Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000419
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01:08 PUTTING ON CHRIST.
01:10 AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO EVERY TIME BEFORE WE 01:13 OPEN THE WORD TO PREACH. 01:15 WE ASK YOU TO PRAY WITH US. 01:16 WOULD YOU DO THAT ? 01:18 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I GIVE YOU MYSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 01:24 AND I GIVE YOU ME NOW. 01:26 I'M NOT MUCH MORE THAN A LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH. 01:31 BUT OH WHAT JESUS DOES WITH LUNCHES. 01:35 SO TAKE WHAT LITTLE I BRING AND MULTIPLY IT BY YOUR POWER. 01:41 AND I PRAY THAT AFTER WE HAVE HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY 01:43 TONIGHT, WE'LL TAKE BASKETS FULL HOME, BECAUSE WE ENJOY 01:49 EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF JESUS. 01:51 LET IT BE SO TONIGHT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 01:56 LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING. 01:59 THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START. 02:01 IN JOHN, CHAPTER 3: 02:15 WITHOUT BEING BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, YOU CAN'T 02:19 ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 02:21 BEING BORN OF WATER IS VERY SIMPLE. 02:24 IT'S A REFERENCE TO BAPTISM. 02:26 AND TONIGHT IT'S MY JOY TO TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF BAPTISM. 02:31 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT SO TRITE. 02:34 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I LIVED IN A CITY WHERE SOME 02:37 STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED UNDER THE BANNER OF BAPTISM. 02:42 MY BROTHER AND I WERE AT A PUBLIC PARK. 02:45 WE SAW A FIRE ENGINE. 02:49 THEY PULLED OUT THE HOSES. 02:52 THEY BEGAN TO SPRAY CROWDS OF PEOPLE. 02:56 OUR PARENTS HAD TAUGHT US ABOUT JESUS. 02:58 WE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING JESUS SAID, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT 03:02 THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US. 03:06 SO, WE BACKED AWAY FROM THE HOSES, AND WE WATCHED FROM 03:09 A DISTANCE, AND LATER DISCOVERED THAT SOMEBODY 03:13 HAD CALLED THAT BAPTISM. 03:17 I THINK IF YOU KEEP BRINGING IT DOWN, YOU 03:19 TAKE THE POWER OUT OF IT. 03:22 SO, TONIGHT, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME THAT GOD WOULD SHOW 03:25 US WHERE THE POWER IS AGAIN. 03:28 BECAUSE BAPTISM IS NOTHING TO TOY WITH. 03:32 IT IS A POWERFUL SYMBOL. 03:34 AND I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING IT TO BE PART OF 03:36 OUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 03:38 FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3, AND VERSE 21 IS WHERE I'D 03:41 LIKE TO TAKE YOU FIRST. 03:43 FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21. 03:48 NOW, THIS IS AN AMAZING TEXT BECAUSE IT HAS BRACKETS IN IT. 03:52 IT HAS SOMETHING IN PARENTHESES. 03:54 AND WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU TO DO IS THIS. 03:56 LET'S TRY TO DISCIPLINE OURSELVES, AND I'M 04:01 TALKING TO ME, TOO. 04:02 I'M GOING TO TRY TO DISCIPLINE MYSELF TO READ THE TEX 04:04 WITHOUT THE PARENTHESES. 04:06 OKAY ? 04:07 LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS WITHOUT THAT. 04:21 NOW, I JUST READ THE TEXT, TOOK OUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS 04:25 IN THE PARENTHESES, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE 04:27 BAPTISM SYMBOL IS ONLY POWERFUL BECAUSE IT CONNECTS WITH THE 04:34 RESURRECTION OF JESUS. 04:37 AND THERE'S POWER IN JESUS' RESURRECTION. 