GOD COULD HAVE WORKED IT OUT,
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BUT HE RAN AHEAD OF GOD.
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AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE
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NOT ONLY DID HE LIVE WITH
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HIS DEED, BUT HIS DEED
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CONNECTED WITH HIS NAME.
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AND HIS DEED SERVED TO
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RAMIFICATIONS THAT MADE HIS
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NAME MORE POWERFUL AND
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MORE DISDAINFUL TO HIM,
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FOR HE HAD NOW BECOME
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WHAT HIS NAME PREDICTED;
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HE WAS THE DECEIVER.
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ?
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Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF
LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH
PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF
ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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SO THAT IF SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE
INVADING YOUR SPACE, JUST WAIT
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AWHILE. THEY'RE JUST A SHOOTING
STAR AND THEY'LL SOON BE BURNED
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OUT. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE S-U-N,
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WHO NOW IS THE S-O-N FOR US.
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IF YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH GOD,
GOD GIVES YOU YOUR PLACE AND
NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY.
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YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.
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IN FACT, EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE
NOTHING WILL WORK OUT IN YOUR
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LIFE, IF YOU TRUST GOD ENOUGH,
GOD WILL BRING IT TO PASS.
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JACOB ACTUALLY COULD
OF JUST SAT BACK AND SAID,
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"WELL LORD, IN YOUR
OWN TIME, IN YOUR OWN WAY."
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THE FACT IS THAT GOD CANNOT
WORK HIS PROVIDENCE ON OUR TIME
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SCHEDULE FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE
WE DON'T KNOW PERFECT TIME.
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YOU KNOW WE GO AROUND SAYING,
"GOD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS"
AND I THINK HE DOES.
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THE FACT IS THAT GOD MOVES
IN PERFECT WAYS BUT OUR THOUGHTS
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ARE MYSTERIOUS. THE OLD FOLK
USED TO SAY, "HE MAY NOT COME
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WHEN YOU WANT HIM,
BUT HE COMES ON TIME."
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THE FACT IS YOU MAY
NOT THINK HE COMES ON TIME,
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BUT HIS TIMING IS
ALWAYS IMPECCABLE.
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GOD IS ALWAYS ON TIME.
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AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
HE WAITS UNTIL YOU AND I CAN
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UNDERSTAND THAT WE
HAVE RUN OUT OF RESOURCES.
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IT CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THAT JACOB SHOULD HAVE HAD
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ENOUGH FAITH. BUT NOW WE
SKIP TO AN AMAZING SITUATION.
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AFTER THE BLESSING HAD
BEEN GOTTEN, ESAU WAS ANGRY.
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ESAU SAID, "I'LL KILL HIM."
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I THINK THAT'S
ANGER; THAT QUALIFIES.
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WE LOOK IN OUR SOCIETY
TODAY AND I MUST SAY TO YOU THAT
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I AM SHOCKED AS YOU ARE THAT
WE HAVE COME TO THE PLACE WHERE
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PEOPLE GET ANGRY OVER THINGS
THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN
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THINGS WE'VE JUST DESCRIBED
AND THEY SAY, "I WILL KILL."
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THERE MUST BE IN THIS SOCIETY
MORE RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.
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AND GOD IS NOT PLEASED WHEN
THOSE WHO CANNOT MAKE LIFE, TAKE
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LIFE. ANGER OUGHT NOT
BE GIVEN THAT MUCH REIGN.
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BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY WHO
FOR SMALL THINGS SAY: "I WILL
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KILL." THIS IS NOT A SMALL
THING; THIS IS A BIRTHRIGHT.
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THIS HAS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY;
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THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS
THAT ARE FAR REACHING.
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AND ESAU SAYS,
"I WILL KILL HIM."
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SO NOW, WHEN JACOB HAS GOTTEN
THE THING THAT HE WANTED BY
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TRICKERY, HE LEARNS AN IMPORTANT
LESSON THAT YOU AND I SHOULD NOT
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MISS; WHEN YOU GET IT THE
WRONG WAY, YOU WON'T LIKE IT.
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IT'S SO EASY TO THINK,
"I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN."
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BUT THE BEST WAY IS GOD'S WAY.
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SO HE HAS IT NOW, BUT THE
WORD COMES, HIS MOTHER SAYS,
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"LOOK, I TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
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YOU LEAVE, AND I WILL SEND
YOU WORD WHEN YOU CAN COME BACK.
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YOU KNOW HOW ESAU'S IS.
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HIS TEMPER IS MERCURIC.
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HE'S UP AND DOWN,
HE'S MAD AND THEN HE'S OK.
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GIVE HIM A FEW DAYS
AND HE'LL CALM DOWN.
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I'LL SEND FOR YOU."
