Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000302
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
00:08 PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:11 (theme music) Announcer: WE CONTINUE WITH 00:18 THE STORY OF DEBORAH AND BARAK IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 4. 00:23 Walter Pearson: SO NOW DEBORAH AND BARAK WITH TEN THOUSAND 00:26 SOLDIERS, LOOKED DOWN AT THE BASE OFTHE MOUNTAIN AND BARAK 00:31 SAYS TO DEBORAH, "YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, DIDN'T YOU. 00:36 I'M NOT SAYING I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU, BUT I'M GOING 00:37 TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:40 THAT'S SOME HARD STUFF TO BELIEVE. 00:42 WE'RE UP HERE AND THEY'RE DOWN THERE. 00:46 I THOUGHT WE COULD NEVER BEAT THEM. 00:48 HERE WE ARE HIGH AND THEY ARE LOW. 00:51 THIS IS AMAZING. 00:54 WHAT DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO DO NEXT ?" 00:55 SHE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT DO WE DO NEXT ?' 00:58 WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS MOUNTAIN AND TAKE OUT OUR ENEMY. 01:02 GOD WILL BE FOR US." 01:05 IN FACT THERE CAME A MOMENT JOSEPHUS SAYS, WHEN FEAR WENT 01:11 THROUGH THE TEN THOUSAND; WHEN FEAR EVEN TUGGED AT BARAK, AND 01:18 HE STARTED TO THINK--MAYBE I SHOULD GO AND FIND A 01:21 HIDING PLACE UP HERE. 01:23 BUT DEBORAH SAID TO HIM, "HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY--KNOW 01:28 WHO'S WITH US ? 01:30 DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO GO TO THE MOUNTAIN AND WE'RE UP HERE ? 01:32 "YEAH." 01:33 "DIDN'T I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO DRAW BY GOD'S 01:36 POWER OUR ENEMY TO US ?" 01:38 "YEAH." 01:39 "DIDN'T IT HAPPEN JUST LIKE GOD PROMISED ?" 01:41 "YEAH." 01:42 "WELL, THAT SAME GOD WHO DREW THEM TO US SAYS 01:44 GO DOWN AND GET 'EM." 01:48 INCIDENTALLY, THERE ARE SOME TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU 01:50 JUST GOT TO TRUST GOD. 01:52 YOU JUST GOT TO DO WHAT HE SAYS. 01:55 AND SO BARAK PULLS TOGETHER HIS COURAGE AND HE MAKES THE 01:59 COMMAND AND THEY BEGIN TO MARCH WITH NO WEAPONS DOWN 02:04 TO FACE THE IRON CHARIOTS. 02:08 YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH GOD 02:11 TO DO THAT KIND OF THING. 02:12 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OTHERWISE. 02:14 BUT AS THEY BEGAN TO MARCH DOWN IN FULL FORCE, AND LET 02:18 ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN YOU ONCE OBEY GOD, THE ACT 02:22 OF OBEYING HIM GIVES YOU STRENGTH TO OBEY HIM MORE. 02:28 WHEN JOSHUA MARCHED AROUND JERICHO, ONE OF MY FAVORITE 02:31 WRITERS SAID, "AS THEY HEARD THEMSELVES HITTING THE GROUND 02:36 TOGETHER WITH THEIR FEET, THE SOUND OF THEIR FEET IN UNISON 02:40 GAVE THEM A CADENCE THAT BUILT UP THEIR CONFIDENCE." 02:45 IF YOU DO WHAT GOD SAYS, THAT OBEDIENCE BREEDS MORE POWER. 02:50 SO AS THEY BEGAN TO RUN DOWN, I IMAGINE THAT SISERA WAS 02:54 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT--WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON ? 03:00 GIVE ME A MINUTE. 03:01 ARE THEY COMING DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN ? 03:04 YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 03:07 ARE THEY COMING DOWN FAST ? 03:09 YES. 03:10 DO THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT A PLAN ? 03:12 YES. 03:14 GOT ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'VE GOT IN MIND ? 