Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000222
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00:01 AND MY GOD WON'T PLAY ANY
00:02 GAMES WITH YOU, IF YOUR WRONG 00:03 HE'LL TELL YOU YOUR WRONG. 00:05 THE BIBLE DOES NOT CHANGE PRINT 00:07 BASED ON WHO READS IT. 00:09 I DON'T CARE HOW POWFUL YOU 00:10 ARE, IT SAYS THE SAME THING. 00:12 SO IF YOU GOT TEN CREDIT CARDS 00:14 IN YOUR WALLET THE BIBLE 00:16 WILL NOT CHANGE. 00:17 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:23 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:27 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:33 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY ♪ 00:41 YOUR 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. ♪ 00:53 Announcer: THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 00:59 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE. 01:04 YOUR HEART ACHES. 01:08 YOUR GUT WRENCHES. 01:11 YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 01:16 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 01:20 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 01:24 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 01:29 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK CAN HELP YOU DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 01:33 IT'S A BOOKLET BY CHARLES SCRIVEN CALLED: 01:35 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 01:38 IT'LL GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED, 01:41 THAT GOD SHARES YOUR PAIN WHEN YOU SUFFER. 01:45 YOU'LL FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 01:48 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 01:52 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 01:56 AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 02:00 THE BOOKLET IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 02:03 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 02:05 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077 02:13 THERE IS COMFORT AND HOPE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 02:18 GOD IS STILL THERE FOR YOU. 02:25 ZACHARIAH CHAPTER 3 AND I WILL READ IN YOUR HEARING TWO VERSES FROM THIS OLD TESTAMENT BOOK. 02:34 THE BIBLE SAYS: 03:04 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 03:07 FATHER IN HEAVEN, TONIGHT WE COME LIFTING EMPTY CUPS. 03:12 WE ASK THAT OUR CUPS MIGHT BE FILLED NOT WITH OURSELVES 03:18 BUT WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 03:21 WE READ THE WORDS OF THE BIBLE BUT WE CANNOT COMPREHEND THEM 03:25 COMPLETELY WITHOUT THE ANNOINTING OF THY SPIRIT. 03:30 SO NOW GIVE US THAT ANNOINTING, 03:32 GIVE US THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED, 03:36 AND LIFT US CLOSER TO JESUS, 03:38 FOR IT IS IN HIS SWEET AND HOLY NAME THAT WE PRAY. 03:42 AMEN. 03:44 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A SITUATION THAT IS FROM A VISION. 03:50 THE SITUATION WITH IT'S BACKGROUND IS SERIOUS. 03:55 ISRAEL IS NOW IN A POINT OF TIME 04:00 WHEN ACTION IS NECESSARY. 04:03 THERE IS A TIME FOR TALK, 04:06 THERE IS A TIME FOR ACTION. 04:08 GOD HAS NOW FREED ISRAEL TO THE POINT WHERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE 04:15 HAVE LEFT CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON AND HAVE TRAVELED NOW TO BE ABLE 04:21 TO REBUILD THAT TEMPLE THAT IS SO CENTRAL TO THE NATIONHOOD OF ISRAEL. 04:28 BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS WAS MORE THAN THAT FOR THIS 04:32 IS NOT ABOUT NATIONHOOD ESSENTIALLY. 