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BUT THE DAYS TURN INTO
WEEKS AND WEEKS TURN INTO MONTHS
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AND JACOB HAS GONE NOW WITH
LABAN AND HE HAS NOW LABORED
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FOR A WIFE THAT HE
LOVES AND HAS BEEN TRICKED.
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REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU THINK
YOU ARE THE MOST DEVILISH AT
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SCHEMES, YOU WILL ALWAYS
MEET SOMEONE WHO IS BETTER.
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YOU LIVE BY THE
SWORD, YOU WILL DIE BY IT.
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WHAT YOU SOW YOU WILL REAP.
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THE "BOOMERANG THEORY", ONE OF
MY FAVORITE PREACHERS CALLS IT,
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YOU CAST IT OUT
-- IT WILL COME BACK.
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SO YOU MUST BE
CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS.
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IT NEED NOT COME
BACK THROUGH THEM;
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IT CAN COME BACK
THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE.
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BUT IT COME'S BACK.
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SO NOW, THIS MAN LABAN SAYS,
"OH, YOU WANT TO MARRY RACHEL ?
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RACHEL IS THE ONE
WITH PRETTY EYES."
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AND HE MAKES HIM
WORK FOR 7 YEARS.
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AND ONE WRITER SAYS THAT THE MAN
LOVED RACHEL SO MUCH THAT THE 7
YEARS PASSED BY LIKE DAYS.
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THAT'S LOVE !
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THERE ARE SOME MARRIAGES
THAT DON'T LAST FOR 7 YEARS.
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THIS MAN WORKED FOR 7
YEARS AND IT FELT LIKE DAYS
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AND NOW HE GOES TO TAKE HIS
WIFE AND THEY'VE COVERED HER UP,
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AS IS THE FASHION,
SOME WOULD SUGGEST.
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AND WHEN SHE IS UNCOVERED, IT IS
NOT RACHEL WITH THE PRETTY EYES,
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BUT LEAH WITH THE WEAK EYES.
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WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
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SOME SAY THAT IT MEANT THAT
HER EYES WERE SET DIFFERENTLY.
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SOME SAY THAT SHE MIGHT
HAVE HAD SOME AFFLICTION.
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I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS,
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BUT IF IT'S THE WRONG
WOMAN, IT'S THE WRONG WOMAN !
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I DON'T HAVE TIME
TO PREACH ABOUT THAT.
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BUT YOU SURELY OUGHT TO
MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT WOMAN.
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I'LL PREACH ON THAT ONE DAY,
BUT TONIGHT, SUFFICE IT TO SAY
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THAT YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE IT'S
THE RIGHT WOMAN BEFORE YOU MOVE
AHEAD WITH THE PLAN.
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SO NOW HE WORKS AGAIN.
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ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GONE FOR A
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LITTLE WHILE. AND NOW COMES
WORD, NOT FROM MOTHER, BUT FROM
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GOD, "YOU HAVE LIVED
WITH YOUR GUILT LONG ENOUGH."
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THERE ARE SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS
AND SOME PSYCHIATRISTS
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WHO THINK THAT PREACHERS
DWELL TOO MUCH ON GUILT.
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THEY ACCUSE US OF
BEING NON-PRODUCTIVE,
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COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, THAT
WE OUGHT NOT MENTION GUILT.
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BUT I BELIEVE THAT
GUILT IS THERE FOR A REASON.
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YOU OUGHT TO KNOW WHEN
YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG.
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THE PROBLEM WITH US TODAY
IS THAT SEEM TO BE PEOPLED WITH
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FOLK WHO CAN DO WRONG
AND FEEL NOTHING; NO REMORSE.
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I WATCH THESE TELEVISION
PROGRAMS AND THEY HIGHLIGHT
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THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE COMMITTED HEINOUS CRIMES,
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AND WHEN THEY PUT THEM ON
TELEVISION, THEIR EYES ARE
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VACANT. THEIR
FACES HAVE NO EXPRESSION.
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THEY SIT WITHOUT MOVING
AS THEY ARE ACCUSED OF THINGS
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THAT YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE
ON YOUR WORST DAY OF LIFE.
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AND IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK
THAT PEOPLE CAN DO SUCH THINGS
AND NOT FEEL ANYTHING.
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THIS MAN LIVED EVERY DAY OF
HIS LIFE KNOWING THAT HE HAD
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TAKEN WHAT WAS NOT
HIS IN THAT SITUATION.
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GOD COULD HAVE WORKED IT
OUT, BUT HE RAN AHEAD OF GOD.
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AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, NOT
ONLY DID HE LIVE WITH HIS DEED,
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BUT HIS DEED
CONNECTED WITH HIS NAME.
