Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000406
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:14 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON'S CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM 00:17 COLOSSIANS, CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED "YOU COMPLETE ME." 00:20 (music) HE SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU THE 00:26 PETITIONS OF YOUR HEART. 00:30 SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN WEARY OF ASKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON, SO 00:35 THEY'VE LAID THAT PRAYER ASIDE. 00:39 BUT MAYBE YOU WERE PRAYING IN THE WRONG FRAME OF MIND. 00:44 GOD DOES NOT NEED DESPERATE PRAYERS. 00:46 HE HEARS DESPERATE PRAYERS, BUT THE PRAYER THAT HE CAN 00:50 BARELY RESIST IS THE ONE THAT COMES FROM SOMEBODY 00:54 WHO CHOOSES WHAT HE CHOOSES AND LOVES WHAT HE LOVES. 01:01 THEN HE IS BOUND TO ANSWER THE PETITIONS WAY 01:07 DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART. 01:10 THE THINGS YOU WON'T EVEN SHARE WITH ANYBODY ANYMORE. 01:14 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS. 01:16 LET ME START WITH THE SISTERS. 01:19 IF YOU WANT TO BE PRETTY, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY CANNOT 01:23 AFFORD AN EXTREME MAKEOVER. 01:30 IN FACT, BROTHERS, I'VE GOT TO PUT A LITTLE ASTERISK HERE. 01:34 I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU MARRY A WOMAN WHO HAS 01:37 BEEN MADE OVER EXTREMELY, THE GENES REMEMBER. 01:46 (laughter & applause) AND UNLESS YOU PLAN TO TAKE 01:55 EVERY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN TO GET AN EXTREME MAKEOVER. 02:03 WHY DON'T YOU LET GOD HELP YOU CHOOSE SOMEBODY ? 02:07 BUT SISTER, HERE'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU. 02:10 IF YOU WANT TO BE IRRESISTIBLE, THINK ABOUT GOD GIVING YOU 02:17 THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. 02:20 THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IN HIM YOU LIVE AND MOVE 02:24 AND HAVE YOUR BEING. 02:25 THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WALKS WITH YOU 02:28 AND HE TALKS WITH YOU. 02:30 THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS CALLED YOU TO DO A JOB FOR HIM. 02:35 GOD HAS ASSIGNED EVERYBODY A TASK. 02:39 SO INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND WAITING ON MR. RIGHT, GO 02:43 DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 02:46 I PREACH TO YOU. 02:49 I PREACH TO YOU THAT IF YOU RETURN A FAITHFUL TITHE AND 02:53 GIVE AN OFFERING, THAT HE WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN 02:56 AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING. 02:58 DO YOU DOUBT THAT HE MAY HAVE MR. RIGHT UP THERE SOMEWHERE ? 03:02 I PREACH TO YOU THAT IF YOU KEEP GOD'S SABBATH, HE'D 03:05 MAKE YOU RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 03:08 I TOLD YOU WHAT THE HERITAGE OF JACOB WAS. 03:11 IF YOU GET THAT WORKING IN YOUR PERSONALITY, IT'LL MAKE 03:14 YOU SO IRRESISTIBLE THAT MR. 03:17 WRONG WILL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT FINALLY MR. RIGHT 03:22 WILL HAVE TO COME IF HE'S THERE. 03:27 BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU. 03:29 GOD WILL NOT GIVE YOU A BAD SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PRAYER 03:34 THAT YOU ARE PRAYING. 03:37 AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WOMEN AND MEN HAVE SAID TO ME. 03:41 IN FACT, ONE LADY, I CAN SEE HER STILL. 