Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000417
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:11 TODAY, PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED A DAY FOR LIBERTY. 00:15 (theme music) WP: I WANT TO LOOK 00:26 AT VERSES 16 AND 17. 00:28 EXODUS CHAPTER 31:16-17: "WHEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF 00:34 ISRAEL SHALL KEEP THE SABBATH TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH 00:38 THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS FOR A PERPETUAL COVENANT. 00:42 IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOREVER. 00:47 FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND 00:51 ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE RESTED AND WAS REFRESHED." 00:56 SO THE BIBLE SAYS, IT'S A SIGN THAT YOU FOLLOW ME, 01:02 AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A DAY FOR LIBERATION. 01:07 BEFORE WE DO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE ALWAYS DO. 01:10 LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. 01:11 FATHER IN HEAVEN, HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE THAT WE HAVE COME 01:16 TOGETH TONIGHT WITH THE POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD, TO STUDY, TO 01:22 ENJOY, TO UPLIFT US, AND WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT THE HOLY 01:27 SPIRIT WILL BE OUR GUIDE. 01:29 WE PRAY THAT THE PRESENCE OF JESUS WILL INSPIRE US, AND WE 01:33 PRAY THAT WE SHALL LEAVE FEELING BETTER THAN WHEN WE CAME BECAUSE 01:37 WE HAVE HEARD FROM GOD ALMIGHTY. 01:40 THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 01:44 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M 01:46 FEELING PRETTY GOOD TONIGHT. 01:48 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN STUDYING WITH US OVER THE PAST FEW 01:51 NIGHTS, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL BLESSING 01:55 ON A CERTAIN DAY. 01:57 ANYBODY REMEMBER ? 02:00 THAT DAY STARTS AT A FUNNY TIME FOR SOME FOLKS. 02:04 YOUR INSURANCE POLICY, YOUR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE, CANCELS AT 02:09 12:01 A.M. WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP. 02:14 REMEMBER THAT ? 02:16 THEN YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND YOU SAY I HAVE ONE MORE DAY. 02:18 THE FACT IS THAT IT GOT YOU WHILE YOU WERE ASLEEP. 02:21 WELL, THEY HAVE RECKONED THE DAY AT THE WRONG TIME. 02:25 START IN GENESIS, START AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BIBLE AND 02:28 YOU WILL FIND IT SAYS, THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE 02:32 FIRST DAY, AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING SECOND, THIRD. 02:37 WHEN GOD RECKONS THE BEGINNING OF A DAY, HE STARTS AT SUNSET. 02:42 SO, JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO IN THE UNITED STATES EASTERN 02:47 TIME, WE BEGAN THE HOLY TIME THAT WE CALL THE SABBATH, 02:53 AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU FEEL IT YET, BUT I DO. 02:56 I FEEL BLESSED ALREADY. 02:58 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO FEELS THAT ? 03:02 WELL, YOU CERTAINLY OUGHT TO. 03:05 TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FROM THE WORD OF GOD, WHAT I 03:09 THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PHENOMENA THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. 03:15 THE FACT IS I AM ABOUT TO DO WHAT THE HISTORIANS 03:18 CALL REVISIONISM. 