Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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(theme music) WP:
WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRST
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SAMUEL, CHAPTER 2, AND IF YOU
WOULD BEGIN WITH ME AT VERSE 22.
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AND HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS:
"NOW, ELI WAS VERY OLD AND HEARD
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THAT ALL THAT HIS SONS DID UNTO
ALL ISRAEL, AND HOW THEY LAY
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WITH THE WOMEN THAT ASSEMBLED
AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE
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OF THE CONGREGATION.
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,
'WHY DO YE SUCH THINGS ?
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FOR I HEAR OF YOUR EVIL
DEALINGS BY ALL THIS PEOPLE.
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NAY, MY SONS, FOR IT IS NO GOOD
REPORT THAT I HEAR, YE MAKE THE
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LORD'S PEOPLE TO TRANSGRESS.'"
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I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY
FOR THIS MOMENT BAD BOYS.
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE OPEN
THE SCRIPTURES WITHOUT ANY
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DOUBT THAT IF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS WITH US THAT THERE
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SHALL BE BLESSING FOR US.
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IN FACT, IN FAITH WE
SYMBOLICALLY HOLD UP OUR
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CUPS EMPTY SO THEY MAY
BE FILLED BY THY SPIRIT.
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FATHER, COME TO US AND
SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS AND LET US
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LEAVE THIS PLACE
DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE CAME.
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IN THE NAME OF
JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN.
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BAD BOYS.
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THERE ARE SOME YOUNG
LADIES WHO TEND, IT APPEARS,
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TO LIKE BAD BOYS.
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THEY SAY THEY WANT A GOOD
MAN, BUT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR
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CHOICES THEY WANT SOMEBODY
WITH A LITTLE FLAVOR AND SPICE,
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SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
WHILE ELI'S SONS, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THEY ARE SONS OF BELIAL.
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IT MEANS IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, SONS WITHOUT WORTH,
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WORTHLESS BOY.
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THE SAD THING IS, AND YOU
MUST UNDERSTAND I'M NOT GOING
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TO BE UNKIND TO PREACHERS'
KIDS, BECAUSE I'M A PREACHER.
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BUT THESE TWO PKS WERE WAY
BEYOND WHAT YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
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I PREACHED A LOT OF SERMONS
ABOUT THEM BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD
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WHO THEY REALLY WERE.
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I THOUGHT THEY WERE MISCHIEVOUS.
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I THOUGHT THEY HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF DEVILMENT IN THEM.
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I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN KIDS WHO WERE SO
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INTELLIGENT--YOU KNOW HOW
IT IS WITH FOLK WHO ARE TOO
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INTELLIGENT FOR THE ROOM AND
THEY NEED SOMETHING TO ENGAGE
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THEIR MINDS SO THEY GET INVOLVED
IN THINGS THAT ARE SUPERFLUOUS.
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THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE.
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FIRST OF ALL, LET'S UNDERSTAND
THAT ELI, WHILE HE WAS A
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JUDGE AND A HIGH
PRIEST, WAS NOT A GOOD FATHER.
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HE LET HIS SONS TAKE THE
REINS OF RULERSHIP, AND YOU
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KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO
TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT MY WIFE AND
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I ARE TECHNICALLY OUT
OF THE PARENTING BUSINESS.
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WHATEVER OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BECOME, THEY
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HAVE JUST ABOUT DONE IT,
SO WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR
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NOT THAT'S YOUR OPINION.
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WE KNOW ENOUGH, HOWEVER, ABOUT
PARENTING THAT WE HAVE COME
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TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
THERE ARE NO PERFECT PARENTS.
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING TO GET CHARGE
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OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL
OF PARENTS BECAUSE I KNOW
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HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT ME
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THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
THIS NEW PARENTING METHOD.
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I AM NOT AMUSED
WITH THE "TIME OUT" KIDS.
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I GO TO GROCERY STORES AND
THEY ARE PULLING DOWN CANS.
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I SIT ON AIRPLANES--IN
FACT, MY WIFE AND I MADE A TRIP
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, AND
THERE WAS A CHILD WHOSE PARENTS
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FORGOT HE WAS THERE.
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AND HE LEANED OVER A SEAT
AND LOOKED AT ME AND GOT ENGAGED
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WITH WHATEVER I LOOKED LIKE
TO HIM, AND THOUGHT HE WOULD
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MAKE NOISES TO ME ALL
THE WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
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I DID THE RIGHT THING--I TOUCHED
HIS FATHER; I SAID, "SIR."
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AND HE SAID, "WHAT ?"
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I SAID, "COULD YOU JUST
TAKE HIM OVER THERE WITH YOU ?"
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AND HE ACTED LIKE HE DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND AND FOR THE NEXT
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100,000 MILES, IT FELT
LIKE, THAT CHILD WAS THERE.
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AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
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MY BELT UNDERSTOOD.
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IT ALMOST CAME
OUT OF THE LOOPS !
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BUT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
CANNOT BE DONE ANYMORE.
