Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000306
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00:01 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
00:08 PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:10 JOIN US, NOW, AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM 00:14 FIRST SAMUEL, CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED, BAD BOYS. 00:23 WP: THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THE BIBLE 00:25 WILL SHOW YOU TONIGHT. 00:26 NUMBER ONE: THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS 00:30 THAT ARE WORSE THAN YOU HAVE DONE, WHO GOD STILL LOVES; 00:35 AND THAT GOD DOES NOT LET ANYTHING CONTINUE TO GO 00:39 ON IN A WICKED FASHION. 00:41 GOD WILL STEP IN AT SOME POINT. 00:45 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 00:47 SO WATCH THIS. 00:49 THE PEOPLE START TALKING AND THERE IS A FACT--I HAVE READ 00:53 THIS BOTH IN SACRED AND SECULAR LITERATURE--THAT WHEN THE GOOD 00:58 PEOPLE GO BAD, IT SETS EVERYONE ELSE FREE TO DO ANYTHING. 01:05 NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE IF THE FOLK AT THE 01:08 CHURCH START LOSING IT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FOLK WHO NEVER 01:12 COME TO CHURCH ARE GOING TO-OF COURSE, I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK 01:15 THEY KNOW, DO YOU ? 01:17 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THEY'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER. 01:20 THEY ARE FOLK YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING YOU. 01:24 "IS THAT MY MAN GOING DOWN THERE, MR. HOLY ? 01:30 WHERE IS THAT HE'S COMING OUT OF ?" 01:32 AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE GONE TO THE NO-TELL MOTEL, 01:41 BUT THERE ARE FOLK THAT KNOW WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE, AND 01:44 WHERE YOU OUGHT NOT TO BE. 01:46 YOU THINK THEY DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT ONE DAY IT'LL POP UP, DON'T 01:49 WORRY ABOUT, YOU'LL BE AT WORK AROUND SIPPING A LITTLE 01:52 SOMETHING WITH ALL THE REST OF YOUR COHORTS, AND THEN SOMEBODY 01:55 WILL SAY, "HEY, DIDN'T I SEE YOU THE OTHER DAY DOWN THERE BY...? 02:01 OH, I'M SORRY, MY BAD. 02:05 WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER." 02:07 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO, AND WHEN YOU 02:10 LOSE IT, IT SLACKENS OFF FOR EVERYONE, BUT THIS SITUATION 02:15 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND, AND THE BIBLE IS CLEAR. 02:20 LOOK AT CHAPTER 2 OF FIRST SAMUEL, AND WHEN YOU GO TO 02:23 VERSE 31, HERE IS THE MESSAGE IS FROM GOD: "BEHOLD THE DAYS 02:31 COME THAT I WILL CUT OFF THINE ARM (THIS IS TO ELI), THE 02:35 ARM OF THY FATHER'S HOUSE, AND THERE SHALL NOT BE AN 02:38 OLD MAN IN THINE HOUSE." 02:42 LOOK AT VERSE 34, "AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE THAT 02:46 SHALL COME UPON THY SONS HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS IN ONE DAY THEY 02:52 SHALL DIE, BOTH OF THEM." 02:57 FOLK YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS CERTAINLY MERCIFUL, 03:00 BUT HE DOESN'T PLAY. 03:04 GOD IS SO MERCIFUL THAT EVERYONE ONE OF US IS STILL SITTING 03:07 ERECT IN THIS WORSHIP SERVICE. 