Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000416
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS:
00:06 EXPERIENCE THE POWER WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:10 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED 00:13 "FIND YOUR JOY." 00:15 (theme music) WP: IN FACT I WAS SHOCKED 00:25 WHEN I HEARD MONTHS AGO THAT SOME GROUP OF CHILDREN BUILT 00:29 IN THEIR GARAGE A BOMB, AND THE PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW. 00:36 NOW IN MY HOUSE WE COULD NEVER HAVE BUILT A BOMB. 00:42 MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE LET LOOSE SOMETHING EQUIVALENT 00:45 TO A BOMB WITH HER SWITCH. 00:50 SHE WOULD HAVE HAD QUESTION AFTER QUESTION, "WHAT ARE 00:53 YOU DOING OUT THERE ? 00:54 WHAT IS THAT ? 00:55 WHO DID--WHY DID YOU ? 00:57 HOW DID YOU GET THE MONEY TO--THERE WOULD 01:00 NEVER HAVE BEEN A BOMB. 01:01 WE'D HAVE HAD TO BUILD IT AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE. 01:05 BUT WE HAVE BECOME STRANGERS IN OUR HOME, AND I'M GOING TO TELL 01:09 YOU SOMETHING, IT IS WEAKENING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FAMILY 01:12 MEMBERS AND IT TAKES AWAY THE NETWORK OF FAMILY AND 01:17 FRIENDS THAT KEEPS YOU HEALTHY. 01:20 IN FACT, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ELEMENTS IN YOUR LIFE 01:24 TO KEEP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG IS TO HAVE A NETWORK 01:28 OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 01:30 BUT WE ARE NOW PEOPLE WHO JUST PASS. 01:34 IN FACT, IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, YOU DON'T 01:38 WANT TO INTERFACE WITH ANYONE. 01:40 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DIFFERENT. 01:41 YOU DON'T WANT TO STAND OUT. 01:42 SO YOU JUST, OH, HI. 01:46 AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN YOU'RE UNLOCKING ALL OF THE-- 01:54 RUSH INSIDE, TURN OFF THE BURGLAR ALARM. 01:57 WE'VE BECOME A NATION HERE OF STRANGERS. 02:01 AND I'VE TRAVELED, IT'S LIKE THAT ALMOST EVERYWHERE. 02:06 ON GOD'S SABBATH, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, DOES IT HONOR GOD ? 02:13 AND BEING WITH FAMILY HONORS GOD. 02:17 GOD CREATED FAMILY. 02:20 GOD ENCOURAGES FRIENDS, AND ON THE SABBATH YOU 02:26 TURN THAT STUFF OFF. 02:28 YOU TURN OFF ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT SERVE AS THE 02:33 BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR OUR LIVES. 02:37 AND YOU WILL BE SHOCKED AT WHAT YOUR BRAIN WILL DO IF 02:41 IT COULD JUST HAVE SPACE. 02:43 A LITTLE TIME. 02:45 A LITTLE SILENCE. 02:46 AND ON GOD'S HOLY DAY. 02:48 I DARE YOU TO OPEN THE WORD OF GOD AND LET IT LAUNCH YOU 02:52 INTO A NEW THOUGHT PATTERN. 02:55 IN FACT, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS YOU OUGHT TO DO. 03:00 GOD COMMANDED. 03:01 I CAN'T READ THIS ONE. 03:03 I CAN'T GET TO IT. 03:04 DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13. 03:07 IT WILL TELL YOU THERE THAT GOD COMMANDED SABBATH 03:10 OBSERVANCE IN HIS OWN VOICE. 03:12 THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS BECAUSE THE SABBATH IS A DAY 03:17 THAT BRINGS COMMUNION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND THE MOMENT THAT 03:23 IS PERFECT FOR PRAISE AGAIN. 03:25 AM I SAYING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T PRAISE HIM ON EVERY DAY ? 