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IT IS CONTRAINDICATED.
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I HAD TO PRAY, "LORD,
DO SOMETHING TO THIS CHILD.
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DON'T LET ME TOUCH THIS CHILD."
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I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT
WHERE I COULD TOUCH THE BABY
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WITHOUT LEAVING A BRUISE.
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AND WHILE YOU ARE NOT
PARENT YET, MOST OF YOU, LET ME
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BEG OF YOU, IF YOU BECOME A
PARENT, PLEASE DON'T GET ALL
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CAUGHT UP IN WHAT YOUR
CHILD DOES THAT'S DISOBEDIENT.
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YOU TELL YOUR CHILD TO DO
SOMETHING AND THEY SAY, "NO."
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I'VE BEEN IN SOME
HOUSES WHERE CHILDREN SAY SOME
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STUFF THAT MAKES ME
WONDER WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE.
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AND THE PARENTS THINK IT'S
CUTE, AND THEY SAY, "AW, DID
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YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID ?"
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"YES, I DID.
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HE TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP,
AND HE'S STILL STANDING THERE."
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IN DAYS OF YORE, MY MOTHER
WAS A WONDERFUL LADY-KIND,
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COURTEOUS, JUST GODLY,
BUT THERE WERE THINGS THAT MY
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BROTHER AND I COULD SAY
THAT WOULD LAND US ON THE FLOOR.
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I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT NOW,
BUT WOULD YOU GET CREATIVE ?
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THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WILL
LET YOUR CHILDREN KNOW WHO'S IN
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CHARGE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T,
IF WHAT YOU WANT IS TO BE THE
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FRIEND OF YOUR CHILD-YOU KNOW,
LET'S JUST ALL BE TOGETHER;
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WE'RE ALL JUST FRIENDS.
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IF YOUR CHILDREN EVER GET THE
IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE ALL JUST
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FRIENDS, YOUR LIFE WILL BE OKAY
FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT ONE DAY YOU
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WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME
AT PRISONS, AND YOU'LL SPEND A
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LOT OF MONEY WITH LAWYERS.
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I TALKED TO A LADY-YOU
KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET
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BUMPED UP TO FIRST
CLASS-IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
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IF YOU'VE EVER FLOWN
FIRST CLASS, NOTHING ELSE WILL
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REALLY DO, AND WHEN YOU
GET BUMPED UP, YOU'VE GOT TO
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ACT LIKE IT'S NORMAL.
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DON'T GO UP THERE
ACTING ALL EXCITED.
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THEY'LL KNOW YOU'VE
NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.
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IF YOU WANT TO ACT LIKE
YOU'RE WEALTHY, ACT BORED.
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AND I'M TALKING TO THIS LADY.
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SHE WAS TALKING TO ME,
"WELL DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN ?"
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"YES, WE DO."
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YOU KNOW HOW PARENTS ARE-I
STARTED TELLING WHAT MY KIDS
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WERE DOING, AND THEN I
COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT MY WIFE
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AND I HAD SPENT ON TUITION.
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SHE SAID, "SIR, IF YOU
WANT PITY OUT OF ME, YOU'RE
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IN THE WRONG PLACE."
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SHE SAID, "I'LL WAGER YOU I
HAVE SPENT MORE ON RETAINERS
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FOR LAWYERS THAN YOU
HAVE ON TUITION, AND YOU GOT
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SOMETHING FOR YOUR TUITION.
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I GOT NOTHING FOR MINE.
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MY KIDS ARE IN JAIL."
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AND I SHUT UP COMPLAINING.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL THING
WHEN YOU HAVE TRAINED CHILDREN,
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EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE
BEEN IMPERFECT, LET THEM KNOW
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THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE.
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ELI, WITH ALL OF HIS GODLINESS
LET HIS CHILDREN FIND OUT
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THAT THEY WERE IN CONTROL.
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AND I DON'T CARE HOW PRETTY
YOUR KIDS ARE; TAKE IT FROM
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ME, THEY'RE TESTING YOU.
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TINY LITTLE CHILDREN; LITTLE
BABIES WITH PACIFIERS IN THEIR
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MOUTHS ARE CHECKING TO
SEE IF THEY CAN RUN THE HOUSE.
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AND THE MOMENT THEY
DISCOVER THAT YOU CAN'T HANG,
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YOU'VE HAD IT.
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THEY'LL TAKE CHARGE.
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I'M IN THE GROCERY
STORE WITH CHILDREN WHO SELECT
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WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUY.
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THEY'VE GOT A FULL GROCERY
CART AND THE PARENT HASN'T
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EVEN MADE A CHOICE YET.
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SOMETHING HAS GONE
WRONG WITH THIS PROCESS.
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I DO NOT BELIEVE IN
CHILD ABUSE, I REALLY DON'T.
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IN FACT, LET ME READ YOU THE
PARALLEL OF WHAT SOME OF THESE
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TEXTS SAY THAT WE USED TO USE.