03:44 SHE SAID, PASTOR, I CAN'T DO IT, BUT YOU CAN. 03:47 SHE SAID, TELL EVERY WOMAN WHO SEEMS TO BE GETTING 03:50 DESPERATE THAT THEY WOULD RATHER BE ALONE; ALONE; THEN 04:03 TO HAVE THE WRONG MAN. 04:07 SHE SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY BECAUSE SHE WAS MARRIED 04:10 TO THE WRONG MAN. 04:13 SHE SAID, PASTOR, PLEASE TELL THEM. 04:16 LET GOD CHOOSE HIM. 04:19 AND IF GOD DOESN'T SEND HIM, DON'T GO GET HIM FOR YOURSELF. 04:27 WELL, YOU'RE QUIET, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. 04:32 WELL, LET ME GET TO THIS TEXT, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE NOT 04:34 GOING TO BE READY UNTIL I DO. 04:36 FIRST SAMUEL, CHAPTER 16. 04:37 YOU NEED TO GO THERE. 04:39 IN FACT, I HOPE SOME PEOPLE CAME HERE PREPARED TO TAKE NOTES. 04:43 FIRST SAMUEL, CHAPTER 16, AND VERSE 7. 04:45 I'VE GOT IT IN ANOTHER VERSION. 04:49 HERE IT IS. 04:50 MAN LOOKS ON THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, BUT GOD 04:53 LOOKS ON THE HEART. 04:57 I BELIEVE THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE TOO FOCUSED 05:02 ON PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. 05:06 SISTERS, I DON'T WANT TO PICK ON YOU, BUT LET ME TELL YOU. 05:08 YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE BOY TOYS. 05:13 I HOPE YOU CAN TRANSLATE THAT IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE 05:15 I'M PREACHING TO TONIGHT. 05:19 YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE BOY TOYS, BUT WHO MADE 05:22 THEM POPULAR ? 05:26 AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO CHASE THEM ? 05:28 AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO GO BY WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE 05:30 INSTEAD OF WHO THEY ARE ? 05:32 AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO LET THEM FOOL YOU WITH THEIR RENTED 05:35 CARS, THEIR RENTED CLOTHES ? 05:39 AREN'T YOU THE ONES WHO JUDGE THEM BY WHAT THEY 05:42 LOOK LIKE INSTEAD OF THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER ? 05:45 WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT THERE ARE SOME MAN ALMOST 05:48 FINISHED WITH HIS DOCTORATE. 05:51 HE'S GO ON TWO PLAIDS THAT DON'T MATCH. 05:58 HE'S GOT TAPE AROUND THE CORNER OF HIS GLASSES. 06:02 HIS HAIR IS NOT COMBED. 06:05 BUT IN ABOUT A MONTH HE'S GOING TO BE MAKING MORE MONEY 06:08 THEN YOU EVER IMAGINED. 06:11 HE KNOWS HOW TO APPLY HIMSELF. 06:13 HE KNOWS HOW TO STAY ON ONE NOTE UNTIL HE GETS IT RIGHT. 06:18 AND HE LOVES JESUS, AND YOU'RE WALKING BY HIM 06:22 TRYING TO GET TO A BOY TOY. 06:23 (APPLAUSE) WHY DON'T YOU PRAY ? 06:35 BECAUSE YOU LOOK ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT 06:38 GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. 06:40 IF GOD TOLD YOU THAT HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT MAN, 06:46 WITH THE PLAIDS THAT DON'T MATCH, WITH THE NERDY-LOOKING 06:50 EYE GLASSES, IF GOD TOLD YOU THAT THAT MAN LOVES JESUS WITH 06:54 ALL OF HIS HEART, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN BUY 06:58 HIM NEW CLOTHES THAT MATCH. 07:00 (APPLAUSE) GET HIM SOME CONTACT LENSES. 07:11 GET HIM LASER SURGERY. 07:15 GET HIM SOME CLOTHES, AFTER YOU GET ALL THE MONEY THAT 07:18 THIS MAN IS GOING TO EARN, YOU COULD MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE 07:21 THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS. 07:22 BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE THAT COUNTS. 07:25 IT'S WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS. 07:28 (APPLAUSE) AND BROTHERS, LET ME 07:33 TELL YOU SOMETHING. 