03:16 I THINK THEY'RE ABOUT TO TAKE US OUT. 03:19 WELL, THEN, LET'S GO GET 'EM. 03:21 NOW, BELIEVE JOSEPHUS FOR JUST A MOMENT. 03:25 JOSEPHUS SAYS THAT AT THAT MOMENT THE STARS 03:29 FOUGHT AGAINST THEM. 03:31 WELL, HERE'S HOW HE EXPLAINS IT. 03:33 HE SAYS THAT THERE CAME INSTANTANEOUSLY A HAILSTORM. 03:39 WELL, YOU LOOK IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 5, VERSE 20--THE 03:42 BIBLE SAYS THE STARS FOUGHT. 03:44 AND INCIDENTALLY, IF GOD BE FOR YOU, GOD CAN COMMAND THE 03:48 STARS TO BE ON YOUR SIDE. 03:51 AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF THE 03:54 STARS WILL FIGHT WITH YOU, WHAT WILL THE MOON DO ? 03:57 AND WOULD THE SUN DARE TO JOIN IN ON THE PLAN ? 04:00 I DON'T KNOW--YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH IMAGINATION TO 04:02 GO WHERE I'M GOING, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU'RE 04:04 WITH GOD THERE IS A RESONANCE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE THAT 04:09 BEGINS TO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF. 04:11 SO WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THOSE ILL-EQUIPPED SOLDIERS COMING 04:16 DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN, THEY DECIDED--LET'S GO AND GET THEM. 04:20 BUT AT THAT MOMENT THERE CAME A HAILSTORM, SAYS JOSEPHUS. 04:24 THEY WERE DISCOMFORTED, SAYS THE BIBLE. 04:26 ONE SCHOLAR SAYS THAT IN THAT VERY PLACE, THE EARTH IS SO 04:30 UNSTABLE THAT AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF MOISTURE IT GIVES WAY 04:34 SO THAT IT WILL BARELY HOLD A FOOT STANDING ON IT, MUCH LESS 04:40 THE WHEEL OF AN IRON CHARIOT. 04:43 CAN YOU IMAGINE IF EVERYBODY IS RIGHT ? 04:45 COULD IT MEAN THAT THE HAILSTORM CAME ? 04:48 COULD IT MEAN THAT THE STARS FOUGHT AGAINST THEM ? 04:51 COULD IT BE THAT THE GROUND GAVE WAY AND THE 04:54 CHARIOTS WOULDN'T MOVE ? 04:56 COULD IT BE THAT GOD RAINED ICE INTO THE FACES OF THIS ARMY SO 05:02 THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER SEE ? 05:06 COULD IT BE THAT GOD SNATCHED THEIR CONFIDENCE ? 05:13 COULD IT BE THAT HE MULTIPLIED THEIR PARANOIA EXPONENTIALLY ? 05:21 SO THAT WHILE THEY STOOD ERECT IN THEIR IRON CHARIOTS, THEY 05:25 BEGAN TO WONDER-WHO'S AFTER ME ? 05:29 AND THEY TURNED AND TRIED TO RUN. 05:33 BUT AS THEY TRIED TO RUN, PEOPLE WITH NO WEAPONS CAME 05:38 AND BEGAN TO BEAT THEM. 05:40 THEY HAD ONLY THEIR HANDS, BUT IF THE LORD IS IN YOUR HAND, 05:50 WHAT A MIGHTY WEAPON IT BECOMES. 05:54 IF THE LORD IS IN THE HEART OF A PERSON, IF GOD HAS DERANGED 05:58 YOUR MIND, THEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO FIGHT EACH OTHER--IT WOULDN'T 06:01 BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORD OF GOD, WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN 06:04 TO TURN ON EACH OTHER. 06:06 FINALLY, THE ORDER COMES-GO GET EVERY ONE OF THEM. 06:09 HOW CAN YOU DO IT WITH NO WEAPONS ? 06:11 YOU CAN DO IT BECAUSE GOD SAID SO ! 06:15 YOU FORGIVE ME--I'M INSANE IN SOME SITUATIONS BECAUSE 06:19 I'M CRAZY ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT IF GOD SAYS IT, YOU OUGHT 06:22 TO OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS. 06:24 TOO MANY PEOPLE NOW DOING FEASIBILITY STUDIES 06:27 ON WHAT GOD SAYS. 06:31 I DON'T KNOW WHAT UNIVERSITY LET YOU IN. 06:35 I KNOW LESS ABOUT WHATEVER UNIVERSITY LET YOU OUT. 06:39 BUT IF YOU CAME OUT THINKING THAT YOU KNEW MORE THAN GOD, 06:41 YOU OUGHT TO RETHINK YOUR WHOLE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS; GO BACK 06:46 AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HELP YOU; 06:49 THEY MESSED YOUR BRAIN UP ! 