Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000415
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS:
00:06 EXPERIENCE THE POWER WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:10 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED "FIND YOUR JOY." 00:15 (theme music) WP: BUT TONIGHT I'LL CONFESS 00:26 TO YOU THIS MAY BE MY FAVORITE SERMON. 00:31 MAYBE. 00:33 I SAY THAT EVERY NIGHT, BUT. . . 00:35 TURN, IF YOU WILL, TO ISAIAH, THE 58TH CHAPTER, 00:39 AND I'M GOING TO READ THE FIRST VERSE FROM THE NEW 00:42 INTERNATIONAL VERSION. 00:43 THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO READ IT FROM PAPER INSTEAD OF MY BIBLE. 00:47 BUT YOU'LL FIND THE SAME THING, PRACTICALLY, IN 00:50 YOUR KING JAMES VERSION. 00:52 AND I'M SURE WE HAVE OTHER VERSIONS HERE. 00:55 WE HAVE AN ESOTERIC GROUP, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT 00:59 VERSIONS OF EVERY ILK. 01:01 I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM. 01:03 I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRUTH, 01:05 BUT I'VE SEEN SOME OF IT. 01:09 AND FEEL FREE TO BRING IT. 01:10 HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, ISAIAH, 58, VERSES 13 AND 14: 01:17 IF YOU KEEP YOUR FEET FROM BREAKING THE SABBATH, AND FROM 01:23 DOING AS YOU PLEASE ON MY HOLY DAY, IF YOU CALL THE SABBATH A 01:29 DELIGHT, AND THE LORD'S HOLY DAY HONORABLE, AND IF YOU HONOR IT 01:34 BY NOT GOING YOUR WAY AND NOT DOING AS YOU PLEASE OR SPEAKING 01:40 IDLE WORDS, THEN YOU WILL FIND YOUR JOY IN THE LORD. 01:47 AND I WILL CAUSE YOU TO RIDE ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE LAND AND 01:52 TO FEAST ON THE INHERITANCE OF YOUR FATHER JACOB. 01:57 THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HAS SPOKEN IT. 02:02 NOW, LET'S KIND OF TASTE THAT A LITTLE BIT. 02:08 THE MOUTH OF THE LORD SAYS, THAT IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF 02:13 HIS SABBATH, THAT HE'LL MAKE YOU FIND YOUR JOY IN THE LORD. 02:20 I SEE THESE TELEVISION COMMERCIALS THAT MAKE YOU 02:24 THINK THAT PRODUCTS ON THE SHELVES OF GROCERY STORES 02:30 CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY. 02:32 YOU KNOW HOW THEY DRAMATIZE. 02:34 THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE FLYING AND PEOPLE SMILING WITH THIS 02:38 UBIQUITOUS EAST-TO-WEST SMILES. 02:41 SOMEBODY EATS A HAMBURGER AND ACTS LIKE SOMETHING 02:44 WONDERFUL HAS HAPPENED. 02:45 THEY MAKE YOU THINK THAT IF YOU USE DEODORANT, PEOPLE WILL 02:48 CLING TO YOU AND LOVE YOU. 02:51 THEY MAKE YOU THINK THAT IF YOU DRINK SOME SOFT DRINK YOU'LL 02:53 HAVE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 02:57 AND ALL OF THAT IS TRITE. 02:59 THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID TO MAKE YOU THINK SOMETHING'S 03:02 THAT UNIMPORTANT IS IMPORTANT. 03:05 AND THEN, ON TOP OF THAT, YOU COME TO HEAR THIS 03:08 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 03:10 AND GOD SAYS, IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF MY SABBATH, 03:13 FROM DOING YOUR PLEASURE, FROM SPEAKING IDLE WORDS, 03:19 IF YOU WILL CALL IT A DELIGHT, IF YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S 03:24 A DELIGHT, I WILL MAKE YOU FIND YOUR JOY IN ME. 03:31 AND TRUST ME, IF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD SAYS YOU'LL 03:34 FIND YOUR JOY IN JESUS, YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT. 03:40 AND YOU KNOW, JOY, WHAT IS JOY ? 03:44 IS IT ACTING LIKE YOU'RE HAPPY. 03:47 I MEET PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 03:48 AND I APPRECIATE IT. 03:49 LET ME PAUSE TO SAY I WOULD HATE TO MEET PEOPLE 03:53 ACTING JUST LIKE THEY FEEL. 03:58 IF YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR PUTTING A 04:01 LITTLE SOMETHING ON IT. 04:03 YOU KNOW, HI, HOW ARE YOU ? 