Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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(theme music)
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WP: IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO
GREET YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT
TO THE 16TH CHAPTER OF MATTHEW.
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IF YOU CANNOT FIND MATTHEW,
I HOPE YOU ARE SITTING BESIDE
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SOMEBODY WHO CAN FIND MATTHEW,
AND WE WON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS
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ON YOUR LACK OF
FAMILIARITY WITH THE BIBLE.
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IF YOU CAN'T FIND MATTHEW,
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE !
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WHAT DO YOU SAY ?
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Audience: AMEN !
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MATHEW CHAPTER 16 AND I NEED
JUST A FEW VERSES TO INTRODUCE
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US TO WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY.
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VERSE 21 BEGINNING: IT SAYS,
"FROM THAT TIME FORTH BEGAN
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JESUS TO SHOW UNTO HIS DISCIPLES
HOW THAT HE MUST GO UNTO
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JERUSALEM AND SUFFER MANY THINGS
OF THE ELDERS AND CHIEF PRIESTS
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AND SCRIBES, AND BE KILLED AND
BE RAISED AGAIN THE THIRD DAY.
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THEN PETER TOOK HIM AND
BEGAN TO REBUKE HIM, SAYING, 'BE
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IT FAR FROM THEE; LORD
THIS SHALL NOT BE UNTO THEE.'
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BUT HE TURNED AND
SAID UNTO PETER, 'GET THE
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BEHIND ME, SATAN.
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THOU ART AN OFFENSE UNTO
ME, FOR THOU SAVOREST NOT THE
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THINGS THAT BE OF GOD,
BUT THOSE THAT BE OF MEN.'"
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I'VE ENTITLED OUR
STUDY NOT HERE, NOT NOW.
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, I HAVE
ACCEPTED A TASK THAT I CANNOT
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ACCOMPLISH, NOT WITHOUT YOU.
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WOULD YOU SEND,
NOW, JESUS CHRIST ?
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WOULD YOU SEND,
NOW, THE HOLY SPIRIT ?
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WOULD YOU MOVE ME OUT
OF THE WAY SUFFICIENTLY SO
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THAT JESUS MIGHT BE SEEN ?
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AND AS WE LEAVE THIS
PLACE TONIGHT, LET IT BE THAT WE
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SHALL DECLARE THAT WE HAVE
HEARD A WORD FROM THE LORD.
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THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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THIS IS A PASSAGE
THAT MAKES ME TREMBLE.
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I AM NOT AFRAID OF GOD,
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU
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OUGHT TO PLAY WITH GOD.
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THIS IS PETER.
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PETER IS OFTEN ACCUSED OF
SAYING THINGS OUT OF PLACE.
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I HAVE DERIDED HIM MYSELF.
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I HAVE SAID SOMETIMES
THAT IT SEEMS THAT HE TAKES ONE
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FOOT OUT OF HIS
MOUTH AND PUTS IN ANOTHER.
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BUT NOW, THESE WORDS ARE
WORSE THAN ANY I'VE EVER HEARD.
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THE BIBLE FIRST SAYS THAT JESUS
BEGAN TO TELL HIS DISCIPLES
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THAT HE'S GOING TO DIE.
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IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS
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WAS NOT ONLY THE
MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD.
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SOMETIMES WE MAKE HIM
SO ANTISEPTICALLY FAR AWAY
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THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT JESUS WANTS
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TO HAVE WITH PEOPLE.
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THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT THIS WEEK.
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I'M TALKING ABOUT A JESUS
WHO NOT ONLY LOVES PEOPLE,
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IMPERFECT PEOPLE, BUT
CHASES PEOPLE, PURSUES PEOPLE.
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IN THIS SITUATION I SUGGEST
TO YOU THAT JESUS IS GOING AFTER
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PETER, AND YOU'D SAY, "WHY
DOES HE HAVE TO CHASE PETER ?
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PETER IS A DISCIPLE."
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BUT LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
SOME PEOPLE ARE LOST FAR AWAY,
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LIKE THE LOST SHEEP; OTHER
PEOPLE ARE LOST RIGHT IN THE
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HOUSE, LIKE THE LOST COIN.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW LOOKING
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AT ME VERY CLOSE.
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I DON'T WANT TO IDENTIFY YOUR
ROW, IT'LL GET TOO PERSONAL.
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BUT BEING CLOSE IN CHURCH DOES
NOT GUARANTEE ACCEPTANCE BY GOD.
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SO JESUS CHASES PEOPLE
WHO ARE CLOSE AND PEOPLE
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WHO ARE FAR AWAY.
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HIS DISCIPLES HAVE BEEN CLOSE.
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I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN IN
THEIR PLACES TO WALK UP AND DOWN
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THOSE MEANDERING HILLS WITH
JESUS, TO LOOK IN HIS FACE AS HE
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DECLARED THINGS, NOT ONLY WHEN
HE WAS BEING ACCEPTED, I WOULD
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HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN THERE
WHEN THEY TRIED TO CATCH HIM.
