Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000421
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
00:07 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:10 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED 00:12 "HE'S THERE FOR YOU." 00:15 (theme music) WP: HE'S THERE FOR YOU. 00:27 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ALL THOSE PEOPLE SAYING, 00:28 "I'M HERE FOR YOU." 00:30 WELL, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHAT CAN THEY DO 00:32 WHEN THEY'RE HERE FOR YOU ? 00:34 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO'S THERE FOR ME, BUT WHO 00:38 HAS POWER TO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THERE 00:42 FOR ME, WHAT CAN YOU DO ? 00:45 I KNOW ONE THING--IF JESUS IS THERE FOR YOU, YOU'LL 00:48 ALWAYS HAVE SOME POWER WAITING ON YOU, WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 00:52 SO LET'S LOOK TONIGHT AT--LET'S LOOK AT HEBREWS, CHAPTER 3--ONLY 00:55 ONE VERSE WILL INTRODUCE IT; THIS IS VERSE 1: 01:11 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 01:12 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE CALL YOU ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. 01:15 WE DARE NOT OPEN THIS BOOK WITHOUT ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. 01:21 OH, WE CAN READ THE WORDS, BUT WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE 01:25 HOLY SPIRIT, WE CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU 01:28 WANT TO SAY TO US. 01:30 SO, WE OPEN THIS HOLY BOOK WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THE AUTHOR OF 01:35 THE BOOK CAN BE WITH US TONIGHT. 01:38 AS WE STUDY THIS WORD, LET US FEEL THE POWER OF JESUS. 01:42 LET US KNOW NOT ONLY WORD POWER, BUT LET OUR HEARTS BE TOUCHED BY 01:48 JESUS CHRIST IN A PERSONAL WAY. 01:51 IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN. 01:55 WHEN JESUS ASCENDED, I USED TO WONDER WHAT HAPPENED. 01:58 DID HE GO TO HEAVEN-WELL, I ALREADY KNEW THAT. 02:01 WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW WAS WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE. 02:03 WELL, I FIGURED IT LIKE A FAMILY, I SAID--IF HE WENT 02:06 BACK TO BE WITH HIS FATHER, THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST KIND 02:09 OF HAVING A NICE TIME. 02:12 AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 02:13 JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR MY SALVATION. 02:17 HE WOULD HAVE DESERVED TO GO BACK TO HIS FATHER AND 02:20 SIT DOWN AND TALK, OR WHATEVER HE COULD DO TO 02:25 DIVERT HIMSELF FROM HIS JOB. 02:27 BUT JESUS LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE ALWAYS WANTS TO BE 02:34 IN TOUCH AND MORE THAN THAT, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO BE DOING 02:38 SOMETHING ON OUR BEHALF. 02:41 NOW, WHY HE LOVES US SO MUCH--IT'LL TAKE AGES FOR US 02:45 TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE ONCE I KNOW WHO I REALLY AM, AND 02:50 INCIDENTALLY, I REALLY DON'T, ONLY JESUS KNOWS MY HEART--BUT 02:54 IF I KNOW MYSELF AS WELL AS I DO, I WONDER WHAT IS IT 02:57 ABOUT ME THAT MAKES JESUS WANT TO BE AROUND ME SO MUCH. 03:02 WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME THAT HE FINDS SO ATTRACTIVE ? 03:07 IT CAN'T BE MY LIFE, BECAUSE MY LIFE IS FLAWED, BUT HE MADE ME, 03:13 AND WE SAID IT THE OTHER NIGHT, HE ALSO RANSOMED ME, AND WHEN 03:18 HE LOOKS AT ME, HE DOESN'T SEE ME AS I AM, BUT HE SEES 03:24 THE POSSIBILITIES IN ME THAT CAN HAPPEN IF I JUST 03:28 LET HIM HAVE MY LIFE. 03:31 SO, WHAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO HIM ABOUT ME IS WHAT HE CAN 03:36 DO FOR ME IF I'LL JUST LET HIM BE MY PARTNER IN LIFE. 03:42 AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M KIND OF INCLINED TO DO THAT. 03:45 I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I RUN MY LIFE, IT DOESN'T 03:47 GO TOO WELL. 03:50 SOMEBODY AGREES. 