Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON'S
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM
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COLOSSIANS, CHAPTER 2
ENTITLED "YOU COMPLETE ME."
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(music) HE SAYS,
I WILL GIVE YOU THE
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PETITIONS OF YOUR HEART.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN WEARY OF
ASKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON, SO
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THEY'VE LAID THAT PRAYER ASIDE.
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BUT MAYBE YOU WERE PRAYING
IN THE WRONG FRAME OF MIND.
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GOD DOES NOT NEED
DESPERATE PRAYERS.
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HE HEARS DESPERATE PRAYERS,
BUT THE PRAYER THAT HE CAN
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BARELY RESIST IS THE
ONE THAT COMES FROM SOMEBODY
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WHO CHOOSES WHAT HE
CHOOSES AND LOVES WHAT HE LOVES.
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THEN HE IS BOUND TO
ANSWER THE PETITIONS WAY
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DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART.
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THE THINGS YOU WON'T EVEN
SHARE WITH ANYBODY ANYMORE.
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AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS.
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LET ME START WITH THE SISTERS.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE PRETTY,
BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY CANNOT
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AFFORD AN EXTREME MAKEOVER.
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IN FACT, BROTHERS, I'VE GOT
TO PUT A LITTLE ASTERISK HERE.
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I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
IF YOU MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAS
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BEEN MADE OVER
EXTREMELY, THE GENES REMEMBER.
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(laughter & applause)
AND UNLESS YOU PLAN TO TAKE
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EVERY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN
TO GET AN EXTREME MAKEOVER.
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WHY DON'T YOU LET GOD
HELP YOU CHOOSE SOMEBODY ?
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BUT SISTER, HERE'S WHAT
I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE IRRESISTIBLE,
THINK ABOUT GOD GIVING YOU
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THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
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THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT IN HIM YOU LIVE AND MOVE
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AND HAVE YOUR BEING.
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THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT HE WALKS WITH YOU
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AND HE TALKS WITH YOU.
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THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS
CALLED YOU TO DO A JOB FOR HIM.
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GOD HAS ASSIGNED
EVERYBODY A TASK.
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SO INSTEAD OF SITTING
AROUND WAITING ON MR. RIGHT, GO
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DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS.
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I PREACH TO YOU.
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I PREACH TO YOU THAT IF
YOU RETURN A FAITHFUL TITHE AND
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GIVE AN OFFERING, THAT HE WILL
OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN
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AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING.
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DO YOU DOUBT THAT HE MAY HAVE
MR. RIGHT UP THERE SOMEWHERE ?
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I PREACH TO YOU THAT IF
YOU KEEP GOD'S SABBATH, HE'D
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MAKE YOU RIDE ON THE
HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH.
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I TOLD YOU WHAT THE
HERITAGE OF JACOB WAS.
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IF YOU GET THAT WORKING IN
YOUR PERSONALITY, IT'LL MAKE
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YOU SO IRRESISTIBLE THAT MR.
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WRONG WILL BE ALL OVER THE
PLACE, BUT FINALLY MR. RIGHT
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WILL HAVE TO COME IF HE'S THERE.
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BUT HERE'S WHAT
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.
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GOD WILL NOT GIVE YOU A
BAD SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PRAYER
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THAT YOU ARE PRAYING.
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AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT
WOMEN AND MEN HAVE SAID TO ME.
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IN FACT, ONE LADY,
I CAN SEE HER STILL.
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SHE SAID, PASTOR, I
CAN'T DO IT, BUT YOU CAN.
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SHE SAID, TELL EVERY
WOMAN WHO SEEMS TO BE GETTING
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DESPERATE THAT THEY WOULD
RATHER BE ALONE; ALONE; THEN
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TO HAVE THE WRONG MAN.
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SHE SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY
BECAUSE SHE WAS MARRIED
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TO THE WRONG MAN.
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SHE SAID,
PASTOR, PLEASE TELL THEM.
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LET GOD CHOOSE HIM.
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AND IF GOD DOESN'T SEND HIM,
DON'T GO GET HIM FOR YOURSELF.
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WELL, YOU'RE QUIET, BUT
I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
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WELL, LET ME GET TO THIS TEXT,
BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE NOT
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GOING TO BE READY UNTIL I DO.