04:05 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO I HAVE MET WHO I DON'T ASK HOW ARE YOU ? 04:11 I DON'T ASK BECAUSE THEY'LL TELL YOU. 04:15 AND I HAVE ASKED THE WRONG PERSON FROM TIME TO TIME, 04:17 HOW ARE YOU ? 04:18 WELL, MY COUSIN IS SICK, MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING TODAY 04:22 IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. 04:23 I WENT HOME AND HAD A FLOOD IN MY BASEMENT. 04:27 I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY. 04:30 AND BY THE TIME THEY GET THROUGH, YOU'RE 04:32 ALL THE WAY DOWN. 04:34 SO WHEN I FIND OUT YOU'LL DO THAT, I'LL JUST SAY, HEY. 04:38 GOD BLESS YOU. 04:41 BUT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PUT-ON JOY. 04:44 GOD SAYS IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF MY SABBATH, IF YOU CALL 04:50 IT A DELIGHT, I WILL HELP YOU FIND YOUR JOY WHERE THERE IS 04:56 A RENEWABLE SOURCE OF JOY. 05:00 BECAUSE JESUS CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY WITH NO APPARENT REASON. 05:07 IT'S JUST BECAUSE HE SAID SO. 05:11 SO, LIKE SOME PEOPLE WAKE UP FEELING LIKE THEY ALWAYS 05:14 GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, JESUS CAN ARRANGE 05:17 IT SO THAT YOU WAKE UP HAPPY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 05:22 JUST HAPPY BECAUSE JESUS PROMISED IT TO YOU. 05:25 THEN IT SAYS YOU WILL RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 05:32 I USED TO SAY RATHER JOKINGLY THAT I BELIEVE THE HIGH 05:35 PLACES OF THE EARTH MUST MEAN ROLLS ROYCES. 05:39 AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMEONE LISTENING OR LOOKING 05:43 AND YOU HAVE A ROLLS ROYCE, IF YOU AND I CAN GET TOGETHER, 05:47 LET'S MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. 05:48 I'D LIKE TO SIT THERE. 05:50 I KNOW HOW TO ACT. 05:52 I WOULDN'T GET ALL EXCITED. 05:54 I'D JUST SIT THERE VERY CALMLY AND YOU WOULD BE PROUD OF ME. 05:59 BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT JESUS HAS SOMETHING FAR MORE THAN 06:03 A LEXUS OR A MERCEDES-BENZ. 06:06 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT RIDING ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE 06:08 EARTH IN AN AUTOMOBILE. 06:11 HE'S TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL WEALTH. 06:16 HE WILL MAKE YOU RIDE ABOVE THE NORMAL SITUATION. 06:21 HE WILL GIVE YOU THE GOODNESS FROM HIS OWN HEART THAT 06:25 WILL LIFT YOU EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. 06:30 AND THEN THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED, HE WILL SUPPLY IN SO 06:33 GREAT AN AMOUNT, THAT YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM TO PUT IT THERE. 06:39 THEN, I GOT CURIOUS THIS PAST WEEK. 06:44 BECAUSE THE TEXT ALSO SAYS THAT GOD WILL FEED YOU WITH 06:47 THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 06:50 NOW, I WENT BACK AND STUDIED ABOUT ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. 06:54 ISN'T THAT THE THING YOU SAY IN YOUR PRAYER WHEN YOU 06:56 WANT TO IMPRESS PEOPLE ? 06:58 COME ON. 06:59 CONFESS IT. 07:00 WHEN YOU GO TO A BIG MEETING AND THEY SAY, WOULD YOU PRAY ? 07:04 AND YOU SAY, WHAT CAN I SAY THAT WILL IMPRESS THEM ? 07:11 GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. 07:17 WELL, THE INHERITANCE PASSED DOWN AND IT CAME TO JACOB. 07:23 SO WHEN GOD SAYS, IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF MY SABBATH, I WILL 07:28 GIVE YOU WHAT I PROMISED JACOB, THAT MEANS THAT WHAT HE PROMISED 07:33 THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL, HE WILL NOW SHARE WITH YOU. 07:40 I WENT AND CHECKED THE LIST. 07:42 I GOT THE LIST. 07:44 I GOT SEVEN THINGS HERE THAT GOD PROMISED ABRAHAM, 07:49 ISAAC AND JACOB. 