Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ABOUT
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JESUS ENTITLED HOUSE CALLS.
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(theme music)
WP: JESUS COULD HAVE
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GONE ANYWHERE TO SHOW
THAT HE KNOCKS ON DOORS.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR PASSAGE, YOU
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DISCOVER THAT HE HAS COME
TO A CITY CALLED LAODICEA.
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LAODICEA IS NOT THE
TOWN YOU WANT TO VISIT.
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LAODICEA IS NOT THE STATE
OF THE CHURCH AT ITS BEST.
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IN FACT, THERE ARE
SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION.
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THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO
THIS PASSAGE THAT ANYONE WILL
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BE ABLE TO FIND IT: EPHESUS,
SMYRNA, PERGAMUM, THYATIRA,
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SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, LAODICEA.
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AND THERE ARE SOME OF THESE
TIMES, BECAUSE EVERY NAME OF
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A CHURCH REPRESENTS A
TIME DURING THE HISTORY OF THE
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CHURCH, ALL THE WAY FROM
THE BEGINNING TO THE VERY END.
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AND IF JESUS WANTED TO GO
TO THE BEST PLACE WITH THE
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GREATEST POSSIBILITIES, HE WOULD
NOT HAVE STARTED KNOCKING ON
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DOORS IN THE CITY OF LAODICEA.
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AND INCIDENTALLY, THERE WAS,
IN FACT, A CITY, A VERY REAL
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CITY, NAMED LAODICEA.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT
WAS KNOWN FOR WAS ITS EYE SALVE;
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I'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
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IT WAS A PLACE WHERE ITS
MAIN PRODUCT WAS BLACK WOOL.
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YOU KNOW I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE,
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BUT I WILL PASS IT BY.
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WHEN ANYTHING BLACK POPS
UP, I WANT TO GET IN THERE AND
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CONNECT WITH IT, BUT I'VE
GOT TO MOVE, SO HERE I GO.
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YOU JUST REMEMBER
WHAT I MIGHT HAVE SAID.
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IN LAODICEA THEY BELIEVE
THAT THERE WAS A VAST WALL
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AND A MARBLE THEATER.
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IN FACT, IT WAS PROBABLY BUILT
ON SEVEN HILLS, LIKE ROME WAS.
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IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CITY,
BUT IT WAS NOT KNOWN FOR BEING
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A GREAT TIME IN HISTORY.
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LAODICEANS HAD ONE ATTRIBUTE
THAT MADE JESUS HAVE A HARD
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TIME DEALING WITH THEM.
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JESUS SAID TO
LAODICEA, "YOU ARE LUKEWARM."
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
GREW UP IN A HOUSE THAT DID NOT
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HAVE FULL MEDICAL COVERAGE.
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I'M GIVING YOU A
MINUTE TO CATCH ME.
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YOU KNOW THERE ARE HOUSES NOW
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY;
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YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF
COVERAGE AND IF SOMETHING
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HAPPENS YOU JUST DIAL A
NUMBER OR YOU RUSH SOMEBODY
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OFF TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
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YOUR HMO OR WHOEVER
IT IS WILL MAKE SURE THAT
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YOU ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
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WE WERE UNDER THE GRACE PLAN.
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I REMEMBER WHEN MY
BROTHER AND I WOULD GET HURT AND
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HAVE DISEASES, AND YOU
WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY WOULD
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CALL THE HOSPITAL, BUT NOBODY
HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THE
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BILL, SO MY MOM AND DAD
WOULD COME UP WITH REMEDIES.
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SOMETIMES I WAS SHOCKED;
SOMETIMES I PRAYED, "LORD, HELP
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US, THIS DOES NOT SEEM, EVEN TO
ME, TO BE AN ADEQUATE REMEDY."
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BUT IF GOD KNOWS YOU
DON'T HAVE IT, GOD STEPS IN AND
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MAKES UP FOR IT.
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THERE WERE A LOT OF
TIMES WHEN MY PARENTS' HOME
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REMEDIES WORKED !
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I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SCARS
THAT I WOULD NOT ORDINARILY HAVE
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BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLASTIC
SURGERY AFTER THE WOUND, BUT
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I'M STILL ALIVE AND I'M
STILL FUNCTIONING BECAUSE GOD
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WAS IN THAT PROCESS.
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THE FACT IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
UNDER THIS COVERAGE WITH JESUS,
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AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT CHRIST CAN MAKE UP FOR IT.
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THAT I'M LOOKING NOW AT FAMILIES
WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT
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JESUS WOULD COME IN EVEN TO
LAODICEANS, WHO WERE LUKEWARM.
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THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE
GOT SICK AND MY MOM KNEW HOW
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TO--LET ME PUT THIS IN A
PRETTY WAY--KNEW HOW TO HELP
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US EXPECTORATE THE
POISONOUS SUBSTANCE.
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IS THAT PRETTY ENOUGH ?
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MAY HAVE TO NUDGE
SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM WHAT
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I'M TALKING ABOUT.