03:21 THEY USE THAT TERM IN A TERRIBLE WAY. 03:24 THEY SAY THAT SOMEBODY WENT BACK AND CHANGED HISTORY. 03:29 I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT 03:33 HISTORY AND YOU FIND OUT THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY, IT 03:39 WILL BE REVISED IN YOUR MIND IN A LEGITIMATE WAY, AND TONIGHT 03:46 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF 03:49 ISRAEL, AND AT ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN THE BIBLE, 03:55 AT LEAST FOR ME--I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT--I'M GOING TO 03:58 TRY NOT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT GOD 04:03 OPENING A DRY PATH THROUGH THE RED SEA, I GET EXCITED BECAUSE 04:09 NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE DONE IT. 04:13 I WANT TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT THAT THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT IN THAT 04:19 WHOLE SCENARIO CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S SABBATH. 04:26 AND I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU. 04:28 I'M GOING TO READ FROM THE NEW INTERNATIONAL 04:31 VERSION ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLEARER. 04:34 YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE KING JAMES, BUT IN THE NEW 04:37 INTERNATIONAL IT'S JUST A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE. 04:40 EXODUS 5, STARTING WITH VERSE 17. 04:45 EXODUS 5, STARTING WITH VERSE 17. 04:50 THIS IS SURPRISING THE WAY IT'S PHRASED IN THE NIV. 04:55 IT'S ALMOST AS STRIKING IN THE KING JAMES, BUT THIS LANGUAGE 05:01 IS UPDATED JUST A LITTLE BIT AND IN THIS INSTANCE, THE 05:04 NIV GETS IT JUST RIGHT. 05:06 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 05:07 EXODUS 5:17-19: "PHARAOH SAID, 'LAZY, THAT'S 05:15 WHAT YOU ARE, LAZY. 05:17 THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP SAYING LET US GO AND SACRIFICE TO THE LORD. 05:22 NOW GET TO WORK. 05:24 YOU WILL NOT BE GIVEN ANY STRAW, YET YOU MUST PRODUCE 05:28 YOUR FULL QUOTA OF BRICKS.' THE ISRAELITE FOREMEN REALIZED 05:33 THEY WERE IN TROUBLE WHEN THEY WERE TOLD, 'YOU ARE NOT TO 05:36 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BRICKS REQUIRED OF YOU EACH DAY.'" 05:41 NOW, LET'S GET REAL FOR A MINUTE. 05:44 PHARAOH SAYS, THESE PEOPLE WANT TO GO OUT IN THE 05:48 WILDERNESS, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 05:52 IN FACT, HE DECLARES RIGHT HERE, I KNOW WHAT IT IS; 05:56 THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK. 05:58 THEY WANT TO TAKE A DAY OFF; THEY HAVE WORKED SIX DAYS, 06:04 BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK THE SEVENTH DAY. 06:07 NOW, YOU AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY AFTER OUR 06:09 STUDY LAST WEEK, DON'T WE ? 06:11 THE COMMANDMENTS DECLARE, SIX DAYS SHALT THOU LABOR. 06:17 I HOPE I MADE SOMEBODY GO TO WORK BY READING THAT LAST WEEK. 06:24 I HOPE SOMEBODY WAS FAITHFUL FOR SIX DAYS. 06:26 THE BIBLE SAYS SIX DAYS YOU SHOULD LABOR, AND THEN ON THE 06:31 SEVENTH DAY, YOU SHOULD REST. 06:33 PHARAOH EVIDENTLY IS EITHER FEIGNING THAT HE DOESN'T 06:36 UNDERSTAND OR HE'S TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING OVER 06:40 ON GOD'S CHILDREN. 06:41 HE SAYS IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ANY RELIGIOUS REASON, 06:44 YOU ARE JUST LAZY AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 06:48 I WANT THE TASKMASTERS TO TAKE AWAY THE STRAW 06:53 THAT THEY USED TO PROVIDE. 