Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000418
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS "EXPERIENCE THE POWER"
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:09 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED 00:13 "A DAY FOR LIBERTY." 00:15 (theme music) WP: ...AND OBEY HIM. 00:27 AND I THANK GOD, I THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT OF HIS SABBATH. 00:31 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THE SABBATH WAS CHANGED. 00:34 I TURN YOU TO MATTHEW, CHAPTER 5, MATTHEW 5 00:39 AND START WITH VERSE 18. 00:41 MATTHEW 5 STARTING WITH VERSE 18 SAYS--WELL LET ME GO TO 17: 00:46 "THINK NOT"--JESUS IS TALKING HERE--"THINK NOT THAT 00:49 I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. 00:52 I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFILL. 00:55 FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, 00:58 ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW 01:03 TILL ALL BE FULFILLED." 01:06 SO I'M SAYING TO YOU THAT THE LAW WAS NOT CHANGED BECAUSE 01:09 OF ANYTHING JESUS DID. 01:11 IN FACT, SOME TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. 01:15 THEY SAY JESUS COMMANDED THAT WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, 01:22 THAT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE HIS RESURRECTION, YOU SHOULD MEET 01:28 ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. 01:31 I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY, AND THEY'RE 01:33 GOING TO MAKE SENSE. 01:35 THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO NOTE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK IN 01:40 ROMANS--AND I DON'T WANT TO LOOK ALL THESE UP, BUT I'VE GOT 01:42 TO READ SOME OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THEM. 01:45 ROMANS 6--AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 4--WELL VERSE 3: 01:52 "KNOW YE NOT THAT SO MANY OF US AS WERE BAPTIZED 01:57 INTO JESUS CHRIST WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH ? 02:02 THEREFORE, WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH, THAT 02:06 LIKE AS CHRIST WAS RAISED UP FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF 02:10 THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE." 02:15 VERSE 5: "FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN PLANTED TOGETHER IN THE 02:18 LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, WE SHALL BE ALSO IN THE LIKENESS 02:23 OF HIS RESURRECTION." 02:25 SO THE WAY YOU CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS 02:29 IS BY BAPTISM. 02:32 YOU GO DOWN INTO THE WATER LIKE A PERSON WHO IS DEAD. 02:36 BUT JUST LIKE JESUS CAME FORTH FROM THE GRAVE, YOU COME FORTH 02:42 TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE, AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE A BAPTISM, 02:47 YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. 02:51 THAT'S HIS SUGGESTION. 02:54 NOT ONLY IS THAT THE AFFIRMATIVE SIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T FIND 02:57 ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE COVERS OF THIS BOOK WHERE JESUS SAID, 03:02 WHEN I LEAVE, CHANGE THE RULES. 03:06 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING HE DID WRITE ABOUT. 03:08 JOHN 16, JOHN 16. 03:12 I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A LAWYER HERE FOR A MINUTE, BUT DON'T LET 03:16 ANYBODY STEAL YOUR BLESSING. 03:19 THIS THING IS TOO GOOD TO LET SOMEBODY STEAL IT FROM YOU. 03:22 THIS IS JOHN 16. 03:25 IF JESUS HAD A PLAN TO CHANGE THE DAY OF WORSHIP, 03:30 WOULDN'T HE HAVE EXPLAINED IT BEFORE HE DIED ? 03:33 I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HE DID EXPLAIN. 03:35 THIS IS JOHN 16, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH VERSE 23. 03:40 "AND IN THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK ME NOTHING. 03:44 VERILY, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL 03:46 ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, HE WILL GIVE IT YOU. 03:51 HITHER TO YE HAVE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. 