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AND HIS DEED
SERVED TO RAMIFICATIONS
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THAT MADE HIS NAME MORE POWERFUL
AND MORE DISDAINFUL TO HIM,
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FOR HE HAD NOW BECOME
WHAT HIS NAME PREDICTED;
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HE WAS THE DECEIVER.
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AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, HE
WOKE UP CARRYING THE BURDEN OF
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THAT GUILT. NOW GOD SAYS,
"LET ME COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND
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STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. IT'S
TIME TO GO BACK AND FACE IT.
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IT'S TIME TO CUT TO THE CHASE.
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IT'S TIME TO GET THE
BURDEN OFF YOUR BACK,
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BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LIVE
LIKE THAT AND ENJOY IT."
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SO NOW THIS JACOB WITH ALL
OF HIS FAMILY AND HIS ANIMALS,
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AND THE THINGS THAT REPRESENT
WEALTH TURNS TO GO BACK TO HIS
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FATHER'S LAND. AND AS HE
SEES THE HILLS RISING IN THE
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DISTANCE; HIS GUILT GRASPS
HIS HEART AND HE WONDERS WHAT IT
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WILL BE LIKE WHEN HIS BROTHER
ESAU HEARS THAT HE IS COMING
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BACK. WILL HE COME TO KILL HIM ?
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NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE
WAS THE INFLUENCE OF SATAN.
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WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
A LITTLE BIT ALREADY,
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BUT SATAN WILL GET YOU IN
TROUBLE AND THEN COME AND RUB
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YOUR NOSE IN IT. YOU CAN'T TELL
HIM YOU DIDN'T DO WRONG, BECAUSE
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HE WAS THERE! HE'S THE ONE THAT
SUGGESTED THAT YOU DO IT IN THE
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FIRST PLACE. SO HE
HAS DATES, PLACES, FACES.
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HE CAN REMIND YOU, HE KNOWS.
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"YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE. . .
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WELL, YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE NOW, YOU KNOW.
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IN FACT, IF I WERE YOU, I
WOULDN'T TRY TO GET THIS THING
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STRAIGHT, I'D JUST STAY WHERE
I AM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
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HAVE SOME SERIOUS
TROUBLE WITH MY MAN ESAU."
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NOW JACOB GOES, BUT
AS HE GOES, HE PRAYS.
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AND HE DOES MORE THAN PRAY.
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NOW YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS,
YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT CAREFULLY.
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I BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE
YOU PRAY, IT DOES NOT MEAN
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THAT YOU OUGHT NOT TO DO
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WISE.
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WHEN YOU WALK UP AND
DOWN CITY STREETS LADIES,
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YOU CAN PRAY THAT NO
ONE WILL STEAL YOUR PURSE,
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BUT TUCK IT UNDER YOUR ARM.
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YOU KNOW ?
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GOD WILL PROTECT YOU.
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BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
THAT GOD HAS EVER DONE FOR US
WAS TO GIVE US A BRAIN.
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YOU KNOW JUST BECAUSE I'M
PRAYING DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING
TO LET THE PURSE FLY ALL OUT.
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IN FACT, I'VE COME NOW TO WEAR
MY WALLET IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.
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IT'S NOT YOUR
BUSINESS WHERE THAT IS.
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I TRUST GOD, BUT I'M MAKING
SOME PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES NOW
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BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME
PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHOSE
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WALLET IS WHOSE. I DON'T
HAVE MUCH IN MINE BUT I'VE GOT A
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COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE DEAR TO
ME, A COUPLE PICTURES, YOU KNOW.
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AND I WANT TO KEEP THEM.
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SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
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NOW WATCH THIS !
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HERE IS JACOB GOING HOME.
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HE SEPARATES HIS FAMILY INTO
TWO BANDS, BUT HE DOES IT FOR A
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REASON. HE HAS COME TO A
PLACE THAT HE CALLS MAHANAIM.
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MAHANAIM SUGGESTS TWO
BANDS, BUT THE COMMENTATORS
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SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT
HIS IDEA BUT GOD'S IDEA.
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FOR GOD, WHEN HE
TOLD HIM TO GO HOME,
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SENT TWO BANDS OF
ANGELS TO GO WITH HIM.
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ONE BAND WENT BEFORE
HIM, AND ONE CAME BEHIND HIM.
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YOU KNOW, I FEEL
BETTER JUST SAYING THAT.
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SOMETIMES WE WORRY SO MUCH
ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO US.
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WHEN THE FACT IS THAT IF
YOU REST YOUR TRUST IN GOD,
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GOD IS ABLE TO PUT ANGELS BEFORE
YOU AND ANGELS BEHIND YOU.
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ANGELS THAT EXCEL IN STRENGTH,
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THEY ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS
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SENT FORTH TO TAKE
CARE OF GOD'S CHILDREN.