03:53 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN I LET JESUS, WHEN I WAKE UP EARLY 03:57 IN THE MORNING AND START WITH MY BIBLE, AND GET ON MY KNEES 04:00 AND PRAY, AND THEN GIVE GOD A LITTLE TIME TO TALK BACK TO ME, 04:05 I DISCOVER THAT I TURN IN PLACES THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE ORDINARILY 04:09 TURNED, AND I MIGHT NOT KNOW WHY, BUT WHEN I DO WHAT HE SAYS, 04:15 I GET MYSELF OUT OF TROUBLE. 04:18 I GO WHERE HE WANTS ME TO GO, SO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN 04:21 JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN, HE DID NOT GO TO RELAX. 04:24 IT WAS NOT A VACATION. 04:26 JESUS WENT AND SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, BUT 04:30 HE HAD ALREADY SHOWED US WHAT JOB HE WAS GOING TO DO BECAUSE 04:36 LONG AGO WHEN ISRAEL WAS IN THE WILDERNESS, GOD HAD SAID TO 04:42 MOSES, THROUGH CHRIST, IN FACT, GO TO EXODUS, CHAPTER 25--YOU 04:46 NEED TO READ IT; YOU NEED TO SEE IT THERE--EXODUS, CHAPTER 25. 04:51 I'VE GOT SOME IMAGES TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT. 04:55 I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY AND SHOW YOU ONE IN JUST A MINUTE. 04:59 IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL TIME. 05:02 I GET A LITTLE NOTE THE OTHER DAY AND THEY SAY, "WHEN YOU 05:05 PREACH, IT LOOKS SO EASY THAT I THINK I COULD DO IT." 05:09 AND I SAID, "YEAH, YOU CAN." 05:13 BUT WHEN YOU GET ALL THESE ELEMENTS IN HERE--TONIGHT'S 05:16 GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS--IN FACT, WHY DON'T 05:18 YOU JUST WHISPER UP A PRAYER FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE 05:21 I'M ADDING ANOTHER ELEMENT TO WHAT IS ALREADY KIND 05:23 OF A BUSY EXPERIENCE. 05:25 I DO ENJOY IT, I PROMISE YOU THAT. 05:29 I ENJOY IT SO MUCH THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, 05:32 "YOU'RE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN." 05:34 WELL, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. 05:36 JESUS AND I HAVE AN AMAZING RELATIONSHIP, AND I DO ENJOY 05:41 HIS COMPANY AND HIS WORDS, SO IF YOU EVER SEE ME HAVING 05:44 TOO MUCH FUN, THAT'S IT. 05:45 HE'S IN THE BOOK, HE'S IN MY HEART, AND WHEN THEY 05:48 BOUNCE AGAINST EACH OTHER, I EXPERIENCE THE POWER. 05:53 THIS IS EXODUS, CHAPTER 25, AND LOOK AT VERSES 8 AND 9. 06:00 IT SAYS: 06:18 NOW, IF YOU BEGIN AT THE FIRST PART OF EXODUS 25, YOU'LL FIND 06:20 OUT THAT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE ASKED TO BRING THINGS 06:25 TO BUILD THIS TENT THAT WAS GOING TO A LITTLE LARGER 06:29 AND MORE ORNATE THAN ANYBODY'S PERSONAL TENT, BUT 06:33 GOD SAYS, LET ME LIVE WITH YOU ! 06:38 GIVE ME A PLACE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 06:42 I DON'T NEED A HOUSE. . .YES SAY'S THE LORD AND THE 06:47 FULLNESS THEREOF. 06:49 HEAVEN IS HIS SEAT AND EARTH IS HIS FOOTSTOOL. 06:53 HE WAS NOT SAYING, I WANT TO COME BECAUSE 06:55 I DON'T HAVE A PLACE. 