Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000413
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00:01 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS;
00:05 EXPERIENCE THE POWER WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:10 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED A 00:12 RARE QUALITY OF MERCY. 00:16 (theme music) LET'S GO TO GENESIS, 00:26 THE 19TH CHAPTER. 00:27 YOU HAVE SEEN THE TITLE. 00:29 I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED. 00:31 WE HAD PEOPLE CALL IN AND SAY, WHERE'S THE SCRIPTURE FOR THAT ? 00:35 WELL, HERE IT IS. 00:37 THIS IS GENESIS, CHAPTER 19. 00:40 AND I WANT TO READ BEGINNING WITH VERSE 15, AND I 00:43 THINK YOU'LL SEE IT; IT'S CLEAR; IT'S THERE. 00:48 AND HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: 00:51 AND WHEN THE MORNING AROSE, THEN THE ANGEL HASTENED LOT, 00:55 SAYING, ARISE, TAKE THY WIFE AND THY TWO DAUGHTERS, WHICH 01:00 ARE HERE, LEST THOU BE CONSUMED IN THE INEQUITY OF THE CITY. 01:06 AND WHILE HE LINGERED, THE MEN LAID HOLD UPON HIS HAND, 01:10 UPON THE HAND OF HIS WIFE, AND UPON THE HAND OF HIS 01:14 TWO DAUGHTERS: THE LORD BEING MERCIFUL UNTO HIM. 01:17 AND THEY BROUGHT HIM FORTH AND SET HIM WITHOUT THE CITY. 01:23 WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 01:26 FATHER IN HEAVEN, TODAY WE CALL UPON THE ALMIGHTY GOD. 01:33 OH, HOW WE HAVE SEEN THY POWER. 01:36 OH, HOW WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOVE OF JESUS. 01:40 IN FACT, WE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT THE REAL POWER 01:44 OF GOD IS DEMONSTRATED IN THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST FOR US. 01:51 AND SO THIS MORNING OUR HEARTS REACH OUT WITH GRATITUDE, BUT 01:54 OUR BIBLES ARE OPEN, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT 01:59 YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US. 02:01 FATHER, AS I HAVE DONE IN MY PRIVATE PRAYERS, I 02:05 OFFER WHAT LITTLE I BRING. 02:08 IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 02:10 IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO. 02:14 BUT I YIELD IT INTO YOUR POWER. 02:17 TAKE CHARGE OF MY MIND AND MY HEART AND MY MOUTH. 02:21 AND USE WHATEVER YOU CAN AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED 02:24 IT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:26 BRING GLORY TO YOURSELF. 02:28 LET MY NAME BE FORGOTTEN, BUT LET YOURS BE REMEMBERED. 02:33 AND AS WE LEAVE THIS PLACE TODAY, WE SHALL GO GIVING 02:36 PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY, FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF 02:41 JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN. 02:44 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THESE TWO ANGELS BROUGHT LOT AND HIS 02:52 FAMILY, HIS SMALL FAMILY. 02:55 YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE OTHER CHILDREN. 02:59 THERE WERE DAUGHTERS WHO WERE MARRIED, BUT THESE 03:03 FAMILY MEMBERS WERE TAINTED BY THE CHOICE OF LOT. 03:08 LOT WAS A SELFISH NEPHEW. 