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AND THERE WHEN GOD
SAID, "GO BACK HOME !"
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GOD DID NOT SEND HIM ALONE.
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I'M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IF
I AM SECURE IN THE FACT THAT GOD
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HAS SENT ME, THAT I CAN BE
SURE THAT GOD WILL PROTECT ME.
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NOW HE GOES BACK BUT THE BANDS
-- MAHANAIM -- THE PLACE
SUGGESTS TWO BANDS;
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ANGELS BEFORE AND ANGELS BEHIND.
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PERHAPS HE MIMICS THIS AND
SAYS, "LET ME DIVIDE MY FAMILY !
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I'LL SEND ONE PART OF
THE FAMILY THIS WAY, ONE PART
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OF THE FAMILY THAT WAY SO IF
WE GET ATTACKED ONLY ONE PART
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OF THE FAMILY WILL BE
ABLE TO BE DESTROYED WHILE THE
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OTHER WILL KNOW TO
MAKE PROVISIONS AND LEAVE."
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NOT BAD PLANNING !
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THEN HE PUTS HIS FAMILY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE BROOK JABBOK.
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AND THIS BRAVE MAN
COMES TO PRAY ALONE.
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FALLS DOWN ON HIS
FACE AND PRAYS TO GOD.
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NOW I AM NOT ABOUT TO SUGGEST
THE WAY THAT YOU OUGHT TO PRAY,
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THE METHOD, THE PHYSICAL
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POSITIONYOU NEED TO TAKE,
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BUT I BELIEVE THAT SOME PRAYERS
REQUIRE A DIFFERENT POSTURE.
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I PRAY WHILE I
DRIVE, I HOPE YOU DO TOO.
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I PRAY WHILE I
FLY, I HOPE YOU DO TOO.
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BUT THOSE PRAYERS
ARE PRAYERS IN MOTION.
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BUT WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING
SERIOUS TO TALK TO GOD ABOUT
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THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I
MUST BE BOWED BEFORE GOD.
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JACOB IS PROSTRATE BEFORE GOD.
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HE IS ALONE AND PRAYING, "GOD,
YOU MUST PROTECT ME FROM MY
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BROTHER. HE HAS EVERY
REASON TO BE ANGRY WITH ME.
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PROTECT ME NOW AS I GO HOME."
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AND WHILE HE'S PRAYING THERE,
AND WHILE SATAN IS TEMPTING HIM
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WITH THE FEELING THAT
YOU CANNOT BE PROTECTED
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BECAUSE YOU ARE IN FACT, JACOB;
YOU ARE ONE WHO GRABS HEELS;
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YOU ARE A DECEIVER;
YOU ARE A SUPPLANTER.
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HOW CAN GOD PROTECT YOU ?
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BUT GOD DOES NOT JUDGE US BY
NAMES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN
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BY HIM. GOD JUDGES US BY
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
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AND SO GOD'S RELATIONSHIP IS
NOT BASED ON THIS NAME AS SATAN
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SUGGESTED. NOW IN THE MIDST
OF THAT PRAYER, SOMEBODY GRABS
00:14:04.60\00:14:14.76
JACOB. WELL YOU KNOW IN HIS MIND
HE KNEW WHO IT WAS -- IT'S ESAU.
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"OH, ALL THE
PROVISIONS THAT I'VE MADE."
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BEFORE JACOB CAME
TO THIS PRAYER MEETING,
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HE HAD SENT MESSENGERS BEFORE,
SENT GIFTS AND TOLD THEM,
00:14:27.43\00:14:31.06
"TELL HIM 'LORD
ESAU,' SAY 'LORD ESAU.'
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AND WHEN YOU END YOUR MESSAGE
SAY 'YOUR SERVANT JACOB.'
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LET HIM KNOW THAT I'M
NOT COMING TO CLAIM ANYTHING,
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I'M JUST TRYING TO COME HOME."
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BUT NO ANSWER, NO
RESPONSE CAME BACK.
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AND PERHAPS THE FIRST THING THAT
POPPED INTO HIS MIND "IT'S ESAU
00:14:45.90\00:14:51.00
!" AND THEY BEGAN TO WRESTLE.
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WELL IT HAD BEEN A LONG
TIME SINCE YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE
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JACOB AND ESAU AS
LITTLE BOYS WRESTLING.
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AND PERHAPS THERE WAS
SOME IDEA ABOUT THE STRENGTH.
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I HAVE ONE BROTHER, AND
I CONFESS TO YOU THAT WE
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WRESTLED AND DID
EVERYTHING FOR MANY YEARS.