06:57 JESUS WASN'T SAYING, I CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE TO REST. 07:01 HE WAS SAYING, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT I WOULD LIKE 07:05 TO BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 07:07 SO PUT ME UP A HOUSE SO THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER 07:10 THAT I LIVE WITH YOU. 07:12 I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT THAT THOUGH YOU MAY NOT PUT 07:14 A HOUSE UP FOR HIM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, JESUS STILL 07:16 WANTS TO LIVE WITH YOU. 07:18 AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, WITH ALL THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT 07:21 GO ON IN YOUR HOUSE, AND I'M ONLY GOING TO PAUSE A MOMENT 07:25 TO LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. 07:27 WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN YOUR HOUSE, WITH ALL OF 07:31 THE MUSIC THAT YOU PLAY, WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU 07:35 WATCH, PARTICULARLY LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE LITTLE CHILDREN 07:39 HAVE BEEN TUCKED AWAY, WITH ALL OF THOSE WORDS YOU SLIP AND 07:43 SAY--OKAY, I'M SORRY, I'M RUINING SOMEBODY'S NIGHT. 07:49 THE FACT IS THAT WITH OUR IMPERFECTIONS, JESUS STILL 07:54 WANTS TO LIVE WITH US. 07:56 SO, HE TOLD MOSES IN THE MOUNT, I WANT YOU TO BUILD 08:00 ME A HOUSE; MAKE ME A TENT. 08:03 AND HE TOLD HIM HOW TO MAKE IT. 08:04 IN FACT, VERSE 40 OF EXODUS CHAPTER 25 SAYS: 08:17 I'M GOING TO LET THIS ONE OUT OF THE BAG. 08:21 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN MOSES GOT THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT 08:25 HOW TO BUILD THE TENT, AND IT HAD TO BE A TENT, 08:29 BECAUSE THEY MOVED, ALL RIGHT ? 08:32 YOU CAN'T BUILD SOMETHING THAT CAN'T MOVE IF YOU ARE 08:37 A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE. 08:40 LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS, ABRAHAM LOOKED FOR A CITY WITH 08:44 FOUNDATIONS, BECAUSE HE WAS KIND OF TIRED OF MOVING. 08:49 I HAVE BEEN OVER TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD WHERE 08:53 NOMADS MOVE ALL THE TIME. 08:54 THEY'RE HERE FOR A WHILE, THEN THEY'RE THERE FOR A WHILE, 08:57 BUT WATCH HOW GOOD GOD IS. 08:59 HE SAYS, IF YOUR CAMP MOVES, MOVE MY HOUSE WITH YOUR CAMP, 09:05 BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU MOVE, I WANT TO BE WITH YOU. 09:08 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO SAY AMEN REALLY LOUD BECAUSE YOU MOVE TOO 09:10 MUCH, PARTICULARLY IN AMERICA; YOU CAN BARELY FIND PEOPLE; 09:16 THEIR JOBS MOVE, SOMETIMES THE JOB CLOSES AND YOU'VE GOT TO 09:19 MOVE; THE NEIGHBORS MOVE AND YOU DON'T LIKE THEM SO YOU MOVE. 09:25 FAMILY MEMBERS MOVE, SO YOU MOVE; YOU FIND A BETTER 09:28 JOB, YOU MOVE, AND YOU CAN BARELY NAIL US DOWN. 09:32 WE OUGHT TO BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A 09:34 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, HE MOVES WHEN YOU MOVE. 09:39 IF YOU'VE GOT THE RELATIONSHIP, IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP 09:42 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 09:44 AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF YOU'VE GOT THAT. 09:46 SO, THE LORD SAYS, WHEN YOU MOVE, MOVE MINE, AND THERE 09:49 WERE WAYS HE HAD TOLD THEM. 09:51 THERE WAS A PARTICULAR TRIBE THAT HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY 09:54 OF COVERING THE WHOLE CAMP, OF PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE 09:58 PIECES OF FURNITURE. 09:59 AND HE SAID, WHEN YOU MOVE, TAKE MY HOUSE WITH YOU, BECAUSE I 10:03 ALWAYS WANT TO BE IN YOUR CAMP. 10:05 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF THE DECLARATION 10:09 THAT JESUS DOES NOT STAY WHERE YOU USED TO LIVE. 10:15 WHAT GOOD WOULD A JESUS BE WHO DIDN'T GO WHERE YOU NEEDED HIM. 10:20 HE'S A VERY PRESENT HELP IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. 