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WISH I'D BEEN THERE--YOU
REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN THEY
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THOUGHT THEY HAD HIM
CORNERED AND HE JUST VANISHED.
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I WISH I COULD HAVE
SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW.
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THAT'LL MAKE YOU NUDGE SOMEBODY,
"HEY, HEY, WHERE IS HE ?"
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"I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW HE
WAS HERE, BUT HE'S GONE, NOW."
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THEY WERE TRYING TO CATCH HIM.
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LOOK AT THEM NOW.
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THEY CAN'T FIND HIM.
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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING,
BUT EVEN CLOSE TO JESUS, EVEN
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WALKING WITH HIM DAY BY
DAY, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BE LOST.
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AND JESUS, UNDERSTANDING
WHAT TRAUMA WAS ABOUT TO COME TO
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HIS DISCIPLES, SO NOT ONLY
WERE THEY CONNECTED TO HIM IN
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HIS MISSION, BUT THEY
WERE CONNECTED AS FRIENDS, AND
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NOW JESUS IS ABOUT TO DIE.
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AND I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS
NOW THAT YOU ARE SOME KIND
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OF PROFESSIONAL WHEN IT COMES
TO THE CRUCIFIXION, BECAUSE
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YOU SAW THAT MOVIE.
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NOT MAD AT THE MOVIE.
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I'M GLAD THE MOVIE HAPPENED.
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I EVEN SAW THAT MOVIE.
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IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME, BUT
SOMEBODY KEPT ON CHASING ME WITH
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THE MOVIE UNTIL I HAD TO SEE IT.
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AND I THINK THAT IT WAS A
GOOD MOVIE, BUT UNLESS YOU
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UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN WHO CHRIST REALLY IS
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AND WHO THAT PERSON IS GETTING
BEATEN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
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WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
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IT'S REMOTE TO YOU.
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JESUS HAD TO TELL HIS
DISCIPLES, "YOU'RE ABOUT TO
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SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
GOING TO GO LIKE YOU THOUGHT."
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WE ALL LIKE TO
BE GOOD PREDICTORS.
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EVERYBODY I KNOW, NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS, ALWAYS SAYS,
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"I KNEW IT."
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SOMEBODY YOU WENT TO SCHOOL WITH
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
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STATES; YOU SAY, "I KNEW IT."
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THEY BECOME A MASS
MURDER; YOU SAY, "I KNEW IT."
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EVERYBODY KNEW IT.
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WELL THE FACT IS THAT NOBODY CAN
IMAGINE WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
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JESUS CHRIST IS ABOUT TO SUFFER
A DEATH THAT IS MORE IGNOMINIOUS
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THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE,
AND THE DISCIPLES ARE NOT READY,
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOUGHT INTO
WHAT THE JEWISH CHURCH BELIEVES.
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THEY SEE THEIR DELIVERER
AS THE LION OF JUDAH WHO WILL
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COME AND CRUSH THE
ROMAN POWER AND DELIVER THEM.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE
MESSIAH COMES, HE WILL REIGN
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WITH POWER AND MAJESTY.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT
THRONGS WILL FOLLOW HIM.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT WHEN JESUS
WAS COME THEY WOULD BE DELIVERED
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INTO A LAND OF PROSPERITY AND
THEIR POWER WILL BE LIMITLESS.
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THEY CANNOT IMAGINE
THE LAMB OF GOD IN PLACE OF
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THE LION OF JUDAH.
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AND THE DISCIPLES ARE
THINKING THE SAME THING.
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YOU REMEMBER THERE
WERE THE DISCIPLES WHO HAD
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THEIR MOM GO TALK TO
JESUS, "TELL HIM WE DON'T WANT
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TO BE ABOVE EVERYBODY; ALL
WE WANT TO DO IS BE LIKE ON
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THE LEFT HAND AND THE RIGHT.
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WE DON'T MIND IF ANYBODY
ELSE IS AROUND SOMEWHERE,
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WE JUST WANT TO BE ON
THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT."
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THEY THOUGHT THAT THE KINGDOM
WAS OF THIS WORLD, AND WHAT
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JESUS HAD TO TELL THEM
WAS, "YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOME
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THINGS THAT YOU
NEVER THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN.
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YOU'LL SEE ME DEAD.
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AND WHEN YOU DO
YOU'LL THINK IT'S OVER.
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WHEN YOU SEE THEM TAKE ME
DOWN FROM A CROSS, AND WHEN YOUR
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HEART IS BROKEN BECAUSE NOT
ONLY ARE YOU WITH ME IN MISSION,
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BUT YOU ARE MY FRIENDS.
