Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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(theme music) WP:
THE BOOK OF REVELATION,
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CHAPTER THREE, IN FACT ON THIS
PARTICULAR OCCASION, I WILL READ
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FROM A PARALLEL OF THE BIBLE.
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REVELATION, CHAPTER THREE,
VERSES TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE:
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I AM STANDING AT YOUR
HEART'S DOOR KNOCKING.
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ANYONE WHO HEARS MY VOICE
AND OPENS THE DOOR WILL BE GLAD,
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FOR I WILL COME IN AND
EAT WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.
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HE WHO OVERCOMES WILL
RECEIVES THE RIGHT TO SIT
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WITH ME ON MY THRONE,
JUST AS I OVERCAME AND SAT DOWN
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WITH MY FATHER ON HIS THRONE.
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I'VE ENTITLED OUR STUDY FOR
THIS OCCASION "HOUSE CALLS."
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN WE ARE GRATEFUL
ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO OPEN THE WORD.
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THERE ARE SOME WHO
DON'T HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE AND
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THEY LONG FOR IT.
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BUT TODAY, BECAUSE IT
IS OURS, WE ARE GRATEFUL.
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OUR HEARTS ARE GLAD AND WE
DARE NOT SIT IN SILENCE WHEN
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THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT MOVES THROUGH THIS PLACE.
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I ONLY ASK, FATHER, IN PUBLIC
WHAT I HAVE ASKED IN PRIVATE,
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THAT ALL THAT I HAVE AND
ALL THAT I AM MAY BE CONVERTED
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TO THY USE AND I PRAY
THAT WE SHALL HEAR ON THIS DAY
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A WORD FROM THE LORD.
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THIS IS OUR PRAYER
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I
REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS READ
THIS TEXT BEFORE AND SOMEHOW
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WE REDUCE THE BIBLE; WE
BRING IT DOWN TO OUR OWN SIZE.
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BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
JESUS, IN FACT JESUS DECLARES
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OF HIMSELF, "I STAND AT
THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART AND I
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STAND HERE KNOCKING."
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THE SCHOLARS MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT THE DOOR
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OF PROFFERED OPPORTUNITY.
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THIS IS NOT THE
DOOR OF SALVATION.
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MAN DOES NOT HAVE THE
POWER OVER THOSE DOORS.
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BUT THERE IS A DOOR THAT
GOD WILL NOT CONTROL, AND THAT'S
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THE DOOR OF MY HEART.
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WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT, AS THE CREATOR, HE COULD
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KNOCK DOWN THE DOOR.
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HE COULD FORCE HIS WAY
INTO YOUR LIFE, BUT JESUS STANDS
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AT THE DOOR OF MY HEART,
POWERLESS, BECAUSE HE HAS
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LIMITED HIMSELF AND WILL
NOT FORCE ME TO LET HIM IN.
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HE GIVES ME THE RIGHT
TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED.
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AND I'M SORRY TO
SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE DO.
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JESUS COMES TO THE
HEART AND YOU CAN PUT IT IN
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REVELATION SYMBOLISM IF
YOU WANT TO, BUT THIS IS REAL.
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THIS IS THE SON OF GOD, HAVING
ALREADY DIED ON CALVARY, AND
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THAT PUNCTUATES IT FOR ME.
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HOW IN THE WORLD, AFTER JESUS
HAS GIVEN EVERYTHING, AFTER
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HE GAVE UP HEAVEN AND CAME
AND PITCHED HIS TENT NEXT TO
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MINE, AND THEN GAVE HIS LIFE
IN THAT HORRIBLE DEATH, WHAT
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IN THE WORLD IS HE DOING
NOW KNOCKING AT MY DOOR ?
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I TELL YOU THIS IS A
REVELATION OF HIS LOVE FOR US.
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HE LOVES US ENOUGH THAT HE
DIED FOR US, AND TO BE HONEST
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WITH YOU, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
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AFTER THE DEATH OF
JESUS ON CALVARY, WE OUGHT TO
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BE KNOCKING AT HIS DOOR.
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WE OUGHT TO BE
TRYING TO FIND HIM.
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THE WORLD SHOULD BEAT A PATH TO
WHEREVER JESUS IS, BUT INSTEAD,
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SOME OF US ARE RELUCTANT.
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SOME OF US, EVEN AFTER
HEARING THE STORY, THE PAIN
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AND SUFFERING HE WENT THROUGH,
WE ARE STILL RELUCTANT AND
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SO WE STAY IN OUR OWN HOMES.
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WE WILL NOT VENTURE OUT AND
SINCE WE WON'T COME, I DON'T
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KNOW, I CAN'T PUT MYSELF IN
THE PLACE OF JESUS, BUT IF I
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TRY TO IMAGINE IT, I CAN'T
IMAGINE MYSELF COMING TO YOUR
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DOOR AFTER SUCH A SACRIFICE.
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I'D WONDER WHAT
WAS WRONG WITH YOU.
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I'D WONDER WHETHER YOU
KNEW WHAT I'D JUST DONE FOR YOU.