03:13 HIS UNCLE, ABRAHAM, SHARED EVERYTHING WITH LOT. 03:19 BUT LOT WAS NOT OF THE SAME MIND. 03:22 HE CHOSE FOR HIMSELF THE BEST. 03:25 YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN ABRAHAM AND LOT CAME TO LOOK AT 03:28 THAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THAT WAS SPREAD OUT BEFORE THEM, YOU 03:32 WOULD THINK THAT THE NEPHEW WOULD HAVE SAID, YOU, UNCLE 03:35 ABRAHAM, YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST. 03:38 AND WHATEVER'S LEFT, I'LL TAKE IT. 03:41 I CAN'T. 03:42 I CAN'T. 03:43 I WON'T DARE TO LET MY CHOICE SUPERSEDE YOURS. 03:47 BUT WHEN ABRAHAM, IN HIS KINDNESS, SAID, 03:51 WHAT DO YOU WANT ? 03:52 LOT LOOKED DOWN ON THE MOST RICH SOIL THAT WAS IN THAT AREA. 03:59 IN FACT, SOME WOULD ARGUE IT WAS THE RICHEST SOIL ON 04:02 THE FACE OF THE PLANET. 04:05 IT REMINDED HIM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS, 04:09 OF THE GARDEN OF GOD. 04:12 WHAT THEY HAD HEARD OF EDEN THAT HAD PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION 04:16 TO GENERATION, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THIS WONDERFUL REAL ESTATE, 04:22 IT REMINDED THEM OF WHAT GOD'S HANDS MUST HAVE CREATED 04:25 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 04:26 AND WHEN LOT SAW IT, WHEN LOT LOOKED DOWN, AND I MUST TELL 04:29 YOU THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I MISSED FOR YEARS ABOUT THIS. 04:34 LOT NOT ONLY LOOKED AT THE TOPOGRAPHY, BUT HE LOOKED 04:38 AT THE WEALTH OF THE CITIES. 04:42 WHEN HE SAW THE CITIES, THERE WERE RICH PEOPLE THERE. 04:46 AND WHAT HE THOUGHT FIRST WAS, I CAN GO AND MINGLE WITH THEM. 04:51 I CAN HAVE POWER AMONG THEM. 04:53 I CAN BE MORE WEALTHY THAN THEY ARE. 04:57 SO I AM SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT SOMETHING THAT SWAYED 05:02 THE HEART OF LOT WAS WHAT HE COULD GET FOR HIMSELF. 05:06 IT WAS GREED FOR WEALTH AND POWER. 05:11 I SUGGEST TO YOU TODAY THAT EVEN AMONG US, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 05:14 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTESTS SAYING, I AM POORER THAN YOU ARE. 05:19 MY FAMILY WAS POORER THAN YOURS. 05:21 BUT AMONG THE POOR THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST 05:24 AVARICIOUS DREAMS. 05:26 HOW DO I KNOW ? 05:27 I'VE BEEN POOR ALL MY LIFE. 05:30 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT IF YOU ARE POOR, 05:32 YOU MUST BE HUMBLE. 05:33 IT'S NOT SO. 05:36 SOME OF THE PROUDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE POOR PEOPLE 05:38 WHO GET A LITTLE SOMETHING. 05:40 OH, RICH PEOPLE ARE CERTAINLY FULL OF PRIDE. 05:44 BUT PRIDE IS NOT THEIR UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. 05:48 THE PRIDE THAT LOT HAD CAN BE ALL OF OURS WHEN WE MAKE 05:53 CHOICES BASED ON WHAT WE CAN GAIN AND NOT WHAT WE CAN GIVE. 06:00 WHAT WE CAN DRAW TO OURSELVES, NOT WHAT WE 06:03 CAN SPREAD TO OTHERS. 06:06 WHAT WE CAN DO TO LIFT OUR OWN NAME AND NOT TO 06:08 LIFT THE NAME OF JESUS. 06:10 OH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES IF WE'D 06:12 EVER PUT JESUS FIRST. 06:14 IF WE'D EVER MAKE CHOICES, IF WE'D EVER ACKNOWLEDGE 06:18 HIM IN ALL OF OUR WAYS AND LET HIM DIRECT OUR PATHS. 06:21 SOME OF US WOULD HAVE PASSED UP SOME HORRIBLE 06:24 SITUATIONS IN OUR LIVES, BUT WE CHOSE TO TRY TO 06:27 GET OURSELVES AHEAD. 06:29 AND USUALLY WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO PUT YOU AHEAD, YOU END 06:32 UP END IN BAD CONDITION BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN AVARICE 06:36 AND YOUR OWN SELFISHNESS. 