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"WHEN YOU SEE MY HANDS, THESE
HANDS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN TOUCH
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THE SICK AND THEY WERE HEALED;
THESE HANDS THAT TOUCHED THE
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DEAD AND THE DEAD CAME BACK
TO LIFE; WHEN YOU WATCH THESE
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HANDS COLD AND LIFELESS,
YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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"WHEN YOU SEE MY EYES NO LONGER
LIT WITH LOVE; WHEN YOU SEE MY
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FEET, THE FEET THAT CARRIED ME
WITH YOU TO MANY REMOTE PLACES;
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WHEN YOU SEE THEM COLD,
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU.
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"SO I WANT TO START TELLING YOU
RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO DIE, BUT
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I'M GOING TO RISE AGAIN."
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I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN'T
GET YOUR BRAIN AROUND THAT.
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THERE ARE TOO MANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE POST-MODERN AND
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POST-CHRISTIAN
AND POST-EVERYTHING.
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WELL YOU OUGHT TO GET
YOUR SECULAR BRAIN UP TO SPEED,
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME TO
THE WORD OF GOD THERE ARE THINGS
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THAT YOU WILL READ HERE THAT
WILL STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION.
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THERE ARE THINGS IN THE BIBLE
THAT DON'T QUITE MAKE SENSE, BUT
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE
SENSE BECAUSE GOD CREATED SENSE.
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IT DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE IT;
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOGICAL.
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GOD CREATED LOGIC.
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HE CAN TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN,
INSIDE OUT AND DO ANYTHING HE
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WANTS TO DO WITH IT, AND WHEN
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE, YOU'RE
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NOT LOCKED INTO ORDINARY
LAWS, BUT JESUS HAD TO WARN THE
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DISCIPLES ANDTHE REASON
WHY HE WARNED THEM, AND THIS IS
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IMPORTANT, IS BECAUSE IF
THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
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GOING ON, THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN SCATTERED PERMANENTLY.
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SO JESUS WANTS TO TELL
THEM, "LOOK, IT'S GOING TO GET
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BAD FOR A WHILE, BUT
AFTER THAT SOME AMAZING THINGS
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ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
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ON THE THIRD
DAY, I'M COMING BACK.
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YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN,
AND I WON'T BE TORN APART, I
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WON'T BE EVEN CLOSE TO DEAD.
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IT WON'T BE A
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE.
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I WILL BE BACK IN REAL
LIFE, SO DON'T GET DISTURBED
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WHEN YOU SEE ME DEAD."
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AND JESUS IS TELLING PETER
THAT AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
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IN THE MIDST OF TELLING
PETER, THERE COMES THIS STRANGE
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SITUATION THAT I WANT TO
KIND OF ENJOY FOR A MOMENT.
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LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT TO
TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE REASONS
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THAT PETER IS SO BOLD TO TALK
NOW, I SUGGEST THAT HE'S BOLD
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ENOUGH TO LET HIMSELF BE USED BY
ANOTHER, IS THAT FOR ONCE, PETER
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HAD SAID SOMETHING RIGHT.
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IF YOU GO BACK A FEW VERSES,
AROUND VERSE 13, EVEN IF YOU'RE
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NOT A BIG TIME CHRISTIAN, YOU'VE
HEARD THIS SERMON PREACHED.
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JESUS SAYS TO HIS DISCIPLES,
"WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM ?"
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THAT'S A WONDERFUL SERMON.
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EVERY PREACHER OUGHT TO PREACH
AT LEAST ONE SERMON ON THAT.
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"WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM ?"
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AND THE DISCIPLES BEGAN
TO VENTURE WHAT THE REGULAR
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FOLK, THE HOI POLLOI
HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM.
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"SOME OF THEM THINK YOU'RE JOHN;
SOME OF THEM THINK YOU'RE ELIAS,
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SOME OF THEM THINK YOU'RE
JEREMIAH, SOME OF THEM THINK
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YOU'RE ONE OF THE PROPHETS.
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THEY DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU ARE; THEY'RE MIXED UP."
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AND THAT WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT
AS THE SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE
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WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS IS ALWAYS
KIND OF MUDDLED, AND SO JESUS
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SAYS, "YOU," IN FACT THAT'S WHAT
IT'S TRANSLITERATED TO SAY-"YOU,
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WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?"
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AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF JESUS IS
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JUST A GOOD MAN, THEN WHAT'S
ABOUT TO HAPPEN DOESN'T COUNT.
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ARE YOU WITH ME ?
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JESUS CAN'T BE "A GOOD
GUY" WHO GOES TO THE CROSS.
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JESUS CAN'T BE "A GREAT MAN
WHO LOVES PEOPLE SOMUCH THAT
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HE DECIDES TO DIE."
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IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
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THE FACT IS THAT IS THAT
THE ONE WHO DIES MUST NOT
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DIE AN ORDINARY DEATH.
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IT MUST BE A VICARIOUS DEATH.
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IT MUST BE THE DEATH
THAT I CANNOT DIE FOR MYSELF.
