Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000423
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS:
00:06 EXPERIENCE THE POWER, WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:10 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED 00:12 "LIKE A MIGHTY ARMY." 00:14 (theme music) WP: TONIGHT I'M GOING TO DO A 00:26 SUBJECT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF, AND I DON'T LIKE 00:31 TO BE TYPICAL, I REALLY DON'T. 00:33 SO, YOU'VE NOTICED, I HOPE, THAT NOT A LOT OF THINGS WE PREACH 00:38 ABOUT ARE FRIGHTENING, BECAUSE JESUS IS THE CENTER OF WHAT WE 00:43 PREACH, AND SO LONG AS JESUS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IT'S VERY 00:48 DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT SOUND FRIGHTENING--WHAT DO YOU THINK ? 00:51 GO TO FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE 00:54 TEXT WITH THE TITLE IN IT. 00:57 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO SEE THAT RIGHT AWAY, SO WE'LL GIVE 01:00 YOU THAT AND SOME FOLK CAN BE HAPPY AND MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE 01:04 NAP, BUT YOU BETTER DO IT IN THE CORNER, BECAUSE THEY'LL 01:08 TURN UP THE VOLUME ON YOU AND GET YOU BACK AWAKE AGAIN. 01:11 THIS IS FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 15--LOOK AT VERSE 22 01:16 AND VERSE 23--"FOR AS IN ADAM, ALL DIE, EVEN SO IN CHRIST 01:23 SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE, BUT EVERY MAN IN HIS OWN ORDER. 01:28 CHRIST, THE FIRST FRUITS AFTERWARD, THEY THAT 01:32 ARE CHRIST AT HIS COMING." 01:34 THAT HAS IT IN IT--YOU'LL SEE IT, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE, 01:37 YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO. 01:39 LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. 01:41 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUTH 01:45 THAT IS IN THE WORD OF GOD. 01:46 AND WE HAVE ENJOYED IT FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT. 01:49 WE HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS THAT WERE CHALLENGES TO US. 01:52 WE HAVE SEEN OTHER THINGS THAT GAVE US GREAT JOY, BUT 01:55 EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE WORD OF GOD IS A BLESSING. 01:59 SO DON'T FAIL US TONIGHT. 02:01 GIVE US THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:05 LET HIS PRESENCE BE FELT EVERYWHERE IN EVERY DOWNLINK 02:09 SITE, AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT BECAUSE OF THAT POWER, 02:14 WE SHALL BE BLESSED. 02:15 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 02:18 SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN THERE WILL 02:24 BE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 02:26 I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE REASON WHY RESURRECTION AND DEATH, 02:33 IF YOU PLEASE, HAS TO BE SEEN IN A PARTICULAR WAY. 02:38 I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT SATAN GETS BOLD FROM TIME TO 02:43 TIME AND CHALLENGES GOD IN A VERY FOOLISH FASHION. 02:48 NOBODY SHOULD CHALLENGE GOD AND SATAN OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER. 02:53 REMEMBER HE WAS LUCIFER, THE LIGHT BEARER. 02:58 HE WENT UP AGAINST GOD IN HEAVEN AND APPARENTLY DID NOT WIN. 03:04 HE CAME FALLING DOWN LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN, SO 03:08 ANYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW IT OUGHT TO BE SATAN, BUT HE GETS 03:12 BOLD FROM TIME TO TIME. 03:14 IF YOU GO WITH ME TO GENESIS, THE THIRD CHAPTER, LET'S BEGIN 03:18 IN THE BEGINNING, AND THIS IS PIVOTAL TO UNDERSTAND WHY 03:23 THIS SUBJECT IS SO IMPORTANT. 