07:51 ARE YOU READY FOR IT ? 07:53 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS. 07:56 NUMBER ONE, HE WILL GIVE YOU HOLINESS OF CHARACTER. 08:01 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 08:02 YOU CAN'T FAKE IT. 08:05 YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON. 08:06 ONLY GOD CAN PROVIDE HOLINESS OF CHARACTER. 08:10 NUMBER TWO, THE BLESSINGS OF HEALTH. 08:13 IF YOU WERE A BILLIONAIRE BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH, 08:17 YOU WOULD NOT ENJOY LIFE. 08:18 BUT GOD GIVES THE BLESSING OF HEALTH. 08:21 NUMBER THREE, SUPERIOR INTELLECT. 08:25 ANYBODY IN SCHOOL NOW ? 08:28 ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT WHO'S IN GRAD SCHOOL ? 08:31 ANYBODY WORKING ON YOUR MASTERS OR YOUR PH.D. ? 08:34 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE AN INSTALLMENT OF 08:36 SUPERIOR INTELLECT ? 08:39 WELL, I JUST TOLD YOU HOW TO GET IT--GET YOUR FOOT 08:41 OFF THE SABBATH. 08:43 NUMBER FOUR, GOD PROMISED SKILL IN AGRICULTURE AND 08:48 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 08:49 YOU DON'T NEED THAT PARTICULAR SKILL, BUT WHAT HE SAYS IS, 08:53 I WILL MAKE IT SO THAT WHEN YOU GO AT A TASK, YOU WILL DO 08:57 IT WELL BECAUSE I BLESS YOU FOR KEEPING MY SABBATH HOLY. 09:02 NUMBERIVE, SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. 09:06 HE PROMISED TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. 09:09 SO WHEN YOU CREATE SOMETHING WITH YOUR HANDS, GOD WILL 09:13 BE THERE TO INSPIRE YOU SO THAT IT'S BETTER THAN YOU 09:17 WOULD HAVE IMAGINED. 09:18 NUMBER SIX, YOU WILL HAVE UNPARALLELED PROSPERITY. 09:23 NOW, YOU KNOW I OUGHT TO STOP HERE AND TELL YOU TO 09:25 GIVE A SPECI OFFERING. 09:29 I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MY OFFER. 09:34 THIS IS NOT MY PROMISE. 09:36 THIS IS GOD SAYING I'LL GIVE YOU THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 09:41 AND THAT'S PART OF. . . 09:42 THE LAST ONE IS NATIONAL GREATNESS. 09:47 THIS IS ALL PART OF WHAT GOD PROMISES IF YOU WILL TAKE 09:51 YOUR FOOT OFF OF HIS SABBATH. 09:54 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU, I AM IMPRESSED BY THAT, BUT THE 09:59 FACT IS THAT A DAY FOR WORSHIP, WHICH IS WHAT THE SABBATH TURNS 10:04 OUT TO BE, IS SIMPLY A MARVELOUS BLESSING TO EVERYONE WHO'S 10:10 READY TO RECEIVE IT. 10:11 IT'S A DAY FOR COMMUNION WITH GOD AND REMEMBRANCE 10:17 OF HIS CREATIVE POWER. 10:19 NOW, I MUST TELL YOU THAT I ENJOY, IN FACT, IT TOOK ME A 10:23 LONG TIME TO GET QUIET ENOUGH TO JUST BE IN SILENCE WITH GOD. 10:32 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED IT ? 10:34 WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF ASSIGNMENTS. 10:37 GET ON YOUR KNEES FOR ONCE AND DON'T GO WITH 10:40 A LAUNDRY LIST OF REQUESTS. 10:45 JUST PRAISE HIM IN YOUR PRAYER. 10:48 NOW, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF SLIPPING OVER INTO REQUESTS. 10:54 BACK UP, AND COME OUT AND JUST PRAISE GOD, NOT FOR WHAT HE 11:00 GIVES, BUT FOR WHO HE IS. 11:10 GOD SAYS, I WANT YOU TO HAVE A DAY WHEN THE AGENDA FOR 11:14 THAT DAY IS FOR US TO COMMUNE WITH EACH OTHER. 11:19 NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU TALK TO GOD, BUT GOD HAS PROMISED 11:24 THAT HE'LL TALK TO YOU. 11:26 MOST OF US COULD HEAR HIM EVERY DAY, BUT WE 11:28 DON'T GET QUIET ENOUGH. 11:30 WE'RE TOO BUSY. 11:30 WE'VE GOT THIS STUFF WE'VE GOT TO DO. 11:32 EVEN PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS HAVE LONG LISTS OF 11:34 THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 11:37 BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE ONE DAY WHEN YOU CAN DO GOD'S WILL, BUT 11:41 TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. 