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IN FACT, IT TOOK AGES BEFORE WE
GOT TO BE GOOD FRIENDS LIKE WE
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ARE NOW. AND I CAME TO
UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF HIS
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STRENGTH. THERE WERE TIMES,
HE WAS MY YOUNGER SIBLING,
00:15:16.26\00:15:19.10
AND ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT
THE OLDER SIBLING MUST WIN.
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IT'S A RULE.
00:15:22.66\00:15:25.70
AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I HAD
TO THINK OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
00:15:25.70\00:15:29.40
TO WIN, BECAUSE HIS
STRENGTH SURPRISED ME.
00:15:29.40\00:15:31.46
BUT I HAD THEN A PRETTY GOOD
ESTIMATE OF WHAT HIS STRENGTH
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WAS. AND EVEN NOW, AS OLD AS WE
ARE, I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN,
00:15:36.03\00:15:39.63
BUT SHOULD MY BROTHER COME AND
GRAB ME I THINK I WOULD STILL
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BE ABLE TO DETECT SOME PATTERN
IN WHAT HE MIGHT DO TO ME.
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SO EVIDENTLY AFTER A WHILE JACOB
REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE
00:15:48.40\00:15:55.13
ESAU PATTERN. THIS WAS
SOME SERIOUS CONFRONTATION.
00:15:55.13\00:16:00.83
IN FACT, IF YOU BELIEVE
HOSEA CHAPTER 12, VERSES 4 AND 5
00:16:00.83\00:16:06.96
THAT JACOB WRESTLED WITH GOD,
THEN YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
00:16:06.96\00:16:11.63
WHEN YOU WRESTLE WITH
THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD,
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THAT IT IS NOT A
MATCH OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH,
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BECAUSE JESUS AS
GOD IS OMNIPOTENT.
00:16:20.86\00:16:29.03
SO THIS IS NOT A WRESTLING MATCH
THAT HAS TO DO WITH PHYSICALITY.
00:16:29.03\00:16:34.86
THIS IS A MATCH OF FAITH.
00:16:34.86\00:16:39.30
THIS IS A GRASPING OF FAITH.
00:16:39.30\00:16:43.80
HERE IS A MAN WHO HAS
BEEN KNOWN BY THE WRONG NAME,
00:16:43.80\00:16:48.13
WHO HAS BEEN LOCKED INTO A
PATTERN THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY
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THE NAME, AND WHO HAS CONFIRMED
THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE NAME
BY STEPPING AHEAD OF GOD.
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NOW HE GOES BACK TO
SETTLE THE ACCOUNTS.
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AND TONIGHT AS HE WRESTLES
THE DESIRE OF HIS HEART,
00:17:02.90\00:17:08.33
IS THAT HE MIGHT RISE ABOVE
THIS NAME THAT HAS HAUNTED HIM,
00:17:08.33\00:17:14.46
THIS REPUTATION
THAT HAS STALKED HIM,
00:17:14.46\00:17:18.46
THAT HE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY
ELSE WHO HE REALLY WANTS TO BE.
00:17:18.46\00:17:23.63
AND SO HIS DESIRE IS NOT SO
MUCH NOW TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
00:17:23.63\00:17:27.46
SOMEWHERE IN THAT NIGHT JACOB
RECOGNIZES THAT THIS IS NOT
00:17:27.46\00:17:33.76
ESAU. THIS IS WAY
MORE POWERFUL THAN ESAU.
00:17:33.76\00:17:37.56
WHATEVER THIS BEING IS, IS
NOT APPLYING FULL STRENGTH.
00:17:37.56\00:17:42.23
WHAT MUST IF FEEL LIKE TO TAKE
HOLD OF THE ANGEL WHO IS THE
00:17:42.23\00:17:50.86
LORD. HE KNOWS THAT
WHATEVER THIS BEING IS DOING,
00:17:50.86\00:17:53.80
THIS BEING IS NOT
APPLYING FULL STRENGTH.
00:17:53.80\00:17:57.03
AND SOMEWHERE IN THE EERIE
GRAY OF MORNING -- HAVE YOU
00:17:57.03\00:18:03.43
EVER PRAYED TILL THAT TIME ?
00:18:03.43\00:18:06.50
THERE'S A STRANGE TIME
THAT COMES BEFORE LIGHT
00:18:06.50\00:18:10.73
AND THERE'S A STRANGE GRAY, AND
THIS BEING, THIS ANGEL WHO IS
00:18:10.73\00:18:17.16
THE LORD SAYS, "DAY IS
BREAKING, TURN ME LOOSE."
00:18:17.16\00:18:21.23
BUT BY NOW, JACOB KNOWS WHO
IT IS THAT HE HOLDS AND HE SAYS,
00:18:21.23\00:18:26.03
"I WILL NOT LET YOU
GO UNTIL YOU BLESS ME !
