Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000217
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00:01 THE DEVIL IS ANGRY WITH EVERYONE
00:04 WHO REPRESENTS CARLY THE 00:06 LOVE OF GOD ON THE EARTH. 00:09 THAT'S WHY THEY THAT LIVE GODLY 00:11 SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 00:14 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:20 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:24 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:30 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:38 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:42 ♪ WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:47 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL EVERYTHING. 00:52 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT FRIENDS WILL NOT BRING 00:56 YOU EXTRANEOUS BAD NEWS. 00:59 NOW, IF SOMEONE SAYS, "I AM 01:02 PLANNING TO HURT WALTER PEARSON TONIGHT, 01:07 THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TELL ME. 01:10 BUT IF THEY SAY, "I DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE LOOKS" 01:13 THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT, 01:16 SO WHY WOULD YOU CLUTTER MY MIND WITH THAT INFORMATION ? 01:20 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 01:21 SO DON'T BRING, "YOU KNOW THEY DON'T LIKE YOU . . ." 01:23 WHO CARES ? 01:26 THAT INFORMATION CLUTTERS MY BRAIN. 01:30 SO, I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU DON'T BRING YOU NEWS LIKE THAT. 01:35 BUT ONE COMMENTATOR SAYS WELL YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE, 01:38 SOMEBODY WANTED TO GET IN GOOD WITH HAMAN. 01:41 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE PURVEYORS OF INFORMATION. 01:45 OH, I WISH I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 01:47 BUT THEY CAME, "UH, HAMAN, LORD HAMAN, I UH, 01:52 I DON'T WANT TO PUT A SHADOW ON YOUR DAY, 01:56 BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE GATE, 02:01 NOW I'M SERIOUS, EVERYBODY WAS BOWING DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, 02:06 BUT I HAPPENED TO LOOK AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 02:09 THERE WAS ONE MAN, IF HE BOWED, MY NAME IS NOT WHAT IT IS. 02:14 MY MAN WAS STANDING STRAIGHT UP ! 02:17 LOOKIN' AT YOU LIKE HE WAS EQUAL TO YOU. 02:19 HAD A KIND OF A ATTITUDE. 02:22 I'M SERIOUS. 02:24 I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU. 02:26 NOW, DON'T SAY WHO SAID IT, I'M JUST TRYING TO, REMEMBER WHO TOLD YOU, SO UH . . . 02:33 HAMAN SHOULD HAVE SAID, "WHO CARES ? 02:36 YOU KNOW, I GOT THE JOB." 02:40 FOLKS, IF YOU HAVE A LIFE, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN OVERLOOK, AMEN ? 02:50 YOU KNOW, GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. 02:51 WHO CARES IF ONE PERSON DIDN'T BOW DOWN ? 02:53 BUT HAMAN SAYS, "UH, I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO CHECK 02:56 AND FIND OUT WHO IT WAS, WHO DID NOT BOW." 03:00 AND SO SOMEONE GOES OUT, AND IN ORDER TO CURRY FAVOR, 03:03 BUILDS A DOSSIER ON THIS MAN. 03:06 "HERE HE IS, MORDECAI, AGE, LET'S SEE, BACKGROUND, 03:12 COMES FROM A DIFFERENT NATION, DIFFERENT HABITS, HMMM, THAT'S INTERESTING." 03:18 WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE ROLLED IT OUT LIKE . . . 03:21 "OK, LET'S PREPARE THIS DOCUMENT FOR HAMAN. 03:25 LORD HAMAN, THAT INFORMATION YOU ASKED FOR SIR I HAVE IT PRESENTLY. 