03:55 ASK, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL." 03:59 SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 26. 04:01 "AT THAT DAYYE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME AND I SHALL SAY 04:05 NOT UNTO YOU THAT I WILL PRAY THE FATHER FOR YOU." 04:13 HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAID BEFORE HE DIED TO CLEAR UP PRAYER. 04:17 HE TOOK ALL OF THIS TIME TO CLEAR UP PRAYER. 04:20 HE SAID, UNTIL NOW, I PRAYED FOR YOU. 04:24 BUT WHEN I'M GONE, ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, 04:30 AND HE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. 04:32 YOU FOLK ARE KIND OF SLOW TONIGHT. 04:35 THAT FEELS LIKE AN EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT TO ME. 04:38 IF YOU ASK GOD ANYTHING IN THE NAME OF JESUS, GOD WILL 04:44 RECOGNIZE THE NAME OF JESUS AND ANSWER YOUR PRAYER. 04:51 WITHOUT THE NAME OF JESUS, IT'S LIKE HAVING A BANK 04:54 CARD AND NO PIN NUMBER. 04:59 BUT WHEN I COME IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I MAY ASK. 05:04 BUT UNTIL I PUNCH IN J-E-S-U-S, NOTHING IS PROMISED TO ME. 05:11 YOU GOTTA HAVE THE PROMISE AND THE PIN NUMBER. 05:15 WELL, FORGIVE ME, I'LL GET EXCITED BY MYSELF TONIGHT. 05:20 NOW I'LL SHOW YOU ONE MORE THING, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE 05:21 THAT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S POWERFUL BEFORE 05:24 WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT. 05:26 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT GOD DID, IN FACT--THAT JESUS 05:31 DID, IN FACT, TELL THE DISCIPLES, WHEN I COME BACK 05:36 TO MEET YOU AFTER I AM GONE, THAT WILL CHANGE THE DAY. 05:42 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SUGGEST THAT JESUS HAD MADE AN 05:45 APPOINTMENT WITH THE DISCIPLES, WITH HIS FOLLOWERS, AND SAID, 05:50 HERE'S WHY IT'S CHANGED. 05:52 WHEN I COME BACK I'M GOING TO MEET YOU ON THE FIRST DAY, AND 05:56 THAT'LL BE DIFFERENT. 06:00 LUKE 24. 06:05 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 06:06 THIS BOOK IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT ? 06:09 GOT A LOT OF ANSWERS IN IT. 06:12 SO IF IT BE SO, THAT JESUS MADE AN ARRANGEMENT AND SAID, I'LL 06:17 TELL YOU WHAT, WORSHIP ON THE SEVENTH DAY, MY HOLY SABBATH, 06:22 WORSHIP ON THAT DAY UNTIL I DIE. 06:25 BUT THEN WHEN I AM DEAD AND I RETURN TO YOU, IT MAY BE 06:29 THAT I SHALL MEET WITH YOU ON THE FIRST DAY, AND THAT 06:32 WILL BE A DIFFERENT DAY. 06:33 PERHAPS, SOME SUGGEST, JESUS MADE THAT ARRANGEMENT. 06:38 WELL, LET'S SEE. 06:39 LUKE 24 AND START WITH VERSE 36: "AND AS THEY THUS SPAKE, JESUS 06:49 HIMSELF STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM, 06:52 PEACE BE UNTO YOU. 06:55 BUT THEY WERE TERRIFIED AND AFFRIGHTED, AND SUPPOSED 07:01 THAT THEY HAD SEEN A SPIRIT. 07:04 AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHY ARE YE TROUBLED ? 07:08 AND WHY DO THOUGHTS ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS ? 07:11 BEHOLD MY HANDS AND MY FEET, THAT IT IS I MYSELF: HANDLE 07:15 ME, AND SEE; FOR A SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES, 07:19 AS YE SEE ME HAVE." 07:21 SO IF THERE WAS AN ARRANGEMENT TO MEET WITH THE DISCIPLES AND 07:25 CHANGE THE HOLINESS OF THE SABBATH FROM THE SEVENTH DAY 07:29 TO THE FIRST DAY, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE WHEN 07:32 THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM, THEY REMEMBERED NO SUCH ARRANGEMENT, 07:37 THEY WERE FRIGHTENED, THEY WERE STARTLED, AND SAID TO EACH 07:40 OTHER, THAT MUST BE A GHOST. 07:45 DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ? 07:47 IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT MARK 16:14, JESUS SAID TO THEM, 07:52 WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ? 