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SO, SHE WOULD SAY,
"DRINK THIS WATER..."
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SHE SAID "THAT WATER WILL
TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM."
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IT WOULD BE LUKEWARM WATER.
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IT MAKES YOU
SICK AT THE STOMACH.
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JESUS SAID, "LAODICEA,
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
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YOU THAT I DON'T LIKE.
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YOU'RE NOT COLD; YOU'RE NOT HOT.
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INCIDENTALLY, THE
CHURCH OF LAODICEA IS NOW.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO GET ANGRY
WITH ME, THIS IS THE MOMENT.
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I AM NOW PREACHING SOMETHING
THAT YOU PROBABLY WON'T LIKE
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BECAUSE IT IS ADDRESSED TO US !
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I WISH THAT I WERE NOT
IN THE PERIOD OF LAODICEA.
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I WISH I WEREN'T IN THIS TIME
PERIOD THAT'S REPRESENTED BY
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LUKEWARMNESS, BUT I AM.
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I'M A PREACHER TO THE
CHURCH OF LAODICEA; I'M A MEMBER
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OF THE LAODICEAN CHURCH.
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I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT
YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF IT.
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IT'S NOT A PLACE YOU CAN LEAVE.
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IF I WERE TO MOVE I'D
SAY, "SEND ME TO PHILADELPHIA."
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PHILADELPHIA'S
CHURCH WAS BEAUTIFUL.
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THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL
SAID THAT WAS NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
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EVERYTHING WAS
WRONG WITH LAODICEA.
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NOTHING WAS WRONG
WITH PHILADELPHIA.
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AND SO IF I COULD MOVE
FROM ONE CHURCH TO ANOTHER,
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IF I COULD PULL MYSELF OUT
OF TIME AND PUT MYSELF SOMEWHERE
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ELSE, I'D PUT MYSELF IN
THE PERIOD OF PHILADELPHIA.
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IN FACT, IF I WERE JESUS
AND I WANTED TO KNOCK ON DOORS,
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I'D GO TO PHILADELPHIA AND
KNOCK ON DOORS, BECAUSE YOU
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KNOCK ON DOORS IN PHILADELPHIA,
YOU'RE LIABLE TO GET A
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WONDERFUL RESPONSE.
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SOMEBODY IS LIABLE TO
COME TO THE DOOR AND SAY, "OH,
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JESUS, WHY DID YOU KNOCK ?
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WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LET US KNOW
WHEN YOU WERE COMING; WE'D HAVE
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HAD THE DOOR OPEN ALREADY.
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COME ON IN.
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COME, WE'LL HAVE A
WONDERFUL TIME TOGETHER."
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THAT'S PHILADELPHIA.
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BUT LAODICEA IS NOT ONLY
LUKEWARM; INCIDENTALLY, WHAT IT
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MEANS IS THAT YOU'RE NOT COLD,
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVEN'T
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TURNED AWAY FROM RELIGION,
AND YOU'RE NOT HOT--I WISH
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I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOT !
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I GO TO PREACH IN PLACES
WHERE THE FOLKS ARE HOT, AND ALL
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YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEY SHOUT.
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I PASTORED A CHURCH LIKE
THAT ONE TIME; IT WAS SHEER JOY.
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I WOULD GET UP AND SAY, "WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE PRAYER MEETING
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THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT."
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AND THEY SAY, "YES, HALLELUJAH!"
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I TOLD MY WIFE, "I HOPE
THEY NEVER MOVE US FROM HERE.
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I LOVE THIS CHURCH !
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THESE FOLK ARE EXCITED.
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I'D WATCH THEM AS THEY
WERE ON THE WAY TO WORSHIP, AND
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SOMETIMES I'D HAVE A C-CLASS
SERMON READY TO PREACH, BUT
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AS I WATCHED THEM GOING ON
THE WAY TO CHURCH AND LOOKED AT
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THE EXCITEMENT IN THEIR EYES
AND THE EXPECTATION IN THEIR
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BODY LANGUAGE, I'D GO TO MY
STUDY AND UP-GRADE MY SERMON
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BEFORE I GOT TO THE PULPIT,
BECAUSE I KNEW THEY DESERVED
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BETTER THAN I HAD BROUGHT.
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THEY WERE HOT !
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THEY LOVED JESUS AND WERE NOT
ASHAMED TO LET THE WORLD KNOW.
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WELL, WHAT THE LORD SAYS
ABOUT LAODICEA IS, "YOU'RE
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NOT HOT; YOU'RE NOT
COLD; YOU'RE SOMEWHERE IN
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THE MEDIOCRE MIDDLE."
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
THINK IT'S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE,
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YOU SOUND HOT; MOST OF
THE TIME YOU SOUND COLD.
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BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NEITHER
HOT NOR COLD, AND THESE ARE
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JESUS' WORDS, "I'LL
SPEW YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE
CONNECTED WITH YOU."
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MY FRIENDS, THERE IS NOTHING
WORSE THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD
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IN LAODICEA.