03:29 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE ? 03:33 I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHO DID IT FOR YOU SIR. 03:36 THERE IT IS." 03:37 AND HE READS NOW ABOUT THIS MORDECAI. 03:41 NOW NORMALLY, WHEN YOU GOT AN ENEMY, YOU PRAY FOR THEM AND LET 'EM GO. 03:47 BUT IF YOU ARE MANIACALLY OBSESSED . . . 03:54 "UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 03:57 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WATCH HIM. 04:00 I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE -- POINT HIM OUT TO ME WHEN WE RIDE IN IN THE MORNING." 04:05 "SO, UH, YOUR GRACE, LOOK, LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, YES, THREE O'CLOCK. 04:14 SEE HIM OVER THERE ? 04:16 STANDING AS USUAL, WE TOLD YOU." 04:18 "UH-HUH, I SEE HIM, AND IT'S TRUE THAT HE'S DIFFERENT ?" 04:23 "YES." 04:24 "SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE..." 04:26 NOW WATCH FOLK, YOU MAY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE EVIL NOW. 04:30 HAMAN DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD NOT ONLY KILL THIS MAN, 04:36 BUT THAT HE WOULD COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE HIM. 04:43 SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THINKING LIKE THAT. 04:47 AND SO HE SAYS, "LOOK, LET'S WORK UP SOMETHING." 04:50 HE'S GOT PEOPLE WORKING ON HOW WE'LL DO IT. 04:52 IN FACT, GO SO FAR AS TO CALCULATE WHAT REVENUES 04:56 WILL BE FROM TAXES FROM THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, 05:01 AND HE PUTS IT TOGETHER AND SAYS, 05:03 "LET ME TAKE THAT NOW TO XERXES THE KING AND TELL HIM THAT I WILL PAY 05:09 WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, 05:12 IF HE WILL GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY TO WIPE THEM OUT." 05:18 TAKES THE KING'S SIGNET RING, AND AFFIXES IT NOW TO A DOCUMENT 05:24 THAT GIVES HIM THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT. 05:27 SO NOW, HE HAS THIS MAN WHERE HE WANTS HIM. 05:31 AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF HAMAN HAS SUCH POWER, 05:35 AND IF HE'S GOT A DOCUMENT WITH THE KING'S SIGNET ON IT, THAT THE CASE IS CLOSED. 05:41 BUT WHAT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF GOD BE FOR YOU, 05:46 NOBODY CAN BE AGAINST YOU. 05:49 SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS: 05:51 THE WORD GOES OUT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY GOD'S NAME 05:57 ARE ABOUT TO BE WIPED FROM THE EARTH. 05:59 AND LET ME TELL YOU HOW DIABOLICAL THIS SCHEME IS. 06:02 THE DEVIL IS ANGRY WITH EVERYONE WHO REPRESENTS CLEARLY THE LOVE OF GOD ON THE EARTH. 06:11 THAT'S WHY THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION, 06:16 BECAUSE SATAN IS ANGRY AT EVERYONE WHO PROJECTS A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHO GOD IS. 06:22 AND I THANK GOD THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE, 06:26 EVEN IN A TIME THAT SEEMS MEAN. 06:28 PEOPLE WHO REFLECT THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES; 06:32 PEOPLE WHO GO ABOUT TRYING TO DOING GOOD; 06:35 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE WHAT GOD WANTS THEM TO BE. 06:38 AND YOU MAY NOT BE LIKED BY EVERYBODY BUT WHO CARES, 06:42 BECAUSE IF YOU STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT, 06:44 IF YOU RIGHTLY REPRESENT GOD, 06:46 YOU WILL ALWAYS GET MORE THAN YOU LOSE, 06:51 BECAUSE GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE. 06:54 THIS PLOT WAS THICKER THAN YOU CAN EVER BELIEVE; 06:57 IT WAS A PLOT TO TAKE AWAY A NATION OF PEOPLE 07:00 WHO WERE CHARGED WITH SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD. 07:07 AND IF YOU THINK THAT GOD WILL STAND BY AND LET SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN, 07:10 THEN YOU DON'T KNOW GOD. 07:12 BECAUSE ACTUALLY, WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE IS TO TAKE DOWN 07:17 ONE QUEEN WHO COULD HAVE CARED LESS, AND PUT UP ANOTHER QUEEN, 07:21 WHO EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T KNOW IT YET, 07:23 IS PART OF THE SAME NATION THAT IS ABOUT TO BE ANNIHILATED. 07:28 DO YOU SEE IT HAPPENING ? 07:30 GOD CAN PLAN A PLOT BETTER THAN ANY MOTION PICTURE WRITER WHO EVER LIVED. 07:39 GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE STORIES AND FLIP THEM OVER AND TURN THEM INSIDE OUT. 07:44 GOD IS ABLE TO TAKE FACTS THAT SEEMED STACKED AGAINST YOU 07:48 AND CHANGE THE STACKING SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST YOU CAN'T TOUCH YOU. 07:53 GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. 07:58 HE'S ALREADY PUT PEOPLE IN PLACE. 08:00 SO NOW MORDECAI FINDS HIMSELF WITH A DILEMMA. 08:05 TAKES A MESSAGE TO QUEEN ESTHER AND SAYS, 08:07 "DON'T TRY TO HIDE AND NOT BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE NOW. 08:12 THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO TRY AND NOT BE WITH US." 08:16 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO WILL BE WITH YOU WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL, 08:19 BUT WHEN TIMES GET ROUGH YOU KNOW . . . 08:23 "ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH ?" 08:25 "WELL, SEE, MY PARENTS GO DOWN THERE, 08:29 BUT REALLY, I JUST KIND OF GO WITH THEM SOMETIMES, 08:32 YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE SOMETIMES, 08:36 IT'S OK, BUT I'M NOT REALLY CONNECTED." 08:39 "DO YOU KNOW HER ?" 08:40 "WELL, UH...WHY ?" 08:45 "CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE GETS ON MY NERVES." 08:46 "WELL, I'VE MET HER, SHE'S A CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE 08:50 BUT WE'RE NOT THAT CLOSE, REALLY." 08:53 IF YOUR FRIENDS ARE LIKE THAT, YOU NEED SOME NEW FRIENDS. 08:57 WHAT MORDECAI IS SAYING TO HIS KINSMAN, ESTHER, 09:01 "DON'T TRY TO SLIDE BY WITH US NOW, IN FACT YOU MAY HAVE COME 09:05 TO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 09:09 MAYBE NOW YOU OUGHT TO USE YOUR POWER." 09:11 IN FACT, I LOVE WHAT HE SAYS. 09:14 HE SAYS, "IF YOU DENY US, THEN OUR DELIVERANCE WILL COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, 09:21 'CAUSE GOD WILL NOT LET HIS CHILDREN FAIL." 09:24 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, NOBODY CAN BE AGAINST YOU. 09:27 "IF GOD CAN'T USE YOU TO HELP US, ESTHER, 09:29 HE'LL FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. 09:31 BUT YOU WILL BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE NEGLECTED 09:33 TO DO WHAT GOD HAS PUT YOU THERE TO DO." 09:35 REMEMBER FOLKS THAT WHERE EVER YOU ARE, RIGHT THIS MOMENT; 09:39 GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU WHERE YOU ARE. 09:43 YOU KNOW, DON'T GET EXCITED. 09:46 YOU GET A NEW JOB ? 