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FIRST SAMUEL, CHAPTER 16.
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YOU NEED TO GO THERE.
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IN FACT, I HOPE SOME PEOPLE CAME
HERE PREPARED TO TAKE NOTES.
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FIRST SAMUEL,
CHAPTER 16, AND VERSE 7.
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I'VE GOT IT IN ANOTHER VERSION.
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HERE IT IS.
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MAN LOOKS ON THE
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, BUT GOD
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LOOKS ON THE HEART.
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I BELIEVE THAT TOO
MANY PEOPLE ARE TOO FOCUSED
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ON PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
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SISTERS, I DON'T WANT TO PICK
ON YOU, BUT LET ME TELL YOU.
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YOU COMPLAIN
ABOUT THESE BOY TOYS.
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I HOPE YOU CAN TRANSLATE
THAT IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE
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I'M PREACHING TO TONIGHT.
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YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT
THESE BOY TOYS, BUT WHO MADE
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THEM POPULAR ?
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AREN'T YOU THE
ONES WHO CHASE THEM ?
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AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO
GO BY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
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INSTEAD OF WHO THEY ARE ?
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AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO LET
THEM FOOL YOU WITH THEIR RENTED
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CARS, THEIR RENTED CLOTHES ?
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AREN'T YOU THE ONES
WHO JUDGE THEM BY WHAT THEY
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LOOK LIKE INSTEAD OF THE
CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER ?
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WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS
THAT THERE ARE SOME MAN ALMOST
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FINISHED WITH HIS DOCTORATE.
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HE'S GO ON TWO
PLAIDS THAT DON'T MATCH.
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HE'S GOT TAPE AROUND
THE CORNER OF HIS GLASSES.
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HIS HAIR IS NOT COMBED.
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BUT IN ABOUT A MONTH HE'S
GOING TO BE MAKING MORE MONEY
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THEN YOU EVER IMAGINED.
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HE KNOWS HOW TO APPLY HIMSELF.
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HE KNOWS HOW TO STAY ON ONE
NOTE UNTIL HE GETS IT RIGHT.
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AND HE LOVES JESUS,
AND YOU'RE WALKING BY HIM
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TRYING TO GET TO A BOY TOY.
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(APPLAUSE) WHY DON'T YOU PRAY ?
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BECAUSE YOU LOOK ON
THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT
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GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART.
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IF GOD TOLD YOU THAT HE HAS
A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT MAN,
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WITH THE PLAIDS THAT DON'T
MATCH, WITH THE NERDY-LOOKING
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EYE GLASSES, IF GOD TOLD YOU
THAT THAT MAN LOVES JESUS WITH
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ALL OF HIS HEART, DON'T
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN BUY
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HIM NEW CLOTHES THAT MATCH.
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(APPLAUSE) GET HIM
SOME CONTACT LENSES.
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GET HIM LASER SURGERY.
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GET HIM SOME CLOTHES,
AFTER YOU GET ALL THE MONEY THAT
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THIS MAN IS GOING TO EARN,
YOU COULD MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE
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THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS.
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BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT'S
ON THE OUTSIDE THAT COUNTS.
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IT'S WHAT'S ON THE
INSIDE THAT COUNTS.
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(APPLAUSE) AND BROTHERS, LET ME
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TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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I KNOW IT'S CHANGED.
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IN FACT, I WISH I COULD
MAKE ALL THE WOMEN LEAVE
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UNTIL I SAY THIS, BUT I'VE
GOT TO TELL IT TO EVERYBODY.
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TIMES HAVE CHANGED NOW.
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THE SISTERS ARE ON THE MOVE.
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AND THOSE SAME SWEET NOTHINGS
THAT USED TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO
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MEN ARE NOW BEING USED WITH
MASTERFUL, MASTERFUL EFFECTS,
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ARE BEING USED BY WOMEN.
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BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME IN
THE MORNING, BROTHER, TAKE A
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GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOURSELF.
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SOME WOMAN COMES UP
TO YOU AND SAYS, HEY, YOU
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BEEN PUMPING IRON ?
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(LAUGHTER) DON'T LET THAT MESS
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YOUR MIND UP.
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YOU KNOW GOOD AND WELL
THAT THE LAST METAL YOU
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PICKED UP WAS A FORK.