03:26 GENESIS, CHAPTER 3, AND LET'S FIND OUT WHAT SATAN SAID WHEN HE 03:31 GOT TOO BOLD FOR HIS OWN GOOD. 03:34 THIS IS VERSE 4--"AND THE SERPENT SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, 03:40 YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE." 03:46 NOW TAKE THAT BY ITSELF AND IT SOUNDS INNOCUOUS, 03:50 BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 6--YOU 03:54 REMEMBER THAT TEXT WE'VE DONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN ? 03:57 THE WAGES OF SIN IS WHAT ? 03:59 Audience: "DEATH." 04:00 BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE. 04:04 SO, IF GOD SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, WHAT THAT SERPENT 04:10 SAID, AND LET'S BE REAL ABOUT IT, NO SNAKE WAS TALKING HERE. 04:14 THIS WAS SATAN HIMSELF HAVING IMPERSONATED OR BORROWED--SOME 04:19 WOULD EVEN SAY THAT SATAN BECAME THE FIRST 04:23 VENTRILOQUIST--WHATEVER IT WAS, HERE WAS THE FIGURE OF A 04:25 SERPENT, BUT THE DEVIL TALKING. 04:29 AND HE SAYS TO EVE, CURLING HIMSELF IN THE VERY TREE THAT 04:34 GOD SAID DON'T TOUCH. 04:36 YOU KNOW IT WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT. 04:39 I KNOW THAT I AM NO MORE WISE THAN EVE OR ADAM, BUT IF GOD 04:43 SAID YOU COULD HAVE ALL THE TREES EXCEPT ONE, DON'T GO 04:48 NEAR THAT ONE, DON'T TOUCH IT, YOU WOULD THINK YOU COULD 04:51 FIND EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRED IN ANOTHER TREE. 04:56 BUT TEMPTATION IS THAT WAY. 04:57 SOMETIMES WHAT IS PROHIBITED IS ATTRACTIVE. 05:03 ARE YOU HONEST ENOUGH TO AGREE WITH THAT ? 05:07 SOMETIMES IT'S THE VERY THING THAT YOU CAN'T 05:09 HAVE THAT YOU WANT. 05:12 I COULD TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT SPOUSES, JUST REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT 05:19 IT, WHO MAY HAVE SOMEBODY AT HOME WHO IS ATTRACTIVE, BUT JUST 05:27 THE PROHIBITION OF GETTING SOMEONE OUTSIDE DRAWS THEM. 05:32 YOU HAD BETTER TRY YOUR BEST BY THE POWER OF GOD TO RESIST 05:36 THAT, BECAUSE THAT CAN GET YOU INTO DEEP TROUBLE, AND 05:39 THIS AUDIENCE IS A LITTLE QUIET FOR ME TONIGHT. 05:42 YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS. 05:45 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THIS DECLARATION, IN FACT THE 05:50 SERPENT, WITH FRUIT, IS SAYING--GOD TOLD YOU IF YOU 05:55 ATE OF THE FRUIT, YOU'D DIE. 05:58 I'M TELLING YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT REALLY DIE. 06:02 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? 06:03 WHAT IS "NOT REALLY DIE ?" 06:06 IS THERE SOMETHING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH ? 06:10 WELL, I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO SOMEHOW SEEM LIKE THEY WERE 06:13 NOT ALL THE WAY ALIVE, BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING 06:16 BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 06:17 YOU ARE EITHER ALIVE OR YOU'RE DEAD. 06:19 SATAN SAYS YOU CAN DISOBEY GOD, AND I'M PROVING IT TO YOU. 06:25 I'M IN THE TREE. 06:28 THE FRUIT WON'T KILL YOU. 06:30 AND SO HE PUTS HIS WILL EQUAL TO GOD'S WILL, HE 06:37 PRESUMES TO SAY WHAT GOD HAS SAID IS NOT TRUE; HE 06:42 PUTS HIMSELF AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW THAT WAS HIS, 06:45 THAT WAS HIS PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINNING, HE SAID--I'LL 06:48 BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH. 06:51 SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THIS WHOLE THING. 06:56 OTHERWISE, IT WILL SEEM TRIVIAL TO YOU, BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE 06:59 BEGINNING OF THIS THESIS THAT SATAN PUT OUT AND THE REACTION 07:05 OF WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS MEANS THAT THE DEVIL TELLS LIES EVEN 07:11 IF THEY ARE AGAINST GOD HIMSELF. 07:15 AND IF YOU SEE THAT, THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING. 07:17 SO, THE ISSUE IS THIS--IF GOD SAYS YOU'LL DIE, AND 07:22 SATAN SAYS YOU WON'T REALLY DIE, WHO'S RIGHT ? 