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LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT LAODICEA BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
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TO TOWNS THAT WERE LIKE THIS.
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LAODICEA WAS POOR, WRETCHED,
BLIND AND NAKED, BUT THEIR
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PERCEPTION OF
THEMSELVES WAS THE OPPOSITE.
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THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS
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AND IN NEED OF NOTHING.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE
A WORSE SITUATION ?
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I MET A MAN ONE TIME WHO
HAD LIVED IN A TOWN, WHICH SHALL
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BE NAMELESS, AND HE
SAID, "PASTOR, IF YOU EVER NEED
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ANYTHING IN THIS CITY, DON'T
EVER ASK THE PEOPLE WHO SEEM
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TO HAVE ANYTHING,
BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY FACADE."
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I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?"
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HE SAID, "YOU SEE
THOSE BMW'S THEY DRIVE ?
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THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM."
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HE SAID, "IN FACT, IF THEY
WERE TO TRY TO LOAN YOU TEN
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DOLLARS, IT WOULD TAKE
THEIR BUDGET OUT OF WHACK."
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HE SAID, "THEY'VE GOT BIG
HOUSES, BUT NOTHING'S IN THEM.
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THEY'VE GOT ON CLOTHES THAT LOOK
GOOD, BUT THEIR CREDIT CARDS
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ARE OVERCHARGED TO GET THEM."
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AND WHEN YOU GET IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT,
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YOU HAVE FOUND
YOURSELF IN HORRIBLE TERRITORY.
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SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE
DOOR IN ONE OF THOSE HOUSES,
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THEY'RE ALREADY MAD BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS.
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YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND THEY
SAY, "WHO IS THAT OUT THERE ?
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SOMEBODY SELLING SOMETHING."
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AND YOU CAN SEE THE
LIGHT CHANGE IN THE PEEPHOLE.
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YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S ON THE OTHER
SIDE; YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM.
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YOU SEE THE BLINDS
MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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SO YOU KNOW
THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU.
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YOU STEP BACK, TRY MY
DADDY'S MOVE; IT DOESN'T WORK.
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IF YOU WOULD HAVE
STEPPED BACK TO THE CURB, THEY
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STILL WOULDN'T LET YOU IN.
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THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING
YOU'VE GOT, I DON'T CARE
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WHAT IT IS, IF YOU'RE
SELLING TEN DOLLAR CADILLACS,
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THEY CAN'T AFFORD ONE.
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SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU IN THERE.
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IF YOU GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE
THAT YOU ARE IN TROUBLE, AND YET
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WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU TODAY
IS THAT JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE
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THE CHURCH AT ITS BEST
TIME TO COME KNOCKING ON DOORS.
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IF I HAD CHOSEN I'D HAVE
GONE TO SMYRNA, PREFERABLY
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TO PHILADELPHIA,
BUT NEVER TO LAODICEA.
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AND YET IT IS IN OUR TIME !
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AND LET'S FACE IT;
WE ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE
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BIBLE SAYS WE ARE LIKE.
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WE HATE TO ADMIT IT; WE
ALWAYS WANT TO SAY, "LOOK AT ALL
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THESE LAODICEANS AROUND ME."
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WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF YOU HAD
A MIRROR WITH YOU, SO YOU COULD
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LOOK AT ANOTHER LAODICEAN ?
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WE KNOW THAT SPIRITUALLY
WE ARE BLIND, BECAUSE IF
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WE WEREN'T BLIND, WE'D
SEE OURSELVES AS WE ARE.
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MAYBE THE LORD GIVES US THE
LUXURY OF NOT SEEING EVERYTHING
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ABOUT OURSELVES AT ONE TIME.
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WE MIGHT BE TOO DEPRESSED
TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE ARE
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CERTAINLY NOT ABLE TO SEE.
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SO, THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU
GO TO LAODICEA, BUY THAT EYE
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SALVE THAT THEY HAVE; THEY
SPECIALIZE IN IT, GET THAT.
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JESUS SAYS, "WHEN I
COME INTO YOUR HOUSE I KNOW
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WHAT YOUR PROBLEMS ARE.
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YOU'RE POOR BUT
YOU DON'T KNOW IT."
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THERE'S NOBODY SO EXASPERATING
AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BROKE,
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BUT THEY WON'T ADMIT IT.
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YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE BROKE,
YOU OUGHT TO JUST GO AHEAD
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AND CLAIM IT; EMBRACE IT.
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RETURN A FAITHFUL TITHE AND SEE
WHAT GOD CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT
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DON'T GO AROUND PRETENDING THAT
YOU'RE WEALTHY; IT'S TOO MUCH OF
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A STRAIN ON YOUR PERSONALITY.
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YOU GO TO PLACES WITH FOLK
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE
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WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE BILL.
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YOU CAN BARELY EAT; YOU ALMOST
GET INDIGESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE
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TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO'S GOING TO PICK UP THE TAB.
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I KNOW, MY WIFE AND I
HAVE BEEN TO PLACES LIKE THAT
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WHERE THE MENU WAS
COVERED IN PEWTER AND WE KNEW WE
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SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.