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AND I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT JESUS
LOVES ME SO MUCH THAT BEFORE I
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WAS BORN AND EVEN THOUGH
HE KNEW THAT WHEN I WAS BORN I
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WOULD BE BORN IN SIN
AND SHAPED IN INEQUITY, HE
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DIED MY DEATH BEFORE I
COULD EVEN ASK FOR THAT FAVOR.
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IT WAS THE DEATH THAT I WOULD
HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE THE WAGES OF
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SIN IS DEATH, BUT JESUS
WOULD DIE IN MY PLACE SO THAT I
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COULD LIVE IN HIS PLACE.
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HE WOULD BEAR MY
WICKEDNESS SO THAT I COULD BEAR
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HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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HE WOULD TAKE MY
FILTH SO I COULD SHOW HIS
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CLEANNESS TO THE WORLD.
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HE WOULD BECOME THE FILTHY
CREATURE THAT I WAS SO THAT IN
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HIS DEATH I COULD BE WASHED
IN HIS BLOOD AND DRESSED IN
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HIS ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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JESUS PUT HIMSELF WHERE I
SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND WHERE
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YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
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I DON'T CARE HOW POST-MODERN
YOU GET; LET YOUR BRAIN
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WAKE UP TO THAT.
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THERE WAS ONE WHO LOVED YOU SO
MUCH THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
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YOURSELF, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW
YOU YET, BUT BEFORE YOU WERE
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FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB
HE CARED ENOUGH ABOUT YOU TO
00:14:13.03\00:14:17.50
MAKE PROVISIONS FOR YOU.
00:14:17.50\00:14:20.06
SO, WHEN JESUS SAID, "WHO
DO YOU THINK THAT I AM," THAT
00:14:20.06\00:14:23.20
WAS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF
YOU THINK I'M JUST A GOOD GUY,
00:14:23.20\00:14:26.16
THEN WHEN YOU SEE ME DIE,
IT'S GOING TO MEAN NOTHING.
00:14:26.16\00:14:28.50
BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
I AM THE SON OF GOD, IF YOU
00:14:28.50\00:14:31.63
UNDERSTAND THAT A MIRACLE HAS
HAPPENED, AND I COULD TRY AND
00:14:31.63\00:14:35.93
ACT AS THOUGH I'M SMARTER
THAN MOST AND GET DEEP INTO
00:14:35.93\00:14:40.56
EXPLANATION THE INCARNATION, I
AM NOT SO FOOLISH AS TO DO THAT,
00:14:40.56\00:14:44.53
BECAUSE NONE OF US UNDERSTANDS
COMPLETELY HOW GOD COULD REDUCE
00:14:44.53\00:14:48.83
JESUS TO 6-8 POUNDS OF HUMAN
FLESH AND PLANT HIM IN THE WOMB
00:14:48.83\00:14:53.86
OF A WOMAN AND LET HIM BE BORN
LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON, BUT HE
00:14:53.86\00:14:57.36
WOULD NEVER BE ORDINARY,
THOUGH HE WOULD BE ALL HUMAN.
00:14:57.36\00:15:01.90
HE WOULD NEVER CEASE TO BE
DIVINE AND SO HE COULD HIDE
00:15:01.90\00:15:06.00
HIS DIVINITY AND PROMOTE
HIS HUMANITY AND PITCH HIS TENT
00:15:06.00\00:15:12.10
NEXT TO MY TENT SO HE
COULD PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME AND
00:15:12.10\00:15:15.13
I COULD NEVER SAY TO
JESUS, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND."
00:15:15.13\00:15:22.00
SO SAVE THAT ONE, BECAUSE
EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH;
00:15:22.00\00:15:27.23
HE'S BEEN THROUGH, AND A
FEW THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEVER
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GO THROUGH; HE HAS SUFFERED.
00:15:30.30\00:15:32.40
SO IT WAS IMPORTANT.
00:15:32.40\00:15:33.70
AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT SECOND
QUESTION, PETER OPENS HIS MOUTH.
00:15:33.70\00:15:38.40
IF I WERE THERE I
WOULD HAVE CAUGHT MY BREATH.
00:15:38.40\00:15:41.33
I WOULD HAVE INHALED AND HELD
IT, BECAUSE I WOULD BE AFRAID
00:15:41.33\00:15:45.83
OF WHAT PETER WAS GOING TO SAY.
00:15:45.83\00:15:48.90
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT PETER SAID ?
00:15:48.90\00:15:50.93
HE SAID, "THOU ART THE CHRIST,
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD."
00:15:50.93\00:15:56.40
YOU KNOW IF HE WERE A
BLACK PREACHER, HE WOULD HAVE
00:15:56.40\00:15:58.73
GONE A LITTLE FARTHER.
