Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000304
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00:02 Narrator: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS RESTLESS PURSUIT WITH
00:08 PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:14 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM 00:17 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 16. 00:24 P: THE FACT IS THAT THE HARDER TIMES GET, THE CLOSER YOU 00:28 ARE TO YOUR DESTINATION. 00:34 THERE ARE SOME CHRISTIANS WHO WILL NEVER MAKE IT. 00:36 THEY ARE FOUR-LANE CHRISTIANS. 00:39 THERE ARE SOME CHRISTIANS WHO DON'T HAVE IT. 00:41 THEY WON'T SURVIVE. 00:43 THEY ARE TWO-LANE PAVED ROAD CHRISTIANS. 00:47 THEN THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN MAKE SO LONG AS THE 00:50 DIRT IS WELL PACKED. 00:51 BUT NOT MANY CHRISTIANS CAN UNDERSTAND GETTING 00:53 EXCITED ABOUT BAD TRENCHES GOING THROUGH TALL GRASS. 00:58 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE TIMES IN THE CHRISTIAN 01:01 LIFE WHEN THE ROUGHER IT GETS THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE 01:05 VERY THING THAT YOU NEED. 01:06 AND WHAT JESUS WANTED TO TELL THE DISCIPLES WAS THIS. 01:10 WHEN IT IS AT ITS WORST, WHEN ALL SEEMS LOST, WHEN IT 01:17 SEEMS LIKE I'M GONE AND HOPE IS GONE, AT THAT VERY MOMENT, 01:23 YOU'LL BE ALMOST AT THE POINT WHERE REDEMPTION WILL BE 01:28 PAID FOR WITH MY BLOOD. 01:31 AND SO WHAT JESUS WANTED TO TELL PETER WAS IMPORTANT. 01:34 NOW, I'M ABOUT TO TAKE YOU TO SOME PLACES WHERE I'LL 01:39 HAVE TO PRAY THAT YOU EXPAND YOUR VISION. 01:44 BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT IN THE MIDST OF THE EXPLANATION THAT 01:48 JESUS WAS GIVING, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT PETER BEGAN TO SAY WORDS 01:53 THAT I KNOW ARE NOT HIS. 01:57 I WANT TO SHOW THEM TO YOU. 01:59 I CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT HIS BECAUSE I CAN FIND THEM. 02:02 PETER TOOK HIM AND BEGAN TO REBUKE HIM SAYING, BE 02:05 IT FAR FROM THEE LORD, THIS SHALL NOT BE UNDER 02:09 THEE, YOU WILL NOT DIE. 02:14 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE. 02:16 YOU'RE GOING TO BE KING. 02:18 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HUNG ON A CROSS. 02:21 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK THE THIRD DAY. 02:23 YOU WILL NEVER DIE. 02:25 YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST POWER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 02:30 AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE, AND 02:32 EVEN WHEN I WAS A CHILD I KNEW WE HAD A PROBLEM, BECAUSE WHEN 02:35 JESUS STARTS TALKING TO PETER IN VERSE 23, HE SAYS, GET 02:39 THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN. 02:44 I JUST TO ASK FOLK, WHO I THOUGHT KNEW BETTER, WHAT'S 02:47 GOING ON RIGHT THERE ? 02:49 JESUS KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PETER AND SATAN. 02:53 WHY WOULD JESUS SAY, GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN ? 02:56 AND YOU FOLK SAY, HE WAS TALKING TO PETER. 02:59 AND I'LL TELL YOU THE REASON WHY, AND THEORDS PROVE IT. 03:03 IN FACT, IF YOU'LL GO IN THIS SAME BOOK OF MATTHEW 03:06 TO CHAPTER FOUR. 03:08 GO TO MATTHEW, CHAPTER FOUR AND LOOK AT VERSE NINE, I'LL SHOW 03:12 YOU THE WORDS, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHO THEY BELONG TO. 03:17 THIS IS MATTHEW, CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE NINE. 03:19 AND SAITH UNTO HIM, ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE IF THOU 03:23 WILL FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME. 03:26 THEN SAYS JESUS UNTO HIM, GET THEE HENCE, SATAN, FOR 03:30 IT IS WRITTEN THOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD AND 03:33 HIM ONLY SHALL THOU SERVE. 