03:11 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM THE PULPIT TO THE DOOR, THERE 03:14 ARE ENOUGH IMPERFECTIONS IN US THAT IF GOD DID NOT HAVE MERCY 03:20 BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION THIS PLACE WOULD BE VERY QUIET. 03:26 IN FACT, THERE WOULD BE NO UNDERTAKER TO COME AND GET 03:29 US, BECAUSE UNDERTAKERS ARE ALSO IMPERFECT. 03:34 GOD IS MERCIFUL, BUT YOU CAN'T CONTINUE AS THO HE DOESN'T CARE. 03:40 LISTEN, IN THAT SAME HOUSE, JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW POWERFUL GOD 03:45 IS, THIS SAME LADY WHO CAME AND SAID, "I WANT TO ASK YOU TO 03:49 TELL GOD TO GIVE ME A CHILD." 03:51 THIS WOMAN WENT HOME AND IN A FEW WEEKS SHE KNEW THAT 03:57 A CHILD WAS ON THE WAY. 03:59 IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO GO SOMETIMES AND READ IN CHAPTER 04:01 1 OF FIRST SAMUEL WHAT THIS WOMAN HANNAH HAS TO SAY. 04:04 SHE SAYS GOD WILL MAKE YOU RICH OR GOD WILL MAKE YOU POOR. 04:08 GOD IS THE ONE WHO MAKES PEOPLE WEALTHY, GOD IS THE 04:11 ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF YOU AND ANSWERS YOUR PRAYERS. 04:14 IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO GOD, GOD WILL BE FAITHFUL TO YOU. 04:18 THAT'S THE ANSWER TO REAL WEALTH. 04:21 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HAVING A COUPLE OF QUARTERS TO RUB 04:23 TOGETHER; IF YOU WANT TO BE SECURE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE 04:27 A FUTURE, YOU MUST GIVE YOUR LIFE INTO THE HANDS OF GOD. 04:31 DON'T LET THESE SORRY RASCALS RIDING AROUND IN GOLD-PLATED 04:35 MERCEDES BENZ' FOOL YOU. 04:38 THEY'VE GOT GREAT JOBS, BUT THERE'S NOBODY WHO 04:40 NEEDS A RETIREMENT PLAN. 04:43 THEY DON'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO RETIRE. 04:46 SO THEY ENJOY FOR A FEW MOMENTS GREAT WEALTH, AND 04:49 THEN THEY ARE GONE-NOBODY TELLS YOU THEY'RE GONE; YOU 04:53 ONLY CELEBRATE THEIR WEALTH. 04:55 THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THINGS THAT LAST, 04:59 IT IS GOD WHO GIVES THEM. 05:01 THIS WOMAN NOW COMES AND BRINGS HER SON BACK, AND, 05:04 "HERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE. 05:07 I ALMOST WANT TO ASK GOD, 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS ?'" 05:11 THIS WOMAN PLEDGES TO GOD, "I WILL BRING THE SON THAT 05:14 YOU GAVE ME AND I WILL LET HIM WORK IN THE TEMPLE." 05:25 "NOT THIS TEMPLE ! 05:28 DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES IN THIS TEMPLE ?" 05:30 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING; IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU 05:32 WHAT YOUR PARENTS THOUGHT BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO 05:35 INVEST IN YOUR EDUCATION. 05:38 THEY DECIDED THAT IF YOU MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD, 05:41 GOD WON'T LET YOU DOWN. 05:44 GOD CANNOT FORCE YOUR CHILD TO DO ANYTHING, BUT HE WILL 05:48 TRY EVERYTHING HE CAN TO WOO THEM INTO THE RIGHT PATH. 05:53 AND SO THERE ARE PARENTS WHO MAKE AMAZING SACRIFICES 05:56 BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH GOD, AND GOD 05:59 DOES NOT BREAK AGREEMENTS. 06:00 HE CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT HE DOESN'T 06:03 BREAK AGREEMENTS, SO THIS WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND BRING A CHILD 06:06 THAT IS AT OLDEST 15 YEARS OLD TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE 06:13 WITH HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS. 06:16 FORGIVE ME FOR A MOMENT, BUT I CAN SEE THE DAY THAT HE ARRIVED. 