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I'D WONDER WHETHER
YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU
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WERE LOST UNTIL I CAME
AND DIED IN YOUR PLACE.
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I'D WONDER WHETHER YOU
UNDERSTOOD THAT WITHOUT MY
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LIVING A PERFECT LIFE,
NOT ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN HEAVEN,
FOR ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
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SAYS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS;
EVERY GOOD THING WE'VE DONE.
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JESUS DID WHAT WE COULD NOT
DO--PUT HIMSELF IN OUR PLACES,
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SO THAT HE COULD PUT US IN HIS
PLACE, AND YET THERE ARE SOME
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WHO DON'T FEEL ANY INCLINATION
TO MOVE TOWARDS JESUS.
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SO WHAT DOES JESUS DO ?
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DOES HE SIT DOWN AND
SAY FORGET ABOUT THEM ?
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
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IF JESUS SAID, "THAT'S IT.
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IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
I CAN'T DO ANY MORE."
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I THINK EVERYONE
WOULD SAY THAT'S JUSTIFIED.
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BUT LOVE DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE IN A NORMAL FASHION.
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LOVE NEVER STOPS GIVING.
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LOVE NEVER STOPS REACHING, AND
UNTIL WE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
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THE LOVE OF JESUS IS LIKE,
WE CANNOT COMPREHEND AT ALL.
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BUT I TELL YOU THIS, IF JESUS
DID ALL HE DID AND THEN COMES
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TO MY DOOR, I GET
ANOTHER PICTURE OF WHO JESUS IS.
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I'LL TELL YOU THAT I THINK I
HAVE AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT JESUS
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GOES THROUGH KNOCKING ON DOORS.
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I SERVED, WHILE I WAS A STUDENT
AT THIS VERY INSTITUTION, I
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WAS WHAT THEY CALLED
THEN A LITERATURE EVANGELIST.
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LET ME BREAK THAT DOWN.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE LISTENING WHO WILL NOT
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UNDERSTAND THE EUPHEMISM.
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WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT
YOU ARE SELLING BOOKS AND
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PERIODICALS DOOR TO DOOR.
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IT'S CALLED A COLD CALL.
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IT'S THE HARDEST THING A
SALESMAN HAS TO DO--TO KNOCK
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ON A DOOR NEVER
HAVING MET THE PEOPLE BEFORE.
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IT TAKES EVERYTHING IN
YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
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EVEN GREAT SALES PEOPLE
ARE RELUCTANT TO TRY IT.
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IN FACT, THESE DAYS
IT ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS.
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SINCE 9/11, PEOPLE DON'T
OPEN THEIR DOORS SO QUICKLY.
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AND SO MOST COMPANIES
HAVE GIVEN UP ON COLD CALLS.
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THERE ARE A FEW STILL OUT THERE.
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IN FACT, I DON'T WANT TO
SOUND BRAGGADOCIOS, BUT I
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THINK I STILL HAVE ENOUGH
LEFT OVER THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE
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TO GET IN A DOOR OR TWO.
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MY FATHER
TAUGHT ME SOME SECRETS.
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HE SAID, "WHEN YOU GO
TO THE DOOR," THIS IS FROM
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ANOTHER ERA OF COURSE.
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HE SAID, "WHEN YOU GO TO
THE DOOR, KNOCK ON IT AND
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THEN STEP BACK, SO THAT
WHEN THEY COME TO THE DOOR AND
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LOOK THROUGH THE PEEP
HOLE, THEY CAN SEE ALL OF YOU.
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THEY CAN SEE THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE A HIDDEN WEAPON.
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THEY CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE A
REGULARLY FORMED HUMAN BEING.
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THEY CAN SEE YOUR SMILE.
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THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT.
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THEY CAN DETERMINE FROM YOUR
BODY LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE NOT
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HARMFUL, AND SO WHEN THEY OPEN
THE DOOR AFTER YOU'VE STEPPED
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BACK, THEN MOVE AS THOUGH
YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN WHETHER
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THEY INVITE YOU OR NOT."
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THE
OLD DAYS, THAT USED TO WORK.
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MANY A TIME I HAD A BIG
TOWERING FIGURE OF A MAN
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JUST OPEN HIS DOOR
BECAUSE I WAS COMING ANYWAY.
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I MOVED LIKE THE DOOR
WASN'T THERE, AND HE'D STEP BACK
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AND LET ME IN.
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AND WHEN I GOT IN HE LOOKED
SURPRISED THAT HE HAD DONE THAT.
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IT WAS PART OF MY METHOD.
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BUT THESE DAYS UNLESS YOU
JUST WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF
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UP TO PUNISHMENT,
UNLESS YOU LOVE REJECTION,
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NOBODY DOES COLD CALLS.
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BUT HERE IS JESUS DOING
THE THING THAT MAKES YOU MOST
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VULNERABLE TO THE REJECTION
OF THOSE WHOM YOU LOVE.
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HE COMES AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR.
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IN FACT, I READ JUST LAST NIGHT
ANOTHER VERSION FROM A SCHOLAR
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WHO HAD STUDIED THE TEXT AND HE
SAYS THAT JESUS NOT ONLY STANDS
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THERE AND KNOCKS, BUT HE
WILL NOT RELENT IN HIS KNOCKING.