04:41 THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TONIGHT WHO WORSHIP 04:44 FIGURES WHO ARE DEAD. 04:48 THEY LIVED AND THEY DIED. 04:51 BUT THERE IS NO TOMB FOR CHRIST THAT HAS ANYBODY IN IT. 04:58 YOU CAN FIND TOMBS OF POWERFUL FIGURES. 05:02 I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOLY LAND. 05:04 I'VE SEEN THE SEVERAL PLACES THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE 05:08 PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BURIED. 05:11 BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY'RE EMPTY. 05:17 WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR. 05:21 AND HE'S NOT DEAD ANYMORE. 05:23 HE WAS ACTUALLY DEAD. 05:26 THERE WAS NO TELEVISED SITUATION. 05:29 IT WAS NOT MADE UP. 05:31 JESUS DIED, BUT HE ROSE AGAIN. 05:36 AND THERE IS POWER IN THAT RESURRECTION. 05:38 OH, I'LL GET YOU TO A TEXT IN A MINUTE. 05:40 BUT LET'S GET TO WHAT WAS IN THE PARENTHESES. 05:42 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 05:43 IT SAYS: 05:53 BAPTISM DOES NOT WASH YOU CLEAN IN ACTUALITY. 05:58 IT'S A SYMBOL OF CLEANSING. 06:01 IN FACT, IF YOU WENT BACK TO THE VERSES AHEAD OF THIS, YOU WOULD 06:05 DISCOVER THAT THE REFERENCE IS TO NOAH AND THE SALVATION 06:11 OF EIGHT PEOPLE ON THE ARK. 06:14 SO THIS TEXT SAYS THAT JUST LIKE WATER SAVED EIGHT, WHILE 06:21 WATER BROUGHT AN END TO THE LIFE OF THE UNBELIEVERS, THERE 06:26 WERE EIGHT WHO BELIEVED. 06:28 AND THOSE EIGHT WHO BELIEVED WERE SAVED BY WATER. 06:33 SO THE TEXT SAYS IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT THE WAY THAT 06:38 WATER SAVED THEM, WATER SAVED THOSE WHO WERE BAPTIZED. 06:42 BUT EVEN THE ARK THAT FLOATED ON WATER DID NOT FLOAT BECAUSE 06:48 OF THE POWER IN THE WATER, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE POWER 06:53 OF JESUS THAT SAVED EVEN NOAH AND HIS FAMILY. 06:57 NOAH FOUND GREAT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD. 07:02 SO WE MUST UNDERSTAND, DON'T LET ANYBODY THING, IN FACT, 07:04 WE'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS NOW. 07:06 THERE ARE CHALLENGES BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE 07:09 THAT IF YOU GET BAPTIZED YOU'RE CHANGED. 07:13 I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT WHOLE REFERENCE THING ON THE DRY 07:17 DEVIL/WET DEVIL THING. 07:23 BUT IF THE ONLY THING YOU DO IS TO GET IN SOME WATER, NO 07:27 MATTER HOW GREAT THE PREACHER, IF ALL YOU DID WAS SUBMIT 07:32 YOURSELF TO BE IN WATER, IF NOTHING HAS CHANGED INSIDE, 07:38 THEN THERE'S SOMETHING FLAWED ABOUT YOUR BAPTISM. 07:42 THE TEXT SAYS IT'S NOT THE WASHING AWAY OF THE FILTH OF 07:47 THE FLESH, IT'S THE ANSWER, IN FACT, THE TRANSLATORS SAY 07:51 IT'S THE ANSWER OF A CLEAR CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD. 07:55 ONCE JESUS HAS CHANGED ME, THEN I AM IN A HURRY TO 08:01 LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT I AM UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. 08:11 JESUS IS IN CHARGE OF MY LIFE. 08:14 SO, WHEN YOU FIND PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE GETTING BAPTIZED, THEY ARE 08:19 USUALLY IN A HURRY TO DO IT. 08:21 IF ANYONE EVER COMES TO ME AND SAYS, WELL, I 08:25 DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. 08:28 THEY'RE NOT READY. 08:29 BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET READY, OH, YOU OUGHT TO SEE IT. 08:33 THERE WAS A LADY IN A CITY THAT I SHALL NEVER MENTION, 08:35 BUT THIS LADY WAS WONDERFUL. 08:36 SHE WAS ABOUT TO BE BAPTIZED. 08:38 SHE CAME TO MY OFFICE. 08:39 SHE SAID, PASTOR, THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO ASK YOU. 08:41 I WANT TO KNOW, CAN I INVITE PEOPLE TO MY BAPTISM ? 