Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS EXPERIENCE THE POWER
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR.
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TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE
IS ENTITLED "NIGHT SCHOOL."
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(theme music) WP:
TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT NIGHT SCHOOL.
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NOW, LONG AGO, THE TERM
USED TO BE A DEROGATORY TERM.
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IN FACT, I HEARD JOKES
ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING, YEAH,
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HE GOT A DEGREE, BUT
HE WENT TO NIGHT SCHOOL.
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HEY, I GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU.
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NIGHT SCHOOL ISN'T BAD ANYMORE.
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IN FACT, NIGHT SCHOOL
CAN BE JUST AS PRESTIGIOUS
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AS DAY SCHOOL.
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THEY CALL IT DISTANCE LEARNING.
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HUH ?
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I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
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IF YOU CAN'T GO IN
THE DAY, GO AT NIGHT.
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THE PROFESSOR IS USUALLY A
LITTLE KEENER AT NIGHT BECAUSE
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AT NIGHT THE PEOPLE ARE A
LITTLE BIT MORE MATURE AND IT
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KEEPS THE PROFESSOR ON TOES.
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SO, NIGHT SCHOOL DOESN'T
MEAN WHAT IT USED TO MEAN, BUT
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YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING
EXACTLY IN THAT DIRECTION.
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IN FACT, IF YOU'LL TURN TO JOHN,
CHAPTER 3, THERE'S A VERSE NOT
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FAR FROM JOHN, CHAPTER 3
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS BY HEART.
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AND I'M AFRAID I'M NOT GOING
THERE, SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE
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TO SHOW YOUR EXPERTISE
IN KNOWING THAT ONE VERSE.
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I'LL SKIRT AROUND IT.
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OTHERWISE YOU'LL WAIT FOR THE
MOMENT AND EVERYBODY WILL SCREAM
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IT JUST TO LET THEM KNOW
HOW GREAT YOU ARE WITH MEMORY.
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I'M SORRY, I'M NOT
GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT CHANCE.
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JOHN, CHAPTER 3.
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LET ME DO THE
FIRST SEVEN VERSES.
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
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THIS IS JOHN, CHAPTER 3.
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THERE WAS A MAN OF THE
PHARISEES NAMED NICODEMUS,
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A RULER OF THE JEWS.
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THE SAME CAME TO JESUS
BY NIGHT AND SAID ONTO HIM,
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RABBI, WE KNOW THAT THOU
ART A TEACHER COME FROM GOD.
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FOR NO MAN CAN DO THESE
MIRACLES THAT THOU DOEST,
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EXCEPT GOD BE WITH HIM.
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JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID
UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY I SAY
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UNTO THEE, EXCEPT A MAN
BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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NICODEMUS SAID UNTO HIM, HOW CAN
A MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD ?
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CAN HE ENTER A SECOND TIME INTO
HIS MOTHER'S WOMB AND BE BORN ?
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JESUS ANSWERED, VERILY,
VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, EXCEPT A
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MAN BE BORN OF WATER AND
OF THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER
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INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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THAT WHICH IS BORN
OF FLESH, IS FLESH.
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AND THAT WHICH IS
BORN OF SPIRIT, IS SPIRIT.
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MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO
THEE, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ASK THAT
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER MIGHT
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BE DISPENSED TO THIS PLACE.
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NOT JUST TO THE ONE WHO
HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO SPEAK.
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I NEED YOU, BUT I AM
NOT SELFISH WHEN I ASK.
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I ASK, FATHER, THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S POWER MIGHT MOVE AMONG
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THE CONGREGATIONS AROUND THE
WORLD, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT
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THE POWER OF GOD IS WITH US.
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AND I PRAY THAT AS WE OPEN
THE HOLY WORD, THAT WHILE YOU
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USE MY PERSONALITY, YOU
WON'T LET IT GET IN YOUR WAY.
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AND THAT YOU'LL MAKE
YOUR VOICE CLEAR TONIGHT.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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NIGHT SCHOOL.
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LET ME POINT OUT
SOMETHING THAT I CAUGHT.
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I MUST CONFESS TO YOU THAT I
READ TEXT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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I READ A STATEMENT AGES AGO THAT
SAYS, IF YOU LOOK AT A THING A
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THOUSAND TIMES, YOU ARE SAFE.
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BUT IF YOU DARE TO LOOK AT
IT A THOUSAND AND ONE TIMES,
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YOU ARE IN DANGER OF
SEEING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
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SO I CONFESS TO YOU THAT THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN I JUST READ AND
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READ AND NOT SPEED READ,
BUT TAKE EVERY WORD AND SEE HOW
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IT TWISTS AND HOW IT FALLS.