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IN FACT, THIS WRITER
SAID JESUS IS WILLING TO LET
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THE DEW WET HIS HAIR.
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IN OTHER WORDS HE'S WILLING
TO KNOCK UNTIL NIGHTFALL.
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HE DOESN'T JUST KNOCK.
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HE CALLS YOUR NAME AT YOUR
DOOR, AND HE DOES IT BECAUSE
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THERE IS NO PRIDE IN HIM THAT IS
GREATER THAN HIS LOVE FOR YOU.
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SO WITH HIS EVERYTHING EXPOSED,
JESUS KNOCKS ON DOORS, AND YOU
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CAN LISTEN TO THIS AS IF IT
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WANT TO,
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE SOUND OF MY
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VOICE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE JESUS KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR.
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HE KNOCKS ON
THESE WORSHIP OCCASIONS.
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HE KNOCKS WHILE YOU'RE
SITTING THERE NONCHALANTLY.
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HE KNOCKS WHILE
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER
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YOUR CLOTHES MATCH.
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HE KNOCKS WHILE YOU
ARE THINKING ABOUT WHO IS
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SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
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HE KNOCKS WHILE YOU'RE NOT
EVEN COMPREHENDING THE DYNAMICS
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OF WORSHIP IN GOD'S HOUSE.
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HE KNOCKS NOT BECAUSE
YOU DESERVE IT; HE KNOCKS
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BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.
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AND HIS LOVE
WILL NOT LET YOU GO.
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FORGIVE ME IF I
AM SHOCKED BY IT.
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I KNOW ME PRETTY WELL.
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THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS
ME BETTER THAN I DO IS GOD.
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BUT IF I KNEW ABOUT
ME, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ME, I
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WOULDN'T KNOCK AT MY DOOR.
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I'M NOT THE ONE YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR TO MAKE UP A PERFECT
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KINGDOM, BUT JESUS, KNOWING
OUR IMPERFECTIONS, UNDERSTANDING
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OUR WEAKNESSES STILL LOVES
US ENOUGH TO EXPOSE HIMSELF TO
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REJECTIONS, AND HE
DOES IT BECAUSE HE LOVES US.
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HE IS IN FACT A SALESMAN.
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I WANT TO GET TO THAT, BUT
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT
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JESUS WANTS TO DO THAT IS
NOT ORDINARY FOR A SALESPERSON.
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THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS
OFFERS TO COME INTO YOUR HOUSE,
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BUT HE KIND OF
WANTS TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
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HE WANTS TO SHARE TIME WITH YOU.
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AND I'M SURE WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU'D
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HAVE TO PUT AWAY IF
JESUS KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.
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IN FACT, MAYBE THAT'S
WHY HE'S KNOCKING SO LONG.
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MAYBE HE HEARS THE
SOUNDS OF REARRANGED FURNITURE.
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MAYBE HE KNOWS THAT THERE
ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN'T
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STAY OUT IN THE OPEN IF
YOU'RE GOING TO LET HIM IN,
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BUT HE'S KNOCKING ANYWAY.
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HE UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU MAY BE
TRYING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT
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HIS LOVE DOES NOT FOCUS ON WHAT
YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE.
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HIS LOVE FOCUSES ON YOU AND
HOW VALUABLE YOU ARE TO HIM.
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SO IT'S NOT THE
THINGS THAT SURROUND YOU.
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IN FACT, HE
ALREADY KNOWS THOSE THINGS.
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HE'S NOT COME TO
YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S AN
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EXAMPLE OF PERFECT LIVING.
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HE'S COME TO YOUR HOUSE
BECAUSE HIS LOVE WILL NOT
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LET HIM LEAVE YOU ALONE.
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AND HE KNOCKS, AND HE
SAYS, "HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
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I'M NOT LIKE A
REGULAR SALESMAN."
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I DON'T WANT TO BURST YOUR
BUBBLE, BUT WHEN YOU ARE AT THE
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MALL AND THE SALESPERSON IS
ACTING LIKE YOU ARE THE ONLY
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HUMAN BEING IN THE UNIVERSE,
AND THEY DO THAT FOR A WHILE.
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ANY GOOD
SALESPERSON WILL FOCUS ON YOU.
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THEY WILL CLOSE OUT THE WORLD
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE
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THE ONLY PERSON WHO EXISTS.
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AT LEAST THAT'S THE
WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FEEL
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IF IT'S A GOOD SALESPERSON.
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AND FOR A MOMENT YOU SAY,
"OH, ISN'T THIS WONDERFUL."
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YOU ARE TRANSPORTED
INTO ANOTHER EXISTENCE.
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YOU'RE IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE.
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AND ALL THEY THINK ABOUT IS YOU.
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"OH, LOOK, THIS
MATCHES YOUR CLOTHING.
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HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ?
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LET'S PUT IT UP NEXT TO YOU.
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ISN'T THAT SOMETHING ?"
