Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000225
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00:01 GOD COULD HAVE WORKED IT OUT,
00:02 BUT HE RAN AHEAD OF GOD. 00:04 AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE 00:05 NOT ONLY DID HE LIVE WITH 00:06 HIS DEED, BUT HIS DEED 00:08 CONNECTED WITH HIS NAME. 00:10 AND HIS DEED SERVED TO 00:14 RAMIFICATIONS THAT MADE HIS 00:17 NAME MORE POWERFUL AND 00:19 MORE DISDAINFUL TO HIM, 00:21 FOR HE HAD NOW BECOME 00:23 WHAT HIS NAME PREDICTED; 00:25 HE WAS THE DECEIVER. 00:26 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:33 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:37 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:43 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:50 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:55 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 01:01 SO THAT IF SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE INVADING YOUR SPACE, JUST WAIT AWHILE. 01:07 THEY'RE JUST A SHOOTING STAR AND THEY'LL SOON BE BURNED OUT. 01:12 AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE S-U-N, 01:16 WHO NOW IS THE S-O-N FOR US. 01:19 IF YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH GOD, GOD GIVES YOU YOUR PLACE AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY. 01:25 YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. 01:27 IN FACT, EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING WILL WORK OUT IN YOUR LIFE, 01:31 IF YOU TRUST GOD ENOUGH, GOD WILL BRING IT TO PASS. 01:35 JACOB ACTUALLY COULD OF JUST SAT BACK AND SAID, 01:38 "WELL LORD, IN YOUR OWN TIME, IN YOUR OWN WAY." 01:42 THE FACT IS THAT GOD CANNOT WORK HIS PROVIDENCE ON OUR TIME 01:46 SCHEDULE FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW PERFECT TIME. 01:53 YOU KNOW WE GO AROUND SAYING, "GOD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS" AND I THINK HE DOES. 01:57 THE FACT IS THAT GOD MOVES IN PERFECT WAYS BUT OUR THOUGHTS ARE MYSTERIOUS. 02:03 THE OLD FOLK USED TO SAY, "HE MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU WANT HIM, 02:07 BUT HE COMES ON TIME." 02:10 THE FACT IS YOU MAY NOT THINK HE COMES ON TIME, 02:13 BUT HIS TIMING IS ALWAYS IMPECCABLE. 02:17 GOD IS ALWAYS ON TIME. 02:19 AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE WAITS UNTIL YOU AND I CAN 02:22 UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF RESOURCES. 02:25 IT CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT JACOB SHOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH FAITH. 02:29 BUT NOW WE SKIP TO AN AMAZING SITUATION. 02:35 AFTER THE BLESSING HAD BEEN GOTTEN, ESAU WAS ANGRY. 02:40 ESAU SAID, "I'LL KILL HIM." 02:43 I THINK THAT'S ANGER; THAT QUALIFIES. 02:47 WE LOOK IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY AND I MUST SAY TO YOU THAT 02:51 I AM SHOCKED AS YOU ARE THAT WE HAVE COME TO THE PLACE WHERE 02:55 PEOPLE GET ANGRY OVER THINGS THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN 02:58 THINGS WE'VE JUST DESCRIBED AND THEY SAY, "I WILL KILL." 03:03 THERE MUST BE IN THIS SOCIETY MORE RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE. 03:08 AND GOD IS NOT PLEASED WHEN THOSE WHO CANNOT MAKE LIFE, TAKE LIFE. 03:16 ANGER OUGHT NOT BE GIVEN THAT MUCH REIGN. 03:19 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY WHO FOR SMALL THINGS SAY: "I WILL KILL." 03:23 THIS IS NOT A SMALL THING; THIS IS A BIRTHRIGHT. 