04:36 IT'S ABOUT A HOUSE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE NAME OF GOD. 04:40 AND GOD IS WITH THEM. 04:42 WHENEVER PEOPLE DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, 04:46 NO MATTER HOW MUCH OPPOSITION IS THERE, 04:49 YOU MAY BE CERTAIN THAT GOD IS THERE ALSO. 04:53 GOD HAS NEVER PROMISED THAT WHEN YOU DO RIGHT 04:56 YOU WILL NOT BE OPPOSED. 04:57 IN FACT THE CONTRARY IS TRUE. 05:00 THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 05:05 THE MORE YOU ARE LIKE CHRIST, 05:07 THE MORE YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE OPPOSITION. 05:10 AND IT IS SO HERE. 05:12 FOR WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD GO NOW TO ISRAEL 05:16 AND WHEN THEY GO TO JUDAH AND WHEN THEY ARE IN JERUSALEM 05:21 AND BEGIN TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE, 05:24 THE QUESTION IS HOW CAN THEY BE STOPPED. 05:28 WHAT POWER CAN STOP THEM NOW AND WHEN NOTHING ELSE CAN STOP YOU, 05:34 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE GREATEST POWER TO SLOW YOU DOWN 05:39 OR BRING YOU TO A SCREECHING HALT IS THE POWER FROM WITHIN. 05:44 FOR THE FACT IS THAT YOU CANNOT BE STOPPED 05:47 SO LONG AS GOD ACTUATES YOU AND SO LONG AS YOU HOLD ON TO HIS UNCHANGING HAND. 05:52 BUT IF YOU BEGIN TO DOUBT IN YOUR HEART 05:56 THEN IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE STOPPED. 05:59 SO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. 06:02 SATAN COMES UP WITH A NEW TACTIC. 06:04 AND WHAT DOES HE TELL YOU THE MOST OFTEN ? 06:07 THE FACT IS THAT HE WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE FOR GOD TO BLESS YOU. 06:12 YOU HAVE BEEN WITH HIM TOO LONG. 06:15 SATAN PLAYS SOME UGLY TRICKS, 06:17 BECAUSE IT IS SATAN WHO TELLS YOU TO DO WRONG. 06:21 IT IS SATAN WHO KNOWS WHEN YOU DO WRONG. 06:25 IT IS SATAN WHO TELLS YOU WHERE TO GO TO DO IT. 06:28 KNOWS WHEN YOU'LL BE THERE. 06:30 WATCH'S YOU. 06:32 AND IS CAREFUL TO TE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. 06:34 IN FACT, I WOULD WANT TO SUGGEST IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY, 06:38 THAT IT'S NOT GOD WHO IS SO MUCH ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU FAIL, 06:44 GOD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION. 06:47 GOD IS NOT WILLING SAYS THE BIBLE, 06:51 2 PETER CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 8. 06:54 GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH 06:58 BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. 07:00 GOD HAS STATED WHERE HE IS. 07:03 THE ONE WHO IS AGAINST YOU 07:05 IS THE ONE WHO GET'S YOU IN TROUBLE. 07:07 AND THAT'S REALLY NOT FAIR IS IT, 07:09 FOR SOMEONE TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE, 07:11 WATCH YOU WHILE YOU GO THERE, 07:13 TELL YOU WHERE TO GO, CHECK YOU WHEN YOU GET THERE, 07:16 AND THEN TAKE DOWN NOTES AND SAY "I GOT YOU." 07:20 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I USED TO BE AROUND VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, 07:23 SOME OF THEM WERE TEACHERS WHO WOULD SING A LITTLE SONG TO ME 07:27 AND IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- I DON'T WANT TO TRY 07:30 TO SING IT, MY VOICE ISN'T ALL THAT GOOD 07:31 BUT IT SAYS THAT GOD SEES ALL YOU DO, 07:35 HE HEAR'S ALL YOU SAY, MY LORD IS WRITING ALL THE TIME. 07:41 AND I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE GUY, YOU KNOW, 07:43 I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT MUCH SIN YET. 07:46 BUT I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE I THOUGHT GOD MIGHT BE WRITING ALL THE TIME. 07:51 THE FACT IS THAT THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. 