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(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
AND YOU'RE GOING TO LET SOME
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WOMAN MESS UP YOUR MIND.
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YOU HAD BETTER LEARN, TOO,
MY BROTHER, THAT THE OUTWARD
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APPEARANCE IS NOT THE
ONLY THING THAT COUNTS.
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IN FACT, IF YOU HAD TO MAKE
A CHOICE BETWEEN SOMEBODY WHO
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LOOKED LIKE A MOTION PICTURE
STAR AND SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED
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JUST KIND OF PLAIN, BUT LOVED
JESUS, YOU ALL AIN'T TRYING TO
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LISTEN TO ME TONIGHT, ARE YOU ?
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(APPLAUSE)
WITHOUT BEING INDELICATE,
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LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.
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THE INEXORIBLE FORCE OF GRAVITY
WILL CHANGE EVERYONE EVENTUALLY.
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I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT WITH WOMEN,
IT WOULD BE INDELICATE TO DO.
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BUT ALL OF US BRETHREN START
OFF, YOU KNOW, HOW YA DOING ?
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BUT TIME AND GRAVITY.
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(LAUGHTER) TIME AND GRAVITY.
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AND AFTER A WHILE...
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(LAUGHTER) YOU BE
LOOKING OVER THERE AND
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BE WONDER WHY YOU CHOOSE HIM.
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WONDER WHY YOU CHOSE HER.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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IF YOU GROW IN CHRIST,
JESUS WILL RENOVATE YOU.
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(APPLAUSE) I DON'T HAVE TIME.
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I DO WANT TO SAY THIS.
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WHILE I DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT
TO COMPLETELY FOCUS ON OUTWARD
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APPEARANCE, YOU DO NEED
TO CHECK OUT THE FAMILY.
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(APPLAUSE)
EVERYBODY WILL ONE DAY
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TURN INTO THEIR PARENTS.
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VISIT THEIR PARENTS.
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IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH MOMMY AND
DADDY, YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE ON.
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IF, GOD FORBID,
THEIR PARENTS HAVE FALLEN
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ASLEEP, LOOK AT PICTURES.
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A LOT OF THEM.
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NOT JUST THAT ONE.
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A LOT OF THEM.
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BECAUSE YO NEED TO
KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS
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YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
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IT'S OKAY.
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BUT I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT
OUR FOCUS IS IN THE WRONG PLACE.
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YOU MUST NOT BE
MISLEAD BY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
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LET ME SHARE SOMETHING
WITH YOU THAT'S GOING TO BE
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DIFFICULT FOR SOME.
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I WANT YOU TO GO TO
SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4.
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SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4.
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IN FACT, I HESITATED.
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I SAID, JESUS,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.
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BUT HE SAID, YEAH, BUT SAY IT.
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SO I TAKE THE RISK OF
HAVING YOU DISLIKE ME, WHILE
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GOD SAYS, THERE IT IS.
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SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4.
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IN FACT, I'M GOING TO
READ THIS FROM THE NIV.
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DO NOT BE YOKED
TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS.
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FOR WHAT DO RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND WICKEDNESS HAVE IN COMMON ?
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OR WHAT FELLOWSHIP CAN
LIGHT HAVE WITH DARKNESS ?
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WHAT HARMONY IS THERE
BETWEEN CHRIST AND BELIAL ?
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WHAT DOES A BELIEVER HAVE
IN COMMON WITH AN UNBELIEVER ?
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WHAT AGREEMENT IS THERE BETWEEN
THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND IDOLS ?
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FOR WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE
LIVING GOD, AS GOD HAS SAID, I
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WILL LIVE WITH THEM AND WALK
AMONG THEM, AND I WILL BE THEIR
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GOD AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.
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NOW, SOME PEOPLE
TAKE THIS TOO FAR.
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I'M GOING TO TRY AND TAKE
IT EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGS.
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YOU CANNOT HOPE TO SUCCEED
IF YOU JOIN YOURSELF TO SOMEBODY
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WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS.
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(APPLAUSE) YOU
CAN'T HOPE TO SUCCEED.
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IN THE MOST DIFFICULT
COUNSELING SITUATIONS,
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I KNOW WHERE I CAN GO.