03:37 THE WORDS THAT PETER WAS SPEAKING TO JESUS WERE 03:40 NOT THE WORDS OF PETER. 03:41 PETER WAS OFTEN SAYING SILLY THINGS, BUT NEVER 03:43 HURTFUL THINGS. 03:45 PETER WOULD NEVER HAVE SAID TO JESUS, I REBUKE YOU. 03:50 HE WOULD NEVER HAD SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE. 03:53 IF JESUS SAYS, I'VE GOT TO DIE, PETER WOULD HAVE SAID, 03:56 OKAY, HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT. 03:59 BUT INTO THAT CONVERSATION THERE HAD COME A THIRD PARTY. 04:08 AND I MUST CONFESS TO YOU THAT MY HERMENEUTIC APPROACH 04:13 TO THE BIBLE IS INFORMED BY URBAN LIVING. 04:19 SO I WILL NOT PREACH LIKE EVERY PREACHER. 04:21 I AM NOT A GARDEN-VARIETY PREACHER. 04:24 I WAS BORN IN A GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROJECT, LOVINGLY 04:28 KNOWN AS THE PJS. 04:32 I DID NOT COME UP IN A GENTILE SOCIETY. 04:41 THERE WERE NO SILVER SPOONS IN ANYONE'S MOUTH. 04:45 DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE FINALLY GOT ENOUGH HEAT, ALL THE 04:50 BOYS SHARED THEIR CLOTHES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHORT PANTS. 04:56 FRIGHTENING SOMETIMES. 05:00 I REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD TAKE OFF OUR SHOES AND WHEN YOU FIRST 05:03 TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, YOUR FEET ARE TOO TENDER TO DO THIS THING. 05:08 BUT AS YOU KEEP ON MOVING, FEET CAN GET SO TOUGH THAT 05:12 YOU CAN STEP ON ANYTHING. 05:15 WE USED TO RUN THROUGH THE HOOD. 05:19 I SAID, THROUGH THE HOOD. 05:21 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY PLACE WHERE THERE 05:24 WERE MALLS TO RUN IN. 05:26 WE WOULD RUN OVER BROKEN GLASS. 05:28 AND, UNLESS IT WAS REALLY SHARP, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. 05:32 WE JUST KIND OF BRUSHED IT OFF AND KEPT GOING. 05:37 SO YOU'LL FORGIVE ME. 05:38 I GREW UP AROUND CONFRONTATION. 05:42 AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE BIBLE INTO A GHETTO 05:45 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND CONFRONTATION 05:49 AND HERE COMES ONE. 05:51 JESUS IS TELLING PETER, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND HOW 05:54 I'M GOING TO DIE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, 05:56 YOU WON'T MAKE IT. 05:57 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE. 05:59 AND IN THE MIDST OF HIS TELLING PETER, THIS PERSON WHO WAS 06:02 CLOSE TO HIM, HE HEARS WORDS COMING OUT OF PETER'S MOUTH 06:06 THAT ARE NOT PETER'S. 06:07 THEY ARE THE WORDS OF SATAN. 06:11 SOME THEOLOGIANS WOULD SAY IT IS THE INFLUENCE OF SATAN. 06:16 AND I'M NOT ANGRY WITH YOU. 06:18 IF THAT'S YOUR APPROACH, OKAY. 06:21 I KNOW SOME PREACHERS WHO PREACH SERMONS THAT ARE JUST 06:23 VERY FLAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF CONFRONTATION. 06:29 THEY DON'T KNOW THE ELEMENTS OF CONFRONTATION, 06:32 SO THEY CAN'T PREACH IT. 06:34 THEY'VE NEVER SEEN IT. 06:35 THEY'VE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO IT. 06:37 THEY THINK THAT A TOUGH DAY IS WHEN SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH YOU. 06:46 WHILE SOME SAY THAT IT WAS THE INFLUENCE OF SATAN, 06:49 OTHERS SAY THAT IT WAS SATAN INVISIBLE, WHO SLIPPED IN 06:55 BETWEEN JESUS AND PETER. 06:59 ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS IT THIS WAY. 07:05 JESUS IS FACING PETER. 07:08 PETER IS FACING JESUS. 07:12 AND IN BETWEEN THEM, SATAN INSINUATES HIMSELF, TURNS TOWARD 07:24 PETER, AND BLOCKS JESUS. 