06:51 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT IF GOD 06:54 SAYS IT YOU MUST MOVE ON IT. 06:57 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHOLE ARMY OF SISERA--THEY'RE GONE. 07:05 SISERA IS OUT OF HIS IRON CHARIOT AND, YOU KNOW I THANK 07:09 GOD FOR THIS IMAGINATION. 07:11 I BELIEVE THAT GOD DOES THINGS FOR PREACHERS WHO 07:15 TRY THEIR BEST TO STUDY. 07:17 I TRY TO GATHER ALL THE FACTS. 07:19 I DON'T WANT MY INFORMATION TO BE SO SCANTY THAT MY 07:23 IMAGINATION CAN'T WORK. 07:26 I WANT TO INFORM MY IMAGINATION AND THEN TAKE IT DOWN TO THE 07:31 RIVER TO BE BAPTIZED AGAIN, AND THEN ASK GOD TO BEGIN TO MOVE 07:35 WITH IT AND MAKE IT ACCOMPLISH THINGS, SO I AM THERE. 07:41 I'M LOOKING AT THE BASE OF MT. TABOR AND I SEE NOTHING 07:46 BUT ABANDONED CHARIOTS. 07:49 BUT THERE'S ONE FIGURE IN THE MIST. 07:52 THE HAILSTORM HAS ABATED; THERE'S A STRANGE FOG, 07:57 BUT HERE COMES SOMEBODY AND IT LOOKS LIKE SISERA. 08:08 HE'S LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THOSE CRAZY ISRAELITES WENT. 08:14 HE'S TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE HE DOESN'T ENCOUNTER 08:16 THEM ANYMORE, AND HE RUNS AND HE THINKS, "I'LL GO TO 08:19 THE CAMP OF THE KENITES." 08:22 AND HE RUNS AND HE GETS THERE, AND HE SAYS, "WHERE 08:25 IS HEBER'S TENT ? 08:28 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S HOME, BUT I WANT TO GO THERE." 08:31 AND HE ARRIVES AT HEBER'S TENT, AND HEBER IS NOT THERE, 08:37 BUT HIS WIFE IS THERE--JAEL. 08:41 AND HE GOES AND SAYS, "JAEL, KNOW ME ?" 08:48 "SORRY," I DON'T KNOW YOU, SIR, BUT COME IN. 08:56 YOU LOOK TIRED. 08:58 ARE YOU THIRSTY ?" 09:01 "YES, I'M THIRSTY." 09:04 "WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO DRINK ?" 09:06 "YES." 09:07 "WELL, I COULD GIVE YOU WATER OR I'VE GOT SOME MILK OVER HERE. 09:12 SOMETIMES A LITTLE MILK WILL CALM YOU DOWN." 09:23 WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NOW. 09:25 SOME OF YOU HAVE NO IMAGINATION, SO YOU'RE COMPLETELY LOST. 09:33 LISTEN TO JAEL. 09:36 "YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 09:38 I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ONE OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS OKAY. 09:42 WE LOVE EVERYBODY. 09:43 WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. 09:49 SO WHAT I WAS THINKING, SIR, YOU SEEM REAL TIRED. 09:53 I'VE GOT A LITTLE PLACE OVER THERE IN THE CORNER; I'LL GET 09:57 YOU SOME MILK FOR YOU DRINK. 09:58 YOU WANT ME TO WARM IT UP A LITTLE BIT ?" 10:02 ONE SCHOLAR SAYS THAT JAEL MAY HAVE EVEN HAD A CRUST OF 10:05 BREAD SOMEWHERE, AND IN SOME COMMUNITIES THERE ARE STRANGE 10:10 POTIONS THAT ARE MADE WITH SOMETHING CALLED CORN BREAD. 10:23 AND AT YOUR STORE, IF IT'S A WELL-EQUIPPED STORE, YOU MAY 10:25 EVEN FIND BUTTER; MILK. 10:31 MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO IMBIBE. 10:35 SHE WOULD GET A CRUST OF BREAD, AND FAST ASLEEP 10:38 SHE WOULD BE BEFORE LONG. 10:41 "YES, GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF THAT." 10:43 SHE SAID, "TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A LITTLE 10:45 SOMETHING TO DRINK. 10:46 WANT A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT ? 10:47 YOU CAN HAVE THAT, TOO. 10:48 I'VE GOT A LITTLE COVER. 10:50 LET ME PUT THIS COVER OVER YOU. 10:55 YOU OKAY ?" 