00:18:26.03\00:18:30.83
I'M TIRED OF BEING SUPPLANTER.
00:18:30.83\00:18:33.80
I'M TIRED OF BEING DECEIVER.
00:18:33.80\00:18:36.16
I'M TIRED OF BEING KNOWN BY WHAT
I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS BEING
00:18:36.16\00:18:40.13
BORN. I'M TIRED OF BEING
FOLLOWED BY A REPUTATION THAT
WAS ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE.
00:18:40.13\00:18:46.23
I WANT TO BE FREE FROM THAT !
00:18:46.23\00:18:48.16
I WANT TO BE PART
OF A GRAND ENTERPRISE !
00:18:48.16\00:18:51.36
I WANT TO BE PART OF A FAMILY
THAT BRINGS FORTH THE SAVIOR OF
00:18:51.36\00:18:55.96
THE WORLD ! I WANT TO BE
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE,
00:18:55.96\00:18:59.16
AND NOT ALWAYS CONSIDERED
TO BE ON THE NEGATIVE.
00:18:59.16\00:19:01.46
AND IF YOU THINK
I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO,
00:19:01.46\00:19:03.53
MY FAITH WILL NOT RELEASE YOU !"
00:19:03.53\00:19:07.80
THEN SAYS THE BIBLE, THE
ANGEL WHO WAS THE LORD TOUCHES
00:19:07.80\00:19:14.30
THE HOLE OF THE
HIP, JUST TOUCHES IT.
00:19:14.30\00:19:17.66
JACOB MUST HAVE FELT SOMETHING
LIKE A JACKHAMMER THAT TARGETED
00:19:17.66\00:19:23.33
THERE. HE FELT THE PAIN,
EXCRUCIATING THOUGH IT WAS, HE
00:19:23.33\00:19:27.03
SAYS, "I'VE GOT
ENOUGH STRENGTH TO HOLD ON.
00:19:27.03\00:19:32.23
CAN'T FIGHT ANYMORE,
I'M GOING TO HOLD ON."
00:19:32.23\00:19:36.16
NOW FOLKS IT WAS NOT PHYSICAL
STRENGTH THAT WAS HOLDING NOW.
00:19:36.16\00:19:41.26
IT WAS THE POWER OF FAITH.
00:19:41.26\00:19:45.50
WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO
YOU, WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO ME
00:19:45.50\00:19:49.96
IS THAT OUR FAITH,
WEAK THOUGH IT MAY SEEM,
00:19:49.96\00:19:54.73
IS SUFFICIENT TO
HOLD GOD TO HIS PROMISE.
00:19:54.73\00:19:59.16
GOD HAS NOT DEALT WITH US
ACCORDING TO WHAT WE DESERVE.
00:19:59.16\00:20:03.93
IF HE HAD, I WOULD NOT
BE STANDING IN THIS PULPIT.
00:20:03.93\00:20:07.46
GOD HAS DEALT WITH US WITH
HIS MERCY AS WELL AS WITH HIS
00:20:07.46\00:20:12.00
JUSTICE. AND IF HIS MERCY WERE
NOT EQUAL TO HIS JUSTICE, WOE BE
00:20:12.00\00:20:16.93
UNTO ME. BUT MY
FAITH CAN TAKE HOLD OF HIM;
00:20:16.93\00:20:19.60
COME BOLDLY TO THE
THRONE OF GRACE THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:20:19.60\00:20:23.46
I CAN GO BOLDLY, NOT IN MY
NAME, BUT CLAIMING THE MERITS OF
00:20:23.46\00:20:28.30
CALVARY. I CAN
GO IN JESUS' NAME.
00:20:28.30\00:20:31.63
SO IF IN FAITH I TAKE HOLD OF
HIM, THEN HE CANNOT LET ME GO.
00:20:31.63\00:20:36.13
EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE
WOUNDED IN THE PROCESS.
00:20:36.13\00:20:39.90
AND JACOB IS WOUNDED
NOW BUT HE WILL NOT GO.
00:20:39.90\00:20:43.93
AND EARLY IN THE MORNING,
PERHAPS NOW AS THE SUN IS
00:20:43.93\00:20:46.70
BEGINNING TO PAINT
PASTEL ON THE EASTERN HORIZON,
00:20:46.70\00:20:51.23
THIS BEING, THIS
ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD SAYS,
00:20:51.23\00:20:54.80
"WHAT IS YOUR NAME ?"
00:20:54.80\00:20:56.80
"JACOB" HE SAYS.
00:20:56.80\00:20:58.60
"DECEIVER THEY HAVE CALLED ME.
00:20:58.60\00:21:01.03
SUPPLANTER I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN.
