Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000223
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00:02 THE DEVIL WILL GET YOU IN
00:03 TROUBLE BUT LEAVE YOU THERE 00:05 AND THEN COME AGAINST YOU 00:07 WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT. 00:08 JESUS WILL SEE YOU GET IN 00:10 TROUBLE, KNOW YOU'RE WRONG, 00:13 IF YOU CONFESS HE'LL SNATCH 00:14 YOU OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LONG. 00:17 AND THEN, WHEN YOU GET IN 00:18 TROUBLE, HE'LL STAND UP FOR YOU. 00:21 THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND JESUS. 00:26 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:32 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:36 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:42 HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. 00:49 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:54 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 01:01 Announcer: THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 01:08 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE. 01:12 YOUR HEART ACHES. 01:15 YOUR GUT WRENCHES. 01:19 YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 01:23 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 01:28 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 01:31 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 01:36 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK CAN HELP YOU DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 01:41 IT'S A BOOKLET BY CHARLES SCRIVEN CALLED: 01:43 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 01:45 IT'LL GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED, 01:49 THAT GOD SHARES YOUR PAIN WHEN YOU SUFFER. 01:52 YOU'LL FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 01:55 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 02:00 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 02:03 AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 02:07 THE BOOKLET IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 02:10 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 02:11 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. BOX 97192 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077 02:20 THERE IS COMFORT AND HOPE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 02:25 GOD IS STILL THERE FOR YOU. 02:33 AND AT THAT POINT, THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD SAYS, 02:37 "THE LORD REBUKE YOU SATAN !" 02:42 WHEN GOD STEPS IN -- SOMEBODY SAYS, 02:46 "WELL, TECHNICALLY PASTOR THAT'S NOT GOD STEPPING IN, THAT'S JESUS STEPPING IN." 02:51 WELL, THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK IN II CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 19, 02:55 YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 02:57 "GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING US TO HIM." 03:05 SO GOD STEPS IN, IN CHRIST. 03:08 HE STEPS INTO THE VISION NOW. 03:10 THERE IS NO HOPE FOR JOSHUA AND THE NATION. 03:13 JOSHUA IS THERE WITH NOTHING TO RECOMMEND HIM 03:16 AND THE DEVIL STANDS UP AND SAYS, 03:17 "I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BECAUSE I WAS THERE ! 03:19 LET ME KILL HIM !" 03:21 AND NOW, THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD, CHRIST STANDS UP AND SAYS, 03:25 "THE LORD REBUKE YOU ! 03:27 DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE ?" 