00:15:58.73\00:16:02.66
HE WOULD HAVE SAID, "SOME
FOLKS THINK YOU'RE ORDINARY,
00:16:02.66\00:16:05.66
BUT WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
00:16:05.66\00:16:07.73
OH, YES, YOU LOOK HUMAN,
AND YOU ARE HUMAN, BUT EVERY NOW
00:16:07.73\00:16:11.06
AND THEN WE HAVE SEEN
DIVINITY FLASH THROUGH YOU.
00:16:11.06\00:16:14.63
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN
I'VE LOOKED IN YOUR EYES AND
00:16:14.63\00:16:16.96
KNEW THAT SOMETHING
ELSE WAS GOING ON IN THERE.
00:16:16.96\00:16:19.80
WHEN YOU CLEANSED
THE TEMPLE, I KNEW."
00:16:19.80\00:16:23.30
WELL, BLACK
PREACHERS TAKE A LONG TIME.
00:16:23.30\00:16:28.00
WHAT PETER DECLARED IS, "WE
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SO WHEN YOU
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DIE AS YOU EXPLAINED YOU'RE
GOING TO, THEN IT WILL NOT JUST
00:16:31.90\00:16:36.46
BE A GOOD PERSON DYING, IT
WILL BE THE ONE THAT GOD SENT."
00:16:36.46\00:16:40.53
SHE SHALL BEAR THIS SON;
JESUS WILL BE SENT BY GOD.
00:16:40.53\00:16:46.03
"CALL HIS NAME JESUS; HE'LL
SAVE PEOPLE FROM THEIR SIN."
00:16:46.03\00:16:51.70
HIS PERFECT LIFE
AND HIS PERFECT DEATH.
00:16:51.70\00:16:55.26
SO THE RECORD IS SET STRAIGHT BY
A STRANGE SPOKESMAN NAMED PETER.
00:16:55.26\00:17:00.73
NOW, FORGIVE ME, THESE ARE
FISHERMAN, SO YOU CAN MAKE THEM
00:17:00.73\00:17:07.90
AS DULL AS YOU WANT TO, BUT
IN MY WORLD THE DISCIPLES ARE
00:17:07.90\00:17:12.40
SOME GOOD GUYS TO BE AROUND.
00:17:12.40\00:17:14.70
SO WHEN PETER SAID THAT, DON'T
YOU TELL ME THAT SOMEBODY DIDN'T
00:17:14.70\00:17:18.26
SAY, "HEY, PETER, RIGHT ON.
00:17:18.26\00:17:23.36
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD IT IN YOU.
00:17:23.36\00:17:25.23
DID YOU SAY THAT OR DID SOMEBODY
WRITE THAT OUT FOR YOU ?
00:17:25.23\00:17:27.76
"JESUS SAID FLESH AND BLOOD
DIDN'T REVEAL IT TO YOU, AND I
00:17:29.03\00:17:31.83
KNOW IT'S TRUE BECAUSE
I'VE HEARD SOME OF YOUR ANSWERS,
00:17:31.83\00:17:35.10
AND WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT,
YOU ALMOST KNOCKED ME DOWN,
00:17:35.10\00:17:38.96
MAN, BUT LOOK, YOU DID IT."
00:17:38.96\00:17:41.10
AND THEN ALL OF
THEM CAME TOGETHER.
00:17:41.10\00:17:43.20
WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT
YOU, BUT YOU CAME THROUGH.
00:17:44.90\00:17:48.26
THANK YOU.
00:17:48.26\00:17:49.73
AND YOU WERE SPEAKING FOR US;
WE WERE WORRIED, BUT YOU SAID
00:17:49.73\00:17:52.76
IT RIGHT: JESUS IS THE
SON OF THE LIVING GOD."
00:17:52.76\00:17:57.06
WHEN HE SAYS, "THOU ART THE
CHRIST," THE DEFINITE ARTICLE
00:17:57.06\00:18:00.46
"O CHRISTUS," IT MEANS
THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH.
00:18:00.46\00:18:05.66
THERE'S NO DOUBT OF WHO HE IS.
00:18:05.66\00:18:08.56
SO NOW JESUS BEGINS TO EXPLAIN
TO THIS DISCIPLE WHAT'S GOING
00:18:08.56\00:18:14.36
TO HAPPEN SO THAT WHEN IT
HAPPENS, HE WON'T LOSE COURAGE.
00:18:14.36\00:18:19.00
JESUS HAD A WAY OF
PREPARING PEOPLE FOR WHAT WAS
00:18:19.00\00:18:22.26
IN THEIR FUTURE.
00:18:22.26\00:18:23.30
I WANT TO GET PERSONAL WITH IT
FOR JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE EVERY
00:18:23.30\00:18:25.56
ONE OF US HAS THE SAME ABILITY.
00:18:25.56\00:18:28.56
WHEN CHRIST COMES
INTO OUR LIVES, HE ALREADY
00:18:28.56\00:18:31.36
KNOWS OUR FUTURES.
00:18:31.36\00:18:33.60
JESUS KNOWS YOUR TOMORROW.
00:18:33.60\00:18:36.40
JESUS KNOWS YOUR NEXT MONTH.