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IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE ALIVE
PLAYING A ANO, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
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NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
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I'VE NUDGED MY WIFE MANY
A TIME AND SAID, "BABY, WHAT
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ARE WE GOING TO EAT ?"
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SHE SAYS, "TELL YOU WHAT,
LET'S SAY WE'RE NOT HUNGRY
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AND GET SOME SALAD."
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"THINK I'VE GOT
ENOUGH TO DO THE SALAD."
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SO WHEN THEY COME TO
ASK, "WHAT WILL YOU HAVE ?"
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"AH, I'M NOT THAT
HUNGRY; HOW ABOUT A SALAD."
00:13:06.46\00:13:10.13
"WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK ?"
00:13:10.13\00:13:11.96
"AH, WATER WITH LEMON."
00:13:11.96\00:13:18.50
IT'S A STRAIN TO ACT
LIKE SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT !
00:13:18.50\00:13:23.23
IN FACT, I REMEMBER ONE TIME
GOING OUT WITH A COUPLE THAT WAS
00:13:23.23\00:13:25.66
DOING QUITE WELL, BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW WHETHER THEY WOULD PAY THE
00:13:25.66\00:13:28.66
BILL OR NOT, SO WE GOT SALAD AND
WATER WITH LEMON, AND THEN WE
00:13:28.66\00:13:31.76
GOT ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND
THEY SAID, "OH, I FORGOT TO TELL
00:13:31.76\00:13:37.70
YOU, WE'RE PICKING UP THE TAB."
00:13:37.70\00:13:41.90
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO
REWIND; GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING
00:13:41.90\00:13:47.60
SO I COULD EAT SOME OF
THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT
00:13:47.60\00:13:51.00
I SAW ON THE MENU.
00:13:51.00\00:13:53.10
IT'S A STRAIN ACTING
LIKE WHAT YOU'RE NOT.
00:13:53.10\00:13:57.83
BUT WE, LAODICEA,
ACT LIKE WHAT WE'RE NOT.
00:13:57.83\00:14:03.66
WE'RE ALWAYS AROUND
SMILING, STYLING AND PROFILING.
00:14:03.66\00:14:11.36
EVEN ON SABBATH WE HAVE
OUR SABBATH MODULE PLUGGED IN.
00:14:11.36\00:14:16.70
WE DRIVE UP WITH
THE CAR JUST WASHED.
00:14:16.70\00:14:20.33
WE GET OUT OF IT AND IF
IT'S STILL LOOKING FAIRLY GOOD,
00:14:20.33\00:14:23.40
WE MAKE SURE SOMEBODY SEES
US--OPEN THE DOOR A COUPLE OF
00:14:23.40\00:14:27.90
TIMES AND SLAM IT AGAIN.
00:14:27.90\00:14:33.00
"OH, YOU'VE GOT A NEW CAR !"
00:14:33.00\00:14:34.20
"OH, JUST NOTHING; SOMETHING
TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
00:14:34.20\00:14:42.60
AND YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR BEST,
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO REPEAT
00:14:42.60\00:14:45.96
TOO MANY TIMES, SO MAYBE YOU
OUGHT TO GO HERE THIS WEEKEND
00:14:45.96\00:14:49.73
AND THERE NEXT WEEKEND
AND THERE NEXT WEEKEND AND
00:14:49.73\00:14:52.43
HOPE NOBODY FOLLOWS
YOU SO THEY'LL NEVER KNOW
00:14:52.43\00:14:55.10
YOU'VE GOT ON THE SAME SUIT.
00:14:55.10\00:14:58.76
BUT IT WEIGHS DOWN ON YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO BE
00:14:58.76\00:15:01.73
SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT.
00:15:01.73\00:15:03.60
AND HERE IS WHAT JESUS SAYS,
"IF YOU LET ME IN YOUR HOUSE,
00:15:03.60\00:15:10.76
I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
00:15:10.76\00:15:12.43
YOU'RE BROKE !
00:15:12.43\00:15:14.56
I WILL GIVE YOU GOLD
THAT'S TRIED INTO FIRE.
00:15:14.56\00:15:19.10
THAT'S WHAT I'VE COME
TO PROFER; THAT'S WHAT I'VE
00:15:19.10\00:15:22.76
COME TO OFFER TO YOU."
00:15:22.76\00:15:24.23
AND WHAT THAT GOLD REPRESENTS
IS THE FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE.
00:15:24.23\00:15:30.23
JESUS, ONCE HE'S IN
YOUR HOUSE, ONCE YOU'VE HAD
00:15:30.23\00:15:33.46
THE MEAL, HE SAYS, "I
WANT TO OFFER YOU SOME THINGS.
00:15:33.46\00:15:36.90
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
GOLD THAT'S TRIED."
00:15:36.90\00:15:39.23
FIRED IN THE FIRE IS
HOW IT LITERALLY READS.