00:21:01.03\00:21:03.63
THEY TALK ABOUT ME
FOR GRABBING A HEEL,
00:21:03.63\00:21:06.23
BUT THAT'S NOT
WHO I WANT TO BE !"
00:21:06.23\00:21:09.50
AND THIS ANGEL
WHO IS THE LORD SAYS,
00:21:09.50\00:21:13.73
"YOUR NAME SHALL BE ISRAEL, FOR
YOU HAVE POWER WITH GOD AND WITH
00:21:13.73\00:21:23.46
MAN." AND JACOB LETS GO AND
GRABS HIS ACHING HIP AND HOBBLES
00:21:23.46\00:21:32.73
TO HIS FEET. TEARS MAY HAVE
BEEN STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE,
00:21:32.73\00:21:36.13
BUT THERE WAS A GLEAM IN HIS EYE
FOR HIS NAME HAD FINALLY BEEN
00:21:36.13\00:21:46.13
CHANGED. (applause)
00:21:46.13\00:21:52.96
WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOU ?
00:21:52.96\00:21:58.06
WHAT HAVE YOU
CARRIED ALL OF YOUR DAYS ?
00:21:58.06\00:22:02.66
WHAT HAVE THEY PINNED ON YOU
FOR AS LONG AS YOU'VE LIVED ?
00:22:02.66\00:22:07.40
WHAT IS IT THAT THEY
WILL NOT LET YOU FORGET ?
00:22:07.40\00:22:10.00
SOME MISTAKE YOU MADE
WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER ?
00:22:10.00\00:22:13.06
SOMETHING YOU DID WHEN
YOU WERE IN YOUR TWENTIES ?
00:22:13.06\00:22:15.60
SOMETHING THAT YOU BECAME KNOWN
FOR WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND
THEY WON'T LET YOU FORGET IT ?
00:22:15.60\00:22:20.20
YOU CAN DO ALL THE GOOD FOR THE
REST OF YOUR DAYS BUT SOMEBODY
WILL COME AND REMIND YOU,
00:22:20.20\00:22:24.40
"I REMEMBER YOU, I REMEMBER YOU
USED TO LIVE OVER THERE, DIDN'T
00:22:24.40\00:22:31.56
YOU. . . ?" AND
IT CROPS UP AGAIN.
00:22:31.56\00:22:33.86
GOD'S PROMISE TO US
TONIGHT IS THAT HE HAS THE POWER
00:22:33.86\00:22:38.83
TO STEP INTO YOUR
SITUATION AND CHANGE YOUR NAME.
00:22:38.83\00:22:43.56
CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE
KNOWN AND MAKE YOU INTO A NEW
00:22:43.56\00:22:48.33
CREATURE, AND THE CHANGE
OCCURS WHEN GOD STEPS IN.
00:22:48.33\00:22:53.36
TONIGHT IT IS MY DETERMINATION
THAT I WILL NOT TRUST IN WHAT
00:22:53.36\00:23:00.50
YOU THINK OF ME, I WILL GO
INSTEAD TO FIND OUT, "GOD CAN
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?"
00:23:00.50\00:23:08.16
YOU KNOW, I GO BACK TO MY
OWN HOMETOWN AND THERE'S SOME
00:23:08.16\00:23:13.23
PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE OLD
ENOUGH TO KNOW ME FROM A CHILD.
00:23:13.23\00:23:17.36
AND IF I WERE TO TELL YOU
THAT I WAS PERFECT FROM A CHILD,
00:23:17.36\00:23:19.53
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.13
YOU WOULD BE
CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION.
00:23:21.13\00:23:24.10
THERE'S NO PERFECT HUMAN
BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
00:23:24.10\00:23:27.86
AND YOU KNOW I CAN FIND
SOME OF THOSE OLD FOLK WHO SAY,
00:23:27.86\00:23:31.30
"BOY, I REMEMBER
WHEN YOU USED TO. . ."
00:23:31.30\00:23:33.76
I'VE GOT THEM NOW THOUGH.
00:23:33.76\00:23:35.63
I TELL THEM, "YOU KNOW
THAT BOY YOU USED TO KNOW ?"
00:23:35.63\00:23:38.43
"YEAH."
00:23:38.43\00:23:39.56
"I'M NOT HIM !
00:23:39.56\00:23:44.33
I KNOW I LOOK LIKE HIM.
00:23:44.33\00:23:47.36
IN FACT, GOT THE
SAME NAME FAR AS YOU KNOW,
00:23:47.36\00:23:54.10
BUT GOD HAS MADE A CHANGE."
00:23:54.10\00:23:58.26
WHEN GOD MAKES A CHANGE
THAT'S THE AUTHORITATIVE CHANGE.