03:32 NOW LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT BRAND FOR A MINUTE 03:34 BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP ME TO TELL YOU MY AGE. 03:37 I WILL TELL ON MYSELF. 03:38 I WILL PROBABLY ALSO TELL SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHY IN MY BACKGROUND. 03:45 YOU SEE, IF YOU LIVE IN CERTAIN PLACES YOU LEARN CERTAIN THINGS 03:49 THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRANSFERABLE. 03:51 I LIVED IN MISSISSIPPI FOR AWHILE, LOVED MISSISSIPPI. 03:54 FOR ALL THE FOLK IN MISSISSIPPI, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU DOWN. 03:57 I LEARNED HOW TO EAT IN MISSISSIPPI. 04:02 SOME OF YOU CAN TELL I LEARNED FAIRLY WELL 04:06 AND WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES THERE. 04:08 BUT WHEN I WAS THERE, I HAD THE WONDERFUL CULTURAL EXPOSURE 04:13 TO LIVING WITHOUT CERTAIN PERSONAL ACCOUTERMENTS. 04:21 LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, A HEATER YOU SET ON THE WALL. 04:27 THAT WASN'T THERE YET. 04:29 SO WE HAD AN AMAZING SYSTEM TO HEAT UP THE HOUSE. 04:33 YOU WOULD GO OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GET LOGS, 04:38 IN FACT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN AT NIGHT. 04:42 BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS ONE OF THE GROUP ASSIGNED 04:45 AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN TURNS AND SOMETIMES WE'D SAY, 04:49 "WELL, I'LL DO IT IN THE MORNING." 04:50 WELL, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE FROST HIT DURING THE NIGHT, 04:53 IT COULD BECOME A VERY STICKY PROPOSITION IN THE MORNING. 04:56 BUT YOU BROUGHT IN THE LOGS AND YOU SET A FIRE. 04:58 IT'S AN AMAZING THING -- I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO TELL YOU 05:01 HOW TO REALLY SET A FIRE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW. 05:03 YOU GOT THOSE CUTE LITTLE LOGS IN YOUR HOUSE. 05:06 YOU KNOW THE ONES YOU BOUGHT. 05:11 AND YOU GO OVER THERE AND TURN ON SOMETHING AND THEN YOU GOT 05:13 THAT STUFF THAT YOU SPRINKLE IN THERE SO IT WILL POP, 05:16 AND THEN YOU GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT SMELLS LIKE WOOD. 05:20 FOOLISHNESS. 05:21 WE HAD THE REAL THING. 05:23 GO OUT AND GET A MATCH -- GET A LITTLE PAPER, RIP IT UP. 05:35 WELL, YOU KNOW -- AND YOU GET A FEW LITTLE STICKS AND PUT THEM IN THERE 05:37 AND AFTER WHILE YOU GOT YOURSELF A FIRE. 05:39 NOW, WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS, BEFORE THOSE BEAUTIFUL FAKE END IRONS, 05:47 DO YOU KNOW THOSE WONDERFUL LITTLE INSTRUMENTS DECORATING YOUR FIREPLACE ? 05:52 THE ONES YOU GOT AT WAL-MART, 05:54 BUT THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD YOU KNOW AND SO YOU PUT THEM THERE. 06:00 NO ONE HAS EVER USED THEM -- LET'S FACE IT 06:02 YOU DON'T HAVE REAL LOGS, 06:03 YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SMOKE, 06:05 YOU DON'T HAVE REAL SPARKLE, 06:06 YOU DON'T NEED REAL TOOLS. 06:08 THEY JUST SIT THERE. 06:10 BUT BEFORE WE HAD THOSE, YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE STICK 06:12 AND STICK IT IN THERE AND MOVE THE FIRE SO YOU COULD GET IT GOING. 06:16 BECAUSE IF THIS THING DIDN'T GET GOING, EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS COLD, OKAY ? 06:19 THIS IS THE HISTORY LESSON FOR THIS OCCASION, AND I WILL NOT CHARGE YOU. 06:26 THE STICK THAT YOU USED BECAME YOUR BRAND. 