANQUET, SOMEONE MAY 00:06:31.53\00:06:38.03 HAVE SUGGESTED, "OH KING, YOU HAVE SHOWED US EVERYTHING ELSE, 00:06:38.03\00:06:40.93 WE HAVE HEARD OF THE BEAUTY OF THE QUEEN. 00:06:40.93\00:06:46.40 COULD IT BE THAT WHILE THE WOMEN ARE MEETING THERE, 00:06:46.40\00:06:48.90 AND WE ARE MEETING HERE, 00:06:48.90\00:06:50.80 COULD IT BE THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO LOOK UPON THE BEAUTY OF 00:06:50.80\00:06:56.56 THE QUEEN ?" AND, AS HIS WIT HAD DEPARTED FROM HIM, HE SAID, 00:06:56.56\00:07:02.70 "OF COURSE, I WILL CAUSE HER TO COME NOW." 00:07:02.70\00:07:07.60 NOW IT APPEARS THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR SOCIETY 00:07:07.60\00:07:12.10 IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE WOMEN TO COME INTO PUBLIC, 00:07:12.10\00:07:16.43 CERTAINLY NOT FOR DISPLAY, AS THESE WOULD SUGGEST TO THE KING. 00:07:16.43\00:07:21.86 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE BURIED YOUR BRAIN UNDERNEATH A SUBSTANCE 00:07:21.86\00:07:26.73 THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE, IT'S NO WONDER WHAT YOU WILL DECIDE 00:07:26.73\00:07:31.30 TO DO. AND SO, HE DECIDES TO MAKE THE CALL. 00:07:31.30\00:07:34.53 HE DOES IT ASKING SEVEN TO GO AND FETCH HER, ASKING THEM 00:07:34.53\00:07:40.86 PUBLICLY. I HAVE LEARNED IN THESE YEARS OF MARRIAGE, 00:07:40.86\00:07:43.86 AND I HAVE NOW APPROACHED 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. 00:07:43.86\00:07:46.93 I HAVE LEARNED THAT SOME THINGS THAT ARE BEST DISCUSSED 00:07:46.93\00:07:53.56 PRIVATELY. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH A PRIVATE 00:07:53.56\00:07:58.73 DISCUSSION. WHEN THE PRIVATE DISCUSSION IS OVER, YOU CAN COME FORTH AND DECLARE MANY WONDERFUL 00:07:58.73\00:08:03.66 THINGS. NO ONE KNOWS HOW THEY HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED; 00:08:03.66\00:08:06.06 IT'S NOT THEIR BUSINESS. 00:08:06.06\00:08:09.10 BUT WHEN YOU MAKE PRIVATE BUSINESS PUBLIC, 00:08:09.10\00:08:13.63 YOU ARE FLIRTING WITH DISASTER. 00:08:13.63\00:08:16.96 NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE SEVEN MESSENGERS GOING NOW TO THE 00:08:16.96\00:08:22.13 QUEEN'S RESIDENCE AND SAYING IN SOME FASHION THAT WAS NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE TO 00:08:22.13\00:08:27.73 HER, "THE KING WISHES FOR YOU TO COME NOW AND SHOW HIS FRIENDS 00:08:27.73\00:08:37.46 YOUR BEAUTY." NOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUDGE EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE BY MINE, 00:08:37.46\00:08:42.16 BUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I GREW UP, 00:08:42.16\00:08:46.40 WE HAD CERTAIN WAYS OF VERBALLY PUNCTUATING TENSE SITUATIONS. 00:08:46.40\00:08:53.00 WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, AND EVERYBODY KNEW 00:08:53.00\00:08:55.63 THAT SOMETHING WAS CALLED FOR IN RESPONSE, 00:08:55.63\00:09:00.10 SOMEBODY MIGHT JUST SAY, "MMM." 00:09:00.10\00:09:05.90 CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THOSE LADIES GATHERED TOGETHER, 00:09:05.90\00:09:08.86 HAVING ENJOYED THE LARGESS OF THE QUEEN, 00:09:08.86\00:09:12.16 AND NOW AN INTERRUPTION COMES, 00:09:12.16\00:09:15.73 AND THE KING SENDS SEVEN PEOPLE TO SAY, "COME NOW." 00:09:15.73\00:09:19.50 QUEEN VASHTI IS NOT DISPOSED TO ANSWER SO QUICKLY, 00:09:19.50\00:09:23.56 AND SO SHE MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, 00:09:23.56\00:09:26.83 "I'LL BE THERE, EVENTUALLY." 