Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000216
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00:01 GOD CAN LOOK INTO YOUR FUTURE,
00:04 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 00:07 AND PLAN FOR YOUR NEEDS IN THE FUTURE NOW. 00:14 SO, SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING 00:15 TO YOU NOW, MAY NOT MAKE 00:18 SENSE NOW, BUT IT WILL 00:21 MAKE SENSE BY AND BY. 00:23 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:29 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:34 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:39 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:47 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:52 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:58 TURN WITH ME IF YOU WILL, TO THE BOOK OF ESTHER, CHAPTER 6; 01:06 AND THERE YOU WILL FIND THE 01:08 WORDS THAT WILL INTRODUCE US 01:10 TO OUR THOUGHT FOR TONIGHT. 01:13 ESTHER, CHAPTER 6, AND 01:17 LET ME BEGIN WITH VERSE ONE, 02:02 I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY, "OVERNIGHT." 02:06 "OVERNIGHT." 02:08 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 02:10 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME WITH EMPTY CUPS. 02:15 WE COME NEEDING TO KNOW FOR A CERTAINTY THAT IF GOD BE FOR US, 02:23 NO ONE CAN BE AGAINST US. 02:26 AND SO WE LOOK TO THY WORD AND WE TRUST THAT BEFORE WE HAVE 02:30 LEFT THIS PLACE THAT OUR HEARTS WILL BE LIFTED AND OUR COURAGE SHALL HAVE INCREASED. 02:37 WE TRUST IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOD IS THE GIVER OF EVERY GOOD 02:41 AND PERFECT GIFT SO OUR CUPS ARE LIFTED HIGH 02:45 AND WE TRUST THAT THEY SHALL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING, 02:49 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 02:54 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING STORIES IN THE WORD OF GOD. 03:01 IT BEGINS WITH WHAT MIGHT BE UNDERSTOOD AS AN EARLY 03:08 REVELATION OF GENDER EQUALITY. 03:14 THE FACT IS THAT KING XERXES AHASUERUS, AS HE IS CALLED 03:18 IN THE SCRIPTURES, HAD CALLED A BANQUET. 03:24 HE HAD CALLED IT FOR HIS NOBLES AND FOR THE GREATS IN HIS KINGDOM. 03:30 IT WOULD LAST, ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS, FOR 180 DAYS. 03:36 MAYBE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE FOR THE WHOLE TIME, 03:38 MAYBE SOME CAME AND OTHERS CAME LATER, 03:41 BUT THIS WENT ON FOR A TIME THAT IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE FOR US NOW. 03:48 AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS AS PART OF THIS CELEBRATION, 03:53 ANOTHER WONDERFUL GATHERING OF WOMEN WHO CAME TOGETHER WITH THE QUEEN, VASHTI. 04:01 AND AS THEY FEASTED, ONE SCHOLAR SUGGESTS, 04:06 THEY FEASTED ONLY FOR LIFTING THE NAME OF THE KING. 04:12 NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT A KING WOULD WANT TO DO MORE 04:15 WITH HIS RESOURCES THAN THAT, BUT SOME PEOPLE'S EGOS NEED TO BE FED. 04:22 EVIDENTLY THIS KING XERXES WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. 04:26 AND SO HE SAID, "LET'S HAVE A FEAST AND LET'S HONOR ME. 04:30 LET'S SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT I'VE GOT, 04:35 LET'S SHOW THEM HOW POWERFUL I AM, 04:39 LET'S BRING MY FRIENDS AND PARADE THEM IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. 