06:23 "MOM, IS THIS, IS THIS THE PLACE ?" 06:27 "YES, SON, YOU KNOW WE'VE COME HERE A LOT 06:29 AND YOU REMEMBER ELI ?" 06:31 "YES, I REMEMBER. 06:33 MOM, DOES ELI STILL HAVE THOSE SONS ?" 06:39 "WELL, WHY DO YOU ASK, SAMUEL ?" 06:42 "I DON'T KNOW. 06:43 YOU KNOW, I HEARD A FEW THINGS ABOUT THEM. 06:45 DO YOU THINK I'M GOING TO BE OKAY ?" 06:49 "YOU'LL BE OKAY, SON, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BAD KIDS, 06:53 BUT BECAUSE GOD IS ABLE." 06:56 BUT MOM GOTTA GO AFTER AWHILE. 06:59 "HEY, PHINEHAS, HAVE YOU SEEN THAT LITTLE GUY DOWN THE HALL ? 07:05 A LITTLE OL' GUY WITH WEEDS IN HIS HAIR, CAME FROM A 07:09 LITTLE TOWN WHERE THEY ROLL UP THE SIDEWALKS AT ABOUT 07:12 7 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 07:14 LET'S GO HAVE SOME FUN WITH HIM." 07:17 "HEY, MY MAN, YOUNGBLOOD, WELCOME TO THE HOUSE. 07:24 YOU GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE ? 07:26 YOU GOING TO BLEND IN ? 07:28 WELL, LOOK, WE CAME DOWN TO KIND OF GET YOU FAMILIAR WITH 07:31 WHAT GOES ON IN THE HOUSE. 07:32 HAVE YOU MET MY DADDY ? 07:35 DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIM. 07:37 HE AIN'T IN THE MIX. 07:40 YOU KNOW WHO RUNS THIS PLACE ? 07:42 HIM AND ME, SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THIS PLACE, YOU'VE 07:45 GOT TO GET ALONG WITH US. 07:46 CAN YOU DEAL WITH THAT ?" 07:48 BUT SEE, WHEN YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED BY PARENTS WHO KNEW 07:51 GOD, YOU DON'T REALLY GET SCARED AFTER ALL THAT STUFF 07:55 BECAUSE YOU'VE LEARNED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A POWER 07:58 THAT IS TRANSCENDENT. 08:00 DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU IN ANY SITUATION ? 08:05 ON THE DAY OF 9/11, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE 08:10 SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. 08:12 SOME OF THEM STOPPED FOR A WHILE. 08:15 SOME OF THEM GOT PHONE CALLS. 08:17 SOME OF THEM WENT IN AND MADE PHONE CALLS OUT, AND GAVE 08:21 THEM PEACE BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT DELIVER THEM, BUT SOME OF 08:24 THEM WERE ON THE WRONG FLOOR, COULD NOT BE SAVED, BUT THE 08:30 POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CODDLED THEM AND PROTECTED 08:35 THEM AND THEY CAME OUT OF THAT CONFLAGRATION STILL SAFE. 08:42 GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM ANYWHERE. 08:46 SO IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS IN YOUR HEART, YOU OUGHT NOT 08:49 TO WALK AROUND SCARED. 08:52 THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH US; WE GIVE A BAD EXAMPLE. 08:54 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT ALL CHRISTIANS GO AROUND LIKE 08:56 DEER CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS. 09:00 MAN, WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOME HOLY GHOST POWER IN YOUR LIFE, IT 09:03 GIVES YOU A HOLY BOLDNESS. 09:06 IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU STUPID. 09:08 AMEN ? 09:11 WHEN I GO TO A BIG TOWN, I KNOW HOW TO ACT. 09:13 I DON'T GO AROUND LOOKING AT TALL BUILDINGS. 