06:32 AND IF YOU DID NOT SHOW SOME CARE WITH THE LITTLE STICK THAT YOU USED TO MOVE THE LOGS, 06:40 THE STICK COULD STAY IN THE FIRE TOO LONG 06:45 AND YOUR TOOL WAS BURNED. 06:49 JESUS SAYS, "I KNOW THEM. 06:54 THEY WERE THE TOOL THAT STIRRED THE LOG. 07:00 BUT THEY STAYED IN THE FIRE A LITTLE TOO LONG. 07:04 THEIR PERSECUTION IN BABYLON WAS MORE THAN THEY COULD HAVE 07:08 EXPECTED AND THE FIRE GOT TO THEM BUT I WAS THERE. 07:14 AND BEFORE THE FIRE COULD CONSUME THEM, I UNDERSTOOD THEIR PLIGHT. 07:18 I READ THEIR MISERY. 07:21 I KNEW THEIR HEARTS. 07:23 AND SO I ARRANGED THE SITUATION SO THAT WHEN THEY HAD BEEN HUMBLED ENOUGH -- 07:28 SOME OF US WILL NOT COME TO GOD UNTIL WE ARE HUMBLE. 07:30 THAT'S WHY GOD ARRANGES FOR HUMILITY TO BE THE TOOL THAT HE USES. 07:35 BUT WHEN TIMES GET HARD, HE WILL EXAMINE YOUR HEART TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE. 07:40 AND EVIDENTLY SOME OF THE ISRAELITES IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY 07:43 HAD HUMBLED THEMSELVES TO THE POINT THAT THEY CRIED OUT, 07:46 "LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US !" 07:48 AND THEY CONFESSED THEIR FAULTS; 07:51 IN FACT I KNOW THEY DID BECAUSE IF YOU READ I JOHN 1 AND VERSE 9 IT SAYS, 07:54 "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, 07:58 HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS 08:01 AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." 08:04 IN A FEW WORDS DOWN THAT TEXT YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE LORD SAYS, 08:07 "TAKE THE FILTHY GARMENTS OFF OF HIM AND GIVE HIM A NEW GARMENT." 08:15 THE LORD WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES UNTIL YOU CONFESS. 08:18 OH, THAT'S PREACHING NOW. 08:22 SOME FOLK THINK YOU CAN JUST CHANGE CLOTHES, 08:24 LIKE YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH AND PUT ON SOME DESIGNER OUTFIT 08:30 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BE APPROPRIATE FOR WORSHIP. 08:34 BUT MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, 08:36 GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. 08:38 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORSHIP WHO HAVE 08:41 ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FROM A BIG NAME DEPARTMENT STORE, 08:46 MAYBE THEY GOT IT FROM SOME LITTLE PLACE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE TO BE CAUGHT IN. 08:51 YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT USED TO HAVE THE BLUE LIGHTS, 08:54 BUT WE WON'T MENTION THAT. 08:57 AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU DRESS, 08:59 BUT GOD DOESN'T CARE SO MUCH WHAT YOU WEAR AND WHAT IT COSTS, 09:04 HE'S LOOKING AT THE HEART. 09:07 AND SO NOW IN THIS SITUATION, WE KNOW THAT ISRAEL HAD TO CONFESS, BECAUSE GOD SAYS, 09:12 "IF YOU CONFESS, I'LL CLEANSE YOU FROM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 09:15 IF YOU CONFESS, I'LL FORGIVE YOU. 09:17 IF YOU CONFESS -- BUT I WILL NOT COVER OVER BEFORE YOU DO." 09:21 SO THESE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TRIAL HAD CONFESSED 09:25 AND JESUS PULLED THEM OUT OF THE FIRE BEFORE THEY WERE CONSUMED. 09:28 AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT JESUS STILL DOES THAT. 09:32 HE'LL PULL YOU OUT IN TIME ! 09:36 THEY ARE A BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE FIRE. 09:39 JESUS SAID, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM. 09:40 YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW THEIR SINS, 09:43 BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR CONFESSION. 