00:09:26.83\00:09:33.26 NOW THE LADIES, "I GUESS HE UNDERSTANDS THAT !" 00:09:33.26\00:09:41.43 I WOULD NOT GO SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST THAT QUEEN VASHTI 00:09:41.43\00:09:44.33 MAY HAVE SNAPPED HER FINGERS AND SAID THAT. 00:09:44.33\00:09:47.56 THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH, WOULDN'T IT ? 00:09:47.56\00:09:49.63 BUT THINK ABOUT IT, NOT A BAD SCENARIO. 00:09:49.63\00:09:53.26 SO NOW, THE PLOT THICKENS. 00:09:53.26\00:09:57.06 THE WORD GOES BACK NOW TO THE KING. 00:09:57.06\00:09:59.20 IF THE KING HAD BEEN POSSESSED OF HIS SENSES, 00:09:59.20\00:10:01.66 HE WOULD ONCE AGAIN HAVE SAID, 00:10:01.66\00:10:03.33 "COME, WHISPER, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED." 00:10:03.33\00:10:06.06 BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY, 00:10:06.06\00:10:09.50 "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ? 00:10:09.50\00:10:10.90 WHERE IS THE QUEEN ?" 00:10:10.90\00:10:12.16 "WELL, UH, YOUR HIGHNESS, COULD WE. . ." 00:10:12.16\00:10:14.60 "NO, NO, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS, TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED." 00:10:14.60\00:10:21.53 "YOUR HIGHNESS, UH, THE QUEEN IS, HOW CAN I SAY THIS, 00:10:21.53\00:10:28.96 NOT DISPOSED TO COME JUST NOW." 00:10:28.96\00:10:32.23 AND NOW, THE GUYS TALK. 00:10:32.23\00:10:34.03 SEE LADIES, WE TALK ABOUT YOUR LITTLE SOCIETY ALL THE TIME 00:10:34.03\00:10:38.33 AND WE MAKE FUN OF IT, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS THAT MORE PREACHERS ARE MEN THAN WOMEN, 00:10:38.33\00:10:42.96 BUT LET ME LET YOU IN ON SOME OF OUR SECRETS. 00:10:42.96\00:10:46.00 THERE IS NO PLACE WORSE FOR GOSSIP THAN A BARBERSHOP. 00:10:46.00\00:10:51.53 COME ON BRETHREN, LET'S GET REAL; THIS IS A TIME OF EQUALITY 00:10:51.53\00:10:55.50 NOW. AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF MECHANISMS THAT WE CARRY ON IN A 00:10:55.50\00:11:00.06 BARBERSHOP. PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT HAVE NO TRUTH IN THEM 00:11:00.06\00:11:03.60 WHATEVER. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO TELL 00:11:03.60\00:11:06.43 YOU THAT EVERY TIME I GO HOME MY WIFE KNOWS I HAD BETTER HEAR 00:11:06.43\00:11:11.10 SOME POTS MAKING NOISE ON THE STOVE, MY SLIPPERS OUGHT TO BE 00:11:11.10\00:11:16.76 AT THE DOOR AND MY NEWSPAPER." 00:11:16.76\00:11:18.90 NOW YOU FOLLOW A MAN LIKE THAT HOME AND YOU WILL DISCOVER 00:11:18.90\00:11:21.30 THAT THE ONLY LAST WORD THAT HE HAS IS 00:11:21.30\00:11:24.10 "YES MA'AM". 00:11:24.10\00:11:25.56 (laughter) 00:11:25.56\00:11:28.43 BECAUSE A MAN WHO HAS WISDOM WOULD NEVER SAY 00:11:28.43\00:11:31.70 ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN PUBLIC. 00:11:31.70\00:11:34.10 THAT THE WAY YOU STAY MARRIED IS TO NOT DISCUSS THOSE THINGS. 00:11:34.10\00:11:38.26 IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS. 00:11:38.26\00:11:39.80 BUT MEN ALSO REACT, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ? 00:11:39.80\00:11:43.40 SO NOW, I CAN HEAR THE BRETHREN, 00:11:43.40\00:11:45.60 "MAN, THAT'S SOME SERIOUS STUFF. 00:11:45.60\00:11:48.96 THE KING CAN'T EVEN MAKE THE QUEEN COME. 00:11:48.96\00:11:54.06 KIND OF ROUGH, YOU KNOW. 00:11:54.06\00:11:56.30 HE CAN COMMAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN PROVINCES, 00:11:56.30\00:12:01.40 BUT ONE WOMAN HE CANNOT COMMAND. 