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AND I'VE BEEN AMAZED THAT WHEN
YOU READ THE SAME THING OVER
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AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND NEW MEANING
IN OLD THINGS IN THE BIBLE.
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HERE IS A SITUATION
WHERE LORD NICODEMUS, A RULER.
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AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT WORD
AND TEST IT, IT MEANS TEACHER.
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SO I'M ABOUT TO PLAY
ON WORDS A LITTLE BIT.
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THE WORD RABBI
ALSO MEANS TEACHER.
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SO WHEN NICODEMUS ASKED HIS
MID-MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONARIES,
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FIND WHERE JESUS IS, YOU
SEE ONE TEACHER GOING TO MEET
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ANOTHER TEACHER AT NIGHT.
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SO NIGHT SCHOOL IS ESSENTIALLY,
FROM THE OUTSET, ONE TEACHER
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FINDING ANOTHER TEACHER.
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AND WHEN YOU SEE HOW IT STARTS,
YOU KNOW THAT NICODEMUS HAS COME
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TO USE WORDS SKILLFULLY.
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THE FACT IS THAT MOST PEOPLE, IN
FACT, MOST PREACHERS, I CONFESS
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THAT PREACHERS HAVE
GIVEN NICODEMUS A HARD TIME.
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MOST PREACHERS HAVE
TALKED ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS
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EDUCATED, HIERODITE, RICH.
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AND LONG AGO, PREACHERS
USED TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY WHO
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WAS RICH, WAS BAD.
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IT WAS POPULAR, BECAUSE
PEOPLE WHO CAME TO CHURCH
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TENDED TO BE POOR.
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AT LEAST THEY PRETENDED TO BE.
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I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING.
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IF YOU STAY WITH JESUS, THE ODDS
ARE THAT YOU WON'T STAY POOR.
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I GOT AN AMEN ON THAT.
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IN FACT, ON TUESDAY NIGHT, I'M
GOING TO PREACH A SERMON ABOUT
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WHAT GOD PROMISES TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE FAITHFUL TO JESUS.
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IF YOU REMAIN POOR,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
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WITH YOUR CONNECTION.
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SO LONG AGO, WE GAVE
PEOPLE A HARD TIME BECAUSE THEY
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WERE POOR OR UNEDUCATED.
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IN FACT, PREACHERS HAVE PUNCHED
HOLES IN NICODEMUS'S IMAGE.
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THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM A HARD TIME.
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BUT THESE DAYS
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
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I, ESPECIALLY, HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL BECAUSE I'M PART OF
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BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION
MINISTRY AND THERE ARE
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PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US
WHO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
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SO, TONIGHT I WANT TO
SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
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ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US.
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NICODEMUS IS RICH, HE'S
POWERFUL, HE'S EDUCATED.
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BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT NICODEMUS, AND YOU
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MIGHT AS WELL ADMIT IT.
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BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU
THAT IF YOU THINK CAREFULLY,
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THERE WAS NO POLITICALLY
CORRECT REASON FOR NICODEMUS
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TO GO LOOKING FOR JESUS.
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THINK ABOUT IT.
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HE ALREADY HAD EVERYTHING.
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AND, IF HE WANTED TO BE PARTED
FROM THE COMPANY OF HIS PEERS,
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THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE SANHEDRIN, ALREADY LOOKED
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DOWN ON THIS RABBI JESUS.
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SO HE TOOK A RISK
BY GOING TO SEE JESUS.
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BUT HE HAD SEEN JESUS DO
SOME THINGS THAT CONVINCED
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HIM THAT THIS WAS NO
ORDINARY TEACHER OR PREACHER.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU, BUT I'M CONVINCED.
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I'VE HAD SOME THINGS HAPPEN IN
MY LIFE THAT ARE NOT SO LOFTY.
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BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT I KNOW
JESUS IS NOT AN ORDINARY TEACHER
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OR AN ORDINARY PREACHER.
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JESUS MAKES
AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN.
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I'VE GOT A VERY GOOD FRIEND
WHO POSITS THAT JESUS, IN FACT,
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ANYBODY WHO CLAIMS TO BE
DIVINE, ONLY WORKS IN THE MACRO.
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NOW, HAVE YOU GOT IT ?
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SO HE SAYS TO ME THAT
WE CHRISTIANS ARE A LITTLE
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BIT MUNDANE IN THE
WAY WE APPROACH CHRIST AND
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THE WAY WE APPROACH GOD.
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HE SAYS WHAT WE DO IS WE
ASK FOR LITTLE TINY THINGS.
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HE SAID, GOD IS NOT
CONCERNED WITH THE MICRO.
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GOD IS ONLY
CONCERNED WITH THE MACRO.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HIM ?
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SPEAK FOR YOUR GOD, NOT MINE.