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I CAN GO TO JESUS.
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AND I'LL TAKE THE HUSBAND OR THE
WIFE IN A FAILED RELATIONSHIP,
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I'LL TAKE TWO PARTNERS
WHO HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED, BUT
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THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR
SO LONG THAT IT'S CRUCIAL NOW.
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AND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING
ABSOLUTELY WRONG, IF I GO TO
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JESUS, I CAN PULL THEM BACK.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT
SONG THAT SAYS THAT THE JESUS IN
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ME LOVES THE JESUS IN YOU ?
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YOU NEED TO MEMORIZE THAT SONG.
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BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT
THE ONLY BEING THAT WILL NEVER
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LET YOU DOWN, IS JESUS.
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(APPLAUSE) SO, THIS VERSE IS NOT
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SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO
FIND A PERFECT CHRISTIAN.
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GUESS WHAT ?
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THERE ARE NO CHRISTIANS
WHO ARE, BY THEMSELVES,
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ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
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BUT YOU'VE GOT TO START
WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS JESUS AS
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THE HEAD OF THEIR LIVES.
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AND THAT'S WHAT
THE TEXT IS SAYING.
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IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN
CHRIST, IF THEY DON'T HAVE
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CHRIST AS THE CENTER OF THEIR
LIVES, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN
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YOU HOPE TO TRUST THEM ?
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BECAUSE HERE IS THE TRUTH.
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JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.
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IF YOU TURN JESUS
LOOSE, YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
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YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
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SO, SISTERS, YOU KNOW, I
KNOW LADIES ALWAYS THINK, WELL,
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THESE MEN CAN'T. . . LISTEN,
IF YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS IN
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YOUR LIFE, YOU
CAN'T BE TRUSTED EITHER.
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THE FACT IS THAT IF
CHRIST DOES NOT RUN YOUR LIFE,
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YOU ARE COMPLETELY AFLOAT.
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YOU ARE OUT ON THE
SEA WITHOUT A RUDDER.
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AND ONE DAY YOU
MAY SHOCK YOURSELF.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE
HEART IS DECEITFULLY WICKED.
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WHO CAN KNOW IT ?
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ONLY JESUS KNOWS THE HEART.
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AND UNLESS JESUS IS THE CAPTAIN
OF YOUR LIFE, UNLESS HE HOLDS
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THE STEERING WHEEL IN YOUR LIFE,
UNLESS HE RULES IN YOUR LIFE,
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EVEN YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED.
00:14:51.76\00:14:54.96
SO WHEN YOU LOOK FOR SOMEBODY,
EVEN TO BE A CLOSE FRIEND, IT'S
00:14:54.96\00:15:00.80
OKAY TO FELLOWSHIP WITH ANYBODY.
00:15:00.80\00:15:02.96
THE BIBLE SAYS YE ARE
THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
00:15:02.96\00:15:06.60
AND IF THE SALT NEVER GETS TO
THE VERY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE
00:15:06.60\00:15:11.06
SAVED, THEN SALT DOESN'T WORK.
00:15:11.06\00:15:13.13
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE FRIENDS
WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY AT
00:15:13.13\00:15:15.66
YOUR LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE, AND YOU OUGHT
00:15:15.66\00:15:18.26
TO SHARE JESUS WITH THEM.
00:15:18.26\00:15:20.06
THAT'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:15:20.06\00:15:23.56
BUT DON'T FORM PERMANENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE UNLESS
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JESUS IS IN THEIR LIVES.
00:15:29.03\00:15:32.20
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ?
00:15:33.03\00:15:34.40
SO, I'M NOT PASSING BY
THE REALITY AND BECOMING SO
00:15:34.40\00:15:38.90
EXAGGERATED IN MY BELIEF
SYSTEM THAT I THINK YOU HAVE
00:15:38.90\00:15:41.80
TO FIND THE PERFECT--THE
ONLY PERFECT CHRISTIAN--BORN IN
00:15:41.80\00:15:48.53
BETHLEHEM, DIED ON A CROSS.
00:15:48.53\00:15:52.43
BUT YOU CAN GROW
TOGETHER IN CHRIST IF YOU BOTH
00:15:53.30\00:15:57.16
HAVE CHRIST IN YOU.