00:12:01.40\00:12:05.50 PERHAPS HE IS NOT THE LEADER WE THOUGHT HIM TO BE." 00:12:05.50\00:12:09.30 AND THE WHISPERS GROW LOUDER AND LOUDER 00:12:09.30\00:12:11.73 WITH THOSE BASS AND BARITONE VOICES JOINING TOGETHER. 00:12:11.73\00:12:16.33 NOW THE KING IS DISTURBED. 00:12:16.33\00:12:18.56 HE SAYS, "YOU TELL HER THAT I SAID COME. . ." 00:12:18.56\00:12:20.36 AND I DON'T READ THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE REQUEST, 00:12:20.36\00:12:23.70 BUT HE BEGINS NOW TO TALK WITH HIS LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 00:12:23.70\00:12:27.03 p 00:12:23.70\00:12:27.03 "BRING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HERE. 00:12:27.03\00:12:29.13 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE CANNOT 00:12:29.13\00:12:32.26 ALLOW THIS TO BE." LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY WAY BACK THEN, 00:12:32.26\00:12:34.90 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, THEY SAY, 00:12:34.90\00:12:37.83 "IF THE QUEEN DOES NOT HAVE TO OBEY THE KING, 00:12:37.83\00:12:41.43 WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE REGULAR LITTLE HOUSES ? 00:12:41.43\00:12:45.43 IF THE QUEEN CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS -- WHAT WILL THE REGULAR 00:12:45.43\00:12:48.73 WIVES DO WHEN THEIR HUSBANDS DEMAND THAT SOMETHING HAPPEN ?" 00:12:48.73\00:12:52.90 NOW THAT SOUNDS OUT OF PLACE IN NINETEEN NINETY WHATEVER THIS 00:12:52.90\00:12:58.33 MIGHT BE. BUT THINK ABOUT IT, THERE IS AN INFLUENCE. 00:12:58.33\00:13:01.50 I WAS AT HOME WITH AN ILLNESS FOR A WHILE, 00:13:01.50\00:13:05.26 AND I WAS CONDEMNED TO WATCH TALK SHOWS. 00:13:05.26\00:13:08.73 (laughter) 00:13:08.73\00:13:12.20 I DON'T WANT TO CONDEMN EVERYBODY THE SAME, 00:13:12.20\00:13:13.96 BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE IS ONE, 00:13:13.96\00:13:16.63 AND MAYBE IN A STRETCH TWO, THAT MAY HAVE SUBSTANCE. 00:13:16.63\00:13:21.36 ALL THE REST, SHEER FOOLISHNESS. 00:13:21.36\00:13:26.83 PEOPLE TRYING TO OUT TALK EACH OTHER, 00:13:26.83\00:13:28.56 AND BE LOUDER THAN EACH OTHER. 00:13:28.56\00:13:30.26 IN FACT, I HEARD A MAN TALKING ON A PAY PHONE IN AN AIRPORT 00:13:30.26\00:13:35.86 TRYING TO CONVINCE SOME TALK SHOW DEPARTMENT THAT HE SHOULD 00:13:35.86\00:13:41.40 BE ON THE PROGRAM, AND HE GUARANTEED THEM THAT HE WOULD TELL ALL OF HIS BUSINESS. 00:13:41.40\00:13:44.06 THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ! 00:13:44.06\00:13:46.36 AND I BELIEVE THAT TALK SHOWS, 00:13:46.36\00:13:48.40 THOSE THAT ARE NOT WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE, 00:13:48.40\00:13:50.46 HAVE INFLUENCED CONVERSATION AND COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT 00:13:50.46\00:13:55.60 SOCIETY. SO NOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE KIND AND 00:13:55.60\00:13:58.60 COURTEOUS SPEAKING IN WAYS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER, 00:13:58.60\00:14:02.46 'CAUSE NOW EVERYBODY THINKS THAT'S HOW YOU OUGHT TO TALK. 00:14:02.46\00:14:05.73 FOLK LET ME TELL YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE ON SOME TALK SHOW, 00:14:05.73\00:14:08.43 KEEP YOUR BUSINESS TO YOURSELF. 00:14:08.43\00:14:11.73 YOU KNOW, DON'T GET ON TV. . . 00:14:11.73\00:14:13.90 AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO -- IF SOMEONE CAME UP 00:14:13.90\00:14:17.00 TO ME AND SAID, "LOOK I WANT YOU TO COME ON TELEVISION AND YOU'RE 00:14:17.00\00:14:18.43 GONNA MEET SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA SURPRISE YOU." 00:14:18.43\00:14:20.73 OH NO ! 