11:00 HE SAID, "NOW IF SOMEBODY COMES AND ASKS IF I'M IN HERE, 11:05 TELL THEM I'M NOT IN HERE." 11:06 "WELL, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. 11:08 YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT ? 11:09 YOU COMFORTABLE ? 11:10 LET ME PUT THIS OVER YOU. 11:12 KEEP YOU WARM; DON'T WANT YOU TO GET COLD. 11:14 YOU CAN GET A CHILL WHEN YOU SLEEP." 11:17 SHE COVERS HIM UP. 11:18 NOW HERE IS WHERE I HAD TO DO SOME WORK. 11:22 WHAT MADE THAT WOMAN CHANGE FROM THE WELCOMING CHILD OF GOD 11:35 TO A WOMAN WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO CAUSE MORTAL DANGER ? 11:44 HERE IS WHAT I BELIEVE. 11:47 I BELIEVE THAT GOD WAS ALWAYS IN THIS PICTURE. 11:53 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF GOD HAD BECOME IDOLATROUS FOR 20 YEARS 12:01 AFTER EHUD DIED, THEY HAD NOBODY TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK, 12:05 SO THEY BECAME IDOLATORS, AND WHEN YOU PULL AWAY FROM GOD, 12:09 YOU ALSO PULL YOURSELF AWAY FROM HIS SPECIAL PROTECTION. 12:14 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU CAST GOD OUT OF YOUR 12:18 LIFE, YOU ALSO CAST AWAY YOUR BEST PROTECTION. 12:21 I KNOW THAT GOD IS GOOD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL 12:24 AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD. 12:25 THE RAIN FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST, BUT THERE 12:29 ARE SOME GIFTS THAT THE UNJUST CANNOT HAVE FROM GOD. 12:34 THERE IS A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT GOD HAS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE 12:38 AND THAT SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP INCLUDES SPECIAL PROTECTION. 12:42 I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S PEOPLE AFTER THEY HAD GOTTEN THEIR 12:45 LAND FORGOT HOW THEY GOT OVER. 12:50 THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO FORGET WHAT GOD HAS DONE. 12:54 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET STUFF AND GET INFATUATED WITH STUFF. 13:02 AND YOU FORGET HOW YOU GOT IT. 13:05 I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO HAVE MATRICULATED AT WONDERFUL 13:08 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND THEY CALL ME AS THEIR PASTOR 13:13 FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO DEFEND THEIR THESIS. 13:18 YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM. 13:21 THEY ARE THE QUINTESSENCE OF HUMILITY. 13:25 "PASTOR, TOMORROW I'VE GOT TO DEFEND MY THESIS. 13:28 MY DISSERTATION IS ON THE LINE, PASTOR, AND I'VE 13:31 DONE EVERYTHING I CAN. 13:32 I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M LAZY OR WANT YOU TO THINK 13:34 THAT I HAVEN'T USED MY BRAIN. 13:35 I'VE DONE THE BEST I COULD. 13:38 BUT THIS THING HAS GIGANTIC HOLES IN IT, PASTOR, AND I WANT 13:40 YOU TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO DEFEND IT. 13:44 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME NOW ?" 13:49 AND I PRAY WITH HIM. 13:51 "DOES THAT FEEL BETTER ?" 13:52 I SAY, "WELL TELL ME HOW IT CAME OUT." 13:55 AND IT'S AMAZING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERSON WHO CALLED BEFORE 14:00 GRADUATION, AND THE PERSON WHO CALLS AFTER. 14:05 REMEMBER THE ONE BEFORE ? 14:06 "PASTOR, PLEASE, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD..." 14:11 AND THEN WHEN THEY REMEMBER TO CALL ME BACK, "PASTOR, 14:14 HOW ARE YOU ? 14:18 DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HEARD, I'M DOCTOR NOW." 14:27 I SAY, "I'M NOT MAD AT YOU; I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOCTOR. 