07:25 WELL, LET'S HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT. 07:29 THE FACT IS THAT IN THE BIBLE, THERE IS A DISCUSSION 07:35 OF WHAT DEATH REALLY IS. 07:37 GO WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD TO REVELATION, CHAPTER 07:39 20 AND VERSE 6. 07:41 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT ORDINARY DEATH 07:47 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 07:49 THE BIBLE WILL MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST 07:52 TWO KINDS OF DEATH. 07:55 NOW SOMEBODY'S REALLY WORRIED, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT 07:57 DYING AND NOW I'M SAYING THERE ARE TWO KINDS. 08:00 WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, IT'S IMPORTANT. 08:02 VERSE 6 SAYS: "BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART 08:07 IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION. 08:09 ON SUCH, THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, BUT THEY 08:14 SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST, AND SHALL REIGN 08:18 WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS." 08:20 A POWERFUL TEXT. 08:21 IT SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU WILL COME IN 08:25 THE FIRST RESURRECTION. 08:27 THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST ARE NOT LEFT; THEY ARE BROUGHT UP FIRST, 08:32 BECAUSE THEY MUST KNOW, THEY MUST RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU 08:36 GIVE YOURSELF TO JESUS CHRIST, HE NEVER GOES BACK ON HIS WORD. 08:40 SO IF YOU DIE IN CHRIST, YOU ARE RESURRECTED FIRST. 08:46 IN FACT, BEING DEAD, BELIEVING BEFORE YOU DIE IN CHRIST, IS 08:51 A GUARANTEE THAT YOU'LL COME FORTH AGAIN; NOT ONLY COME 08:55 FORTH, BUT COME FORTH FIRST. 08:59 I WILL TAKE COMING FORTH AT ANY TIME. 09:01 I'D TAKE RESURRECTION AT ANY TIME, BUT I LIKE FIRST. 09:04 BUT THEN IT SAYS YOU WILL NOT HAVE PART IN THE SECOND DEATH. 09:09 AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN IT AS BEST I CAN, THAT THE DEATH WE SEE 09:13 EVERY DAY IS NOT THE ONE THAT YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT 09:19 FINALLY, BECAUSE YOU'LL RISE AGAIN, AND YOU'LL RISE FIRST. 09:26 IF YOU LIVE IN CHRIST AND DIE IN CHRIST, YOU'VE GOT HIS PROMISE 09:30 THAT YOU'LL COME FORTH AGAIN. 09:33 THE SECOND DEATH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST. 09:36 THE FIRST DEATH, IF I COULD CALL IT THAT, IS 09:39 SIMPLY THE RESULT OF SIN. 09:43 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WONDERFUL LIVES, EAT WONDERFUL 09:45 DIETS, PRACTICE ALL KINDS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING, BUT 09:49 THEY STILL DIE. 09:51 I KNEW A LADY WHO ATE SO CAREFULLY. 09:56 IN FACT I REMEMBER GOING TO HER HOUSE, AND I WENT THERE AS A 09:59 TEENAGER AND SHE BROUGHT OUT CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST, AND SHE 10:04 SAID--WE DON'T USE MILK. 10:08 I SAID--WELL, WHAT DO YOU USE ? 10:12 SHE SAID--MILK HAS THINGS IN IT THAT WILL CLOG YOUR ARTERIES. 10:15 I SAID--YEAH, BUT WHAT DO YOU USE ? 10:20 SHE SAID--WE PUT WATER ON OUR CEREAL. 10:24 DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. 10:28 I'VE GOTTEN KIND OF SMART, NOW, I'VE LEARNED TO USE A PRODUCT 10:34 I ALMOST SAID ITS NAME, BUT I CAN'T DO FREE ADVERTISEMENTS. 10:37 IT'S A SOY PRODUCT THAT TASTES BETTER THAN MILK, BUT IT 10:47 DOESN'T HAVE THE DOWN SIDE, SO I PUT THAT ON MY 10:51 CEREAL--OOH, IS IT GREAT. 10:53 I MEAN BAD CEREAL TASTES GOOD WITH THIS PRODUCT. 10:57 SO I'VE SNEAKED AROUND IT. 10:59 BUT THIS LADY WAS SO CAREFUL, AND I WAS SHOCKED WHEN 11:03 SHE DIED OF CANCER. 11:06 WHAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IS THAT LIVING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, EVEN 11:10 IF YOU LIVE A GODLY LIFE, YOU SHOULD NOT THINK THAT PEOPLE 11:14 HAVE DONE ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE THEY GET DISEASES AND DIE. 11:19 GOD CAN INTERVENE MIRACULOUSLY. 