09:47 DON'T' JUST THINK OF IT AS A JOB, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 09:51 YOU KNOW, I LOVE THOSE JOBS. 09:53 I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE JOBS; 09:55 YOU KNOW THE ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT. 09:57 YOU GOT TO GO DOWN TO THE BUILDING AND CHECK WITH SECURITY, 10:01 "HOW 'YA DOING ?" 10:02 "I'M PEARSON AND I WANT TO SEE SO-AND-SO." 10:04 "WELL SIR, DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ?" 10:06 "YES, I DO." 10:08 "UH, LET ME CALL. 10:11 HE LOOKS ABOUT . . . ALL RIGHT . . . OK . . . 10:15 SIR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK YOUR IDENTIFICATION." 10:19 "O.K." 10:20 "AND YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT RIGHT HERE. 10:21 WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK A COUPLE OF THINGS, 10:23 AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE ESCORTED UP." 10:26 I LOVE THOSE JOBS. 10:27 I NEVER HAD ONE, BUT I'M IMPRESSED. 10:30 AND YOU GET IN AN ELEVATOR AND RIDE FOR A FEW MINUTES, 10:34 AND END UP IN SOME BEAUTIFULLY CARPETED CORRIDOR, 10:38 AND YOU GO INTO AN OFFICE WHERE THE DESK IS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. 10:46 AND WHERE YOU TALK IN MUFFLED TONES AND ALL OF THE COLORS MATCH BEAUTIFULLY, 10:52 AND BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GLOBES ARE AROUND, BEAUTIFUL PICTURES -- 10:57 YOU KNOW THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. 10:58 AND THEN THEY BECKON YOU TO COME "COME." 11:02 YOU DARE NOT SPEAK LOUD IN AN OFFICE LIKE THAT. 11:07 BUT DON'T GET EXCITED, BECAUSE GOD PUT YOU THERE FOR A REASON. 11:15 AND YOU CAN'T FORGET THE PURPOSE ! 11:19 ISN'T THAT WHAT MORDECAI SAID ? 11:20 "DON'T GET EXCITED NOW AND TRY TO PASS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT. 11:24 REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, 11:27 AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO INTERCEDE FOR US." 11:29 SHE SENT A MESSAGE BACK, 11:31 "MORDECAI, GET THE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TELL THEM TO PRAY 11:33 BECAUSE I WILL STAND FOR GOD. 11:35 I'LL PUT MYSELF ON THE LINE." 11:37 IN FACT, WHAT SHE DID WAS SHE BROKE THE RULE THAT WAS IN THE KINGDOM. 11:41 THEY HAD A RULE THAT NOBODY COULD GO TO AND SEE THE KING UNLESS THE KING CALLED YOU. 11:45 AND IF YOU DID, THE KING HAD A SCEPTER ALWAYS. 11:50 IF YOU CAME INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE KING WITHOUT AN INVITATION 11:52 AND HE REFUSED TO PUT FORTH HIS SCEPTER, 11:56 YOU COULD LOSE YOUR LIFE. 11:59 BUT IF HE PUT IT FORTH, AND YOU CAME 12:00 AND TOUCHED THE TOP OF THE SCEPTER, THEN ALL WAS WELL. 12:06 WHEN ESTHER COMES IN, THE KING'S COUNTENANCE MUST MELT, 12:11 BECAUSE HER BEAUTY IS OVERWHELMING. 12:14 SHE IS THE LIGHT OF HIS LIFE. 12:17 AND SHE COMES SHEEPISHLY IN AND HE, OF COURSE, PUTS IT OUT. 12:21 AND HE SAYS, "DEAR, COME, ANYTHING YOU WANT UP TO HALF OF THE KINGDOM." 12:26 BUT SHE PUT HERSELF ON THE LINE, AND THAT'S WHY GOD PUT HER THERE. 12:33 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 12:35 NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS EVIL HAMAN. 12:43 HAMAN GETS INVITED TO A LITTLE BANQUET WITH THE KING AND QUEEN ALONE, 12:48 BECAUSE ESTHER IS SETTING UP HER DRAMA. 12:53 HAMAN IS SO EXCITED YOU KNOW, HE GOES HOME AND TELLS HIS WIFE, 13:01 "YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHERE I WAS TODAY. 