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AND PEOPLE ARE ALL
AROUND YOU, BUT THEY DON'T SEE
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THEM; THEY ONLY SEE YOU.
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I HATE TO BURST YOUR
BUBBLE, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T
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CARE ABOUT YOU.
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IT'S THE SALE.
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THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE
FOCUSED ON YOU IS BECAUSE
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YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY.
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IF THEY THOUGHT YOU
DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY, YOU WOULD
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BLEND INTO THE CROWD.
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TRUST ME.
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IN FACT, WHEN THEY THINK YOU
HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY THINK
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A CONTRACT IS ABOUT TO BE
SIGNED, THEN ALL THE FOCUS
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IS THERE, BUT AS SOON
AS THE SALE IS CONSUMMATED,
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YOU WILL DRIFT BACK
INTO THE GRAY OF ANONYMITY.
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YOU DON'T MATTER, BECAUSE ALL
THEY WERE ABOUT WAS THE SALE.
00:14:01.33\00:14:05.53
NOW I HATE TO SAY
THAT ABOUT EVERYBODY.
00:14:05.53\00:14:07.36
THERE MAY BE SOME SALESPERSON
WHO REALLY LIKES YOU,
00:14:07.36\00:14:10.06
BUT I DOUBT IT.
00:14:10.06\00:14:13.16
JESUS IS NOT AN
ORDINARY SALESPERSON.
00:14:13.16\00:14:17.16
HE'S MAKING COLD CALLS, BUT HE
SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO JUST GET
00:14:17.16\00:14:21.06
IN YOUR HOUSE AND SELL SOMETHING
AND GET TO THE NEXT DOOR; I WANT
00:14:21.06\00:14:24.73
TO COME IN AND GET TO KNOW YOU."
00:14:24.73\00:14:26.83
HOW IN THE WORLD, KNOWING AS
MUCH AS HE ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT
00:14:26.83\00:14:31.30
ME, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN HE
WANT TO GET TO KNOW ME BETTER ?
00:14:31.30\00:14:35.56
WHAT IS ABOUT ME THAT
WOULD INTEREST JESUS ?
00:14:35.56\00:14:40.20
AND THE ANSWER IS
STRANGE--HE IS INCLINED TO US.
00:14:40.20\00:14:46.63
THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT DRAWS HIM TO US.
00:14:46.63\00:14:50.76
IT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
00:14:50.76\00:14:53.66
IT'S NOT WHAT WE POSSESS.
00:14:53.66\00:14:56.20
IT'S NOT OUR STATUS.
00:14:56.20\00:14:58.13
IT'S NOT ANY OF THE
THINGS THAT ARE NORMAL.
00:14:58.13\00:15:01.26
IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE PRECIOUS
TO HIM, SO HE IS INCLINED TO
00:15:01.26\00:15:06.16
US NOT BECAUSE OF US,
BUT BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE.
00:15:06.16\00:15:10.83
AND HE SAYS, "I WANT TO COME
IN; I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU."
00:15:10.83\00:15:13.10
NOW THIS NEXT PART IS NOT
GOING TO APPLY TO EVERYBODY.
00:15:13.10\00:15:17.40
HE SAYS, "I WANT
TO EAT WITH YOU."
00:15:17.40\00:15:20.40
THERE ARE CULTURES WHERE
WE KNOW THAT MEALTIME IS NOT
00:15:20.40\00:15:25.16
ONLY ABOUT NUTRITION.
00:15:25.16\00:15:28.46
IN FACT, THE STRUGGLE THAT I'VE
HAD ALL MY LIFE WITH WEIGHT HAS
00:15:28.46\00:15:33.86
MUCH TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT
EATING IS NOT ONLY ABOUT JUST
00:15:33.86\00:15:39.10
KEEPING BODY AND SOUL ALIVE.
00:15:39.10\00:15:42.26
EATING IN THE
COMMUNITY WHERE I GREW UP MEANT
00:15:42.26\00:15:45.56
WAY MORE THAN THAT.
00:15:45.56\00:15:48.43
IT WAS A SOCIAL EVENT.
00:15:48.43\00:15:50.93
MY GRANDFATHER COULD COOK.
00:15:50.93\00:15:53.53
MY GRANDMOTHER COULD COOK.
00:15:53.53\00:15:55.53
MY GRANDMOTHER MADE CORNBREAD
THAT SHE PUT IN AN IRON
00:15:55.53\00:16:00.56
CONTAINER THAT
LOOKED LIKE EARS OF CORN.
00:16:00.56\00:16:04.40
SHE WOULD POUR CORNMEAL LOVINGLY
INTO EACH LITTLE PLACE AND WHEN
00:16:04.40\00:16:08.40
IT POPPED OUT IT LOOKED
LIKE CORNBREAD SHAPED LIKE CORN.
00:16:08.40\00:16:13.13
MY BROTHER AND I
WERE AMAZED AT HER LOVE.
00:16:13.13\00:16:16.36
IN FACT, THERE WERE
TIMES WHEN WE WOULD JUST SIT
00:16:16.36\00:16:18.63
THERE AND WATCH HER COOK.
