Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS "EXPERIENCE THE POWER"
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED
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"A DAY FOR LIBERTY."
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(theme music)
WP: ...AND OBEY HIM.
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AND I THANK GOD, I THANK
GOD FOR THE GIFT OF HIS SABBATH.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY
THAT THE SABBATH WAS CHANGED.
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I TURN YOU TO
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5, MATTHEW 5
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AND START WITH VERSE 18.
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MATTHEW 5 STARTING WITH VERSE
18 SAYS--WELL LET ME GO TO 17:
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"THINK NOT"--JESUS IS
TALKING HERE--"THINK NOT THAT
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I AM COME TO DESTROY
THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS.
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I AM NOT COME TO
DESTROY, BUT TO FULFILL.
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FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU,
TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS,
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ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE SHALL
IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW
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TILL ALL BE FULFILLED."
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SO I'M SAYING TO YOU THAT
THE LAW WAS NOT CHANGED BECAUSE
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OF ANYTHING JESUS DID.
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IN FACT, SOME
TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
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THEY SAY JESUS COMMANDED
THAT WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD,
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THAT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE HIS
RESURRECTION, YOU SHOULD MEET
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ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
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I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS
I WANT TO SAY, AND THEY'RE
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GOING TO MAKE SENSE.
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THE FIRST THING YOU WANT
TO NOTE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK IN
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ROMANS--AND I DON'T WANT TO
LOOK ALL THESE UP, BUT I'VE GOT
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TO READ SOME OF THESE THINGS,
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THEM.
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ROMANS 6--AND HERE'S WHAT IT
SAYS IN VERSE 4--WELL VERSE 3:
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"KNOW YE NOT THAT SO
MANY OF US AS WERE BAPTIZED
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INTO JESUS CHRIST WERE
BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH ?
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THEREFORE, WE ARE BURIED WITH
HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH, THAT
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LIKE AS CHRIST WAS RAISED UP
FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF
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THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE ALSO
SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE."
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VERSE 5: "FOR IF WE HAVE
BEEN PLANTED TOGETHER IN THE
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LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, WE
SHALL BE ALSO IN THE LIKENESS
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OF HIS RESURRECTION."
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SO THE WAY YOU CELEBRATE
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
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IS BY BAPTISM.
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YOU GO DOWN INTO THE
WATER LIKE A PERSON WHO IS DEAD.
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BUT JUST LIKE JESUS CAME FORTH
FROM THE GRAVE, YOU COME FORTH
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TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE, AND
EVERY TIME YOU SEE A BAPTISM,
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YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.
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THAT'S HIS SUGGESTION.
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NOT ONLY IS THAT THE AFFIRMATIVE
SIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T FIND
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ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE COVERS
OF THIS BOOK WHERE JESUS SAID,
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WHEN I LEAVE, CHANGE THE RULES.
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LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING HE DID WRITE ABOUT.
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JOHN 16, JOHN 16.
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I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A LAWYER
HERE FOR A MINUTE, BUT DON'T LET
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ANYBODY STEAL YOUR BLESSING.
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THIS THING IS TOO GOOD TO
LET SOMEBODY STEAL IT FROM YOU.
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THIS IS JOHN 16.
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IF JESUS HAD A PLAN TO
CHANGE THE DAY OF WORSHIP,
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WOULDN'T HE HAVE
EXPLAINED IT BEFORE HE DIED ?
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I'LL SHOW YOU
WHAT HE DID EXPLAIN.
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THIS IS JOHN 16, AND I'M
GOING TO START WITH VERSE 23.
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"AND IN THAT DAY YE
SHALL ASK ME NOTHING.
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VERILY, VERILY I SAY
UNTO YOU, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL
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ASK THE FATHER IN MY
NAME, HE WILL GIVE IT YOU.
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HITHER TO YE HAVE
ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME.
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ASK, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE,
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL."
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SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 26.
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"AT THAT DAYYE SHALL ASK
IN MY NAME AND I SHALL SAY
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NOT UNTO YOU THAT I WILL
PRAY THE FATHER FOR YOU."
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HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAID BEFORE
HE DIED TO CLEAR UP PRAYER.
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HE TOOK ALL OF THIS
TIME TO CLEAR UP PRAYER.
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HE SAID, UNTIL
NOW, I PRAYED FOR YOU.