03:26 THIS HAS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY; 03:29 THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE FAR REACHING. 03:32 AND ESAU SAYS, "I WILL KILL HIM." 03:33 SO NOW, WHEN JACOB HAS GOTTEN THE THING THAT HE WANTED BY TRICKERY, 03:40 HE LEARNS AN IMPORTANT LESSON THAT YOU AND I SHOULD NOT MISS; 03:43 WHEN YOU GET IT THE WRONG WAY, YOU WON'T LIKE IT. 03:47 IT'S SO EASY TO THINK, "I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN." 03:54 BUT THE BEST WAY IS GOD'S WAY. 03:56 SO HE HAS IT NOW, BUT THE WORD COMES, HIS MOTHER SAYS, 04:00 "LOOK, I TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO. 04:02 YOU LEAVE, AND I WILL SEND YOU WORD WHEN YOU CAN COME BACK. 04:06 YOU KNOW HOW ESAU'S IS. 04:08 HIS TEMPER IS MERCURIC. 04:10 HE'S UP AND DOWN, HE'S MAD AND THEN HE'S OK. 04:14 GIVE HIM A FEW DAYS AND HE'LL CALM DOWN. 04:17 I'LL SEND FOR YOU." 04:19 BUT THE DAYS TURN INTO WEEKS AND WEEKS TURN INTO MONTHS 04:23 AND JACOB HAS GONE NOW WITH LABAN AND HE HAS NOW LABORED 04:29 FOR A WIFE THAT HE LOVES AND HAS BEEN TRICKED. 04:34 REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE THE MOST DEVILISH AT SCHEMES, 04:39 YOU WILL ALWAYS MEET SOMEONE WHO IS BETTER. 04:46 YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD, YOU WILL DIE BY IT. 04:49 WHAT YOU SOW YOU WILL REAP. 04:53 THE "BOOMERANG THEORY", ONE OF MY FAVORITE PREACHERS CALLS IT, 04:57 YOU CAST IT OUT -- IT WILL COME BACK. 04:59 SO YOU MUST BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS. 05:04 IT NEED NOT COME BACK THROUGH THEM; 05:05 IT CAN COME BACK THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE. 05:08 BUT IT COME'S BACK. 05:09 SO NOW, THIS MAN LABAN SAYS, "OH, YOU WANT TO MARRY RACHEL ? 05:13 RACHEL IS THE ONE WITH PRETTY EYES." 05:17 AND HE MAKES HIM WORK FOR 7 YEARS. 05:19 AND ONE WRITER SAYS THAT THE MAN LOVED RACHEL SO MUCH THAT THE 7 YEARS PASSED BY LIKE DAYS. 05:25 THAT'S LOVE ! 05:28 THERE ARE SOME MARRIAGES THAT DON'T LAST FOR 7 YEARS. 05:32 THIS MAN WORKED FOR 7 YEARS AND IT FELT LIKE DAYS 05:35 AND NOW HE GOES TO TAKE HIS WIFE AND THEY'VE COVERED HER UP, 05:38 AS IS THE FASHION, SOME WOULD SUGGEST. 05:40 AND WHEN SHE IS UNCOVERED, IT IS NOT RACHEL WITH THE PRETTY EYES, 05:44 BUT LEAH WITH THE WEAK EYES. 05:46 WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. 05:49 SOME SAY THAT IT MEANT THAT HER EYES WERE SET DIFFERENTLY. 05:52 SOME SAY THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME AFFLICTION. 05:56 I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, 05:57 BUT IF IT'S THE WRONG WOMAN, IT'S THE WRONG WOMAN ! 06:01 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PREACH ABOUT THAT. 06:06 BUT YOU SURELY OUGHT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT WOMAN. 06:11 I'LL PREACH ON THAT ONE DAY, BUT TONIGHT, SUFFICE IT TO SAY 06:14 THAT YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT WOMAN BEFORE YOU MOVE AHEAD WITH THE PLAN. 06:20 SO NOW HE WORKS AGAIN. 06:22 ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 06:27 AND NOW COMES WORD, NOT FROM MOTHER, BUT FROM GOD, 06:34 "YOU HAVE LIVED WITH YOUR GUILT LONG ENOUGH." 06:40 THERE ARE SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOME PSYCHIATRISTS 06:43 WHO THINK THAT PREACHERS DWELL TOO MUCH ON GUILT. 06:47 THEY ACCUSE US OF BEING NON-PRODUCTIVE, 06:50 COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, THAT WE OUGHT NOT MENTION GUILT. 