00:23:58.26\00:24:03.13
SO THEN YOU CAN WRITE
ABOUT ME IN YOUR NEWSMAGAZINE,
00:24:03.13\00:24:06.60
YOU CAN PUT PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE ME ON TELEVISION
00:24:06.60\00:24:09.13
AND ALWAYS HAVE ME IN HANDCUFFS.
00:24:09.13\00:24:11.56
YOU CAN DESCRIBE ME ON THE
COVERS OF YOUR NEWSMAGAZINES
00:24:11.56\00:24:14.66
AND MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT
I AM SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT.
00:24:14.66\00:24:17.46
BUT IN MY HEART I WILL NOT
ACCEPT YOUR DESCRIPTION OF ME,
00:24:17.46\00:24:20.63
FOR I HAVE LEARNED THAT GOD
IS THE ONE WHO MAKES ME WHO I AM
00:24:20.63\00:24:24.06
AND WHEN HE COMES INTO
MY LIFE HE CAN CHANGE ME.
00:24:24.06\00:24:28.43
SO YOU KEEP YOUR PERCEPTION.
00:24:28.43\00:24:32.76
I'LL TAKE MINE FROM GOD.
00:24:32.76\00:24:35.10
IN FACT, THERE ARE THOSE WHO,
YOU KNOW THOSE SPORTS FIGURES,
00:24:35.10\00:24:38.73
AND I HAVE SUCH EMPATHY
FOR THEM BECAUSE ALL THEY DO
00:24:38.73\00:24:41.80
IS MAKE A LIVING BY SOME GRAND
GIFT TO PLAY SOME BALL GAME.
00:24:41.80\00:24:46.46
AND THEY SAY, "DON'T MAKE ME A
HERO, I'M NOT YOUR ROLE MODEL."
00:24:46.46\00:24:50.00
AND I AGREE WITH YOU SIR !
00:24:50.00\00:24:51.83
I AGREE WITH YOU LADY !
00:24:51.83\00:24:53.23
YOU'RE NOT MY ROLE MODEL !
00:24:53.23\00:24:55.66
MY ROLE MODEL IS JESUS.
00:24:55.66\00:24:58.56
AND THE WAY THAT I GET CHANGED
IS NOT BY WATCHING SOMEBODY
00:24:58.56\00:25:03.06
LEAPING THROUGH THE AIR WITH
A BASKETBALL, AS MUCH AS I LOVE
00:25:03.06\00:25:07.06
MICHAEL JORDAN.
HE'S NOT MY ROLE MODEL !
00:25:07.06\00:25:09.86
THE ONE WHO'S MY ROLE
MODEL IS WAY HIGHER THAN THAT !
00:25:09.86\00:25:14.33
(applause)
00:25:14.33\00:25:18.53
MY ROLE MODEL IS NOT ONE WHO
CHANGES MY PERCEPTION OF MYSELF
BY GLIDING THROUGH THE AIR,
00:25:18.53\00:25:24.63
BUT IT CHANGES WHO I AM WHEN
I WRESTLE WITH HIM IN FAITH.
00:25:24.63\00:25:30.20
WHEN HE STEPS INTO MY HEART,
HE CAN WIPE OUT MY HISTORY.
00:25:30.20\00:25:34.56
I DON'T CARE WHAT
YOU THINK YOU REMEMBER.
00:25:34.56\00:25:37.03
HE CAN CHANGE MY NAME.
00:25:37.03\00:25:39.60
SO WHEN I TAKE HOLD OF
HIM WITH A GRASP OF FAITH,
00:25:39.60\00:25:44.20
I AM CHANGED BY THE
POWER THAT GOD ONLY HAS.
00:25:44.20\00:25:48.20
TONIGHT YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS THAT
YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
00:25:48.20\00:25:55.36
ABOUT YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE WHO THEY SAY YOU ARE.
00:25:55.36\00:25:59.53
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALL INTO
THE CATEGORY THAT THEY PAINT YOU
00:25:59.53\00:26:03.26
INTO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE -- BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM THE
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.33
NEIGHBORHOOD -- DOESN'T MEAN
YOU'VE GOT TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.60
ELSE. BECAUSE YOU'RE FORM THE
TOWN DOESN'T MEAN YOU'VE GOT TO
BE LIKE EVERYBODY FROM THE TOWN.
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.76
YOU ARE NOT
CONTROLLED BY YOUR SITUATION;
00:26:10.76\00:26:13.66
YOU CAN BE CHANGED
BY THE POWER OF GOD,
00:26:13.66\00:26:16.40
BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT ALLOW THOSE
THAT HE LOVES TO BE CONTROLLED
00:26:16.40\00:26:20.43
BY SITUATIONS. GOD CONTROLS
THE SITUATIONS AROUND YOU !
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?  JESUS IS WORTHY OF
ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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