06:55 IN OTHER WORDS, NOT ONLY MUST YOU DO EVERYTHING THAT I 06:59 TOLD YOU TO DO BEFORE, BUT WE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR STRAW 07:03 AND WE WILL MAKE YOU KEEP UP WITH THE SAME NUMBERS. 07:06 I WILL PENALIZE YOU FOR KEEPING A DAY HOLY; I WILL PENALIZE YOU 07:12 BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE LAZY. 07:16 SO IT'S OBVIOUS HERE THAT PHARAOH IS NOT ABOUT 07:19 TO COOPERATE WITH WHAT GOD COMMANDS. 07:23 NOW, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS CAREFULLY, BUT IF THERE'S EVER 07:29 A MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE WHEN WHAT A MAN SAYS CONFLICTS WITH WHAT 07:35 GOD SAYS, TAKE MY ADVICE: DO WHAT GOD SAYS, BECAUSE GOD 07:47 CAN BACK UP WHAT HE SAYS. 07:52 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOD'S MERCY IS MISUNDERSTOOD. 07:56 JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ IN THE BIBLE THERE WERE PEOPLE 07:59 WHO DID THINGS, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED UZZA WHO TOUCHED A 08:04 WAGON THAT HAD THE ARK OF THE COVENANT ON IT, AND THE BIBLE 08:06 SAYS HE DROPPED DEAD AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, SEE, 08:09 HE DID THOSE THINGS BACK THEN, BUT HE'S NOT THE SAME NOW. 08:13 WELL, I AGREE THAT HE APPROACHES US DIFFERENTLY, BUT JUST BECAUSE 08:19 PEOPLE ARE NOT DROPPING DEAD IMMEDIATELY FROM DISOBEYING 08:24 GOD, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD HAS LOST HIS POWER, HE HAS NOT 08:29 LOST HIS POWER TO COMMAND OR HIS POWER TO MAKE IT SO. 08:35 HE HAS GIVEN US MERCY TO ALLOW US TO DECIDE TO OBEY HIM. 08:41 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THAT. 08:44 DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD COULD CAUSE US TO BE GOOD ? 08:51 YOU COULD WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, FOLD UP YOUR BED 08:56 AND GO ABOUT THE WHOLE DAY DOING ONLY GOOD THINGS. 09:04 PEOPLE WOULD ASK YOU, WHAT'S COME OVER YOU. 09:08 I DON'T KNOW. 09:11 GOD COULD CAUSE YOU TO DO RIGHT, BUT GOD IS NOT ABOUT 09:15 TURNING PEOPLE INTO PUPPETS. 09:18 GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO OBEY HIM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO. 09:22 HE WANTS YOU TO OBEY HIM BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM. 09:25 HE WANTS A RESPONSE FROM YOUR HEART, AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT, 09:31 BECAUSE THAT DRAWS US TOGETHER. 09:32 WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, EXODUS 7:16 09:37 FROM THE NIV. 09:39 THIS IS GOD TELLING MOSES WHAT TO DO: 09:42 "THEN SAY TO HIM, THE LORD THE GOD OF THE HEBREWS HAS SENT ME 09:48 TO SAY TO YOU, LET MY PEOPLE GO SO THAT THEY MAY WORSHIP 09:53 ME IN THE DESERT, BUT UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED." 09:58 NOW WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO SAY THAT KIND OF THING, SAY IT. 10:04 IF GOD DIDN'T TELL YOU,h MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO MAKE 10:06 IT POLITICALLY CORRECT. 