08:45 I SAID, OH YEAH, SURE. 08:47 SHE SAID, COULD I SEND THEM INVITATIONS ? 08:51 YEAH. 08:55 SHE SAID COULD I SEND THEM ENGRAVED INVITATIONS ? 09:00 I SAID, YEAH. 09:02 WE'VE NEVER HAD IT HAPPEN BEFORE, BUT. 09:05 SHE SAID, COULD I SEND OUT A LOT OF THEM ? 09:09 YEAH, I GUESS. 09:12 WHEN THAT LADY GOT BAPTIZED, ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THE 09:16 ENGRAVED INVITATIONS SHOWED UP. 09:20 AND WHEN SHE CAME AFTER BAPTISM, THERE WAS A RESOUNDING AMEN 09:26 THROUGH THE CONGREGATION. 09:27 SOME FOLKS GOT A LITTLE JEALOUS. 09:30 I GUESS BECAUSE NOBODY CAME TO THEIR BAPTISM. 09:34 BUT WHEN YOU ARE CHANGED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY 09:38 SPIRIT, WHEN JESUS DWELLS IN YOUR LIFE, YOU DO NOT HESITATE. 09:45 IN FACT, YOU WANT QUICKLY TO BE BAPTIZED. 09:50 BECAUSE IT REFERENCES THE RESURRECTION. 09:53 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15. 09:55 LET'S GO OVER THERE AND THERE MIGHT BE AN EXPERIENCE 09:58 THE POWER MOMENT HIDING SOMEWHERE OVER THERE. 10:01 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15, AND WE WANT VERSE 14. 10:07 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15, AND VERSE 14. 10:11 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS: 10:26 IF JESUS IS STILL DEAD, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS 10:32 WHEN A PREACHER HAS TO HAVE GREAT DISCIPLINE. 10:38 EVERY FIBER OF MY BODY IS IN MOTION NOW. 10:46 IF JESUS IS STILL DEAD, I NEED TO SHUT UP MY MOUTH AND 10:51 NEVER PREACH ANOTHER SERMON. 10:54 IF JESUS IS DEAD, NOBODY OUGHT EVER GET BAPTIZED AGAIN. 10:59 IF JESUS IS DEAD, WE OUGHT TO EXCUSE EVERYONE AND LET 11:03 THIS SERVICE BE CLOSED. 11:06 BUT JESUS IS NOT DEAD. 11:11 I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR. 11:16 CAN YOU FEEL THAT POWER ? 11:19 DO YOU KNOW THAT JESUS' POWER IS SO WELL KNOWN AND 11:26 WELL ADVERTISED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE 11:30 COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD. 11:33 NOT MUCH. 11:36 AND GUESS WHAT ? 11:37 EVERYBODY WHO EVER DID, CAME FORTH IN THE POWER OF JESUS. 11:43 BECAUSE HIS RESURRECTION IS THE CORNERSTONE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE. 11:49 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT, YOU CAN'T GO TO POINT TWO. 11:52 BECAUSE POINT ONE IS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. 11:58 AND BAPTISM IS CONNECTED TO THE POWER OF JESUS. 12:03 LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 12:05 JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT 12:08 THERE, GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, AND JUST LOOK AT VERSE 3. 12:12 WE'VE READ ALL AROUND IT. 12:14 LET'S READ JUST THIS. 12:16 ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 3. 12:28 WELL, I'VE GOT TO READ THE NEXT ONE. 12:46 NOW, THAT'S HOW YOU CAN TELL WHETHER A 12:49 BAPTISM WAS RIGHT OR NOT. 12:52 BECAUSE YOU ARE BAPTIZED IN HIS DEATH, BUT YOU COME FORTH 12:56 IN THE POWER OF THE GLORY OF GOD THAT BROUGHT HIM FORTH. 13:02 AND YOU OUGHT TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. 13:07 IF AFTER YOUR BAPTISM, YOU ARE THE SAME, YOUR 13:11 BAPTISM WAS NOT VALID. 13:14 THIS TEXT SAYS THAT IT CANNOT BE. 13:17 NOW WHEN THOSE WORDS HAPPENED, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN I'VE 13:19 GOT GO DIG INTO, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS PAID A LITTLE MONEY FOR 13:22 THIS EDUCATION THAT THEY GOT ME. 13:24 SO EVERY NOW AND THEN I'VE GOT TO GO BELOW THE SURFACE. 13:28 YOU DON'T USUALLY FIND DIAMONDS ON THE GROUND. 