06:38 LOT CHOSE THE RICHEST AND GAVE TO HIS UNCLE FARMLAND. 06:47 AND YOU WOULD SAY, THAT'S A GOOD CHOICE. 06:50 ANYBODY WHO LOOKED AT IT IN A BUSINESS WAY. 06:52 ANYBODY WHO STUDIED IT FROM THAT ANGLE WOULD SAY, 06:56 AH, SHREWD MAN THAT LOT. 06:59 YOU KNOW, LOVE IS ONE THING, BUSINESS IS ANOTHER. 07:03 SO HE CHOSE THE LAND THAT WAS DEVELOPED, THE 07:05 LAND THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 07:07 IT HAD WATER. 07:08 IT HAD EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED TO HAVE GREAT CROPS 07:12 AND BEAUTIFUL SITUATIONS. 07:15 BUT HE LEFT TO HIS UNCLE FARMLAND WITH THE OAKS OF 07:19 MAMMARY AND VINES AND THERE WERE GRAPEVINES. 07:24 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LAND, BUT IT WAS TOO RURAL IN NATURE. 07:31 I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO PERSONAL WITH YOU, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE 07:36 WHO THINK THAT RURAL IS GOING SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU HAVE 07:39 TO GO OUTSIDE AND GET WATER TO RUN INTO A CUP. 07:43 THEY THINK IF THERE IS NO 5-STAR HOTEL, IT'S RURAL. 07:48 THEY THINK THAT ANYWHERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE 07:51 YOU CAN GO TO A BED THAT'S ELEVATED AND WITH ONE OF THOSE 07:55 BEAUTIFUL NEW THINGS THAT THE ASTRONAUTS DEVELOPED SO YOU 07:59 CAN LAY DOWN AND WHEN YOU GET UP YOUR FORM IS IN THE BED. 08:02 AND THEN SOON IT RISES UP. 08:04 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE, YOU ARE IN RURAL TERRITORY. 08:08 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR LIVING IN NATURE. 08:14 AND ABRAHAM PITCHED HIS TENT UNDER THE OAKS. 08:19 ABRAHAM LOOKED AT GOD'S CREATIONS. 08:23 ABRAHAM LIVED A SIMPLE LIFE, WHERE THE NOISE WAS LOW. 08:28 THE DECIBEL LEVEL DROPPED AND HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. 08:36 I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T HEAR GOD'S VOICE IN THE CITY. 08:38 I KNOW YOU CAN. 08:40 BUT THE FACT IS THAT WHEN IT'S QUIET, WHEN YOU 08:43 CAN HEAR INSECTS, WHEN YOU CAN HEAR BIRDS, WHEN YOU CAN 08:47 LOOK AT A CLEAR SKY AND SEE BEAUTIFUL WHITE CLOUDS, 08:51 THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE VERGER OF NATURE. 08:55 AND ABRAHAM WAS SURROUNDED BY IT. 08:57 AND HE WOULD LOOK DOWN INTO THE PLAIN AND HE WOULD 09:00 SEE THE WONDERFUL ENTERPRISE THAT WAS GOING FORWARD. 09:05 BUT THE ENTERPRISE HAS A NOISE. 09:07 AND THE ENTERPRISE TAKES A COST. 09:11 YOU MUST PAY TO BE IN THE RAT RACE. 09:16 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AWAY 09:18 WHEN I SAY THIS, WHO CAN BARELY TAKE IT WHEN IT GETS QUIET. 09:26 THEY GET NERVOUS. 09:27 WHAT'S WRONG ? 09:28 SOMETHING'S STRANGE. 09:29 WHEN THEY HEAR CRICKETS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 09:34 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SO LONG IN THE NOISE, THE 09:37 HUMDRUM OF THE CITY THAT WHEN IT GETS QUIET THEY FEEL LIKE 09:42 THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, THAT THE RHYTHM OF THEIR 09:44 LIVES HAS GONE OUT OF SYNC. 09:48 BUT ABRAHAM, LIVING THERE, STAYED CLOSE TO GOD, WHILE LOT 09:52 AND HIS CHILDREN, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE--YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT HE 09:57 MARRIED A WOMAN WHO WAS SELFISH. 