00:15:57.16\00:15:58.66
DO YOU SEE IT ?
00:15:58.66\00:16:00.33
YOU MUST DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS.
00:16:00.33\00:16:04.56
I WANT TO SAY THIS, NOT
BASED ON A TEXT THAT I'M
00:16:04.56\00:16:07.53
GOING TO READ, BUT ON
THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE.
00:16:07.53\00:16:13.10
SENSUAL LOVE--AM I CLEAR ?
00:16:13.10\00:16:18.10
SENSUAL LOVE IS A CLINGING VINE.
00:16:18.10\00:16:22.30
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP.
00:16:22.30\00:16:26.40
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A TRELLIS.
00:16:26.40\00:16:29.30
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BACKBONE.
00:16:29.30\00:16:31.10
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:16:31.10\00:16:32.63
ROMANCE WILL
EVAPORATE OVER AN EMPTY TABLE.
00:16:32.63\00:16:42.83
SENSUALITY, IT'S
WONDERFUL WHEN GOD HAS PUT YOU
00:16:42.83\00:16:47.36
TOGETHER IN LOVE.
00:16:47.36\00:16:49.60
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
00:16:49.60\00:16:51.76
IN FACT, I'VE GOT TO READ ONE
TEXT TO YOU THAT YOU CAN'T MISS.
00:16:51.76\00:16:54.56
IT'S IN FIRST CORINTHIANS.
00:16:54.56\00:16:56.30
AND IT'S IN CHAPTER 7,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT,
00:16:56.30\00:17:01.06
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME
FOLKS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:17:01.06\00:17:04.50
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE
ARE GIFTS IN RELATIONSHIPS.
00:17:04.50\00:17:09.16
THIS IS FIRST CORINTHIANS.
00:17:09.16\00:17:11.56
THIS IS CHAPTER 7, AND VERSE 7.
00:17:11.56\00:17:14.70
AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
00:17:15.80\00:17:17.96
WHY WOULD THAT ALL
MEN WERE EVEN AS MYSELF.
00:17:17.96\00:17:22.06
BUT EVERY MAN HATH HIS
PROPER GIFT OF GOD, ONE
00:17:22.06\00:17:25.46
AFTER THIS MANNER
AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT.
00:17:25.46\00:17:29.36
YOU KNOW WHAT PAUL IS SAYING ?
00:17:30.40\00:17:31.66
HE SAID, DURING THIS
TIME OF CRISIS, AND IT
00:17:31.66\00:17:34.36
WAS A TIME OF CRISIS.
00:17:34.36\00:17:36.10
IT WAS INTERNATIONAL.
00:17:36.10\00:17:37.93
IT WAS CERTAINLY NATIONAL.
00:17:37.93\00:17:39.23
IT WAS A TIME OF
PERSECUTION FOR GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:17:39.23\00:17:42.70
SO PAUL SAYS, IN THIS TIME,
I WISH THAT SOME FOLKS COULD
00:17:42.70\00:17:45.93
BE LIKE ME, BECAUSE WHEN
YOU ARE ALONE, YOU DON'T HAVE
00:17:45.93\00:17:50.00
TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR FAMILY
AND YOUR CHILDREN IN TIMES
00:17:50.00\00:17:53.16
OF PERSECUTION.
00:17:53.16\00:17:54.36
SO I WISH YOU COULD BE LIKE ME.
00:17:54.36\00:17:55.76
BUT EVERYBODY HAS A GIFT.
00:17:55.76\00:17:58.63
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE GIFT OF SINGLENESS.
00:17:58.63\00:18:03.53
STRANGE ?
00:18:03.53\00:18:05.70
THAT MEANS THAT YOU
CAN DO IT BY YOURSELF.
00:18:05.70\00:18:08.86
I HAVE SEEN MEN
WHO DIDN'T HAVE A WIFE.
00:18:08.86\00:18:12.73
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
OTHER KIND OF PROBLEM.
00:18:12.73\00:18:18.46
(LAUGHTER) BUT THEY WERE OKAY.
00:18:18.46\00:18:25.83
THEY WERE OKAY.
00:18:25.83\00:18:27.83
YOU KNOW ?
00:18:27.83\00:18:28.60
OKAY ?