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BUT WHEN I'M GONE,
ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME,
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AND HE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
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YOU FOLK ARE
KIND OF SLOW TONIGHT.
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THAT FEELS LIKE AN EXPERIENCE
THE POWER MOMENT TO ME.
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IF YOU ASK GOD ANYTHING IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, GOD WILL
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RECOGNIZE THE NAME OF
JESUS AND ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.
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WITHOUT THE NAME OF
JESUS, IT'S LIKE HAVING A BANK
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CARD AND NO PIN NUMBER.
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BUT WHEN I COME IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, I MAY ASK.
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BUT UNTIL I PUNCH IN J-E-S-U-S,
NOTHING IS PROMISED TO ME.
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YOU GOTTA HAVE THE
PROMISE AND THE PIN NUMBER.
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WELL, FORGIVE ME, I'LL
GET EXCITED BY MYSELF TONIGHT.
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NOW I'LL SHOW YOU ONE
MORE THING, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE
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THAT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOMETHING
ELSE THAT'S POWERFUL BEFORE
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WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT
GOD DID, IN FACT--THAT JESUS
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DID, IN FACT, TELL THE
DISCIPLES, WHEN I COME BACK
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TO MEET YOU AFTER I AM
GONE, THAT WILL CHANGE THE DAY.
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IN OTHER WORDS, THEY
SUGGEST THAT JESUS HAD MADE AN
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APPOINTMENT WITH THE DISCIPLES,
WITH HIS FOLLOWERS, AND SAID,
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HERE'S WHY IT'S CHANGED.
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WHEN I COME BACK I'M GOING TO
MEET YOU ON THE FIRST DAY, AND
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THAT'LL BE DIFFERENT.
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LUKE 24.
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YOU KNOW SOMETHING ?
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THIS BOOK IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT ?
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GOT A LOT OF ANSWERS IN IT.
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SO IF IT BE SO, THAT JESUS MADE
AN ARRANGEMENT AND SAID, I'LL
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TELL YOU WHAT, WORSHIP ON THE
SEVENTH DAY, MY HOLY SABBATH,
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WORSHIP ON THAT DAY UNTIL I DIE.
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BUT THEN WHEN I AM DEAD
AND I RETURN TO YOU, IT MAY BE
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THAT I SHALL MEET WITH
YOU ON THE FIRST DAY, AND THAT
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WILL BE A DIFFERENT DAY.
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PERHAPS, SOME SUGGEST,
JESUS MADE THAT ARRANGEMENT.
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WELL, LET'S SEE.
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LUKE 24 AND START WITH VERSE 36:
"AND AS THEY THUS SPAKE, JESUS
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HIMSELF STOOD IN THE MIDST
OF THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM,
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PEACE BE UNTO YOU.
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BUT THEY WERE TERRIFIED
AND AFFRIGHTED, AND SUPPOSED
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THAT THEY HAD SEEN A SPIRIT.
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AND HE SAID UNTO
THEM, WHY ARE YE TROUBLED ?
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AND WHY DO THOUGHTS
ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS ?
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BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET,
THAT IT IS I MYSELF: HANDLE
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ME, AND SEE; FOR A
SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES,
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AS YE SEE ME HAVE."
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SO IF THERE WAS AN ARRANGEMENT
TO MEET WITH THE DISCIPLES AND
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CHANGE THE HOLINESS OF THE
SABBATH FROM THE SEVENTH DAY
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TO THE FIRST DAY, I CAN'T
UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE WHEN
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THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM, THEY
REMEMBERED NO SUCH ARRANGEMENT,
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THEY WERE FRIGHTENED, THEY
WERE STARTLED, AND SAID TO EACH
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OTHER, THAT MUST BE A GHOST.
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DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ?
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IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT
MARK 16:14, JESUS SAID TO THEM,
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WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ?
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FRIENDS OF MINE, ALL I'M
ASKING YOU IS THIS: DON'T LET
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THIS BLESSING SLIP THROUGH YOUR
FINGERS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CONGERS
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UP SOME STRANGE KIND OF THEORY.
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THE SABBATH WAS, AND
IS, AND EVER SHALL BE.
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IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW.
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THE LAW IS HOLY
AND JUST AND GOOD.
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IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
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NOTHING CAN BE PUT TO IT,
NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN FROM IT.