07:54 THE ONE WHO IS WATCHING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO WRONG 07:57 AND MAKE SURE HE TAKES IT DOWN IS THE DEVIL. 07:59 HE'S THE ONE WHO'S AGAINST YOU. 08:00 IF YOU BELIEVE IT CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN. 08:03 NOW THE ROUGH TRICK ABOUT THAT IS THAT HE GETS YOU IN TROUBLE 08:07 AND WHEN YOU GET THERE TAKES THE NOTES DOWN. 08:10 AND THEN WHEN YOUR ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING GRAND, 08:16 REMINDS YOU WHO YOU ARE. 08:19 YOU KNOW YOU GO AROUND SOME RELIGIOUS FOLK AND GET ALL CAUGHT UP IN FEELING GOOD. 08:26 AND WHEN YOU GET HOME HE'LL BE WAITING ON YOU. 08:28 "LOOK AT YOU. 08:30 YOU'RE JUST HOLDING OUT, AREN'T YOU. 08:32 LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR HOLY SELF. 08:35 BUT I KNOW YOU. 08:37 YOU KNOW, YOU AND I BEEN SOME PLACES TOGETHER." 08:39 AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN THAT KIND OF REMINDER. 08:42 YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LET THE DEVIL POINT OUT 08:46 YOUR FAULTS BECAUSE HE WILL DESCRIBE YOU OUT OF SUCCESS. 08:52 IN FACT YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LET DESCRIBE YOU TO YOU ANYHOW. 08:59 I GET A LITTLE DISTURBED -- NOW I'M NOT AGAINST TELEVISION, 09:02 YOU ARE WATCHING ME ON TELEVISION NOW, 09:03 SO I'M NOT THAT MUCH AGAINST IT 09:05 BUT YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WATCH 09:07 BECAUSE SOME TELEVISION WILL DESCRIBE YOU TO YOURSELF. 09:11 THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO SEE OURSELVES ONLY IN NEGATIVE WAYS ON TELEVISION. 09:15 AND IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL, SUBLIMINALLY, 09:17 YOU'LL BEGIN TO BELIEVE WHAT OU SEE -- SO THAT YOU LET 09:20 SOMEBODY ELSE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE 09:22 AND CONVINCE YOU THAT THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. 09:25 SO NOW YOU BEGIN TO ACT LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE TOLD YOU YOU OUGHT TO ACT. 09:30 SHAME ON YOU. 09:32 YOUR MINDS GOT TO BE MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT. 09:34 IN FACT, YOU'D DO BETTER TO SEE YOURSELF ON THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE. 09:39 BECAUSE THERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT GOD THINKS OF YOU. 09:42 NOW GOD WON'T PLAY ANY GAMES WITH YOU. 09:44 IF YOUR WRONG, HE'LL TELL YOU YOUR WRONG. 09:47 THE BIBLE DOES NOT CHANGE PRINT BASED ON WHO READS IT. 09:51 I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE -- SAYS THE SAME THING. 09:54 SO IF YOU GOT TEN CREDIT CARDS IN YOUR WALLET 09:57 THE BIBLE WILL NOT CHANGE. 09:59 IF YOU ARE THE SUPERINTENDENT -- IN FACT FOR THAT MATTER --IF YOU 10:03 ARE THE PREACHER, THE BIBLE WON'T CHANGE. 10:06 TRUTH IS STILL TRUTH. 10:08 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK. 10:10 SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE. 10:13 BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO HAVE GOT THE MISUNDERSTANDING: 10:16 THEY THINK THAT GOD IS AGAINST YOU AND HE'S THE ONE WHO IS WATCHING. 10:21 IT'S THE DEVIL WHO'S AGAINST YOU. 10:22 IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS NOW TO ISRAEL, 10:26 YOU WILL SEE IT CLEARLY: 10:27 BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF THEIR BUILDING, 10:30 WHEN THEY'RE MAKING TO MUCH PROGRESS, 10:32 THE DEVIL BEGINS TO TELL THEM WHO THEY ARE. 10:35 "YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT THAT HOLY, 10:37 IN FACT GOD DOES NOT REALLY OWE YOU TO HELP YOU." 10:41 AND BEYOND THAT THEY BEGIN TO BELIEVE IT 10:45 AND THEY LOSE THEIR ENTHUSIASM. 