10:02 YOU HEARD ME PREACH ABOUT MARRIAGE. 10:04 IT'S IMPORTANT. 10:05 YOU CAN MAKE IT WITH A BAD SPOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. 10:10 YOU WILL FIGHT EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE TO TRY TO CLING TO WHAT 10:13 YOU BELIEVE IN IF YOU MARRY SOMEONE WHO IS AGAINST YOUR GOD. 10:18 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 10:20 THE FIRST PREREQUISITE OUGHT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO 10:23 BELIEVES IN YOUR GOD. 10:25 FOR IF YOU CANNOT GO TO GOD TOGETHER, YOU ARE SEPARATED 10:29 AT A PLACE THAT IS CRUCIAL. 10:31 AND THIS WIFE OF HIS DID NOT WANT HIM TO BE CLOSE 10:35 TO HIS UNCLE, SO SHE KEPT HIM. 10:38 AT EVERY MOMENT THAT SHE COULD SAY SOMETHING, SHE 10:40 PULLED HIM AWAY FROM ABRAHAM. 10:42 IN FACT, LOT MIGHT HAVE LEFT SODOM AGES BEFORE 10:49 THIS TROUBLE CAME IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR HIS WIFE. 10:53 SHE WAS ALWAYS SAYING A LITTLE SOMETHING, A LITTLE JAB. 10:57 YOU'VE GOT TO CALL ABRAHAM AGAIN. 10:59 YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO HIM AGAIN. 11:00 WHY DO YOU TRAVEL SO FAR TO SEE HIM ? 11:02 CAN'T YOU LIVE ON YOUR OWN ? 11:04 AREN'T YOU A MAN ON YOUR OWN ? 11:07 ISN'T IT TIME THAT YOU LET GO OF THE STRINGS THAT 11:11 CONNECT YOU TO ABRAHAM ? 11:12 CAN'T YOU THINK INDEPENDENTLY ? 11:16 BUT REMEMBER THAT ALL OF HIS BLESSINGS HAD COME BECAUSE 11:19 OF THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. 11:24 HE HAD BEEN INNOCULATED WITH THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM, SO THAT 11:29 HIS LIFE WAS STRONGER, SO THAT HIS FAITH GREW UNDER 11:34 THE TUTELAGE OF ABRAHAM. 11:35 AND HIS WIFE SAID, DON'T GO NEAR HIM. 11:39 SO THEY SPENT THEIR LIVES IN A WICKED CITY. 11:42 YOU CAN MAKE IT IN A WICKED CITY, BUT YOU'VE GOT 11:46 TO HOLD ON TO JESUS. 11:49 YOU CAN'T JUST WEAKLY TOUCH AND GO. 11:53 YOU'VE GOT TO PICK UP YOUR BIBLE AND READ IT. 11:56 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO READ THE BIBLE FOR OTHER FOLKS, PROVING 12:00 THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE WRONG. 12:02 READING IT FOR PROOF THAT I'M BETTER THAN YOU ARE. 12:05 READING IT FOR AMMUNITION SO THAT WHEN I SEE YOU I 12:08 CAN SAY SOME SHARP THING FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 12:11 THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN FOR. 12:15 IT WAS WRITTEN TO NOURISH YOUR SOUL. 12:19 SO YOU OUGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE 12:22 PEOPLE WHO SAY I LET MY BIBLE FALL OPEN AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS. 12:25 BUT AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE YOU OUGHT NOT LET IT FALL OPEN, 12:27 YOU OUGHT TO START AT THE BEGINNING AND READ, READ SLOWLY. 12:33 NOT SPEED READING. 12:35 TAKE IN EVERY MORSEL OF IT, BECAUSE THE WORD OF 12:39 GOD BRINGS FAITH. 12:41 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS FAMILY 12:45 WAS THAT IT BEGAN TO MINGLE WITH THE PEOPLE OF SODOM, 12:51 PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN. 12:54 NOW, I USED TO SAY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE IN MUCH MORE 12:59 DANGER THAN OLDER ONES. 13:03 BUT I BELIEVE TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 13:06 THERE WAS A TIME WHEN TO BE OLDER WAS TO 13:08 BE MORE EXPERIENCED. 