00:18:28.60\00:18:30.00
I'VE SEEN SOME LADIES,
NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM.
00:18:30.00\00:18:32.40
YOU COULDN'T SAY,
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:18:32.40\00:18:35.50
NO, NO, NO.
00:18:35.50\00:18:37.26
I MEAN PERFECT
SYMBOL OF WOMANHOOD.
00:18:37.26\00:18:42.60
BUT THEY HAD LEARNED THAT
THEY HAD A GIFT OF SINGLENESS.
00:18:42.60\00:18:45.90
I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
00:18:45.90\00:18:47.80
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
DON'T KNOW WHAT GIFT THEY HAVE.
00:18:47.80\00:18:52.00
SO THEY MOVE
FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.
00:18:52.00\00:18:54.90
TODAY I HAVE THE
GIFT OF SINGLENESS.
00:18:54.90\00:18:58.60
(LAUGHTER) DO I HAVE TO SAY IT ?
00:18:58.60\00:19:02.70
SO THEY DABBLE WHERE
GOD WOULD NOT APPROVE.
00:19:02.70\00:19:08.60
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU
00:19:08.60\00:19:11.43
CAN GIVE AWAY VERY
TREASURED GIFTS, WAITING ON YOU,
00:19:11.43\00:19:21.36
AND KEEP ON GIVING THEM
AWAY, AND WALK AWAY UNSCATHED.
00:19:21.36\00:19:29.16
YOU CANNOT.
00:19:29.16\00:19:31.40
IN FACT, THE BIBLE EVEN
SUGGESTS THAT CERTAIN INTIMATE
00:19:31.40\00:19:37.20
ACTIVITIES JOIN YOU TOGETHER.
00:19:37.20\00:19:43.23
YOU OUGHT TO BE
VERY AFRAID RIGHT NOW.
00:19:43.23\00:19:46.73
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY,
REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID, WELL,
00:19:46.73\00:19:51.36
I KNOW GOD WOULD UNDERSTAND.
00:19:51.36\00:19:54.66
AND THEN SOME THINGS HAPPENED
THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED,
00:19:54.66\00:19:57.33
AND THEN YOU WERE CAREFUL.
00:19:57.33\00:19:58.36
YOU TOLD HIM,
LOOK, IT WAS A MISTAKE.
00:19:58.36\00:20:01.73
NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.
00:20:01.73\00:20:04.20
SO, LOOK, THIS IS FINISHED,
YOU UNDERSTAND, IT'S FINISHED.
00:20:04.20\00:20:08.60
LET'S DON'T EVER, EVER,
EVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
00:20:08.60\00:20:15.60
AND THEN MONDAY
MORNING, HERE HE IS AT YOUR DESK
00:20:15.60\00:20:18.63
WITH SOME FLOWERS.
00:20:18.63\00:20:22.10
CAN WE GO OUTSIDE ?
00:20:22.10\00:20:25.03
YOU REMEMBER WHAT I
TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY ?
00:20:25.03\00:20:28.26
WHAT I TOLD YOU WAS, OVER.
00:20:28.26\00:20:32.80
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
00:20:32.80\00:20:33.70
THERE IS NO HOPE.
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.90
SO DON'T EVER, EVER,
EVER COME WHERE I AM.
00:20:36.90\00:20:42.83
IF YOU SEE ME, DON'T COME THERE.
00:20:42.83\00:20:46.36
(LAUGHTER) AND
YOU'RE AT THE RESTAURANT
00:20:46.36\00:20:50.16
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING ?
00:20:50.16\00:20:52.76
I JUST THOUGHT I'D DROP BY.
00:20:52.76\00:20:54.43
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME
00:20:54.43\00:20:58.23
ACTIVITIES THAT GOD INTENDED
SHOULD WELD YOU TOGETHER.
00:20:58.23\00:21:04.76
AND BROTHERS, WELL,
SHOULD I GET HERE OR WAIT UNTIL
00:21:04.76\00:21:07.60
TOMORROW NIGHT ?
00:21:07.60\00:21:10.06
I THINK I'LL WAIT
UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT.
00:21:10.06\00:21:13.43
BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME
STUFF FOR MARRIED MEN THAT WILL
00:21:13.43\00:21:16.76
TEACH YOU THE SAME TRUTHS.