10:08 MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO SOFTEN IT A LITTLE BIT. 10:11 BUT IF GOD COMMANDS MOSES, AS HE DID, YOU GO TELL PHARAOH THAT I 10:15 TOLD YOU TO LET MY PEOPLE GO SO THAT THEY MAY WORSHIP ME. 10:19 REMEMBER THAT THIS IS CHANGING HISTORY FOR MOST OF US BECAUSE 10:22 WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT HAPPENING THIS WAY. 10:26 THE FACT IS THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD KEEPING 10:30 GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND IN THE HEART OF THOSE COMMANDMTS, 10:34 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, GOD SAYS THERE IS ONE DAY THAT 10:37 IS HOLY; THERE IS ONE DAY THAT I RESTED ON. 10:40 I BLESSED IT, I SANCTIFIED IT, I CALLED IT BY NAME 10:45 AND NOT BY NUMBER. 10:47 IT IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR US TO COMMUNE TOGETHER, AND IF 10:50 YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF OF IT, I WILL LET YOU RIDE ON 10:54 THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH. 10:55 I'LL FEED YOU WITH THE HERITAGE OF JACOB. 10:57 I WILL BLESS YOU IF YOU KEEP MY SABBATH HOLY. 11:01 AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD, EVEN IN SLAVERY, RECOGNIZED THAT 11:05 YOU MUST OBEY GOD OVER MAN. 11:09 SO, WHILE PHARAOH HAD THE POWER TO COMMAND THEM AS 11:11 SLAVES, GOD HAD ULTIMATE POWER, AND SO THEY CHOSE TO 11:16 WORSHIP GOD AND THEY ASKED, PLEASE, LET US HAVE ONE DAY. 11:19 WE'LL WORK HARD SIX DAYS; THAT'S WHAT GOD TOLD US 11:22 TO DO, BUT ON ONE DAY, WE WANT TO GO AND WORSHIP GOD. 11:26 AND UNTIL NOW, MOSES SAYS, YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. 11:30 SO WHAT DID GOD DO ? 11:32 GOD SENT PLAGUES. 11:35 THESE PLAGUES ARE DESCRIBED IN THE WORD, BUT LET ME 11:39 TALK ABOUT THE LAST ONE. 11:42 IT WAS A PLAGUE WHERE IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE BLOOD 11:47 SPRINKLED ON THE DOOR POST OF YOUR HOUSE, DEATH WOULD 11:55 COME THROUGH THE LAND. 11:57 NOW THERE'S A POWERFUL MESSAGE IN THERE. 11:59 IN FACT, COULD I PLEASE MAKE THIS MY HALF-EXPERIENCE 12:04 THE POWER MOMENT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BIGGER ONE. 12:08 GOD SAID, SPRINKLE THE BLOOD OF A LAMB, AND YOU MUST 12:13 KNOW THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE SYMBOLS HAD POWER, FOR IT IS 12:16 NOT THE BLOOD OF A LAMB THAT IS POWERFUL, IT IS THE BLOOD 12:20 OF JESUS THAT'S POWERFUL. 12:23 BUT THEY SAID EVERY TIME, WHEN THE DEATH ANGEL COMES HE WILL 12:27 PASS OVER THE HOUSES THAT HAVE THE BLOOD SPRINKLED, BECAUSE 12:31 THAT REPRESENTS THE BLOOD OF JESUS, AND GOD RECOGNIZES THE 12:36 BLOOD OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. 12:39 SO THOSE WHO SPRINKLED THE BLOOD HAD NO PROBLEM, BUT 12:42 IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE, WHERE NO BLOOD WAS SPRINKLED, YOU KNOW 12:44 THAT THE CHILD OF PHARAOH DIED, AND PHARAOH SAID, 12:48 GET THEM OUT OF HERE ! 12:50 AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED GOD FAITHFULLY WERE DELIVERED 12:55 BY HIS OUTSTRETCHED HAND. 12:58 IN FACT, LET ME READ IT FROM DEUTERONOMY 5:15 AND YOU'LL BE 13:03 CAREFUL, I HOPE, TO LISTEN TO WHY GOD SAID HE DID IT. 13:07 DEUTERONOMY 5:15, "REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE SLAVES 13:12 IN EGYPT AND THAT THE LORD, YOUR GOD, BROUGHT YOU OUT 13:15 OF THERE WITH A MIGHTY HAND AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM. 13:20 THEREFORE, THE LORD, YOUR GOD, HAS COMMANDED YOU TO 13:24 OBSERVE THE SABBATH DAY." 13:27 GOD SAID TO PHARAOH, LET ME TELL YOU WHY I WANT THEM TO GO. 13:30 BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO WORSHIP ME. 13:33 PHARAOH RESPONDED BY SAYING, THEY'RE LAZY, AND I'LL MAKE 13:36 THEM KEEP THE SAME NUMBER OF BRICKS AND GET THEIR OWN STRAW. 