09:46 SO SINCE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID WRONG, 09:49 BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID RIGHT, 09:50 THAT MEANS I KNOW THEM BETTER THAN YOU DO. 09:53 SO I WILL STAND UP ON THEIR BEHALF." 09:55 NOW LOOK, WE JUST LEARNED SOMETHING. 09:58 THE DEVIL WILL GET YOU IN TROUBLE BUT LEAVE YOU THERE 10:01 AND THEN COME AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT. 10:04 JESUS WILL SEE YOU GET IN TROUBLE, KNOW YOU'RE WRONG 10:08 IF YOU CONFESS HE'LL SNATCH YOU OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LONG. 10:13 AND THEN, WHEN YOU GET IN TROUBLE, HE'LL STAND UP FOR YOU. 10:17 THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND JESUS. 10:22 ONE WILL LET YOU DOWN; ONE WILL STAND UP FOR YOU. 10:25 THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME ALREADY, WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 10:28 SO JESUS STANDS UP -- NOW FORGIVE ME; LET ME DO A PARALLEL. 10:34 SOME OF US ARE CONVINCED OF LATE THAT LADY JUSTICE HAS PULLED HER BLINDFOLD UP A LITTLE. 10:44 YOU KNOW, LADY JUSTICE WHO HOLDS THE BALANCES IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HER EYES COVERED, 10:50 SHE'S BLINDFOLDED SO THAT SHE NEVER CARES WHO IT IS STANDING BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE. 10:56 YOU GO TO THE COURT, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO JUDGE YOU ON WHO YOU ARE, 11:00 WHO YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT ETHNIC BACKGROUND YOU'RE FROM. 11:05 LADY JUSTICE IS BLINDFOLDED, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, 11:08 SHE SIMPLY WEIGHS THE EVIDENCE. 11:11 AND THEN BLINDFOLDED, SHE SIMPLY CHECKS TO SEE WHO OUGHT TO WIN. 11:15 WELL SOME OF US ARE AFRAID THAT LADY JUSTICE HAS PEEKED A LITTLE BIT. 11:24 EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU GET THE IMPRESSION, 11:26 THAT STRANGE FEELING THAT MAYBE LADY JUSTICE LOOKED 11:32 AND MAYBE JUSTICE WAS NOT METED OUT FAIRLY 11:35 BUT MAYBE THE LADY HAS TAKEN A LITTLE PEEK AND SHE GIVES JUSTICE THE WRONG NOD. 11:40 WELL WATCH THIS ! 11:42 LET ME SHOW YOU JUSTICE. 11:44 IF JESUS IS WHO WE DESCRIBE HIM AS, IN THIS PICTURE, 11:50 JESUS IS PRACTICALLY THE JUDGE. 11:52 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD, 11:55 IS STANDING THERE AND JOSHUA IS STANDING BEFORE HIM WITH THE FILTHY GARMENTS 12:00 AND HE'S TRYING TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF NOT BASED ON WHAT HE DESERVES, 12:04 BUT ON THE MERCY OF THE COURT. 12:06 BUT NOW SATAN COMES TO ACCUSE LIKE THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, 12:11 COMING UP WITH THIS TIRADE OF PROBLEMS AND HIS LONG LIST OF SINS, 12:17 OR IN THIS CASE THEY WOULD BE CRIMES. 12:19 AND HE SAYS, "THIS MAN SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT NOW AND KILLED !" 12:23 BUT BEFORE IT GOES TOO FAR, THE JUDGE STANDS UP, 12:28 WATCH THE PARALLEL, TAKES THE ROBE OFF, MOVES OFF THE BENCH 12:34 AND GOES OVER TO THE TABLE THAT'S MARKED "DEFENSE" 12:39 AND SAYS, "THE LORD REBUKE YOU MR. PROSECUTOR. 12:44 I KNOW THE DEFENDANT BETTER THAN YOU DO. 12:47 SO NOW, THE ONE WHO WAS THE JUDGE AT THE BEGINNING 12:49 IS NOW THE DEFENDER AS WE MOVE ALONG. 12:52 OH, THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN JUSTICE, WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 12:55 BECAUSE NOW I'M NOT GETTING WHAT I DESERVE, 12:57 I'M GETTING MORE THAN I DESERVE. 