04:44 LET SHOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THIS KINGDOM AND LET THEM SEE THAT I AM ABOVE IT ALL." 04:52 AND SO, THEY BEGAN WITH THEIR FEASTING 04:55 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IT IS APPARENT THAT THEY BEGAN 05:00 TO GO INTO SOME ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONTRAINDICATED. 05:06 THEY BEGAN TO TAKE VESSELS, SOME WOULD SUGGEST, 05:08 VESSELS THAT WERE HOLY, BUT IT IS NOT TOO CLEAR. 05:11 IN FACT, I WOULD NOT REST MY REPUTATION ON IT. 05:14 BUT FROM WHATEVER CONTAINERS THEY CHOSE, 05:17 THEY APPARENTLY DRANK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 05:20 THAT ROBBED THEM OF THEIR WISDOM. 05:25 AND WHEN THEY WERE SUFFICIENTLY DRUNK, 05:29 THEY BEGAN TO DO THINGS THAT WERE NOT WISE. 05:32 THAT IS NOT A STRANGE STORY, IS IT ? 05:36 AMONG THOSE PEOPLE WHO MET, THERE WERE THOSE WHO WERE 05:39 IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THE KING HAD. 05:41 WHEN YOU READ THIS STORY AND THE COLORS THAT WERE THERE, 05:45 IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND HOW THEY ARE TRANSLATED 05:48 INTO THE KING JAMES VERSION, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY IS ALMOST COLORBLIND. 05:53 BUT THE FACT IS, THAT THE COLORS TRANSLATE DIFFERENTLY 05:56 WHEN YOU GO AND CHECK THEM OUT. 05:58 IT APPEARS THAT THE SHUSHAN PALACE WAS A PLACE OF CONSUMMATE BEAUTY. 06:03 DARK BLUE STONE WITH GOLD AND SILVER ORNAMENTATION, 06:08 IT HAD PURPLE AND WHITE AWNINGS AND THE FURNISHINGS MATCHED THE AWNINGS AND THE OTHER COLORS. 06:17 THEY WOULD DRINK NOT FROM NORMAL GLASSES OR CONTAINERS, 06:21 BUT EACH ONE WAS CARVED DIFFERENTLY. 06:24 YOU DRANK IN FACT FROM AN OBSHEDAT, 06:28 AND EVERYONE WAS SATISFIED. 06:31 SO NOW, IN THE MIDST OF THEIR WONDERFUL BANQUET, SOMEONE MAY HAVE SUGGESTED, 06:38 "OH KING, YOU HAVE SHOWED US EVERYTHING ELSE, 06:40 WE HAVE HEARD OF THE BEAUTY OF THE QUEEN. 06:46 COULD IT BE THAT WHILE THE WOMEN ARE MEETING THERE, 06:48 AND WE ARE MEETING HERE, 06:50 COULD IT BE THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO LOOK UPON THE BEAUTY OF THE QUEEN ?" 06:56 AND, AS HIS WIT HAD DEPARTED FROM HIM, HE SAID, 07:02 "OF COURSE, I WILL CAUSE HER TO COME NOW." 07:07 NOW IT APPEARS THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR SOCIETY 07:12 IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE WOMEN TO COME INTO PUBLIC, 07:16 CERTAINLY NOT FOR DISPLAY, AS THESE WOULD SUGGEST TO THE KING. 07:21 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE BURIED YOUR BRAIN UNDERNEATH A SUBSTANCE 07:26 THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE, IT'S NO WONDER WHAT YOU WILL DECIDE TO DO. 07:31 AND SO, HE DECIDES TO MAKE THE CALL. 07:34 HE DOES IT ASKING SEVEN TO GO AND FETCH HER, ASKING THEM PUBLICLY. 07:40 I HAVE LEARNED IN THESE YEARS OF MARRIAGE, 07:43 AND I HAVE NOW APPROACHED 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. 07:46 I HAVE LEARNED THAT SOME THINGS THAT ARE BEST DISCUSSED PRIVATELY. 07:53 IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH A PRIVATE DISCUSSION. 07:58 WHEN THE PRIVATE DISCUSSION IS OVER, YOU CAN COME FORTH AND DECLARE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS. 08:03 NO ONE KNOWS HOW THEY HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED; 08:06 IT'S NOT THEIR BUSINESS. 08:09 BUT WHEN YOU MAKE PRIVATE BUSINESS PUBLIC, 08:13 YOU ARE FLIRTING WITH DISASTER. 