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PROVERBS 13:24 SAYS THAT WHEN
YOU LOOK AT IT IN A PARALLEL
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VERSION, IF YOU DON'T
DISCIPLINE YOUR SON IT SHOWS
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YOU DON'T LOVE HIM.
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IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILD, YOU
WILL PATIENTLY DISCIPLINE HIM.
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EPHESIANS 6:4 SAYS TO
LOVE YOUR CHILDREN AS PART OF
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GOD'S FAMILY; DON'T
MISTREAT THEM OR ANGER THEM.
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AND YET YOU'VE
GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
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YOU CANNOT MAKE
THE MISTAKE OF ELI.
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THE BOYS CHECKED HIM OUT, AND
THEY FOUND OUT THAT DAD IS WEAK.
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SO DAD WOULD SAY, "ARE YOU GOING
TO GO AND DO WHAT I TOLD YOU ?"
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"UH-UH, NOT GOING TO DO IT."
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BUT YOU KNOW-LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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IF YOU HAVE NOT TRAINED
YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME, DON'T DO
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THAT STUFF IN PUBLIC.
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YOU CAN'T FAKE IT IN PUBLIC.
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IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THEM
OBEY IN PRIVATE, JUST LEAVE THEM
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ALONE IN PUBLIC; LET THEM GO.
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YOU'LL BE LESS EMBARRASSED THAT
WAY, BECAUSE IF YOU COME OUT
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AND TRY TO GET ALL BIG AND
BAD, FOR ONCE, YOU KNOW, "DIDN'T
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I TELL YOU WHAT TO DO ?"
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AND THEY'LL SAY, "YES, YOU TOLD
ME, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT."
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THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?
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WELL, HERE'S A JUDGE AND
A HIGH PRIEST WHOSE CHILDREN
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KNOW THAT THEY'VE
GOT THE REINS OF CONTROL.
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THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS
THAT THERE CAME A TIME WHEN
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THEY WERE AT THE AGE OF
EMPLOYMENT WHEN THERE WERE
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NOT MANY JOBS AVAILABLE.
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SO WHAT DOES ANY GOOD FATHER DO?
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IF HE HAS JOBS AVAILABLE,
HE MAKES THEM AVAILABLE
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TO HIS OWN CHILDREN.
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AND ELI EMPLOYED HIS
WORTHLESS SONS IN THE TEMPLE
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OF GOD AS PRIESTS.
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I'VE GOT A LONG SERMON
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO OUGHT NOT
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BE PREACHERS, BUT I
DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
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SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT
IF GOD HAS NOT CALLED YOU TO
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THE MINISTRY; DON'T ANSWER.
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THIS JOB LOOKS MIGHTY GOOD ON
OCCASIONS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW.
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I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
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WELL, I'VE GOT SOME BAD
NEWS FOR YOU-THIS ISN'T THE ONLY
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PART OF THE JOB.
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IT CHANGES VERY QUICKLY
IN THE CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
WILL GIVE YOU TROUBLE JUST
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BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT GOD.
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SO DON'T EVER SLIDE
INTO THIS JOB THINKING THAT
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IT'S SO ATTRACTIVE.
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DON'T LET PREACHERS FOOL YOU.
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WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO
BUY USED CARS AND WASH THEM
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SO THEY LOOK NEW.
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WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO GO TO
THE RIGHT PLACES AND GET SUITS
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OF A FRACTION OF THE RIGHT
PRICE AND THEN WHEN WE PUT THEM
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ON IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE REALLY
WELL-DRESSED, BUT IF YOU CHECK
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CLOSELY YOU'LL DISCOVER
THAT WE DRESS ON A BUDGET.
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EVERY NOW AND THEN WE
MAKE A DISCOVERY OF A HOUSE.
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AND YOU THINK, "LOOK
HOW THOSE PREACHERS LIVE !"
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BUT YOU CAN'T BE FOOLED BY
WHAT SEEMS TO BE PROSPERITY;
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THIS JOB ISN'T THAT EASY.
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ELI BRINGS THOSE SORRY BOYS AND
PUTS THEM TO WORK IN THE TEMPLE,
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THINKING THAT, "NOW, PERHAPS
IF I BRING THEM AMONG GODLY
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THINGS, THEY'LL CHANGE."
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SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
TO CHURCH ALL OF YOUR LIFE
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KNOWING THAT BEING AMONG
GODLY THINGS DOESN'T CHANGE YOU.
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SOME OF THE BIGGEST DEVILS
I KNOW WERE IN CHURCH ALL THE
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TIME, PARENTS WATCHING THEM.
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THAT'S NOT WHAT CHANGES.
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IT IS THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT WORKING FROM
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INSIDE THAT CHANGES.
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TO BE SURE PARENTS ARE BLESSED
IF THEY EXPOSE THEIR CHILDREN TO
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JESUS CHRIST, BUT IT DOES NOT
GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL BE SO.
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IN FACT, THESE YOUNG MEN
WERE SO EVIL THAT THE BIBLE SAYS
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THEY BEGAN TO MISUSE THE JOB.