00:16:18.63\00:16:20.36
I KNOW YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:16:20.36\00:16:22.26
IT'S SOMETHING
FROM DAYS GONE BY.
00:16:22.26\00:16:24.50
THERE'S NOTHING THAT
INTERESTING ABOUT A MICROWAVE
00:16:24.50\00:16:27.13
AND A CAN OPENER.
00:16:27.13\00:16:33.73
BUT FOOD PROCESSORS
NOTWITHSTANDING, I USED
00:16:33.73\00:16:37.73
TO WATCH MY FATHER, MY
MOTHER, MY GRANDFATHER AND
00:16:37.73\00:16:42.73
MY GRANDMOTHER PREPARE
FOOD WITH PERSONAL TOUCH.
00:16:42.73\00:16:49.16
THERE WAS LOVE IN THE PROCESS.
00:16:49.16\00:16:51.70
MY GRANDMOTHER MADE
SOME COOKIES THAT TASTED LIKE
00:16:51.70\00:16:54.06
ANGELS HAD BAKED THEM.
00:16:54.06\00:16:56.23
THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T
THINK THEY DID IS BECAUSE
00:16:56.23\00:16:58.06
I SAW GRANDMOTHER DO IT.
00:16:58.06\00:16:59.86
MY BROTHER AND I WOULD
SIT THERE AND SHE'D SAY,
00:16:59.86\00:17:02.50
"GO OUT AND PLAY."
00:17:02.50\00:17:03.23
WE SAID, "NO."
00:17:03.23\00:17:06.46
SHE'D SAY, "BUT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE READY."
00:17:06.46\00:17:08.03
"WE'LL STAY."
00:17:08.03\00:17:10.40
SHE'D GET THROUGH
MIXING THE BATTER AND WE'D SAY,
00:17:10.40\00:17:13.00
"GRANDMOTHER, CAN I
HAVE IT THIS TIME ?"
00:17:13.00\00:17:18.26
AW, SOMEBODY KNOWS.
00:17:18.26\00:17:26.06
MY BROTHER AND I
WOULD FIGHT OVER THE TURNS.
00:17:26.06\00:17:29.16
WE'D SAY, "MY TURN !
00:17:29.16\00:17:30.26
LEAVE ME SOME."
00:17:30.26\00:17:31.16
"YEAH, OKAY."
00:17:31.16\00:17:33.23
I'LL LEAVE YOU SOME ALL RIGHT.
00:17:33.23\00:17:35.46
WE'D WATCH AND SOMETIMES I'D
SIT THERE AND WATCH MY MOTHER
00:17:35.46\00:17:38.53
AS I NOW WATCH MY WIFE.
00:17:38.53\00:17:41.06
YOU KNOW I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE
SAY THAT SOMEONE IS A GOOD
00:17:41.93\00:17:44.33
COOK, AND THEY GLOSS OVER IT.
00:17:44.33\00:17:47.23
IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD COOK,
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO THINK
00:17:47.23\00:17:50.66
THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS HOW
MUCH YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, BECAUSE
00:17:50.66\00:17:54.53
THERE'S NO JOY IN THIS.
00:17:54.53\00:17:58.80
I'VE SEEN MY WIFE DO THAT
LITTLE THING WHERE YOU HOLD
00:18:01.10\00:18:03.73
IT LIKE THAT--PUT
THAT KNIFE IN FRONT OF IT.
00:18:03.73\00:18:06.16
AND I'M SITTING THERE SAYING,
"LORD, PLEASE DON'T LET HER
00:18:06.16\00:18:08.23
CUT HER FINGERS OFF."
00:18:08.23\00:18:10.03
AND WHAT I'M THINKING
ABOUT IS THAT SHE MUST REALLY
00:18:10.03\00:18:13.43
LOVE US TO GO THROUGH THIS
REPETITIVE, BORING PROCESS.
00:18:13.43\00:18:19.43
YOU'VE GOT TO BE THINKING NOT
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT
00:18:19.43\00:18:22.16
NOW; YOU'VE GOT TO BE THINKING
ABOUT THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
00:18:22.16\00:18:26.30
YOU'VE GOT TO BE IMAGINING WHAT
THE AROMA WILL BE LIKE WHEN ALL
00:18:26.30\00:18:29.26
OF THOSE THINGS COME TOGETHER
AND WHEN A PERSON IS A GOOD
00:18:29.26\00:18:33.93
COOK, THEY KNOW HOW TO LOVE.
00:18:33.93\00:18:37.40
YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE PEOPLE TO
COOK WELL BECAUSE ONLY LOVE CAN
00:18:37.40\00:18:41.70
DRIVE YOU TO DO THOSE THINGS.
00:18:41.70\00:18:43.93
I'VE SEEN THEM.
00:18:43.93\00:18:45.06
IN FACT, A
COUPLE OF TIMES I TRIED.
00:18:45.06\00:18:47.00
SOMEHOW MY LOVE GOT
LOST IN THE PROCESS.
00:18:47.00\00:18:53.10
BUT COOKING MEANS LOVE.