13:06 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE 13:08 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD RECOGNIZE WHO I AM. 13:11 YOU KNOW THAT DEAR, BETTER THAN ANYONE. 13:14 WELL, I HAVE JUST COME FROM A BANQUET 13:16 WITH THE KING AND THE QUEEN AND YOUR HUSBAND ALONE. 13:22 IN FACT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER BANQUET, 13:25 AND I WILL BE HONORED THERE. 13:28 SWEETHEART, WHAT DO YOU THINK ? 13:31 THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. 13:34 I TELL YOU WHAT, COME AND LET ME JUST HOLD YOU HERE 13:37 AND LET'S MEMORIALIZE THIS MOMENT. 13:41 BUT YOU KNOW, LISTEN, BUT YOU KNOW, AS HAPPY AS I AM, 13:48 I CAN'T GET THAT MORDECAI OFF MY MIND. 13:53 AND YOU KNOW, IF I COULD GET RID OF HIM, I'D BE REALLY HAPPY TODAY." 13:57 SO HIS WIFE SAYS -- YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHO YOU MARRY -- HIS 14:05 WIFE SAYS, "YOU KNOW WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO TO MAKE YOURSELF COMPLETELY HAPPY ? 14:11 YOU OUGHT TO GET RID OF MORDECAI IN THE SAME DAY THAT YOU MEET WITH THE KING AND QUEEN, 14:18 THEN YOU'RE LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT." 14:22 "SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. 14:24 THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU." 14:28 SO HAMAN CALLS WORKMEN, AND COMMISSIONS THEM TO BUILD 14:33 A HANGMAN'S NOOSE IN FRONT OF HIS DOOR, 14:39 THAT STANDS HIGH ENOUGH THAT ALL PASSERS BY WILL SEE MORDECAI 14:45 HANGING ON THIS HANGMAN'S NOOSE. 14:48 WANTS IT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, 14:50 SO THAT HE WILL BE IDENTIFIED WITH IT, 14:52 SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW -- DON'T BOTHER HAMAN. 14:57 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET IN HIS WAY. 15:01 I SEE HIM TALKING TO THESE WORKMEN, AND TELLING THEM 15:04 "I WANT IT BUILT STRONG AND HIGH AND I WANT IT DONE QUICKLY." 15:09 AND NOW, IF YOU ARE TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW 15:13 YOU WOULD SAY, TOSS OUT YOUR THEME PREACHER, 15:18 BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE MAN WHO STOOD UP FOR GOD, 15:22 THE MAN WHO'S ON GOD'S SIDE, 15:24 WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE HIM LOSE HIS LIFE. 15:26 BUT IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE NIGHT. 15:31 ON THE DAY THAT THE WORKMEN ARE FINISHING UP THE GALLOWS. 15:36 IN FACT, ONE COMMENTATOR SUGGESTS, 15:39 AND FORGIVE ME IF I LIKE THE POIGNANCY OF THE SUGGESTION, 15:43 ONE SUGGESTS THAT THEY DIDN'T FINISH DURING THE DAY, 15:48 AND THAT PERHAPS THEY LIT TORCHES TO FINISH THEIR WORK INTO THE NIGHT. 15:55 BUT ON THAT SAME NIGHT, THE NIGHT THAT PRECEDED THE DAY 16:00 THAT WOULD BRING HAMAN HIS FULL RESPONSE TO HIS PLAN, 16:05 GOD DECIDED TO STEP IN. 16:12 AND SO, GOD WOULD NOT LET THE KING SLEEP. 16:17 THE KING COULD COMMAND 127 PROVINCES, 16:20 BUT HE COULD NOT COMMAND ONE HOUR OF SLEEP. 16:26 AND SO THE KING SAYS, "CALL THE READERS AND ASK THEM TO READ FROM THE RECORDS." 16:35 NOW, THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON WHY. 16:39 SOME SAY HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING THEM TO READ THE BIBLE, 16:43 WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, WOULDN'T IT ? 16:45 SOME SAY HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER TO TALK ABOUT LOVE AND POSITIVE THINGS. 