12:59 I COULDN'T' AFFORD THE KIND OF JUSTICE THAT I'M GETTING NOW, 13:03 THE KIND OF QUALITY THAT SITS ON THE BENCH IS RARELY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO NEED DEFENSE. 13:08 BUT NOW JESUS HAS MADE HIS POWER, 13:11 NOT TO BEAR FROM THE JUDGES' BENCH, BUT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF 13:15 THE ONE WHO IS THE DEFENDANT, BECAUSE CONFESSION HAS OCCURRED. 13:18 AND WHEN YOU CONFESS, HE FORGIVES 13:22 AND HE REMOVES THE FILTHY GARMENTS. 13:24 HE CLEANSES FROM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 13:26 HE KNOWS MY BACKGROUND, HE UNDERSTANDS MY PROBLEMS 13:30 AND YET HE STANDS UP AND SAYS, "THE LORD REBUKE YOU !" 13:34 IN FACT, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO RUN OUT IN THE STREETS AND TELL SOMEBODY, 13:38 "THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON DOWN AT THE COURTROOM. 13:41 THE JUDGE IS DEFENDING PEOPLE !" 13:44 SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL THAT. 13:47 AND I HEARD THAT IF YOU KNOW THE JUDGE WELL ENOUGH 13:50 AND IF HE KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE A CONTRITE HEART, 13:52 AND IF HE KNOWS THAT YOU'VE CONFESSED. 13:55 IF HE KNOWS THAT YOU'VE HUMBLED YOURSELF. 13:57 THEY TELL ME THAT THE JUDGE FROM TIME TO TIME WILL SLIP OFF THE BENCH 14:01 AND MOVE DOWN AND SIT BESIDE YOU AND CALL OFF THE PROSECUTOR 14:05 AND TELL HIM, "THE LORD REBUKE YOU." 14:07 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF I EVER WANTED TO GO TO COURT, 14:10 IT WOULD BE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. 14:12 I'D TRY TO GET DOWN THERE BEFORE THE SITUATION CHANGED. 14:15 WELL, LET ME TAKE THE PARALLEL A STEP FARTHER: 14:19 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN THAT SITUATION, 14:23 "I WILL SEND FORTH THE BRANCH." 14:30 NOW IF YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE VERY CAREFULLY, 14:33 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 5 OR JEREMIAH 33 AND VERSE 15, 14:42 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT THE BRANCH 14:44 IS IN FACT A PROMISE OF A SAVIOR, JESUS. 14:49 OUT OF THE TRIBE OF DAVID, OUT OF THE TRIBE, 14:54 THE HOUSE OF DAVID IT WOULD SAY, THERE WILL COME A BRANCH. 14:58 AND WE KNOW WHO THE BRANCH IS. 15:00 THAT BRANCH IS JESUS. 15:02 SO NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS VISION, 15:05 THERE'S A PROMISE OF A SAVIOR. 15:09 SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO LET YOU CONFESS, 15:15 TO FORGIVE YOU YOUR SIN, TO CLEANSE YOU, 15:18 TO TAKE YOUR ROBE OF FILTH OFF AND PUT A ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 15:23 ON YOU AND THEN TO STAND ON YOUR BEHALF AND TO DECLARE, 15:28 "LEAVE THAT PERSON ALONE BECAUSE I KNOW THEM." 15:32 THE BRANCH IS JESUS. 15:34 THE HOPE IS JESUS. 15:36 SO LET ME GET TO THE THEME THAT WE HAVE SELECTED. 15:40 THE CHANGE THAT OCCURS WHEN DIVINE POWER MOVES INTO THE PICTURE. 15:47 BEFORE I HAVE NO HOPE, BEFORE MY ENTHUSIASM IS GONE. 15:52 BUT WHEN JESUS STEPS IN HE SAYS, 15:54 "LOOK, WHAT ARE ALL THESE ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ? 15:58 DON'T YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS ? 16:00 I KNOW THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT HAS CONFESSED AND FORSAKEN. 16:05 THE DEFENDANT IS CHANGED BY MY POWER. 16:09 THE LORD REBUKE YOU PROSECUTOR, 16:11 YOU CAN FOLD UP YOUR COMPUTER PRINTOUT BECAUSE I STAND UP IN HIS DEFENSE. 