00:18:53.10\00:18:55.96
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT JESUS,
IN HIS CULTURE, UNDERSTANDS
00:18:55.96\00:19:01.53
THAT ONE OF THE MOST INTIMATE
THINGS THAT YOU CAN SHARE
00:19:01.53\00:19:05.10
WITH A FRIEND IS A MEAL ?
00:19:05.10\00:19:08.66
NOW IF YOU'RE NOT PART
OF ONE OF THOSE CULTURES,
00:19:08.66\00:19:11.13
JUST HOLD ON A MINUTE.
00:19:11.13\00:19:12.23
GO AND DO SOMETHING FOR ABOUT
FIVE OR TEN MINUTES, THEN COME
00:19:12.23\00:19:15.36
BACK AND BE WITH US BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER
00:19:15.36\00:19:18.03
UNDERSTOOD THIS AND NEVER WILL.
00:19:18.03\00:19:20.16
THE UPSIDE FOR YOU IS THAT
YOU PROBABLY DON'T STRUGGLE
00:19:20.16\00:19:23.03
WITH YOUR WEIGHT.
00:19:23.03\00:19:24.06
WE WHO KNOW THAT THERE
IS SOMETHING MORE IN FOOD
00:19:24.06\00:19:27.06
THAN NUTRITION KIND OF
WORK WITH THAT, BECAUSE
00:19:27.06\00:19:30.36
THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU
EAT WHEN YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY.
00:19:30.36\00:19:33.63
YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY PHYSICALLY,
BUT YOU'RE HUNGRY EMOTIONALLY.
00:19:33.63\00:19:38.53
YOU'RE HUNGRY SOCIALLY.
00:19:38.53\00:19:40.46
YOU WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING.
00:19:40.46\00:19:41.86
I HAVE SHARED FOOD WITH PEOPLE.
00:19:41.86\00:19:43.46
MY BROTHER IS THE ONE WHO DID
IT MOST BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS
00:19:43.46\00:19:47.40
TOGETHER--WE'RE NOT FAR
APART IN OUR BIRTH DATES, AND SO
00:19:47.40\00:19:50.86
WE'D EAT THINGS AND
NOT HAVE TO USE WORDS.
00:19:50.86\00:19:54.86
WE'D BE EATING SOME SWEET
POTATO PIE--OH, I HOPE YOU
00:19:54.86\00:19:59.26
KNOW WHAT IT TASTES LIKE !
00:19:59.26\00:20:00.60
IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN GO TO
YOUR GROCERY STORE AND FIND
00:20:00.60\00:20:04.23
SOMETHING THAT REMINDS
YOU OF SWEET POTATO PIE.
00:20:04.23\00:20:09.06
IT IS NOT THE GENUINE ARTICLE,
BUT MY BROTHER AND I WOULD
00:20:09.06\00:20:12.36
GET SOME SWEET POTATO
PIE AND SIT AT THE TABLE AND
00:20:12.36\00:20:15.00
LOOK AT EACH OTHER.
00:20:15.00\00:20:21.33
WE'D JUST SAY, "UM !"
00:20:21.33\00:20:24.20
AND THAT HAD A
WHOLE PARAGRAPH IN IT.
00:20:24.20\00:20:28.23
THERE WAS CONNECTION.
00:20:28.23\00:20:30.93
MY MOM WOULD PUT
TOGETHER BEANS AND RICE.
00:20:30.93\00:20:36.10
NOW I KNOW YOU THINK
THAT'S POOR PEOPLE FOOD.
00:20:36.10\00:20:39.33
SO I GUESS I AM STILL VERY POOR,
BECAUSE WHEN MY WIFE PUTS HER
00:20:39.33\00:20:44.06
HAND TO IT--AND THEN LET'S
NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT GREENS.
00:20:44.06\00:20:49.06
SOME OF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH--YOU
00:20:49.06\00:20:51.46
THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT SALAD.
00:20:51.46\00:20:56.30
I'M TALKING ABOUT KALE AND
TURNIPS AND COLLARDS AND--UH !
00:20:56.30\00:21:06.03
ERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN
INTERMINGLE THEM AND PUT THEM
00:21:06.03\00:21:09.96
AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE WITH
JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE AND AFTER
00:21:09.96\00:21:13.93
A WHILE THEY'LL BEGIN TO
DRIVE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND.
00:21:13.93\00:21:17.53
THEY'LL SEEP ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE.
00:21:17.53\00:21:19.50
IN FACT, IF YOU GO TO A
PLACE WHERE A COOK HAS BEEN
00:21:19.50\00:21:22.20
AT WORK, THE AROMA IS
NOT ONLY IN THE KITCHEN IT'S
00:21:22.20\00:21:25.86
IN THE LIVING ROOM DRAPES.
00:21:25.86\00:21:30.16
IT'S IN THE SOFA.
00:21:30.16\00:21:32.00
IT'S IN THE CARPET.
00:21:32.00\00:21:34.03
AND WHEN YOU COME IN
THE HOUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO
00:21:34.03\00:21:35.96
SAY, "ARE YOU HUNGRY ?"