00:15:39.23\00:15:43.13
"I WANT TO GIVE YOU A GARMENT
THAT YOU COULD NEVER AFFORD.
00:15:43.13\00:15:46.76
IN YOUR TOWN ALMOST EVERYTHING
YOU CAN BUY IS MADE OF BLACK
00:15:46.76\00:15:50.56
WOOL BECAUSE THAT IS THE
PRIME PRODUCT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
00:15:50.56\00:15:55.40
AND SO I WILL NOT GIVE YOU
WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WEARS."
00:15:55.40\00:15:58.86
AND TRUST ME, THIS IS NOT A
MATTER OF DIFFERENCE IN COLOR;
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IT'S DIFFERENCE IN THE MAKER.
00:16:02.20\00:16:04.60
JESUS SAYS, "I DO NOT
OFFER YOU CLOTHES THAT ARE
00:16:04.60\00:16:06.96
MADE IN YOUR TOWN.
00:16:06.96\00:16:09.16
I OFFER YOU CLOTHES THAT
WERE MADE ON THE LOOM OF HEAVEN.
00:16:09.16\00:16:13.06
I OFFER YOU
SOMETHING THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY.
00:16:13.06\00:16:16.16
I'VE COME TO BRING YOU
SOMETHING TO COVER YOUR
00:16:16.16\00:16:19.23
SPIRITUAL NAKEDNESS.
00:16:19.23\00:16:21.83
I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU EYE SALVE;
YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU ARE !"
00:16:21.83\00:16:26.86
IN FACT, ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY JESUS IS KNOCKING ON THE
00:16:26.86\00:16:29.76
DOOR OF YOUR HEART AND MINE,
TODAY, BECAUSE HE SEES IN US
00:16:29.76\00:16:35.00
FLAWS THAT WILL
DISQUALIFY US TO LIVE IN HEAVEN.
00:16:35.00\00:16:39.53
AND HE WANTS TO CORRECT THEM
BEFORE GOD HAS TO REJECT US.
00:16:39.53\00:16:44.63
HE PRESSES TO
GET INTO THE HOUSE.
00:16:44.63\00:16:47.70
HE SAYS, "I'LL GIVE YOU
GOLD THAT'S FIRED IN THE FIRE.
00:16:47.70\00:16:51.03
I'LL GIVE YOU GARMENTS
THAT ARE NOT MADE IN THIS
00:16:51.03\00:16:55.10
TOWN; NOT MADE ON THIS EARTH;
NOT MADE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
00:16:55.10\00:17:01.00
I'LL GIVE YOU CLOTHING THAT WAS
MADE FOR YOU BY DIVINE POWER.
00:17:01.00\00:17:07.46
"I'LL GIVE YOU EYE
SALVE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE.
00:17:07.46\00:17:12.23
I WANT TO MAKE A PERFECT PRODUCT
OF IT, AND WHEN I LEAVE I DON'T
00:17:12.23\00:17:17.36
WANT ANY OF THE DEFICIENCIES
THAT YOU HAD THAT WOULD
00:17:17.36\00:17:21.10
DISQUALIFY YOU FOR
HEAVEN TO STILL BE HERE.
00:17:21.10\00:17:25.23
"SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT.
00:17:25.23\00:17:26.93
LET'S TALK FOR A WHILE.
00:17:26.93\00:17:29.46
LET'S EAT."
00:17:29.46\00:17:31.20
I FORGOT TO PUT IN SWISS CHARD.
00:17:31.20\00:17:35.80
A FEW OF US HAVE
KIND OF CAUGHT ON TO THAT.
00:17:35.80\00:17:38.63
HE SAID, "WASN'T THAT GOOD ?
00:17:38.63\00:17:40.13
I LIKE THAT MIXTURE WITH
THE SWISS CHARD MIXED IN.
00:17:40.13\00:17:44.26
IT WAS A WONDERFUL MEAL,
BUT NOW THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE
00:17:44.26\00:17:47.90
GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
00:17:47.90\00:17:50.10
I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE POOR.
00:17:50.10\00:17:54.03
I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE NAKED.
00:17:54.03\00:17:58.40
I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE BLIND.
00:17:58.40\00:18:01.83
AND I DIDN'T
COME TO CRITICIZE YOU.
00:18:01.83\00:18:04.83
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I BROUGHT.
00:18:04.83\00:18:08.16
HERE IS A BAR OF GOLD.
00:18:08.16\00:18:11.46
IT'S FIRED IN THE FIRE.
00:18:11.46\00:18:13.66
IT'S PURE.
00:18:13.66\00:18:15.06
I CAN LEAVE THIS WITH YOU.
00:18:15.06\00:18:18.13
I'VE GOT A GARMENT; I
DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER SEEN
00:18:18.13\00:18:20.60
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
00:18:20.60\00:18:21.63
IN FACT, I BROUGHT
SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
00:18:21.63\00:18:23.70
COULD I SHOW THEM TO YOU ?
00:18:23.70\00:18:24.90
AND HE PULLS THEM OUT AND
SAYS, "HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT.