07:33 I KNOW IT'S CHANGED. 07:34 IN FACT, I WISH I COULD MAKE ALL THE WOMEN LEAVE 07:37 UNTIL I SAY THIS, BUT I'VE GOT TO TELL IT TO EVERYBODY. 07:40 TIMES HAVE CHANGED NOW. 07:42 THE SISTERS ARE ON THE MOVE. 07:48 AND THOSE SAME SWEET NOTHINGS THAT USED TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO 07:56 MEN ARE NOW BEING USED WITH MASTERFUL, MASTERFUL EFFECTS, 08:04 ARE BEING USED BY WOMEN. 08:07 BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME IN THE MORNING, BROTHER, TAKE A 08:09 GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOURSELF. 08:12 SOME WOMAN COMES UP TO YOU AND SAYS, HEY, YOU 08:14 BEEN PUMPING IRON ? 08:16 (LAUGHTER) DON'T LET THAT MESS 08:30 YOUR MIND UP. 08:34 YOU KNOW GOOD AND WELL THAT THE LAST METAL YOU 08:36 PICKED UP WAS A FORK. 08:38 (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) AND YOU'RE GOING TO LET SOME 08:44 WOMAN MESS UP YOUR MIND. 08:45 YOU HAD BETTER LEARN, TOO, MY BROTHER, THAT THE OUTWARD 08:48 APPEARANCE IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. 08:51 IN FACT, IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN SOMEBODY WHO 08:56 LOOKED LIKE A MOTION PICTURE STAR AND SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED 09:01 JUST KIND OF PLAIN, BUT LOVED JESUS, YOU ALL AIN'T TRYING TO 09:07 LISTEN TO ME TONIGHT, ARE YOU ? 09:09 (APPLAUSE) WITHOUT BEING INDELICATE, 09:12 LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU. 09:15 THE INEXORIBLE FORCE OF GRAVITY WILL CHANGE EVERYONE EVENTUALLY. 09:22 I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT WITH WOMEN, IT WOULD BE INDELICATE TO DO. 09:27 BUT ALL OF US BRETHREN START OFF, YOU KNOW, HOW YA DOING ? 09:37 BUT TIME AND GRAVITY. 09:43 (LAUGHTER) TIME AND GRAVITY. 09:56 AND AFTER A WHILE... 09:58 (LAUGHTER) YOU BE LOOKING OVER THERE AND 10:02 BE WONDER WHY YOU CHOOSE HIM. 10:05 WONDER WHY YOU CHOSE HER. 10:07 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 10:08 IF YOU GROW IN CHRIST, JESUS WILL RENOVATE YOU. 10:15 (APPLAUSE) I DON'T HAVE TIME. 10:22 I DO WANT TO SAY THIS. 10:23 WHILE I DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT TO COMPLETELY FOCUS ON OUTWARD 10:26 APPEARANCE, YOU DO NEED TO CHECK OUT THE FAMILY. 10:31 (APPLAUSE) EVERYBODY WILL ONE DAY 10:40 TURN INTO THEIR PARENTS. 10:43 VISIT THEIR PARENTS. 10:46 IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH MOMMY AND DADDY, YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE ON. 10:52 IF, GOD FORBID, THEIR PARENTS HAVE FALLEN 10:55 ASLEEP, LOOK AT PICTURES. 10:57 A LOT OF THEM. 10:58 NOT JUST THAT ONE. 11:00 A LOT OF THEM. 11:01 BECAUSE YO NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS 11:03 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 11:04 IT'S OKAY. 11:04 BUT I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT OUR FOCUS IS IN THE WRONG PLACE. 11:07 YOU MUST NOT BE MISLEAD BY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 11:12 LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT'S GOING TO BE 11:16 DIFFICULT FOR SOME. 11:17 I WANT YOU TO GO TO SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4. 11:20 SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4. 11:23 IN FACT, I HESITATED. 11:24 I SAID, JESUS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT. 11:28 BUT HE SAID, YEAH, BUT SAY IT. 11:31 SO I TAKE THE RISK OF HAVING YOU DISLIKE ME, WHILE 11:36 GOD SAYS, THERE IT IS. 11:41 SECOND CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 4. 