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THAT'S WHY ON EVERY SABBATH I
AM BLESSED, BECAUSE THE PROMISE
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OF GOD DOES NOT GO AWAY.
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IF YOU BELIEVE IT,
CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ?
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WELL, LET ME SHARE WITH
YOU SOMETHING THAT I ALSO
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BELIEVE IS A MIRACLE.
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I BELIEVE, FIRST OF ALL,
THAT THE SABBATH IS A BLESSING.
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I AM BLESSED
EVERY TIME IT COMES.
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WHEN THE SUN SETS,
A PEACE COMES OVER ME.
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ALL OF MY SERVICE PEOPLE, AND WE
DON'T HAVE MANY--I GUESS IF YOU
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HAVE A LOT OF MONEY YOU HAVE
A LOT OF SERVICE PEOPLE, BUT
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ANYONE WHO COMES TO COLLECT
FOR THE PAPER OR COLLECT FOR
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THIS OR THAT, THEY KNOW THAT
IF THEY DON'T GET THERE BY A
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CERTAIN TIME ON FRIDAY, THAT
THAT GUY GOES INTO ANOTHER MODE.
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AND I'M SURE THEY'VE
TALKED ABOUT IT WITH EACH OTHER.
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LOOK, YOU BETTER GET HIM.
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IN FACT, IF I WERE YOU,
I'D GET HIM BEFORE NOON.
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BECAUSE HE GETS
REALLY DIFFERENT.
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HE ACTS REAL HAPPY, BUT HE WON'T
PAY YOU AFTER HIS SUN SETS.
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IN FACT, I CAN
TELL YOU HIS SPEECH.
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HE'LL TELL YOU, "I'LL
BE GLAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
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IN FACT, I MIGHT EVEN GIVE
YOU MORE THAN I OWE YOU, BUT
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I WON'T DO IT NOW, BECAUSE
THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME.
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I HAVE NOW MOVED INTO A
DAY THAT BELONGS TO GOD."
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SO DON'T BOTHER HIM.
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HE'LL GIVE YOU A LONG
SPEECH, BUT NOT ONE DIME.
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SO WHEN I EASE INTO THE
SABBATH HOURS, IT IS SUCH
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A WONDERFUL MOMENT.
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MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER,
AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE
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TO YOU, MY WIFE, LEARNED
THIS THING TO DO WITH FOOD.
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KIND OF LIKE THAT MANNA RULE.
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YOU REMEMBER THE MANNA RULE ?
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YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT
OF MANNA EVERY DAY, EXCEPT ON
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THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK,
WHEN YOU GET TWICE AS MUCH,
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AND ON THE SIXTH DAY IT
WILL LAST UNTIL THE SEVENTH DAY,
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SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT
IN THE MORNING GATHERING MANNA,
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BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY
WHEN YOU COMMUNE WITH JESUS.
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WELL, KIND OF LIKE THE MANNA
THING, MY WIFE CAN PUT SOMETHING
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TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, AND PUT
IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR, AND THE
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SAME GOD WHO BLESSED
MANNA MUST STILL BE ALIVE.
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IN FACT, I'M SURE THAT HE IS.
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BECAUSE WHEN I SNEAK A
LITTLE TASTE ON FRIDAY--AND I DO
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THAT FROM TIME TO
TIME--IT'S VERY GOOD ON FRIDAY.
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BUT WHEN IT'S WARMED ON SABBATH,
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO IT.
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AND IT'S NOT MY IMAGINATION.
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IT'S THE GOD OF MANNA.
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BECAUSE WHAT GOD PRESERVES
INTO THE SABBATH IS BLESSED BY
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HIS ALMIGHTY HAND, SO WE
DON'T HAVE THAT TO WORRY ABOUT.
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IN FACT, THE BLESSING OF THE
SABBATH IS THAT YOU PUT ASIDE
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EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN
PUT ASIDE, AND ASK THE QUESTION
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ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU
PROPOSE: DOES IT GLORIFY GOD ?
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NOW, IS IT A DAY FOR YOU TO
JUST STAY AT HOME AND SIT DOWN ?
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AH, BORING.
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BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
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THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN
I'VE GONE TO A HOSPITAL WITH NO
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MEMBER TO VISIT, AND I'D SAY,
IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WHO
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DOESN'T GET VISITORS ?