07:54 FRIENDS OF MINE, ALL I'M ASKING YOU IS THIS: DON'T LET 07:58 THIS BLESSING SLIP THROUGH YOUR FINGERS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CONGERS 08:03 UP SOME STRANGE KIND OF THEORY. 08:07 THE SABBATH WAS, AND IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. 08:13 IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW. 08:16 THE LAW IS HOLY AND JUST AND GOOD. 08:20 IT WILL LAST FOREVER. 08:23 NOTHING CAN BE PUT TO IT, NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN FROM IT. 08:27 THAT'S WHY ON EVERY SABBATH I AM BLESSED, BECAUSE THE PROMISE 08:32 OF GOD DOES NOT GO AWAY. 08:34 IF YOU BELIEVE IT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ? 08:38 WELL, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT I ALSO 08:41 BELIEVE IS A MIRACLE. 08:44 I BELIEVE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE SABBATH IS A BLESSING. 08:46 I AM BLESSED EVERY TIME IT COMES. 08:50 WHEN THE SUN SETS, A PEACE COMES OVER ME. 08:55 ALL OF MY SERVICE PEOPLE, AND WE DON'T HAVE MANY--I GUESS IF YOU 09:00 HAVE A LOT OF MONEY YOU HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE PEOPLE, BUT 09:02 ANYONE WHO COMES TO COLLECT FOR THE PAPER OR COLLECT FOR 09:04 THIS OR THAT, THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY DON'T GET THERE BY A 09:07 CERTAIN TIME ON FRIDAY, THAT THAT GUY GOES INTO ANOTHER MODE. 09:16 AND I'M SURE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH EACH OTHER. 09:19 LOOK, YOU BETTER GET HIM. 09:20 IN FACT, IF I WERE YOU, I'D GET HIM BEFORE NOON. 09:25 BECAUSE HE GETS REALLY DIFFERENT. 09:28 HE ACTS REAL HAPPY, BUT HE WON'T PAY YOU AFTER HIS SUN SETS. 09:34 IN FACT, I CAN TELL YOU HIS SPEECH. 09:35 HE'LL TELL YOU, "I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU. 09:37 IN FACT, I MIGHT EVEN GIVE YOU MORE THAN I OWE YOU, BUT 09:39 I WON'T DO IT NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME. 09:43 I HAVE NOW MOVED INTO A DAY THAT BELONGS TO GOD." 09:47 SO DON'T BOTHER HIM. 09:48 HE'LL GIVE YOU A LONG SPEECH, BUT NOT ONE DIME. 09:52 SO WHEN I EASE INTO THE SABBATH HOURS, IT IS SUCH 09:56 A WONDERFUL MOMENT. 09:59 MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE 10:05 TO YOU, MY WIFE, LEARNED THIS THING TO DO WITH FOOD. 10:12 KIND OF LIKE THAT MANNA RULE. 10:14 YOU REMEMBER THE MANNA RULE ? 10:15 YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF MANNA EVERY DAY, EXCEPT ON 10:18 THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN YOU GET TWICE AS MUCH, 10:21 AND ON THE SIXTH DAY IT WILL LAST UNTIL THE SEVENTH DAY, 10:26 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE MORNING GATHERING MANNA, 10:29 BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY WHEN YOU COMMUNE WITH JESUS. 10:33 WELL, KIND OF LIKE THE MANNA THING, MY WIFE CAN PUT SOMETHING 10:37 TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, AND PUT IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR, AND THE 10:44 SAME GOD WHO BLESSED MANNA MUST STILL BE ALIVE. 10:49 IN FACT, I'M SURE THAT HE IS. 10:52 BECAUSE WHEN I SNEAK A LITTLE TASTE ON FRIDAY--AND I DO 10:57 THAT FROM TIME TO TIME--IT'S VERY GOOD ON FRIDAY. 11:04 BUT WHEN IT'S WARMED ON SABBATH, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO IT. 11:11 AND IT'S NOT MY IMAGINATION. 11:13 IT'S THE GOD OF MANNA. 11:16 BECAUSE WHAT GOD PRESERVES INTO THE SABBATH IS BLESSED BY 11:21 HIS ALMIGHTY HAND, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT TO WORRY ABOUT. 11:28 IN FACT, THE BLESSING OF THE SABBATH IS THAT YOU PUT ASIDE 11:32 EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN PUT ASIDE, AND ASK THE QUESTION 11:37 ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROPOSE: DOES IT GLORIFY GOD ? 11:42 NOW, IS IT A DAY FOR YOU TO JUST STAY AT HOME AND SIT DOWN ? 11:45 AH, BORING. 11:49 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 11:50 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I'VE GONE TO A HOSPITAL WITH NO 11:53 MEMBER TO VISIT, AND I'D SAY, IS THERE ANYBODY IN HERE WHO 11:58 DOESN'T GET VISITORS ? 