00:18:24.90\00:18:27.33
IT'S YOUR SIZE.
00:18:27.33\00:18:28.30
WE ALREADY DID OUR
INVESTIGATIONS AND OUR RESEARCH.
00:18:28.30\00:18:32.36
IT'S JUST PERFECT FOR
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
00:18:32.36\00:18:35.60
I'VE GOT EYE SALVE; IN
FACT YOU COULD USE SOME NOW.
00:18:35.60\00:18:38.10
TRY IT.
00:18:38.10\00:18:39.96
YOU PUT IT IN YOUR EYES
RIGHT NOW AND JUST A LITTLE TINY
00:18:39.96\00:18:43.93
MASSAGE, AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'LL SEE
00:18:43.93\00:18:48.16
THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.
00:18:48.16\00:18:50.86
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU'RE NAKED,
BUT AS SOON AS YOU DO, YOU CAN
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GRAB THE GARMENT THAT I
BROUGHT THAT IS JUST YOUR SIZE.
00:18:54.60\00:18:59.40
"GO IN YOUR BEDROOM AND PUT
IT ON, AND COME BACK OUT AND
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LET'S SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
00:19:03.03\00:19:05.03
YOU'RE WHOLE PROBLEM HAS BEEN
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
00:19:05.03\00:19:08.76
MAKE YOU FEEL SECURE, BUT MY
GOLD, FIRED IN THE FIRE, WILL
00:19:08.76\00:19:14.16
TAKE AWAY YOUR POVERTY, AND I
HAVE COME TO BRING THAT FOR YOU.
00:19:14.16\00:19:19.60
SO I NOT ONLY CAME TO KNOW
YOU AND LET YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
00:19:19.60\00:19:24.56
I NOT ONLY CAME TO BE INTIMATE
WITH YOU WITH A MEAL, BUT I
00:19:24.56\00:19:28.83
CAME TO SOLVE EVERY
SPIRITUAL DILEMMA YOU HAVE."
00:19:28.83\00:19:34.23
WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY
IS THAT WHILE YOU THOUGHT THAT
00:19:34.23\00:19:38.63
CHRISTIANITY WAS ABOUT
GOING OUT AND CHANGING YOURSELF.
00:19:38.63\00:19:43.80
YOU THOUGHT THAT SOME
BOOK AT AMAZON.COM WOULD CHANGE
00:19:43.80\00:19:47.23
YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
00:19:47.23\00:19:49.23
I'M NOT ANGRY WITH READING
SELF-HELP BOOKS, BUT NOBODY
00:19:49.23\00:19:55.26
CAN CHANGE HIMSELF OR HERSELF.
00:19:55.26\00:19:59.26
NOTHING OUTSIDE OF YOU CAN MAKE
YOU WHAT JESUS WANTS YOU TO BE
00:19:59.26\00:20:05.83
UNTIL JESUS KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR.
00:20:05.83\00:20:08.26
AND WHEN KNOCKS HE
COMES IN, HE PUTS YOU AT EASE;
00:20:08.96\00:20:15.80
HE SHARES INTIMACY AND
THEN HE GETS DOWN TO THE
00:20:15.80\00:20:19.66
REAL THINGS THAT YOU COULD
NEVER PROVIDE FOR YOURSELF.
00:20:19.66\00:20:23.83
HE BROUGHT YOU GOLD.
00:20:24.43\00:20:26.50
HE BROUGHT YOU CLOTHES.
00:20:26.50\00:20:28.50
HE BROUGHT YOU EYE SALVE.
00:20:28.50\00:20:30.73
HE BROUGHT EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO BE READY TO GO TO HEAVEN.
00:20:30.73\00:20:36.00
AND HE WANTS TO MAKE THE
CHANGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.36
IF YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ?
00:20:39.36\00:20:42.83
(audience: amen) SO
INSTEAD OF YOU CHASING
00:20:42.83\00:20:47.43
HIM, FOLKS, IF THE ONLY
PEOPLE WHO WENT TO HEAVEN
00:20:47.43\00:20:51.10
WERE PEOPLE WHO CHASED
JESUS, HEAVEN WOULD HAVE ECHOES.
00:20:51.10\00:20:57.66
HOW MANY OF US
REALLY CHASE JESUS ?
00:20:57.66\00:21:02.70
MOST OF US DETERMINED TO
FIND JESUS WHEN WE GOT INTO
00:21:02.70\00:21:05.56
SOME TROUBLE THAT WE COULD
NOT EXTRICATE OURSELVES FROM.
00:21:05.56\00:21:10.03
WHEN NOBODY WAS THERE TO HELP,
WHEN YOU COULDN'T AFFORD THE
00:21:10.03\00:21:12.33
LAWYER, WHEN NOBODY COULD HANDLE
YOUR CASE, WHEN ALL OF YOUR
00:21:12.33\00:21:15.96
FAMILY HAD TURNED AGAINST YOU,
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS HAD PUT YOU
00:21:15.96\00:21:19.16
DOWN, WHEN YOUR CREDIT UNION
FORGOT WHO YOU WERE--WHEN NOBODY
00:21:19.16\00:21:24.10
CARED ABOUT YOU, WHEN YOU
FOUND YOURSELF IN A STRANGE
00:21:24.10\00:21:28.46
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PEOPLE
WHO HAD NOTHING BUT ACTED
00:21:28.46\00:21:32.13
LIKE THEY HAD EVERYTHING--A
HYPOCRITICAL COMMUNITY.