16:49 IF YOU WANT TO GO TO SLEEP, IT'S NOT GREAT TO FILL YOUR HEAD 16:52 WITH WORRIES, BUT THEY COME. 16:56 THE THEORY THAT I BELIEVE IS CLOSER TO THE FACTS 16:59 IS THAT HE THOUGHT IF THEY READ THAT BORING STUFF, 17:04 YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE OUT A BIG THICK BOOK THAT YOU HATE, 17:07 AND BEFORE LONG IT WILL REST ON YOUR CHEST, AND YOU'LL BE ASLEEP. 17:12 SO, HE SAYS, "READ." 17:13 AND THEY OPEN UP . . . ALRIGHT . . . SIR, 17:15 WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE US START ?" 17:16 "OH, START ANYWHERE." 17:18 BUT GOD WAS LEADING THEM. 17:20 AND SO THEY BEGAN TO READ, 17:22 "AND ON SUCH AND SUCH A DAY THIS HAPPENED . . ." 17:24 AND HE SAYS, "OH, THAT'S GOOD, READ ON, READ ON." 17:29 "AND ON ANOTHER DAY . . . WHAT HAPPENS . . ." 17:33 "OH, THAT'S REALLY GOOD." 17:38 "AND ON THAT DAY, BIGTHENA AND TERESH WERE PLOTTING TO KILL KING XERXES, 17:47 BUT THE PLOT WAS DISCOVERED BY MORDECAI, 17:52 AND MORDECAI REPORTED IT TO THE KING, 17:56 AND THE KING'S LIFE WAS SPARED. 17:59 "HEY ! HEY ! 18:02 WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ? 18:05 READ THAT AGAIN." 18:08 "WELL SIR, YOU REMEMBER THAT DON'T YOU ? 18:10 THERE WAS A PLOT TO KILL YOU. 18:12 AND REMEMBER MORDECAI FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, 18:15 AND MORDECAI CAME AND TOLD YOU AND THAT'S HOW YOUR LIFE WAS SPARED. 18:17 HE SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE. 18:19 I TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, READ FARTHER AND FIND OUT WHAT I DID FOR HIM." 18:22 "WELL, LET'S SEE . . . OK . . . KING, UMM . . . 18:30 WE'RE DOWN A MONTH NOW AND SIR, WE'VE DONE A YEAR HERE, 18:40 AND YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HIM." 18:43 "WHAT ? 18:45 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY CALENDAR ? 18:47 BRING HIM !" 18:49 "WELL SIR, HE'S ASLEEP." 18:50 "WAKE HIM UP ! 18:53 YOU ALLOWED ME TO LET SOMEBODY WHO SAVED MY LIFE GO WITHOUT REWARD ? 18:58 I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS NOW ! 19:00 I WILL NOT REST UNTIL I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN." 19:04 SO THAT, ON THE VERY NIGHT THAT HAMAN'S GALLOWS IS FINISHED. 19:12 ON THE VERYNIGHT THAT A HANGMAN'S NOOSE SWINGS 19:16 IN THE THICK DARKNESS OF THE PERSIAN NIGHT. 19:20 ON THE SAME NIGHT WHEN THE PLOT IS LAID, 19:24 AND THE NOOSE HANGS FROM A TALL GALLOWS. 19:28 ON THAT NIGHT, GOD WOULD NOT LET THE KING SLEEP. 19:31 ON THAT NIGHT GOD REMINDED THE KING OF A DEED 19:35 THAT A MAN HAD DONE AND NOT BEEN REWARDED FOR. 19:37 AND ON THAT NIGHT GOD MOVED ON THE HEART OF A KING 19:41 TO REWARD A MAN FOR SOMETHING THAT HE HAD DONE LONG AGO, 19:45 BECAUSE GOD WILL NOT ALLOW THOSE WHO STAND FOR HIM TO BE PUSHED DOWN FOREVER. 19:51 BUT GOD KNOWS HOW TO STEP IN ON TIME. 19:54 SO IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE GRAY OF MORNING GIVES WAY 20:02 TO THE PASTELS OF THE EASTERN HORIZON, 20:05 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ASTIR IN THE KING'S PALACE, NO ONE IS ASLEEP. 20:11 PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND WAY TOO EARLY 20:14 AND THEY HAVE ONLY ONE THING ON THEIR MINDS; 20:15 WHAT CAN WE DO ? 20:16 WE'VE GOT TO REWARD THIS MAN. 20:18 AND THE KING, WHO HAS NOT SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT, IS NOW ENERGIZED STRANGELY. 20:23 HE HAS ONLY ONE THING ON HIS MIND AND THAT IS 20:25 WHAT WILL HE DO FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SAVED HIS LIFE ? 