09:17 I PUT MY STREET FACE ON IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 09:23 WHAT I WANT THEM TO THINK IS, "IS THAT THE ONE YOU WANT 09:25 TO BOTHER WITH ?" 09:27 I SAY, "LORD, SHINE THROUGH THIS STREET FACE I'M PUTTING ON. 09:33 EVERYTHING ALRIGHT ?" 09:38 SO YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR WITS, YOU JUST LEARN TO TRUST IN GOD. 09:44 THIS LITTLE BOY IS SAFE. 09:45 IN FACT, SAMUEL, IN THE SAME SITUATION--LET ME TELL YOU 09:49 SOMETHING--IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND TALKING ABOUT, "WANT TO SEE THE 09:51 REASON WHY I'M LIKE I AM ? 09:53 IT'S BECAUSE I NEVER HAD A CHANCE. 09:56 MY MOTHER WASN'T NO GOOD, MY DADDY WASN'T NO GOOD, I CAME UP 09:58 IN A HOUSE THAT JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY RULES, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE. 10:03 THE REASON WHY I'M LIKE I AM, THE REASON WHY I DID IT, YOUR 10:05 HONOR, IS BECAUSE NOBODY WAS THERE TO TELL ME ANYTHING." 10:11 BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU--IF SAMUEL COULD GROW UP 10:14 IN THAT SAME HOUSE WITH HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS, AND SAMUEL CAME 10:18 OUT PURE, AND HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS WERE ALL MESSED 10:21 UP, THEN GOD CAN BRING YOU OUT OF ANYWHERE AND STILL MAKE YOU 10:26 A CHILD AFTER HIS OWN HEART. 10:28 GOD CAN BRING YOU UP PURE AND UNTOUCHED BY THE SITUATION. 10:34 IT'S NOT THE SITUATION THAT COUNTS; IT'S WHO YOU BELIEVE 10:38 IN THAT COUNTS. 10:40 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR HAND IN GOD'S HAND. 10:43 THAT LITTLE BOY WAS NOT SHAKEN BY HOPHNI OR PHINEHAS. 10:46 HE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BUT HE STUCK TO WHAT HE KNEW 10:49 WAS RIGHT AND HE DID FINE. 10:51 BUT GOD SAID TO ELI, "I'M COMING DOWN IN YOUR HOUSE AND THERE ARE 10:55 NOT GOING TO BE ANY OLD PEOPLE." 10:57 IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 11:02 WHEN ELI HEARD THAT, HE WAS APPROACHING HIS 90'S, AT LEAST. 11:06 WHEN HE DIED HE WAS 98, BUT GOD SAID, AND REMEMBER OLD WAS 11:10 DIFFERENT IN THOSE DAYS--THESE DAYS IF YOU GOT A MESSAGE THAT 11:13 SAYS YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY OLD MEN IN YOUR LIFE, YOU 11:16 PROBABLY WILL NOT REACH 98. 11:18 IN THOSE DAYS YOU COULD DO 98, BUT GOD SAYS, "THERE WON'T BE 11:21 ANY OLD MEN, AND IN ONE DAY, ELI, BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL 11:25 THIS TIME AND YOU WOULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP--IN ONE DAY, YOUR 11:29 SONS ARE GOING TO BE GONE." 11:31 AND HERE'S HOW IT WENT. 11:33 THESE SONS DID FINE. 11:35 IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WOULD NEVER GET CAUGHT, AND I WANT TO TELL 11:39 YOU SOMETHING THAT IS AS TRUE AS I KNOW IT TO BE--YOU CANNOT 11:46 WITH IMPUNITY DISOBEY GOD. 11:51 AND I KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND SAY, "LOOK WHAT'S 11:55 HAPPENING WITH THESE HIGH PEOPLE, WITH THESE FOLK GO WAY 11:58 UP, GOT ALL THIS POWER, I THINK YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT. 12:03 IN FACT, I THINK IF YOU USE YOUR HEAD AND IF YOU'RE KIND 12:05 OF CUNNING, YOU CAN MAKE IT." 12:07 I'VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU--YOU CAN'T. 12:10 GOD MAY NOT COME WHEN YOU THINK HE'S COMING, BUT ON 12:14 TIME, THAT'S WHAT HE'LL BE. 12:17 MY WIFE AND I MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT WHEN WE 12:19 JUST GOT MARRIED. 