11:22 BUT HE DOES NOT CHOOSE ALWAYS TO INTERVENE. 11:24 AND THE REASON WHY HE DOESN'T HAVE TO IS BECAUSE 11:27 GOD HAS THE ANTIDOTE. 11:29 JESUS, WELL, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. 11:33 THE FACT IS IF YOU DIE IN CHRIST, IT'S ALREADY SETTLED. 11:38 BUT THE SECOND DEATH, NOW REMEMBER, I SAID THE FIRST 11:41 IS THE RESULT OF SIN. 11:42 THE SECOND DEATH IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. 11:47 AND NOBODY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOLK WHO THINK, WELL, 11:49 I LIVED A LONG TIME, SO I MUST HAVE BEEN HOLY. 11:53 I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO 11:55 HOLY WHO REFUSE TO DIE. 12:02 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A GREAT THEOLOGIAN WHO SAYS THAT THE 12:05 REASON WHY GOD ALLOWS EVIL PEOPLE TO LIVE LONGER IS BECAUSE 12:09 THEY AREN'T RIGHT YET. 12:12 AND THEY NEED TIME. 12:13 I'M NOT SURE I'D BUY INTO THAT, BUT THE FACT IS THAT 12:16 THE DEATH WE SEE EVERY DAY IS NOT THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. 12:21 I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVED 12:23 CERTAIN KINDS OF LIVES THEY CUT THEIR LIVES OFF. 12:25 I BELIEVE THAT. 12:27 BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DEATH WE SEE ALL THE TIME 12:29 IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. 12:31 IT IS SIMPLY THE RESULT OF LIVING IN A SINFUL ATMOSPHERE. 12:35 LET ME TELL YOU, YOU DIE THE SECOND DEATH, THAT IS NOT 12:38 GOING TO BE THE SAME THING. 12:39 THAT IS FINAL DEATH. 12:42 THAT IS INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE 12:46 LIVED A LIFE AGAINST GOD. 12:49 AND THERE WILL COME A DAY, IN FACT, I'VE GOT A SERMON I'LL 12:51 PREACH ON IT REAL SOON, THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN GOD HAS HAD 12:55 ENOUGH OF REBELLIOUS PEOPLE. 13:00 AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO REFUSE THE MERCY OF JESUS. 13:04 THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT LIVE AS THE BIBLE SUGGESTS, 13:09 AS THE BIBLE COMMANDS, THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY NOBODY CAN 13:13 TELL ME WHAT TO DO. 13:15 THEIR PUNISHMENT WILL NOT BE DYING LIKE WE SEE ALL THE TIME. 13:20 IT WILL BE ETERNAL DEATH. 13:24 AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT. 13:26 SO, FIRST LET ME SUGGEST THAT GOD HAS THE ANTIDOTE TO THE 13:30 DEATH THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME. 13:32 AND THAT THE SECOND DEATH IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIN. 13:35 IT'S THE ONE THAT PEOPLE WILL GET WHO WOULD NOT 13:39 ACCEPT THE MERCY OF CHRIST. 13:40 NOW, I MUST SAY TO YOU THAT JESUS HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED 13:44 WHERE HE IS IN THIS PROCESS. 13:48 I KNOW PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS WATCHING ALL THE TIME. 13:52 I'VE MENTIONED THAT WHEN I WAS A BOY I WOULD GO TO THESE 13:56 LITTLE RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND THEY SANG A SONG THERE 13:59 THAT WILL NOT LEAVE ME. 14:00 NOT EVEN NOW. 14:02 HE SEES ALL YOU DO. 14:05 HE HEARS ALL YOU SAY. 14:08 MY LORD IS WATCHING ALL THE TIME. 14:12 AND I REMEMBER, AS A BOY, I'D GO HOME AND I'D. . . 14:20 IN FACT, I HADN'T EVEN REACHED THE AGE WHERE 14:22 I COULD DO MUCH SIN. 14:24 I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. 14:25 BUT I KNEW THAT SOMEWHERE GOD WAS WATCHING ALL THE TIME. 14:30 WHOEVER WROTE THAT SONG PROBABLY MEANT WELL, BUT IT GAVE 14:32 ME MANY A SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. 14:36 THE FACT IS THAT GOD IS NOT THE ONE WHO'S AGAINST YOU. 14:42 HE IS WATCHING. 14:43 WELL, GO TO SECOND PETER. 