14:31 BUT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT ONE WHO CALLED ME ON THE PHONE 14:34 BEFORE YOU GRADUATED, BECAUSE YOU OUGHT TO KEEP A LITTLE BIT 14:37 OF THAT AFTER YOU'RE DOCTOR. 14:40 ARE YOU STILL WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED THAT AGAIN ! 14:45 TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO GET THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 14:49 HOW YOU GOT THE HOUSE--YOUR CREDIT WAS REALLY IN BAD 14:52 SHAPE AND YOU HAD BLEMISHES EVERYWHERE. 14:56 AND THERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO CHECK YOUR CREDIT BEFORE YOU 14:58 BUY A HOUSE WHO ARE MERCILESS ! 15:01 THEY GO WAY, WAY, WAY BACK, AND THEY CHECK EVERYTHING, 15:06 DON'T THEY. 15:08 AND THEY CALL YOU AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT. 15:10 YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MERCY AND NOT 15:12 BRING IT UP--"EIGHT YEARS AGO, YOU HAD A LATE PAYMENT. 15:18 YES. 15:20 YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT ? 15:22 I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 15:23 I CAN TELL YOU THE MONTH. 15:27 "WHAT ABOUT THAT CAR ? 15:31 LORD IF YOU WILL GIVE ME A NICE CAR I WILL TAKE 15:35 PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS. 15:44 I WILL DRIVE THEM TO WORSHIP. 15:49 DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, HOW WELL 15:51 DRESSED THEY ARE, I WILL CAUSE THEM TO GET IN MY CAR AND 15:55 I WILL TAKE THEM TO YOUR HOUSE, AND THERE WE WILL GLORIFY 15:59 YOUR NAME TOGETHER." 16:02 AND THEY PUT YOU IN THAT LITTLE ROOM WHERE THEY TURN OFF THE AIR 16:06 CONDITIONING, ALREADY, AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO YOU IN 16:09 THERE, AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU AND 16:13 YOUR WIFE ARE BOWED TOGETHER IN PRAYER, BUT YOU DON'T WANT 16:16 TO CLOSE YOUR EYES, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEEM CONFIDENT. 16:21 AND THEY FINALLY COME BACK AND SAY, "YOUR CREDIT IS APPROVED." 16:25 YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOUT; YOU DON'T WANT TO SCREAM, 16:28 BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE THEM THINK THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW 16:30 YOU WERE GOING TO GET IT. 16:34 THEN YOU DRIVE AWAY, AND EVERY PIECE OF GLASS BECOMES A MIRROR. 16:48 "LOOK OVER THERE ! 16:53 LOOK PRETTY GOOD IN HERE DON'T I ?" 16:56 AND YOU FORGET HOW YOU GOT WHAT YOU HAVE. 17:00 HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU: WHEN YOU HAVE A 17:04 VICTORY, REMEMBER THAT IT WAS NOT YOU WHO CHASED GOD; 17:11 IT WAS GOD WHO CHASED YOU. 17:14 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD GONE; THEY HAD NO HOPE, BUT 17:18 FINALLY THEIR ENEMIES WERE SO OPPRESSIVE THAT SOMEBODY SAID, 17:22 "WHY DON'T WE CALL JESUS ?" 17:27 WELL, IT WAS GOD THEN, BUT I'LL TELL YOU IN A FEW HOURS THAT IT 17:31 WAS ALWAYS CHRIST, AND WHY DON'T WE DON'T TURN BACK TO GOD ? 17:37 AND IT WAS THEN THAT GOD SAID, "LET ME GIVE THEM DEBORAH." 17:41 IT WAS THEN WHEN GOD SAID, "LET ME CALL FOR THEM BARAK." 17:44 IT WAS THEN WHEN GOD SAID, "LET ME GET THEM 10,000 SOLDIERS." 17:48 IT WAS THEN WHEN GOD SAID, "LET ME PUT THEM 17:51 IN A SUPERIOR POSITION." 17:52 IT WAS THEN WHEN GOD SAID, "LET ME DRAW THEIR ENEMIES TO THEM." 17:56 IT WAS THEN WHEN GOD SENT DOWN A HAILSTORM, AND THEIR ENEMIES 18:02 WERE DESTROYED, NOT BY THEIR MIGHT, NOT BY THEIR POWER, 18:06 BUT BY THE POWER OF GOD. 18:10 AND I WANTED TO REMIND SOME OF US WHO ALLOW STRANGE LADIES OR 18:21 STRANGE GENTLEMEN TO MAKE US COMFORTABLE IN OTHERWISE 18:28 UNCOMFORTABLE PLACES. 