10:48 NOW I THINK I'VE MADE IT FAIRLY CLEAR THAT I BELIEVE IN SOME 10:51 ENTHUSIASM AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD. 10:55 I HAVE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT YOU OUGHT NOT SHOW 10:58 ANY ENTHUSIASM IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. 11:01 BUT WHEN I SEE THEM AT GAMES, 11:09 WHEN I SEE THEM AT GAMES, THEY GET EXCITED. 11:12 THEY WATCH MOVIES AND CRY. 11:15 THEY READ LITTLE BOOKS AND GET TOUCHED. 11:18 BUT THEN WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE COMMUNITY 11:20 WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE READING FROM THE WORD OF GOD, 11:22 "YOU KNOW, WELL NOW, WE GOTTA JUST INTERNALIZE THAT. 11:25 AND YOU SEE THE MORE BLESSED WE ARE, 11:27 THE MORE WE ARE INCLINED TO THINK THAT RELIGION 11:30 IS A THING YOU OUGHT TO JUST INTERNALIZE QUIETLY." 11:32 WELL SOMEHOW I BELIEVE THAT IF A GAME CAN MOVE YOU, 11:36 IF A MOVIE CAN MOVE YOU, 11:38 WHEN THE POWER OF GOD COMES AND MAKES A CHANGE IN YOUR HEART, 11:41 THERE OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE ENTHUSIASM. 11:46 I DON'T THINK THAT YOUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE 11:48 OUGHT TO BASED ON EMOTIONS, 11:51 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE FACT OF WHAT GOD DOES 11:55 OUGHT TO CREATE A REACTION, 11:58 AND THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE BASED ON YOUR CULTURE, HOW TO RESPOND. 12:03 I DON'T TRY TO DICTATE TO ANYONE, 12:04 NOR WILL I ACCEPT YOUR DICTATION TO ME. 12:08 I'LL RESPOND THE WAY THE LORD TELLS ME. 12:11 THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH ISN'T IT. 12:13 SO THE DEVIL SNEAKS IN AND TRIES TO ROB THEM OF THEIR ENTHUSIASM THEY BEGIN TO PULL AWAY. 12:18 THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY THAT YOU WORK. 12:20 WHEN YOU ARE EXCITED YOU WORK. 12:22 I HAVE WORKED IN CERTAIN PLACES WHERE THE PEOPLE HID DURING THE DAY. 12:26 I WILL NOT TELL ON ANY ONE. 12:27 IT'S TOO LONG AGO NOW -- THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING OTHER JOBS. 12:30 HALLELUHAH ! 12:33 BUT I CAN REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME TO WORK AND IMMEDIATELY HIDE. 12:38 I TRIED IT ONE TIME. 12:39 THE DAY IS SO LONG WHEN YOU HIDE. 12:45 I HID WITH THE GUY ONE DAY. 12:47 "LET'S DON'T WORK - LET'S HIDE." 12:50 THE DAY LASTED 25 HOURS. 12:53 IT'S TERRIBLE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND YOU TRY TO HIDE. 12:58 I SAID "MAN I WOULD RATHER WORK ANY DAY THAN TO DO THIS." 13:01 BECAUSE THE DAY SLIPS AWAY WHEN YOU HAVE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT YOUR WORK. 13:06 THE ENTHUSIASM WAS THERE AND THEN THE DEVIL SNATCHED IT AWAY 13:09 BECAUSE THEY BEGAN TO CONCENTRATE ON THEIR FAULTS. 13:12 AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ROB YOURSELF 13:17 OF THE POWER OF ENTHUSIASM. 13:19 NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS, GOD SAYS "I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO. 13:22 I'LL GIVE ZACHARIAH A VISION." 13:24 AND HERE COMES THE VISION. 13:25 I LOVE IT. 13:27 NOW YOU GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE VISION BECAUSE THE VISION COMES FROM GOD. 13:30 IF IT CAME FROM YOU, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT'S YOUR OPINION. 13:34 IF IT CAME FROM ME YOU SHOULD IGNORE IT -- MY OPINION. 13:37 BUT THE VISION COMES FROM GOD. 13:39 AND HERE IT IS. 13:40 JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST, REPRESENTING THE NATION, 13:45 IS STANDING BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, 13:49 THAT ACTUALLY OUGHT TO BE UNDERSTOOD 13:50 "THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD" 13:54 DRESSED IN FILTHY CLOTHES. 