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MY GOD IS
INTERESTED IN THE MACRO.
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HE DOES AMAZINGLY BIG THINGS.
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ANYBODY EVER GET A
BIG THING FROM GOD ?
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THERE ARE THINGS THAT I
HAVE THAT I DIDN'T ALWAYS ORDER.
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GOD HAS GIVEN ME SOME THINGS
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WISDOM
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TO ASK FOR OR ENOUGH IMAGINATION
TO THINK I COULD GET.
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BUT HE LOVES ME THAT
MUCH THAT HE GIVES ME STUFF
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THAT I DON'T ASK FOR.
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CAN I GET A
WITNESS IN THIS HOUSE ?
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SO, I BELIEVE THAT
JESUS CAN DO BIG THINGS.
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BUT LET ME TELL YOU, GROWING UP
AS THE CHILD OF A CONTRACTOR IN
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THE SOUTH AND A TEACHER FOR
A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM, MONEY WOULD
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RUN OUT BEFORE THE MONTH DID.
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AND I'M SURE YOU CAN'T RELATE.
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I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
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YOU LOOK AS THOUGH YOU'VE
NEVER KNOWN THESE CHALLENGES.
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I'M GLAD THAT I HAVE.
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YOU KNOW, I
MUST SAY THIS TO YOU.
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I DON'T WANT TO HURT
YOUR FEELINGS, BUT IF YOU'VE
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NEVER BEEN BROKE, YOU
ARE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED.
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THERE'S STUFF I KNOW
ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE I WAS POOR
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AND I'M ONLY ABOUT TWO
INCHES FROM POVERTY TODAY.
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THERE ARE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT
JESUS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER
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HAD A NEED WILL NEVER KNOW.
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I KNOW THAT JESUS
COMES THROUGH ON TIME.
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WELL, I DON'T HAVE TIME.
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I COULD PREACH A
WHOLE SERMON ON THAT.
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BUT WHAT I WANT TO
SHOW YOU IS THAT THIS CHRIST
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IS NOT ORDINARY.
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WHEN LORD NICODEMUS CAME INTO
CONTACT WITH HIM, HE RECOGNIZED
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THAT WHILE NICODEMUS HAD HIGHER
CREDENTIALS AND HIGHER TEMPORAL
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POWER, THAT IS, WORLDLY POWER,
WHILE HE COMMANDED MORE RESPECT
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AS A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN,
WHEN HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF
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JESUS, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS MAN THAT WAS POWERFUL.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE'D
SPEAK AS ONE WHO HAD AUTHORITY.
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WHERE DOES AUTHORITY COME FROM ?
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IT CERTAINLY DID NOT COME
FROM THE RABBINICAL SCHOOLS.
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JESUS HAD NOT
MATRICULATED THERE.
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JESUS HAD NOT RECEIVED
ANY KIND OF APPROBATION FROM
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ANY GROUP IN AUTHORITY.
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HIS AUTHORITY CAME FROM GOD.
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NOW, LET ME PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.
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BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
SOME PREACHERS TAKE THAT TO
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MEAN THAT EDUCATION IS BAD.
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I POSIT TO YOU TONIGHT
THAT THERE IS NO TENSION BETWEEN
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EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY.
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YOU CAN HAVE BOTH.
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YOU OUGHT TO SEEK TO HAVE BOTH.
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SO, ANY YOUNG PERSON WHO IS HERE
TONIGHT, DON'T LET THIS PREACHER
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CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU OUGHT NOT
GET EVERY EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL
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THAT YOU CAN GET.
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IF YOU'RE IN HIGH
SCHOOL, QUIT ACTING LIKE YOU'RE
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ON THE LOWER LEVEL.
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BELLY UP TO THE BAR AND
MAKE AN A EVERY NOW AND THEN.
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YOU'VE GOT TO DEVELOP YOUR MIND
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLEASE GOD.
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IF YOU'RE IN
COLLEGE, QUIT MAKING EXCUSES.
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ASK GOD TO
REARRANGE YOUR GRAY MATTER.
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ASK HIM TO STIR UP THE
SYNAPSIS OF YOUR BRAIN.
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ASK GOD TO TEACH YOU
HOW TO READ AND RETAIN.
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ASK GOD TO MAKE YOUR MEMORY
BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
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AND THEN DON'T PUT
YOUR BOOK UNDER YOUR PILLOW
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AND LAY DOWN ON IT.
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OPEN IT UP AND LET
GOD DO WHAT GOD CAN DO.
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IF YOU'RE IN GRAD SCHOOL, HEY,
GO TO IT WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT.
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GOD DOES NOT SAY
YOU OUGHT TO BE DUMB.
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HE SIMPLY LETS YOU
KNOW THAT WISDOM IS, WITHOUT
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THE POWER OF GOD, NOTHING.