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ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU DO
THAT, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN
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A ROOM WITH SOMEONE WITH A
CASE THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
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I CAN'T DESCRIBE THEM BECAUSE
I DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT ONE OF
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS
TO DO ON GOD'S HOLY DAY IS TO
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GO AND TAKE JOY TO
SOMEONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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SOMEONE WHO HAS NO ONE.
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I HAVE BEEN TO NURSING HOMES AND
ASKED, "IS THERE SOMEONE HERE
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WHO DOESN'T GET A VISITOR ?"
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AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE.
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THERE'S SOMEONE WHOSE CHILDREN
OR WHOSE RELATIVES DON'T COME.
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AND I THINK THAT IF JESUS WERE
HERE NOW ON A SABBATH, YOU MIGHT
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FIND HIM AT A NURSING HOME.
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YOU MIGHT FIND HIM AT
THE BEDSIDE OF SOMEONE
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WHO CAN'T BE HEALED.
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YOU MIGHT FIND HIM AT
WORSHIP, AND I LOVE TO
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WORSHIP ON GOD'S HOLY DAY.
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SO THERE ARE THINGS TO DO.
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BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING
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THINGS ABOUT GOD'S SABBATH,
AND THAT IS THAT IT CONNECTS
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ME TO HIM IN PUBLIC.
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HAVE YOU GOT IT ?
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I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.
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YOU WANT SCRIPTURE.
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EZEKIEL 20.
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YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT
WHEN YOU COME HERE, WE BRING IT
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FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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AND THAT'S A
GOOD THING, ISN'T IT ?
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EZEKIEL 20.
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WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO
YOU, GOD GIVES US BLESSING
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THROUGH THE SABBATH.
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GOD GIVES US
FREEDOM THROUGH THE SABBATH.
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GOD CLAIMS US
PUBLICALLY THROUGH THE SABBATH.
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EZEKIEL 20:12: EZEKIEL 20:12:
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"MOREOVER ALSO I GAVE
THEM MY SABTHS, TO BE A SIGN
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BETWEEN ME A THEM, THAT
THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM
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THE LORD THAT SANCTIFY THEM."
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NOW, LET ME JUST DEAL
WITH THE END OF THAT TEXT
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BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.
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TO SANCTIFY IS TO MAKE HOLY.
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LET'S ADMIT IT: YOU AND
I WERE BORN IN SIN, SHAPED
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IN INIQUITY, IN SIN DID
OUR MOTHERS CONCEIVE US.
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IN FACT, WE ARE OF
OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL.
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I WISH THAT I COULD
SAY WE WERE BORN PURE.
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I WAS NOT.
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MY FATHER USED TO
TELL A STORY ON ME.
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I HATED IT WHEN MY CHILDREN
WOULD HEAR, BUT THEY LOVED IT.
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THEY WOULD SIT THERE WITH
EAST-TO-WEST SMILES ON THEIR
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FACES AND SAY, "GRANDDADDY,
TELL US ABOUT DADDY WHEN
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HE WAS A LITTLE BOY."
00:14:50.13\00:14:52.40
AND I'D TRY TO TELL
HIM, "NO, NO, DAD, I'M TRYING
00:14:52.40\00:14:56.53
TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT.
00:14:56.53\00:14:57.60
DON'T TELL THEM
ANYTHING I DID WRONG."
00:14:57.60\00:14:59.70
AND HE WOULD LOVE TO TELL IT.
00:14:59.70\00:15:00.63
HE SAID, "WHEN YOUR
DAD SAW HIS LITTLE BROTHER
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BORN, HE WAS ANGRY."
00:15:03.83\00:15:06.76
WELL, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT,
AND I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE
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BEEN THAT KIND OF PERSON.
00:15:09.33\00:15:13.96
DAD SAID, "ONE DAY WE
WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE YOUR
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UNCLE WAS IN THE BED
THAT USED TO BE YOUR FATHER'S.
00:15:17.53\00:15:24.30
AND YOUR DAD HAD WATCHED HIM
SO LONG IN HIS BED AND WATCHED
00:15:24.30\00:15:27.40
HIM DRINKING FROM HIS BOTTLES.
00:15:27.40\00:15:30.26
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
MONEY TO GET NEW ONES.
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WE RECYCLED THEM."