12:20 WE PUT ALL OUR MONEY TOGETHER AND GOT A LITTLE FUNNY 12:23 LOOKING CAR--IT WAS THE BEST THAT WE COULD AFFORD. 12:27 UPSTAIRS FROM US THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD A NEW 12:29 LUXURY CAR EVERY WEEK. 12:33 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A REGULAR LUXURY--WAY BACK IN THOSE DAYS, 12:36 YOU KNOW, A CADILLAC WAS RARE-HE HAD ONE THIS WEEK, AND THEN NEXT 12:40 WEEK HE WOULD HAVE AN IMPERIAL. 12:43 THEN THE NEXT WEEK, HE WOULD HAVE A VOLVO, AND THEN THE NEXT 12:46 WEEK HE WOULD HAVE A JAGUAR, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK HE WOULD HAVE 12:52 A MERCEDES BENZ, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK HE WOULD HAVE A BMW. 12:56 I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK HIM RIGHT OUT WHAT HE WAS DOING, BUT I 12:58 SAID, "WHY AM I DRIVING THIS FUNNY LOOKING LITTLE CAR, AND 13:03 JESUS IS ALL IN MY LIFE. 13:05 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING; YOU MUST BE REALLY CLOSE TO GOD 13:08 TO BE DRIVING CARS LIKE THAT." 13:10 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WANTED TO ASK HIM. 13:13 WELL, I KEPT ON LOOKING, AND IN FACT, I DISCOVERED 13:15 FROM, YOU KNOW, THE WATER FOUNTAIN GOSSIP, THAT HIS JOB 13:21 WAS NOT ALTOGETHER LEGAL. 13:25 I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO CATCH ME. 13:30 THEN I BEGAN TO PRAY DAVID'S PRAYER, "WHY DO 13:33 THE WICKED PROSPER ?" 13:35 YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED THAT ONE ? 13:38 AT LEAST ASK IT, "WHY IS IT THAT EVERYBODY WHO DOES SOMETHING 13:40 BAD GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANT. 13:43 I'M WALKING AROUND HERE LIKE ALL FUNNY, WEARING CLOTHES FROM 13:45 K-MART AND WALMART, AND THESE PEOPLE GOT DESIGNER CLOTHES ON, 13:50 THEY'RE DRIVING ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DRIVE, THEY'RE LIVING 13:52 ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE, I'M LIVING IN SOME LITTLE SORRY 13:54 APARTMENT, CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE, AND I'VE GOT JESUS. 13:57 I'M HOLDING ONTO THE WORD. 13:59 WHAT IS IT ? 14:00 HOW COME THEY'VE GOT ALL THAT AND I GOT THIS ?" 14:03 WELL, WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT GOD CAN 14:05 TAKE THIS AND MAKE IT MORE ENJOYABLE THAN THAT. 14:12 GOD CAN MAKE YOUR APARTMENT, YOUR LITTLE CHEAP APARTMENT 14:18 WITH PAINT THAT DOESN'T MATCH; HE CAN MAKE YOUR APARTMENT 14:23 A PLACE WHERE ANGELS DWELL. 14:26 HE CAN DROP A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN DOWN IN THE PLACE 14:29 WHERE YOU LIVE. 14:30 YOU MAY HAVE NOBODY TO HELP YOU, BUT GOD CAN MAKE IT SO THAT WITH 14:34 NO HELP THAT'S VISIBLE HE CAN SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEEDS. 14:38 AND YOU MAY THINK YOU'VE GOT A FUNNY-LOOKING CAR; 14:40 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT SOME FUNNY-LOOKING CARS ARE JUST 14:43 LIKE THE BIG-TIME CARS, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE NAME. 14:47 I'VE GOT ONE OF THEM. 14:49 IT LOOKS LIKE A TOYOTA, BUT IT'S A LEXUS. 14:54 I CHECKED WITH THE GUYS WHO MAKE IT. 14:56 I SAID, "MAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS CAR ?" 