13:11 I DON'T WANT TO SOUND TRITE, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE 13:14 WHO ARE 50 YEARS OLD, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR 13:17 OF EXPERIENCE, 50 TIMES. 13:25 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, YOU'VE GOT TO START 13:28 CONNECTING THE DOTS. 13:30 YOU OUGHT TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM LAST YEAR AND BUILD 13:32 ON IT THIS YEAR. 13:34 AND NEXT YEAR YOU OUGHT TO KNOW SOMETHING MORE AND NEXT, 13:36 MORE, UNTIL YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE, IN A CLEAR PATH, WHAT 13:41 GOD IS SAYING TO YOU. 13:43 YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE THAT LIFTS UP. 13:48 BUT WE HAVE COME TO A TIME NOW WHERE AGE DOES 13:51 NOT GUARANTEE WISDOM. 13:55 IN FACT, THERE ARE OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE REGRESSING TO CHILDHOOD. 14:02 I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE A TEENAGER. 14:05 THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE FROM PINE FORGE ACADEMY. 14:08 THEY WILL NOT IDENTIFY WITH WHAT I SAY, BECAUSE I WAS 14:11 THERE LONG, LONG AGO. 14:13 BUT I REMEMBER COMING FROM THE SOUTH. 14:16 I'D LIVED IN THE SOUTH ALL MY LIFE. 14:18 AND I WENT TO PINE FORGE ACADEMY, THE FIRST TIME 14:20 I HAD EVER CROSSED THE MASON-DIXON LINE. 14:23 I GOT INTO PHILADELPHIA AND SAW THINGS THAT I'D 14:25 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 14:26 THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO MOVED DIFFERENTLY. 14:29 THERE WAS A DIFFERENT RHYTHM IN THE NORTH. 14:32 AND IT FRIGHTENED ME. 14:35 I GOT OFF THE TRAIN AND GOT IN A CORNER AND WATCHED. 14:40 AND WHILE I WAS WATCHING, PEOPLE CAME AND ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES 14:42 WITH 20 WATCHES UP THEIR ARMS. 14:48 SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, I'VE 14:50 GOT A LOT OF MONEY. 14:50 I WANT YOU TO HELP ME GET RID OF IT. 14:52 AND I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. 14:54 I KNEW MY MOTHER HAD TOLD ME IF THIS MONEY THAT I GIVE 14:56 YOU TO GET IN SCHOOL GOES ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THAT, 14:58 I WILL COME AND KILL YOU. 15:03 SO NOT A PENNY LEFT MY POCKET. 15:06 AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO PINE FORGE ACADEMY, I SAW 15:08 SOMETHING THAT WAS AMAZING. 15:10 I SAW PEOPLE WALK AS THOUGH ONE OF THEIR LIMBS WAS INJURED. 15:20 THEY PULLED UP THEIR HANDS INTO THEIR SLEEVE 15:25 AND WALKED LIKE THIS. 15:32 I REMEMBER STANDING IN FRONT OF MY MIRROR IN MY ROOM. 15:39 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH LEG WOULD BE HURT. 15:44 I DID IT UNTIL I GOT IT RIGHT. 15:47 ONE DAY I DARED TO STEP OUT AND TRY IT. 15:50 I LOOKED AT EVERYBODY ELSE, PULLED MY HANDS UP AGAIN, 15:53 DISCOVERED THAT THE REASON WHY SOME OF THEM WERE PULLING 15:56 THEIR HANDS UP IN THEIR SLEEVES WAS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE 15:59 GLOVES AND IT WAS COLD. 16:05 I HADN'T FIGURED OUT YET WHY THEY WALKED LIKE THAT, BUT I 16:08 LEARNED HOW TO DO IT, BECAUSE I HAD TO BE PART OF THE MAJORITY. 16:13 THE CHILDREN OF LOT WATCHED THE PEOPLE OF SODOM. 16:20 AND THEY WALKED LIKE THEM. 16:23 AND THEY TALKED LIKE THEM. 16:25 AND DON'T FOOL YOURSELF. 