00:14:20.73\00:14:21.60 NOT ON TELEVISION. 00:14:21.60\00:14:24.30 NOT ME ! 00:14:24.30\00:14:26.33 IF SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME, I WANT TO BE WAY AWAY IN THE 00:14:26.33\00:14:29.73 CORNER SOMEWHERE SO I CAN REACT WITHOUT YOUR SEEING IT. 00:14:29.73\00:14:33.23 THAT'S FOOLISHNESS ! 00:14:33.23\00:14:35.50 WELL, THE PUBLIC NOW IS MADE AWARE OF THIS AND THEY ARE 00:14:35.50\00:14:42.03 RIGHT. IF THE QUEEN CAN SAY NO TO THE KING, 00:14:42.03\00:14:44.23 THEN SOME LITTLE LADY WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO SAY THAT TO HER HUSBAND FOR THE LONGEST TIME 00:14:44.23\00:14:48.16 "I DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY ? 00:14:48.16\00:14:50.46 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ? 00:14:50.46\00:14:52.43 YOU'RE NOT MY DADDY." 00:14:52.43\00:14:56.46 IF SHE HEARS ABOUT THIS, THERE WILL BE A ROUGH TIME IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE TONIGHT. 00:14:56.46\00:15:02.23 SO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT GETS TOGETHER. 00:15:02.23\00:15:03.83 THEY SAID "HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO. 00:15:03.83\00:15:05.03 WE CAN DISPOSE OF THE QUEEN. 00:15:05.03\00:15:06.56 WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT SHE WILL NEVER COME AGAIN TO SEE YOU. 00:15:06.56\00:15:09.56 IN FACT, WE CAN DECLARE HER NO LONGER THE QUEEN AND FILL THE SPOT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 00:15:09.56\00:15:16.26 SO VASHTI IS SET ASIDE. 00:15:16.26\00:15:20.03 IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS SERENDIPITY, 00:15:20.03\00:15:26.40 THAT'S A CUTE LITTLE WORD THAT MEANS SOMETHING THAT JUST 00:15:26.40\00:15:29.83 HAPPENED, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. 00:15:29.83\00:15:33.70 GOD WATCHES OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THOSE WHO CLAIM HIS NAME, 00:15:33.70\00:15:40.93 AND SINCE GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, 00:15:40.93\00:15:46.76 GOD CAN LOOK INTO YOUR FUTURE, 00:15:46.76\00:15:50.60 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO NEED, 00:15:50.60\00:15:53.80 AND PLAN FOR YOUR NEEDS IN THE FUTURE, NOW. 00:15:53.80\00:16:00.13 SO, SOMETHINTHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU NOW, 00:16:00.13\00:16:03.90 MAY NOT MAKE SENSE NOW, BUT IT'LL MAKE SENSE BY AND BY. 00:16:03.90\00:16:10.53 SO NOW, WHAT IS GOD DOING HERE ? 00:16:10.53\00:16:13.43 WE HAVE MADE OUR THESIS CLEAR; 00:16:13.43\00:16:16.86 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, NOBODY CAN BE AGAINST YA. 00:16:16.86\00:16:21.36 IF GOD IS FOR YOU, SINCE GOD IS NOT ENCAPSULATED IN TIME, 00:16:21.36\00:16:26.00 SINCE GOD CAN EXTRAPOLATE HIMSELF FROM TIME, 00:16:26.00\00:16:29.63 AND WALK INTO THE FUTURE OR FOR THAT MATTER, GO BACK IN TIME, 00:16:29.63\00:16:33.86 HE IS NOT A CREATURE TRAPPED BY TIME, 00:16:33.86\00:16:36.56 HE CREATED TIME ! 00:16:36.56\00:16:39.43 SO NOW, HE CAN GO INTO YOUR FUTURE, DETERMINE WHAT YOU NEED, 00:16:39.43\00:16:43.23 PLANT THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE BY DOING THINGS IN YOUR PRESENT. 00:16:43.23\00:16:47.93 THAT'S WHY I SERVE GOD. 00:16:47.93\00:16:50.43 IN FACT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU BOTHER GOD'S CHILDREN. 