00:21:16.76\00:21:19.23
YOU CAN'T RIDE
OUT AND RIDE HOME.
00:21:19.23\00:21:23.03
DON'T EVER, DON'T EVER, EVER.
00:21:23.03\00:21:29.06
OKAY.
00:21:29.06\00:21:30.80
AND THEN YOUR PHONE
RINGS AT SOME INOPPORTUNE TIME.
00:21:30.80\00:21:33.80
(MAKES NOISES) (LAUGHTER)
00:21:33.80\00:21:44.20
OH, NO, THEY HAVE
THE WRONG NUMBER, DEAR.
00:21:44.20\00:21:47.23
(LAUGHTER) YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE
00:21:47.23\00:21:52.93
WHAT IS YOUR GIFT.
00:21:52.93\00:21:56.33
WELL, LET ME READ
ONE MORE TEXT IN THAT.
00:21:56.33\00:21:58.36
I'VE TURNED AWAY FROM IT.
00:21:58.36\00:21:59.80
LET ME GET BACK TO IT.
00:21:59.80\00:22:00.83
THIS IS FIRST
CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 7.
00:22:00.83\00:22:03.36
CAN I GO BACK THERE A MINUTE ?
00:22:03.36\00:22:05.26
AND LOOK AT
VERSES, VERSES 7 AND 8.
00:22:05.26\00:22:11.33
FOR I WOULD THAT ALL
MEN, LET ME GIVE EIGHT.
00:22:12.23\00:22:14.66
I SAY, THEREFORE, TO
THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS,
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.23
IT IS GOOD FOR THEM
IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I.
00:22:17.23\00:22:20.86
BUT IF THEY CANNOT
CONTAIN, LET THEM MARRY.
00:22:20.86\00:22:24.53
FOR IT IS BETTER
TO MARRY THAN TO BURN.
00:22:24.53\00:22:26.83
BURN IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
00:22:28.06\00:22:29.06
IF YOU'RE YOUNG ENOUGH,
NOBODY HAS TO EXPLAIN IT.
00:22:29.06\00:22:30.76
IF YOU'RE OLD
ENOUGH, LET ME REMIND YOU.
00:22:30.76\00:22:32.80
(LAUGHTER) AS WE MATURE, WE
00:22:32.80\00:22:38.10
GAIN MORE DISCRETION.
00:22:38.10\00:22:42.16
BUT THE FACT IS THAT
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND,
00:22:42.16\00:22:46.03
ARE YOU GOING TO BE SINGLE
OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE MARRIED.
00:22:46.03\00:22:50.13
YOU CANNOT BE
BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
00:22:50.13\00:22:55.23
SO YOU'VE GOT TO
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
00:22:55.23\00:22:57.36
HERE'S WHERE I
WANT TO END THIS SERMON.
00:22:57.36\00:23:02.83
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU
ALL OF THESE WHAT IFS, AND THEN
00:23:02.83\00:23:06.56
FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT GOD
PLANNED FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE
00:23:06.56\00:23:15.36
RELATIONSHIP THAT HE CREATED.
00:23:15.36\00:23:19.26
AND HE CREATED IT JUST AFTER
MAN AND WOMAN WERE FIRST MADE.
00:23:19.26\00:23:26.23
NOW, YOU KNOW I DON'T
LIKE JUST INK STAINS ON PAPER.
00:23:26.23\00:23:30.80
I READ GENESIS 2:18, AND I READ
WHAT THE WORDS "HELP MEET" MEAN.
00:23:30.80\00:23:37.63
GOD SAYS TO ADAM, I'M GOING
TO MAKE A HELP MEET FOR YOU.
00:23:37.63\00:23:44.26
DID ADAM UNDERSTAND IT ?
00:23:44.26\00:23:46.43
I SOMEHOW THINK THAT HE DID.
00:23:46.43\00:23:48.63
BUT HE JUST HASN'T SEEN HER YET.
00:23:48.63\00:23:51.63
AND YOU CAN'T FULLY
UNDERSTAND THIS THING UNTIL YOU
00:23:51.63\00:23:55.83
EXPERIENCE IT.
00:23:55.83\00:23:58.03
SO GOD SAYS, I WILL
PERFORM THE FIRST SURGERY.