10:25 WELL, LOOK AT CHAPTER 26, YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN, YOU'RE BEING 10:30 ABLE TO STAY IN ONE PLACE. 10:31 I'M GOING TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME TONIGHT; IT'S 10:33 GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. 10:34 EXODUS CHAPTER 26 AND LOOK AT VERSES 33 AND 34. 10:38 AND IT SAYS: 11:05 NOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT YOU ARE A CERTIFIED 11:07 BIBLE SCHOLAR NOW. 11:11 DO YOU FEEL IT ? 11:13 DO YOU NEED ME TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO TAKE HOME, 11:16 OR CAN YOU TRUST ME ? 11:17 WE ARE GETTING DEEP NOW, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IN THIS 11:21 CHAPTER IS THAT MOSES WAS NOT ONLY INSTRUCTED HOW TO MAKE 11:25 THIS BEAUTIFUL TENT, BUT HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A DIVISION 11:31 INSIDE THE TENT THAT WAS A HOLY PLACE AND A MOST HOLY PLACE. 11:38 I NEED TO SHOW YOU THE JEWISH TABERNACLE AND 11:43 WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 11:45 THAT IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS. 11:49 YOU SEE IT'S A TENT, BUT IT'S A VERY NICE TENT, 11:52 WOULDN'T YOU SAY ? 11:54 SOME OF YOU ARE AVERSE TO TENTS. 11:56 I USED TO BE THE LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED YOUNG 12:00 PEOPLE EXPERIENCES IN THE WOODS, AND I USED TO TRY AND TEACH THEM 12:06 HOW TO PUT UP TENTS--SOME OF THEM WERE RELUCTANT TO LEARN. 12:11 I FOUND MYSELF OUT IN THE WOODS ONE NIGHT ALL ALONE WITH MANY 12:15 TENTS--NO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF--I SHOULD 12:20 MAKE THEM PUT THEM UP-AND FINALLY I SAID--WELL, 12:23 I'LL JUST PUT THEM UP. 12:24 I PUT UP ALL THE TENTS AND THEN I SAT FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT 12:27 AND I THINK I HEARD THE LORD SPEAK TO ME AND SAY, "DON'T 12:30 DO THIS JOB ANY MORE." 12:33 BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE AND TENTS--PEOPLE WHO 12:36 LIVE IN HOUSES WITH ALL KINDS OF CONVENIENCES DON'T 12:38 GET EXCITED ABOUT TENTS. 12:39 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT HOUSE THAT 12:44 YOU JUST SAW BECAUSE THAT HOUSE REPRESENTED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 12:52 THAT'S WHAT CHURCH'S ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. 12:56 I KNOW PEOPLE GET ALL EXCITED AND TRY TO MAKE THE CHURCH 12:58 EXACTLY LIKE THEY WANT IT, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR HOUSE. 13:03 IT'S GOD'S HOUSE. 13:06 AND WHEN YOU GET INSIDE OF IT, YOU OUGHT TO ACT LIKE 13:08 YOU'RE IN GOD'S HOUSE. 13:11 BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR HOUSE. 13:13 THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'VE GOT TO BE ALWAYS QUIET. 13:15 IN FACT, I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH CHURCHES 13:19 THAT ARE TOO QUIET. 13:20 I DON'T THINK CHURCHES OUGHT TO BE RAUCOUS LIKE SOME STADIUM, 13:26 BUT I THINK A CHURCH OUGHT TO HAVE ITS OWN PARTICULAR SOUND. 13:30 PRAISING GOD OUGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. 13:35 SO IT WAS THERE--LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WAS IN IT. 13:38 IN THAT TABERNACLE, IN THE HOLY PLACE, THERE 13:40 WAS A TABLE OF SHEWBREAD. 13:42 UPON THAT WERE BUILT UP STACKS OF BREAD THAT REPRESENTED 13:46 JESUS AS THE BREAD OF LIFE. 13:48 OH, IF I HAD TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAD 13:50 MEANING, YOU WOULD BE OUT OF YOUR MIND WITH JOY ! 