16:17 I STAND UP ON HER SIDE." 16:20 "SAY GOD YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THAT'S UNFAIR ! 16:22 I OBJECT YOUR HONOR !" 16:23 BUT WHO YOU GOING TO OBJECT TO ? 16:25 THE BENCH IS CLEAR NOW. 16:27 THE JUDGE HAS MOVED DOWN TO ANOTHER SEAT. 16:30 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE JUDGE WILL PUT HIMSELF BACK IN THE 16:32 BENCH AND ANSWER BUT IF THE ANSWER WOULD COME IT WOULD BE, 16:35 "OVERRULED ! 16:37 OVERRULED ! 16:38 BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT I HAVE PAID THE PRICE. 16:43 PAID IT INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE THE BRANCH HAS BEEN PROMISED. 16:47 AND SO, ON MY PROMISE, THE FEE HAS BEEN PAID. 16:52 DEFENSE IS AVAILABLE AND I STAND TO REBUKE YOU PROSECUTOR, 16:57 PUT AWAY YOUR CHARGES. 16:59 I HAVE CLEARED THE DEFENDANT." 17:02 NOW FOLKS, IF YOU THINK I'M STANDING UP HERE TO TELL YOU 17:05 THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO AND GET AWAY WITH IT, NOT SO, NOT SO. 17:11 BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT NORMALLY WHEN YOU GO TO 17:15 A COURTROOM THE PROSECUTOR IS AGAINST YOU; 17:19 THE JUDGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WEIGHING THINGS, 17:22 YOUR DEFENSE ATTORNEY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THAT, DO WE ? 17:27 MY DAUGHTER HAS JUST FINISHED HER LAW DEGREE SO I'M VERY KIND TO ATTORNEYS NOW. 17:35 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHO WILL 17:40 JUST ABOUT LET ANYTHING GO BY. 17:42 YOU KNOW, IN FACT, THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW. 17:45 "JUST DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. 17:47 JUST GIVE ME THE FEE." 17:48 WELL, THAT'S UNFAIR, FORGIVE ME ALL OF YOU FOLK IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, 17:53 I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. 17:55 BUT THE FACT IS THAT IT APPEARS THAT SOME DON'T CARE WHAT THE FACTS ARE. 17:59 AND USUALLY YOU GET FORGIVENESS NOT FROM AN ATTORNEY, 18:04 BUT FROM A CLERGY PERSON, OR A PRIEST. 18:09 BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE LORD WHO WAS THE JUDGE, 18:14 THE LORD WHO WE PUT INTO THIS PARADIGM 18:17 THIS PARALLEL AS THE DEFENSE IS ALSO A PRIEST. 18:27 YOU DON'T GET FORGIVENESS FROM A LAWYER, 18:30 YOU GET FORGIVENESS FROM A PRIEST. 18:33 BUT IF YOU WERE TO TURN OVER TO WHAT IS IN THE BIBLE, 18:36 THE WRITER TO THE HEBREWS SAYS IN CHAPTER 4 AND VERSE 15, 18:50 SO IT APPEARS THERE IS A PRIEST AVAILABLE IN THIS COURTROOM SCENE. 18:56 THEN IF I GO FARTHER I READ IN HEBREWS 9 BEGINNING WITH VERSE 11, 19:38 SO THE ONE WHO WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PARALLEL, 19:43 THE JUDGE WHO MOVED ON THE SIDE AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT, 19:48 IS ALSO SOMEONE WHO OFFERED HIS BLOOD 19:51 SO THAT MY SINS CAN BE FORGIVEN IN HIS BLOOD. 19:56 NOW, IF YOU FOLLOW THAT PARALLEL WE GET BACK NOW TO THE ORIGINAL INDIVISION. 20:02 THE FACT IS THAT JESUS IS OUR HOPE, 20:06 WHO SNATCHES US OUT OF THE FIRE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 20:10 BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE'S THE ONE WHO IS THE BRANCH; 20:15 WHO IS THE REASON FOR OUR SALVATION. 20:18 FOR HE PURCHASED IT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD. 20:21 AFTER A SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM HAD COME TO AN END, 20:25 THE BLOOD OF JESUS PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS. 20:29 AND WE ARE SET FREE BY THE POWER OF THAT BLOOD. 