16:27 EVENTUALLY THEY WERE LIKE ONE OF THEM. 16:32 AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, SO OLDER FOLK, 16:34 I'VE PULLED YOU IN EARLY. 16:36 YOU NEED TO BE IN. 16:38 NOBODY CAN LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSES ANYMORE, BECAUSE WE'VE 16:41 GOT SOME OLD FOLKS MIMICKING THE WORLD, TRYING TO ACT LIKE 16:45 PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW GOD. 16:47 SHAME ON YOU, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 16:50 AND SOME OF US ARE EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS THAN CHILDREN. 16:52 WE CAN EXCUSE IT IN THE YOUNG, BUT WHEN YOU GET OLD ENOUGH 16:56 TO KNOW BETTER. . .I TELL YOU THAT THEY BEGAN TO GROW LIKE 17:01 THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. 17:03 AND EVENTUALLY THERE CAME A DAY WHEN GOD LOOKED DOWN IN THE 17:09 WEALTH OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, AND REALIZED THAT IF HE KEPT 17:16 ON LETTING IT GO THAT NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. 17:24 IN FACT, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST SOMETHING TO YOU BEFORE I GET 17:26 INTO THE REAL MEAT OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT MERCY TODAY. 17:30 WHENEVER GOD SEES WICKEDNESS ADVANCING TOO QUICKLY AND 17:35 TOO BROADLY, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT UNLESS HE INTERCEDES 17:41 THERE WILL FINALLY BE NO RIGHTEOUSNESS LEFT. 17:46 AND LISTEN TO ME. 17:47 DON'T YOU EVER FOOL YOURSELF. 17:49 I DON'T CARE HOW WICKED IT MAY SEEM IN THIS WORLD OF OURS NOW, 17:53 THERE IS STILL SOMEBODY DETERMINED TO FOLLOW JESUS. 18:01 IN FACT, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE 18:03 DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY. 18:05 THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT CHOOSING THE POPULAR PATH. 18:08 IT'S NOT A BROAD WAY THAT THEY WILL TRAVEL. 18:11 IT'S THE NARROW WAY THAT THEY WILL TRAVEL. 18:14 BUT IF JESUS GOES THAT WAY, THEN THAT'S THE WAY I WANT TO GO. 18:19 ALL I NEED TO DO IS SEE HIS FORM MOVING. 18:22 IN FACT, WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT MOMENT OF JESUS'S 18:25 TRANSFIGURATION, THE DISCIPLES FOLLOWED JESUS UP A MOUNT 18:28 AFTER DARK AND EVENTUALLY THEY COULD NOT SEE THE PATH. 18:32 ALL THEY COULD SEE WAS JESUS MOVING AND THEY 18:34 FOLLOWED HIS FORM. 18:36 I TELL YOU THAT TODAY IT MAY GET DARK, BUT ALL I NEED TO 18:39 SEE IS WHERE JESUS IS MOVING. 18:42 AND IF I CAN TRACE HIS STEPS IN THE WORD OF GOD, THEN ALL 18:46 I NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW HIM. 18:51 AND YOU MUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE 18:56 DETERMINED THAT NO MATTER HOW THINGS CHANGE, THEY 18:59 WILL FOLLOW JESUS. 19:00 THEY'D RATHER OBEY GOD THAN MAN. 19:03 AND THIS IS NOT IN THE BIBLE. 19:05 THIS IS NOT IN INSPIRED LITERATURE. 19:07 THIS IS A PEARSON QUOTE. 19:10 IN ORDER TO BE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A 19:12 BRAIN AND A BACKBONE. 19:16 THERE WILL BE NO NAMBI PAMBI PUSILLANIMOUS PEOPLE IN HEAVEN. 19:23 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ENOUGH BRAIN POWER TO KNOW 19:24 WHERE GOD LEADS YOU. 19:26 AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ENOUGH BACKBONE TO FOLLOW HIM. 19:29 I DON'T CARE WHERE ANYBODY ELSE GOES. 19:31 AND IF GOD BLESSES THEM BOTH, THEN YOU'LL STAND UP FOR JESUS. 