06:55 BUT I BELIEVE THAT GUILT IS THERE FOR A REASON. 07:00 YOU OUGHT TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG. 07:04 THE PROBLEM WITH US TODAY IS THAT SEEM TO BE PEOPLED WITH 07:08 FOLK WHO CAN DO WRONG AND FEEL NOTHING; NO REMORSE. 07:13 I WATCH THESE TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND THEY HIGHLIGHT 07:17 THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED HEINOUS CRIMES, 07:20 AND WHEN THEY PUT THEM ON TELEVISION, THEIR EYES ARE VACANT. 07:24 THEIR FACES HAVE NO EXPRESSION. 07:26 THEY SIT WITHOUT MOVING AS THEY ARE ACCUSED OF THINGS 07:30 THAT YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE ON YOUR WORST DAY OF LIFE. 07:35 AND IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN DO SUCH THINGS AND NOT FEEL ANYTHING. 07:41 THIS MAN LIVED EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE KNOWING THAT HE HAD 07:43 TAKEN WHAT WAS NOT HIS IN THAT SITUATION. 07:48 GOD COULD HAVE WORKED IT OUT, BUT HE RAN AHEAD OF GOD. 07:51 AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, NOT ONLY DID HE LIVE WITH HIS DEED, 07:54 BUT HIS DEED CONNECTED WITH HIS NAME. 07:58 AND HIS DEED SERVED TO RAMIFICATIONS 08:03 THAT MADE HIS NAME MORE POWERFUL AND MORE DISDAINFUL TO HIM, 08:09 FOR HE HAD NOW BECOME WHAT HIS NAME PREDICTED; 08:12 HE WAS THE DECEIVER. 08:15 AND EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, HE WOKE UP CARRYING THE BURDEN OF THAT GUILT. 08:22 NOW GOD SAYS, "LET ME COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND STRAIGHTEN IT OUT. 08:29 IT'S TIME TO GO BACK AND FACE IT. 08:31 IT'S TIME TO CUT TO THE CHASE. 08:34 IT'S TIME TO GET THE BURDEN OFF YOUR BACK, 08:37 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT LIVE LIKE THAT AND ENJOY IT." 08:40 SO NOW THIS JACOB WITH ALL OF HIS FAMILY AND HIS ANIMALS, 08:46 AND THE THINGS THAT REPRESENT WEALTH TURNS TO GO BACK TO HIS FATHER'S LAND. 08:51 AND AS HE SEES THE HILLS RISING IN THE DISTANCE; 08:56 HIS GUILT GRASPS HIS HEART AND HE WONDERS WHAT IT WILL 09:01 BE LIKE WHEN HIS BROTHER ESAU HEARS THAT HE IS COMING BACK. 09:04 WILL HE COME TO KILL HIM ? 09:07 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE WAS THE INFLUENCE OF SATAN. 09:12 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT ALREADY, 09:15 BUT SATAN WILL GET YOU IN TROUBLE AND THEN COME AND RUB YOUR NOSE IN IT. 09:21 YOU CAN'T TELL HIM YOU DIDN'T DO WRONG, BECAUSE HE WAS THERE! 09:25 HE'S THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED THAT YOU DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 09:28 SO HE HAS DATES, PLACES, FACES. 09:31 HE CAN REMIND YOU, HE KNOWS. 09:32 "YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE. . . 09:34 WELL, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW, YOU KNOW. 09:36 IN FACT, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULDN'T TRY TO GET THIS THING STRAIGHT, 09:39 I'D JUST STAY WHERE I AM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO 09:41 HAVE SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH MY MAN ESAU." 09:45 NOW JACOB GOES, BUT AS HE GOES, HE PRAYS. 09:49 AND HE DOES MORE THAN PRAY. 09:50 NOW YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS, YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT CAREFULLY. 