11:43 IN FACT, I'M GOING TO READ THIS FROM THE NIV. 11:47 DO NOT BE YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS. 11:51 FOR WHAT DO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WICKEDNESS HAVE IN COMMON ? 11:54 OR WHAT FELLOWSHIP CAN LIGHT HAVE WITH DARKNESS ? 11:56 WHAT HARMONY IS THERE BETWEEN CHRIST AND BELIAL ? 11:58 WHAT DOES A BELIEVER HAVE IN COMMON WITH AN UNBELIEVER ? 12:02 WHAT AGREEMENT IS THERE BETWEEN THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND IDOLS ? 12:07 FOR WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD, AS GOD HAS SAID, I 12:12 WILL LIVE WITH THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM, AND I WILL BE THEIR 12:16 GOD AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE. 12:18 NOW, SOME PEOPLE TAKE THIS TOO FAR. 12:21 I'M GOING TO TRY AND TAKE IT EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGS. 12:24 YOU CANNOT HOPE TO SUCCEED IF YOU JOIN YOURSELF TO SOMEBODY 12:28 WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS. 12:32 (APPLAUSE) YOU CAN'T HOPE TO SUCCEED. 12:37 IN THE MOST DIFFICULT COUNSELING SITUATIONS, 12:42 I KNOW WHERE I CAN GO. 12:45 I CAN GO TO JESUS. 12:48 AND I'LL TAKE THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE IN A FAILED RELATIONSHIP, 12:52 I'LL TAKE TWO PARTNERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED, BUT 12:54 THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SO LONG THAT IT'S CRUCIAL NOW. 12:58 AND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING ABSOLUTELY WRONG, IF I GO TO 13:00 JESUS, I CAN PULL THEM BACK. 13:04 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT SONG THAT SAYS THAT THE JESUS IN 13:07 ME LOVES THE JESUS IN YOU ? 13:12 YOU NEED TO MEMORIZE THAT SONG. 13:15 BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY BEING THAT WILL NEVER 13:21 LET YOU DOWN, IS JESUS. 13:25 (APPLAUSE) SO, THIS VERSE IS NOT 13:32 SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A PERFECT CHRISTIAN. 13:36 GUESS WHAT ? 13:37 THERE ARE NO CHRISTIANS WHO ARE, BY THEMSELVES, 13:41 ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. 13:43 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO START WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS JESUS AS 13:47 THE HEAD OF THEIR LIVES. 13:48 AND THAT'S WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING. 13:51 IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN CHRIST, IF THEY DON'T HAVE 13:54 CHRIST AS THE CENTER OF THEIR LIVES, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN 13:58 YOU HOPE TO TRUST THEM ? 14:00 BECAUSE HERE IS THE TRUTH. 14:02 JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. 14:07 IF YOU TURN JESUS LOOSE, YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED. 14:13 YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED. 14:16 SO, SISTERS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW LADIES ALWAYS THINK, WELL, 14:18 THESE MEN CAN'T. . . LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS IN 14:21 YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED EITHER. 14:24 THE FACT IS THAT IF CHRIST DOES NOT RUN YOUR LIFE, 14:26 YOU ARE COMPLETELY AFLOAT. 14:29 YOU ARE OUT ON THE SEA WITHOUT A RUDDER. 14:32 AND ONE DAY YOU MAY SHOCK YOURSELF. 14:34 THE BIBLE SAYS THE HEART IS DECEITFULLY WICKED. 14:37 WHO CAN KNOW IT ? 14:39 ONLY JESUS KNOWS THE HEART. 