00:18:36.40\00:18:39.03
JESUS KNOWS YOUR NEXT YEAR.
00:18:39.03\00:18:41.93
HE CAN GET YOU
PREPARED NOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
00:18:41.93\00:18:45.00
IN FACT HE HAS ALREADY
WALKED THROUGH THE END OF TIME.
00:18:45.00\00:18:49.03
TIME MEANS NOTHING TO HIM.
00:18:49.03\00:18:51.20
HE IS NO LONGER LOCKED
THEREIN, SO EVERYTHING THAT WILL
00:18:51.20\00:18:55.53
TRANSPIRE IN YOUR LIFE IS
KNOWN TO HIM, AND IF YOU STAY
00:18:55.53\00:18:58.16
WITH HIM, AND IF YOU LISTEN
TO HIM, HE CAN PREPARE YOU
00:18:58.16\00:19:01.43
FOR THE EVENTS THAT
HAVE NOT UNFOLDED YET.
00:19:01.43\00:19:04.76
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I KNOW
00:19:04.76\00:19:07.60
WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE.
00:19:07.60\00:19:11.26
AND I KNOW I HOLD HIS HAND.
00:19:11.26\00:19:13.96
SO WHAT JESUS IS SIMPLY DOING
IS SAYING, "PETER, THANK YOU.
00:19:13.96\00:19:18.56
FLESH AND BLOOD DIDN'T REVEAL
THAT TO YOU; I'M ALMOST SHOCKED
00:19:18.56\00:19:22.06
BUT I WON'T SAY IT BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS
00:19:22.06\00:19:24.70
AFTER YOU'VE DONE SOWELL."
00:19:24.70\00:19:26.56
PETER KINDS OF STRAIGHTENS
UP, "ALL RIGHT, THEN."
00:19:26.56\00:19:32.66
AND NOW A FEW DAYS LATER WE
COME TO THIS STRANGE MOMENT WHEN
00:19:32.66\00:19:38.33
JESUS IS EXPLAINING HIS DEATH
SO THAT PETER WILL UNDERSTAND.
00:19:38.33\00:19:42.83
NOW LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT I HAPPEN TO KNOW.
00:19:42.83\00:19:45.00
I HAVE READ SOME OF THE BEST
AUTHORITIES, AND I KNOW THAT IF
00:19:45.00\00:19:48.20
PETER HAD NOT GOTTEN CARRIED
AWAY, IF HE HAD LISTENED TO WHAT
00:19:48.20\00:19:55.06
JESUS SAID WARNING HIM OF THE
EVENTS THAT WERE TO TRANSPIRE,
00:19:55.06\00:20:00.46
PETER WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN
TO THE PLACE WHERE HE DENIED
00:20:00.46\00:20:04.16
THAT HE KNEW JESUS.
00:20:04.16\00:20:06.73
IF HE HAD LISTENED, JESUS
WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM, "LOOK,
00:20:06.73\00:20:10.13
IT'S GOING TO GET DIFFICULT;
IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGH."
00:20:10.13\00:20:13.53
I HAD A STORY I USED TO BE
ABLE TO TELL, I ALMOST NEED TO
00:20:13.53\00:20:16.56
TUCK IT AWAY NOW, BUT I
THINK IT'S OLD ENOUGH TO BE NEW.
00:20:16.56\00:20:24.10
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A
STALWART SAINT AND A LITERATURE
00:20:24.10\00:20:27.80
EVANGELIST BACK IN THE
DAYS WHEN THEY CALLED THEM OTHER
00:20:27.80\00:20:30.70
NAMES THAT WEREN'T SO PRETTY.
00:20:30.70\00:20:33.06
SHE DEVELOPED ARTHRITIS
AND WASN'T ABLE TO MOVE
00:20:33.06\00:20:37.60
AROUND ANY MORE.
00:20:37.60\00:20:39.60
AFTER A TIME IT BECAME DIFFICULT
FOR US TO CARE FOR HER.
00:20:39.60\00:20:42.43
MY MOTHER TOOK CARE OF
HER FOR AS LONG AS SHE COULD.
00:20:42.43\00:20:45.16
MY MOTHER
PREDECEASED MY GRANDMOTHER.
00:20:45.16\00:20:48.53
GRANDMOTHER LIVED TO BE 96.
00:20:48.53\00:20:51.20
GOD WAS SO GOOD THAT SHE
NOT ONLY COULD TELL A JOKE, BUT
00:20:51.20\00:20:54.26
REMEMBER THE PUNCH LINE AT 96.
00:20:54.26\00:20:59.86
BUT SOMEBODY
HAD TO CARE FOR HER.
00:20:59.86\00:21:02.26
THEY TOOK HER TO A PLACE WHERE
THE PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
00:21:02.26\00:21:04.60
HER DIETARY PREDILECTIONS.