00:21:32.13\00:21:37.60
BUT THEN JESUS BROKE EVERY
STEREOTYPE AND CAME WALKING DOWN
00:21:37.60\00:21:42.80
YOUR STREET ONE DAY AND CAME TO
YOUR DOOR AND KNOCKED AND SAID,
00:21:42.80\00:21:50.53
"MAY I COME IN ?"
00:21:50.53\00:21:52.36
AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS.
00:21:52.36\00:21:53.36
IF YOU LET JESUS COME INTO
YOUR HOUSE, BEFORE HE LEAVES,
00:21:53.36\00:21:57.80
IT'LL ALL BE RIGHT.
00:21:57.80\00:21:59.50
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'VE
GOT A QUESTION IN YOUR MIND.
00:21:59.50\00:22:03.00
AND THE QUESTION IS THIS: IF
I AM POOR AND BLIND AND WRETCHED
00:22:03.00\00:22:09.86
AND NAKED, HOW DO I BUY
WHAT I NEED FROM THIS SALESMAN ?
00:22:09.86\00:22:18.23
ISAIAH FIFTY-FIVE, IF
YOU START RIGHT AT VERSE ONE,
00:22:18.23\00:22:20.63
IT SAYS YOU CAN BUY
IMPORTANT THINGS WITHOUT MONEY.
00:22:20.63\00:22:25.90
BUT IN THIS CASE, ONE OF
MY FAVORITE WRITERS MAKES
00:22:25.90\00:22:28.13
IT EXTREMELY CLEAR: THE PRICE
THAT YOU PAY FOR GETTING WHAT
00:22:28.13\00:22:34.03
JESUS HAS BROUGHT FOR SALE IS TO
TURN AWAY FROM EVERYTHING THAT
00:22:34.03\00:22:42.30
YOU THOUGHT PRECIOUS TO YOU.
00:22:42.30\00:22:45.33
TURN AWAY FROM YOUR
OWN SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
00:22:45.33\00:22:49.96
AND IF I WERE TO DESCRIBE
IN LAODICEA IN SIMPLE TERMS, I
00:22:49.96\00:22:54.13
WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE
ARE ABOUT IS SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
00:22:54.13\00:22:57.40
TOO MANY OF US THINK
THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TO
00:22:57.40\00:22:59.73
HEAVEN ON WHAT WE'VE GOT.
00:22:59.73\00:23:02.16
WE'RE GOING TO GET
BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
00:23:02.16\00:23:04.73
I SEE PEOPLE; I CAN
READ IT IN THEIR EYES.
00:23:04.73\00:23:07.43
THEY THINK THAT IF THEY DO
CERTAIN THINGS, THAT THEY DOT
00:23:07.43\00:23:10.13
CERTAIN "I'S" AND CROSS CERTAIN
"T'S," THEY BELIEVE THAT IF THEY
00:23:10.13\00:23:14.26
THINK POSITIVELY, IF THEY
GET BETTER FROM DAY TO DAY, THAT
00:23:14.26\00:23:20.10
SOMEHOW, MIRACULOUSLY, THEY'LL
BE PREPARED TO GO TO HEAVEN
00:23:20.10\00:23:24.76
BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
00:23:24.76\00:23:26.96
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
WILL NEVER WORK.
00:23:26.96\00:23:30.60
JESUS HAS THE ONLY LIFE
THAT CAN GET YOU THERE, AND I'M
00:23:30.60\00:23:36.73
HAPPY TO TELL YOU--I'M SWITCHING
METAPHORS NOW, BUT TRY THIS ONE
00:23:36.73\00:23:40.40
ON FOR SIZE: WHAT JESUS IS ABLE
TO DO IS TO GO INTO YOUR FILE
00:23:40.40\00:23:47.33
AND HIGHLIGHT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
00:23:47.33\00:23:52.26
HE GETS IT ALL OUT THERE.
00:23:52.26\00:23:54.60
AND WHEN HE HAS GOTTEN YOUR
LIFE FROM BEGINNING TO END WITH
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.23
ALL OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES
IN IT, HE HITS ONE BUTTON AND
00:23:57.23\00:24:03.66
IT ALL GOES AWAY--DELETE.
00:24:03.66\00:24:08.23
SAY, "WELL, PREACHER,
WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE ME WITH ?
00:24:08.23\00:24:11.80
THAT MEANS I'M LEFT
WITH AN EMPTY FILE."