13:54 SO, THERE WERE THE STACKS OF BREAD, BECAUSE HE IS 13:58 THE BREAD OF LIFE. 13:59 NOT THE BREAD THAT FILLS MY STOMACH ALONE; HE'S THE 14:01 BREAD THAT NURTURES MY HEART AND INSPIRES MY MIND. 14:07 THEN THERE WAS THE SEVEN-BRANCHED GOLDEN 14:10 CANDLESTICK, AND THAT REPRESENTS JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 14:15 EVEN WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A DARK MOMENT OF MY LIFE, JESUS 14:18 IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 14:20 HE BRIGHTENS UP MY PATHWAY. 14:23 THEN THERE WAS THE ALTAR OF INCENSE, AND THAT REPRESENTED 14:27 THE PRAYERS LIKE SWEET INCENSE RISING UP TO GOD. 14:32 WHEN YOU PRAY, GOD IS PLEASED WITH YOUR PRAYER. 14:36 AND YOU'RE PRAYER DOESN'T GO UP LIKE YOU PRAY IT ANYWAY. 14:39 IT'S REINTERPRETED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 14:43 SO IT GOES UP TO HIM IN A WAY THAT GOD CAN UNDERSTAND. 14:47 IN FACT IF YOU EVER WONDER HOW YOU GET THINGS THAT YOU 14:49 DON'T ASK FOR, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 14:52 INTERPRETS YOUR PRAYER, SO HE MAY ASK FOR SOMETHING THAT HE 14:56 KNEW YOU NEEDED EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T KNOW TO ASK--BUT 15:00 THE PRAYERS GO UP. 15:03 AND THAT'S ONLY THE HOLY PLACE WHEN YOU WENT BEHIND THAT VEIL. 15:08 AND INCIDENTALLY, ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST COULD 15:12 GO BEHIND THAT VEIL. 15:14 THERE WERE PRIESTS WHO WORKED IN THE HOLY PLACE. 15:17 THEY COULD GO IN THAT PLACE. 15:19 THEY WERE CAREFUL WHEN THEY DID, BUT ONLY THE HIGH 15:21 PRIEST COULD GO IN. 15:22 BUT IF YOU WENT IN, HERE'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE: YOU WOULD SEE A 15:26 PIECE OF FURNITURE ARTFULLY CRAFTED OUT OF PURE GOLD. 15:33 IT WAS MADE LIKE A BOX OVERLAID WITH GOLD, BUT THEN IT WAS NOT 15:39 AN ORDINARY BOX, BECAUSE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BOX, THERE 15:45 WERE ANGELS CRAFTED OUT OF GOLD. 15:48 AND THEY VEILED THEIR FACES AND BOWED TOWARDS EACH OTHER. 15:56 AND THEN, AMAZINGLY, IN BETWEEN THOSE ANGELS WAS 16:01 A LIGHT THAT HAD NO SOURCE OF POWER THAT WAS EARTHLY. 16:08 THEY CALL IT THE SHEKINA GLORY. 16:12 GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN REPRESENTED BY LIGHT; JESUS IS 16:15 REPRESENTED BY LIGHT. 16:17 IN FACT, I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I KNOW I'LL MAKE SOMEBODY WHO'S 16:21 TECHNICAL ANGRY, BUT I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WHEN THE EARTH WAS 16:24 FIRST CREATED IT WAS AN AMAZING THING FOR JESUS TO HAVE TO SAY, 16:29 "LET THERE BE LIGHT," BECAUSE HIS PRESENCE IS LIGHT. 16:34 SO WHAT HE MUST HAVE MEANT WAS--I'LL LEAVE YOU PERMANENT 16:37 LIGHT, BECAUSE SO LONG AS JESUS WAS THERE, THERE 16:40 COULD BE NO DARKNESS. 16:41 HE DWELLS IN LIGHT. 16:43 BUT WHEN YOU OPENED UP THAT PLACE, YOU SAW THOSE TWO ANGEL 16:46 FIGURES MADE OF GOLD; YOU SAW THAT BOX MADE OF GOLD. 16:50 INSIDE THAT BOX THERE WERE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, YOU 16:56 KNOW THEY WERE THERE. 16:58 THERE WAS AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED, AND THERE WAS 17:03 MANNA--WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANNA. 17:05 BUT ABOVE THE LAW OF GOD, REMEMBER THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 17:10 ARE INSIDE THE BOX, BUT ABOVE THE BOX, ABOVE THE TEN 17:15 COMMANDMENTS, IS SOMETHING CALLED THE MERCY SEAT. 17:20 WELL, WOULD YOU ALLOW ME TO EXPERIENCE THE 17:22 POWER FOR A MINUTE ? 17:25 DO YOU KNOW IF WE HAD LAW AND JUSTICE, BUT NO MERCY, 17:30 NONE OF US WOULD BE ALIVE ? 17:34 I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE A PREACHER. 