09:53 I BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU PRAY, IT DOES NOT MEAN 09:55 THAT YOU OUGHT NOT TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WISE. 10:01 WHEN YOU WALK UP AND DOWN CITY STREETS LADIES, 10:04 YOU CAN PRAY THAT NO ONE WILL STEAL YOUR PURSE, 10:07 BUT TUCK IT UNDER YOUR ARM. 10:12 YOU KNOW ? 10:13 GOD WILL PROTECT YOU. 10:15 BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT GOD HAS EVER DONE FOR US WAS TO GIVE US A BRAIN. 10:18 YOU KNOW JUST BECAUSE I'M PRAYING DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO LET THE PURSE FLY ALL OUT. 10:24 IN FACT, I'VE COME NOW TO WEAR MY WALLET IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. 10:27 IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS WHERE THAT IS. 10:31 I TRUST GOD, BUT I'M MAKING SOME PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES NOW 10:36 BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHOSE WALLET IS WHOSE. 10:42 I DON'T HAVE MUCH IN MINE BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE 10:44 THINGS THAT ARE DEAR TO ME, A COUPLE PICTURES, YOU KNOW. 10:47 AND I WANT TO KEEP THEM. 10:49 SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. 10:52 NOW WATCH THIS ! 10:53 HERE IS JACOB GOING HOME. 10:56 HE SEPARATES HIS FAMILY INTO TWO BANDS, BUT HE DOES IT FOR A REASON. 11:02 HE HAS COME TO A PLACE THAT HE CALLS MAHANAIM. 11:07 MAHANAIM SUGGESTS TWO BANDS, BUT THE COMMENTATORS 11:12 SAY THAT THIS WAS NOT HIS IDEA BUT GOD'S IDEA. 11:17 FOR GOD, WHEN HE TOLD HIM TO GO HOME, 11:21 SENT TWO BANDS OF ANGELS TO GO WITH HIM. 11:25 ONE BAND WENT BEFORE HIM, AND ONE CAME BEHIND HIM. 11:29 YOU KNOW, I FEEL BETTER JUST SAYING THAT. 11:33 SOMETIMES WE WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO US. 11:37 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU REST YOUR TRUST IN GOD, 11:40 GOD IS ABLE TO PUT ANGELS BEFORE YOU AND ANGELS BEHIND YOU. 11:45 ANGELS THAT EXCEL IN STRENGTH, 11:47 THEY ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS 11:50 SENT FORTH TO TAKE CARE OF GOD'S CHILDREN. 11:52 AND THERE WHEN GOD SAID, "GO BACK HOME !" 11:54 GOD DID NOT SEND HIM ALONE. 11:56 I'M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IF I AM SECURE IN THE FACT THAT GOD HAS SENT ME, 12:01 THAT I CAN BE SURE THAT GOD WILL PROTECT ME. 12:04 NOW HE GOES BACK BUT THE BANDS -- MAHANAIM -- THE PLACE SUGGESTS TWO BANDS; 12:11 ANGELS BEFORE AND ANGELS BEHIND. 12:13 PERHAPS HE MIMICS THIS AND SAYS, "LET ME DIVIDE MY FAMILY ! 12:16 I'LL SEND ONE PART OF THE FAMILY THIS WAY, ONE PART 12:18 OF THE FAMILY THAT WAY SO IF WE GET ATTACKED ONLY ONE PART 12:21 OF THE FAMILY WILL BE ABLE TO BE DESTROYED WHILE THE 12:24 OTHER WILL KNOW TO MAKE PROVISIONS AND LEAVE." 12:27 NOT BAD PLANNING ! 12:29 THEN HE PUTS HIS FAMILY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BROOK JABBOK. 12:34 AND THIS BRAVE MAN COMES TO PRAY ALONE. 12:38 FALLS DOWN ON HIS FACE AND PRAYS TO GOD. 12:44 NOW I AM NOT ABOUT TO SUGGEST THE WAY THAT YOU OUGHT TO PRAY, 12:46 THE METHOD, THE PHYSICAL 12:46 POSITIONYOU NEED TO TAKE, 12:52 BUT I BELIEVE THAT SOME PRAYERS REQUIRE A DIFFERENT POSTURE. 12:57 I PRAY WHILE I DRIVE, I HOPE YOU DO TOO. 13:04 I PRAY WHILE I FLY, I HOPE YOU DO TOO. 13:08 BUT THOSE PRAYERS ARE PRAYERS IN MOTION. 13:11 BUT WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING SERIOUS TO TALK TO GOD ABOUT 13:13 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I MUST BE BOWED BEFORE GOD. 13:19 JACOB IS PROSTRATE BEFORE GOD. 13:21 HE IS ALONE AND PRAYING, "GOD, YOU MUST PROTECT ME FROM MY BROTHER. 