00:21:35.96\00:21:36.93
YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HUNGRY
WHEN YOU CAME IN, BUT SOMETHING
00:21:36.93\00:21:39.80
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET IN THERE.
00:21:39.80\00:21:43.20
AND HERE'S WHAT JESUS IS SAYING!
00:21:43.20\00:21:46.50
"I WANT TO SHARE
THAT PHENOMENON WITH YOU."
00:21:46.50\00:21:50.56
YOU GO LOOK IT UP IF YOU
THINK I'M ADDING SOMETHING
00:21:50.56\00:21:53.20
THAT'S NOT THERE.
00:21:53.20\00:21:54.46
JESUS IS SAYING, "I
DON'T WANT TO JUST PASS THROUGH
00:21:54.46\00:21:57.00
YOUR HOUSE LIKE AN ORDINARY
SALESMAN, I WANT TO SHARE
00:21:57.00\00:22:00.86
SOMETHING INTIMATE WITH YOU !
00:22:00.86\00:22:03.33
AND INCIDENTALLY, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH IN YOUR HOUSE TO
00:22:03.33\00:22:05.83
SHARE, IT JUST SO HAPPENS
THAT JESUS HAS BEEN PROVEN
00:22:05.83\00:22:10.13
TO BE ABLE TO MULTIPLY
WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO EAT.
00:22:10.13\00:22:14.60
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, STARTING
ABOUT VERSE 14 OR 15, YOU
00:22:14.60\00:22:18.43
REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A
CROWD GATHERED LISTENING TO HIM
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.33
PREACH, AND THE DISCIPLES CAME
AND SAID, "LET THEM GO BECAUSE
00:22:21.33\00:22:24.53
THEY'RE GETTING HUNGRY; THEY'RE
GOING TO TURN UGLY ON US."
00:22:24.53\00:22:28.20
JESUS SAID, "DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT; JUST TELL THEM TO SIT
00:22:28.20\00:22:30.53
DOWN IN ORGANIZED FASHION.
00:22:30.53\00:22:33.13
HAVE WE GOT ANYTHING ?"
00:22:33.13\00:22:34.36
THEY SAID, "ALL WE'VE
GOT, JESUS, IS A LITTLE
00:22:34.36\00:22:36.53
BOY WITH A LUNCH.
00:22:36.53\00:22:37.90
HE'S GOT BARLEY
LOAVES AND FISH SPREAD."
00:22:37.90\00:22:40.96
AND HE SAID, "JUST BRING
THAT TO ME AND I'LL THANK
00:22:40.96\00:22:43.26
GOD BEFORE WE BEGIN."
00:22:43.26\00:22:44.83
THEY SAID, "WE ARE IN TROUBLE."
00:22:44.83\00:22:47.33
THEY DID WHISPER
TO THEMSELVES AND SAY,
00:22:47.33\00:22:49.06
"THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
00:22:49.06\00:22:50.66
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE
DISASTER THAT IS UPON US."
00:22:50.66\00:22:53.93
AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS
THAT JESUS HAD ALREADY THANKED
00:22:53.93\00:22:56.46
HIS FATHER FOR MULTIPLYING
A LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH.
00:22:56.46\00:23:00.36
I WISH I HAD BEEN THERE; I
WISH I COULD HAVE SAT THERE AND
00:23:00.36\00:23:03.60
WATCHED HIS HANDS AS HE BROKE
THOSE BARLEY LOAVES AND SAID,
00:23:03.60\00:23:07.26
"BRING ME ANOTHER BASKET."
00:23:07.26\00:23:09.73
AND HE KEPT BREAKING--"BRING
ME ANOTHER BASKET," UNTIL ALL OF
00:23:09.73\00:23:13.80
THOSE MEN AND THEIR WIVES AND
THEIR CHILDREN, SOME ESTIMATE
00:23:13.80\00:23:17.50
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND HUMAN
BEINGS, ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN
00:23:17.50\00:23:21.90
FILLED AND THERE WERE BASKETS
FULL LEFT OVER, SO IF YOU INVITE
00:23:21.90\00:23:26.30
JESUS TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY WHETHER YOU'RE
00:23:26.30\00:23:29.13
GOING TO RUN OUT OF FOOD.
00:23:29.13\00:23:29.96
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY,
"JESUS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH."
00:23:29.96\00:23:32.90
LET HIM BREAK UP A FEW THINGS.
00:23:32.90\00:23:37.86
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY THAT YOUR SKILL IN THE
00:23:37.86\00:23:40.06
KITCHEN IS NOT ENOUGH.
00:23:40.06\00:23:42.43
YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE
DISCIPLES CAME BACK FROM FISHING
00:23:42.43\00:23:45.73
ONE DAY, LOOKED AT THE SHORE
AND SAW FOOD THAT WAS ALREADY
00:23:45.73\00:23:55.90
COOKED, A FIRE THAT WAS
LIT, AND THERE WAS A MEAL THAT
00:23:55.90\00:24:01.26
WAS READY TO BE EATEN.