14:44 LET'S FIND THE TEXT. 14:45 SECOND PETER, CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 9. 14:48 SECOND PETER, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 9. 14:50 LET GOD TELL YOU WHERE HE IS IN THE WHOLE PICTURE. 14:56 SECOND PETER, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 9. 14:59 "THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISE, AS SOME 15:03 MEN COUNT SLACKNESS, BUT IS LONG SUFFERING TO US, NOT WILLING 15:09 THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE." 15:15 SO, LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT AND THAT'S THIS. 15:18 IF YOU DIE THE SECOND DEATH, JESUS DID NOT HELP YOU DO IT. 15:25 IF YOU RESIST HIM, YOU HAVE RESISTED HIM WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE 15:32 THAT HE WAS ON YOUR SIDE. 15:34 HE'S WATCHING. 15:35 HE'S WATCHING TO HELP. 15:37 HE'S WATCHING TO LOVE. 15:40 HE'S WATCHING TO INTERVENE. 15:42 HE'S WATCHING SO THAT WHEN YOU GET ON THE BRINK OF SOME AWFUL 15:47 MOVE, HE CAN TRY HIS BEST TO LOVE YOU BACK FROM THE BRINK, 15:53 AND TELL YOU, DON'T TO THAT. 15:55 I KNOW IT BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED IT. 15:56 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE FELT THAT ? 16:04 I HAVE HEARD HIM. 16:06 I HAVE HEARD HIM SO CLEARLY IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE SOMEBODY'S 16:08 VOICE, AND WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY IS, "DON'T DO THAT." 16:12 SO I KNOW HE'S THERE. 16:14 BUT I KNOW WHERE HE IS IN THE EQUATION. 16:17 LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU, IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT 16:21 BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT I'M ABOUT TO PREACH DEATH THAT 16:27 IT IS, IN FACT, SOME STRANGE PUNISHMENT, AND THAT GOD 16:34 MAY FIND JOY IN DEATH. 16:39 LET ME PROVE THAT HE DOES NOT. 16:42 GO WITH ME, IF YOU WILL, TO PSALM 116. 16:47 I CAN'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT SOME OF THEM MUST BE READ. 16:50 PSALM 116. 16:53 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND FIRST THAT GOD FINDS NO PLEASURE IN THE 16:57 DEATH OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. 16:59 IN FACT, GOD FINDS NO PLEASURE IN ANYBODY, BECAUSE HE 17:04 TOLD YOU, I'M NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH. 17:07 THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT. 17:11 GOD DOESN'T WANT ANYBODY TO DIE SO HE DOESN'T WANT YOU 17:16 EITHER TO STAY IN YOUR SINS. 17:19 HE WANTS US TO COME TO REPENTANCE. 17:21 TO CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK. 17:22 PSALM 116. 17:23 AND SOMEBODY ALREADY HAS IT. 17:26 LET ME FIND IT. 17:27 AND LOOK AT VERSE 15. 17:30 AND HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 17:31 "PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH 17:35 OF HIS SAINTS." 17:38 PRECIOUS. 17:40 THAT MEANS THAT GOD DOES NOT ALLOW SOMEBODY TO 17:42 DIE WITHOUT NOTICING IT. 17:46 IF JESUS SEES A SPARROW FALL, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOUR MOTHER, 17:55 YOUR FATHER, YOUR RELATIVE WHO LOVED JESUS, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT 17:58 THAT DEATH IS NOTED AND THAT THE LIFE OF THAT PERSON WAS 18:04 PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF JESUS. 18:07 SO WHEN SOMEBODY DIES, THERE IS NO JOY IN HEAVEN. 18:12 GOD IS NOT PLEASED EVEN WHEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T OBEY DIE. 18:18 HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO COME TO REPENTANCE AND LIVE. 18:22 AND THE DEATH OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED IN CHRIST, PARTICULARLY 18:26 IS PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT. 18:29 IF YOU WOULD TURN WITH ME TO REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 18:32 14, AND VERSE 13. 