13:59 ISAIAH CHAPTER 64 -- IT SAYS ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS' 14:04 ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS. 14:06 YOU KNOW, JUST -- I'M SORRY, MAYBE I'M RAINING ON YOUR PARADE, 14:11 MAYBE SOMEBODY CAME HERE THINKING THAT YOU HAD ADVANCED 14:14 INTO SOME NEW PLATEAU OF CHRISTIAN GODLINESS. 14:19 BUT LET ME TELL YOU, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, 14:21 ADD UP TO FILTHY RAGS. 14:24 EVERY THING I CAN DO -- MY ONLY CLAIM TO RIGHTEOUSNESS 14:26 IS IN CHRIST. 14:28 WHEN CHRIST TAKES OVER MY LIFE, MY LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. 14:31 BUT WHEN I FALL BACK ON WHAT I'VE DONE -- FILTHY RAGS. 14:35 SO NOW JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST STANDS BEFORE THE 14:38 "ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD" DRESSED IN FILTHY GARMENTS REPRESENTING THE SIN OF THE NATION. 14:46 AND AS HE STANDS THERE, HE'S NOT STANDING THERE SAYING 14:49 "GOD LET GLORY COME DOWN." 14:52 YOU KNOW, I WAS A PASTOR FOR A LONG TIME. 14:55 I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE TIMES IN CHURCHES 14:57 WHEN THE PEOPLE RISE UP IN RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. 15:02 AND THERE VOICES SOUND LIKE THAT WHEN THEY DO IT. 15:05 "PASTOR, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU." 15:06 I COULD ALMOST TELL BEFORE THEY GOT THERE 15:08 WHAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 15:10 "I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU. 15:15 I NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT." 15:17 AND I'LL SAY OKAY, HERE IT COMES. 15:20 "I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE." 15:24 YEAH, I'M THINKING, IT OUGHT TO BE DONE ABOUT YOU AND THAT ATTITUDE. 15:29 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN. 15:31 "THE CHURCH IS FILTHY. 15:33 WE NEED TO CLEAN IT OUT." 15:36 AND YOU KNOW THEY WANT ME TO GET UP AND PREACH SOME SERMON 15:38 ON THE SINS OF THE REST OF THE PEOPLE. 15:43 DON'T WANT ME TO PREACH A SERMON ON ATTITUDE DO THEY. 15:46 SEE, I COULD PREACH A SERMON ON THE LOVE OF JESUS. 15:48 THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. 15:50 BUT THAT'S HOW GOOD FOLK GET. 15:51 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, 15:52 THIS PRIEST IS NOT STANDING THERE SAYING 15:55 "GOD, LET JUSTICE RAIN DOWN" 15:59 BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE HAD ON FILTHY GARMENTS, 16:02 HE DID NOT DESERVE ANYTHING GOOD, HE DESERVED PUNISHMENT. 16:06 AND THE ONLY THING THAT HE COULD CLING TO IN ORDER TO GET MERCY 16:09 WAS TO CLING TO THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 16:11 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND AS I MUST, THAT WE DO NOT DESERVE MERCY. 16:18 WE DESERVE JUSTICE. 16:21 BUT GOD'S MERCY IS EQUAL TO HIS JUSTICE. 16:26 NOW I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT HIS MERCY 16:29 IS JUST AS FLEET OF FOOT AS HIS JUSTICE. 16:33 SO THAT JUSTICE DOES NOT OUTRUN MERCY. 16:36 SAY AMEN SOMEBODY ! 16:39 WHOA BE UNTO ME IF JUSTICE WERE TO ARRIVE BEFORE MERCY GOT THERE. 16:43 BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WHEN JUSTICE ARRIVES, 16:46 MERCY COMES QUICKLY AND THERE IS THE MERCY OF GOD TO BALANCE OUT HIS JUSTICE. 16:52 SO JOSHUA IS NOT STANDING UP SAYING "I DEMAND JUSTICE." 16:56 HE'S STANDING THERE SAYING 16:58 "NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING, SIMPLY TO THE CROSS I CLING." 