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IN FACT, I SUGGEST TO YOU
THAT SOMEBODY WILL A LOT OF
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DEGREES AND NO CONTACT
WITH GOD IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
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WISDOM COMES FROM GOD.
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INFORMATION COMES
FROM CLASSROOMS AND BOOKS.
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WHEN YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER, YOU
CAN BE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING.
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ARE WE STILL TOGETHER ?
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SO, DON'T EVER LET
THE BIBLE FOOL YOU WHEN IT
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SAYS STUFF LIKE THIS.
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BUT JESUS HAD NOT
GONE TO THE SCHOOLS.
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HE HAD, HOWEVER, BEEN
IN CONTACT WITH HIS FATHER.
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EARLY IN THE
MORNING, HE WOULD WAKE UP.
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WOULDN'T MAKE PLANS FOR A DAY
BEFORE HE TALKED TO HIS FATHER.
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THAT'S WHY HE KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
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BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THE
END FROM THE BEGINNING.
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AND IF YOU WOULD TALK TO HIM
EARLY IN THE MORNING, HE'D TELL
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YOU WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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HE'D PREPARE YOU.
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OR, HE MIGHT NOT TELL
YOU WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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HE'D JUST TELL YOU
WHAT PATH TO TAKE, SO THAT
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YOU COULD AVOID DANGER.
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SO, WATCH THIS.
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THIS NICODEMUS, WITH ALL OF HIS
POWER, COMES TO JESUS BY NIGHT.
00:13:28.40\00:13:33.56
AND THEN THEY START THIS AMAZING
LITTLE RHETORICAL PIROUETTES.
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WE KNOW THAT THOU ART
A TEACHER SENT FROM GOD.
00:13:41.36\00:13:46.50
NO ONE CAN DO THESE MIRACLES
UNLESS HE'S SENT FROM GOD.
00:13:46.50\00:13:51.53
AND JESUS LISTENED
BUT HE'S UNIMPRESSED.
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REMEMBER, HE ALREADY
TALKED TO HIS FATHER.
00:13:54.93\00:13:57.26
HE KNEW NICODEMUS WAS COMING.
00:13:57.26\00:13:58.93
KNEW WHAT NICODEMUS WOULD SAY.
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SO, WHEN NICODEMUS HAS
FINISHED USING CORRECT LANGUAGE,
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HE DOESN'T QUITE WANT
TO SAY THAT HE'S A PROPHET.
00:14:07.16\00:14:10.93
HE DOESN'T QUITE WANT
TO SAY THAT HE'S THE SO
00:14:10.93\00:14:14.96
BUT HE CAN'T AVOID
SAYING SOME THINGS.
00:14:14.96\00:14:17.43
AND THOUGH THERE WERE NO
TAPE RECORDERS OR VIDEO PLAYERS
00:14:17.43\00:14:20.36
IN THOSE DAYS, HE'S GOT TO
BE A LITTLE CAREFUL IN CASE
00:14:20.36\00:14:23.80
ONE OF HIS PEERS IS LURKING
SOMEWHERE IN THE SHADOWS.
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SO HE SAYS JUST
ENOUGH, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.
00:14:27.70\00:14:32.93
AND I SAT BACK WHEN I FIRST READ
IT AND I SAID, YEAH, JESUS IS
00:14:32.93\00:14:35.43
GOING TO GO BACK AT HIM AND HE'S
GOING TO EXCHANGE WIT WITH HIM.
00:14:35.43\00:14:42.00
BUT JESUS DOESN'T.
00:14:42.00\00:14:44.20
HE CUTS THROUGH THE RED TAPE AND
SAYS, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
00:14:44.20\00:14:53.20
SOUNDS KIND OF RUDE, BUT
IT WAS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
00:14:53.20\00:14:57.00
IN FACT, I'M GOING TO SHOW
YOU A PLACE HERE IN A MINUTE.
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THAT WILL BE THE FIRST
EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT.
00:14:58.86\00:15:01.50
BUT THE FACT IS THAT NICODEMUS
HAD SENSED SOMETHING IN CHRIST.
00:15:01.50\00:15:06.60
ONE WRITER, I DON'T HAVE A
WHOLE LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS
00:15:07.46\00:15:09.96
WRITER, BUT LISTEN TO IT.
00:15:09.96\00:15:11.26
IT MIGHT AT LEAST
TICKLE YOUR FANCY.
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ONE WRITER SAYS THAT NICODEMUS
KNEW THAT JESUS, WHILE HE
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WAS VERY SPIRITUAL,
WAS NOT VERY POLITICAL.