00:21:04.60\00:21:09.16
THEY FED HER THINGS
THAT SHE DID NOT CARE FOR.
00:21:09.16\00:21:12.96
SO SHE HAD SOMEONE WRITE
ME A LETTER--SHE COULDN'T
00:21:12.96\00:21:15.70
WRITE ANYMORE LIKE THAT.
00:21:15.70\00:21:17.06
SHE SENT THE LETTER AND
SAID, "COME AND RESCUE ME."
00:21:17.06\00:21:23.40
WELL, WHEN YOU GET A
LETTER FROM SOMEONE WHO'S TAKEN
00:21:23.40\00:21:25.73
CARE OF YOU FOR MOST OF
YOUR LIFE, AND THEY SAY, "COME
00:21:25.73\00:21:28.30
GET ME," YOU DON'T WRITE
BACK AND SAY, "I'M NOT SURE."
00:21:28.30\00:21:32.16
IN FACT THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR ANY ANSWER BUT YES.
00:21:32.16\00:21:36.40
AND SO I TOLD MY WIFE.
00:21:36.40\00:21:37.60
WE'D JUST BOUGHT WHAT
WAS THEN THE UNIVERSAL PACE
00:21:37.60\00:21:42.56
CAR FOR PREACHERS.
00:21:42.56\00:21:44.96
IT WAS A BUICK ELECTRA 225.
00:21:44.96\00:21:50.80
SOMEBODY IN THE
AUDIENCE KNOWS IT WELL.
00:21:50.80\00:21:52.86
THEY WERE CALLED
"DEUCE AND A QUARTER."
00:21:52.86\00:21:56.36
IT WAS SO LONG YOU HAD
TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO
00:21:56.36\00:21:58.46
MAKE SURE THAT THE REAR
END HAD MADE IT AROUND CORNERS.
00:21:58.46\00:22:03.03
IT WAS A
GIGANTIC, GRAND AUTOMOBILE.
00:22:03.03\00:22:07.43
WHEN YOU DROVE IT, IT
RUMBLED ALONG; IT GALLOPED.
00:22:07.43\00:22:11.93
I WAS ALWAYS GLAD WHEN I GOT
ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THERE WERE
00:22:11.93\00:22:14.40
STRIPS IN THE HIGHWAY SO
I COULD MAKE THEM DISAPPEAR
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.36
AND MAKE THEM GO SILENT AND
THAT BIG CAR WOULD JUST RUMBLE,
00:22:18.36\00:22:21.73
AND I HAD JUST GOTTEN
ONE AND NOW GRANDMOTHER SAYS
00:22:21.73\00:22:24.30
COME AND GET ME.
00:22:24.30\00:22:25.53
SHE HAD GIVEN ME A DESCRIPTION
THROUGH ANOTHER WRITER'S HAND,
00:22:25.53\00:22:28.50
"WHEN YOU COME TO GET ME IT'S
GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TRIP.
00:22:28.50\00:22:31.96
YOU'RE GOING TO COME ON THE
HIGHWAY FOR A LONG TIME, THEN
00:22:31.96\00:22:34.30
YOU'LL TURN OFF ON A TWO LANE
HIGHWAY, AND THEN AFTER A WHILE
00:22:34.30\00:22:36.56
THE ASPHALT WILL DISAPPEAR AND,
SON, WHEN YOU'RE ALMOST HERE,
00:22:36.56\00:22:42.03
WHEN YOU'RE ALMOST HERE,
IT'LL COME TO A PLACE WHERE THE
00:22:42.03\00:22:47.30
TRACTOR HAS CUT TWO TRENCHES.
00:22:47.30\00:22:50.90
IT'S GOING TO BE A
LITTLE ROUGH, I HOPE YOU DON'T
00:22:50.90\00:22:53.06
HAVE A NEW CAR."
00:22:53.06\00:22:58.00
MY WIFE WAS GOING
WITH ME AND I'LL TESTIFY TO
00:22:58.00\00:23:01.10
HER LOVE FOR MY FAMILY.
00:23:01.10\00:23:03.46
IN OUR NEW CAR I WONDERED.
00:23:03.46\00:23:06.16
I WARNED HER AS WE WERE
COMING TO THE TRACTOR TRENCHES.
00:23:06.16\00:23:10.66
I SAID, "BABY, WE JUST BOUGHT
IT, WE'RE PUTTING ALL OUR MONEY
00:23:10.66\00:23:14.60
IN IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
A LITTLE BEATING IN A MINUTE."
00:23:14.60\00:23:17.66
SHE SAID, "WELL, IT'S YOUR
GRANDMOTHER, YOU GO AHEAD."
00:23:17.66\00:23:20.76
I SAID, "YOU KNOW,
THAT'S GOT TO BE LOVE."