07:29 WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE ME, BUT I TOLD YOU WHERE 07:32 I CAME FROM. 07:33 I CONFESSED MY BIAS, DIDN'T I ? 07:34 YOU CAN TAKE INFLUENCE. 07:36 I THINK THAT'S RATHER BORING, MYSELF. 07:40 YOU CAN TAKE AN INVISIBLE SATAN, IF YOU WANT TO. 07:44 BUT I'VE READ IN JOB, CHAPTER ONE, VERSE SIX WHERE WHEN THE 07:48 SONS OF GOD CAME TOGETHER, SATAN CAME AND SHOWED UP. 07:53 YOU MAY THINK THAT HE'S NOT BOLD ENOUGH TO SHOW UP. 07:56 I KNOW HE THAT HE'LL SHOW UP. 07:59 SO, FORGIVE ME IF YOU WILL, JUST UNDERSTAND MY BIAS. 08:05 AND WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS A BODILY 08:09 SATAN THAT HAD THE NERVE TO INSINUATE HIMSELF IN 08:13 BETWEEN JESUS AND PETER. 08:17 AND SATAN BEGINS TO SAY WHAT HE SAYS, BLOCKING JESUS FROM PETER. 08:23 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF JESUS CAN'T DEAL WITH 08:27 THIS SITUATION, I WOULDN'T BE A CHRISTIAN TONIGHT. 08:32 FOR INSTANCE, IF JESUS WERE TO SAY, PARDON ME, 08:39 PARDON ME, SATAN. 08:42 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU KNEW IT OR NOT, BUT BEFORE YOU ARRIVED, 08:47 I WAS SPEAKING TO PETER. 08:54 AND IT ANNOYS ME THAT YOU HAVE NOW STEPPED BETWEEN US. 09:01 SO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU 09:06 WOULDN'T MOVE. 09:08 SEE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT JESUS RIGHT THERE. 09:11 THAT'S THE NOT THE JESUS FROM WHERE I GREW UP. 09:15 GOD BLESS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE GUNS WHEN I GREW UP IN 09:18 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULD 09:21 GET BEAT DOWN AND GET BACK UP. 09:23 HALLELUJAH. 09:25 THAT'S WHY I'M STILL STANDING HERE TODAY WITH NO 09:27 HOLES IN MY BODY, BECAUSE GUNS WEREN'T THERE YET. 09:29 I VISITED MUCH LATER. 09:31 IN FACT, THE MAN WHO TOOK ME SAID, PASTOR, ARE YOU SURE 09:33 YOU WANT TO GO BACK HERE ? 09:35 I SAID, I USED TO LIVE IN HERE. 09:37 SOMEBODY MAY STILL KNOW ME. 09:38 HE SAID, I CAN PROMISE YOU NOBODY KNOWS YOU. 09:40 AND, IF THEY DO, THEY DON'T CARE. 09:42 LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 09:43 I SAID, NO, MAN. 09:44 DRIVE DOWN MY STREET. 09:47 WE WENT DOWN MY STREET AND I'M LOOKING AROUND. 09:52 AND NOBODY'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, HEY, THAT'S ONE 09:54 OF THE HOMIES COMING BACK. 09:56 I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT ? 09:58 ON SECOND THOUGHT, MY BROTHER, MAYBIT WOULDN'T BE A BAD 10:01 IDEA TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW. 10:03 BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GUYS HAVE STRANGE THINGS THAT LOOK 10:06 LIKE HARDENED TUMORS PROJECTING FROM THEIR CLOTHING. 10:12 IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY MEANING. 10:14 BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE UNDERSTOOD CONFRONTATION. 10:19 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT JESUS IS POWERFUL ENOUGH, 10:23 EVEN ON EARTH, THOUGH HE HAD LAID HIS POWERS DOWN. 10:29 JOHN, CHAPTER FIVE AND VERSE 30. 10:30 HE SAYS, I CAN OF MYSELF DO NOTHING. 10:33 BUT WHEN HE NEEDED SOME POWER, HE COULD JUST SEND A MESSAGE 10:37 UP TO HIS FATHER AND GOD WOULD RELAY SOME POWER DOWN. 10:41 SO THAT WHATEVER HE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH, HE COULD DO 10:44 IN HIS FATHER'S POWER. 10:47 SO YOU FORGIVE ME. 10:48 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW IT REALLY WENT. 10:52 LET ALL THE LITTLE PREACHERS WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND, COPE 10:54 WITH IT ON YOUR OWN. 10:55 JESUS IS STANDING HERE, PETER IS STANDING HERE. 11:00 ALL OF A SUDDEN, SATAN APPEARS. 