18:33 "C'MON IN." 18:36 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE, BUT THERE YOU GO. 18:41 "WHERE SHOULD I--" "RIGHT OVER THERE." 18:44 "WANT SOMETHING TO DRINK ?" 18:48 "HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO EAT." 18:51 "WHY DON'T I PUT THIS OVER YOU ? 18:54 FEEL ALL RIGHT ? 18:56 I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS GOD WHO CANNOT BE OUTRUN; THE SAME GOD 19:03 WHO BLESSED HIS PEOPLE, NOW WATCHES AS SISERA TRIES TO RUN 19:10 AWAY WITHOUT BEING CAUGHT. 19:13 I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS GOD WHO OKE TO JAEL, A WOMAN WHO 19:18 WAS AT FIRST VERY WELCOMING. 19:22 I BELIEVE THAT GOD REVEALED TO HER WHO IT WAS ASLEEP 19:26 ON HER TENT FLOOR. 19:28 I BELIEVE IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE HER THE SKILL. 19:30 THINK ABOUT IT. 19:32 I'VE WORKED MY WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. 19:34 IF YOU'RE GOING TO NAIL A PERSON'S TEMPLES TO THE 19:40 GROUND, YOU CANNOT PRACTICE BY PUTTING THE NAIL ON THEM. 19:48 YOU DIDN'T WORK YOUR WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT, 19:51 DID YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAD IT DOWN THERE, DIDN'T YOU ? 19:59 SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND GOT ONE OF THOSE METAL TENT STAKES, 20:02 BUT SHE CAN'T TOUCH HIM, BECAUSE IF SHE TOUCHES HIM IT'S ACTUALLY 20:06 CAN'T MAKE A NOISE. 20:09 SHE'S GOT TO GET THE NAIL HERE. 20:13 IN FACT, THIS CAN'T BE HER FIRST TIME HITTING ONE 20:16 OF THOSE THINGS. 20:23 JUST RIGHT. 20:24 ONE SCHOLAR SAYS SISERA'S MIND WAS SO FULL OF THIS WORLD 20:30 THAT HE WOULD NOT OBEY GOD. 20:33 DO YOU DOUBT THAT GOD TRIED TO STOP SISERA SOMEWHERE 20:36 ALONG THE WAY ? 20:37 DO YOU DOUBT THAT GOD SAID, "DON'T TURN YOUR IRON CHARIOTS 20:41 AGAINST MY PEOPLE ?" 20:44 DO YOU DOUBT THAT GOD TRIED TO SHOW MERCY TO THIS GENERAL 20:48 WHO WAS ONLY ABOUT HIMSELF ? 20:50 DO YOU DOUBT THAT SOMEWHERE AFTER THE HAILSTORM, GOD HAD 20:55 NOT WHISPERED IN HIS EAR, "YOU'RE WRONG, SISERA." 20:58 BUT SISERA DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD BE FOR HIMSELF, 21:01 AND FOR HIS KING. 21:02 HEOULD HEAR NO OTHER VOICE. 21:06 AND I TELL YOU WHEN YOU GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE 21:09 BEYOND WHAT YOU THINK IS THE REACH OF GOD, YOU MUST 21:14 UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S ARM IS LONGER THAN YOU IMAGINE. 21:20 SO NOW A WOMAN WITH NO EVIL THOUGHT HAS AN IMPULSE THAT 21:26 DOES NOT COME, THE SCHOLARS BELIEVE, FROM A SATANIC ORIGIN, 21:32 BUT A MAN WHO IS DETERMINED TO DO WRONG IS NOW PUT IN THE 21:35 PLACE WHERE GOD ALWAYS PUTS HIS ENEMIES, AND GOD EMPOWERS A 21:40 WOMAN TO PICK UP A STAKE AND TO PICK UP A HAMMER TO SUSPEND IT 21:47 IN MIDAIR, AND THEN WITH ONE HEAVY BLOW, TO PUSH IT THROUGH 21:53 HIS TEMPLES AND NAIL HIM TO THE EARTH THAT HE LOVED SO MUCH. 21:59 SINCE HIS MIND WILL NOT ACCEPT HEAVENLYHOUGHTS, NOW HIS MIND 22:06 IS NAILED TO THE EARTH WHERE HIS THOUGHTS HAVE EMANATED FROM. 22:12 AND GOD SHOWS THAT HE CANNOT BE OUTRUN. 