08:16 NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE SEVEN MESSENGERS GOING NOW TO THE QUEEN'S RESIDENCE 08:22 AND SAYING IN SOME FASHION THAT WAS NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE TO HER, 08:27 "THE KING WISHES FOR YOU TO COME NOW AND SHOW HIS FRIENDS YOUR BEAUTY." 08:37 NOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUDGE EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE BY MINE, 08:42 BUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I GREW UP, 08:46 WE HAD CERTAIN WAYS OF VERBALLY PUNCTUATING TENSE SITUATIONS. 08:53 WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, AND EVERYBODY KNEW 08:55 THAT SOMETHING WAS CALLED FOR IN RESPONSE, 09:00 SOMEBODY MIGHT JUST SAY, "MMM." 09:05 CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THOSE LADIES GATHERED TOGETHER, 09:08 HAVING ENJOYED THE LARGESS OF THE QUEEN, 09:12 AND NOW AN INTERRUPTION COMES, 09:15 AND THE KING SENDS SEVEN PEOPLE TO SAY, "COME NOW." 09:19 QUEEN VASHTI IS NOT DISPOSED TO ANSWER SO QUICKLY, 09:23 AND SO SHE MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, 09:26 "I'LL BE THERE, EVENTUALLY." 09:33 NOW THE LADIES, "I GUESS HE UNDERSTANDS THAT !" 09:41 I WOULD NOT GO SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST THAT QUEEN VASHTI 09:44 MAY HAVE SNAPPED HER FINGERS AND SAID THAT. 09:47 THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH, WOULDN'T IT ? 09:49 BUT THINK ABOUT IT, NOT A BAD SCENARIO. 09:53 SO NOW, THE PLOT THICKENS. 09:57 THE WORD GOES BACK NOW TO THE KING. 09:59 IF THE KING HAD BEEN POSSESSED OF HIS SENSES, 10:01 HE WOULD ONCE AGAIN HAVE SAID, 10:03 "COME, WHISPER, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED." 10:06 BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY, 10:09 "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ? 10:10 WHERE IS THE QUEEN ?" 10:12 "WELL, UH, YOUR HIGHNESS, COULD WE. . ." 10:14 "NO, NO, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS, TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED." 10:21 "YOUR HIGHNESS, UH, THE QUEEN IS, HOW CAN I SAY THIS, 10:28 NOT DISPOSED TO COME JUST NOW." 10:32 AND NOW, THE GUYS TALK. 10:34 SEE LADIES, WE TALK ABOUT YOUR LITTLE SOCIETY ALL THE TIME 10:38 AND WE MAKE FUN OF IT, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS THAT MORE PREACHERS ARE MEN THAN WOMEN, 10:42 BUT LET ME LET YOU IN ON SOME OF OUR SECRETS. 10:46 THERE IS NO PLACE WORSE FOR GOSSIP THAN A BARBERSHOP. 10:51 COME ON BRETHREN, LET'S GET REAL; THIS IS A TIME OF EQUALITY NOW. 10:55 AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF MECHANISMS THAT WE CARRY ON IN A BARBERSHOP. 11:00 PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT HAVE NO TRUTH IN THEM WHATEVER. 11:03 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO TELL 11:06 YOU THAT EVERY TIME I GO HOME MY WIFE KNOWS I HAD BETTER HEAR 11:11 SOME POTS MAKING NOISE ON THE STOVE, MY SLIPPERS OUGHT TO BE 11:16 AT THE DOOR AND MY NEWSPAPER." 11:18 NOW YOU FOLLOW A MAN LIKE THAT HOME AND YOU WILL DISCOVER 11:21 THAT THE ONLY LAST WORD THAT HE HAS IS 11:24 "YES MA'AM". 11:25 (laughter) 11:28 BECAUSE A MAN WHO HAS WISDOM WOULD NEVER SAY 11:31 ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN PUBLIC. 11:34 THAT THE WAY YOU STAY MARRIED IS TO NOT DISCUSS THOSE THINGS. 11:38 IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS. 11:39 BUT MEN ALSO REACT, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ? 11:43 SO NOW, I CAN HEAR THE BRETHREN, 11:45 "MAN, THAT'S SOME SERIOUS STUFF. 