00:15:32.36\00:15:35.80
AND HE SAID I WOULD SIT THERE
AND WATCH MY LITTLE BROTHER IN
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MY BED, DRINKING FROM MY BOTTLE,
AND I ASSUMED, I SUPPOSE, THAT
00:15:38.93\00:15:43.20
IT MUST HAVE BEEN MY MILK.
00:15:43.20\00:15:49.46
HE SAID ONE DAY THEY CAME
IN THE ROOM AND FOUND ME, AS
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MUCH BIGGER THAN I WAS OF
MY BROTHER, LYING RIGHT BESIDE
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HIM, SQUEEZING HIM IN THE BED,
WITH THE BOTTLE IN MY MOUTH.
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THAT'S THE SELFISH
SPIRIT THAT I WAS BORN WITH.
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BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN
JESUS COMES INTO YOUR LIFE.
00:16:08.70\00:16:14.80
JESUS CHANGES MY SPIRIT, SO THAT
THE SELFISHNESS IS TAKEN AWAY
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BY THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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SO THIS FIRST TEXT THAT I READ
TO YOU SAYS THIS: "YOU KEEP MY
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SABBATH AS A SIGN, TO SHOW THAT
I AM THE ONE WHO MADE YOU HOLY."
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DO YOU KNOW, NOBODY
ELSE CAN MAKE YOU HOLY ?
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A JUDGE CAN
DECLARE YOU NOT GUILTY.
00:16:44.00\00:16:50.13
A COURT, A JURY, CAN
SAY YOU ARE NOT GUILTY.
00:16:50.13\00:16:55.93
BUT THEY CANNOT CALL YOU HOLY.
00:16:55.93\00:16:58.76
ONLY GOD CAN MAKE PEOPLE HOLY.
00:16:58.76\00:17:02.13
AND GOD SAYS, "WHEN YOU KEEP
MY SABBATH, IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN
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YOU AND ME THAT TELLS YOU I
AM THE ONE WHO CHANGED YOU."
00:17:08.60\00:17:16.70
NOW, HERE'S MY QUESTION.
00:17:16.70\00:17:18.16
WELL, LET ME GET THE SECOND
SIGN, THEN I'LL COME BACK.
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EZEKIEL 20:20: LET
ME READ IT IN THE NIV.
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WELL, I SHOULD HAVE READ
THAT OTHER ONE, IT'S AMAZING.
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IT SAYS, IN E
NIV, EZEKIEL 20:12:
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"ALSO I GAVE THEM MY
SABBATH AS A SIGN BETWEEN
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US, SO THEY WOULD KNOW
THAT I THE LORD MADE THEM HOLY."
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LOOK AT EZEKIEL 20:20.
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I'M READING IT NOW FROM THE NIV:
"KEEP MY SABBATH HOLY, THAT THEY
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MAY BE A SIGN BETWEEN US.
00:17:41.80\00:17:44.20
THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT
I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD."
00:17:44.20\00:17:48.66
MY QUESTION IS, WHY
WOULD GOD WANT TO BE CONNECTED
00:17:48.66\00:17:54.16
WITH ME PUBLICALLY ?
00:17:54.16\00:17:58.53
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET REAL.
00:17:58.53\00:18:01.20
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO
YOU REALLY ARE--I'M NOT TALKING
00:18:01.20\00:18:05.83
ABOUT WHO MOST OF
THE PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE.
00:18:05.83\00:18:09.10
MOST OF US HAVE A DECENT FRONT.
00:18:09.10\00:18:15.43
PARTICULARLY AMONG HOLY PEOPLE.
00:18:15.43\00:18:21.16
OH, WE ARE AMAZING.
00:18:21.16\00:18:24.46
HOW ARE YOU ?
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PRAISE GOD.
00:18:25.73\00:18:29.16
OH, IT'S JUST
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
00:18:29.16\00:18:32.76
IT'S WONDERFUL TO
BE WITH GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:18:32.76\00:18:36.96
NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SAY
THAT ON TUESDAY, PROBABLY, BUT
00:18:36.96\00:18:40.86
YOU THINK THAT'S THE WAY
TO INCREASE YOUR IMAGE AMONG
00:18:40.86\00:18:44.23
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
00:18:44.23\00:18:46.63
AND YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF
THEM, SO YOU BLEND IN, YOU
00:18:46.63\00:18:49.26
LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.