20:33 SO THE BURNING THAT WOULD HAVE CONSUMED US IS PUT OUT BY THE 20:38 BRANCH WHO GOD SENDS FORTH TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR EXISTENCE. 20:44 WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL THEY USED TO BRING THE FIREMEN IN TO 20:50 TALK ABOUT HOW TO REACT IF YOU EVER GOT YOUR CLOTHING CAUGHT ON FIRE. 20:57 WERE ANY OF YOU AWAKE WHEN THAT HAPPENED ? 21:02 I WANTED TO KNOW BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE DISTURBED 21:06 AND WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF MY CLOTHES CAUGHT ON FIRE. 21:09 THE IMMEDIATE REACTION, IF YOUR CLOTHES WERE TO EVER CATCH ON FIRE, 21:12 I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH, 21:14 BUT THE IMMEDIATE REACTION WOULD BE TO RUN; RUN FROM THE FIRE. 21:19 BUT WHAT THEY TOLD US WAS, IF YOU RUN THE FIRE GETS A LITTLE 21:22 STRONGER AND YOU WILL BURN FASTER BECAUSE YOU ARE EXPOSING THE FIRE TO MORE OXYGEN. 21:29 AND I DON'T KNOW; PROBABLY A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE EXPOSING TOO. 21:32 SO THEY SAID HERE'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO: YOU GOT TO THINK, 21:35 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NORMAL, 21:36 BUT IF AT ANY TIME YOUR CLOTHING WERE TO GET ON FIRE, 21:40 YOU'VE GOT TO LAY DOWN AND ROLL OVER. 21:44 IF YOU ROLL OVER ON THE GROUND, IT WILL PUT THE FIRE OUT. 21:48 NOW, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MY CLOTHES HAVE NEVER BEEN ON FIRE. 21:53 SO I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER I AM DISCIPLINED ENOUGH, 21:56 NOR DO I KNOW IF I WOULD REMEMBER QUICKLY ENOUGH TO DO IT, 21:59 BUT I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT IF I EVER CAUGHT ON FIRE 22:02 I'D REMEMBER NOT TO RUN, YOU KNOW, 22:04 BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU -- GO, LAY DOWN, 22:10 I MEAN, YOU'RE ON FIRE NOW, THIS IS NOT A CALM MOMENT. 22:14 YOU GOT TO LAY DOWN AND ROLL OVER. 22:18 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THIS: IF THE FIRE OF SIN 22:24 IS EVER BURNING YOU, RUNNING IS NOT THE ANSWER. 22:30 YOU'VE GOT TO BOW DOWN; 22:34 YOU'VE GOT TO KNEEL DOWN. 22:37 YOU'VE GOT TO HUMBLE YOURSELF, THINK LONG ENOUGH NOT TO RUN, 22:42 BUT TO KNEEL DOWN AND THEN TURN YOUR LIFE OVER TO JESUS. 22:50 GIVE IT OVER TO JESUS. 22:53 BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS NOT IN THE RUNNING, 22:56 THE ANSWER IS IN CHRIST. 22:59 AND SO TONIGHT, IF SATAN SHOULD EVER COME DESCRIBING WHO YOU ARE, 23:05 "I KNOW YOU." 23:08 "YOU DON'T KNOW ME, YOU KNOW WHO I USED TO BE. 23:11 BUT SEE, I GOT A NEW ATTORNEY NOW. 23:14 HAVE YOU MET HIM YET ?" 23:16 "EXCUSE ME, WHO IS IT ?" 23:19 "DO YOU KNOW JESUS ? 23:23 SO FAR AS I KNOW, HE'S NEVER LOST A CASE. 23:25 IN FACT, HE HAPPENS TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO. . ." 23:27 "OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, I DON'T. . ." 23:31 YOU SEE, THE ANSWER FOR US IS NOT TO TRY AND HANDLE THE 23:35 SITUATION OURSELVES BUT TO TURN IT OVER TO JESUS 23:39 AND TO LET THE DEVIL UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONE HE USED TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS NOT HERE ANYMORE. 23:44 BUT WE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. 