03:28 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 03:30 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 03:31 I FILL MY MOUTH WITH PRAISE. 03:34 I HAVE BEEN IN MANY PLACES WHERE DRIVING IS DANGEROUS. 03:38 I ASSURE YOU THAT THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA 03:41 IS ONE OF THEM. 03:44 NOW I HAVE A LOT OF TEMERITY, I HAVE DRIVEN IN PARIS. 03:50 I DROVE FOR JUST A MOMENT IN A CERTAIN CARIBBEAN ISLAND, 03:53 WHICH I WILL NOT NAME. 03:57 ON THAT ISLAND, THEY CHALLENGE YOU FOR SPACE. 04:04 AND I WAS DRIVING AND SOMEBODY WAS OUT PASSING AND WE STARTED 04:07 PLAYING A GAME OF CHICKEN. 04:10 DO YOU KNOW THAT ? 04:11 WHO'S GOING TO GO AWAY FIRST ? 04:14 AND I TURNED INTO A FIELD, BUT I HAD ENOUGH TEMERITY 04:20 TO START DRIVING THERE. 04:22 BUT WHEN I'M DRIVING, I'M PRAISING GOD AND I'M THANKING 04:24 HIM FOR HIS PROTECTION. 04:26 EVERY DAY OUGHT TO BE A DAY OF PROTECTION. 04:28 LET'S GO TO THE COMMANDMENT ITSELF. 04:30 YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHOCKED. 04:32 EXODUS, THE BOOK OF EXODUS, SO YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THE FRONT IN 04:35 THAT PLACE WHERE YOU RARELY GO, EXODUS, CHAPTER 20, AND WE'RE 04:39 GOING TO START WITH VERSE 8. 04:42 WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHILE YOU'RE FINDING IT IS THIS, 04:46 THIS IS AT THE VERY HEART OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 04:52 SO FROM TIME TO TIME PEOPLE WILL SAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY 04:55 SEE THIS BLESSING. 04:56 AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 04:58 YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT TITHING AND OFFERING ? 05:02 THAT'S A BLESSING. 05:03 INCIDENTALLY--I'VE GOT TIME TO SAY THIS. 05:07 A MAN MET ME AT ONE OF THOSE CLOTHING STORES. 05:11 IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE NOSE BLEED STORES. 05:15 I DON'T SHOP THERE, RIGHT ? 05:17 I SHOP STRATEGICALLY. 05:19 SO I GO WHERE THEY'VE GOT GOOD STUFF BUT IT'S MARKED DOWN. 05:25 AND I MET THIS GENTLEMAN AT A PLACE WHERE IT'S MARKED 05:27 DOWN, AND HE CAME OVER AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 05:30 TO CAREFUL THESE DAYS. 05:31 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT THEY MIGHT DO. 05:34 THIS MAN CAME TOWARDS ME AND HE WAS SMILING AND I 05:38 SAID, IS THAT A FRIENDLY SMILE OR IS THAT A--OKAY. 05:41 AND HE CAME UP AND SAID, LOOK, MAN, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 05:45 HE SAID, I HEARD THAT THING YOU PREACHED THE OTHER NIGHT, 05:48 AND I'VE DONE IT ALREADY. 05:50 AND IT'S ALREADY BLESSED. 05:52 LAST NIGHTAME TO VISIT HERE WHO SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT 05:59 HE HEARD THE SERMON HE BEGAN IMMEDIATELY TO RETURN TITHE, 06:04 AND OFFERINGS, AND SINCE THEN HIS SALARY HAS BEEN TRIPLED. 06:16 IN FACT, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIS NECK 06:20 AND HE SAID WHILE ONE OF THE SERMONS WAS GOING ON HE KIND 06:23 OF TOUCHED IT AND HE SAID GOD BEGAN TO ANSWER HIS PRAYERS 06:26 AND THIS ILLNESS WENT AWAY. 06:28 FOLKS, GOD IS ALREADY DOING MIRACULOUS THINGS. 