20:27 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARS THE VOICE OF SOMEONE WHO SOUNDS FAMILIAR -- IT'S HAMAN, 20:32 WHO'S COME EARLY, HAMAN HAS COME EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAPERS ARE IN ORDER SO 20:38 THAT HE CAN HANG MORDECAI ON THE GALLOWS IN FRONT OF HIS DOOR. 20:44 HE WANTS TO GET ALL THE TECHNICALITIES STRAIGHT, SO HE CAME EARLY. 20:49 YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU COME TOO EARLY IF YOU'RE NOT ON GOD'S SIDE. 20:54 YOU MAY GET SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T BARGAIN FOR. 20:58 KING SAYS, "WHO IS THAT OUT THERE ?" 21:00 THEY SAID, "HAMAN -- LORD HAMAN SIR." 21:01 "CALL HIM IN. 21:03 LORD HAMAN, COME, TELL ME WHAT SHOULD THE KING DO FOR SOMEONE THAT HE LOVES ?" 21:14 OF COURSE, HAMAN'S MIND GOES IMMEDIATELY TO HIMSELF. 21:23 "OH KING, OH YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GLAD I AM THAT YOU ASKED ME. 21:31 I WOULD TAKE THAT ROBE THAT YOU LOVE TO WEAR, YOU KNOW THE ONE, 21:39 I'VE REMARKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES. 21:42 I WOULD PUT THAT ON SUCH A MAN. 21:45 I WOULD PUT HIM ON YOUR ROYAL HORSE, 21:50 BUT NOT BEFORE I HAD PUT ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS ON THE ANIMAL. 21:56 THEN I WOULD CALL FOR A CADRE OF HANGERS ON 22:00 AND I WOULD HAVE HERALDS GO BEFORE THE HORSE 22:03 AND MAKE THE SAME DECLARATION BEFORE THIS MAN 22:06 THAT THEY MAKE WHEN YOU RIDE THROUGH TOWN. 22:09 SO, I WOULD TREAT A MAN LIKE THAT, JUST LIKE THE KING. 22:14 DOES THAT GIVE YOU ANY IDEAS SIR ?" 22:17 HE SAID, "YES, GO AND GET MORDECAI NOW AND BRING HIM HERE." 22:21 (laughter, applause) 22:25 THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER THAT THE MAN WAS LOOKING FOR. 22:29 AND NOW, IT MAY HAVE BEEN GREATER PAIN FOR HAMAN 22:34 TO SEE MORDECAI BE PUT ON A HORSE WITH THE KING'S ROBE. 22:39 MORDECAI IS NOT SHAKEN UP BY IT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T SEEK FAME AND GLORY, 22:44 FAME AND GLORY DON'T BOTHER YOU. 22:47 HIS LIFE WAS NOT BUILT AROUND WEARING THE KING'S ROBE, 22:50 HIS JOY WAS NOT TO RIDE THE KING'S ANIMAL, 22:53 HE JUST WANTED TO PLEASE GOD. 22:55 BUT IT ATE THE HEART OUT OF HAMAN TO HAVE TO WALK ALONG 23:00 AND WATCH SOMEBODY RIDING ON HIS HORSE 23:03 AND WEAR THE GARMENT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE WORN. 23:06 BUT THE DAY WASN'T OVER. 23:08 BEFORE THAT DAY WAS OVER, HE WENT TO THAT BANQUET, 23:11 BUT IT DIDN'T PLAY OUT LIKE HE PLANNED. 23:14 BECAUSE AT THAT BANQUET ESTHER TOLD THE KING 23:19 WHO IT WAS THAT WANTED TO TAKE HER LIFE 23:22 AND THE LIFE OF HER PEOPLE. 23:25 AND WHEN THE KING BEGGED HER . . . 23:32 "THERE HE IS." 23:35 CAN YOU IMAGINE ? 23:39 (laughter) 23:46 WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS IN HAMAN'S MIND ? 23:51 BUT YOU GOTTA THINK BEFORE YOU GET THERE. 23:53 MY GRANDFATHER WAS NOT A GREAT PHILOSOPHER, 23:56 BUT HE WOULD SAY ALL THE TIME, 23:57 "IF YOU DIG A DITCH, DIG TWO. 24:02 IF YOU DIG A DITCH FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, DIG ONE FOR YOURSELF." 24:07 BECAUSE GOD IS SO INTENT ON REWARDING PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVIL MINDS, 24:13 THAT GOD WILL ARRANGE IT SO. 24:15 NOW AT THE END OF THIS DAY, IN FACT AT THAT VERY BANQUET, 24:21 THE KING SAYS, "WHAT ? 24:22 YOU WOULD KILL MY QUEEN AND HER PEOPLE ?" 