14:41 AND UNLESS JESUS IS THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR LIFE, UNLESS HE HOLDS 14:46 THE STEERING WHEEL IN YOUR LIFE, UNLESS HE RULES IN YOUR LIFE, 14:51 EVEN YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED. 14:54 SO WHEN YOU LOOK FOR SOMEBODY, EVEN TO BE A CLOSE FRIEND, IT'S 15:00 OKAY TO FELLOWSHIP WITH ANYBODY. 15:02 THE BIBLE SAYS YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. 15:06 AND IF THE SALT NEVER GETS TO THE VERY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE 15:11 SAVED, THEN SALT DOESN'T WORK. 15:13 YOU OUGHT TO HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY AT 15:15 YOUR LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, AND YOU OUGHT 15:18 TO SHARE JESUS WITH THEM. 15:20 THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CHRISTIAN. 15:23 BUT DON'T FORM PERMANENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE UNLESS 15:29 JESUS IS IN THEIR LIVES. 15:33 DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? 15:34 SO, I'M NOT PASSING BY THE REALITY AND BECOMING SO 15:38 EXAGGERATED IN MY BELIEF SYSTEM THAT I THINK YOU HAVE 15:41 TO FIND THE PERFECT--THE ONLY PERFECT CHRISTIAN--BORN IN 15:48 BETHLEHEM, DIED ON A CROSS. 15:53 BUT YOU CAN GROW TOGETHER IN CHRIST IF YOU BOTH 15:57 HAVE CHRIST IN YOU. 15:58 DO YOU SEE IT ? 16:00 YOU MUST DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS. 16:04 I WANT TO SAY THIS, NOT BASED ON A TEXT THAT I'M 16:07 GOING TO READ, BUT ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE. 16:13 SENSUAL LOVE--AM I CLEAR ? 16:18 SENSUAL LOVE IS A CLINGING VINE. 16:22 IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP. 16:26 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A TRELLIS. 16:29 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BACKBONE. 16:31 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 16:32 ROMANCE WILL EVAPORATE OVER AN EMPTY TABLE. 16:42 SENSUALITY, IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN GOD HAS PUT YOU 16:47 TOGETHER IN LOVE. 16:49 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 16:51 IN FACT, I'VE GOT TO READ ONE TEXT TO YOU THAT YOU CAN'T MISS. 16:54 IT'S IN FIRST CORINTHIANS. 16:56 AND IT'S IN CHAPTER 7, AND YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR IT, 17:01 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND. 17:04 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE ARE GIFTS IN RELATIONSHIPS. 17:09 THIS IS FIRST CORINTHIANS. 17:11 THIS IS CHAPTER 7, AND VERSE 7. 17:15 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 17:17 WHY WOULD THAT ALL MEN WERE EVEN AS MYSELF. 17:22 BUT EVERY MAN HATH HIS PROPER GIFT OF GOD, ONE 17:25 AFTER THIS MANNER AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT. 17:30 YOU KNOW WHAT PAUL IS SAYING ? 17:31 HE SAID, DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS, AND IT 17:34 WAS A TIME OF CRISIS. 17:36 IT WAS INTERNATIONAL. 17:37 IT WAS CERTAINLY NATIONAL. 17:39 IT WAS A TIME OF PERSECUTION FOR GOD'S PEOPLE. 17:42 SO PAUL SAYS, IN THIS TIME, I WISH THAT SOME FOLKS COULD 17:45 BE LIKE ME, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE ALONE, YOU DON'T HAVE 17:50 TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHILDREN IN TIMES 17:53 OF PERSECUTION. 17:54 SO I WISH YOU COULD BE LIKE ME. 17:55 BUT EVERYBODY HAS A GIFT. 17:58 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE GIFT OF SINGLENESS. 18:03 STRANGE ? 18:05 THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN DO IT BY YOURSELF. 