13:26 HE HAS EVERY REASON TO BE ANGRY WITH ME. 13:28 PROTECT ME NOW AS I GO HOME." 13:30 AND WHILE HE'S PRAYING THERE, AND WHILE SATAN IS TEMPTING HIM 13:33 WITH THE FEELING THAT YOU CANNOT BE PROTECTED 13:37 BECAUSE YOU ARE IN FACT, JACOB; YOU ARE ONE WHO GRABS HEELS; 13:42 YOU ARE A DECEIVER; YOU ARE A SUPPLANTER. 13:45 HOW CAN GOD PROTECT YOU ? 13:48 BUT GOD DOES NOT JUDGE US BY NAMES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN BY HIM. 13:54 GOD JUDGES US BY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH US. 13:58 AND SO GOD'S RELATIONSHIP IS NOT BASED ON THIS NAME AS SATAN SUGGESTED. 14:04 NOW IN THE MIDST OF THAT PRAYER, SOMEBODY GRABS JACOB. 14:14 WELL YOU KNOW IN HIS MIND HE KNEW WHO IT WAS -- IT'S ESAU. 14:19 "OH, ALL THE PROVISIONS THAT I'VE MADE." 14:24 BEFORE JACOB CAME TO THIS PRAYER MEETING, 14:27 HE HAD SENT MESSENGERS BEFORE, SENT GIFTS AND TOLD THEM, 14:31 "TELL HIM 'LORD ESAU,' SAY 'LORD ESAU.' 14:35 AND WHEN YOU END YOUR MESSAGE SAY 'YOUR SERVANT JACOB.' 14:38 LET HIM KNOW THAT I'M NOT COMING TO CLAIM ANYTHING, 14:40 I'M JUST TRYING TO COME HOME." 14:43 BUT NO ANSWER, NO RESPONSE CAME BACK. 14:45 AND PERHAPS THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO HIS MIND "IT'S ESAU !" 14:51 AND THEY BEGAN TO WRESTLE. 14:53 WELL IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE 14:56 JACOB AND ESAU AS LITTLE BOYS WRESTLING. 14:59 AND PERHAPS THERE WAS SOME IDEA ABOUT THE STRENGTH. 15:02 I HAVE ONE BROTHER, AND I CONFESS TO YOU THAT WE 15:05 WRESTLED AND DID EVERYTHING FOR MANY YEARS. 15:08 IN FACT, IT TOOK AGES BEFORE WE GOT TO BE GOOD FRIENDS LIKE WE ARE NOW. 15:12 AND I CAME TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF HIS STRENGTH. 15:16 THERE WERE TIMES, HE WAS MY YOUNGER SIBLING, 15:19 AND ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THE OLDER SIBLING MUST WIN. 15:22 IT'S A RULE. 15:25 AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I HAD TO THINK OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO WIN, 15:29 BECAUSE HIS STRENGTH SURPRISED ME. 15:31 BUT I HAD THEN A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT HIS STRENGTH WAS. 15:36 AND EVEN NOW, AS OLD AS WE ARE, I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, 15:39 BUT SHOULD MY BROTHER COME AND GRAB ME I THINK I WOULD STILL 15:42 BE ABLE TO DETECT SOME PATTERN IN WHAT HE MIGHT DO TO ME. 15:48 SO EVIDENTLY AFTER A WHILE JACOB REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE ESAU PATTERN. 15:55 THIS WAS SOME SERIOUS CONFRONTATION. 16:00 IN FACT, IF YOU BELIEVE HOSEA CHAPTER 12, VERSES 4 AND 5 16:06 THAT JACOB WRESTLED WITH GOD, THEN YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT 16:11 WHEN YOU WRESTLE WITH THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD, 16:16 THAT IT IS NOT A MATCH OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH, 16:20 BECAUSE JESUS AS GOD IS OMNIPOTENT. 16:29 SO THIS IS NOT A WRESTLING MATCH THAT HAS TO DO WITH PHYSICALITY. 16:34 THIS IS A MATCH OF FAITH. 16:39 THIS IS A GRASPING OF FAITH. 16:43 HERE IS A MAN WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN BY THE WRONG NAME, 16:48 WHO HAS BEEN LOCKED INTO A PATTERN THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE NAME, 16:53 AND WHO HAS CONFIRMED THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE NAME BY STEPPING AHEAD OF GOD. 17:00 NOW HE GOES BACK TO SETTLE THE ACCOUNTS. 