00:15:17.33\00:15:22.23
IN FACT, THIS WRITER
SUGGESTS NICODEMUS WENT TO JESUS
00:15:23.03\00:15:27.20
TO BECOME HIS
MENTOR IN POLITICAL MATTER.
00:15:27.20\00:15:32.16
HIS THOUGHT, SAYS THE WRITER,
WAS THAT HE COULD GUIDE JESUS'S
00:15:32.16\00:15:36.70
CAREER, AND HELP HIM MANEUVER
THROUGH THE LABYRINTHINE, THE
00:15:36.70\00:15:41.70
TUNNELS OF POLITICAL CHICANERY.
00:15:41.70\00:15:46.30
THAT HE COULD SPARE JESUS ALL OF
THE PERILS THAT HE MIGHT FACE.
00:15:46.30\00:15:51.93
HEY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:15:51.93\00:15:53.43
WHEN YOU'VE GOT GOD
ON YOUR SIDE, YOU CAN
00:15:53.43\00:15:55.80
HANDLE THE CHICANERY.
00:15:55.80\00:16:02.53
SO JESUS CUTS THROUGH THE
RED TAPE AND SAYS TO NICODEMUS,
00:16:02.53\00:16:08.23
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
00:16:08.23\00:16:09.53
NOW, NICODEMUS COMES
BACK WITH PURE RHETORIC.
00:16:09.53\00:16:14.63
NICODEMUS DOESN'T EVEN
BELIEVE WHAT HE'S SAYING NOW.
00:16:14.63\00:16:17.26
WELL A LOT OF
EDUCATED PEOPLE ARE THIS WAY.
00:16:17.26\00:16:20.56
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SPEND TOO
LONG IN THE CLASSROOM WITH NO
00:16:20.56\00:16:23.50
CONTACT WITH GOD, YOUR BRAIN
GETS DIRECTED IN STRANGE PLACES.
00:16:23.50\00:16:29.53
SO HE SAYS TO JESUS,
YOU MEAN, BE BORN AGAIN ?
00:16:29.53\00:16:34.50
CAN AN OLD MAN ENTER
AGAIN INTO HIS MOTHER'S WOMB ?
00:16:34.50\00:16:38.23
IS THAT WHAT YOU
ARE SUGGESTING, JESUS ?
00:16:38.23\00:16:40.73
JESUS SKIPS PAST THIS.
00:16:40.73\00:16:42.33
THE FACT IS THAT THE ESSIANS
HAD BAPTIZED, THAT JOHN THE
00:16:42.33\00:16:47.10
BAPTIST HAD BAPTIZED.
00:16:47.10\00:16:49.63
HE KNEW WHAT THE NEW BIRTH WAS.
00:16:49.63\00:16:51.80
BUT THE FACT IS THAT THOSE
WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES SONS OF
00:16:51.80\00:16:55.96
ABRAHAM, THOUGHT THAT BY BIRTH
THEY WERE TOO HOLY TO REPENT.
00:16:55.96\00:17:06.83
NOW YOU WANT TO CALL
THAT NICODEMUS PROBLEM ALONE ?
00:17:06.83\00:17:12.70
I HAVE MET PEOPLE, NOT
LONG AGO, WHO THOUGHT THEMSELVES
00:17:12.70\00:17:17.50
TOO HOLY TO REPENT.
00:17:17.50\00:17:20.50
HAVEN'T YOU ?
00:17:20.50\00:17:21.96
I LOVE IT WHEN
I GET AROUND THEM.
00:17:21.96\00:17:23.86
YOU USUALLY MEET
THEM AT DINNER SOMEWHERE.
00:17:23.86\00:17:28.66
AND JUST IN THE COURSE
OF CONVERSATION, THEY WILL
00:17:28.66\00:17:31.76
MENTION, OH, DID YOU KNOW,
MY UNCLE BUILT THAT CHURCH.
00:17:31.76\00:17:37.43
DID YOU PASS IT ?
00:17:37.43\00:17:39.50
AN AMAZING BUILDING.
00:17:39.50\00:17:40.80
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, HE
WOULD TELL ME ALL THE TIME HOW
00:17:40.80\00:17:43.13
THEY WERE BUILDING IT.
00:17:43.13\00:17:44.40
SO YOU WILL SEE, IF YOU GO TO
LOOK AT THE CORNERSTONE, YOU'LL
00:17:44.40\00:17:46.96
SEE MY UNCLE'S NAME THERE.
00:17:46.96\00:17:49.20
AS THOUGH THAT MADE YOU
BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
00:17:49.20\00:17:53.36
LET ME MAKE IT PLAIN AND I'M
GOING TO TRY NOT TO BE CRASS,
00:17:53.36\00:17:57.20
BUT IT MIGHT SOUND SO.