19:37 THE PROBLEM WITH THE FAMILY OF LOT IS THAT WHEN THAT 19:39 LAND WAS OVERCOME WITH EVIL, AND I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO 19:44 ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS. 19:47 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, THAT WAS 19:52 THE NIGHT THE WORD SODOMY TOOK ON ANOTHER MEANING. 19:57 IT WAS A HORRIFIC SITUATION. 20:00 THERE WERE ANGELS VISITING AND HERE CAME THE MEN OF 20:06 SODOM SAYING, WE SAW MEN COME INTO YOUR HOUSE. 20:09 LOT SAYS, I'VE GOT DAUGHTERS. 20:11 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT OFFER. 20:13 I'VE GOT ONE DAUGHTER. 20:14 I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK I WOULD OFFER HER 20:17 IN THAT SITUATION. 20:19 BUT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THOSE GUESTS, HE SAID, 20:21 I'VE GOT DAUGHTERS. 20:22 THEY'VE NEVER KNOWN A MAN. 20:23 LET ME BRING THEM. 20:24 THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT THEM. 20:28 WE WANT THE MEN. 20:30 AND UNTIL THEY WERE STRUCK WITH BLINDNESS, THEY WERE INSISTENT 20:36 ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE. 20:38 AND WHAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE 20:41 ANGELS HAD COME TO ABRAHAM. 20:45 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 20:47 IF YOU ARE IN SYNC WITH GOD, GOD WILL TELL YOU 20:52 WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE. 20:56 IS IT TRUE ? 21:00 YOU KNOW, DON'T CONSULT THOSE PEOPLE IN LITTLE TRAILERS. 21:08 NOBODY IN A TRAILER CAN TELL ME WHERE TO FIND A MILLION DOLLARS. 21:12 IF THEY COULD, THEY WOULDN'T BE IN THE TRAILER. 21:20 NOBODY ON AN 800 NUMBER CAN TELL ME WHAT MY FUTURE IS. 21:24 IF THEY COULD, THEY WOULDN'T BE ROBBING ME WHILE I'M TALKING 21:27 TO THEM ON THE 800 NUMBER. 21:30 DON'T LET ANYBODY IN A LITTLE TENT WITH FUNNY LITTLE BALLS AND 21:33 STRANGE DECORATIONS, DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU, IF SOMEBODY SAYS 21:37 YOUR RELATIVE HAS COME BACK TO TALK TO YOU, WE'VE ALREADY CURED 21:40 THAT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 21:43 YOUR RELATIVE HAS NOT COME BACK. 21:44 THESE ARE SPIRITS OF DEMONS. 21:49 IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU READ IN THE NEWSPAPER. 21:53 TELLING YOU YOUR FUTURE. 21:54 I COULD WRITE THEM EASILY. 21:58 YOU WILL MEET A DARK STRANGER. 22:05 WHAT DAY IS IT THAT YOU DON'T MEET A DARK STRANGER ? 22:15 WE'VE GOT TO LEARN THAT IF YOU STAY WITH GOD, HE'LL WARN YOU. 22:22 HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND HE WILL 22:25 PROTECT YOU IN IT. 22:27 SO, IN FACT, WHEN GOD WAS ABOUT TO DESTROY IT, ANGELS CAME TO 22:31 ABRAHAM AND THEY SAID, LOOK, WE CAME TO LET YOU KNOW. 22:35 WE'RE GOING TO DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 22:38 NOW, LISTEN, LISTEN. 22:40 THIS WASN'T SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DESTROY WHERE YOU ARE. 22:43 JUST WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ON THE PAGE WITH GOD. 22:47 DO YOU SEE IT ? 22:50 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN DIRECT DANGER. 22:52 GOD WILL COMMUNICATE NEWS TO YOU, AND WILL ALWAYS BE CORRECT, 22:59 BECAUSE ANGELS BRING IT. 23:01 AND LISTEN. 