14:58 HE SAID, "THAT'S A LEXUS IN DISGUISE." 15:04 I SAID, "YOU GO ON, JESUS, YOU GO ON. 15:09 GOT ME A LEXUS IN DISGUISE. 15:12 AND WHEN THE GUY WITH THE LEXUS GOES DOWN FOR SERVICE, HE'S GOT 15:14 TO PAY THREE TIMES THAN I DO. 15:17 I'M DRIVING A LEXUS, BUT MY SERVICE PAYMENTS ARE VERY LOW. 15:21 IT'S A LEXUS IN DISGUISE. 15:23 WHY DON'T YOU LET GOD HANDLE THAT STUFF ? 15:27 SO WHAT GOD DOES IS BEGIN TO MOVE, AND HE HAS GIVEN ELI 15:31 AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN GET. 15:34 AND NOW HE SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE. 15:36 SO WHAT HAPPENS IS ON A CERTAIN DAY, THE FOLK GET 15:40 TOGETHER AND SAY, "WE ARE SICK OF THE PHILISTINES. 15:43 THEY ARE ALWAYS AROUND GIVING US TROUBLE. 15:48 LET'S GO OUT AND FIGHT THEM." 15:51 REMEMBER IN THE DAYS OF OLD, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY WHO 15:53 REMEMBERS--IF WE WERE TO GO OUT THERE AND FIGHT THEM, 15:56 GOD WOULD BE WITH US. 15:58 WE'D BEAT 'EM UP AND NOBODY WOULD BE LEFT, SEE. 16:02 LET'S GO DO IT. 16:04 ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS LITTLE SITUATION IS THAT 16:05 GOD HAD NOT SENT THEM. 16:08 IF GOD DOESN'T SEND YOU; DON'T GO, DON'T GO. 16:14 HOLD ON; WAIT TILL HE SAYS GO. 16:16 IF GOD SENDS YOU, YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE AND SAY, "HEY, LORD." 16:22 I'VE READ WHERE THE OLD PATRIARCHS USED TO PRAY TO GOD 16:26 WITH THEIR FISTS IN THE AIR, DEMANDING THAT HE COME THROUGH 16:29 WITH WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, BUT IF GOD DIDN'T PROMISE 16:31 IT, YOU'D BETTER KEEP YOUR FIST WHERE IT BELONGS. 16:36 SO THEY GO OUT TO FIGHT THE PHILISTINES AND THEN DO THE 16:39 BEST THEY CAN, AND WHEN THEY COME BACK AT THE END OF THE 16:42 BATTLE, THERE ARE 4,000 DEAD. 16:47 SO SOMEBODY'S SMART--YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO HAVE, "I 16:50 KNOW WHAT IT WAS." 16:53 "WELL, WHAT WAS IT ?" 16:54 "YOU KNOW WHEN WE USED TO FIGHT ALL THE TIME, WHAT DID WE HAVE 16:57 WITH US--NOT EVERYBODY AT ONCE. 17:01 WE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 17:04 SO WHY DON'T WE GO GET IT FROM SHILOH AND THEN GO FIGHT." 17:07 "HOLD IT, EXCUSE ME, SIR, JUST ONE QUESTION, WHEN WE HAD THE 17:12 ARK WITH US, WASN'T IT GOD WHO HAD TOLD US TO TAKE THE ARK." 17:18 "WELL, SEE, YOU'RE BRINGING UP TECHNICALITIES." 17:23 "COULD I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, I'VE GOT A FOLLOW UP. 17:25 WHO IS GOING TO GO GET THE ARK ? 17:30 BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND I HAVE READ IN THE SCROLLS 17:34 AND IT SAYS IF YOU GO IN THERE AND TOUCH THAT STUFF AND GOD 17:37 DID NOT CLEANSE YOU AND GOD DID NOT SEND YOU, THAT 17:40 YOU'LL DROP DEAD." 17:43 "WELL, SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS ON 17:45 LITTLE TECHNICALITIES. 17:47 YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS AT THE TEMPLE. 17:51 WE GOT MY MAN HOPHNI AND WE GOT MY MAN PHINEHAS, AND 17:57 THEY LIVE IN THE TEMPLE." 17:59 "WELL, I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION." 18:00 "NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE QUESTIONS." 18:02 "WELL, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, ARE THEY WORTHY TO GO INTO 18:05 THE MOST HOLY PLACE ?" 