11:04 AND ALL JESUS SAYS IS, GET BEHIND ME. 11:12 YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. 11:20 THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE IS BECAUSE I'M GOING 11:23 TO TAKE CARE OF YOU PERMANENTLY IN THE SEQUENCE OF TIME. 11:27 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 11:29 REVELATION, CHAPTER 20. 11:33 SEE, WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS JESUS WAS NOT TRYING 11:36 TO PROPOSE A PERMANENT SOLUTION RIGHT THERE. 11:40 HE WAS SIMPLY SAYING, YOU CAN'T STAND WHERE YOU ARE. 11:44 YOU CAN'T GET BETWEEN ME AND PETER. 11:47 YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THERE. 11:50 YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STAND THERE. 11:53 SO HE SIMPLY SAID, GET BEHIND ME. 11:58 LOOK AT VERSE TWO. 12:00 AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT WHICH 12:02 IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN, AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS 12:06 AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND SHUT 12:08 HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE 12:11 THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS BE FULFILLED. 12:14 AND AFTER THAT, HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON. 12:18 JESUS SAID, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU PERMANENTLY EVENTUALLY. 12:21 BUT ALL I'M TELLING YOU TODAY IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE, YOU 12:23 JUST CAN'T STAND RIGHT THERE. 12:27 BECAUSE I'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH PETER. 12:30 I'M TELLING HIM ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. 12:32 AND IF HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, HE WILL NEVER MAKE IT. 12:34 IF PETER HAD HAD THE TENACITY TO HOLD ON TO JESUS'S WORDS, 12:40 HE WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD A MOMENT WHEN HE DIDN'T 12:42 UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON. 12:44 BUT HE GOT CONFUSED AND LET SATAN USE HIM. 12:46 HIS MOUTH WAS MOVING WHILE SATAN'S WORDS WERE COMING OUT. 12:50 AND EVENTUALLY, I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT SATAN SHOWS UP AND 12:54 TRIES TO GET IN BETWEEN, BECAUSE THE THING THAT HE 12:57 WANTS MOST TO DO IS TO STOP YOU FROM UNDERSTANDING WHAT 13:02 JESUS WANTS TO SAY TO YOU. 13:08 YOU FORGIVE ME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CARES ENOUGH FOR 13:11 EVERY LIVING BEING IN THIS ROOM, AND EVERY LIVING BEING OUTSIDE 13:16 OF THIS ROOM, ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU. 13:21 AND I BELIEVE THAT SATAN IS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF 13:25 BLOCKING THAT COMMUNICATION. 13:28 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IF YOU ARE CLUELESS, 13:33 THEN YOU CAN NEVER MAKE IT. 13:35 AND I LOOK AT SOME PEOPLE, PEOPLE EVEN WHO GO TO CHURCH, 13:38 AND I CAN TELL BY THEIR FACES, THEY DON'T KNOW. 13:43 THEY'VE GOT A BIBLE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW. 13:47 YOU KNOW ? 13:48 HOW ARE YOU DOING ? 13:54 WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SIT ? 13:55 WHAT'S THAT BOOK YOU ALL ARE SINGING OUT OF ? 13:59 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 14:03 HALLELUJAH. 14:04 YOU'RE IN HERE. 14:05 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME CLOSE TO JESUS WHO ARE CLUELESS. 14:10 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PASS BY THE POWERFUL JESUS. 14:13 WHEN THAT WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD GOT HEALED, 14:17 THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH DISEASES OF EQUAL 14:21 SERIOUSNESS WHO BRUSHED JESUS AND NOTHING HAPPENED, BECAUSE 14:28 THEY WERE CLUELESS. 