17:02 AND TONIGHT AS HE WRESTLES THE DESIRE OF HIS HEART, 17:08 IS THAT HE MIGHT RISE ABOVE THIS NAME THAT HAS HAUNTED HIM, 17:14 THIS REPUTATION THAT HAS STALKED HIM, 17:18 THAT HE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HE REALLY WANTS TO BE. 17:23 AND SO HIS DESIRE IS NOT SO MUCH NOW TO PROTECT HIMSELF. 17:27 SOMEWHERE IN THAT NIGHT JACOB RECOGNIZES THAT THIS IS NOT ESAU. 17:33 THIS IS WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN ESAU. 17:37 WHATEVER THIS BEING IS, IS NOT APPLYING FULL STRENGTH. 17:42 WHAT MUST IF FEEL LIKE TO TAKE HOLD OF THE ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD. 17:50 HE KNOWS THAT WHATEVER THIS BEING IS DOING, 17:53 THIS BEING IS NOT APPLYING FULL STRENGTH. 17:57 AND SOMEWHERE IN THE EERIE GRAY OF MORNING -- HAVE YOU 18:03 EVER PRAYED TILL THAT TIME ? 18:06 THERE'S A STRANGE TIME THAT COMES BEFORE LIGHT 18:10 AND THERE'S A STRANGE GRAY, AND THIS BEING, THIS ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD SAYS, 18:17 "DAY IS BREAKING, TURN ME LOOSE." 18:21 BUT BY NOW, JACOB KNOWS WHO IT IS THAT HE HOLDS AND HE SAYS, 18:26 "I WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNTIL YOU BLESS ME ! 18:30 I'M TIRED OF BEING SUPPLANTER. 18:33 I'M TIRED OF BEING DECEIVER. 18:36 I'M TIRED OF BEING KNOWN BY WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS BEING BORN. 18:40 I'M TIRED OF BEING FOLLOWED BY A REPUTATION THAT WAS ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE. 18:46 I WANT TO BE FREE FROM THAT ! 18:48 I WANT TO BE PART OF A GRAND ENTERPRISE ! 18:51 I WANT TO BE PART OF A FAMILY THAT BRINGS FORTH THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD ! 18:55 I WANT TO BE ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE, 18:59 AND NOT ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE ON THE NEGATIVE. 19:01 AND IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO, 19:03 MY FAITH WILL NOT RELEASE YOU !" 19:07 THEN SAYS THE BIBLE, THE ANGEL WHO WAS THE LORD TOUCHES 19:14 THE HOLE OF THE HIP, JUST TOUCHES IT. 19:17 JACOB MUST HAVE FELT SOMETHING LIKE A JACKHAMMER THAT TARGETED THERE. 19:23 HE FELT THE PAIN, EXCRUCIATING THOUGH IT WAS, HE SAYS, 19:27 "I'VE GOT ENOUGH STRENGTH TO HOLD ON. 19:32 CAN'T FIGHT ANYMORE, I'M GOING TO HOLD ON." 19:36 NOW FOLKS IT WAS NOT PHYSICAL STRENGTH THAT WAS HOLDING NOW. 19:41 IT WAS THE POWER OF FAITH. 19:45 WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO ME 19:49 IS THAT OUR FAITH, WEAK THOUGH IT MAY SEEM, 19:54 IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD GOD TO HIS PROMISE. 19:59 GOD HAS NOT DEALT WITH US ACCORDING TO WHAT WE DESERVE. 20:03 IF HE HAD, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING IN THIS PULPIT. 20:07 GOD HAS DEALT WITH US WITH HIS MERCY AS WELL AS WITH HIS JUSTICE. 20:12 AND IF HIS MERCY WERE NOT EQUAL TO HIS JUSTICE, WOE BE UNTO ME. 20:16 BUT MY FAITH CAN TAKE HOLD OF HIM; 20:19 COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE THE BIBLE SAYS. 20:23 I CAN GO BOLDLY, NOT IN MY NAME, BUT CLAIMING THE MERITS OF CALVARY. 20:28 I CAN GO IN JESUS' NAME. 20:31 SO IF IN FAITH I TAKE HOLD OF HIM, THEN HE CANNOT LET ME GO. 20:36 EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE WOUNDED IN THE PROCESS. 