18:33 REVELATIONS, 14, VERSE 13. 18:36 IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 18:38 "AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING UNTO ME, WRITE. 18:41 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD, FROM HENCE FORTH. 18:46 YEA, SAID THE SPIRITS, THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND 18:50 THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM." 18:53 HOW CAN YOU BE BLESSED WHEN YOU DIE ? 18:55 WELL, YOU'RE BLESSED BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO. 18:57 IF YOU DIE IN CHRIST, YOU ARE BLESSED. 19:00 YOU ARE BLESSED BECAUSE YOU REST FROM YOUR LABORS AND YOU WORKS. 19:03 THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR JESUS WILL NOT BE EXPUNGED 19:07 FROM THE RECORDS, BUT THEY WILL STAY TO INSPIRE. 19:11 WHEN SOMEONE DIES WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR FAMILY OR SOMEONE 19:15 WHO IS PRECIOUS TO YOU, YOU CAN BARELY REMEMBER ANYTHING 19:19 THEY DID WRONG. 19:20 BUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE RIGHT, MULTIPLIES, IT GETS BIGGER. 19:25 SO THEIR WORKS SPEAK FOR THEM AFTER THEY ARE GONE. 19:31 THE FACT IS THAT GOD IS NOT HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE DIE. 19:36 HE WAS NEVER HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE DIED. 19:38 AND THIS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND. 19:40 IN FACT, IN, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE GOT TO LOOK THIS ONE UP. 19:45 DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 34. 19:47 WOULD YOU GO THERE WITH ME ? 19:49 IF YOU'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO FINDING DEUTERONOMY, 19:52 JOT IT DOWN. 19:54 DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 34. 19:58 AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE THAT TOUCHES MY HEART. 20:01 IT'S NOT QUITE AN EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT, BUT 20:07 IT IS A TOUCHING MOMENT FOR ME. 20:09 AND IT SAYS HERE, STARTING WITH VERSE 5: 20:12 "SO MOSES, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, DIED THERE IN 20:16 THE LAND OF MOAB, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD. 20:19 AND HE BURIED HIM IN A VALLEY IN THE LAND OF 20:22 MOAB, OVER AGAINST BETH-PEOR. 20:25 BUT NO MAN KNOWETH OF HIS SEPULCHRE UNTIL THIS DAY." 20:30 I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING AMAZING ABOUT THIS TEXT. 20:33 IT NEVER QUITE SAYS WHO BURIED MOSES. 20:39 MAYBE THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT. 20:43 THE ONLY TWO BEINGS ON THE MOUNT WERE JESUS AND MOSES. 20:52 AND THE BIBLE SAYS MOSES DIED AND HE BURIED HIM. 20:56 WELL, IT'S INESCAPABLE. 20:59 THE ONLY OTHER ONE THERE WAS JESUS. 21:02 SO WATCH THIS. 21:05 MOSES HAS SPOKEN UNADVISEDLY WITH HIS LIPS. 21:09 HE CAN'T GO OVER INTO CANAAN. 21:12 BUT JESUS SAYS, COME HERE. 21:14 LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 21:17 LET ME OPEN UP THE FUTURE LIKE A VIDEO SCREEN. 21:21 LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING TO BE AFTER YOU HAVE DIED, AND I'LL 21:24 SHOW IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN DIE WITH THE COURAGE OF KNOWING 21:28 THAT MY WORD DOES NOT FAIL. 21:30 YOU WILL SEE THAT I WILL BRING THE PEOPLE INTO THE LAND THAT 21:34 I SAID I WOULD GIVE TO THEM. 21:37 AND AFTER THAT, HE SAID BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED AND YOU 21:39 CAN'T SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THIS THING ANYMORE, HE 21:41 SAID, NOW, YOU MUST SLEEP. 21:44 AND HE BURIED HIM. 21:46 WHAT KIND OF TENDERNESS IS THIS ? 21:50 IF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL HAD BURIED MOSES, THERE WOULD 21:52 HAVE BEEN A GREAT SHRINE. 