12:01 ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN 12:04 A ROOM WITH SOMEONE WITH A CASE THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY. 12:08 I CAN'T DESCRIBE THEM BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT ONE OF 12:13 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO DO ON GOD'S HOLY DAY IS TO 12:18 GO AND TAKE JOY TO SOMEONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 12:23 SOMEONE WHO HAS NO ONE. 12:29 I HAVE BEEN TO NURSING HOMES AND ASKED, "IS THERE SOMEONE HERE 12:32 WHO DOESN'T GET A VISITOR ?" 12:34 AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE. 12:35 THERE'S SOMEONE WHOSE CHILDREN OR WHOSE RELATIVES DON'T COME. 12:39 AND I THINK THAT IF JESUS WERE HERE NOW ON A SABBATH, YOU MIGHT 12:44 FIND HIM AT A NURSING HOME. 12:47 YOU MIGHT FIND HIM AT THE BEDSIDE OF SOMEONE 12:50 WHO CAN'T BE HEALED. 12:51 YOU MIGHT FIND HIM AT WORSHIP, AND I LOVE TO 12:54 WORSHIP ON GOD'S HOLY DAY. 12:57 SO THERE ARE THINGS TO DO. 13:00 BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING 13:02 THINGS ABOUT GOD'S SABBATH, AND THAT IS THAT IT CONNECTS 13:08 ME TO HIM IN PUBLIC. 13:14 HAVE YOU GOT IT ? 13:15 I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. 13:16 YOU WANT SCRIPTURE. 13:17 EZEKIEL 20. 13:20 YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU COME HERE, WE BRING IT 13:24 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 13:25 AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, ISN'T IT ? 13:27 EZEKIEL 20. 13:30 WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, GOD GIVES US BLESSING 13:34 THROUGH THE SABBATH. 13:36 GOD GIVES US FREEDOM THROUGH THE SABBATH. 13:40 GOD CLAIMS US PUBLICALLY THROUGH THE SABBATH. 13:46 EZEKIEL 20:12: EZEKIEL 20:12: 13:55 "MOREOVER ALSO I GAVE THEM MY SABTHS, TO BE A SIGN 14:02 BETWEEN ME A THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM 14:06 THE LORD THAT SANCTIFY THEM." 14:10 NOW, LET ME JUST DEAL WITH THE END OF THAT TEXT 14:13 BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. 14:15 TO SANCTIFY IS TO MAKE HOLY. 14:19 LET'S ADMIT IT: YOU AND I WERE BORN IN SIN, SHAPED 14:23 IN INIQUITY, IN SIN DID OUR MOTHERS CONCEIVE US. 14:28 IN FACT, WE ARE OF OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL. 14:33 I WISH THAT I COULD SAY WE WERE BORN PURE. 14:37 I WAS NOT. 14:38 MY FATHER USED TO TELL A STORY ON ME. 14:40 I HATED IT WHEN MY CHILDREN WOULD HEAR, BUT THEY LOVED IT. 14:43 THEY WOULD SIT THERE WITH EAST-TO-WEST SMILES ON THEIR 14:46 FACES AND SAY, "GRANDDADDY, TELL US ABOUT DADDY WHEN 14:50 HE WAS A LITTLE BOY." 14:52 AND I'D TRY TO TELL HIM, "NO, NO, DAD, I'M TRYING 14:56 TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. 14:57 DON'T TELL THEM ANYTHING I DID WRONG." 14:59 AND HE WOULD LOVE TO TELL IT. 15:00 HE SAID, "WHEN YOUR DAD SAW HIS LITTLE BROTHER 15:03 BORN, HE WAS ANGRY." 15:06 WELL, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT, AND I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE 15:09 BEEN THAT KIND OF PERSON. 15:13 DAD SAID, "ONE DAY WE WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE YOUR 15:17 UNCLE WAS IN THE BED THAT USED TO BE YOUR FATHER'S. 15:24 AND YOUR DAD HAD WATCHED HIM SO LONG IN HIS BED AND WATCHED 15:27 HIM DRINKING FROM HIS BOTTLES. 15:30 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET NEW ONES. 15:32 WE RECYCLED THEM." 15:35 AND HE SAID I WOULD SIT THERE AND WATCH MY LITTLE BROTHER IN 15:38 MY BED, DRINKING FROM MY BOTTLE, AND I ASSUMED, I SUPPOSE, THAT 15:43 IT MUST HAVE BEEN MY MILK. 15:49 HE SAID ONE DAY THEY CAME IN THE ROOM AND FOUND ME, AS 15:53 MUCH BIGGER THAN I WAS OF MY BROTHER, LYING RIGHT BESIDE 15:57 HIM, SQUEEZING HIM IN THE BED, WITH THE BOTTLE IN MY MOUTH. 16:04 THAT'S THE SELFISH SPIRIT THAT I WAS BORN WITH. 16:08 BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN JESUS COMES INTO YOUR LIFE. 16:14 JESUS CHANGES MY SPIRIT, SO THAT THE SELFISHNESS IS TAKEN AWAY 16:23 BY THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. 