00:17:57.20\00:17:58.73
IF YOUR MOTHER HAD THE
UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE OF
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BEARING YOU ON A PEW, YOU ARE
STILL NOT BORN IN THE CHURCH.
00:18:01.63\00:18:08.30
(applause) BECAUSE
THE WAY TO GET INTO THE
00:18:08.30\00:18:18.53
CHURCH IS NOT TO BE BORN.
00:18:18.53\00:18:22.03
IT'S TO BE BORN AGAIN.
00:18:22.03\00:18:26.93
FIRST BIRTH WON'T DO IT.
00:18:26.93\00:18:29.40
WE ARE BORN IN SIN,
AND SHAPED IN INIQUITY.
00:18:29.40\00:18:33.46
I'VE GOT A LIST
OF STUFF DOWN HERE.
00:18:33.46\00:18:35.50
JOB, CHAPTER 14, AND
VERSE 4 SAYS, THAT YOU CANNOT
00:18:35.50\00:18:38.56
BRING A CLEAN THING
OUT OF AN UNCLEANED THING.
00:18:38.56\00:18:42.50
ISAIAH 64 AND VERSE 6 IT SAYS,
WE, ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS,
00:18:42.50\00:18:48.43
WHEN YOU PILE THEM UP,
THEY ARE STILL LIKE FILTHY RAGS.
00:18:48.43\00:18:51.70
I KNOW HOW TO BREAK IT DOWN.
00:18:51.70\00:18:52.93
SOMEBODY IS THINKING,
WHY DOESN'T HE SAY THAT ?
00:18:52.93\00:18:55.13
I DON'T THINK IT
NEEDS TO BE SAID.
00:18:55.13\00:18:56.93
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT FILTHY RAGS REPRESENTS.
00:18:56.93\00:18:59.40
AND THE BIBLE IS CLEAR
THAT IF YOU STACKED UP ALL YOUR
00:18:59.40\00:19:02.63
RIGHTEOUS ACTS, ALL OF THEM
WOULD REPRESENT FILTHY RAGS.
00:19:02.63\00:19:07.63
PSALM 51:10 SAYS THAT
YOU'VE GOT TO GET A CLEAN HEART.
00:19:07.63\00:19:11.73
AND THEN EZEKIEL 36:26 SAYS,
WHAT YOU NEED IS TO GET RID OF
00:19:11.73\00:19:15.73
THE HEART OF STONE AND LET
JESUS GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.
00:19:15.73\00:19:19.80
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY
00:19:19.80\00:19:22.63
WITH A HEART OF STONE.
00:19:22.63\00:19:23.96
THEY ARE STONE-HEARTED.
00:19:23.96\00:19:26.86
BUT IF YOU'RE
STILL STONE-HEARTED, YOU
00:19:26.86\00:19:29.03
HAVEN'T BEEN BORN AGAIN.
00:19:29.03\00:19:30.30
YOU WERE BORN,
BUT NOT BORN AGAIN.
00:19:30.30\00:19:33.70
SO BORN IN SIN AND SHAPED
IN INIQUITY, LORD NICODEMUS,
00:19:33.70\00:19:38.56
WITH ALL OF HIS ACCOLADES
AND ALL OF HIS CREDENTIALS.
00:19:38.56\00:19:44.20
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HE
LOOKED LIKE WALKING INTO
00:19:44.20\00:19:46.46
THAT DARK PLACE ON
THE MT. OF OLIVES ?
00:19:46.46\00:19:49.26
WALKING UP TO JESUS.
00:19:49.26\00:19:52.33
AND HE KNEW THIS
JESUS WAS NOT ORDINARY.
00:19:52.33\00:19:55.56
AND AFTER HE FINISHES
HIS STRANGE LITTLE, HIS
00:19:55.56\00:19:59.10
INTRODUCTION, JESUS SAYS TO
HIM, EVEN YOU, LORD NICODEMUS,
00:19:59.10\00:20:04.93
EVEN YOU WITH YOUR ABRAHAM-IC
BACKGROUND, WITH YOUR BLOOD
00:20:04.93\00:20:12.66
THAT'S PURE IN YOUR
SIGHT, EVEN YOU CANNOT GO INTO
00:20:12.66\00:20:16.73
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,
BECAUSE WHAT'S FLESH IS FLESH,
00:20:16.73\00:20:20.40
AND WHAT'S SPIRIT IS SPIRIT.
00:20:20.40\00:20:23.53
SO YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
00:20:23.53\00:20:26.26
I STUCK MY HEAD IN A
BOOK A COUPLE OF TIMES.
00:20:26.26\00:20:28.50
I RAN ACROSS SOMETHING
THERE THAT SAYS THERE ARE
00:20:28.50\00:20:31.36
PHILOSOPHERS, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO STUDY HOW CHILDREN ARE BORN.