00:23:58.03\00:24:06.66
I WILL--DO YOU THINK
GOD NEEDED, DO YOU THINK
00:24:06.66\00:24:10.36
JESUS HAD A SCALPEL ?
00:24:10.36\00:24:13.40
I DON'T KNOW.
00:24:13.40\00:24:14.16
I'VE GOT A FEELING THAT THERE
WAS SOME WAY HE COULD JUST. . .
00:24:14.16\00:24:17.00
BECAUSE HE JUST CREATED ADAM
OUT OF THE DUST OF THE EARTH.
00:24:22.40\00:24:27.60
SO, IF HE COULD DO A MAN OUT OF
DUST, DO YOU SUSPECT HE COULDN'T
00:24:27.60\00:24:32.36
DO A WOMAN OUT OF A RIB ?
00:24:32.36\00:24:39.06
ADAM RECOGNIZING IN HER, EVE,
THE DESIRED COMPANION, WELCOMED
00:24:39.06\00:24:45.03
HER JOYFULLY AS HIS BRIDE.
00:24:45.03\00:24:48.06
AND EXPRESSED HIS JOY
IN POETIC EXCLAMATIONS.
00:24:48.06\00:24:53.73
THE WORDS, THIS
IS NOW, THIS IS NOW.
00:24:53.73\00:24:59.86
THAT'S WHAT ADAM SAID WHEN
HE FIRST LAID HIS EYES ON EVE.
00:24:59.86\00:25:11.76
YOU KNOW, WOMEN
STILL LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
00:25:11.76\00:25:14.06
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT
THAT FIRST ONE LOOKED LIKE ?
00:25:14.06\00:25:18.66
ADAM HAD WATCHED ANIMALS.
00:25:18.66\00:25:21.66
(LAUGHTER) THEY WERE IN SWARMS.
00:25:21.66\00:25:26.20
THEY WERE IN GROUPS.
00:25:26.20\00:25:28.26
ANIMALS CLUNG TO EACH OTHER.
00:25:28.26\00:25:29.96
THEY WRAPPED THEIR
NECKS AROUND EACH OTHER.
00:25:29.96\00:25:31.86
THEY PECKED AT EACH OTHER.
00:25:31.86\00:25:33.53
THEY WALKED TOGETHER.
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.13
THEY MADE LITTLE
STRUTTING THINGS.
00:25:35.13\00:25:38.50
AND THEY COURTED EACH OTHER.
00:25:38.50\00:25:39.90
AND ADAM HAD WATCHED
IT AND SAID, LOOK AT THAT.
00:25:39.90\00:25:43.36
(LAUGHTER) AND
FINALLY, JESUS DELIVERS
00:25:43.36\00:25:48.63
TO HIM THIS WOMAN.
00:25:48.63\00:25:52.26
AND THE BIBLE SAID THREE TIMES,
ADAM REPEATED THIS, THIS, THIS.
00:25:52.26\00:26:02.63
I CAN READ HIS MIND.
00:26:02.63\00:26:06.76
IT WAS NOT ONLY SENSUAL.
00:26:06.76\00:26:10.80
IT WAS A GIFT
FROM THE HAND OF GOD.
00:26:10.80\00:26:14.73
IT WAS NOT ONLY ROMANTIC.
00:26:14.73\00:26:18.16
IT WAS A WOMAN MADE
FOR HIS SPECIFIC TASTES.
00:26:18.16\00:26:22.93
GOD KNEW WHAT THE VACUUM WAS
IN THE CENTER OF HIS HEART AND
00:26:22.93\00:26:27.60
CREATED A WOMAN IN THE EXACT
PROPORTIONS TO FIT THE VACUUM.
00:26:27.60\00:26:32.56
IT WAS AMAZEMENT.
00:26:32.56\00:26:36.50
AND WITH THAT I
LEAVE YOU THE IDEAL.
00:26:36.50\00:26:38.63
IF GOD LOVES YOU ENOUGH, AND IF
YOU ARE FAITHFUL ENOUGH TO HIM,
00:26:38.63\00:26:42.66
HE WILL NOT GIVE YOU A BAD
SUBSTITUTE, BUT THE REAL JOY.
00:26:42.66\00:26:46.83
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