24:27 "BUT, BUT YOU SEE . . ." 24:28 "NO, I DON'T WANT ANY EXPLANATION..." 24:30 THE KING WALKED OUT IN HIS GARDEN. 24:32 WHILE THE KING WAS OUT IN HIS GARDEN, 24:36 HAMAN, HIS MIND NOW IS NOT TOUCHED WITH ANY SUBSTANCE; 24:42 HE'S JUST OUT OF HIS MIND. 24:45 HE GOES TO WHERE QUEEN ESTHER HAS GONE FOR A LITTLE RESPITE, 24:50 AND FALLS ON THE QUEEN'S BED TO BEG FOR MERCY. 24:56 AND THE KING WALKS BACK IN AT THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE TIME 25:04 AND GLIMPSES HAMAN . . . 25:07 DO YOU SEE THE PICTURE ? 25:13 HE CALLED FOR THOSE WHO WERE HIS EXECUTIONERS. 25:18 THEY TOOK A PIECE OF CLOTH, AND LAID IT OVER HAMAN'S FACE. 25:24 THE THOUGHT IN THAT CULTURE WAS THAT HE NO LONGER HAD THE RIGHT TO LOOK UPON THE KING, 25:31 AND THE KING NO LONGER HAD THE DESIRE TO LOOK UPON HIM. 25:35 SO, HE MUST BE TREATED AS A DEAD MAN. 25:39 AND ON THAT DAY, THE KING SAID, 25:42 "LET HAMAN BE TAKEN TO THAT GALLOWS THAT I HAVE WITNESSED 25:46 THROUGHOUT THIS DAY STANDING BEFORE HIS DOOR, 25:49 AND LET HIM BE HANGED ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE BUILT." 25:54 GOD ON YOUR SIDE MEANS THAT YOUR SITUATION MAY CHANGE OVERNIGHT ! 26:03 SO WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW, 26:07 WHATEVER TROUBLE SEEMS TO HAUNT YOU, 26:11 WHATEVER HABIT WILL NOT LET YOU GO, 26:14 DON'T YOU EVER TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF GOD'S HAND. 26:18 BECAUSE GOD HAS THE ABILITY TO LET A SITUATION GO ON AND ON AND ON, 26:24 BUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR HIS GLORY, 26:27 GOD WILL STEP IN RIGHT ON TIME. 26:31 HE CAN WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE BUT GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS OVERNIGHT. 26:39 IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ? 26:46 (upbeat music) 26:53 "OUTRAGEOUS !" 26:54 (upbeat music) 26:57 (sounds of laughing) 26:59 Announcer: EVER WONDER IF YOUR LIFE HAS MEANING AND PURPOSE; 27:03 IF THERE WAS MORE TO LIFE THAN A SINKFULL OF SUDS; 27:05 IF GOD WAS REALLY ACTIVE IN THE DETAILS OF YOUR LIFE; 27:08 IF THERE WAS GREENER GRASS OVER SOME OTHER FENCE ? 27:11 IF SO GET THIS WEEK'S OFFER "OUTRAGEOUS GRACE" BY DWIGHT NELSON. 27:15 GET THE BOOK AND BE PREPARED TO JUMP FOR JOY; OR AT LEAST GET A CASE OF HAPPY TOES. 27:20 THE GRACE FROM GOD IS FREE--THE BOOK IS A FIVE DOLLAR DONATION. 27:24 GRAB A PHONE AND MAKE A FREE CALL--877-BOL OFFER: 27:27 TRANSLATION: 877-265-6333. 27:31 OR WRITE FOR THE BOOK AND LET THE U.S. POASTAL SERVICE CARRY IT TO: 27:33 BREATH OF LIFE. P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C., 20077 27:40 WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY. 27:41 "OUTRAGEOUS !" 27:43 Announcer: I'M DONE. 27:47 ♪ LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 27:51 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:54 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE: 27:56 WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 28:02 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 28:05 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 28:08 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 28:11 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 28:16 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY, ♪ 28:23 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE ! ♪ |
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