06:32 BUT LISTEN, JUST AS POWERFUL AS GOD IS, WITH ONE-TENTH OF 06:38 MY INCOME, HE IS JUST AS POWERFUL WITH ONE-SEVENTH OF 06:44 MY TIME, AND STILL THERE ARE FOLK WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND. 06:49 THEY'LL SAY, WELL, THAT'S IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND AS YOU 06:51 KNOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE AWAY WITH--AND YOU AND 06:53 I ALREADY KNOW, WE'VE CONQUERED THAT ALREADY, WE KNOW THAT 06:57 GOD'S LAW WILL LAST FOREVER. 06:59 AND HERE IN THE HEART OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE 07:02 FOURTH COMMANDMENT, LET'S READ WHAT IT SAYS. 07:04 YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHOCKED AT SOMETHING IT SAYS RATHER EARLY. 07:08 REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY. 07:12 VERSE 9 IS GOING TO SHOCK SOMEBODY. 07:14 SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR AND DO ALL THY WORK. 07:21 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 07:24 NOT ONLY SAYS WHAT YOU SHOULD STOP DOING, BUT IT SAYS SIX 07:28 DAYS YOU ARE TO WORK. 07:39 I DON'T WANT TO GET ON ANYBODY'S NERVES TONIGHT, BUT IN THE 07:43 TEN COMMANDMENTS IT SAYS, YOU ARE TO WORK SIX DAYS. 07:48 I KNOW SOME MEN WHO HAVE FOUND RELATIONSHIPS WITH LADIES--WELL 07:55 THAT'S TUESDAY NIGHT ISN'T IT. 07:59 BUT YOU OUGHT TO WORK. 08:00 LET'S GO ON. 08:01 BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD. 08:06 INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT HAS THE TITLE 08:11 AND THE OFFICE THAT GOD HOLDS. 08:13 IT SAYS THAT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE 08:16 LORD WHO IS THY GOD. 08:19 DO YOU SEE IT ? 08:20 IN IT, THOU SHALT NOT DO ANY WORK. 08:22 THOU, NOR THY SON, NOR THY DAUGHTER, NOR THY MAN-SERVANT, 08:24 NOR THY MAID-SERVANT, NOR THY CATTLE, NOR THY STRANGER THAT IS 08:28 WITHIN THY GATES, FOR IN SIX DAYS--AND THIS SHOWS THE REASON 08:32 WHY GOD CAN COMMAND RESPECT--FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN 08:38 AND EARTH, THE SEA AND ALL THAT IN THEIR MIDST, AND RESTED 08:42 THE SEVENTH DAY, WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH 08:46 DAY AND HALLOWED IT. 08:49 SO THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF DIFFERENCE FOR THIS DAY, 08:53 THE ONLY DAY THAT GOD NAMED. 08:56 EVERY OTHER DAY HE GAVE A NUMBER. 08:59 THIS DAY HE CALLS BY A NAME. 09:00 AND HE SAYS IN SIX DAYS HE MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH, THE 09:04 SEA AND ALL THAT IN THEIR MIDST, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY, 09:08 WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT. 09:12 WAS GOD TIRED ? 09:16 IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WHO THINKS THAT GOD HAD EXPIRED 09:21 HIS PHYSICAL RESOURCES ? 09:24 HE SPAKE AND IT WAS DONE. 09:28 HE COMMANDED AND IT STOOD FAST. 09:31 DON'T GET ME STARTED. 09:35 GOD COULD SPEAK TO THE AIR AND SAY, HOLD IT A MINUTE, I'VE GOT 09:39 TO PUT SOME EARTH IN HERE, THEN HE SPOKE TO EARTH AND MATTER, 09:44 WHETHER IT EXISTED BEFORE OR NOT, CAME INTO EXISTENCE AND 09:48 WENT WHERE GOD TOLD IT TO BE. 09:51 THEN HE SPOKE TO THE WATER AND SAID, FILL IN THOSE 09:53 SPOTS, AND STAY THERE. 09:55 SO THIS TERRESTRIAL BALL WAS FORMED BY THE 09:58 WORD FROM HIS MOUTH. 10:00 GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO AND MAKE 10:03 IT HAPPEN, THEN HE CAN TELL THE AIR, THE ATMOSPHERE TO 10:07 COME AND REST AROUND IT. 10:10 THAT'S HOW POWERFUL GOD IS. 10:13 HE SAYS, THE REASON YOU OUGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO ME IS 10:16 BECAUSE I MADE EVERYTHING. 