17:03 CLAIMING THE MERITS OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 17:07 AND HE STANDS THERE RECOGNIZING THAT HE HAS ON FILTHY GARMENTS. 17:11 AND THEY REPRESENT THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 17:13 SEE YOU CAN DO ONE THING WHEN YOU THINK YOUR RIGHT, 17:16 BUT WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 17:20 WE OUGHT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD. 17:22 WHAT DO YOU SAY. 17:25 IF THE FOLK LET YOU IN THE CHURCH AND LET YOU DO ANYTHING YOU OUGHT TO JUST BE GLAD. 17:29 STOP CRITICIZING STUFF. 17:32 IF THE ALTO IN THE CHOIR IS OFF TUNE, 17:36 IT'S ALL RIGHT, LET HER SING ANYHOW. 17:38 JUST PRAISE GOD THEY LET YOU IN. 17:41 BECAUSE IF JUSTICE WERE TO COME DOWN, 17:44 I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE HERE. 17:45 AMEN. 17:48 OLD PREACHERS USED TO SAY GOD WOULD CLEAR THEM OUT FROM THE PULPIT TO THE DOOR. 17:50 EVERYBODY WOULD BE GONE. 17:52 BUT IT'S THE MERCY OF GOD THAT ALLOWS US TO BE HERE. 17:55 SO HE'S NOT COMING CLAIMING THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT ALL HAVE SINNED. 17:59 THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE GONE ASTRAY FROM WHAT IS RIGHT. 18:03 AND SO HE STANDS BEGGING FOR MERCY. 18:06 AND JUST AS HE STANDS, THE DEVIL SHOWS UP. 18:09 NOW WHAT THE DEVIL IS DOING THERE -- YOU DON'T WANT TO 18:12 THINK THAT THE DEVIL HAS ACCESS TO THESE KINDS OF FORUMS, BUT THERE HE IS. 18:17 HE IS THERE TO BE THE ACCUSER. 18:21 THE NAME IN HEBREW IS HASSATON. 18:24 THE ACCUSER. 18:26 HE IS THE ONE WHO COMES TO ACCUSE, THE ONE WHO SAW YOU, 18:29 THE ONE WHO TEMPTED YOU, THE ONE WHO GOT YOU IN TROUBLE. 18:32 NOW HE COMES TO ACCUSE. 18:34 IN GREEK IT'S ANDIDICOSE THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHERN. 18:38 LIKE A ROARING LION, 1 PETER CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 8, 18:41 SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. 18:43 YOUR ADVISARY -- ANDIDCOSE --THE ONE WHO COMES TO ACCUSE. 18:48 SO HE GOT YOU IN TROUBLE -- YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT. 18:53 YOU KNOW IF YOU GO GET ME IN TROUBLE, AT LEAST STICK WITH ME. 18:58 YOU GOT ANY FRIENDS LIKE THAT. 19:01 GET YOU IN TROUBLE AND THEN WHEN YOU COME TO THE BOARD, 19:04 THEY SITTING UP THERE LOOKING AT YOU. 19:09 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, THAT STUFF GET ON MY NERVES. 19:12 IF YOU'RE IN IT WITH ME, YOU OUGHT TO SPEAK UP. 19:15 FOLK I THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE MERCY TODAY. 19:16 BUT NO IT'S THE ONES WHO WERE IN IT WITH YOU . . . 19:21 YOU KNOW THE THE LOOK DON'T YOU. 19:22 IN BIG TROUBLE WHEN YOU SEE THAT ONE. 19:24 AND YOU GET IN THERE AND TRY TO SAY 19:26 "WELL I WASN'T ALONE" 19:29 THAT MEANS YOUR ALONE, RIGHT, ON YOUR OWN. 19:36 THE DEVEIL IS LIKE THAT -- GET YOU IN TROUBLE. 19:38 NOW HE COMES AS JOSHUA IS STANDING IN THE VISION 19:42 WITH THE FILTHY RAGS ON -- FILTHY CLOTHES, 19:44 STANDING ASKING FOR MERCY, THE DEVIL COMES AND SAYS: 19:47 "HEY YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM MERCY, YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM MERCY. 19:51 IN FACT LET ME KILL HIM. 19:54 LET ME JUST SHOW HIM, I WANT TO TAKE HIM -- LET ME TAKE HIM OUT. 19:59 HE'S NO BETTER THAN I AM. 20:00 LET ME. . ." 20:01 WHAT STANDING DO YOU HAVE. 20:03 THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR. 20:05 BUT HE SAYS LET ME TAKE HIM; LET ME DESTROY HIM BECAUSE 20:08 THIS NATION IS NOT WORTHY TO CALL FOR THE MERCY OF GOD. 20:14 AND AT THAT POINT THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD, 20:18 SAYS "THE LORD REBUKE YOU SATAN." 