13:40 BUT AFTER GOD SPOKE TO HIM IN ACTION, AFTER GOD 13:45 DELIVERED THEM BY POWER, PHARAOH SAID, LET THEM GO. 13:49 AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD WERE SET FREE BY SOMETHING THAT WAS 13:54 INVISIBLE, BUT IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD, THE OUTSTRETCHED ARM 13:59 OF GOD, AND THE BIBLE SAYS GOD TOOK THE PEOPLE DOWN TO THE 14:03 RED SEA AND MOSES ONLY HAD TO LIFT UP HIS ROD AND GOD SAW 14:07 THAT IT HAPPENED AND THE WATERS WENT BACK AND A DRY PATH WAS 14:13 MADE THROUGH THAT PLACE. 14:16 WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE ME. 14:17 I'VE GOT AN AMAZING IMAGINATION. 14:19 I IMAGINE THAT WHEN THOSE WALLS OF WATER WENT UP THERE MUST 14:22 HAVE BEEN SOME LIVING CREATURES IN THAT WATER. 14:25 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE TO WALK ON 14:27 A DRY PATH THROUGH A DEEP BODY OF WATER AND LOOK IN THE WALL 14:32 AND SEE SOMETHING MOVING AND SWIMMING INSIDE OF IT ? 14:36 IF I HAD BEEN A KID MOVING IN THERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN 14:38 SO EXCITED I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL MY MOM AND 14:40 TRYING TO TELL MY DAD, LOOK, SEE THOSE FISH ? 14:43 LOOK ! 14:44 NOW STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, SON, WALK THROUGH. 14:46 YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T SEE. 14:47 LOOK WHAT'S IN THE WALL ! 14:49 GOD HAD OPENED UP A DRY PATH BUT ON LEAST ONE SIDE THE WATER 14:54 WAS STILL THERE, AND THEY MARCHED THROUGH AND THEN THE 14:57 BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN PHARAOH'S ARMY HAD COME DOWN WITH THEIR 15:01 CHARIOTS, GOD CUT OFF THEIR CHARIOT WHEELS AND STOPPED THEM 15:07 AND THE ENEMIES WERE DROWNED, AND GOD'S PEOPLE WERE SET FREE. 15:10 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE INTENDS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 15:15 IF YOU HONOR GOD IN WHAT HE COMMANDS, IF YOU OBEY WHAT 15:20 HE ASKS, HE HAS THE POWER TO SET YOU FREE. 15:27 DO YOU SEE IT ? 15:30 IN FACT, HERE IS THE FIRST MOMENT WHEN YOU SEE THE POWER 15:36 TO EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. 15:39 YOU MUST KNOW THAT WHENEVER GOD ASKS SOMETHING, AND YOU, 15:45 IN FAITH, OBEY HIM, HE DOES NOT FORGET WHO YOU ARE. 15:51 THERE WAS ISRAEL, LOCKED IN THE BOWELS OF ANOTHER NATION. 15:55 THERE WAS THIS SMALL NATION IN COMPARISON SOME WOULD SUGGEST. 15:59 THERE THEY WERE WITH NOBODY TO DEFEND THEM. 16:02 THERE THEY WERE, MADE SLAVES IN A FOREIGN LAND AND EVERYBODY 16:06 COULD HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM, BUT IF YOU OBEY GOD, 16:09 HE REMEMBERS WHERE YOU ARE. 16:12 HE KNOWS YOUR SITUATION AND HE WILL NOT LET YOU SUFFER FOREVER 16:17 WITHOUT HIS POWER TO COME. 16:20 AND SO GOD SAW THEM AND PROTECTED THEM AND 16:22 DELIVERED THEM. 16:24 SO THAT MY SUGGESTION TO YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR FIRST MOMENT OF 16:28 EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF THE LORD IS THAT IF YOU OBEY HIM, 16:33 PARTICULARLY WITH HIS SABBATH, HE HAS POWER TO SET YOU FREE. 16:39 NOW, THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU NEED FREEDOM ? 