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THEY HAD FOUND OUT THEIR
FATHER WAS WEAK AND THOUGHT
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TO THEMSELVES-IF THAT'S
WHAT GOD DOES TO YOU, THEN HE'S
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NOT WHAT HE SEEMS TO BE.
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THEN WHEN HE BROUGHT THEM
AROUND THE SACRED THINGS OF
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THE TEMPLE, AND I'M SURE THAT
FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY
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WENT IN AND SAW WHAT WAS
THERE, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN
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SOME NOVELTY, BUT EVENTUALLY,
IF YOU ARE BAD INSIDE HOLY
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THINGS DON'T BOTHER YOU,
YOU KNOW, "HEY, MAN, C'MON IN.
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OH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
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WE GOT LOTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
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DON'T LET IT BOTHER YOU,
IT'S JUST THE STUFF WE'VE
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GOT HERE WHERE WE WORK."
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SO, ELI'S HOPES WERE DASHED,
AND THEN HE DISCOVERED THAT
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THESE YOUNG MEN
COMMITTED VILE ACTS DAILY.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I THOUGHT
IT WAS JUST BEING NAUGHTY.
00:14:00.66\00:14:06.00
IT WAS NOT.
00:14:06.00\00:14:07.20
THEY WERE CRIMINALS.
00:14:07.20\00:14:09.36
IN FACT, WHEN YOUNG LADIES WOULD
COME TO THE TEMPLE TO LET GOD
00:14:09.36\00:14:14.50
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR
LIVES, THEY ENCOUNTERED THEM.
00:14:14.50\00:14:20.26
"HOW YOU DOIN', GIRL ?
00:14:20.26\00:14:23.20
YOU'RE DOWN HERE
TRYING TO GET HOLY, EH ?
00:14:23.20\00:14:27.23
WELL, YOU KNOW I WORK HERE,
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN
00:14:27.23\00:14:31.56
DO, JUST TALK TO ME, BECAUSE
I WILL HELP YOU TO GET HOLY.
00:14:31.56\00:14:38.23
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON
BACK ON THE SIDE BACK THERE ?
00:14:38.23\00:14:40.43
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE
SPECIAL CLASS, AND IF YOU WANT
00:14:40.43\00:14:43.53
TO COME BACK THERE."
00:14:43.53\00:14:44.93
FOLKS YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYBODY
WHO WORKS IN THE TEMPLE.
00:14:44.93\00:14:50.70
ELI BEGAN TO HEAR, BUT INSTEAD
OF DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
00:14:50.70\00:14:54.96
HE JUST HAD TALKS WITH
THEM, AND BY NOW THEY HAD BECOME
00:14:54.96\00:14:57.80
ACCUSTOMED TO THE WEAK VOICE.
00:14:57.80\00:14:59.96
THEY KNEW THERE
WAS NOTHING BEHIND IT.
00:14:59.96\00:15:02.73
I DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT TO HURT
YOUR CHILDREN PHYSICALLY, BUT
00:15:02.73\00:15:07.23
YOU'VE GOT TO PUNCTUATE WHAT
YOU SAY TO THEM IN SOME FASHION,
00:15:07.23\00:15:10.70
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY
NOW IS SAYING, "NO, THAT
00:15:10.70\00:15:13.43
TEACHES THEM VIOLENCE."
00:15:13.43\00:15:16.80
I THINK IF A CHILD FIGURES OUT
THAT THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT FOR
00:15:16.80\00:15:20.30
ANYTHING THE CHILD DOES, THAT
TOO WILL TEACH THEM VIOLENCE.
00:15:20.30\00:15:24.83
IF THEY FIND OUT THEY CAN
GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING--SO
00:15:24.83\00:15:28.06
MAKE UP A WAY.
00:15:28.06\00:15:29.60
MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO EVER
SPANK THEM; THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM,
00:15:29.60\00:15:32.63
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
00:15:32.63\00:15:33.80
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A PUNISHMENT;
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
00:15:33.80\00:15:36.30
ELI JUST LET THEM GO.
00:15:36.30\00:15:39.76
AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
00:15:39.76\00:15:41.66
ONCE THE CHILDREN
FIGURED OUT THEY HAD IT, THEN
00:15:41.66\00:15:44.26
DAD WAS MARGINALIZED.
00:15:44.26\00:15:47.50
SO HE WAS BIG TIME OUT IN THE
STREET, BUT WHEN HE CAME HOME,
00:15:47.50\00:15:52.96
"HEY, DAD, HOW YOU DOIN' ?
00:15:52.96\00:15:54.70
YOU ALL RIGHT ?
00:15:54.70\00:15:55.66
OKAY.
00:15:55.66\00:15:57.56
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WANT US TO DO, DO YOU,
00:15:57.56\00:16:00.06
BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY.
00:16:00.06\00:16:01.46
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GOT IN.
00:16:01.46\00:16:04.40
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU
WANT DONE, WHY DON'T YOU GO
00:16:04.40\00:16:07.10
AHEAD AND DO IT, DAD,
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THINGS TO DO."