10:20 EVEN MADE YOU. 10:23 INCIDENTALLY, IN CASE YOU'RE GETTING TOO CARRIED AWAY, THE 10:25 BIBLE SAYS THAT HE MADE YOU FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH. 10:31 DO YOU KNOW WHAT DUST IS ? 10:32 IT'S WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU DROP DIRT. 10:40 SO YOU KNOW, INOW THERE'S SOME DAYS WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR 10:43 AND SAY, YEAH, NO, OH, I'M REALLY LOOKING GOOD TODAY. 10:50 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT COLOR AND THAT RIGHT 10:54 DRESS OR THAT RIGHT SUIT. 10:55 AND YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT YOURSELF ? 10:57 REMEMBER, YOU AREN'T EVEN MADE OUT OF DIRT. 11:00 YOU'RE MADE OUT OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU THROW SOME DIRT. 11:03 DUST HAPPENS. 11:04 AND GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT HE MADE ME OUT OF THE DUST. 11:08 WELL, I DON'T HAVE TIME. 11:09 YOU FOLK ARE WAY TOO SLOW TONIGHT. 11:12 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU, LET'S GO BACK TO GENESIS, AND THE 11:15 REASON WHY I'M GOING BACK TO GENESIS WILL BE APPARENT 11:18 BEFORE WE GET OUT OF HERE. 11:19 GENESIS, CHAPTER 2, DO I WANT 2 ? 11:22 YES, I DO. 11:23 GENESIS, CHAPTER 2, BECAUSE IT'LL TALK 11:28 ALSO ABOUT THE SABBATH. 11:29 THE MOST FREQUENT THING THAT PEOPLE SAY TO ME AFTER I 11:31 HAVE PREACHED THIS IS, BUT ISN'T EVERY DAY HOLY ? 11:39 WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT. 11:41 LET'S GET IT IN GENESIS, CHAPTER 2. 11:44 START WITH VERSE 2. 11:45 AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD 11:47 MADE AND HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORK 11:52 WHICH HE HAD MADE AND GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND 11:56 SANCTIFIED IT BECAUSE THAT IN IT HE HAD RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK 12:02 WHICH GOD CREATED AND MADE. 12:05 YOU SEARCH YOUR BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER, YOU WILL NOT 12:09 FIND TSE WORDS ABOUT ANY OTHER DAY EXCEPT THE ONLY 12:15 DAY THAT GOD NAMED, AND THAT DAY IS THE SABBATH. 12:20 DO YOU SEE IT CLEARLY ? 12:22 WELL, THE CLOCK IS MAD AT ME NOW, BUT I WANT TO REMIND 12:25 YOU THAT WHATEVER YOU FIND IN GOD'S LAW WILL NOT GO AWAY. 12:30 MALACHI, CHAPTER 3 IN VERSE 6 SAYS IT LASTS FOREVER. 12:33 ECCLESIASTES 3, 14 AND 15, GOD HAS NOT CHANGED. 12:37 ROMANS, CHAPTER 7 IN VERSE 12, THE COMMANDMENT IS 12:41 HOLY, JUST AND GOOD. 12:42 ECCLESIASTES 3, 14, I'VE QUOTED IT ALREADY, BUT IT 12:44 SAID IT LASTS FOREVER. 12:46 AND THEN, MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5, VERSES 18 AND 19, JESUS SAYS, 12:50 I HAVE NOT COME TO DESTROY THE LAW BUT TO FULFILL THE LAW, 12:54 UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, NOT ONE DOTTING OF AN "I" OR ONE 12:59 CROSSING OF A "T" WILL PASS FROM THE LAW UNTIL ALL BE FULFILLED. 13:05 SO WHATEVER GOD PUT IN THIS COMMANDMENT STANDS AND THE 13:07 REASON WHY I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THE BLESSING GOD 13:12 PROMISES ME CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE GOD PLANTED IT IN THE 13:16 HEART OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THAT WILL LAST FOREVER. 