16:43 MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE ALREADY FREE. 16:46 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT MOST OF US LIVE OUT OUR LIVES IN 16:50 QUIET DESPERATION, SOMEBODY TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO. 16:56 WHEN I WAS A CHILD I USED TO SAY TO MY BROTHER QUIETLY, SO THAT 16:59 MY PARENTS WOULD NOT HEAR, I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I'M GROWN. 17:07 I WAS UNDER THE MISAPPREHENSION THAT WHEN YOU BECOME GROWN, 17:11 NOBODY TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. 17:16 I HAVE LEARNED SINCE THEN THAT MANY PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. 17:24 THERE IS A FRIEND OF MINE FROM LONG AGO WHO SAID THERE IS A MAN 17:29 WHO ALWAYS TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO. 17:31 HIS LAST NAME IS MORE; FIRST NAME IS NEED. 17:39 NEED MORE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. 17:42 IT'LL MAKE YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO. 17:45 YOU WILL GO TO A JOB THAT YOU DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE. 17:48 YOU WILL DO THINGS THAT YOU DON'T PARTICULARLY FIND 17:50 INTERESTING, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT TO TAKE 17:53 CARE OF YOUR NEEDS. 17:54 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT MOST OF US LIVE, OBEYING 17:58 SOMEBODY OR SOME THING. 18:01 BUT GOD SAYS, YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT I'VE ALREADY 18:05 DONE FOR PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE RISK AS SLAVES. 18:10 THESE PEOPLE HAD NO POWER, BUT THEY DID HAVE THE 18:13 POWER TO OBEY GOD. 18:14 I DON'T CARE IF SOMEBODY TIES YOU AND PUTS HANDCUFFS ON YOU, 18:17 I DON'T CARE IF THEY PUT LEG IRONS ON YOU AND PUT YOU IN A 18:20 PRISON, I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY PUT YOU OR WHAT THEY TRY TO TAKE 18:22 AWAY FROM YOU, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO OBEY GOD ALMIGHTY. 18:27 YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE TO DO WHAT GOD ASKS. 18:33 AND WHEN YOU OBEY HIM, GOD DOES NOT FORGET YOU. 18:36 SO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF LIBERATION 18:42 IN THE WORD OF GOD, OR FOR THAT MATTER IN ANY KIND OF 18:46 LITERATURE, IS THE DAY WHEN GOD SET ISRAEL FREE AND WE HAVE 18:50 JUST READ FROM THE WORD OF GOD THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE SABBATH. 18:54 THE PEOPLE OF GOD WANTED TO KEEP THE SABBATH, PHARAOH SAID NO, 18:58 GOD SAID YES, PHARAOH SAID, I'LL KEEP YOU, GOD SAID, I'LL SET 19:02 YOU FREE, AND WHEN MAN'S POWER COMES AGAINST GOD'S POWER, 19:08 MAN'S POWER IS IN TROUBLE. 19:10 YOU MUST NEVER FORGET IT. 19:14 SO EXPERIENCE THIS MOMENT. 19:18 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DECIDING TO TAKE THE 19:23 BLESSING, AND LET'S BE CAREFUL TO NOTICE THIS, WE'RE ALREADY 19:28 PROMISED THOSE BLESSING FROM KEEPING GOD'S SABBATH. 19:32 BUT GOD SAYS MORE THAN THAT: I WILL HONOR YOU; I WILL PROTECT 19:37 YOU; I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH FREEDOM WHEN YOU NEED IT BECAUSE 19:44 YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO OBEY MY WORD. 19:47 NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE MANY THEORIES OUT THERE 19:51 THAT TRY TO KEEP US AWAY FROM UNDERSTANDING THE BLESSINGS 19:55 OF GOD'S SABBATH. 19:55 LET ME TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THEM, I CAN'T SPEND LONG 19:58 ON THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BEST WAY TO KNOW TRUTH 20:00 IS TO STUDY THE ORIGINAL. 