11:46 I ENJOY TALKING ABOUT HIS CREATIVE POWER. 11:49 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE EARTH HAS BEEN BLIGHTED 11:52 BY ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS, THIS EARTH IS STILL BEAUTIFUL. 11:58 THERE ARE STILL FLOWERS THAT ARE AMAZING TO LOOK AT, BUT 12:03 YOU'VE GOT TO STOP AND LOOK. 12:07 YOU'VE GOT TO STOP PASSING BY EVERYTHING IN A RACE TO 12:11 GET SOMETHING ELSE DONE. 12:13 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THINGS CAN BE. 12:17 I ENJOY THE OCEAN. 12:21 WELL, YOU'VE HEARD, I AM LOOKING FOR A CRAFT. 12:28 BUT WHETHER I EVER GET IT OR NOT, I CAN DRIVE MY CAR 12:31 DOWN TO WHERE THE WATER IS. 12:33 THERE ARE SOME SCIENTISTS WHO SAY THAT THE WATER MOVES IN 12:36 A CERTAIN WAY THAT GIVES SOLACE TO YOUR HEART AND YOUR 12:40 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM RESPONDS TO THE RHYTHM OF WATER AS IT MOVES. 12:46 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ALL OF THAT, BUT WHEN I GET NEAR THE 12:49 WATER, I FEEL WONDERFUL. 12:51 IN FACT, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE SECRET THAT I DON'T 12:54 SHARE WITH MANY PEOPLE, BUT NOW I GUESS IT'S OUT. 12:56 I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ACROPHOBIA. 13:03 IT MEANS THAT WHEN I GET TOO HIGH, PARTICULARLY ON 13:08 BRIDGES AND LADDERS, YOU KNOW, I PRAY A LOT. 13:16 WELL, I ASKED A PSYCHIATRIST, WHO'S A FRIEND OF MINE, I SAID, 13:21 HOW CAN IT BE THAT I'M AFRAID TO GO ON A BRIDGE AND AFRAID TO GO 13:23 ON A LADDER, BUT WHEN I GET INTO AN AIRPLANE, I'M USUALLY OKAY ? 13:28 ABOUT A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR I GET INTO A LITTLE 13:31 PANIC SITUATION. 13:32 AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE THE PERSPECTIVE. 13:36 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW REALLY HIGH YOU ARE. 13:38 BECAUSE ACROPHOBIA IS NOT BEING HIGH, IT'S THE FEAR 13:41 OF BEING HIGH. 13:42 IT'S IRRATIONAL. 13:44 SO I SAID, WELL, WHEN I GET THE PANIC ON THE 13:46 AIRPLANE, WHAT SHOULD I DO ? 13:47 HE SAID, HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. 13:48 YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME PHYSICAL ACT CONNECTED 13:51 WITH THE PLACE YOU LOVE. 13:53 WELL, YOU KNOW, I FIGURED THAT OUT. 13:55 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT A TRAY TABLE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ? 14:00 WHEN I PUT MY HANDS UNDERNEATH THE TRAY 14:03 TABLE, I'M AT THE BEACH. 14:06 I'VE DONE IT SO MANY TIMES. 14:07 WHEN I PUT IT, I DON'T HAVE TO THINK IT ANYMORE. 14:10 THE WAVES ARE THERE. 14:12 AND SO I'VE LEARNED TO ENJOY THAT EVEN WHEN I CAN'T SEE 14:15 IT, BECAUSE NATURE IS AMAZING. 14:19 GO SOMEWHERE AND LOOK AT GOD'S CREATION. 14:23 WELL, MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. 14:25 YOU ARE GOD'S CREATION. 14:29 AND YOU MAY NOT LOOK AS GOOD AS YOU WANT TO LOOK, 14:32 BUT GOD MADE YOU. 14:34 DO YOU KNOW THAT EVEN WHEN YOU CAN STAND UP, THAT'S A MIRACLE ? 14:39 GOD HAS MADE IT SO THAT YOUR FOOT IS BALANCED WITH MUSCLES 14:42 IN FRONT OF YOUR LEG BONES, AND MUSCLES IN BACK. 14:47 AND IF GOD WERE NOT SO GREAT, YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE DOING THIS. 14:49 YOU WOULD ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND YOUR BALANCE. 14:52 BUT GOD HAS MADE IT SO THAT YOU CANNOT ONLY STAND BUT YOU CAN 14:54 PUT A LITTLE STRUT IN YOUR WALK. 14:59 THE AMAZING THING THAT WE CAN HEAR LANGUAGE, THAT OUR BRAIN 15:02 TAKES IT IN THROUGH THOSE WONDERFUL MEMBRANES IN THE EAR 15:07 AND THEN THE BRAIN TRANSLATE IT. 15:09 AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER WITH A TONGUE. 