13:20 NOTHING CAN BE ADDED TO IT, NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY. 13:24 THAT MEANS WHEN I HONOR GOD BY KEEPING HIS SABBATH HOLY, YOU 13:28 CAN'T TAKE BACK FROM ME MY JOY. 13:34 YOU CAN'T DO IT. 13:36 I CAN BE BROKE AND HAVE JOY. 13:40 I HAVE BEEN BROKE AND I'VE STILL HAD JOY. 13:46 YOU CAN TAKE MY HOUSE, TAKE MY CAR, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE 13:50 SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL BLESSINGS THAT GOD GIVES ME AND I TELL YOU 13:54 THAT GOD CAN SKIP OVER MONEY. 13:57 GOD CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING MONEY. 14:01 HE DOESN'T SAY I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY TO BUY WHAT YOU NEED, HE 14:04 SAYS I WILL MAKE YOU RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 14:10 HE SAYS I'LL FEED YOU WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 14:13 THAT MEANS THAT NOT ONLY DO I HAVE THINGS, BUT I HAVE 14:16 SKILLS THAT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE. 14:21 GOD SAYS THAT'S MY PROMISE AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY BECAUSE 14:24 OF WHERE HE PLANTED IT. 14:26 NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE DAY, BECAUSE 14:29 THIS GETS A LITTLE TRICKY. 14:30 TURN TO EXODUS, CHAPTER 16. 14:32 EXODUS, CHAPTER 16. 14:36 THIS IS INTERESTING. 14:37 CAN YOU TELL ALREADY I'M HAVING FUN ? 14:39 SOMEBODY WROTE IN AND SAID, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE HAVING FUN. 14:43 I THINK THAT WAS A CRITICISM. 14:46 I SAID, DON'T EVEN WRITE THEM BACK, THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. 14:50 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN I OPEN THE BIBLE, LET ME 14:53 TELL YOU SOMETHING. 14:55 SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT PREACHERS HAVE SOME SPECIAL 14:58 RELATIONSHIP THAT KEEPS THEM FROM HAVING PAIN OR PROBLEMS. 15:03 NOT SO. 15:04 IN FACT, SOME TIMES I WOULD WAGER YOU THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE 15:08 A PERSON WHO SAYS I AM A PERSON SERVING GOD, THE DEVIL MAY 15:14 EVEN TOUCH YOU A LITTLE FASTER. 15:20 BUT WHEN IT GETS--WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE TIGHT, 15:23 I GET IN THIS BOOK. 15:25 NOW SOMETIMES I GET IN THIS BOOK FOR YOUR SAKE, BECAUSE I WANT TO 15:30 FIND STUFF TO SHARE WITH YOU. 15:31 BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU. 15:38 I'M IN HERE FOR ME. 15:41 AND I'LL ASK GOD, I'LL SAY, GOD, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO FEED 15:43 ME WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB, SO COME ON, PICK UP ALL THAT 15:46 SKILL YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ME AND THEN I WANT YOU TO 15:49 GIVE ME THAT HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH EXPERIENCE, SO WHEN I OPEN 15:54 THIS BOOK, LET ME RIDE HIGH. 15:57 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ME DOWN ? 16:00 I'LL BOUNCE RIGHT BACK. 16:02 BECAUSE THERE'S POWER IN THIS WORK. 16:06 GOT OFF MY POINT. 16:07 EXODUS, EXODUS, CHAPTER 16. 