13:30 YOU'VE GOT TO DIG FOR THEM A LITTLE BIT. 13:32 I DID A LITTLE DIGGING, AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 13:35 BAPTIZED UNTO IS REFERRING BACK TO BOTH FIRST CORINTHIANS 10:2, 13:44 AND IN FIRST CORINTHIANS 10:2, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. 13:49 MOSES WAS LEADING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT. 13:56 NOW, YOU KNOW I KIND OF LIKE THAT ANYWAY. 13:58 I REFER TO IT WHENEVER I CAN. 14:01 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, WELL, YOU WANT TO READ IT ? 14:06 LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S THERE. 14:08 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10, AND LET'S SEE WHAT IT SAYS. 14:16 GIVE ME 10:1. 14:39 NOW, ONE SAID BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST. 14:42 THE OTHER ONE SAYS BAPTIZED UNTO MOSES. 14:45 THEY ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING. 14:47 BUT FIRST LET ME PAINT THIS PICTURE AND TRY TO HOLD 14:51 MYSELF DOWN WHILE I DO IT. 14:54 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WALK ON A DRY PATH BETWEEN WATERS BUILT UP 15:00 AND CONGEALED ON EITHER SIDE. 15:04 DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. 15:10 SO THERE'S WATER ON THAT SIDE. 15:11 WATER ON THAT SIDE. 15:12 WHILE THEY WERE WALKING BETWEEN WATER, GOD MOVED A CLOUD 15:19 OVER THE TOP OF THE PATH. 15:25 SO NOW THEY'VE GOT WATER OVER HERE, WATER OVER THERE, WATER 15:30 UP THERE, AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE BAPTIZED UNTO MOSES. 15:36 BUT EVEN MOSES DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE 15:41 BEFORE YOU GET BAPTIZED. 15:45 SO, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO EXODUS, CHAPTER 14, AND 15:48 VERSE 31, IT WOULD SAY THERE THAT THEY BELIEVE ON THE 15:53 LORD AND HIS SERVANT, MOSES. 15:57 SO EVERYBODY WHO WENT THROUGH THE WATER AND UNDER THE 16:02 WATER--YOU KNOW WHAT A CLOUD IS, IT'S DROPLETS 16:05 OF WATER SUSPENDED IN AIR. 16:08 BUT WHEN GOD GETS READY TO DO A BIG BAPTISM, HE CAN 16:12 PUT WATER OVER THERE AND WATER OVER THERE AND THEN 16:16 TELL A CLOUD, COME HERE. 16:22 YOU MAY NOT OBEY GOD, BUT CLOUDS KNOW WHAT TO DO. 16:28 HEY, YOU, GO OVER THERE AND STOP OVER THAT PATH. 16:33 AND SO NOW THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN THE LORD AND SAW 16:38 THE LORD IN MOSES BELIEVED MORE IN MOSES THAN EVER 16:43 BEFORE AFTER THAT BAPTISM. 16:47 AND IT'S A SYMBOL. 16:49 AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED, YOU ARE CHANGED, NUMBER ONE, 16:55 BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE MORE IN JESUS THAN YOU EVER DID. 17:00 AND I KNOW SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE IN HIM ANYMORE. 17:03 OH, YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET. 17:05 DON'T SAY IT UNTIL IT'S HAPPENED. 17:08 THEN YOU BEGIN TO BE LIKE THE ONE WHO CAUSED THE POWER TO COME 17:15 IN YOU TO GET YOU READY FOR BAPTISM, AND YOUR DESIRE FROM 17:22 THEN ON, EVEN AS SOME OF THE ISRAELITES WANTED TO BE MORE 17:24 LIKE MOSES, REMEMBER, THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE MOSES 17:28 ANYMORE, BECAUSE MOSES HAD TURNED HIS LIFE OVER TO JESUS. 17:33 SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT MOSES, YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM ANYMORE. 17:37 HE HAD BEEN SUBSUMED IN THE POWER OF HIS LORD. 17:41 SO, WHEN YOU WANTED TO BE LIKE MOSES, YOU WERE ACTUALLY 17:44 TRYING TO BE LIKE JESUS, BECAUSE JESUS HAD CHANGED MOSES. 17:50 I TELL YOU THAT THE POWER OF BAPTISM IS THAT YOU HAVE 17:54 ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD THAT I AM NOW UNDER THE CONTROL 17:59 OF A POWER THAT MORTAL KIND DOES NOT UNDERSTAND. 