17:37 I WOULDN'T BE QUALIFIED TO GET INSIDE OF A CHURCH 17:41 IF THE COMMANDMENTS, THE LAW, DIDN'T HAVE MERCY ON TOP. 17:46 I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT--DON'T EVER LET ANYBODY 17:50 MAKE YOU AFRAID OF GOD. 17:52 GOD SHOWED US WHO HE WAS BY SENDING JESUS, AND IN CHRIST 17:56 WE SAW THAT HE STANDS FOR RIGHT. 17:58 HE SAID--I WON'T TAKE AWAY THE LAW, I WON'T TEAR IT DOWN, IN 18:02 FACT, ONE DOTTING OF AN "I" OR CROSSING OF A "T" WILL NOT PASS 18:06 FROM IT UNTIL ALL IS FULFILLED. 18:08 JESUS DID NOT COME TO THROW AWAY LAW. 18:12 HE CAME TO BRING MERCY. 18:16 HE CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 18:21 THAT'S WHY TONIGHT I DON'T HAVE TO PREACH TO HOLY PEOPLE, ONLY. 18:26 IN FACT, I REFUSE TO PREACH TO HOLY PEOPLE ONLY. 18:31 AND I'M NOT ANGRY AT HOLY PEOPLE; SOME HOLY PEOPLE 18:34 ARE THE BEST PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 18:37 THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY'RE HOLY. 18:42 DO I HAVE TIME TO TALK TO THEM ? 18:43 NO. 18:45 YOU MUST BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T SLIP ON EITHER 18:49 SIDE OF THE SLIPPERY SLOPE. 18:54 HERE'S HOLY ON THE SLOPE. 18:57 SLIP DOWN THAT SIDE, YOU'RE UNHOLY. 19:01 YOU ARE UNRIGHTEOUS. 19:03 SLIP DOWN THIS SIDE, YOU'RE SELF-RIGHTEOUS. 19:11 SO IF YOU THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO MISS HEAVEN, 19:14 REMEMBER MY SLOPE: UNRIGHTEOUS; SELF-RIGHTEOUS. 19:20 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. 19:21 IN FACT THE BIBLE SAYS YOU HAVE COME SHORT OF THE MARK; 19:25 YOU CAN GO LEFT OR RIGHT AND MISS THE MARK. 19:28 THE MARK IS TO BE HOLY IN CHRIST. 19:32 JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 19:35 HE CAME TO BRING A REFLECTION OF GOD'S CHARACTER. 19:41 GOD CAN BE PERFECTLY RIGHTEOUS, PERFECTLY JUST 19:47 AND PERFECTLY LOVING AND MERCIFUL AT THE SAME TIME. 19:51 SO INSTEAD OF GOD THROWING OUT THE COMMANDMENTS, HE SAID 19:55 JESUS, I REMEMBER, YOU AND I HAVE AN AGREEMENT. 19:59 YOU AND I AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE AGREED FROM 20:02 THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 20:05 YOU WILL GO AND WALK THE PATH. 20:08 IN FACT, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT GETS ME EXCITED. 20:12 ADAM TRIED TO WALK THE PATH. 20:16 HE SAW IT; HE'D JUST COME FROM THE HAND OF GOD, BUT EVERY NOW 20:21 AND THEN HE WOULD TURN, HE AND EVE WOULD TURN FROM THE 20:25 PATH OF RIGHT-TO-DO, THEY WOULD GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER 20:29 AND NOT DO WHAT GOD SAID. 20:32 THAT TREE HAD NO EVIL IN IT BY ITSELF, IT WAS JUST THAT 20:36 GOD WANTED TO FIND OUT WOULD ADAM AND EVE OBEY, AND WE 20:40 STILL HAVE THE SEEDS OF ADAM AND EVE INSIDE OF US. 20:43 THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EASY TO BE PULLED OFF THE PATH. 20:48 BUT WE COULD NOT LISTEN--YOU AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT IF 20:51 WE ONLY HAD THE PATTERN OF ADAM TO FOLLOW. 20:55 IN FACT, SOME OF THE THEOLOGIANS CALL HIM THE 20:57 FIRST ADAM--ADAM AND EVE. 21:00 SO HE TRIED, EVE TRIED, BUT THEY KEPT ON GOING OFF THE PATH. 21:06 SO JESUS CAME IN ORDER TO GIVE SOME POWERFUL EXAMPLE THAT 21:13 YOU CAN WALK STRAIGHT. 21:15 SO JESUS CAME AND STOOD RIGHT WHERE ADAM WAS 21:18 AND STARTED WALKING. 21:26 HE NEVER MADE A TURN; NEVER WENT TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. 21:30 SO TONIGHT IT IS NOT ADAM'S HERITAGE THAT 21:34 I NEED FOR MY LIFE. 21:36 IT IS THE SECOND ADAM--JESUS CHRIST--WHO I NEED TO 21:40 COME IN MY LIFE. 21:42 AND WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO--HE HAS THE AMAZING SENSITIVITY TO 21:47 KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF MY HEART. 