16:09 WE'VE GO TO FIND OUT WHAT DAY THIS IS. 16:11 IF YOU GO BY THE NUMBERS, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LIKE 16:16 TO BE ALONG WITH A CROWD, THE MOST POPULAR DAY OF 16:20 WORSHIP IN THE WORLD IS FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK. 16:27 MORE PEOPLE WORSHIP ON FRIDAY THAN ANY OTHER DAY. 16:30 THE SECOND MOST POPULAR WOULD BE SUNDAY--THE 16:34 FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. 16:37 SO LOOK WHAT GOD SAID. 16:41 WELL, NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY TWIST ON IT, SO YOU 16:43 CAN EITHER TAKE THIS OR NOT. 16:45 I'LL ALWAYS BE INTELLECTUALLY HONEST. 16:47 I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I FOUND IT. 16:49 I FOUND THIS IN HERE. 16:53 GOD SAYS, IF YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH BACKBONE AND ENOUGH BRAIN 16:59 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I ASK AND TO DO WHAT I ASK, AGAINST 17:03 THE ODDS, THEN I WILL HONOR YOU BY BLESSING YOU. 17:11 SO I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO 17:14 HAVE GOT TO BE WITH EVERYBODY. 17:15 IF YOU'VE GOT TO WALK BEHIND THE CROWD, YOU'LL NEVER 17:17 GET THIS BLESSING. 17:19 BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS NOT THE MOST POPULAR 17:21 DAY, BUT HERE IT COMES. 17:22 EXODUS, CHAPTER 16, I'M GOING TO START WITH VERSE 4. 17:26 THEN THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD, I WILL RAIN BREAD FROM 17:28 HEAVEN FOR YOU, AND THE PEOPLE SHALL GO OUT AND GATHER A 17:31 CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY THAT I MAY PROVE THEM WHETHER THEY 17:34 WILL WALK IN MY LAW OR NO. 17:37 ISN'T THAT AMAZING ? 17:38 GOD SAYS I'M GOING TO SEND THE BREAD IN A WAY THAT 17:42 I'LL FIND OUT IF THEY'LL WALK IN MY WAY OR NO. 17:45 WHAT LANGUAGE THAT IS ? 17:47 IT'S KING JAMES LANGUAGE. 17:48 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT ON THE SIXTH DAY THEY SHALL 17:52 PREPARE THAT WHICH THEY BRING IN AND IT SHALL BE TWICE AS 17:56 MUCH AS THEY GATHER DAILY. 18:00 NOW I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WILL FIND IF YOU WILL 18:03 START AT VERSE 22 AND GO ON. 18:05 FOR FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, THIS IS 18:08 WHAT GOD DID. 18:09 HE SAID, I WILL SEND YOU BREAD. 18:12 THEY CALLED IT MANNA. 18:13 IT MEANT "WHAT IS IT ?" 18:16 SO THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY WENT OUT AND SAW GOD HAD LEFT 18:19 FOOD, DELIVERED BY ANGELS, THEY SAID, "WHAT IS IT ?" 18:27 AND THE NAME STUCK. 18:29 SO FROM THEN ON, THEY SAID, DID YOU GET ANYTHING 18:31 TO EAT THIS MORNING ? 18:32 YEAH, I HAD SOME WHAT-IS-IT. 18:34 MANNA. 18:36 BUT THAT MANNA WOULD COME DOWN EVERY DAY. 18:38 YOU CAN START WITH VERSE 22 IN EXODUS 16, IT 18:41 WOULD COME EVERY DAY. 18:42 MOSES SAID, GO OUT AND GET ENOUGH, DON'T GET TOO MUCH. 18:45 SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BAD SHAPE. 18:47 BECAUSE THEY WOULD WANT TO GO OUT AND SKIP A DAY. 18:51 I WANT TO GO OUT TODAY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE IN TOMORROW. 18:54 I DON'T WANT TO GET UP. 18:56 BUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ALREADY SAID, SIX DAYS SHALL THY LABOR. 18:59 SO GOD INTENDED FOR YOU TO GO OUT EVERY DAY, EXCEPT ONE, 19:03 AND GET THE FOOD TO EAT. 19:05 AND IF YOU ATE IT ON THAT DAY, EVERYTHING IS FINE. 19:07 BUT IF YOU TRIED TO SAVE IT OVER FROM THE FIRST DAY TO THE SECOND 19:12 DAY, YOU'D FIND WORMS IN IT. 19:15 AND I KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF YOU LIKE WORMS IN YOUR FOOD. 19:20 IF YOU TRIED TO SAVE IT FROM DAY TWO TO DAY THREE, WORMS. 