00:20:31.36\00:20:35.46
THEY SAY THAT CHILDREN
COME HERE, IN LATIN: TABULRAZA.
00:20:35.46\00:20:40.86
YOU COME LIKE A BLANK PAGE.
00:20:40.86\00:20:43.16
A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER.
00:20:43.16\00:20:45.26
ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER HAD
A CHILD KNOW THAT CHILDREN
00:20:45.26\00:20:47.60
DO NOT COME HERE TABULRAZA.
00:20:47.60\00:20:52.30
I KNOW YOU CHERISH ALL
THE MEMORIES OF YOUR CHILDREN.
00:20:52.30\00:20:55.83
EVERYBODY THINKS THAT
THEIR CHILDREN ARE THE SMARTEST.
00:20:55.83\00:20:58.03
THEIR CHILD IS THE
SMARTEST CHILD, AND THE
00:20:58.03\00:20:59.93
MOST GOOD-LOOKING CHILD.
00:20:59.93\00:21:02.16
THE FACT IS THAT CHILDREN, IF
YOU JUST WATCH THEM, JUST LEAVE
00:21:02.16\00:21:05.43
THEM ALONE, DON'T INFLUENCE
THEM, JUST WATCH THEM, YOU'LL
00:21:05.43\00:21:08.66
SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT BORN
WITHOUT NEGATIVE INFLUENCE.
00:21:08.66\00:21:16.20
THAT LITTLE CUTE
THING THAT YOU BRING HOME.
00:21:16.20\00:21:20.00
THEY GET HUNGRY.
00:21:20.00\00:21:21.70
YOU'RE NOT READY TO FEED THEM.
00:21:21.70\00:21:23.43
LOOK AT THEIR LITTLE HANDS.
00:21:23.43\00:21:24.56
(makes noise) THAT
LITTLE HAND LOOKED LIKE IF
00:21:24.56\00:21:29.40
IT WERE POWERFUL ENOUGH, YOUR
OWN LITTLE BABY WOULD CHOKE YOU
00:21:29.40\00:21:32.76
TO DEATH FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK.
00:21:32.76\00:21:35.06
(LAUGHTER) I'M SORRY.
00:21:35.06\00:21:39.40
I'M BURSTING YOUR BUBBLE.
00:21:39.40\00:21:40.93
FORGIVE ME.
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.20
YEAH, PEOPLE GET SO CARRIED
AWAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
00:21:43.20\00:21:45.80
I HAVE MET SOME OF
THESE TABULRAZA CHILDREN IN
00:21:45.80\00:21:47.90
THE GROCERY STORE.
00:21:47.90\00:21:49.26
(LAUGHTER) THESE TIME-OUT KIDS.
00:21:49.26\00:22:00.70
THEY GRAB ONE CAN AND
MAKE ALL THE CANS FALL.
00:22:00.70\00:22:04.36
I TRAVELED TO LONDON ONE NIGHT
WITH TWO TIME-OUT KIDS LEANING
00:22:04.36\00:22:08.03
OVER THE SEAT IN FRONT OF ME.
00:22:08.03\00:22:10.60
(LAUGHTER) I FELT MY BELT COMING
00:22:10.60\00:22:17.66
OUT OF THE LOOPS.
00:22:17.66\00:22:19.63
(LAUGHTER) BUT YOU CAN GO TO
00:22:19.63\00:22:24.60
JAIL FOR THAT STUFF.
00:22:24.60\00:22:25.86
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
00:22:25.86\00:22:28.10
THE FACT IS WE ARE BORN IN SIN.
00:22:28.10\00:22:29.76
NICODEMUS EVEN KNEW, EVEN KNEW
BORN THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, YOU'VE
00:22:29.76\00:22:36.73
GOT TO BE BORN AGAIN.
00:22:36.73\00:22:37.86
WOULD YOU ALLOW
ME TO DO SOMETHING ?
00:22:37.86\00:22:41.03
I WOULD LIKE FOR
PURE HOMILETIC PURPOSES TO
00:22:41.03\00:22:45.56
INVERT WHAT JESUS SAID.
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.63
JESUS SAYS THREE THINGS.
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.43
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
00:22:51.43\00:22:53.06
IT'S LIKE THE WIND.
00:22:53.06\00:22:55.03
AND THE FINAL THING HE
SAYS IS, THAT IF YOU HOLD UP
00:22:55.03\00:22:59.90
CHRIST LIKE MOSES HELD UP
THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS,
00:22:59.90\00:23:04.43
YOU CAN LOOK AND LIVE.
00:23:04.43\00:23:06.43
WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO START
AT THE END AND COME BACKWARDS ?
00:23:06.43\00:23:11.70
A LITTLE DRAMA IN THERE.