00:24:01.26\00:24:02.86
AND WHEN THEY LOOKED AROUND
TO SEE WHO MIGHT HAVE COOKED IT,
00:24:02.86\00:24:06.06
THE ONLY ONE THERE WAS JESUS.
00:24:06.06\00:24:08.80
SO IF YOU CAN'T COOK,
BRING HIM IN THE KITCHEN.
00:24:08.80\00:24:14.43
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
SKILL, HE CAN HELP YOU THERE.
00:24:14.43\00:24:18.03
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
QUANTITY, HE CAN HELP YOU THERE.
00:24:18.03\00:24:21.50
BUT WHAT JESUS SAYS IS, "FORGET
ABOUT THE PROCESS; LET'S ENJOY
00:24:21.50\00:24:25.90
TOGETHER AS MEALTIME COMES."
00:24:25.90\00:24:31.43
THE SCHOLARS SAY HE'S
NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME SNACK.
00:24:31.43\00:24:35.26
HE WANTS TO COME
AT THE EVENING MEAL.
00:24:35.26\00:24:38.23
HE WANTS THE CHIEF MEAL
AND HE WANTS TO SIT THERE.
00:24:38.23\00:24:41.63
WHAT MUST IT BE LIKE TO
LOOK ACROSS A TABLE INTO THE
00:24:41.63\00:24:44.96
EYES OF JESUS AND WATCH
HIM TASTE SOMETHING AND NOD
00:24:44.96\00:24:49.96
HIS HEAD APPROVINGLY ?
00:24:49.96\00:24:52.23
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE
IT TASTE A LOT BETTER ?
00:24:52.23\00:24:55.13
NOW, YOU THINK I'M
MAKING TOO MUCH OF IT ?
00:24:55.13\00:24:57.03
I AM NOT.
00:24:57.03\00:24:59.13
WHAT JESUS WANTS WITH US, AND
I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU WITH ALL
00:24:59.13\00:25:03.96
OF YOUR FLAWS; YOU WITH
ALL OF YOUR HIDDEN WEAKNESSES.
00:25:03.96\00:25:09.83
WE TRY TO HIDE FROM CHRIST
THAT WHICH HE SEES SO EASILY.
00:25:09.83\00:25:14.50
AND ALL HE ASKS IS THAT
YOU LET HIM IN, AND HE CAN MAKE
00:25:14.50\00:25:19.20
UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
00:25:19.20\00:25:21.20
THE MEAL WILL BE THE BEST THAT
YOU'VE EVER TASTED IF YOU LET
00:25:21.20\00:25:23.83
HIM GET INVOLVED, AND THEN
YOU'LL SIT THERE TOGETHER AND
00:25:23.83\00:25:28.03
THE INTIMACY OF A MEAL WILL
DRAW YOU TOGETHER WITH JESUS.
00:25:28.03\00:25:32.86
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU
HAVE REQUESTED; IT'S WHAT
00:25:32.86\00:25:36.70
JESUS WANTS.
00:25:36.70\00:25:38.96
NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU'VE
GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT COLD
00:25:38.96\00:25:45.10
CALL SALES ARE STILL DIFFICULT.
00:25:45.10\00:25:47.96
IN FACT, THIS IS WHAT AMAZES
ME WHEN I LOOK AT THE STORY.
00:25:47.96\00:25:54.30
JESUS COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE
TO SHOW THAT HE KNOCKS ON DOORS.
00:25:54.30\00:25:59.40
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR PASSAGE, YOU
00:25:59.40\00:26:02.26
DISCOVER THAT HE HAS COME
TO A CITY CALLED LAODICEA.
00:26:02.26\00:26:08.83
LAODICEA IS NOT THE
TOWN YOU WANT TO VISIT.
00:26:08.83\00:26:14.83
Announcer: JOIN US NEXT
TIME ON BREATH OF LIFE FOR MORE
00:26:14.83\00:26:17.83
OF PASTOR PEARSON'S
MESSAGE ENTITLED HOUSE CALLS.
00:26:17.83\00:26:22.36
TWO THOUSAND YEARS
AGO, JESUS DID SOMETHING
00:26:26.60\00:26:28.60
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.
00:26:28.60\00:26:29.96
HE GOT UP ON A CROSS
AT CALVARY, AND DIED.
00:26:29.96\00:26:32.90
THAT DAY, YOU WERE ON HIS MIND.
00:26:32.90\00:26:35.53
OUR OFFER THIS
WEEK, IS MAX LUCADO'S,
00:26:35.53\00:26:37.86
"HE DID THIS JUST FOR YOU."
00:26:37.86\00:26:39.46
THIS EASY TO READ,
ENTERTAINING AND INSPIRING
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.70
BOOK, REVEALS WHAT
GOD DID TO WIN YOUR HEART.
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.96
LET MAX LUCADO
BEAUTIFULLY LAY OUT THE WAY HOME
00:26:44.96\00:26:48.43
TO OUR HEAVENLY
FATHER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST,
00:26:48.43\00:26:50.66
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
00:26:50.66\00:26:52.16
CALL TODAY AND ASK FOR
"HE DID THIS JUST FOR YOU."
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IT'S YOURS FOR A GIFT
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