00:23:20.76\00:23:23.36
AND WE TURNED THAT BIG DEUCE
OVER IN THOSE TRACTOR TRENCHES
00:23:23.36\00:23:28.90
ZOOM, ZOOM--AND IN FACT A COUPLE
OF TIMES I STARTED WONDERING
00:23:28.90\00:23:35.50
WHETHER I SHOULD GO ALL
THE WAY TO GET GRANDMOTHER.
00:23:35.50\00:23:39.56
BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
I LEARNED, AND THIS IS THE
00:23:39.56\00:23:41.70
PUNCH LINE TO THAT STORY.
00:23:41.70\00:23:43.93
THE WORSE THE ROAD GOT, THE
CLOSER WE WERE TO GRANDMOTHER.
00:23:43.93\00:23:52.83
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO
GO THERE--I WISH I COULD.
00:23:52.83\00:23:57.13
THE FACT IS THAT THE
HARDER TIMES GET, THE CLOSER YOU
00:23:57.13\00:24:01.73
ARE TO YOUR DESTINATION.
00:24:01.73\00:24:07.93
THERE ARE SOME CHRISTIANS
WHO WILL NEVER MAKE IT.
00:24:07.93\00:24:10.60
THEY ARE FOUR LANE CHRISTIANS.
00:24:10.60\00:24:13.03
THERE ARE SOME
CHRISTIANS WHO DON'T HAVE IT;
00:24:13.03\00:24:14.90
THEY WON'T SURVIVE.
00:24:14.90\00:24:17.13
THEY ARE TWO LANE
PAVED ROAD CHRISTIANS.
00:24:17.13\00:24:21.23
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME
THAT CAN MAKE IT SO LONG
00:24:21.23\00:24:23.90
AS THE DIRT IS WELL PACKED.
00:24:23.90\00:24:25.63
BUT NOT MANY CHRISTIANS CAN
UNDERSTAND GETTING EXCITED ABOUT
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.93
BAD TRENCHES GOING THROUGH
GRASS, BUT THE FACT IS THERE
00:24:28.93\00:24:33.36
ARE TIME IN THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE WHEN THE ROUGHER IT GETS,
00:24:33.36\00:24:37.16
THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO
THE VERY THING THAT YOU NEED.
00:24:37.16\00:24:40.50
AND WHAT JESUS WANTED TO
TELL THE DISCIPLES WAS THIS:
00:24:40.50\00:24:43.46
WHEN IT IS AT ITS
WORST, WHEN ALL SEEMS LOST.
00:24:43.46\00:24:50.36
WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE I'M GONE
AND HOPE IS GONE, AT THAT VERY
00:24:50.36\00:24:54.76
MOMENT YOU'LL BE ALMOST AT
THE POINT WHERE REDEMPTION WILL
00:24:54.76\00:25:00.96
BE PAID FOR WITH MY BLOOD.
00:25:00.96\00:25:04.43
AND SO WHAT JESUS WANTED
TO TELL PETER WAS IMPORTANT.
00:25:04.43\00:25:08.43
NOW, I'M ABOUT TO TAKE YOU TO
SOME PLACES WHERE I'LL HAVE TO
00:25:08.43\00:25:12.90
PRAY THAT YOU EXPAND YOUR
VISION, BECAUSE THE FACT IS IN
00:25:12.90\00:25:20.20
THE MIDST OF THE EXPLANATION
THAT JESUS IS GIVING, THE BIBLE
00:25:20.20\00:25:23.06
SAYS THAT PETER BEGAN TO SAY
WORDS THAT I KNOW ARE NOT HIS.
00:25:23.06\00:25:30.40
I WANT TO SHOW THEM TO YOU.
00:25:30.40\00:25:32.03
I CAN PROVE THAT THEY ARE
NOT HIS BECAUSE I CAN FIND THEM.
00:25:33.10\00:25:35.80
PETER TOOK HIM AND BEGAN TO
REBUKE HIM SAYING, "BE IT FAR
00:25:35.80\00:25:39.10
FROM THEE, LORD, THIS SHALL NOT
BE UNTO THEE, YOU WILL NOT DIE.
00:25:39.10\00:25:46.33
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
DIE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE KING.
00:25:47.53\00:25:51.36
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BE HUNG ON A CROSS.
00:25:51.36\00:25:54.30
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
COME BACK THE THIRD DAY.
00:25:54.30\00:25:56.66
YOU WILL NEVER DIE.
00:25:56.66\00:25:58.90
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST
POWER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
00:25:58.90\00:26:04.00
AND THE REASON I KNOW WE'VE GOT
A PROBLEM IS, AND EVEN WHEN I
00:26:04.00\00:26:07.90
WAS A CHILD I KNEW WE HAD
A PROBLEM, BECAUSE WHEN JESUS
00:26:07.90\00:26:10.53
STARTS TALKING TO PETER,
IN VERSE 23, HE SAYS, "GET THE
00:26:10.53\00:26:13.40
BEHIND ME, SATAN. . ."
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THE DESIRE OF AGES--IT'S
THE GREATEST STORY EVER
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TOLD IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT.
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