00:16:50.43\00:16:53.96 YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT NOW, 00:16:53.96\00:16:55.76 BUT GOD WILL LET IT SLIDE NOW, 00:16:55.76\00:16:58.30 AND PUT THE PUNISHMENT DOWN THERE. 00:16:58.30\00:17:01.30 SO YOU ARE HEADED FOR A PROBLEM. 00:17:01.30\00:17:03.40 WHAT YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP. 00:17:03.40\00:17:06.80 IT'S GOD'S COMMAND. 00:17:06.80\00:17:09.50 SO NOW IF YOU THINK THAT THIS CHANGE OF QUEENS IS JUST 00:17:09.50\00:17:12.86 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, WATCH HOW IT DEVELOPS. 00:17:12.86\00:17:16.16 NOW THE KING SAYS, "BRING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL VIRGINS." 00:17:16.16\00:17:19.43 WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE A KING AND YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED ? 00:17:19.43\00:17:23.13 IF YOU'RE A REGULAR HUMAN BEING WHO WANTS TO GET MARRIED, 00:17:23.13\00:17:26.43 THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. 00:17:26.43\00:17:28.86 MOST PEOPLE JUST KIND OF LOOK AROUND, YOU KNOW . . . 00:17:28.86\00:17:36.83 I READ ALL THAT STUFF TOO. 00:17:36.83\00:17:39.53 GO TO THE HEALTH SPA. 00:17:39.53\00:17:43.93 FIND SOMEBODY DOWN THERE, SOME NARCISSISTIC HUMAN BEING 00:17:43.93\00:17:47.46 WORSHIPPING HIS OR HER BODY BUT NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO 00:17:47.46\00:17:52.06 THEIR MIND, SO YOU END UP WITH A WELL MUSCLED IDIOT. 00:17:52.06\00:17:57.96 AH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. 00:17:57.96\00:17:59.80 THEN YOU MAY FIND SOMEBODY WHOSE BODY HAS MAYBE NOT BEEN SO 00:17:59.80\00:18:05.86 DEVELOPED BUT MAY HAVE A SHARP BRAIN. 00:18:05.86\00:18:07.93 EVENTUALLY, THE BRAIN WILL COME INTO CONSOLENCE WITH WHAT'S 00:18:07.93\00:18:12.43 HAPPENING WITH THE BODY AND IF YOU'VE GOT THE BRAIN POWER, 00:18:12.43\00:18:16.20 YOU CAN GET IT ALL IN ORDER. 00:18:16.20\00:18:18.03 IN FACT, LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU FOLK WHO ARE NOT MARRIED 00:18:18.03\00:18:21.13 YET, START LOOKING FOR A BRAIN. 00:18:21.13\00:18:23.16 (laughter) 00:18:23.16\00:18:28.60 I WILL GIVE YOU THE COUNSEL THAT I GIVE TO MY OWN CHILDREN 00:18:28.60\00:18:31.36 WHO ARE NOW TECHNICALLY BEYOND MY REACH, 00:18:31.36\00:18:34.20 BUT I CAN STILL SAY THINGS WHETHER THEY HEAR ME OR NOT. 00:18:34.20\00:18:37.26 I SAY TO THEM THAT WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO 00:18:37.26\00:18:38.96 IS LOOK FOR SOME OF THOSE STRANGE LOOKING FOLK. 00:18:38.96\00:18:41.83 MY DAUGHTER, I SAID TO HER, "LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO'S CLOTHES 00:18:41.83\00:18:47.33 DON'T MATCH; BUT HE'S GOT A GOOD BRAIN. 00:18:47.33\00:18:50.50 HE'S IN GRAD SCHOOL; HE HAS A FEW DEGREES AND HAS A GREAT 00:18:50.50\00:18:55.13 FUTURE. YOU CAN GO AND BUY HIM MATCHING CLOTHES. 00:18:55.13\00:18:57.60 (laughter) 00:18:57.60\00:19:04.86 AH, FORGIVE ME; I'M ALL IN YOUR BUSINESS NOW. 00:19:04.86\00:19:08.60 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, YOU CAN'T GO BY THAT. 00:19:08.60\00:19:11.30 BUT IF YOU'RE A KING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST WHAT YOU READ IN 00:19:11.30\00:19:14.86 THESE LITTLE JOURNALS ON THE WAY OUT OF THE CHECK OUT COUNTER. 00:19:14.86\00:19:18.03 YOU CAN JUST TELL YOUR FOLK, 00:19:18.03\00:19:19.53 "GO AND BRING ME EVERYBODY PRETTY YOU SEE. 00:19:19.53\00:19:25.03 YOU KNOW, I WANT ALL OF THEM." 00:19:25.03\00:19:27.40 "BUT KING, CAN'T WE LEAVE. . ." 