18:04 JESUS IS RUNNING MY LIFE. 18:13 AND THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IS TO ANNOUNCE IN A 18:16 PUBLIC FASHION, WELL, LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY. 18:20 I WANT TO MAKE AN OUTWARD ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN 18:24 INWARD CHANGE. 18:26 I WANT TO MAKE AN EXTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN 18:29 INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT. 18:31 AND THAT IS THAT I'VE TURNED MY LIFE OVER TO JESUS. 18:34 IF YOU SEE IT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY, AMEN ? 18:37 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. 18:40 YOU KNOW, GETTING READY FOR BAPTISM. 18:42 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 28. 18:44 GETTING READY FOR BAPTISM IS NOT ONLY EMOTIONAL. 18:49 I SOLD CARS FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. 18:56 I'M BEING FACETIOUS. 18:56 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE VERY, VERY 18:59 CAREFUL ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 19:01 SO, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I WAS BEING FACETIO. 19:02 IT WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. 19:05 BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING. 19:07 PEOPLE CAN BE CONVINCED INTELLECTUALLY OF A THING, BUT 19:12 UNTIL THEY FEEL AN EMOTIONAL MODIFICATION, THEY DON'T MOVE. 19:22 SO, I HAD ALL THE FACTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME 19:24 I'D SPIT THE FACTS OUT. 19:25 I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 19:28 AND I SAID, THIS CAR CAN DO THIS AND IT HAS THESE KINDS OF TIRES. 19:32 AND IF YOU'LL LOOK INSIDE, THE LEATHER, AND IF YOU SIT. . . 19:37 JUST TALKING ABOUT IT DOESN'T DO IT. 19:40 I'D SAY, COME AND SIT IN THE CAR. 19:50 IN THOSE DAYS, I COULD SAY, TAKE THE CAR HOME. 20:02 YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME. 20:05 YOU KNOW WHY I WANTED THEM TO TAKE IT HOME ? 20:07 I WANTED THEIR NEIGHBORS TO SEE THEM DRIVING IT. 20:13 BECAUSE THAT BRINGS AN EMOTIONAL REACTION. 20:20 SO I WARN YOU, IF YOU DON'T PLAN TOUY A CAR, DON'T DRIVE IT. 20:24 STAY OUT OF IT. 20:26 THEY'D GO HOME AND THEN, ONCE THEY CAME BACK, THEY 20:29 WERE PUTTY IN MY HANDS. 20:32 THEN THE FACTS HAD ALREADY DONE THEIR WORK, BUT NOW EMOTION WAS 20:36 DRIVING THEM TO MAKE A CHANGE. 20:39 OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE ? 20:45 BAPTISM CANNOT BE DRIVEN ONLY BY EMOTION. 20:49 I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN EMOTIONS. 20:54 I'M NOT MAD AT EMOTION. 20:57 BUT WATCH THIS. 20:58 THIS IS MATTHEW, CHAPTER 28, AND START WITH VERSE 19. 21:25 THIS TEXT SAYS THAT BEFORE THE EMOTIONS ARE FIRED UP, AND I'M 21:31 GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN I THINK ABOUT JESUS, I 21:35 HAVE AT LEAST TWO REACTIONS. 21:38 I REACT TO FACT, INTELLECTUALLY. 21:42 YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF MY INTELLECT. 21:46 THAT'S A PRIVATE MATTER. 21:48 BUT WHEN I THINK OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME, I DON'T 21:52 HAVE A PURE EMOTIONAL REACTION. 21:56 I'VE GOT FACTS. 21:58 WHEN I WAS IN REBELLION, HE DIED FOR ME. 22:03 IN FACT, BEFORE MY FORBEARERS WERE BORN, JESUS ALREADY 22:09 KNEW THAT I WOULD BE A REBELLIOUS INDIVIDUAL. 22:15 BUT WHILE HE KNEW THAT, HE STILL DIED FOR ME. 22:23 AND I WANT YOU TO, LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S 22:26 ENOUGH MERCY IN CHRIST TO GET EVERYBODY WITH ENOUGH MERCY. 22:32 I DON'T HAVE TO CLAIM ALL OF IT TO MYSELF, BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY 22:35 THAT IF I'D BEEN THE ONLY ONE, HE WOULD HAVE STILL DONE IT. 22:39 BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF US IS THAT IMPORTANT TO CHRIST. 