18:08 "AH, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM YOU BECAUSE 18:10 I CAN TELL YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO GO-THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. 18:14 I'D LIKE TO SEND SOMEBODY OVER AND ASK HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS IF 18:17 THEY WOULD BRING THE ARK." 18:18 NOW FOLK, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING--YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE 18:21 ME, I LOVE READING THE BIBLE. 18:23 I GET EXCITED READING THE BIBLE, BUT I CAN SEE PEOPLE GETTING 18:27 READY TO DO SOME THINGS, AND I WANT TO SCREAM BACK IN HISTORY. 18:32 I WANT MY VOICE TO TRAVEL EONS, BACK WHERE THEY ARE. 18:35 I WANT TO WARN THEM-HOPHNI, PHINEHAS ! 18:40 YOU BETTER READ BEFORE YOU DO THAT ! 18:45 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO BE STRAIGHT WITH GOD. 18:48 WHEN THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD GO IN ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, HE 18:51 HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT WITH GOD OR WHEN HE 18:54 STEPPED IN THAT PLACE, HE WOULD FALL IN THAT PLACE, FOR IN THAT 18:59 TINY COMPARTMENT, THERE WAS NOT ONLY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 19:06 AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED, A POT OF MANNA, BUT ABOVE THAT 19:10 GOLDEN CAP WERE ANGELS WHO VEIL THEIR FACES. 19:17 IT WAS THE MERCY SEAT, AND LOOK, YOU OUGHT TO PAUSE A MINUTE TO 19:20 SAY THAT GOD HAS A LAW AND HIS LAW IS HIGH AND HOLY, BUT HE'S 19:26 GOT MERCY THAT IS ABOVE THE LAW. 19:30 IF LAW WERE NOT COVERED BY MERCY, YOU AND I WOULDN'T 19:33 HAVE A CHANCE. 19:36 BUT LAW IS COVERED BY MERCY AND THOSE ANGELS VEIL THEIR FACES, 19:41 AND BETWEEN THOSE ANGELS THERE IS A LIGHT OF NO HUMAN KINDLING. 19:45 IT'S NOT A LIGHT WITH ANY SOURCE OF POWER. 19:49 THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT OIL TO THAT LIGHT. 19:51 THERE IS NO IGNITION FOR THAT LIGHT. 19:53 IT IS LIGHT THAT REPRESENTS THE PRESENCE OF GOD ALMIGHTY. 19:58 IT IS THE SHEKINAH GLORY, AND THAT'S WHY JUST ANYBODY 20:02 COULDN'T GO IN THERE. 20:04 IN FACT, DURING THE NIGHT AT THE CAMP OF ISRAEL, YOU 20:06 COULD LOOK OVER AT THE TABERNACLE AND YOU COULD SEE 20:08 A LIGHT, AND YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO WIRE RUNNING IN. 20:12 THE WIRES WEREN'T EVEN IN YET. 20:13 THERE WAS NO OIL RUNNING IN, THERE WAS NO IGNITION 20:16 GOING THERE. 20:17 IT WAS THE LIGHT THAT REPRESENTED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 20:22 AND THEY SEND OVER TO HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS AND SAY, "WE'D 20:28 LIKE Y'ALL TO GET THE ARK AND BRING IT ON OUT HERE." 20:35 YOU KNOW I WONDER, YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE ME--DID THEY 20:38 EVEN SAY, "HEY, PHINEHAS, WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN ? 20:44 YOU READ THAT STUFF, DIDN'T YOU? 20:46 YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS ? 20:49 YOU KNOW, YOU AND ME HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF, BUT I 20:53 REMEMBER READING THAT IF YOU GO IN THERE--WHAT DO YOU THINK ? 21:00 I TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU GO IN THERE FIRST ?" 21:05 "AH, BROTHER, WE'RE GOING IN THERE TOGETHER. 