15:11 WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. 15:13 YOU ARE A WALKING MIRACLE. 15:18 SO, THE SABBATH GIVES YOU A TIME JUST TO PRAISE GOD FOR THE 15:26 GREAT THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE. 15:29 FOR THE WONDERFUL, AND I PRAISE GOD THAT I DID NOT COME FROM 15:32 SOME SINGLE-CELLED CREATURE. 15:37 I CANNOT SPEAK FOR YOU. 15:40 IF YOU THINK YOU CAME FROM SOME AMOEBA, WELL, 15:44 I GUESS YOU KNOW BETTER. 15:47 BUT THE FACT IS THAT I'VE HEARD ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT 15:50 THE SINGLE-CELL TURNING INTO SOMETHING LIKE A TADPOLE TURNED 15:52 INTO SOMETHING LIKE A MONKEY WHO LOST ITS HAIR, STOOD UPRIGHT, 15:56 CRANKED ITS HEAD UP STRAIGHT AND ONE DAY BECAME A MAN. 16:00 IF YOU THINK YOU GOT HERE THAT WAY, YOU CAN ACT 16:02 ANY WAY YOU PLEASE. 16:04 BECAUSE IF YOU CAME THAT WAY, YOU HAVE NO RULES GOVERNING YOU. 16:08 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS, THE ACTIVE PERSON AND CREATION, BENT OVER 16:13 THE EARTH AND BEGAN TO FORM MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND. 16:17 I BELIEVE THAT HE BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. 16:21 I GOT THE NAME OF MY SHOW IN THERE, DIDN'T I ? 16:24 BREATHE INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. 16:26 STOOD THAT CREATURE UP AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL. 16:34 SO I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU. 16:37 I'M NOT A GREAT SCIENTIST, BUT I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM. 16:40 AND EVERY TIME A BABY IS BORN, IT'S ANOTHER MIRACLE. 16:45 I TALKED WITH A SCIENTIST WHO SAYS THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS 16:47 OF THINGS FIGURED OUT. 16:48 HE SAID THEY CAN ALMOST CREATE A HUMAN BEING, BUT 16:52 THERE'S ONE LITTLE SPARK THAT THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT. 16:57 I'M KIND OF HAPPY ABOUT IT. 16:59 WE GOT ENOUGH TROUBLES WITH THESE ONES THAT GOD MADE. 17:05 BUT YOU OUGHT TO TAKE TIME TO THANK GOD FOR THE DAY. 17:10 NOW, THIS IS VERY CLEAR. 17:13 AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN I OUGHT TO CHARGE BECAUSE 17:17 THIS IS A BLESSING FROM GOD AND GOD SAYS THAT IF YOU TAKE 17:22 YOUR FOOT OFF THAT SABBATH, I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR JOY. 17:25 YOU'LL FIND YOUR JOY IN ME. 17:27 YOU'LL RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 17:30 THAT MEANS I'LL GIVE YOU SPIRITUAL WEALTH AND I'LL 17:33 GIVE YOU MATERIAL WEALTH. 17:34 I'LL FEED YOU WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 17:37 YOU'VE HEARD MY LIST. 17:39 BUT NOT ONLY YOU. 17:40 GO TO ISAIAH, CHAPTER 56, AND IF YOU LOOK AT VERSE 2, 17:46 ISAIAH, CHAPTER 56, AND VERSE 2, IT SAYS, BLESSED IS THE 17:51 MAN THAT DOETH THIS AND THE SON OF MAN THAT LAYETH HOLD ON IT, 17:56 THAT KEEPETH THE SABBATH FROM POLLUTING IT, AND KEEPETH HIS 17:59 HAND FROM DOING AN EVIL. 18:02 BUT IT SPREADS OUT. 18:04 THIS IS ISAIAH 56, VERSES 6 AND 7. 18:08 ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER THAT JOINED THEMSELVES TO THE 18:14 LORD TO SERVE HIM, AND TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD. 18:17 TO BE HIS SERVANTS. 18:18 EVERYONE THAT KEEPETH THE SABBATH FROM POLLUTING IT, AND 18:21 TAKETH HOLD OF MY COVENANT, EVEN THEM WILL I BRING TO MY HOLY 18:26 MOUNTAIN, AND MAKE THEM JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER, THEIR 18:32 BURNT OFFERINGS AND THEIR SACRIFICES SHALL BE ACCEPTED 18:34 UPON MY ALTER, FOR MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF 18:39 PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE. 18:41 WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TRADITIONAL 18:45 CHRISTIAN TO GET THIS BLESSING. 