00:18:49.26\00:18:54.96
AND THEN YOU ADD
THAT TO YOUR VOCABULARY.
00:18:54.96\00:18:59.83
OH, YES, HOW GREAT, PRAISE GOD.
00:18:59.83\00:19:02.36
I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED.
00:19:02.36\00:19:12.13
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
GOD KNOWS ABOUT ME ?
00:19:12.13\00:19:16.26
AND I MIGHT AS WELL ADD
YOU IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.
00:19:16.26\00:19:22.86
GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS EVERYTHING
I HAVE EVER DONE WRONG;
00:19:22.86\00:19:27.53
GOD KNOWS SOME THINGS
THAT I AM PLANNING NOW.
00:19:27.53\00:19:35.33
I HOPE I MADE YOU SWALLOW
SOMETHING WHEN I SAID THAT.
00:19:35.33\00:19:41.40
BECAUSE THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORSHIP GOD
00:19:41.40\00:19:44.73
WITH PLANS TO DO WRONG.
00:19:44.73\00:19:49.80
AND I GUESS THEY
THINK GOD DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
00:19:49.80\00:19:52.76
SO YOU MAY BE FOOLING EVERYBODY
ELSE, BUT IN THE BACK OF
00:19:52.76\00:19:55.86
YOUR HEAD, "I CAN'T WAIT
UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT...GOT
00:19:55.86\00:20:03.40
SOMETHING IN MIND."
00:20:03.40\00:20:05.66
GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE
PLANNING TO DO, BUT GOD KNOWS
00:20:05.66\00:20:10.43
SOME THINGS THAT YOU
WOULD DO IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID
00:20:10.43\00:20:15.30
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT.
00:20:15.30\00:20:19.50
THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO
SAY, "I WOULD LIKE TO GET HIM
00:20:19.50\00:20:26.23
FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME.
00:20:26.23\00:20:29.70
BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT CATCH ME."
00:20:29.70\00:20:37.13
SO YOU ARE NOT BEING
GOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE HOLY;
00:20:37.13\00:20:43.03
YOU'RE BEING GOOD
BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID.
00:20:43.03\00:20:46.76
WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY FATHER
HAD THIS WAY OF TELLING US
00:20:46.76\00:20:50.06
THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:20:50.06\00:20:51.50
IF YOU DO THIS,
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
00:20:51.50\00:20:53.46
AND I REMEMBER DOING WONDERFUL
THINGS BECAUSE I WOULD ALMOST DO
00:20:53.46\00:20:57.56
WRONG, AND THEN I'D REMEMBER
WHAT HE SAID AND I'D TREMBLE
00:20:57.56\00:21:00.76
AND, AH, BETTER NOT DO IT.
00:21:00.76\00:21:03.93
GOD KNOWS US INTIMATELY.
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.63
AND HERE'S MY QUESTION, AND
I JUST WANT YOU TO, DON'T THINK
00:21:07.63\00:21:10.36
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE BUT YOU.
00:21:10.36\00:21:14.90
WITH GOD KNOWING EVERYTHING
HE KNOWS ABOUT YOU, WHY WOULD
00:21:14.90\00:21:18.40
HE EVER LET YOU CONNECT
YOURSELF WITH HIM IN PUBLIC ?
00:21:18.40\00:21:30.83
BECAUSE SOME OF YOU,
I KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE
00:21:30.83\00:21:35.43
CONNECTED WITH YOU.
00:21:35.43\00:21:42.36
THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHOSE PARENTS KNOW, KIND OF
00:21:42.36\00:21:45.43
STAY BACK A LITTLE BIT.
00:21:45.43\00:21:50.10
BUT GOD SAYS, I HAVE
GIVEN YOU MY SABBATH AS A SIGN
00:21:50.10\00:21:57.06
SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW.
00:21:57.06\00:21:59.56
LOOK AT IT.
00:21:59.56\00:22:01.56
IT SAYS, "KEEP MY
SABBATH HOLY, THAT IT MAY BE A
00:22:01.56\00:22:05.33
SIGN BETWEEN US.
00:22:05.33\00:22:08.33
THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT
I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD."
00:22:08.33\00:22:12.66
LISTEN, WELL, LET ME USE
THE NAME THAT EVERYBODY USES.