23:02 YOU REMEMBER THE PRAYER. 23:03 ABRAHAM WAS A POWERFUL MAN. 23:05 HE NOT ONLY THOUGHT OF HIMSELF. 23:08 NOW, LET ME BE HONEST WITH YOU. 23:10 IF THE ANGELS HAD SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DESTROY THAT LAND, 23:15 BUT YOUR LAND IS OKAY, I WOULD HAVE SAID, WELL, SHALL WE EAT ? 23:24 BUT IF GOD IS IN YOUR HEART, YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT 23:27 YOURSELF, YOU'LL BE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND YOU. 23:33 YOU'LL WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW AND BRING SALVATION 23:39 TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. 23:41 SO ABRAHAM SAYS, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY IT. 23:45 I KNOW THERE'S REASON TO DESTROY IT. 23:47 BUT IF YOU COULD FIND 50 GOOD PEOPLE, WOULD YOU SPARE IT ? 23:55 AND YOU KNOW THE STORY. 23:57 THERE WEREN'T 50 THERE. 23:59 AND THE NUMBERS WENT DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN 24:01 UNTIL IT CAME TO 10. 24:04 DOES THAT FRIGHTEN YOU A LITTLE BIT ? 24:07 IN A WHOLE METROPOLITAN AREA, WHERE WEALTHY PEOPLE 24:11 WERE LIVING, WHERE PEOPLE HAD EVERYTHING THAT 24:14 YOU COULD IMAGINE. 24:16 AND DON'T THINK THAT EVERYBODY WAS LIVING WAY BACK THEN 24:19 IN HORRIBLE SITUATIONS. 24:21 THERE WERE WEALTHY APPOINTMENTS IN THEIR HOMES. 24:24 THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF OBJET D'ARTS. 24:26 THERE WERE CARPETS AND HANGINGS THAT WERE DONE WELL. 24:30 THEY WERE DONE WITH ARTFUL FINGERS. 24:33 IF YOU HAD STEPPED INSIDE ONE OF THESE HOMES, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 24:35 AMAZED AT THE BEAUTY INSIDE. 24:38 BUT THE BEAUTY WAS ALL IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR CLOTHES 24:42 AND NOT IN THEIR HEARTS. 24:44 YOU CAN PURCHASE BEAUTY OUTSIDE, BUT YOU CANNOT 24:47 PURCHASE IT INSIDE. 24:50 IT MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 24:54 NOTHING CAN WASH AWAY YOUR SIN BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 24:57 SO THEY LIVED IN BEAUTY. 25:01 THEY LIVED IN WEALTH, BUT THEY WERE IMPOVERISHED 25:04 IN THEIR HEARTS. 25:05 AND THERE WERE NOT 10 GOOD PEOPLE. 25:07 AND FINALLY, ABRAHAM RESTED HIS CASE. 25:10 AND ON THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION, THESE TWO PEOPLE CAME TO 25:15 LOT AND SAID, GET OUT. 25:18 HE SAID, LET ME GO AND TALK TO MY OTHER DAUGHTERS. 25:20 HE WENT TO TALK TO THEM ON THE NIGHT BEFORE DESTRUCTION, AND 25:24 THOSE DAUGHTERS, ALONG WITH THEIR HUSBANDS, LAUGHED AT 25:29 THEIR FATHER AND FATHER-IN- LAW, AND SAID, YOU ARE JOKING. 25:34 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR 25:36 PEARSON'S MESSAGE ENTITLED A RARE QUALITY OF MERCY. 26:43 Announcer: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE BREATH OF LIFE. 26:45 PASTOR WALTER PEARSON HOPES TODAY'S PROGRAM HAS BEEN 26:47 A REAL BLESSING TO YOU. 26:49 TO ORDER CD OR AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF THIS BROADCAST, JUST 26:51 CALL OUR TOLL-FREENUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:55 THAT'S 877-265-6333, OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:01 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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