11:48 THE KING CAN'T EVEN MAKE THE QUEEN COME. 11:54 KIND OF ROUGH, YOU KNOW. 11:56 HE CAN COMMAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN PROVINCES, 12:01 BUT ONE WOMAN HE CANNOT COMMAND. 12:05 PERHAPS HE IS NOT THE LEADER WE THOUGHT HIM TO BE." 12:09 AND THE WHISPERS GROW LOUDER AND LOUDER 12:11 WITH THOSE BASS AND BARITONE VOICES JOINING TOGETHER. 12:16 NOW THE KING IS DISTURBED. 12:18 HE SAYS, "YOU TELL HER THAT I SAID COME. . ." 12:20 AND I DON'T READ THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE REQUEST, 12:23 BUT HE BEGINS NOW TO TALK WITH HIS LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 12:23 p 12:27 "BRING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HERE. 12:29 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO BE." 12:32 LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY WAY BACK THEN, 12:34 THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, THEY SAY, 12:37 "IF THE QUEEN DOES NOT HAVE TO OBEY THE KING, 12:41 WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE REGULAR LITTLE HOUSES ? 12:45 IF THE QUEEN CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS -- WHAT WILL THE REGULAR 12:48 WIVES DO WHEN THEIR HUSBANDS DEMAND THAT SOMETHING HAPPEN ?" 12:52 NOW THAT SOUNDS OUT OF PLACE IN NINETEEN NINETY WHATEVER THIS MIGHT BE. 12:58 BUT THINK ABOUT IT, THERE IS AN INFLUENCE. 13:01 I WAS AT HOME WITH AN ILLNESS FOR A WHILE, 13:05 AND I WAS CONDEMNED TO WATCH TALK SHOWS. 13:08 (laughter) 13:12 I DON'T WANT TO CONDEMN EVERYBODY THE SAME, 13:13 BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE IS ONE, 13:16 AND MAYBE IN A STRETCH TWO, THAT MAY HAVE SUBSTANCE. 13:21 ALL THE REST, SHEER FOOLISHNESS. 13:26 PEOPLE TRYING TO OUT TALK EACH OTHER, 13:28 AND BE LOUDER THAN EACH OTHER. 13:30 IN FACT, I HEARD A MAN TALKING ON A PAY PHONE IN AN AIRPORT 13:35 TRYING TO CONVINCE SOME TALK SHOW DEPARTMENT THAT HE SHOULD BE ON THE PROGRAM, 13:41 AND HE GUARANTEED THEM THAT HE WOULD TELL ALL OF HIS BUSINESS. 13:44 THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ! 13:46 AND I BELIEVE THAT TALK SHOWS, 13:48 THOSE THAT ARE NOT WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE, 13:50 HAVE INFLUENCED CONVERSATION AND COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT SOCIETY. 13:55 SO NOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE KIND AND COURTEOUS 13:58 SPEAKING IN WAYS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER, 14:02 'CAUSE NOW EVERYBODY THINKS THAT'S HOW YOU OUGHT TO TALK. 14:05 FOLK LET ME TELL YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE ON SOME TALK SHOW, 14:08 KEEP YOUR BUSINESS TO YOURSELF. 14:11 YOU KNOW, DON'T GET ON TV. . . 14:13 AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO -- IF SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, 14:17 "LOOK I WANT YOU TO COME ON TELEVISION AND YOU'RE GONNA 14:18 MEET SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA SURPRISE YOU." 14:20 OH NO ! 14:21 NOT ON TELEVISION. 14:24 NOT ME ! 14:26 IF SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME, I WANT TO BE WAY AWAY IN THE CORNER 14:29 SOMEWHERE SO I CAN REACT WITHOUT YOUR SEEING IT. 14:33 THAT'S FOOLISHNESS ! 14:35 WELL, THE PUBLIC NOW IS MADE AWARE OF THIS AND THEY ARE RIGHT. 