21:07 OKAY, GET THAT SIDE OF THAT CURTAIN, YEAH, ALL RIGHT, 21:11 I'M GOING TO COUNT-" "WELL, YOU KNOW THAT 21:13 LIGHT IS IN THERE. 21:15 CAN YOU SEE IT A LITTLE BIT ?" 21:16 "YEAH, BUT WE'RE GOING ON IN HERE." 21:19 AND THEY PULLED BACK THAT CURTAIN, AND LET ME TELL 21:22 YOU SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT MY GOD--GOD 21:26 IS ABOUT JUSTICE, BUT HE'S ALSO ABOUT MERCY. 21:34 HIS MERCY IS JUST AS FLEET OF FOOT AS IS HIS JUSTICE. 21:40 HIS JUSTICE WILL NOT ROLL UP INTO YOUR TERRITORY WITHOUT 21:43 MERCY COMING BESIDE IT. 21:46 NOW YOU TELL ME HOW TWO SORRY, NO-GOOD PRIESTS, SO CALLED, 21:54 CAN PULL BACK THOSE CURTAINS AND LOOK AT THAT CONTAINER 21:58 WITHOUT DROPPING DEAD. 22:01 WELL, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRITTEN ABOUT IT, SO LET 22:04 ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GOD. 22:07 IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO SAVE YOU, GOD WILL DO IT. 22:11 IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, EVEN IF HE MUST AT 22:15 SOME TIME BEND THE RULES THAT ARE HIS MAKING, IF HE 22:20 CAN SAVE YOU, HE WILL. 22:22 EVEN IF YOU ARE A SON WHO IS NO GOOD, GOD CAN SEE GOOD IN YOU, 22:28 AND WHEN THOSE TWO GUYS WENT IN THERE, THEY SHOULD HAVE DROPPED 22:31 DEAD, BUT PERHAPS IT WAS GOD HOPING THAT WHEN THEY SAW THAT 22:36 LIGHT, THAT WHEN THEY SAW THOSE ANGELS VEILING THEIR FACES, THAT 22:41 WHEN THEY SAW THE LORD, GOD, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBEYING, 22:44 THAT WHEN THEY SAW THE MERCY SEAT, THAT WHEN THEY SAW AARON'S 22:48 ROD, THAT WHEN THEY SAW THOSE ARTICLES LIKE THE POT OF MANNA, 22:53 THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAVE SHOT THROUGH THEIR HEARTS LIKE AN 22:57 ELECTRIC CHARGE-MAYBE GOD HOPED WITH ALL THAT HE HAD IN HIM, 23:02 THAT THERE WAS STILL SOME WAY TO SAVE THESE SORRY BOYS. 23:08 HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AT THIS VERY MOMENT--GOD IS MORE 23:13 MERCIFUL THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. 23:16 EVERYBODY LISTENING TO ME NOW CAN THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU 23:20 DID SOMETHING UNTHINKABLE. 23:23 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE THING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN 23:25 YOU GO TO PRAYER MEETINGS. 23:27 "I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY TESTIMONY, PASTOR." 23:32 I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR THAT ONE, AGAIN, BECAUSE 23:34 YOU ONLY TELL THE ONE WHERE YOU LOOK GOOD. 23:36 YOU DON'T TELL THE ONE THAT'S REAL. 23:39 YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF STORIES YOU WON'T EVEN TELL YOUR MOTHER. 23:42 YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF STORIES YOU CERTAINLY ARE NOT GOING 23:45 TO TELL YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T 23:47 LOOK GOOD IN THE STORY. 23:49 YOU COME OUT LOOKING REALLY BAD. 23:51 BUT GOD DID NOT TAKE YOUR LIFE, AS HE SHOULD HAVE. 23:55 INSTEAD, HE SPARED YOUR LIFE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY 23:59 TO COME BACK TO HIM. 24:00 AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IN THIS MOMENT WHEN I HOPE 24:03 YOU ARE THOUGHTFUL IS THIS: THAT GOD CHASES BAD BOYS. 24:12 IF GOD ONLY WENT AFTER GOOD KIDS, WHO WOULD HE CHASE ? 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