00:19:27.40\00:19:28.80 "NO, DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY. 00:19:28.80\00:19:30.60 LET THE OTHER PEOPLE MARRY WHO'S LEFT." 00:19:30.60\00:19:36.63 AND SO NOW THEY BRING EVERYONE. 00:19:36.63\00:19:38.70 THEY TAKE FIRST THESE WOMEN INTO A PURIFICATION PROCESS, 00:19:38.70\00:19:43.36 SO THAT THEY'VE COME FROM LITTLE TINY TOWNS WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW 00:19:43.36\00:19:47.90 THE ETIQUETTE, "YOU CAN'T WALK INTO THE PALACE LIKE, YOU KNOW. 00:19:47.90\00:19:53.73 YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN AT THE KING'S TABLE AND NOT KNOW WHICH FORK TO 00:19:53.73\00:20:00.63 USE." YOU KNOW, SO THEY TRAIN THEM NOW AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT 00:20:00.63\00:20:03.83 THEIR BODIES ARE UP TO SNUFF AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER 00:20:03.83\00:20:07.53 AND IT TAKES MONTHS ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ. 00:20:07.53\00:20:10.60 THEN FINALLY THE WOMEN ARE READY TO SEE THE KING, 00:20:10.60\00:20:13.36 AND WHEN THOSE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE PROCESS 00:20:13.36\00:20:16.36 COME TO THIS YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF ESTHER, 00:20:16.36\00:20:19.70 STAR, IT'S TRANSLATED, 00:20:19.70\00:20:23.60 THEY SAY, "WHAT DO YOU NEED ? 00:20:23.60\00:20:24.96 DO YOU NEED TO BE KIND OF FIXED UP HERE ? 00:20:24.96\00:20:28.00 YOU KNOW THERE ARE PREPARATIONS THAT CAN AUGMENT YOUR 00:20:28.00\00:20:35.73 APPEARANCE." THE THING THAT I HATE MOST ABOUT DOING THIS SHOW 00:20:35.73\00:20:38.56 IS THAT I HAVE TO HAVE STUFF ON ME THAT KEEPS ME FROM SHINING AT 00:20:38.56\00:20:44.26 YOU. IT DISTURBS ME TO NO END. 00:20:44.26\00:20:46.23 BUT I'VE GOT TO DO THAT FOR THESE LIGHTS THAT SHINE ON ME 00:20:46.23\00:20:49.90 ALL NIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED TO IT; I'M ITCHING 00:20:49.90\00:20:54.00 RIGHT NOW. (laughter) 00:20:54.00\00:20:57.23 BUT I HAVE A LOT MORE PATIENCE NOW 00:20:57.23\00:20:59.53 BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE UNDER THIS 00:20:59.53\00:21:03.20 FOOLISHNESS. SO THEY SAY, "ESTHER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ?" 00:21:03.20\00:21:05.13 SHE SAID, "NOTHING MORE THAN NORMAL." 00:21:05.13\00:21:07.96 YOU SEE, WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW IS THAT BEAUTY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES IN A JAR. 00:21:07.96\00:21:15.36 I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE COMPANIES WHO MAKE SUCH 00:21:15.36\00:21:20.03 THINGS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT BEAUTY IS SOMETHING THAT COMES 00:21:20.03\00:21:24.80 FROM WITHIN. A MAN MAY NOT BE SO HANDSOME FROM WITHOUT, 00:21:24.80\00:21:27.13 BUT IF HIS HEART IS INCLINED TOWARDS GOD AND IF HIS MIND IS 00:21:27.13\00:21:32.83 SET ON JESUS, A MAN CAN LOOK BETTER EVERYDAY. 00:21:32.83\00:21:36.06 LADY MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF, 00:21:36.06\00:21:39.10 BUT IF HER HEART IS INCLINED TOWARDS JESUS, 00:21:39.10\00:21:42.06 IF HER MIND IS SET ON THE THINGS NOT OF THIS EARTH BUT OF HEAVEN, 00:21:42.06\00:21:46.00 IT'S AMAZING HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE 00:21:46.00\00:21:49.16 EVEN THOUGH I'M WATCHING OUT FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN, 00:21:49.16\00:21:51.33 I'VE ALREADY TOLD MY CHILDREN, 00:21:51.33\00:21:53.10 IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN THOSE WHOSE MINDS AND HEARTS ARE 00:21:53.10\00:21:56.43 RIGHT AND THOSE WHOSE BODIES ARE BEAUTIFUL, 00:21:56.43\00:21:58.50 BRING HOME THE ONES WHOSE MINDS AND HEARTS ARE RIGHT. 