00:22:12.66\00:22:16.76
IF BILL GATES GOT IN TOUCH
WITH ME AND SAID, "YOU KNOW,
00:22:16.76\00:22:23.96
I'VE SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE,
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE
00:22:23.96\00:22:27.56
TO FORM, MAYBE, LET'S FORM
SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP."
00:22:27.56\00:22:34.30
I'D HAVE TO TAKE THE PHONE AWAY.
00:22:34.30\00:22:36.36
"PRAISE GOD."
00:22:36.36\00:22:42.83
"YES, MR. GATES."
00:22:42.83\00:22:46.03
"I KNOW THAT YOU ARE
NOT WEALTHY, SO I'M NOT
00:22:46.03\00:22:50.50
GOING TO ASK YOU TO
BRING ANY MONEY TO THIS DEAL.
00:22:50.50\00:22:54.26
YOU JUST BRING THE PRESENCE
AND FORCE OF YOUR PERSONALITY."
00:22:54.26\00:23:05.43
"YES, GO ON."
00:23:05.43\00:23:10.43
"AND AS A TOKEN OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP, I'M GOING TO
00:23:10.43\00:23:15.66
SEND TO YOU A FEW BLAZERS,
AND I'M GOING TO PUT ON THE
00:23:15.66\00:23:21.70
POCKET OF THE BLAZERS
THE IMPRIMATUR OF MY COMPANY.
00:23:21.70\00:23:28.33
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
YOU, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND
00:23:28.33\00:23:30.83
AS TO WEAR THIS, SO
THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW THAT
00:23:30.83\00:23:34.93
YOU AND I ARE CONNECTED ?"
00:23:34.93\00:23:50.70
DO YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HARD
FOR ME NOT TO WEAR THAT BLAZER ?
00:23:50.70\00:23:55.96
DO YOU KNOW THAT I
WOULD WEAR IT PERMANENTLY.
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.90
IN FACT, I MIGHT COME
UP TO YOU LIKE SOME PEOPLE
00:23:58.90\00:24:03.20
DO, AND, HI, HOW ARE YOU ?
00:24:03.20\00:24:10.53
BECAUSE I WANT YOU
TO ASK, WHAT IS THAT ?
00:24:10.53\00:24:15.20
WELL, I REALLY SHOULDN'T SAY.
00:24:15.20\00:24:20.96
BUT IF YOU INSIST.
00:24:20.96\00:24:23.80
THIS IS THE, THIS IS A COMPANY
SEAL FOR MY FRIEND BILL GATES.
00:24:23.80\00:24:33.36
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
POWER OF MY BLAZER ?
00:24:33.36\00:24:38.53
PEOPLE WOULD
FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE.
00:24:38.53\00:24:42.03
THEY WOULD WANT TO BE
MY FRIEND, BECAUSE I HAD A
00:24:42.03\00:24:45.43
RELATIONSHIP WITH BILL GATES.
00:24:45.43\00:24:50.63
JESUS SAYS, "THE
SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE MINE.
00:24:50.63\00:24:56.60
THE CATTLE ON A
THOUSAND HILLS BELONG TO ME.
00:24:56.60\00:25:01.80
I CAN OPEN THE FLOODGATES
OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT
00:25:01.80\00:25:05.43
A BLESSING THAT YOU
WON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE.
00:25:05.43\00:25:08.83
IN ME YOU LIVE AND
MOVE AND HAVE YOUR BEING.
00:25:08.83\00:25:13.00
THE EARTH IS MINE,
AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF."
00:25:13.00\00:25:17.20
EVERYTHING BELONGS TO ME.
00:25:17.20\00:25:20.66
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT
PERFECT, BUT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
00:25:20.66\00:25:28.60
THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SIGN
THAT WILL CONNECT US FOREVER.
00:25:28.60\00:25:38.30
IF YOU WILL KEEP MY SABBATH.
00:25:38.30\00:25:43.83
IF YOU'LL, LET ME TELL YOU,
WHAT GOD IS DOING IS CLAIMING
00:25:43.83\00:25:50.80
FALLIBLE IMPERFECT HUMAN FLESH,
CLAIMING YOU, SAYING, "I MADE
00:25:50.80\00:25:59.10
YOU HOLY, I AM YOUR GOD,
AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO CLAIM
00:25:59.10\00:26:05.96
ME EVERY WEEK, I'LL SAY TO
THE WORLD THAT I AM YOUR GOD."
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