19:24 DAY THREE TO DAY FOUR. 19:25 BUT ON THE SIXTH DAY YOU COULD GET TWICE AS MUCH 19:30 AND GOD WOULD PRESERVE IT. 19:37 GOD WOULD PRESERVE IT. 19:39 SO HE PROVED FOR FORTY YEARS WHAT IS THE DAY AND 19:44 GUESS WHICH DAY IT WAS ? 19:46 IT WAS THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. 19:51 NOW, IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR BRAIN WRAPPED AROUND THAT, 19:53 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT LUKE, CHAPTER 23, 19:57 IT'S IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 19:58 SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO TAKE ANYTHING ELSE. 20:00 I'M OKAY WITH YOU, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY THIS 20:02 DAY FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GET THIS BLESSING AND GET IT SOON. 20:05 IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULD STAND A LITTLE MORE BLESSING ? 20:09 COULD YOU STAND TO RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH ? 20:13 COULD YOU STAND TO BE FED WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB ? 20:16 WOULD YOU MIND FINDING YOUR JOY IN JESUS ? 20:21 WELL, THAT'S THE BEST COMMERCIAL I CAN DO WITH THE TIME GIVEN. 20:25 WATCH THIS. 20:27 LUKE, CHAPTER 23, AND I'LL START WITH VERSE 52. 20:30 YOU NEED TO LOOK THIS ONE UP. 20:31 IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND. 20:32 LUKE, CHAPTER 23. 20:34 AND I'M GOING TO START WITH VERSE 54. 20:39 AND THAT DAY WAS THE PREPARATION AND THE SABBATH DREW ON. 20:47 AND THE WOMEN ALSO WHICH CAME WITH HIM FROM GALILEE FOLLOWED 20:53 AFTER AND BEHELD THE SEPULCHER, HOW HIS BODY WAS LAID. 20:56 AND THEY RETURNED AND PREPARED SPICES AND OINTMENTS AND 20:59 RESTED THE SABBATH DAY ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT. 21:07 LOOK AT CHAPTER 24, VERSE 1. 21:09 NOW UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, 21:14 THEY CAME UNTO THE SEPULCHER BRINGING THE SPICES WHICH 21:17 THEY HAD PREPARED AND CERTAIN OTHERS WITH THEM AND THEY 21:20 FOUND THE STONE ROLLED AWAY FROM THE SEPULCHER. 21:25 ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER BEEN TO A CHURCH ONCE OR TWICE 21:31 KNOWS WHICH WEEKEND THIS IS. 21:35 SOME PEOPLE CALL IT EASTER WEEKEND. 21:39 AND IT SAYS THAT ON THE SIXTH DAY WHEN THE SABBATH WAS COMING 21:44 ON THAT THOSE WOMEN WENT TO PREPARE THE BODY OF JESUS. 21:49 THEY RESTED OVER THE SABBATH ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT AND 21:54 THEY CAME EARLY ON THE MORNING OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK AND 21:58 EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS THAT THE SIXTH DAY IS-- 22:04 AND THE SEVENTH DAY IS-- AND THE FIRST DAY IS-- 22:10 I PREACHED THIS SERMON ONE NIGHT, A LADY PREACHER 22:13 WAS IN MY AUDIENCE. 22:15 SHE CAME UP TO ME AND CALLED ME EVERYTHING BUT A CHILD OF GOD. 22:26 AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE 22:30 SUPPOSED TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE GETTING CURSED OUT. 22:33 BUT I PRAYED AND GOD HELD THEM LOCKED IN THE BACK OF MY BRAIN. 