20:39 AND JACOB IS WOUNDED NOW BUT HE WILL NOT GO. 20:43 AND EARLY IN THE MORNING, PERHAPS NOW AS THE SUN IS 20:46 BEGINNING TO PAINT PASTEL ON THE EASTERN HORIZON, 20:51 THIS BEING, THIS ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD SAYS, 20:54 "WHAT IS YOUR NAME ?" 20:56 "JACOB" HE SAYS. 20:58 "DECEIVER THEY HAVE CALLED ME. 21:01 SUPPLANTER I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN. 21:03 THEY TALK ABOUT ME FOR GRABBING A HEEL, 21:06 BUT THAT'S NOT WHO I WANT TO BE !" 21:09 AND THIS ANGEL WHO IS THE LORD SAYS, 21:13 "YOUR NAME SHALL BE ISRAEL, FOR YOU HAVE POWER WITH GOD AND WITH MAN." 21:23 AND JACOB LETS GO AND GRABS HIS ACHING HIP AND HOBBLES TO HIS FEET. 21:32 TEARS MAY HAVE BEEN STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE, 21:36 BUT THERE WAS A GLEAM IN HIS EYE FOR HIS NAME HAD FINALLY BEEN CHANGED. 21:46 (applause) 21:52 WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOU ? 21:58 WHAT HAVE YOU CARRIED ALL OF YOUR DAYS ? 22:02 WHAT HAVE THEY PINNED ON YOU FOR AS LONG AS YOU'VE LIVED ? 22:07 WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WILL NOT LET YOU FORGET ? 22:10 SOME MISTAKE YOU MADE WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER ? 22:13 SOMETHING YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR TWENTIES ? 22:15 SOMETHING THAT YOU BECAME KNOWN FOR WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND THEY WON'T LET YOU FORGET IT ? 22:20 YOU CAN DO ALL THE GOOD FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS BUT SOMEBODY WILL COME AND REMIND YOU, 22:24 "I REMEMBER YOU, I REMEMBER YOU USED TO LIVE OVER THERE, DIDN'T YOU. . . ?" 22:31 AND IT CROPS UP AGAIN. 22:33 GOD'S PROMISE TO US TONIGHT IS THAT HE HAS THE POWER 22:38 TO STEP INTO YOUR SITUATION AND CHANGE YOUR NAME. 22:43 CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE KNOWN AND MAKE YOU INTO A NEW CREATURE, 22:48 AND THE CHANGE OCCURS WHEN GOD STEPS IN. 22:53 TONIGHT IT IS MY DETERMINATION THAT I WILL NOT TRUST IN WHAT YOU THINK OF ME, 23:00 I WILL GO INSTEAD TO FIND OUT, "GOD CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?" 23:08 YOU KNOW, I GO BACK TO MY OWN HOMETOWN AND THERE'S SOME 23:13 PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW ME FROM A CHILD. 23:17 AND IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT I WAS PERFECT FROM A CHILD, 23:19 YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 23:21 YOU WOULD BE CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION. 23:24 THERE'S NO PERFECT HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 23:27 AND YOU KNOW I CAN FIND SOME OF THOSE OLD FOLK WHO SAY, 23:31 "BOY, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO. . ." 23:33 I'VE GOT THEM NOW THOUGH. 23:35 I TELL THEM, "YOU KNOW THAT BOY YOU USED TO KNOW ?" 23:38 "YEAH." 23:39 "I'M NOT HIM ! 23:44 I KNOW I LOOK LIKE HIM. 23:47 IN FACT, GOT THE SAME NAME FAR AS YOU KNOW, 23:54 BUT GOD HAS MADE A CHANGE." 23:58 WHEN GOD MAKES A CHANGE THAT'S THE AUTHORITATIVE CHANGE. 24:03 SO THEN YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT ME IN YOUR NEWSMAGAZINE, 24:06 YOU CAN PUT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME ON TELEVISION 24:09 AND ALWAYS HAVE ME IN HANDCUFFS. 24:11 YOU CAN DESCRIBE ME ON THE COVERS OF YOUR NEWSMAGAZINES 24:14 AND MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT I AM SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT. 24:17 BUT IN MY HEART I WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR DESCRIPTION OF ME, 24:20 FOR I HAVE LEARNED THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO MAKES ME WHO I AM 24:24 AND WHEN HE COMES INTO MY LIFE HE CAN CHANGE ME. 24:28 SO YOU KEEP YOUR PERCEPTION. 