20:23 WHEN GOD STEPS IN -- SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL TECHNICALLY PASTOR, 20:29 THAT'S NOT GOD STEPPING IN, THAT'S JESUS STEPPING IN. 20:33 WELL THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK IN 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 19, 20:37 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST, 20:42 RECONCILING US TO HIM. 20:46 SO GOD STEPS IN -- IN CHRIST. 20:50 HE STEPS INTO THE VISION NOW. 20:52 THERE IS NO HOPE FOR JOSHUA AND THE NATION. 20:55 JOSHUA IS THERE WITH NOTHING TO RECOMMEND HIM 20:57 AND THE DEVIL STANDS UP AND SAYS, "I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE BECAUSE I WAS THERE. 21:01 LET ME KILL THEM." 21:02 AND NOW THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD, CHRIST STANDS UP AND SAYS 21:07 "THE LORD REBUKE YOU. 21:09 DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE." 21:14 NOW LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT BRAND FOR A MINUTE 21:16 BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP ME TO TELL YOU MY AGE. 21:18 I WILL TELL ON MYSELF. 21:20 I'LL PROBABLY ALSO TELL SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHY IN MY BACKGROUND. 21:27 YOU SEE IF YOU LIVE IN CERTAIN PLACES YOU LEARN CERTAIN THINGS 21:31 THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRANSFERRABLE. 21:33 I LIVED IN MISSISSIPPI FOR A WHILE, LOVED MISSISSIPPI 21:36 FOR ALL THE FOLK WHO ARE IN MISSISSIPPI, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU DOWN. 21:39 I LEARNED HOW TO EAT IN MISSISSIPPI. 21:44 SOME OF YOU CAN TELL I LEARNED FAIRLY WELL. 21:47 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES THERE. 21:50 BUT WHEN I WAS THERE I HAD THE WONDERFUL CUTURAL EXPOSURE 21:54 TO LIVING WITHOUT CERTAIN PERSONAL ACCOUTERMENTS. 22:03 LIKE FOR INSTANCE, A HEATER THAT YOU SET ON THE WALL, THAT WASN'T THERE YET. 22:10 SO WE HAD AN AMAZING SYSTEM TO HEAT UP THE HOUSE. 22:15 YOU WOULD GO OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GET LOGS -- IN 22:20 FACT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN AT NIGHT, 22:23 BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS ON OF THE GROUP ASSIGNED, 22:26 WE WOULD PUT OURSELVES IN TURNS AND SOMETIMES WE'D SAY "WELL I'LL DO IT IN THE MORNING." 22:32 WELL IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE FROST HIT DURING THE NIGHT, 22:35 IT COULD BECOME A VERY STICKY PROPOSITION IN THE MORNING. 22:38 BUT YOU BROUGHT IN THE LOGS AND YOU SET A FIRE. 22:40 IT'S AN AMAZING THING. 22:42 I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO TELL YOU HOW TO REALLY SET A FIRE, CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW. 22:45 YOU GOT THOSE CUTE LITTLE LOGS IN YOUR HOUSE. 22:48 YOU KNOW THE ONES YOU BOUGHT. 22:52 AND YOU GO OVER AND TURN ON SOMETHING AND THEN YOU GOT 22:55 THAT STUFF YOU SPRINKLE IN THERE SO IT WILL POP 22:58 AND THEN YOU GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT SMELLS LIKE WOOD. 23:01 FOOLISHNESS. 23:03 WE HAD THE REAL THING. 23:04 GO OUT AND GET A MATCH. . . SOME NEWSPAPER. . . 23:14 AND GET A FEW LITTLE STICKS AND PUT THEM IN THERE. 23:19 AFTER A WHILE YOU GOT YOURSELF A FIRE. 23:21 NOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS, BEFORE THOSE BEAUTIFUL FAKE END IRONS, 23:28 DO YOU KNOW THOSE WONDERFUL LITTLE INSTRUMENTS YOU HAVE DECORATING YOUR FIREPLACE ? 