00:16:07.10\00:16:10.63
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT
POINT, PARENT, YOU HAVE-LISTEN,
00:16:10.63\00:16:14.20
I HAD A CALL LATE ONE NIGHT.
00:16:14.20\00:16:16.03
A PARENT CALLED ME AND
SAID, "PASTOR, I NEED YOU
00:16:16.03\00:16:18.83
TO COME QUICKLY."
00:16:18.83\00:16:19.70
"I SAID, "WHAT IS IT ?"
00:16:19.70\00:16:20.93
"THE POLICE PROBABLY NEED
TO COME, BUT I THOUGHT YOU
00:16:20.93\00:16:24.33
COULD HANDLE THIS."
00:16:24.33\00:16:25.13
"I SAID, "WELL,
WHAT'S GOING ON ?"
00:16:25.13\00:16:26.96
"UM, MY SON HAS A GUN AND
HE'S THREATENING ME WITH IT."
00:16:26.96\00:16:29.96
"HOW OLD IS YOUR SON ?"
00:16:29.96\00:16:31.30
"OH, YOU KNOW, HE'S 18."
00:16:31.30\00:16:32.93
"AND HE'S THREATENING YOU
WITH THE GUN AND YOU DON'T
00:16:32.93\00:16:36.10
WANT TO CALL THE
POLICE, YOU WANT TO CALL ME ?"
00:16:36.10\00:16:42.76
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, BUT
ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS THAT
00:16:42.76\00:16:46.43
GOD GAVE A PREACHER IS A BRAIN.
00:16:46.43\00:16:50.73
I SAID, "SISTER, WOULD
YOU LIKE FOR ME TO DIAL
00:16:50.73\00:16:52.50
911, OR SHALL YOU ?"
00:16:52.50\00:16:56.13
IT'S TOO LATE, THEN, IF
YOU HAVE PATTED YOU LITTLE
00:16:56.13\00:16:59.96
CHILD ON THE HEAD WHILE
THEY WERE TINY, AND LET THEM GET
00:16:59.96\00:17:03.00
AWAY WITH EVERYTHING,
THEN DON'T BE SURPRISED AT WHAT
00:17:03.00\00:17:05.76
THEY WILL DO LATER.
00:17:05.76\00:17:06.93
THE FACT IS THAT THESE YOUNG
MEN WENT OUT OF THEIR MINDS.
00:17:06.93\00:17:11.56
NOTHING WAS HOLY TO THEM.
00:17:11.56\00:17:15.06
THEY WERE WORTHLESS, BUT
MORE THAN WORTHLESS, THEY BEGAN
00:17:15.06\00:17:20.20
TO TURN WORSHIPERS
AGAINST THE WORSHIP PLACE.
00:17:20.20\00:17:26.13
THEY ANNOYED PEOPLE.
00:17:26.13\00:17:27.73
THEY DISTURBED PEOPLE.
00:17:27.73\00:17:30.23
YOU WOULD COME WITH A
PRAYER ON YOUR LIPS-IN FACT, IT
00:17:30.23\00:17:33.40
GOT SO BAD THAT EVEN ELI
IS APPARENTLY AFFECTED BY
00:17:33.40\00:17:37.56
THE ATTITUDE OF HIS SONS.
00:17:37.56\00:17:39.80
YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHEN
HANNAH CAME TO PRAY FOR A CHILD,
00:17:39.80\00:17:43.63
WHEN SHE WAS BARREN, WHEN SHE
WAS BEING TEASED BY TANINA AND
00:17:43.63\00:17:47.96
HER HUSBAND SEEMED TO FAVOR
THE OTHER WIFE, SHE CAME TO
00:17:47.96\00:17:51.00
THE TEMPLE AND WAS PRAYING
WITH SUCH POVERTY OF SPIRIT
00:17:51.00\00:17:55.26
THAT ONLY HER LIPS MOVED.
00:17:55.26\00:17:57.70
ELI CAME AND LOOKED AT
THE WOMAN WHOSE LIPS MOVED BUT
00:17:57.70\00:18:00.33
NO SOUND CAME OUT AND
SAID, "YOU MUST BE DRUNK."
00:18:00.33\00:18:05.50
THAT'S NOT THE
RESPONSE OF A PRIEST.
00:18:05.50\00:18:09.00
THAT'S A MAN WHO'S BEEN
INFLUENCED BY HIS THUG KIDS.
00:18:09.00\00:18:15.40
SO HE'S BEEN WATCHING HIS
KIDS SO LONG UNTIL HE SAYS,
00:18:15.40\00:18:18.56
"YOU KNOW PEOPLE
COME TO THE CHURCH DRUNK."