16:26 SO THIS FIRST TEXT THAT I READ TO YOU SAYS THIS: "YOU KEEP MY 16:31 SABBATH AS A SIGN, TO SHOW THAT I AM THE ONE WHO MADE YOU HOLY." 16:39 DO YOU KNOW, NOBODY ELSE CAN MAKE YOU HOLY ? 16:44 A JUDGE CAN DECLARE YOU NOT GUILTY. 16:50 A COURT, A JURY, CAN SAY YOU ARE NOT GUILTY. 16:55 BUT THEY CANNOT CALL YOU HOLY. 16:58 ONLY GOD CAN MAKE PEOPLE HOLY. 17:02 AND GOD SAYS, "WHEN YOU KEEP MY SABBATH, IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN 17:08 YOU AND ME THAT TELLS YOU I AM THE ONE WHO CHANGED YOU." 17:16 NOW, HERE'S MY QUESTION. 17:18 WELL, LET ME GET THE SECOND SIGN, THEN I'LL COME BACK. 17:21 EZEKIEL 20:20: LET ME READ IT IN THE NIV. 17:24 WELL, I SHOULD HAVE READ THAT OTHER ONE, IT'S AMAZING. 17:26 IT SAYS, IN E NIV, EZEKIEL 20:12: 17:29 "ALSO I GAVE THEM MY SABBATH AS A SIGN BETWEEN 17:32 US, SO THEY WOULD KNOW THAT I THE LORD MADE THEM HOLY." 17:36 LOOK AT EZEKIEL 20:20. 17:38 I'M READING IT NOW FROM THE NIV: "KEEP MY SABBATH HOLY, THAT THEY 17:41 MAY BE A SIGN BETWEEN US. 17:44 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD." 17:48 MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD GOD WANT TO BE CONNECTED 17:54 WITH ME PUBLICALLY ? 17:58 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET REAL. 18:01 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE--I'M NOT TALKING 18:05 ABOUT WHO MOST OF THE PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE. 18:09 MOST OF US HAVE A DECENT FRONT. 18:15 PARTICULARLY AMONG HOLY PEOPLE. 18:21 OH, WE ARE AMAZING. 18:24 HOW ARE YOU ? 18:25 PRAISE GOD. 18:29 OH, IT'S JUST SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. 18:32 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE WITH GOD'S PEOPLE. 18:36 NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SAY THAT ON TUESDAY, PROBABLY, BUT 18:40 YOU THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO INCREASE YOUR IMAGE AMONG 18:44 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD PEOPLE. 18:46 AND YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF THEM, SO YOU BLEND IN, YOU 18:49 LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY. 18:54 AND THEN YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR VOCABULARY. 18:59 OH, YES, HOW GREAT, PRAISE GOD. 19:02 I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED. 19:12 DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOD KNOWS ABOUT ME ? 19:16 AND I MIGHT AS WELL ADD YOU IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. 19:22 GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER DONE WRONG; 19:27 GOD KNOWS SOME THINGS THAT I AM PLANNING NOW. 19:35 I HOPE I MADE YOU SWALLOW SOMETHING WHEN I SAID THAT. 19:41 BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORSHIP GOD 19:44 WITH PLANS TO DO WRONG. 19:49 AND I GUESS THEY THINK GOD DOESN'T KNOW THAT. 19:52 SO YOU MAY BE FOOLING EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT IN THE BACK OF 19:55 YOUR HEAD, "I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT...GOT 20:03 SOMETHING IN MIND." 20:05 GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO, BUT GOD KNOWS 20:10 SOME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WEREN'T AFRAID 20:15 YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT. 20:19 THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO SAY, "I WOULD LIKE TO GET HIM 20:26 FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME. 20:29 BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT CATCH ME." 20:37 SO YOU ARE NOT BEING GOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE HOLY; 20:43 YOU'RE BEING GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID. 20:46 WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY FATHER HAD THIS WAY OF TELLING US 20:50 THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 20:51 IF YOU DO THIS, SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. 