22:16 HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT: 22:20 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE WRONG PLACE, 22:23 WELCOMED BY A STRANGER, YOUR PURPOSE WAS NOT HOLY. 22:30 I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION. 22:32 I'VE TALKED TO A MAN WHOSE STORY I CANNOT TELL COMPLETELY, BUT 22:35 IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY. 22:38 A MAN WHO TOLD ME THAT HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG 22:40 TIME FOR THE WRONG REASON, AND THEN HE HEARD THE STRANGE CLICK 22:50 OF A FIREARM CLOSE TO HIS EAR. 22:55 HE SAID, "PASTOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE NOT 22:58 HEARD THE CAR DRIVE UP. 23:00 I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE NOT HEARD THE DOOR OPEN. 23:03 I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD HAVE MISSED ALL OF THOSE 23:05 THINGS, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I FOUND MYSELF IN A SITUATION 23:09 THAT WAS UNTENABLE." 23:11 AND HE SAID, "AT THAT MOMENT I HAD THE NERVE TO CALL 23:14 ON GOD FOR MERCY." 23:18 AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU: 23:20 IT'S AMAZING THAT THE GOD WHO CANNOT BE OUTRUN 23:23 SOMETIMES DISPENSES MERCY WHERE I WOULD NOT GIVE IT. 23:31 WHERE YOU WOULD NOT GIVE IT. 23:33 IF YOU WERE GOD THIS AUDITORIUM WOULD BE AT LEAST HALF EMPTY 23:39 TONIGHT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH. 23:44 BUT GOD IS SO INTENT ON BRINGING US BACK TO HIM. 23:50 AND THERE ARE TIMES EVEN WHEN WE ARE CAUGHT, HE DISPENSES MERCY. 23:55 IT DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A NAIL THROUGH THE TEMPLE, 24:00 FOR GOD ONLY LOOKS FOR JUST ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DISPENSE 24:07 MERCY INSTEAD OF JUSTICE. 24:10 AND I WANT TO SAY FINALLY, THAT WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN IN WRONG 24:14 PLACES ASLEEP, YOU OUGHT NOT JUST BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU 24:20 SLEEP, BUT HOW YOU SLEEP. 24:26 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GO TO SLEEP WITH UNCONFESSEDIN. 24:33 WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE YOU CAN TALK TO GOD. 24:39 WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO 24:42 KNOW THAT GOD HAS MORE MERCY THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE, 24:47 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH HIM WHILE YOU'RE CONSCIOUS. 24:51 AND YET, THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO GO TO SLEEP EVERY 24:54 NIGHT WHILE THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT WITH GOD. 24:59 AND I TELL YOU YOU MUST NOT ONLY BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU 25:01 SLEEP, BUT HOW YOU SLEEP. 25:05 IF YOU'VE COME TO THE PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOUR SINS 25:11 STAND OUT, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN CONFESSED, REMEMBER THAT GOD 25:16 IS BOTH JUST AND MERCIFUL, YOU CANNOT OUTRUN HIM, AND THE 25:21 MOMENT THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE OUT OF HIS REACH, YOU' NOT, BUT 25:25 HIS HAND DISPENSES JUSTICE FOR THOSE WHO WILL TAKE NOTHING 25:29 ELSE, AND MERCY FOR ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO ALLOW HIM TO 25:36 MAKE A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE. 25:38 MY ADMONITION TO YOU TONIGHT: BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU SLEEP; 25:43 BE CAREFUL HOW YOU SLEEP, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU CANNOT 25:46 GET BEYOND THE HAND OF GOD. 25:50 GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIENDS. 25:52 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 25:53 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE 25:56 WITH WALTER L. 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