00:18:18.56\00:18:21.66
AND HERE'S A WOMAN WITH
THE PRAYER THAT IS THE UTMOST
00:18:21.66\00:18:25.20
DESIRE OF HER HEART, AND HE
SAYS TO THE WOMAN WHO HAS COME
00:18:25.20\00:18:28.83
FOR AN ANSWER, WHO'S COME TO
GET A SON OF THE LORD, HE SAYS,
00:18:28.83\00:18:33.60
"YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRUNK,"
AND THE WOMAN HAS TO SAY, "NO,
00:18:33.60\00:18:36.70
NO, SIR, I WAS JUST PRAYING
SO FERVENTLY THAT MY LIPS WERE
00:18:36.70\00:18:42.16
MOVING AND NOTHING CAME OUT."
00:18:42.16\00:18:44.03
AND SO HE SAYS TO HER, AND YOU
MUST IMAGINE HOW IT CAME OUT OF
00:18:44.03\00:18:46.46
HIS MOUTH NOW-"WELL, GOD WILL
ANSWER YOUR PRAYER, AND YOU GO
00:18:46.46\00:18:50.06
AND YOU WILL GET THE ANSWER."
00:18:50.06\00:18:51.56
IT'S A SHAME WHEN A FATHER,
A PARENT, IS CHANGED BY BAD
00:18:51.56\00:18:56.30
CHILDREN INSTEAD OF
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
00:18:56.30\00:19:00.43
BUT THESE GET WORSE.
00:19:00.43\00:19:02.63
THERE WAS AN OFFERING THAT
I HAD TO STUDY VERY CAREFULLY.
00:19:02.63\00:19:06.93
THERE WAS AN OFFERING THAT THE
PEOPLE WOULD BRING AND IT WAS A
00:19:06.93\00:19:10.43
WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE WAY GOD
WANTS US TO LIVE IN COMMUNITY.
00:19:10.43\00:19:17.63
IT WAS CALLED
THE PEACE OFFERING.
00:19:17.63\00:19:20.46
AND THE PEACE OFFERING WENT LIKE
THIS--YOU WOULD BRING AN ANIMAL
00:19:20.46\00:19:25.80
AND IT WOULD BE SACRIFICED
TO THE LORD AS A PEACE OFFERING,
00:19:25.80\00:19:30.33
BUT THEN THE ANIMAL WOULD
BE SEIZED, BOILED--FLESH OF THE
00:19:30.33\00:19:34.76
ANIMAL BOILED SO THAT THE FAT
COULD BE SEVERED FROM THE REST.
00:19:34.76\00:19:42.60
AND THE COMMAND OF GOD,
THINK ABOUT THIS NOW IN TERMS OF
00:19:42.60\00:19:44.93
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HEALTH.
00:19:44.93\00:19:46.93
GOD SAID, "GIVE ME ALL THE FAT.
00:19:46.93\00:19:48.70
CUT OFF THE FAT;
DON'T YOU EAT IT.
00:19:48.70\00:19:51.30
SACRIFICE IT TO ME AND HAVE THE
PRIEST BURN IT FOR MY GLORY."
00:19:51.30\00:19:56.26
SO EVEN IN GOD'S
SPIRITUAL COMMANDS, THERE ARE
00:19:56.26\00:20:00.40
HEALTHY OVERTONES.
00:20:00.40\00:20:02.63
THEN THE PRIEST WAS ALLOWED TO
PUT IN A LITTLE SKEWER AND PULL
00:20:02.63\00:20:09.03
OUT SOMETHING FOR THE PRIEST.
00:20:09.03\00:20:10.66
AND LET ME PAUSE THERE A MOMENT,
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE OUGHT
00:20:11.83\00:20:15.20
TO BE MORE AWARE OF
GIVING SOMETHING TO THE PRIEST.
00:20:15.20\00:20:19.63
ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT I SAY SO?
00:20:19.63\00:20:23.00
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE NEEDS OF
00:20:23.00\00:20:26.56
THOSE WHO DO THE WORK OF GOD.
00:20:26.56\00:20:28.33
THIS OFFERING HAD AN ELEMENT
IN IT THAT GAVE TO THE PRIEST.
00:20:29.66\00:20:33.23
THEN MOST OF THE OFFERING
WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE FAMILY AND
00:20:33.23\00:20:37.63
THEY WOULD TAKE IT BACK
WITH THEIR FAMILY AND CALLED IN
00:20:37.63\00:20:40.40
FRIENDS AND THEY WOULD SHARE
THIS MEAL, WHICH WAS ALL THE WAY
00:20:40.40\00:20:45.16
THROUGH TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:20:45.16\00:20:46.93
IT WAS AN OFFERING TO GOD THAT
BLESSED GOD, THAT BLESSED THE
00:20:46.93\00:20:50.73
PRIEST, THAT BLESSED THE FAMILY,
THAT BLESSED FRIENDS-IT PULLED
00:20:50.73\00:20:54.93
EVERYONE TOGETHER.
00:20:54.93\00:20:57.16
IT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
EMBLEM SACRIFICING TO GOD.
00:20:57.16\00:21:03.56
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS
DID NOT LIKE BOILED MEAT.
00:21:03.56\00:21:09.70
I HAD TO DIGNIFY THAT ONE.