14:42 IF THE QUEEN CAN SAY NO TO THE KING, 14:44 THEN SOME LITTLE LADY WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO SAY THAT TO HER HUSBAND FOR THE LONGEST TIME 14:48 "I DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY ? 14:50 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ? 14:52 YOU'RE NOT MY DADDY." 14:56 IF SHE HEARS ABOUT THIS, THERE WILL BE A ROUGH TIME IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE TONIGHT. 15:02 SO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT GETS TOGETHER. 15:03 THEY SAID "HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO. 15:05 WE CAN DISPOSE OF THE QUEEN. 15:06 WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT SHE WILL NEVER COME AGAIN TO SEE YOU. 15:09 IN FACT, WE CAN DECLARE HER NO LONGER THE QUEEN AND FILL THE SPOT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 15:16 SO VASHTI IS SET ASIDE. 15:20 IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS SERENDIPITY, 15:26 THAT'S A CUTE LITTLE WORD THAT MEANS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED, 15:29 YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. 15:33 GOD WATCHES OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THOSE WHO CLAIM HIS NAME, 15:40 AND SINCE GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, 15:46 GOD CAN LOOK INTO YOUR FUTURE, 15:50 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO NEED, 15:53 AND PLAN FOR YOUR NEEDS IN THE FUTURE, NOW. 16:00 SO, SOMETHINTHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU NOW, 16:03 MAY NOT MAKE SENSE NOW, BUT IT'LL MAKE SENSE BY AND BY. 16:10 SO NOW, WHAT IS GOD DOING HERE ? 16:13 WE HAVE MADE OUR THESIS CLEAR; 16:16 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, NOBODY CAN BE AGAINST YA. 16:21 IF GOD IS FOR YOU, SINCE GOD IS NOT ENCAPSULATED IN TIME, 16:26 SINCE GOD CAN EXTRAPOLATE HIMSELF FROM TIME, 16:29 AND WALK INTO THE FUTURE OR FOR THAT MATTER, GO BACK IN TIME, 16:33 HE IS NOT A CREATURE TRAPPED BY TIME, 16:36 HE CREATED TIME ! 16:39 SO NOW, HE CAN GO INTO YOUR FUTURE, DETERMINE WHAT YOU NEED, 16:43 PLANT THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE BY DOING THINGS IN YOUR PRESENT. 16:47 THAT'S WHY I SERVE GOD. 16:50 IN FACT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU BOTHER GOD'S CHILDREN. 16:53 YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU'RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT NOW, 16:55 BUT GOD WILL LET IT SLIDE NOW, 16:58 AND PUT THE PUNISHMENT DOWN THERE. 17:01 SO YOU ARE HEADED FOR A PROBLEM. 17:03 WHAT YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP. 17:06 IT'S GOD'S COMMAND. 17:09 SO NOW IF YOU THINK THAT THIS CHANGE OF QUEENS IS JUST 17:12 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, WATCH HOW IT DEVELOPS. 17:16 NOW THE KING SAYS, "BRING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL VIRGINS." 17:19 WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE A KING AND YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED ? 17:23 IF YOU'RE A REGULAR HUMAN BEING WHO WANTS TO GET MARRIED, 17:26 THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. 17:28 MOST PEOPLE JUST KIND OF LOOK AROUND, YOU KNOW . . . 17:36 I READ ALL THAT STUFF TOO. 17:39 GO TO THE HEALTH SPA. 17:43 FIND SOMEBODY DOWN THERE, SOME NARCISSISTIC HUMAN BEING 17:47 WORSHIPPING HIS OR HER BODY BUT NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THEIR MIND, 17:52 SO YOU END UP WITH A WELL MUSCLED IDIOT. 17:57 AH, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. 