18:08 I HAVE SEEN MEN WHO DIDN'T HAVE A WIFE. 18:12 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER KIND OF PROBLEM. 18:18 (LAUGHTER) BUT THEY WERE OKAY. 18:25 THEY WERE OKAY. 18:27 YOU KNOW ? 18:28 OKAY ? 18:30 I'VE SEEN SOME LADIES, NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. 18:32 YOU COULDN'T SAY, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 18:35 NO, NO, NO. 18:37 I MEAN PERFECT SYMBOL OF WOMANHOOD. 18:42 BUT THEY HAD LEARNED THAT THEY HAD A GIFT OF SINGLENESS. 18:45 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. 18:47 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT GIFT THEY HAVE. 18:52 SO THEY MOVE FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. 18:54 TODAY I HAVE THE GIFT OF SINGLENESS. 18:58 (LAUGHTER) DO I HAVE TO SAY IT ? 19:02 SO THEY DABBLE WHERE GOD WOULD NOT APPROVE. 19:08 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU 19:11 CAN GIVE AWAY VERY TREASURED GIFTS, WAITING ON YOU, 19:21 AND KEEP ON GIVING THEM AWAY, AND WALK AWAY UNSCATHED. 19:29 YOU CANNOT. 19:31 IN FACT, THE BIBLE EVEN SUGGESTS THAT CERTAIN INTIMATE 19:37 ACTIVITIES JOIN YOU TOGETHER. 19:43 YOU OUGHT TO BE VERY AFRAID RIGHT NOW. 19:46 AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY, REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID, WELL, 19:51 I KNOW GOD WOULD UNDERSTAND. 19:54 AND THEN SOME THINGS HAPPENED THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, 19:57 AND THEN YOU WERE CAREFUL. 19:58 YOU TOLD HIM, LOOK, IT WAS A MISTAKE. 20:01 NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE IT. 20:04 SO, LOOK, THIS IS FINISHED, YOU UNDERSTAND, IT'S FINISHED. 20:08 LET'S DON'T EVER, EVER, EVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. 20:15 AND THEN MONDAY MORNING, HERE HE IS AT YOUR DESK 20:18 WITH SOME FLOWERS. 20:22 CAN WE GO OUTSIDE ? 20:25 YOU REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY ? 20:28 WHAT I TOLD YOU WAS, OVER. 20:32 DO YOU UNDERSTAND ? 20:33 THERE IS NO HOPE. 20:36 SO DON'T EVER, EVER, EVER COME WHERE I AM. 20:42 IF YOU SEE ME, DON'T COME THERE. 20:46 (LAUGHTER) AND YOU'RE AT THE RESTAURANT 20:50 WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING ? 20:52 I JUST THOUGHT I'D DROP BY. 20:54 AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME 20:58 ACTIVITIES THAT GOD INTENDED SHOULD WELD YOU TOGETHER. 21:04 AND BROTHERS, WELL, SHOULD I GET HERE OR WAIT UNTIL 21:07 TOMORROW NIGHT ? 21:10 I THINK I'LL WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. 21:13 BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME STUFF FOR MARRIED MEN THAT WILL 21:16 TEACH YOU THE SAME TRUTHS. 21:19 YOU CAN'T RIDE OUT AND RIDE HOME. 21:23 DON'T EVER, DON'T EVER, EVER. 21:29 OKAY. 21:30 AND THEN YOUR PHONE RINGS AT SOME INOPPORTUNE TIME. 21:33 (MAKES NOISES) (LAUGHTER) 21:44 OH, NO, THEY HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER, DEAR. 21:47 (LAUGHTER) YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE 21:52 WHAT IS YOUR GIFT. 21:56 WELL, LET ME READ ONE MORE TEXT IN THAT. 21:58 I'VE TURNED AWAY FROM IT. 21:59 LET ME GET BACK TO IT. 22:00 THIS IS FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 7. 22:03 CAN I GO BACK THERE A MINUTE ? 22:05 AND LOOK AT VERSES, VERSES 7 AND 8. 22:12 FOR I WOULD THAT ALL MEN, LET ME GIVE EIGHT. 22:14 I SAY, THEREFORE, TO THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS, 22:17 IT IS GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I. 22:20 BUT IF THEY CANNOT CONTAIN, LET THEM MARRY. 