00:21:09.70\00:21:12.30
THEY LIKED THEIR MEAT
ROASTED-IF YOU WILL, BARBECUED.
00:21:12.30\00:21:22.16
SO WHEN THE PEOPLE WOULD COME
WITH THIS OFFERING, THEY WOULD
00:21:22.16\00:21:25.70
CATCH THEM ON THE WAY TO BOIL,
SEETHE WAS THE WORD THEY USED
00:21:25.70\00:21:30.86
THEN-SEETHE THE MEAT.
00:21:30.86\00:21:33.80
AND THEY SAID, "HEY,
WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THAT ?"
00:21:33.80\00:21:36.43
"WELL, SIR, WE'VE COME
TO SACRIFICE TO THE LORD.
00:21:36.43\00:21:39.86
AS YOU KNOW, IT'S
THE PEACE OFFERING."
00:21:39.86\00:21:43.80
"AH, WE'D LIKE TO
GET SOME OF THAT NOW."
00:21:43.80\00:21:46.86
"WELL, SIR, AH, WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT, THIS GOES TO GOD FIRST.
00:21:46.86\00:21:54.93
NOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO,
ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS,
00:21:54.93\00:21:57.93
WE WANT TO CUT THE FAT
AND TAKE IT TO GIVE IT TO GOD,
00:21:57.93\00:22:01.96
BECAUSE HE DEMANDS IT AND
WE WANT TO HOLD HIM AS HIGH AS
00:22:01.96\00:22:05.53
HE DESERVES TO BE HELD."
00:22:05.53\00:22:08.90
"SILAH, MAYBE YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
00:22:08.90\00:22:12.86
NOW WE KNOW ABOUT ALL THESE
LITTLE RULES AND STUFF, BUT WHAT
00:22:12.86\00:22:16.60
MY BROTHER AND I ARE
TELLING IS WE WANT THE MEAT NOW.
00:22:16.60\00:22:19.80
AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE IT
UP, WE WILL TAKE IT FROM YOU."
00:22:19.80\00:22:23.56
NOW FOLK LISTEN TO ME.
00:22:23.56\00:22:25.46
I DON'T CARE IF YOU DID COME TO
GET YOUR SINS FORGIVEN; THERE IS
00:22:25.46\00:22:28.90
SOMETHING ABOUT BEING DONE
IN BY SOME LITTLE SORRY YOUTHFUL
00:22:28.90\00:22:33.96
PRIEST THAT CAN MESS UP
YOUR RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
00:22:33.96\00:22:38.80
YOU KNOW, YOU CAME TO
CHURCH TRYING TO BE ALL
00:22:38.80\00:22:40.66
RIGHT AND EVERYTHING.
00:22:40.66\00:22:41.63
YOU CAME TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
00:22:41.63\00:22:43.50
YOU'RE HAPPY THAT THIS OFFERING
GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO GIVE
00:22:43.50\00:22:46.70
SOMETHING TO THE PRIEST, GIVING
FIRST TO GOD, THEN SHARING IT
00:22:46.70\00:22:50.26
WITH YOUR FAMILY, BUT SOME
LITTLE OLD SORRY PRIEST LOOKING
00:22:50.26\00:22:53.93
FUNNY IN HIS ROBE-BECAUSE
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:22:53.93\00:22:56.26
YOU CAN PUT ON SACRED
STUFF ALL DAY LONG, BUT IF YOUR
00:22:56.26\00:22:59.26
HEART IS NOT RIGHT WITH
GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
00:22:59.26\00:23:03.16
WITH YOUR BODY LANGUAGE.
00:23:03.16\00:23:06.30
YOU CAN'T GET HOLY BY DRESSING.
00:23:06.30\00:23:10.16
DO I NEED TO SAY THAT AGAIN ?
00:23:10.16\00:23:12.60
THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO
THINK YOU CAN PUT ON CERTAIN
00:23:12.60\00:23:14.73
STUFF AND LOOK HOLY.
00:23:14.73\00:23:17.56
HOLINESS DOES NOT
COME FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.
00:23:17.56\00:23:21.03
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU
WEAR, IF YOUR HEART IS NOT RIGHT
00:23:21.03\00:23:24.06
WITH GOD, YOU DON'T
MOVE RIGHT IN THE CLOTHING.
00:23:24.06\00:23:27.70
THESE GUYS ARE DRESSED LIKE
PRIESTS, BUT ANYBODY WHO LOOKS
00:23:27.70\00:23:30.10
AT THEM-"IS THAT THE PRIEST ?"
00:23:30.10\00:23:34.86
SOME WIFE ASKS HER HUSBAND,
"ARE THOSE THE TWO GUYS WE'VE
00:23:34.86\00:23:38.83
BEEN HEARING ABOUT ?"
00:23:38.83\00:23:40.30
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS-IN
FACT, LET ME PAUSE A MOMENT.
00:23:40.30\00:23:43.03
YOU KNOW PEOPLE GET IN THESE
BOOKS AND NAME THEIR CHILDREN
00:23:43.03\00:23:45.56
ALL KINDS OF STRANGE THINGS.