22:43 BUT I KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR ME. 22:44 I KNOW THAT HE LIVED FOR ME. 22:48 SOMEBODY HAD TO LIVE THE KIND OF LIFE THAT COULD BE 22:50 ACCEPTABLE BY GOD THE FATHER. 22:53 I COULDN'T LIVE IT, COULD YOU ? 22:57 ON YOUR BEST DAY, YOU KNOW THOSE DAYS, ON YOUR BEST 23:04 DAY, YOU CANNOT PLEASE GOD WITH YOUR LIFE. 23:11 SO, JESUS NOT ONLY DIED FOR ME, BUT BEFORE HE DIED, 23:14 HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE SO THAT I COULD CLAIM IT. 23:20 THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS IN GALATIANS, CHAPTER 2, I 23:23 AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. 23:25 NEVERTHELESS, I'M LIVING. 23:28 BUT IT'S NOT ME LIVING THIS LIFE. 23:31 BECAUSE I'VE DISCOVERED THAT MY LIFE WILL NEVER 23:34 BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. 23:36 SO, I HAVE ASKED JESUS, WOULD YOU COME IN HERE 23:41 AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN ME ? 23:45 BECAUSE WHEN THE END OF LIFE COMES, I DON'T WANT 23:48 MY LIFE TO BE THE THING THAT I AM JUDGED FOR. 23:52 I WANT YOUR LIFE, JESUS, TO REPRESENT ME. 23:56 CAN YOU SEE IT ? 23:58 IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR. 24:00 IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR. 24:02 YOU ALMOST HAVE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, BUT THE BIBLE 24:05 SAYS, BEFORE YOU GET ALL EXCITED, GET THE FACTS. 24:10 NOW, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. 24:11 AFTER YOU GET THE FACTS, YOU CAN SHOUT THEN. 24:22 THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT EXCITED BASED ON A VACUUM. 24:26 YOU'RE EXCITED BASED ON FACTS. 24:28 AND THAT IS THE BEST KIND OF REACTION. 24:33 SOMEONE WHOSE INTELLECT HAS BEVINCED. 24:37 AND BASED ON THAT, THEIR EMOTIONS ARE STIRRED. 24:43 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 24:45 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU, PERSONALLY, IF THAT 24:49 DOESN'T MOVE YOU, YOU NEED A SPIRITUAL HEART TRANSPLANT. 24:57 WELL, GO TO ACTS, CHAPTER 22. 25:01 ACTS, CHAPTER 22. 25:02 I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO A GENTLEMAN 25:04 BY THE NAME OF SAUL. 25:06 EVER READ ABOUT HIM ? 25:10 SOMEBODY SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING, THESE PEOPLE 25:14 WHO HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS. 25:19 THEY SAID, I WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN STEVEN GETS 25:23 TO HEAVEN AND SEES PAUL ? 25:32 THINK ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET HOME. 25:38 WHAT HE'S GOING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD. 25:44 ACTS, CHAPTER 22, AND VERSE 16. 25:48 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS. 25:52 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT FIRST. 25:53 ACTS, CHAPTER 22, AND VERSE 16. 25:55 IT SAYS--THIS IS SAUL HAVING JUST COME FROM THAT 26:01 DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE. 26:02 I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT, BECAUSE IF I DO, THE CLOCK WILL HATE ME. 26:07 COULD I DO A LITTLE READER'S DIGEST MOMENT ? 26:14 DO YOU KNOW WHAT SAUL SAW IN THAT LIGHT ? 26:20 WELL, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW, IF YOU READ IT. 26:22 HE LOOKED INTO THE LIGHT, WAS BLINDED, BUT FOR THE 26:25 FIRST TIME, HE COULD SEE. 26:32 AND HE HEARD A VOICE TALKING OUT OF THE LIGHT. 26:36 SAUL ? SAUL ? 26:39 WHY PERSECUTETH THOU ME ? 26:42 AND HE SAYS, WHO ART THOU, LORD ? 26:48 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 26:51 ENTITLED "PUTTING ON CHRIST." 28:00 (theme music) |
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