23:33 THE ONES YOU GOT AT WALMART BUT THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD YOU KNOW 23:40 AND SO YOU PUT THEM THERE -- NO ONE HAS EVER USED THEM -- LET'S 23:43 FACE IT -- YOU DON'T HAVE REAL LOGS, YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SMOKE, 23:46 YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SPARKLE, YOU DON'T NEED REAL TOOLS. 23:50 THEY JUST SIT THERE. 23:52 BUT BEFORE WE HAD THOSE YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE STICK 23:54 AND STICK IT IN THERE AND KIND OF MOVE THE FIRE SO YOU COULD GET IT GOING. 23:57 CAUSE IF THIS THING DOSEN'T GET GOING, EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS COLD, OKAY. 24:01 THIS IS THE HISTORY LESSON FOR THIS OCCASION AND I WILL NOT CHARGE YOU. 24:07 THE STICK THAT YOU USED BECAME YOUR BRAND 24:14 AND IF YOU DID NOT SHOW SOME CARE WITH THE LITTLE STICK THAT YOU USED TO MOVE THE LOGS, 24:22 THE STICK COULD STAY IN THE FIRE TOO LONG, 24:27 AND YOUR TOOL WAS BURNED. 24:31 JESUS SAYS I KNOW THEM. 24:36 THEY WERE THE TOOL THAT STIRRED THE LOG, 24:42 BUT THEY STAYED IN THE FIRE A LITTLE TO LONG. 24:45 THEIR PERSECUTION IN BABYLON WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE 24:49 EXPECTED AND THE FIRE GOT TO THEM, BUT I WAS THERE AND 24:55 BEFORE THE FIRE COULD CONSUME THEM I UNDERSTOOD THERE PLIGHT, 25:00 I READ THERE MISERY. 25:02 I KNEW THERE HEARTS. 25:05 AND SO I ARRANGED THE SITUATION SO THAT WHEN THEY HAD BEEN HUMBLED ENOUGH, 25:09 AND SOME OF US WILL NOT COME TO GOD UNTIL WE ARE HUMBLED, 25:12 THAT'S WHY GOD ARRANGES FOR HUMILITY TO BE THE TOOL THAT HE USES. 25:17 BUT WHEN TIMES GET HARD, HE WILL EXAMINE YOUR HEART TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE. 25:22 EVIDENTLY SOME OF THE ISRAELITES IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY HAD 25:24 HUMBLED THEMSELVES TO THE POINT THAT THEY CRIED OUT 25:27 "LORD HAVE MERCY ON US." 25:30 AND THEY CONFESSED THERE FAULTS. 25:32 IN FACT I KNOW THEY DID BECAUSE 25:34 IF YOU READ 1 JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSE 9 IT SAYS: 25:36 "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US 25:42 OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." 25:45 IN A FEW WORDS DOWN THAT TEXT YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE LORD SAYS 25:50 "TAKE THE FILTHY GAMENTS OFF OF HIM AND GIVE HIM A NEW GARMENT." 25:56 THE LORD WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES UNTIL YOU CONFESS. 26:02 Announcer: THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 26:08 SOMETIME IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE. 26:14 YOUR HEART ACHES. 26:17 YOUR GUT WRENCHES. 26:21 YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 26:25 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 26:29 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 26:33 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 26:37 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK CAN HELP YOU DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 26:42 IT'S A BOOKLET BY CHARLES SCRIVEN CALLED: 26:44 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 26:47 IT'LL GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED, 26:50 THAT GOD SHARES YOUR PAIN WHEN YOU SUFFER. 26:54 YOU'LL FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 26:57 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 27:01 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:05 AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 27:09 THE BOOKLET IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:12 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:14 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. 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