17:59 THEN YOU MAY FIND SOMEBODY WHOSE BODY HAS MAYBE NOT BEEN SO DEVELOPED 18:05 BUT MAY HAVE A SHARP BRAIN. 18:07 EVENTUALLY, THE BRAIN WILL COME INTO CONSOLENCE WITH WHAT'S 18:12 HAPPENING WITH THE BODY AND IF YOU'VE GOT THE BRAIN POWER, 18:16 YOU CAN GET IT ALL IN ORDER. 18:18 IN FACT, LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU FOLK WHO ARE NOT MARRIED YET, 18:21 START LOOKING FOR A BRAIN. 18:23 (laughter) 18:28 I WILL GIVE YOU THE COUNSEL THAT I GIVE TO MY OWN CHILDREN 18:31 WHO ARE NOW TECHNICALLY BEYOND MY REACH, 18:34 BUT I CAN STILL SAY THINGS WHETHER THEY HEAR ME OR NOT. 18:37 I SAY TO THEM THAT WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO 18:38 IS LOOK FOR SOME OF THOSE STRANGE LOOKING FOLK. 18:41 MY DAUGHTER, I SAID TO HER, "LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO'S CLOTHES DON'T MATCH; 18:47 BUT HE'S GOT A GOOD BRAIN. 18:50 HE'S IN GRAD SCHOOL; HE HAS A FEW DEGREES AND HAS A GREAT FUTURE. 18:55 YOU CAN GO AND BUY HIM MATCHING CLOTHES. 18:57 (laughter) 19:04 AH, FORGIVE ME; I'M ALL IN YOUR BUSINESS NOW. 19:08 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, YOU CAN'T GO BY THAT. 19:11 BUT IF YOU'RE A KING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST WHAT YOU READ IN 19:14 THESE LITTLE JOURNALS ON THE WAY OUT OF THE CHECK OUT COUNTER. 19:18 YOU CAN JUST TELL YOUR FOLK, 19:19 "GO AND BRING ME EVERYBODY PRETTY YOU SEE. 19:25 YOU KNOW, I WANT ALL OF THEM." 19:27 "BUT KING, CAN'T WE LEAVE. . ." 19:28 "NO, DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY. 19:30 LET THE OTHER PEOPLE MARRY WHO'S LEFT." 19:36 AND SO NOW THEY BRING EVERYONE. 19:38 THEY TAKE FIRST THESE WOMEN INTO A PURIFICATION PROCESS, 19:43 SO THAT THEY'VE COME FROM LITTLE TINY TOWNS WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW THE ETIQUETTE, 19:47 "YOU CAN'T WALK INTO THE PALACE LIKE, YOU KNOW. 19:53 YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN AT THE KING'S TABLE AND NOT KNOW WHICH FORK TO USE." 20:00 YOU KNOW, SO THEY TRAIN THEM NOW AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT 20:03 THEIR BODIES ARE UP TO SNUFF AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER 20:07 AND IT TAKES MONTHS ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ. 20:10 THEN FINALLY THE WOMEN ARE READY TO SEE THE KING, 20:13 AND WHEN THOSE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE PROCESS 20:16 COME TO THIS YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF ESTHER, 20:19 STAR, IT'S TRANSLATED, 20:23 THEY SAY, "WHAT DO YOU NEED ? 20:24 DO YOU NEED TO BE KIND OF FIXED UP HERE ? 20:28 YOU KNOW THERE ARE PREPARATIONS THAT CAN AUGMENT YOUR APPEARANCE." 20:35 THE THING THAT I HATE MOST ABOUT DOING THIS SHOW IS THAT I HAVE 20:38 TO HAVE STUFF ON ME THAT KEEPS ME FROM SHINING AT YOU. 20:44 IT DISTURBS ME TO NO END. 20:46 BUT I'VE GOT TO DO THAT FOR THESE LIGHTS THAT SHINE ON ME ALL NIGHT. 20:49 AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ACCUSTOMED TO IT; I'M ITCHING RIGHT NOW. 20:54 (laughter) 20:57 BUT I HAVE A LOT MORE PATIENCE NOW 20:59 BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE UNDER THIS FOOLISHNESS. 21:03 SO THEY SAY, "ESTHER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ?" 21:05 SHE SAID, "NOTHING MORE THAN NORMAL." 