14:31 AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS HAS TO SAY. 14:34 I'M TELLING YOU THAT JESUS LOVED YOU BEFORE YOU WERE YOU. 14:41 ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME ? 14:43 AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY, BUT SEE, 14:46 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM. 14:47 I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 14:49 MY BRAIN CAN'T HOLD EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE. 14:51 I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS. 14:53 THE FACT IS THAT JESUS DOES NOT LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PERFECT. 14:56 HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE PERFECT PEOPLE TO LOVE. 15:01 CAN I SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME ? 15:03 YOU ACT LIKE THAT WENT OVER YOUR HEAD. 15:05 BECAUSE YOU SAW SOME SAINT WHEN YOU CAME HERE TONIGHT. 15:08 OH, LOOK AT THAT LADY. 15:11 SHE LOOKS LIKE SUCH A CHRISTIAN. 15:16 LOOK, SEE ? 15:20 I WISH I COULD BE LIKE THAT. 15:23 AND WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT PRETTY CHRISTIAN, 15:26 LOOKING LADY, SHE'S NOT PERFECT. 15:30 BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE PERFECT PEOPLE LEFT. 15:34 WELL, LET ME START WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU ALL LIKE TO BEAT 15:37 UP ON PREACHERS ANYWAY. 15:39 PREACHERS ARE NOT PERFECT. 15:41 IN FACT, THE REASON WHY GOD CHOSE ME TO BE A PREACHER IS 15:44 BECAUSE I WASN'T PERFECT. 15:47 DO YOU KNOW THAT ANGELS OF GOD CAN'T PREACH WHAT I CAN PREACH ? 15:51 THEY CAN TELL ME TO PREACH IT, BUT THEY CAN'T SAY IT. 15:54 NO ANGEL OF GOD CAN SAY I WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND. 16:01 WOULDN'T BE TRUE. 16:03 BUT LISTEN TO ME. 16:05 I WAS LOST, BUT NOW I'M FOUND. 16:09 AN ANGEL OF GOD CAN'T SAY I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE. 16:14 BUT I SURE CAN. 16:16 SO THE ANGEL CAN WHISPER, HEY WALT SAY THAT RIGHT NOW. 16:18 I WAS BLIND. . . AND THERE'S POWER WHEN I SAY 16:25 IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE. 16:27 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 16:28 THERE'S NOBODY WHO'S SO PERFECT THAT THEY'RE GOING 16:30 TO MAKE IT IN. 16:32 IF IT TOOK A DOLLAR TO GO TO HEAVEN, THERE'D 16:34 BE PEOPLE WITH 99 CENTS. 16:45 THERE'D BE PEOPLE WITH A DIME. 16:48 THERE'D BE PEOPLE WITH A PENNY. 16:50 BUT YOU'D BE SITTING UP THERE WITH WHATEVER YOU HAD, STANDING 16:53 OUTSIDE, BECAUSE IF IT TOOK A DOLLAR TO GET IN, 99 AND 16:57 A HALF CENTS WON'T DO. 17:01 AND I'M TELLING YOU TONIGHT THAT JESUS DOES NOT CHASE YOU 17:05 BECAUSE YOU'RE PERFECT. 17:07 SO GET OVER YOURSELF. 17:09 BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ALL CAME IN HERE LOOKING, YOU KNOW. 17:12 I SAW YOU. 17:14 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:19 SO GLAD TO BE HERE. 17:21 IS PASTOR PEARSON HERE ? 17:23 YOU KNOW, I HOPE HE SETS SOME OF YOU PEOPLE STRAIGHT TONIGHT. 17:30 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BOOK. 17:32 THIS BOOK WILL SET YOU STRAIGHT, SET ME STRAIGHT. 17:35 I HAVE PEOPLE COME TO ME ALL THE TIME. 17:37 THEY SAY, PREACHER, YOU WERE ALL OVER MY TOES 17:39 WITH THAT SERMON TONIGHT. 17:40 I SAY, GUESS WHO HEARD IT BEFORE YOU DID ? 17:43 WHILE I WAS IN THERE STUDYING IT, IT WAS ALL OVER MINE, 17:45 BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED SWORD. 