00:21:58.50\00:22:01.23 I WOULD RATHER HAVE PLAIN LOOKING GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE 00:22:01.23\00:22:08.00 WELL BEHAVED THAN PRETTY ONES WHO ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. 00:22:08.00\00:22:11.50 (laughter) 00:22:11.50\00:22:15.16 SO SHE SAYS, "DON'T BRING ME MUCH." 00:22:15.16\00:22:17.20 AND NOW WHEN THIS WOMAN GOES BEFORE THE KING 00:22:17.20\00:22:21.50 THE BEAUTY THAT GOD PUTS THEIR SHINES OUT. 00:22:21.50\00:22:26.23 AND HE SAID, "UH, EXCUSE ME, UH EXCUSE ME, COME, THE SEARCH IS 00:22:26.23\00:22:33.53 OVER." "BUT KING, WE HAVE A LINE OUT THERE." 00:22:33.53\00:22:38.30 "I SAID, THE SEARCH IS OVER. 00:22:38.30\00:22:43.60 THAT ONE." 00:22:43.60\00:22:44.90 "BUT KING, YOU HAVEN'T . . ." 00:22:44.90\00:22:46.63 "DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID ? 00:22:46.63\00:22:50.60 I HAVE SEEN THE QUEEN." 00:22:50.60\00:22:55.16 IF YOU'RE MARRIED, CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT ? 00:22:55.16\00:22:59.16 OH MY. 00:22:59.16\00:23:02.23 IT'S SOMETHING ISN'T IT ? 00:23:02.23\00:23:03.90 WHEN YOU SEE THE ONE -- 00:23:03.90\00:23:06.36 AH, WARMTH, THAT BATHES YOU. 00:23:06.36\00:23:11.90 THE KING HAS SEEN THE ONE. 00:23:11.90\00:23:13.80 AND NOW QUEEN ESTHER IS AT THE THRONE. 00:23:13.80\00:23:18.83 AND YOU SAY, "HOW COULD IT BE THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SO HIGH 00:23:18.83\00:23:22.70 IS BROUGHT LOW, AND SOMEONE WHO IS SO LOW IS BROUGHT HIGH ?" 00:23:22.70\00:23:28.06 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD SETTETH UP KINGS AND TAKES THEM 00:23:28.06\00:23:34.83 DOWN. GOD ULTIMATELY IS IN CONTROL. 00:23:34.83\00:23:39.46 SO NOW, WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT, EXPLAIN YOURSELF PREACHER. 00:23:39.46\00:23:43.66 HERE IT COMES. 00:23:43.66\00:23:45.20 THERE WAS A SITUATION DEVELOPING DOWN AT THE SHUSHAN PALACE. 00:23:45.20\00:23:48.96 AT THE GATE OF THE CITY, A MAN HAD BEEN ELEVATED TO HIGHER 00:23:48.96\00:23:56.50 POWERS. SOME PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH SMALL JOBS, 00:23:56.50\00:24:00.26 BUT THEY CAN'T HANDLE TOO MUCH. 00:24:00.26\00:24:06.60 HAMAN, AND YOU MUST NEVER NAME YOUR CHILD HAMAN, 00:24:06.60\00:24:11.16 (laughter) 00:24:11.16\00:24:14.13 NO MATTER WHAT THE BOOK SAYS IT MEANS. 00:24:14.13\00:24:16.83 YOU MUST NEVER, NEVER CHOOSE THAT NAME. 00:24:16.83\00:24:19.36 HAMAN IS ELEVATED TO GREAT POWER. 00:24:19.36\00:24:22.23 BUT HAMAN IS A STRANGE FELLOW, FOR WHEN HE RIDES FIRST INTO THE 00:24:22.23\00:24:28.46 GATE, EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BOW DOWN WHEN HE COMES. 00:24:28.46\00:24:32.43 WHEN HAMAN, I WOULD ASSUME IN SOME CHARIOT, 00:24:32.43\00:24:35.53 RIDES IN, HE LOOKS AROUND, AND PERHAPS DIDN'T SEE ON THE FIRST 00:24:35.53\00:24:40.70 OCCASION THAT THERE WAS ONE WHO DID NOT BOW DOWN. 00:24:40.70\00:24:45.26 IN FACT, SOME COMMENTATORS SUGGEST THAT THE CROWD WAS 00:24:45.26\00:24:48.53 TOO DENSE FOR HIM TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, 00:24:48.53\00:24:52.46 BUT THAT SOMEBODY WHO EITHER WISHED MORDECAI HARM 00:24:52.46\00:24:57.56 OR WISHED HAMAN TROUBLE, CAME AND TOLD HIM. 00:24:57.56\00:25:02.20 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL EVERYTHING. 