18:49 YOU CAN BE WHAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD REFER TO AS A STRANGER. 18:53 BUT IT IS GOD'S INTENT TO SPREAD THE BLESSINGS. 18:59 GOD DIDN'T INTEND THAT A FEW PEOPLE GET IT AND 19:03 KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES. 19:04 AND DON'T TELL ME THAT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE LIKE THAT AROUND. 19:07 I KNOW SOME OF THEM. 19:08 ONCE THEY FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. . .DON'T 19:10 SHARE THAT WITH THEM. 19:14 THEY COULD NEVER APPRECIATE IT. 19:16 LOOK AT HIM. 19:17 HE'S NOT ONE OF US, SO DON'T SHARE IT WITH HIM. 19:21 WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE, THERE'S 19:24 SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU. 19:25 WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A BLESSING, YOU OUGHT TO 19:27 BE WILLING TO SHARE IT, RIGHT ? 19:29 IN FACT, I HEARD IT PHRASED THIS WAY: 19:32 WHEN YOU FIND THE GOODNESS THAT GOD OFFERS, YOU OUGHT NOT 19:36 JUST TAKE A SLICE OF BREAD TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 19:41 YOU OUGHT TO LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW THAT YOU'VE FOUND 19:43 THE OWNER OF THE BAKERY. 19:47 AND HE'S GOT BREAD FOR EVERYBODY. 19:51 THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US. 19:55 NOW, I WAS AT LUNCH AT ONE OF THOSE NICE HOMES. 20:05 OH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 20:06 YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 20:08 WHEN THEY OPENED THE DOOR, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE 20:15 CATHEDRAL CEILINGS. 20:17 I TRIED NOT TO LOOK UP. 20:18 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. 20:21 I JUST GLANCED UP. 20:23 AND THEN, WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR IN THE 20:28 REAR, THERE WAS A DECK AND MOORED AT THE DECK WAS A YACHT. 20:37 OH, YOU KNOW THEY HAD MY ATTENTION NOW. 20:39 I DIDN'T WALK DIRECTLY TO IT. 20:42 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CRASS. 20:45 I WALKED AROUND AND TALKED WITH EVERYONE AND I WAS, YOU 20:48 WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE PROUD, I ACTED AS THOUGH I MIGHT 20:52 HAVE A YACHT AT MY HOUSE. 20:56 BUT THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THERE WHO WAS CONNECTED WITH A 20:59 PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY, AND DURING LUNCH, HE TOLD ME 21:04 SOMETHING THAT GOT ME EXCITED. 21:06 IN FACT, I PRACTICALLY LOST MY APPETITE. 21:10 HE SAID, PASTOR, I'M GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU 21:12 THAT YOU CAN'T TELL NOW. 21:15 I SAID, OKAY. 21:16 HE SAID, WE ARE DOING SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH THAT 21:21 SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT A CHANGE OF HABIT EVERY SO 21:30 MANY DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS BUILDS UP THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. 21:36 I SAID, IS THAT SO ? 21:40 HE SAID, IT'S ABSOLUTELY SO. 21:42 WE KNOW THAT BREAKING YOUR HABIT PATTERN EVERY NUMBER 21:46 OF DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS BUILDS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. 21:50 HOW MANY KNOW THAT YOU NEED A POWERFUL IMMUNE 21:52 SYSTEM THESE DAYS ? 21:55 I DON'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN YOU BY REMINDING YOU OF ALL THE THINGS 21:58 THAT ARE FLOATING IN THE AIR. 22:00 SOME OF YOU MIGHT TRY TO STOP BREATHING. 22:04 BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. 22:05 WE ALL SHARE THIS AIR. 22:08 BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM BUILT UP. 22:10 HE WANT ON TO SAY, HE SAID, PASTOR IT APPEARS THAT THE 22:15 TIME INTERVAL IS SEVEN DAYS. 22:23 I SAID, IS THAT SO ? 