21:52 ALL I'VE GOT TO DO IS GO OUT THERE AND SAY--OH, IT'S YOU. 21:56 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO GET SO CONFUSED THAT THEY HOLD HIM OUT. 21:59 THEY THINK THEIR HOUSES ARE NOT UP TO SNUFF AND HE CAN'T 22:03 COME IN, BUT JESUS HASN'T COME IN FOR INSPECTION. 22:08 HE'S COME IN WITH A CLEANING POWER THAT'S 22:10 GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU WILL EVER KNOW. 22:13 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SINS ? 22:16 NOTHING, BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 22:19 SO WHEN HE COMES IN HE COMES IN TO CLEAN MY LIFE. 22:22 HAS ANYBODY EVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE OF LETTING JESUS IN ? 22:27 WELL, I'VE GOT TO MOVE. 22:29 SO YOU HAVE SEEN THAT. 22:31 NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED. 22:33 GIVE ME THE FURNITURE IN THE HOLY PLACE, AND THEN 22:36 I'VE GOT TO MOVE FROM THAT. 22:37 THIS IS AN AMAZING THING, BECAUSE I GET CARRIED 22:39 AWAY WITH THIS STUFF. 22:40 THE DAY THAT I STOP BEING EXCITED ABOUT DOING 22:42 THIS, I'LL QUIT. 22:44 GIVE ME NUMBER 6 AND LET'S LOOK AT THE FURNITURE IN 22:47 THE HOLY PLACE, AND THAT WILL BE INTERESTING, I BELIEVE. 22:51 I'VE DESCRIBED IT--YOU'LL SEE IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG. 22:53 OKAY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK. 22:57 DO I SEE THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD? 22:58 YES, I DO, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY BREAD ON IT. 23:01 I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER IMAGE FOR YOU. 23:03 I DO SEE THE ALTAR OF INCENSE, DO YOU SEE IT ? 23:06 AND THE PRIEST IS STANDING IN FRONT OF IT. 23:08 SO YOU'VE GOT THAT. 23:09 NOW, THE FACT IS THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS EXISTED ON 23:13 THE EARTH, BUT HERE'S THE POWER OF THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY, 23:17 THE JEWISH TABERNACLE--GIVE ME NUMBER 1. 23:22 AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE--THE POWER OF THAT 23:25 TABERNACLE WAS NOT THE TENT, IT WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TENT. 23:30 NOW LOOK AT IT. 23:31 YOU SEE THE PRIEST ? 23:33 THERE'S A FAMILY WITH A LAMB. 23:36 THEY ARE ABOUT TO CUT THE THROAT OF THAT LAMB. 23:40 IN FACT, LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE--THAT'S NUMBER 3, I BELIEVE. 23:45 LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. 23:47 THAT LAMB HAS DONE NOTHING--A PERFECT, A PERFECT ANIMAL 23:53 WITHOUT EVEN A BLEMISH--NO TWISTED LIMB. 23:57 AND THE REASON WHY THIS LAMB HAD TO BE PERFECT WAS BECAUSE THIS 24:01 LAMB REPRESENTED THE SON OF GOD. 24:06 BUT THE LAMB WAS KILLED FOR NOTHING IT HAD DONE. 24:12 ITS BLOOD WAS SHED EVERY DAY AT THE TENT, AND LOOK AT NUMBER 5.h 24:21 YOU WILL SEE THAT INSIDE THERE, THERE WAS SOMETHING 24:25 THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 24:26 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NOW WHAT YOU WILL FIND AND I 24:29 HOPE YOU GO HOME AND LOOK AT LEVITICUS, CHAPTER 16. 24:34 YOU WILL FIND THERE AN AMAZING THING. 24:36 EVERY DAY AS PEOPLE CAME TO THE SANCTUARY, THAT'S 24:39 WHAT THEY CALLED IT, AS THEY CAME TO THAT TENT, THEY WOULD 24:42 COME TO THE EDGE OF IT. 24:43 FOR A TIME THE PRIEST WOULD BE THE ONE WHO 24:46 TOOK THE LAMB'S LIFE. 24:47 EVENTUALLY, I HAVE READ, THE FAMILIES WOULD BE ASKED TO 24:51 TAKE THE LIFE OF THE LAMB. 24:53 BUT THEY'D TAKE THAT BLOOD; 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