00:25:02.20\00:25:06.06 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT FRIENDS WILL NOT BRING YOU EXTRANEOUS 00:25:06.06\00:25:13.73 BAD NEWS. NOW, IF SOMEONE SAYS, "I AM PLANNING TO HURT 00:25:13.73\00:25:18.53 WALTER PEARSON TONIGHT," THAT WOULD BE THE THING 00:25:18.53\00:25:21.90 THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TELL ME. 00:25:21.90\00:25:23.80 (laughter) 00:25:23.80\00:25:25.86 BUT IF THEY SAY, "I DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE LOOKS," 00:25:25.86\00:25:27.60 THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT THAT, 00:25:27.60\00:25:30.43 SO WHY WOULD YOU CLUTTER MY MIND WITH THAT INFORMATION ? 00:25:30.43\00:25:34.26 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 00:25:34.26\00:25:35.53 SO DON'T BRING, "YOU KNOW THEY DON'T LIKE YOU." 00:25:35.53\00:25:37.50 WHO CARES ? 00:25:37.50\00:25:40.93 THAT INFORMATION CLUTTERS MY BRAIN. 00:25:40.93\00:25:44.40 SO, I BELIEVE TT PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU DON'T BRING YOU NEWS LIKE 00:25:44.40\00:25:49.03 THAT. BUT ONE COMMENTATOR SAYS, WELL YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE, 00:25:49.03\00:25:52.63 SOMEBODY WANTED TO GET IN GOOD WITH HAMAN. 00:25:52.63\00:25:55.33 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE PURVEYORS OF INFORMATION. 00:25:55.33\00:25:59.40 OH, I WISH I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 00:25:59.40\00:26:01.36 BUT THEY CAME, "UH, HAMAN, LORD HAMAN, I UH, 00:26:01.36\00:26:06.46 I DON'T WANT TO PUT A SHADOW ON YOUR DAY, 00:26:06.46\00:26:10.40 BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE 00:26:10.40\00:26:15.23 GATE, NOW I'M SERIOUS, EVERYBODY WAS BOWING DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I 00:26:15.23\00:26:20.16 MEAN, BUT I HAPPENED TO LOOK AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 00:26:20.16\00:26:23.43 THERE WAS ONE MAN, IF HE BOWED, MY NAME IS NOT WHAT IT IS. 00:26:23.43\00:26:27.80 MY MAN WAS STANDING STRAIGHT UP ! 00:26:27.80\00:26:30.76 LOOKIN' AT YOU LIKE HE WAS EQUAL TO YOU -- HAD A KIND OF A 00:26:30.76\00:26:36.86 ATTITUDE. I'M SERIOUS. 00:26:36.86\00:26:37.86 I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU. 00:26:37.86\00:26:38.96 NOW, DON'T SAY WHO SAID IT, 00:26:38.96\00:26:40.70 I'M JUST TRYING TO, REMEMBER WHO TOLD YOU, SO UH." 00:26:40.70\00:26:47.66 HAMAN SHOULD HAVE SAID, "WHO CARES ? 00:26:47.66\00:26:50.63 YOU KNOW,I GOT THE JOB." 00:26:50.63\00:26:54.66 FOLKS, IF YOU HAVE A LIFE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN 00:26:54.66\00:27:03.40 OVERLOOK, AMEN ? Announcer: EVER WONDER IF YOUR LIFE HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE; 00:27:05.33\00:27:08.86 IF THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN A SINKFULL OF SUDS; 00:27:08.86\00:27:11.50 IF GOD WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE; 00:27:11.50\00:27:14.43 IF THERE WAS GREENER GRASS OVER SOME OTHER FENCE ? 00:27:14.43\00:27:17.23 IF SO GET THIS WEEK'S OFFER "OUTRAGEOUS GRACE" BY DWIGHT 00:27:17.23\00:27:21.20 NELSON. THE GRACE FROM GOD IS FREE--THE BOOK IS A FIVE DOLLAR 00:27:21.20\00:27:24.33 DONATION. 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