21:07 YOU SEE, WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW IS THAT BEAUTY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES IN A JAR. 21:15 I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE COMPANIES WHO MAKE SUCH THINGS. 21:20 BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT BEAUTY IS SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM WITHIN. 21:24 A MAN MAY NOT BE SO HANDSOME FROM WITHOUT, 21:27 BUT IF HIS HEART IS INCLINED TOWARDS GOD AND IF HIS MIND IS SET ON JESUS, 21:32 A MAN CAN LOOK BETTER EVERYDAY. 21:36 LADY MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF, 21:39 BUT IF HER HEART IS INCLINED TOWARDS JESUS, 21:42 IF HER MIND IS SET ON THE THINGS NOT OF THIS EARTH BUT OF HEAVEN, 21:46 IT'S AMAZING HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE 21:49 EVEN THOUGH I'M WATCHING OUT FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN, 21:51 I'VE ALREADY TOLD MY CHILDREN, 21:53 IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN THOSE WHOSE MINDS AND HEARTS ARE RIGHT 21:56 AND THOSE WHOSE BODIES ARE BEAUTIFUL, 21:58 BRING HOME THE ONES WHOSE MINDS AND HEARTS ARE RIGHT. 22:01 I WOULD RATHER HAVE PLAIN LOOKING GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE WELL BEHAVED 22:08 THAN PRETTY ONES WHO ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. 22:11 (laughter) 22:15 SO SHE SAYS, "DON'T BRING ME MUCH." 22:17 AND NOW WHEN THIS WOMAN GOES BEFORE THE KING 22:21 THE BEAUTY THAT GOD PUTS THEIR SHINES OUT. 22:26 AND HE SAID, "UH, EXCUSE ME, UH EXCUSE ME, COME, THE SEARCH IS OVER." 22:33 "BUT KING, WE HAVE A LINE OUT THERE." 22:38 "I SAID, THE SEARCH IS OVER. 22:43 THAT ONE." 22:44 "BUT KING, YOU HAVEN'T . . ." 22:46 "DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID ? 22:50 I HAVE SEEN THE QUEEN." 22:55 IF YOU'RE MARRIED, CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT ? 22:59 OH MY. 23:02 IT'S SOMETHING ISN'T IT ? 23:03 WHEN YOU SEE THE ONE -- 23:06 AH, WARMTH, THAT BATHES YOU. 23:11 THE KING HAS SEEN THE ONE. 23:13 AND NOW QUEEN ESTHER IS AT THE THRONE. 23:18 AND YOU SAY, "HOW COULD IT BE THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SO HIGH 23:22 IS BROUGHT LOW, AND SOMEONE WHO IS SO LOW IS BROUGHT HIGH ?" 23:28 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD SETTETH UP KINGS AND TAKES THEM DOWN. 23:34 GOD ULTIMATELY IS IN CONTROL. 23:39 SO NOW, WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT, EXPLAIN YOURSELF PREACHER. 23:43 HERE IT COMES. 23:45 THERE WAS A SITUATION DEVELOPING DOWN AT THE SHUSHAN PALACE. 23:48 AT THE GATE OF THE CITY, A MAN HAD BEEN ELEVATED TO HIGHER POWERS. 23:56 SOME PEOPLE CAN DEAL WITH SMALL JOBS, 24:00 BUT THEY CAN'T HANDLE TOO MUCH. 24:06 HAMAN, AND YOU MUST NEVER NAME YOUR CHILD HAMAN, 24:11 (laughter) 24:14 NO MATTER WHAT THE BOOK SAYS IT MEANS. 24:16 YOU MUST NEVER, NEVER CHOOSE THAT NAME. 24:19 HAMAN IS ELEVATED TO GREAT POWER. 24:22 BUT HAMAN IS A STRANGE FELLOW, FOR WHEN HE RIDES FIRST INTO THE GATE, 24:28 EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BOW DOWN WHEN HE COMES. 24:32 WHEN HAMAN, I WOULD ASSUME IN SOME CHARIOT, 24:35 RIDES IN, HE LOOKS AROUND, AND PERHAPS DIDN'T SEE ON THE FIRST 24:40 OCCASION THAT THERE WAS ONE WHO DID NOT BOW DOWN. 24:45 IN FACT, SOME COMMENTATORS SUGGEST THAT THE CROWD WAS 24:48 TOO DENSE FOR HIM TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, 24:52 BUT THAT SOMEBODY WHO EITHER WISHED MORDECAI HARM 24:57 OR WISHED HAMAN TROUBLE, CAME AND TOLD HIM. 25:02 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL EVERYTHING. 