22:30 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 22:31 I DROPPED MY FORK ON THAT ONE. 22:33 HE SAID, NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO OUT YET, BECAUSE 22:37 THIS ISN'T CONFIRMED YET. 22:40 SO PLEASE, DON'T PUT THIS IN A SERMON YET. 22:43 BECAUSE THE SCIENTISTS HAVEN'T NAILED IT DOWN. 22:48 BUT I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, AND THEN LATER ON WHEN WE 22:51 CONFIRM IT, I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND PERHAPS THEN 22:54 YOU CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. 22:56 I SAID, BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. 22:58 I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SCIENTISTS. 23:08 GO TO MARK, CHAPTER 2, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT WHY I DON'T HAVE 23:13 TO WAIT FOR THE SCIENTISTS. 23:14 INCIDENTALLY, IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME, SIR, WOULD YOU 23:16 PLEASE SEND ME THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOUR SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED. 23:22 I AM INTERESTED IN IT. 23:23 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THE NEXT TIME I PREACH THIS, 23:28 THAT YOU HAVE DONE YOUR STUDIES AND PERHAPS THEY ARE 23:31 THE SAME AS WHAT I FIND HERE. 23:35 BUT THE REASON WHY I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR HIS 23:37 SCIENTISTS IS BECAUSE I'VE GOT MARK, CHAPTER 2. 23:42 AND LOOK AT VERSE 27. 23:45 MARK, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 27. 23:49 AND HE SAID ONTO THEM--WRITTEN IN RED--THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR 23:56 MAN AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH. 24:00 IN FACT, LET ME GIVE YOU THE NEXT VERSE BECAUSE 24:01 IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. 24:02 THEREFORE, THE SON OF MAN IS LORD ALSO OF THE SABBATH. 24:07 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS. 24:11 AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO LECTURE THE SCIENTISTS. 24:14 I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR SCIENTISTS. 24:15 I WISH I'D BECOME ONE. 24:18 I'D HAVE A GIGANTIC SALARY. 24:20 BUT EVEN NOW, WITH MY PUNY LITTLE SALARY, I CAN TELL 24:22 YOU THAT THE BIBLE CONFIRMS THAT GOD DID NOT MAKE THE 24:27 SABBATH AND THEN CREATE PEOPLE TO WORSHIP ON IT. 24:34 HE CREATED MAN ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE CREATION WEEK, 24:40 AND THEN KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO MAKE MAN REMAIN HEALTHY 24:45 AND HAPPY AND STRONG. 24:47 AND THE FIRST GIFT THAT HE GAVE TO MAN WAS THE SABBATH. 24:54 BECAUSE THE SABBATH ENRICHES YOUR LIFE. 24:58 IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU THIS. 25:00 THE SABBATH GIVES YOU TIME TO TURN OFF ALL OF THOSE 25:05 TELEVISIONS IN ALL THOSE ROOMS. 25:08 NOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE, FROM 25:11 TIME TO TIME YOU NEED TO PEEK OVER INTO THE WORLD OF POVERTY. 25:16 I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. 25:19 SO LET ME ENRICH YOUR CULTURE. 25:22 AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SKIN COLOR. 25:25 I TOLD YOU, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE LIVED AROUND 25:28 PEOPLE FROM EVERY, PRACTICALLY EVERY NATIONAL BACKGROUND, 25:31 BUT WE WERE ALL JOINED TOGETHER BY OUR POVERTY. 25:35 AND WHAT I LEARNED WAS THIS. 25:39 WE USED TO HAVE A TELEVISION, FINALLY, AND SOMETHING WOULD 25:46 GO WRONG WITH THAT TELEVISION AND WE'D GO OUT AND BUY ANOTHER 25:52 TELEVISION, AND WE'D PUT THE NEWER ONE ON TOP. 26:05 HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT ? 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