20:53 AND I REMEMBER DOING WONDERFUL THINGS BECAUSE I WOULD ALMOST DO 20:57 WRONG, AND THEN I'D REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID AND I'D TREMBLE 21:00 AND, AH, BETTER NOT DO IT. 21:03 GOD KNOWS US INTIMATELY. 21:07 AND HERE'S MY QUESTION, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO, DON'T THINK 21:10 ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE BUT YOU. 21:14 WITH GOD KNOWING EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT YOU, WHY WOULD 21:18 HE EVER LET YOU CONNECT YOURSELF WITH HIM IN PUBLIC ? 21:30 BECAUSE SOME OF YOU, I KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE 21:35 CONNECTED WITH YOU. 21:42 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE PARENTS KNOW, KIND OF 21:45 STAY BACK A LITTLE BIT. 21:50 BUT GOD SAYS, I HAVE GIVEN YOU MY SABBATH AS A SIGN 21:57 SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW. 21:59 LOOK AT IT. 22:01 IT SAYS, "KEEP MY SABBATH HOLY, THAT IT MAY BE A 22:05 SIGN BETWEEN US. 22:08 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD." 22:12 LISTEN, WELL, LET ME USE THE NAME THAT EVERYBODY USES. 22:16 IF BILL GATES GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, 22:23 I'VE SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE 22:27 TO FORM, MAYBE, LET'S FORM SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP." 22:34 I'D HAVE TO TAKE THE PHONE AWAY. 22:36 "PRAISE GOD." 22:42 "YES, MR. GATES." 22:46 "I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT WEALTHY, SO I'M NOT 22:50 GOING TO ASK YOU TO BRING ANY MONEY TO THIS DEAL. 22:54 YOU JUST BRING THE PRESENCE AND FORCE OF YOUR PERSONALITY." 23:05 "YES, GO ON." 23:10 "AND AS A TOKEN OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, I'M GOING TO 23:15 SEND TO YOU A FEW BLAZERS, AND I'M GOING TO PUT ON THE 23:21 POCKET OF THE BLAZERS THE IMPRIMATUR OF MY COMPANY. 23:28 AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND 23:30 AS TO WEAR THIS, SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL KNOW THAT 23:34 YOU AND I ARE CONNECTED ?" 23:50 DO YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME NOT TO WEAR THAT BLAZER ? 23:55 DO YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD WEAR IT PERMANENTLY. 23:58 IN FACT, I MIGHT COME UP TO YOU LIKE SOME PEOPLE 24:03 DO, AND, HI, HOW ARE YOU ? 24:10 BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO ASK, WHAT IS THAT ? 24:15 WELL, I REALLY SHOULDN'T SAY. 24:20 BUT IF YOU INSIST. 24:23 THIS IS THE, THIS IS A COMPANY SEAL FOR MY FRIEND BILL GATES. 24:33 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE POWER OF MY BLAZER ? 24:38 PEOPLE WOULD FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE. 24:42 THEY WOULD WANT TO BE MY FRIEND, BECAUSE I HAD A 24:45 RELATIONSHIP WITH BILL GATES. 24:50 JESUS SAYS, "THE SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE MINE. 24:56 THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS BELONG TO ME. 25:01 I CAN OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT 25:05 A BLESSING THAT YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE. 25:08 IN ME YOU LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE YOUR BEING. 25:13 THE EARTH IS MINE, AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF." 25:17 EVERYTHING BELONGS TO ME. 25:20 AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 25:28 THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SIGN THAT WILL CONNECT US FOREVER. 25:38 IF YOU WILL KEEP MY SABBATH. 25:43 IF YOU'LL, LET ME TELL YOU, WHAT GOD IS DOING IS CLAIMING 25:50 FALLIBLE IMPERFECT HUMAN FLESH, CLAIMING YOU, SAYING, "I MADE 25:59 YOU HOLY, I AM YOUR GOD, AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO CLAIM 26:05 ME EVERY WEEK, I'LL SAY TO THE WORLD THAT I AM YOUR GOD." 26:15 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH 26:18 PASTOR WALTER L. 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