20:03 IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHAT A COUNTERFEIT HUNDRED DOLLAR 20:07 BILL LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULD NOT STUDY COUNTERFEITS; YOU 20:13 SHOULD STUDY THE REAL THING. 20:16 THE WAY TO DETERMINE A COUNTERFEIT IS NOT BY 20:19 DISCOVERING WHAT COUNTERFEITS LOOK LIKE, THEY'LL ONLY CONFUSE 20:22 YOU, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE REAL THING YOU'LL ALWAYS 20:26 KNOW WHAT'S A COUNTERFEIT. 20:28 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY AND STEAL FROM YOU THE BLESSING 20:33 OF GOD'S SABBATH BY PUTTING SOME LITTLE SUGGESTIONS IN SIDEWAYS. 20:37 LET ME GIVE YOU ONE: THAT'S THE JEWISH SABBATH. 20:43 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT ? 20:46 GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY 20:48 THEM WITH AN ATTITUDE, I WANT TO SAY THEM AS HUMBLY AS I CAN. 20:51 THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU IS THAT WHEN GOD IN GENESIS 20:55 SAID I RESTED ON THE SABBATH, I BLESSED THE SABBATH, I 21:00 SANCTIFIED IT, TWO THOUSAND YEARS PASSED BEFORE 21:06 THERE WAS A JEW. 21:16 THEY ARE CALLED JEWS IN THE BIBLE, HEBREWS NOW, 21:20 BUT IF YOU CHECK HISTORY, SECULAR HISTORY, YOU'LL 21:22 DISCOVER THAT TWO THOUSAND YEARS PASSED BEFORE THERE WOULD 21:26 BE ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE CALLED JEWISH, SO HOW IN THE WORLD CAN 21:30 YOU CALL IT A JEWISH SABBATH IF GOD SAID IT IN GENESIS ? 21:36 BUT EVEN IF THAT WERE SO, EVEN IF IT WERE CALLED A JEWISH 21:43 SABBATH, IF YOU LOOK, WELL MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO TURN TO 21:46 THIS ONE, GALATIANS, CHAPTER 3. 21:48 EVEN IF IT WERE SO, AND I'M SURE THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT 21:54 IT IS, SO LET ME GIVE YOU MY SECOND LEVEL OF DISCUSSION. 22:00 GALATIANS 3:29, AND HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: 22:05 "AND IF YE BE CHRISTS, THEN ARE YE ABRAHAM'S SEED AND HEIRS 22:12 ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE." 22:15 SO WHATEVER I READ IN THE BIBLE THAT BELONGED TO GOD'S CHOSEN 22:18 PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AS DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM, THE 22:23 BIBLE SAYS WHEN I BELONG TO JESUS, I BECOME THE SEED OF 22:28 ABRAHAM AND ANYTHING GOD PROMISED TO ABRAHAM, I GET. 22:35 IS THAT AN EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT OR NOT ? 22:38 BECAUSE IN CHRIST I BECOME AN INHERITOR, AND EVERYBODY 22:42 I KNOW WANTS TO GET IN ON SOME INHERITANCE. 22:47 GOD HAS PROMISED IT TO YOU AND I THANK HIM FOR IT. 22:50 YOU ALSO NEED TO BE CAREFUL GIVING THE BLESSING OF THE 22:54 SABBATH TO THE JEWISH NATION BECAUSE IN GENESIS 2:18 IT SAYS 23:02 THAT GOD CREATED WOMAN USING A RIB OUT OF ADAM AND 23:08 PRESENTED THE WOMAN TO MAN. 23:13 IF YOU GIVE THE SABBATH TO THE JEWISH NATION, 23:19 WHEN THE BIBLE, WELL, LET'S READ WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 23:21 LET'S GO TO GENESIS 2. 23:24 YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THIS UNLESS YOU SEE IT. 23:27 GENESIS 2:21-22 SAYS: "AND THE LORD GOD CAUSED 23:33 A DEEP SLEEP TO FALL UPON ADAM AND HE SLEPT, AND HE TOOK ONE 23:36 OF THE RIBS, ONE OF HIS RIBS, AND CLOSED UP THE FLESH INSTEAD 23:39 THEREOF, AND THE RIB WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD TAKEN FROM 23:42 MAN MADE HE WOMAN AND BROUGHT HER UNTO MAN. 23:44 SO GOD GAVE WOMAN TO MAN." 23:46 VERSE 18 SAYS, "AND THE LORD GOD SAID IT IS NOT GOOD THAT 23:50 MAN SHOULD BE ALONE. 