17:49 IT CUTS LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN. 17:52 THE BIBLE DOESN'T CARE WHO YOU ARE. 17:56 SO YOU GET OVER THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS LOVES 18:01 YOU ENOUGH, WHETHER YOU'RE LOST, FAR AWAY OR CLOSE IN THE HOUSE, 18:08 THAT HE JUST WANTS TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH YOU. 18:10 AND, WHEN HE GETS READY TO HAVE THE TALK, THE 18:13 DEVIL IS ALWAYS THERE. 18:15 YOU KNOW, I THINK, SOMEBODY GO AND STOP HIM 18:18 FROM TALKING TO HER. 18:21 BUT I'VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU. 18:22 THEY'D BETTER BE READY, BECAUSE WHEN THEY THERE JESUS ONLY 18:25 HAS TO SAY, YOU CAN STAY FOR NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 18:30 GO AWAY FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN'T STAND RIGHT THERE. 18:34 SO IF YOU INTEND TO LISTEN TO WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY TO HIM, 18:37 IT'S ALRIGHT, IT WON'T HELP YOU. 18:40 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE, YOU CAN'T STAND 18:42 BETWEEN ME AND HIM. 18:43 THE ONE I LOVE CANNOT BE BLOCKED BY YOU. 18:47 SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY, GET OUT OF THERE AND GET BEHIND ME 18:52 AND THEN YOU CAN STAY AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO, BECAUSE I'M GETTING 18:54 READY TO TALK TO THE ONE I LOVE. 18:56 AND FOR EVERYONE WHO JESUS LOVES, HE WILL NOT LET 19:02 SATAN BLOCK. 19:11 I'M LOOKING AT MY CLOCK NOW AND I'M GETTING DISTURBED WITH IT. 19:15 BUT LET ME TALK QUICKLY. 19:18 ON YOUR WORST DAY, JESUS STILL LOOKED AT YOU AND 19:23 SAW SOMETHING TO LOVE. 19:27 AND I KNOW, I CAN ALMOST HEAR YOUR BRAINS. 19:30 YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS I'VE GOT. 19:32 YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE I'VE BEEN. 19:33 YOU DON'T KNOW. . . 19:34 AND THE FACT IS THAT EVERYWHERE YOU'VE BEEN JESUS UNDERSTANDS. 19:38 HE DID NOT COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE SAVED. 19:45 HEY, I SHOULD HAVE CHARGED YOU FOR THAT ONE. 19:49 NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE, LUKE 19, 10 WILL TELL YOU, JESUS CAME 19:54 TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 19:56 SO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE SAVED, YOU ARE BEYOND HIS REACH. 20:00 INCIDENTALLY, YOU ARE ALSO PERMANENTLY DELUDED. 20:05 BECAUSE NOBODY IS SAVED WITHOUT JESUS. 20:09 BUT WHEN HE LAID EYES ON YOU, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU 20:13 THAT DREW HIM TO YOU. 20:15 AND EVEN WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FROM HIM, AS WE ARE SOMETIMES 20:19 INCLINED TO DO, THINKING, I'M NOT RELIGIOUS ENOUGH FOR JESUS 20:23 TO LOVE ME, JESUS BEGAN TO PICK UP HIS PACE AND FOLLOW YOU. 20:28 HE DIDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN YOU, SO HE DIDN'T FOLLOW TOO CLOSELY. 20:32 BUT WHEN HE SAW WHERE YOU WERE HEADED, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A 20:34 TIME WHEN HE TOOK ANOTHER DIRECTION AND MET YOU AROUND THE 20:37 BLOCK, BUT IT WAS HIS INTENT NEVER TO STOP UNTIL HE COULD GET 20:42 TO YOU AND EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR YOUR 20:46 SALVATION THAT HE DIED FOR YOU. 20:49 HE WAS TELLING PETER, I'M GOING TO DIE. 20:52 HE CAN TELL YOU NOW, MY BLOOD WAS SHED FOR YOU. 20:55 I HAVE PAID YOUR PRICE AND I LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO CATCH YOU 21:01 AND ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT MY LOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO GIVE YOU 21:06 SALVATION THROUGH MY BLOOD. 21:09 JESUS CHASES PEOPLE. 