23:47 AND IF THE DEVIL TRIES TO DESCRIBE YOU TO YOURSELF, 23:51 REMIND HIM THAT YOU ARE NOT THE SAME. 23:55 YOU ARE A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE. 23:58 YOU USED TO BE IN THE FIRE, BUT JESUS SNATCHED YOU OUT IN TIME 24:04 AND YOU ARE NOT THE SAME THAT YOU USED TO BE. 24:07 NOW JUST FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE, 24:11 I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME FOR YOU TO FORGET ABOUT THIS SITUATION 24:15 OF TAPING A TELEVISION SHOW AND THINK ABOUT IT. 24:19 I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO TURN MY LIFE OVER TO JESUS. 24:26 YOU SAY, "WELL, I'VE DONE THAT ALREADY." 24:28 BUT YOU AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT COME INTO OUR LIVES 24:32 WHERE WE GRASP THE WHEEL AGAIN AND TRY TO RUN OUR OWN LIVES. 24:38 AND MOST OF THE TROUBLE THAT WE GET INTO IS BECAUSE WE TRY TO RUN THINGS ON OUR OWN. 24:44 AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE OLD FIRES WILL START TO BLAZE AGAIN. 24:50 AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT 24:52 THAT THE SAME JESUS WHO CAME THE FIRST TIME 24:56 AND CAUGHT YOU DRESSED IN FILTHY CLOTHES AND SAID, 24:59 "DAUGHTER, IF YOU CONFESS, I CAN CHANGE THOSE CLOTHES FOR YOU. 25:06 BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE WRONG AND I KNOW THAT, BUT MY LOVE IS GREATER THAN MY CONDEMNATION. 25:12 JUST AS MY MERCY IS EQUAL TO MY JUSTICE. 25:16 AND SO I WILL NOT ALLOW SATAN TO ACCUSE YOU. 25:19 I'LL PUT HIM ASIDE, BECAUSE THERE'S WORK THAT YOU AND I HAVE TO DO. 25:24 AND YOUR SALVATION IS NOT IN YOU, BUT IT'S IN ME 25:28 I HAVE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE, TAKE MINE, AND GIVE ME YOURS; 25:33 LET ME CONTROL IT FOR YOU. 25:35 IN FACT, WHY DON'T YOU FALL DOWN NOW AND HUMBLE YOURSELF ? 25:40 WHY DON'T YOU TURN YOUR LIFE OVER TO ME AND LET ME RUN IT ? 25:43 I CAN RUN IT BETTER THAN YOU CAN." 25:47 AND IF YOU AND I WOULD EVER HAVE THE WISDOM TO STOP RUNNING, 25:52 AND TURN IT OVER TO JESUS, WE WOULD DISCOVER THAT 25:56 THERE IS POWER IN THAT TRANSACTION. 26:00 Announcer: THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ALL SUFFER PAIN OR GRIEF. 26:07 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE UNBEARABLE. 26:12 YOUR HEART ACHES. 26:14 YOUR GUT WRENCHES. 26:18 YOUR SOUL WEAKENS. 26:23 WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOUR FAITH IN GOD CAN GET WOUNDED AS WELL. 26:27 YOU MAY WONDER WHY GOD IS ALLOWING YOU TO HURT. 26:31 DURING THESE TIMES YOU MAY EVEN QUESTION YOUR OWN TRUST IN GOD. 26:35 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK CAN HELP YOU DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE HURTING. 26:40 IT'S A BOOKLET BY CHARLES SCRIVEN CALLED: 26:42 "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 26:45 IT'LL GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABANDONED, 26:48 THAT GOD SHARES YOUR PAIN WHEN YOU SUFFER. 26:51 YOU'LL FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE. 26:55 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:58 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:03 AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF "HOW TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU HURT." 27:06 THE BOOKLET IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:08 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:10 BREATH OF LIFE P.O. 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