00:23:11.70\00:23:14.26
YOU HAVE READ IT.
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.36
WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT,
THE FACT IS THAT YOU CAN GO TO
00:23:15.36\00:23:17.46
THE BIBLE AND YOU WILL DISCOVER
NUMBERS, CHAPTER 21, VERSES SIX
00:23:17.46\00:23:21.33
THROUGH NINE, YOU WILL DISCOVER
THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE THAT
00:23:21.33\00:23:25.46
CAME FORTH WITH THIS SERPENT.
00:23:25.46\00:23:29.26
THE FACT IS THAT THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL HAD COMPLAINED.
00:23:29.26\00:23:32.16
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PREACH
THIS SERMON TO YOU, BUT IF
00:23:32.16\00:23:34.96
YOU WANT PROBLEMS IN YOUR
LIFE TO MULTIPLY, COMPLAIN.
00:23:34.96\00:23:43.06
SHOULD I REPEAT
THAT OR DO I HAVE TIME ?
00:23:43.06\00:23:46.03
SO IF YOU THINK THINGS ARE SO
TERRIBLE THAT YOU START, I DON'T
00:23:46.03\00:23:49.13
LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
00:23:49.13\00:23:52.43
WHEN GOD IS BLESSING YOU,
EVEN WITH YOUR TRIALS, GOD
00:23:52.43\00:23:58.30
CAN SIMPLY TAKE A STEP BACK.
00:23:58.30\00:24:03.56
IN FACT, HE NEVER HAS TO TAKE
THE STEP BACK, HE JUST WATCHES
00:24:03.56\00:24:07.43
YOU AS YOU STEP AWAY FROM HIM.
00:24:07.43\00:24:10.90
AND AS YOU WALK OUTSIDE OF
THAT FENCE THAT HE HAS BUILT
00:24:10.90\00:24:15.26
AROUND YOU, THE ISRAELITES
COMPLAINED THEMSELVES OUTSIDE
00:24:15.26\00:24:18.80
OF GOD'S PROTECTING
POWER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
00:24:18.80\00:24:21.53
STARTED BEING BITTEN BY
WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE SERPENTS.
00:24:21.53\00:24:24.50
THE SCHOLARS HAVE CALLED THEM
EVERYTHING FROM PINWORMS TO PIT
00:24:24.50\00:24:29.30
VIPERS, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT THEY WERE.
00:24:29.30\00:24:32.03
WHEN THEY BIT YOU, YOU DIED.
00:24:32.03\00:24:34.60
IS THAT SERIOUS OR WHAT ?
00:24:34.60\00:24:36.70
ANYTHING THAT BITES YOU AND
YOU DIE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
00:24:36.70\00:24:39.73
THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO MURMUR.
00:24:39.73\00:24:41.00
THEY SAID, MOSES,
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
00:24:41.00\00:24:43.16
MOSES AND AARON WERE
TRAINED IN METALLURGY.
00:24:43.16\00:24:45.23
GOD TOLD THEM,
MAKE A BRASS SERPENT.
00:24:45.23\00:24:47.93
PUT IT ON TOP OF A
POLE AND LIFT IT UP.
00:24:47.93\00:24:51.23
AND THEN TELL THE PEOPLE, IF
YOU'VE BEEN BITTEN, JUST LOOK.
00:24:51.23\00:24:58.30
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE
WHO SAID, THAT'S STUPID.
00:24:58.30\00:25:03.10
IT CAN'T HELP YOU TO LOOK.
00:25:03.10\00:25:04.70
THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE WHO
ARE DYING WITH THEIR PROBLEMS,
00:25:04.70\00:25:08.20
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH TO JUST LOOK AT JESUS.
00:25:08.20\00:25:12.23
THERE WERE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO SAID, WELL, I'VE
00:25:12.23\00:25:14.80
GOT MY OWN REMEDY.
00:25:14.80\00:25:16.43
I'VE GOT SOME SALVE.
00:25:16.43\00:25:17.90
AND I CAN PUT IT ON THERE.
00:25:17.90\00:25:19.26
AND IF I PUT THAT ON WHERE
THE SNAKE BIT, I CAN BE OKAY.
00:25:19.26\00:25:22.90
THERE ARE STILL
PEOPLE LIKE THAT, WHO WILL
00:25:22.90\00:25:25.00
NOT COME TO CHRIST.
00:25:25.00\00:25:26.30
THEY INSIST ON MAKING UP
THEIR OWN WAY FOR HEALING.
00:25:26.30\00:25:29.36
WHEN THE SIMPLE SOLUTION
IS TO TURN AWAY FROM THE
00:25:29.36\00:25:33.06
PROBLEM AND LOOK AT JESUS.
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