21:12 AND AS SOON AS HE STARTS CHASING YOU, JESUS HAS TO 21:17 TAKE SATAN OUT OF THE WAY. 21:20 BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET THE TRUTH, EVERY 21:23 TIME YOU'RE ABOUT TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF JESUS'S DEATH 21:27 ON CALVARY, AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S POWERFUL. 21:29 JESUS DIED ON CALVARY AND PLACED THE CROSS AT A PLACE THAT WAS 21:33 BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN. 21:35 HE GAVE IT SUCH MAGNETISM THAT PEOPLE WHO COULD NEVER 21:40 SAY NOT TO THE DEVIL, ONCE THEY HAVE SEEN CALVARY, BEGAN 21:45 TO FEEL THE PULL OF CALVARY. 21:50 THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD NEVER WALK AWAY FROM SATAN. 21:53 BUT IF THEY JUST LOOK TO JESUS THEY FEEL POWER THAT 21:58 NEGATES SATAN'S PULL ON YOU. 22:02 SATAN IS SAYING, YOU'VE GOT TO COME THIS WAY. 22:04 YOU'VE GOT TO COME NOW. 22:06 AND JESUS SAYS, NOT HERE. 22:08 NOT NOW. 22:10 HE'S BEEN EXPOSED. 22:11 SHE'S BEEN EXPOSED TO MY MAGNETISM NOW. 22:15 AND CALVARY DRAWS US. 22:18 NOT ONLY THAT, AND THIS MUST CLOSE, FOR EVERY ONE OF US 22:25 THERE IS A MOMENT, IN FACT, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN JESUS 22:31 FOCUSES ONLY ON YOU. 22:36 YOU SAY, PREACHER, THAT'S WORD PLAY. 22:39 YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 22:42 YOU SEE, I CANNOT FOCUS ON MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME. 22:45 BUT JESUS CAN. 22:48 SO HE CAN LOOK AT YOU AND CLOSE EVERYBODY ELSE OUT. 22:52 AND THERE'S A MESSAGE THAT HE HAS FOR YOU. 22:55 AND WHEN THE DEVIL COMES, WHEN SATAN COMES TO STAND IN THERE, 22:58 HE JUST TELLS THEM, YOU CAN DO THAT MAYBE SOME OTHER TIME. 23:02 THERE MAY BE A MOMENT BETWEEN HERE AND THE END OF YOUR LIFE 23:05 WHEN I DESTROY YOU FOREVER. 23:06 THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE 23:09 TO TALK TO HIM TO TALK TO HER, BUT NOT HERE. 23:13 NOT NOW. 23:14 I'M TALKING TO HER NOW. 23:17 I'M IN CONVERSATION WITH HIM NOW. 23:19 AND NOBODY WILL BREAK THIS COMMUNICATION. 23:23 I PROMISE YOU. 23:25 I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT WHO 23:27 YOU ARE OR WHO YOU ARE NOT. 23:31 JESUS LOVES YOU ENOUGH THAT HE'S ALREADY LIVED THE PERFECT 23:34 LIFE THAT YOU COULDN'T LIVE. 23:37 HE ALREADY DIED THE PERFECT DEATH THAT YOU COULDN'T DIE. 23:40 AND HE BRINGS THEM TO YOU PREPARED TO GIVE YOU COMPLETE 23:45 SALVATION IF YOU'LL JUST LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. 23:50 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 23:53 FATHER, IN HEAVEN, TONIGHT I BEG OF YOU, TALK TO US INDIVIDUALLY. 24:02 NOBODY ELSE COULD DO IT. 24:04 SATAN COULD BLOCK THEM. 24:08 NOBODY ELSE HAS THE POWER TO TELL SATAN, MOVE, 24:11 YOU CAN'T STAND THERE. 24:13 YOU CAN STAY, BUT YOU CAN'T STAND THERE. 24:17 I'LL GET YOU LATER, BUT FOR NOW, YOU CAN'T BE THERE. 24:22 AND JESUS CAN OPEN A LINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT 24:26 IS PERSONAL FOR US. 24:28 THERE IS NOBODY, THERE IS NOBODY WHO HAS GONE TOO 24:34 FAR TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. 24:38 AND THERE IS NO POWER THAT CAN STAND IN BETWEEN. 24:43 JUST AS YOU TOLD SATAN WHEN HE INHABITED PIGS, IN ONE WORD, GO. 24:50 AND THEY RAN DOWN A MOUNTAIN. 24:53 YOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY TO SATAN, NOT HERE. 24:57 NOT NOW. 24:59 AND THE CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION IS OPEN. 25:03 FATHER, I BEG OF YOU, SEND JESUS TO TALK TO SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW. 25:12 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 25:17 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 25:18 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 25:21 WALTER L. 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