22:24 FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN. 22:28 BURN IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 22:29 IF YOU'RE YOUNG ENOUGH, NOBODY HAS TO EXPLAIN IT. 22:30 IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH, LET ME REMIND YOU. 22:32 (LAUGHTER) AS WE MATURE, WE 22:38 GAIN MORE DISCRETION. 22:42 BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND, 22:46 ARE YOU GOING TO BE SINGLE OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE MARRIED. 22:50 YOU CANNOT BE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. 22:55 SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND. 22:57 HERE'S WHERE I WANT TO END THIS SERMON. 23:02 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THESE WHAT IFS, AND THEN 23:06 FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT GOD PLANNED FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE 23:15 RELATIONSHIP THAT HE CREATED. 23:19 AND HE CREATED IT JUST AFTER MAN AND WOMAN WERE FIRST MADE. 23:26 NOW, YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE JUST INK STAINS ON PAPER. 23:30 I READ GENESIS 2:18, AND I READ WHAT THE WORDS "HELP MEET" MEAN. 23:37 GOD SAYS TO ADAM, I'M GOING TO MAKE A HELP MEET FOR YOU. 23:44 DID ADAM UNDERSTAND IT ? 23:46 I SOMEHOW THINK THAT HE DID. 23:48 BUT HE JUST HASN'T SEEN HER YET. 23:51 AND YOU CAN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS THING UNTIL YOU 23:55 EXPERIENCE IT. 23:58 SO GOD SAYS, I WILL PERFORM THE FIRST SURGERY. 24:06 I WILL--DO YOU THINK GOD NEEDED, DO YOU THINK 24:10 JESUS HAD A SCALPEL ? 24:13 I DON'T KNOW. 24:14 I'VE GOT A FEELING THAT THERE WAS SOME WAY HE COULD JUST. . . 24:22 BECAUSE HE JUST CREATED ADAM OUT OF THE DUST OF THE EARTH. 24:27 SO, IF HE COULD DO A MAN OUT OF DUST, DO YOU SUSPECT HE COULDN'T 24:32 DO A WOMAN OUT OF A RIB ? 24:39 ADAM RECOGNIZING IN HER, EVE, THE DESIRED COMPANION, WELCOMED 24:45 HER JOYFULLY AS HIS BRIDE. 24:48 AND EXPRESSED HIS JOY IN POETIC EXCLAMATIONS. 24:53 THE WORDS, THIS IS NOW, THIS IS NOW. 24:59 THAT'S WHAT ADAM SAID WHEN HE FIRST LAID HIS EYES ON EVE. 25:11 YOU KNOW, WOMEN STILL LOOK PRETTY GOOD. 25:14 BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT FIRST ONE LOOKED LIKE ? 25:18 ADAM HAD WATCHED ANIMALS. 25:21 (LAUGHTER) THEY WERE IN SWARMS. 25:26 THEY WERE IN GROUPS. 25:28 ANIMALS CLUNG TO EACH OTHER. 25:29 THEY WRAPPED THEIR NECKS AROUND EACH OTHER. 25:31 THEY PECKED AT EACH OTHER. 25:33 THEY WALKED TOGETHER. 25:35 THEY MADE LITTLE STRUTTING THINGS. 25:38 AND THEY COURTED EACH OTHER. 25:39 AND ADAM HAD WATCHED IT AND SAID, LOOK AT THAT. 25:43 (LAUGHTER) AND FINALLY, JESUS DELIVERS 25:48 TO HIM THIS WOMAN. 25:52 AND THE BIBLE SAID THREE TIMES, ADAM REPEATED THIS, THIS, THIS. 26:02 I CAN READ HIS MIND. 26:06 IT WAS NOT ONLY SENSUAL. 26:10 IT WAS A GIFT FROM THE HAND OF GOD. 26:14 IT WAS NOT ONLY ROMANTIC. 26:18 IT WAS A WOMAN MADE FOR HIS SPECIFIC TASTES. 26:22 GOD KNEW WHAT THE VACUUM WAS IN THE CENTER OF HIS HEART AND 26:27 CREATED A WOMAN IN THE EXACT PROPORTIONS TO FIT THE VACUUM. 26:32 IT WAS AMAZEMENT. 26:36 AND WITH THAT I LEAVE YOU THE IDEAL. 26:38 IF GOD LOVES YOU ENOUGH, AND IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL ENOUGH TO HIM, 26:42 HE WILL NOT GIVE YOU A BAD SUBSTITUTE, BUT THE REAL JOY. 26:46 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 26:48 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 26:51 WALTER L. 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