24:32 I'LL TAKE MINE FROM GOD. 24:35 IN FACT, THERE ARE THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW THOSE SPORTS FIGURES, 24:38 AND I HAVE SUCH EMPATHY FOR THEM BECAUSE ALL THEY DO 24:41 IS MAKE A LIVING BY SOME GRAND GIFT TO PLAY SOME BALL GAME. 24:46 AND THEY SAY, "DON'T MAKE ME A HERO, I'M NOT YOUR ROLE MODEL." 24:50 AND I AGREE WITH YOU SIR ! 24:51 I AGREE WITH YOU LADY ! 24:53 YOU'RE NOT MY ROLE MODEL ! 24:55 MY ROLE MODEL IS JESUS. 24:58 AND THE WAY THAT I GET CHANGED IS NOT BY WATCHING SOMEBODY 25:03 LEAPING THROUGH THE AIR WITH A BASKETBALL, AS MUCH AS I LOVE MICHAEL JORDAN. 25:07 HE'S NOT MY ROLE MODEL ! 25:09 THE ONE WHO'S MY ROLE MODEL IS WAY HIGHER THAN THAT ! 25:14 (applause) 25:18 MY ROLE MODEL IS NOT ONE WHO CHANGES MY PERCEPTION OF MYSELF BY GLIDING THROUGH THE AIR, 25:24 BUT IT CHANGES WHO I AM WHEN I WRESTLE WITH HIM IN FAITH. 25:30 WHEN HE STEPS INTO MY HEART, HE CAN WIPE OUT MY HISTORY. 25:34 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK YOU REMEMBER. 25:37 HE CAN CHANGE MY NAME. 25:39 SO WHEN I TAKE HOLD OF HIM WITH A GRASP OF FAITH, 25:44 I AM CHANGED BY THE POWER THAT GOD ONLY HAS. 25:48 TONIGHT YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS THAT YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU, 25:55 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WHO THEY SAY YOU ARE. 25:59 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALL INTO THE CATEGORY THAT THEY PAINT YOU INTO. 26:03 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE -- BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- 26:05 DOESN'T MEAN YOU'VE GOT TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 26:07 BECAUSE YOU'RE FORM THE TOWN DOESN'T MEAN YOU'VE GOT TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY FROM THE TOWN. 26:10 YOU ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY YOUR SITUATION; 26:13 YOU CAN BE CHANGED BY THE POWER OF GOD, 26:16 BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT ALLOW THOSE THAT HE LOVES TO BE CONTROLLED BY SITUATIONS. 26:20 GOD CONTROLS THE SITUATIONS AROUND YOU ! 26:27 Announcer: JESUS TAUGHT US ABOUT THE SECRETS OF THE 26:30 MUSTARD SEED, REVEALING THE TRUTHS THAT ARE AT THE HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 26:34 AUTHOR STEVEN MOSELY HAS INVESTIGATED THE NEW TESTAMENT 26:36 AND UNCOVERED 10 LIFE CHANGING SECRETS--"SECRETS OF THE MUSTARD SEED." 26:42 "I LOOKED AT ALL THE PASSAGES THAT 26:43 EMPHASIZED THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, 26:46 AND I CAME UP WITH, ESSENTIALLY, JESUS TOP TEN WORDS OF ADVICE. 26:50 THEY'RE SIMPLE BASIC PRINCIPLES. 26:53 BUT WHAT I DISCOVERED IS THAT EACH ONE REALLY CONTAINS A 26:56 "MUSTARD SEED" PROMISE--A SIMPLE THING WE CAN DO THAT PRODUCES HUGE RESULTS." 27:02 Announcer: DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE MUSTARD SEED IN THIS WEEKS OFFER. 27:05 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 27:09 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:13 IT'S YOURS FOR A GIFT OF TEN DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:15 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:17 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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