23:51 I WILL MAKE HIM AN HELP MEET FOR HIM." 23:53 GOD GAVE THE WOMAN TO THE MAN. 23:56 MARK 2:27. 24:00 MARK 2:27. 24:03 THE REASON WHY I AM VERY RELUCTANT TO GIVE THE SABBATH 24:07 TO ANY OTHER NATION IS BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 24:11 THIS IS MARK 2:27: "AND HE SAID UNTO THEM THE 24:15 SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH." 24:20 SO IF GOD GAVE WOMAN TO MAN AND THE SABBATH TO MAN, IF YOU GIVE 24:26 AWAY THE SABBATH, AREN'T YOU AT RISK OF GIVING AWAY WOMAN ? 24:33 I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DEEP-VOICED AMENS OUT THERE, BUT I CAN 24:37 TELL YOU ONE THING, I'M NOT GIVING AWAY THE BLESSING OF 24:39 THE SABBATH, AND IF ANYBODY PROPOSES THAT I GIVE AWAY MY 24:43 WIFE TO SOME OTHER NATION OF PEOPLE, YOU WILL HAVE A 24:46 STRINGENT ARGUMENT OUT OF ME. 24:49 GOD GAVE MAN THE SABBATH; GOD GAVE MAN WOMAN, AND THE FACT 24:54 IS THAT HE DID NOT GIVE IT TO A NATION OF PEOPLE, BUT TO 24:57 ANYONE WHO WOULD SERVE HIM AND WORSHIP HIM AND OBEY HIM, 25:01 AND I THANK GOD, I THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT OF HIS SABBATH. 25:06 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 25:08 ENTITLED A DAY FOR LIBERTY. 25:15 Announcer: LIFE IS FULL OF QUESTIONS. 25:17 SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO OR WHERE TO TURN. 25:19 WE HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARS AND WE WONDER WHAT IT ALL MEANS 25:22 AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THIS WORLD. 25:24 BUT THERE ARE ANSWERS, AND THERE IS HOPE WAITING FOR YOU IN GOD'S 25:27 WORD, THE BIBLE, AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO START EXPLORING 25:32 THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU THAN IN THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES. 25:36 IT'S THE BREATH OF LIFE GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK, AND YOUR 25:39 TICKET TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF GOD'S WORD. 25:42 THESE EASY-TO-READ AND ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STUDIES 25:44 GET TO WHAT'S ON GOD'S MIND FOR YOU, QUICKLY AND CLEARLY. 25:48 YOU'LL BE ENLIGHTENED BY STUDIES SUCH AS "IS GOD FAIR ?" 25:51 "WHEN JESUS COMES FOR YOU." 25:54 "THE SECRET OF ANSWERED PRAYER," AND "BRIDGE 25:56 TO A SATISFYING LIFE." 25:58 IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, BUT DIDN'T 26:01 KNOW WHERE TO START, OR IF YOU'VE READ THE BIBLE FROM COVER 26:03 TO COVER, BUT SIMPLY YEARN FOR MORE, THEN THE DISCOVER BIBLE 26:07 GUIDES ARE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU. 26:09 THE GUIDES ARE ALSO GOOD FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WHO 26:11 MIGHT BE SEEKING SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND HAVE QUESTIONS 26:14 OF THEIR OWN. 26:16 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER AT 1-877-BOL-OFFER. 26:20 THAT'S 1-877-265-6333, AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF 26:26 THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES, OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 26:29 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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