00:23:45.56\00:23:47.23
I DON'T CARE WHAT BOOK YOU GET,
IF IT SAYS NAME YOUR SON HOPHNI
00:23:47.23\00:23:56.43
OR PHINEHAS, RESIST THAT.
00:23:56.43\00:24:00.40
THERE ARE TOO MANY OTHER
NAMES TO PUT ON YOUR CHILD
00:24:00.40\00:24:03.26
THAN ONE OF THESE.
00:24:03.26\00:24:04.36
CAN I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY AMEN ?
00:24:04.36\00:24:06.80
I DON'T CARE WHERE THE
NAME CAME FROM; DON'T PUT IT
00:24:06.80\00:24:09.03
ON YOUR CHILD.
00:24:09.03\00:24:10.03
IT'S TOO MUCH OF
A BURDEN TO CARRY.
00:24:10.03\00:24:11.83
BUT HOPHNI AND
PHINEHAS ARE THERE AND WHEN THEY
00:24:11.83\00:24:14.06
WATCH THEM, IT CHANGES THE
ATTITUDE, SO PEOPLE STOPPED
00:24:14.06\00:24:17.03
COMING TO THE TEMPLE-"WE'RE
NOT GOING DOWN THERE."
00:24:17.03\00:24:21.50
NOW LET ME ASK YOU THIS-DO
YOU THINK THAT GOD IS GOING
00:24:21.50\00:24:25.86
TO LET THIS GO ON ?
00:24:25.86\00:24:28.00
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:24:28.00\00:24:29.90
THERE ARE TWO THINGS
THAT I BELIEVE THE BIBLE WILL
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.00
SHOW YOU TONIGHT:
NUMBER ONE, THAT THERE ARE
00:24:32.00\00:24:35.26
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE
THINGS THAT ARE WORSE THAN YOU
00:24:35.26\00:24:38.30
HAVE DONE, WHO GOD
STILL LOVES, AND THAT GOD DOES
00:24:38.30\00:24:44.10
NOT LET ANYTHING CONTINUE
TO GO ON IN A WICKED FASHION.
00:24:44.10\00:24:48.56
GOD WILL STEP IN AT SOME POINT.
00:24:48.56\00:24:52.66
ARE WE TOGETHER ?
00:24:52.66\00:24:54.06
SO WATCH THIS.
00:24:54.06\00:24:56.70
THE PEOPLE START TALKING
AND THERE IS A FACT; I HAVE READ
00:24:56.70\00:25:00.23
THIS BOTH IN SACRED AND SECULAR
LITERATURE, THAT WHEN THE GOOD
00:25:00.23\00:25:05.36
PEOPLE GO BAD, IT SETS EVERYONE
ELSE FREE TO DO ANYTHING.
00:25:05.36\00:25:11.86
NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW, BECAUSE IF THE FOLK AT THE
00:25:11.86\00:25:15.43
CHURCH START LOSING IT, WHAT
DO YOU THINK THE FOLK WHO NEVER
00:25:15.43\00:25:19.90
COME TO CHURCH ARE GOING-OF
COURSE, I KNOW YOU DON'T
00:25:19.90\00:25:21.96
THINK THEY KNOW, DO YOU ?
00:25:21.96\00:25:24.00
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THEY'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER.
00:25:24.00\00:25:27.83
THERE ARE FOLK WHO
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT
00:25:27.83\00:25:29.86
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.93
"IS THAT MY MAN
GOING DOWN THERE ?"
00:25:31.93\00:25:34.23
"MR. HOLY, WHERE IS
THAT HE'S COMING OUT OF ?"
00:25:34.23\00:25:39.70
AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE
GONE TO THE NO-TELL MOTEL.
00:25:39.70\00:25:47.93
BUT THERE ARE FOLK WHO
KNOW WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE AND
00:25:47.93\00:25:51.53
WHERE YOU OUGHT NOT TO BE.
00:25:51.53\00:25:53.63
YOU THINK THEY DON'T KNOW
YOU, BUT ONE DAY IT'LL POP UP.
00:25:53.63\00:25:56.20
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, YOU'LL BE
AT WORK AROUND SIPPING A LITTLE
00:25:56.20\00:25:59.03
SOMETHING WITH ALL THE REST OF
YOUR COHORTS, AND SOMEBODY WILL
00:25:59.03\00:26:02.23
SAY, "HEY, DIDN'T I SEE YOU THE
OTHER DAY DOWN THERE BY, AH, WHO
00:26:02.23\00:26:05.70
KNOW WHAT I MEAN ?
00:26:05.70\00:26:06.76
OH, I'M SORRY, MY BAD.
00:26:06.76\00:26:10.40
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER."
00:26:10.40\00:26:14.36
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO, AND
00:26:14.36\00:26:16.96
WHEN YOU LOSE IT, IT
SLACKENS OFF FOR EVERYONE.
00:26:16.96\00:26:21.33
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