22:39 AND I SAID, MY SISTER, JUST KEEP LOOKING IN THE WORD. 22:44 I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO OR THREE O'CLOCK 22:46 THAT MY PHONE RANG. 22:48 I TELL YOU ALREADY, I LOVE EVERYONE, BUT IF YOU WANT 22:51 TO HAVE A NICE CONVERSATION WITH ME, TWO OR THREE IN THE 22:53 MORNING IS NOT A GOOD TIME. 22:57 WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I DIDN'T LIKE IT. 23:00 NOW THAT I'M OLD ? 23:01 IT'S A CATASTROPHE. 23:03 I CAN'T GO BACK TO SLEEP. 23:05 SO I THINK ABOUT YOU UNTIL SUNRISE. 23:12 BUT THE LADY CALLED ME AND HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. 23:15 SHE SAID, I APOLOGIZE. 23:18 AND I'M TRYING TO GET MYSELF TOGETHER. 23:20 I SAID, WHO IS THIS ? 23:21 DO YOU REMEMBER LAST NIGHT, I WAS SO CRUEL TO YOU ? 23:25 SHE SAID, I SAID ALL KINDS OF TERRIBLE THINGS TO YOU. 23:27 SHE SAID, BUT I CAME HOME TO PROVE YOU WRONG AND GUESS WHAT ? 23:31 YOU'RE RIGHT. 23:34 I SAID--I SAID, MY DEAR, GOD BLESS YOU, MY FELLOW PREACHER. 23:40 IS THERE ANYWAY WE COULD WAIT UNTIL ABOUT NINE ? 23:44 BECAUSE I KNEW LAST NIGHT THAT I WAS RIGHT, BECAUSE 23:48 IT'S IN THE WORD OF GOD. 23:51 WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THIS, IS THAT THERE ARE 23:55 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENCES. 23:59 I'M PREACHING ANOTHER SERMON ON FRIDAY NIGHT SO I CAN INCLUDE 24:03 THIS IN THERE AND I WANT TO GET YOU HOME, BUT I'VE GOT 24:06 TO TELL YOU, I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 24:09 I WENT TO A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON ONE TIME AND I MET 24:14 A MAN WHO WAS ON DEATH ROW AND HE SAID TO ME, CAN YOU 24:17 TELL ME ABOUT JESUS. 24:19 I WAS A BRAND NEW PREACHER. 24:22 AND I THOUGHT WHAT HE WANTED WAS FOR ME TO READ FROM THE 24:25 BIBLE, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. 24:27 I SAT IN HIS CELL. 24:29 I LOOKED INTO HIS ICE-COLD EYES AND I READ TEXT AFTER 24:33 TEXT, AND I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE LOOKING COMFORTED. 24:37 HE DIDN'T, HE LOOKED AGITATED. 24:42 AND WHEN I FINISHED, HE SAID TO ME, SIR, I DID NOT ASK YOU TO 24:47 READ ME WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAID. 24:52 I ASKED YOU TO INTRODUCE ME TO JESUS. 24:56 SO I HAD MISSED THE POINT. 24:59 HE DIDN'T WANT AT THAT MOMENT WHAT ANYBODY IN THE 25:02 66 BOOKS HAD SAID, HE WANTED TO KNOW MY TESTIMONY. 25:07 LET ME GIVE YOU MY TESTIMONY ABOUT GOD'S SABBATH. 25:13 I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR PREACHING IT. 25:17 I HAD A MAN TELL ME, HE SAID, SIR, WITH THE GIFTS 25:20 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, I COULD MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE 25:23 IF YOU JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT SABBATH THING. 25:28 HE SAID, CUT IT OUT AND LET'S MAKE A DEAL RIGHT NOW. 25:33 I SAID, I CAN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE 25:37 ALL OF YOUR MONEY WITHOUT GOD'S BLESSING WOULDN'T 25:43 DO ME ANY GOOD. 25:44 BUT MY POVERTY WITH GOD'S BLESSING WILL GIVE ME MY JOY. 25:48 WILL MAKE ME RIDE ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 25:53 WILL FEED ME WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 25:56 Announcer: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING BREATH OF LIFE. 25:58 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING MESSAGE FROM PASTOR 26:01 WALTER L. 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