25:06 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT FRIENDS WILL NOT BRING YOU EXTRANEOUS BAD NEWS. 25:13 NOW, IF SOMEONE SAYS, "I AM PLANNING TO HURT 25:18 WALTER PEARSON TONIGHT," THAT WOULD BE THE THING 25:21 THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TELL ME. 25:23 (laughter) 25:25 BUT IF THEY SAY, "I DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE LOOKS," 25:27 THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT THAT, 25:30 SO WHY WOULD YOU CLUTTER MY MIND WITH THAT INFORMATION ? 25:34 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 25:35 SO DON'T BRING, "YOU KNOW THEY DON'T LIKE YOU." 25:37 WHO CARES ? 25:40 THAT INFORMATION CLUTTERS MY BRAIN. 25:44 SO, I BELIEVE TT PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU DON'T BRING YOU NEWS LIKE THAT. 25:49 BUT ONE COMMENTATOR SAYS, WELL YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE, 25:52 SOMEBODY WANTED TO GET IN GOOD WITH HAMAN. 25:55 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE PURVEYORS OF INFORMATION. 25:59 OH, I WISH I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 26:01 BUT THEY CAME, "UH, HAMAN, LORD HAMAN, I UH, 26:06 I DON'T WANT TO PUT A SHADOW ON YOUR DAY, 26:10 BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE GATE, 26:15 NOW I'M SERIOUS, EVERYBODY WAS BOWING DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, 26:20 BUT I HAPPENED TO LOOK AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 26:23 THERE WAS ONE MAN, IF HE BOWED, MY NAME IS NOT WHAT IT IS. 26:27 MY MAN WAS STANDING STRAIGHT UP ! 26:30 LOOKIN' AT YOU LIKE HE WAS EQUAL TO YOU -- HAD A KIND OF A ATTITUDE. 26:36 I'M SERIOUS. 26:37 I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU. 26:38 NOW, DON'T SAY WHO SAID IT, 26:40 I'M JUST TRYING TO, REMEMBER WHO TOLD YOU, SO UH." 26:47 HAMAN SHOULD HAVE SAID, "WHO CARES ? 26:50 YOU KNOW,I GOT THE JOB." 26:54 FOLKS, IF YOU HAVE A LIFE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN OVERLOOK, AMEN ? 27:05 Announcer: EVER WONDER IF YOUR LIFE HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE; 27:08 IF THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN A SINKFULL OF SUDS; 27:11 IF GOD WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE; 27:14 IF THERE WAS GREENER GRASS OVER SOME OTHER FENCE ? 27:17 IF SO GET THIS WEEK'S OFFER "OUTRAGEOUS GRACE" BY DWIGHT NELSON. 27:21 THE GRACE FROM GOD IS FREE--THE BOOK IS A FIVE DOLLAR DONATION. 27:24 MAKE A FREE CALL: 877-265-6333. 27:28 OR WRITE TO: 27:29 BREATH OF LIFE. P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C., 20077 27:36 ♪ LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 27:41 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:43 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE: 27:45 WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:51 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 27:55 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 27:57 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 28:00 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 28:06 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY, OF ALL THE GLORY. ♪ 28:17 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY, ♪ 28:23 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE ! ♪ |
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