00:24:11.80\00:24:13.86
WELL, FOR A MOMENT YOU ARE,
BUT I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT
00:24:13.86\00:24:17.16
JESUS CAN LEAVE YOUR FILE AND
GO OVER TO HIS FILE AND START
00:24:17.16\00:24:22.46
COPYING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
00:24:22.46\00:24:27.76
WHEN HE GETS ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO HIS PERFECT LIFE ON
00:24:27.76\00:24:31.03
EARTH, THE WHOLE THING,
THEN HE HITS ANOTHER BUTTON
00:24:31.03\00:24:35.30
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
00:24:35.30\00:24:37.83
WHAT IS IT ?
00:24:37.83\00:24:41.86
HE COPIES YOUR FILE, AND
HE TAKES WHAT'S IN HIS FILE
00:24:41.86\00:24:48.46
AND GOES OVER TO YOURS
AND HITS THE "PASTE" BUTTON,
00:24:48.46\00:24:53.90
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOUR LIFE IS NO LONGER EMPTY.
00:24:53.90\00:24:57.23
YOU HAVE THE LIFE OF
CHRIST IN PLACE OF YOURS.
00:24:57.23\00:25:00.43
AND I PROMISE YOU SOMETHING.
00:25:00.43\00:25:01.86
THE ONLY LIFE THAT CAN
GET US INTO HEAVEN IS THE LIFE
00:25:01.86\00:25:04.63
OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.06
HE GIVES US THE POWER TO
LIVE, AND SO TODAY I AM HAPPY
00:25:07.06\00:25:12.60
TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE
DO NOT HAVE TO PURSUE JESUS TO
00:25:12.60\00:25:18.06
HAVE HIM IN OUR LIVES.
00:25:18.06\00:25:19.83
IN FACT, THE CONVERSE
IS TRUE--JESUS PURSUES US.
00:25:19.83\00:25:25.70
HE WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE.
00:25:25.70\00:25:27.93
YOU SAY, "WELL ALL
I'VE GOT IS AN APARTMENT."
00:25:27.93\00:25:29.66
HE WILL COME TO YOUR APARTMENT.
00:25:29.66\00:25:31.46
"ALL I'VE GOT IS A RENTED ROOM."
00:25:31.46\00:25:32.76
HE'LL COME TO YOUR RENTED ROOM.
00:25:32.76\00:25:34.86
"ALL I'VE GOT IS A HOTEL."
00:25:34.86\00:25:36.36
HE'LL COME TO YOUR
EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.
00:25:36.36\00:25:40.33
HE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE.
00:25:40.33\00:25:42.03
IF YOU LIVE ON THE STREETS,
IF YOU LIVE UNDER A CARDBOARD
00:25:42.03\00:25:47.30
BOX THAT'S PUT ON TOP OF A
GRATE SO THAT HEAT COMES UP AND
00:25:47.30\00:25:51.86
KEEPS YOU FROM FREEZING.
00:25:51.86\00:25:53.63
HE KNOWS WHERE YOUR BOX IS.
00:25:53.63\00:25:58.10
AND HE'LL KNOCK
UNTIL YOU LET HIM IN.
00:25:58.10\00:26:01.83
AND BY THE TIME HE LEAVES,
YOU'LL HAVE GOLD, YOU'LL HAVE
00:26:01.83\00:26:05.96
GARMENTS, YOU'LL HAVE EYE SALVE.
00:26:05.96\00:26:09.86
YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING IT
TAKES TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
00:26:09.86\00:26:14.46
AND ALL YOU'VE GOT
TO DO IS LET HIM IN.
00:26:14.46\00:26:18.33
Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME
FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH
00:26:18.33\00:26:21.66
PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON.
00:26:21.66\00:26:24.50
(theme music)
00:26:25.30\00:26:27.73
Announcer: LIFE
IS FULL OF QUESTIONS.
00:26:30.50\00:26:32.46
SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHICH
WAY TO GO OR WHERE TO TURN.
00:26:32.46\00:26:34.90
WE HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARS
AND WE WONDER WHAT IT ALL MEANS.
00:26:34.90\00:26:38.03
BUT THERE ARE ANSWERS, AND THERE
IS HOPE WAITING FOR YOU IN GOD'S
00:26:38.03\00:26:41.66
WORD, THE BIBLE, AND THERE'S
NO BETTER WAY TO START EXPLORING
00:26:41.66\00:26:45.36
THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU THAN
IN THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES.
00:26:45.36\00:26:48.86
IT'S THE BREATH OF LIFE
GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK, AND YOUR
00:26:48.86\00:26:51.50
TICKET TO THE HEART
AND SOUL OF GOD'S WORD.
00:26:51.50\00:26:54.30
THESE EASY-TO-READ AND
ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STUDIES
00:26:54.30\00:26:56.73
GET TO WHAT'S ON GOD'S MIND
FOR YOU, QUICKLY AND CLEARLY.
00:26:56.73\00:27:00.06
YOU'LL BE ENLIGHTENED BY
STUDIES SUCH AS "IS GOD FAIR ?"
00:27:00.06\00:27:03.70
"WHEN JESUS COMES FOR YOU."
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