21:53 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN IN, SOME THOUGHT, A PYRAMID. 21:58 ISRAEL DIDN'T DO IT, BUT MOSES MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLOSE 22:01 ENOUGH TO THAT CULTURE TO HAVE HAD ONE BUILT FOR HIM. 22:04 BUT NO ONE KNEW WHERE HE WAS BURIED BECAUSE THE ONLY ONE 22:07 WHO WAS THERE WAS JESUS. 22:10 IF THAT KIND OF TENDERNESS EXISTS, AND LET ME TELL 22:14 YOU WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE. 22:15 ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS IT THIS WAY. 22:17 THERE ARE ANGELS WHO ATTEND UNTIL THE MOMENT THEY BREATHE 22:24 OUT THEIR LAST BREATH. 22:27 SO YOU DON'T DIE ALONE IF YOU LIVE WITH JESUS. 22:39 YOU ARE NOT ALONE, BECAUSE THE ANGEL GOES ALL THE WAY THERE. 22:44 IN FACT, THAT SAME WRITER SAYS THAT ON RESURRECTION 22:46 MORNING, THE SAME ANGEL THAT ACCOMPANIED YOU TO DEATH 22:50 MARKS THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE BURIED AND IS THERE WHEN YOU 22:55 ARE CALLED BACK TO LIFE. 22:57 SO THERE'S A GOD THERE. 22:59 THERE'S A MARK THERE. 23:02 AND WHEN YOU, WELL, AH, THIS GETS ME EXCITED. 23:04 AM I THE ONLY ONE IN HERE. . . 23:09 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND. 23:10 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY GOD IS TOO GOOD TO ALLOW MY 23:16 RELATIVES TO DIE AND BE BURIED. 23:23 AND I FEEL THE MAGNETISM OF THAT SENTIMENT. 23:30 GOD WOULD NOT ALLOW SOMEONE HE LOVED TO DIE AND THEN BE BURIED. 23:36 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, FOR GOD SO LOVED HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. 23:45 GOD LOVED HIS SON WITH A SUPREME LOVE. 23:51 BUT FOR OUR SAKES, HE ALLOWED HIS OWN SON TO 23:55 DIE AND TO BE BURIED. 23:59 AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I FEEL ABOUT IT. 24:01 I CAN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU THINK, BUT I FEEL THIS. 24:06 IF I WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS, I CAN'T LIMIT HOW I FOLLOW HIM. 24:12 OH YEAH, I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM WHEN HE'S DOING MIRACLES AND 24:14 PEOPLE ARE PRAISING HIM. 24:15 BUT I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT IF I FOLLOW HIM THERE, 24:17 I MIGHT END UP IN A CITY WHERE THEY DON'T LIKE ME AND 24:20 THEY WANT TO CHASE ME OUT. 24:21 I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM WHEN HE GOES ACROSS THOSE BEAUTIFUL 24:24 MEANDERING PLAINS, AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES ARE FOLLOWING 24:27 HIM, IN PEACEFUL SITUATIONS. 24:29 BUT IF I'M GOING TO DO THAT, PERHAPS I WILL 24:31 COME TO A GETHSEMANE IN MY LIFE SOMEWHERE. 24:34 IF I WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS ALL THE WAY, THEN THERE IS NO 24:37 SHAME IN GOING INTO A GRAVE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW THAT 24:43 JESUS WENT, BUT JESUS CAME OUT. 24:47 IF THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR GOD'S ONLY SON, I AM NOT ASHAMED TO BE 24:54 PUT IN A GRAVE, PARTICULARLY WHEN I'VE GOT THE PROMISE 24:58 THAT I'M COMING OUT. 25:00 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 25:02 SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU FIRST MUST UNDERSTAND. 25:05 NOW, AFTER YOU KNOW THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT DEATH 25:11 IS NOT A SHAME; HOWEVER, NEITHER IS IT A PLAY THAT IS 25:19 ACTED FOR SOMEONE'S BENEFIT. 25:22 THERE ARE SOME FOLK WHO DON'T BELIEVE THAT DEATH IS REAL. 25:25 NOW, FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES I'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW 25:29 REAL DEATH IS, BUT I HAD TO TELL YOU BEFORE I DID THAT 25:31 THAT JESUS CARES ABOUT ANYBODY WHO DIES IN HIM. 25:34 SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED 25:36 SOME TERRIBLE CURSE. 25:37 WHEN JESUS WAS IN THE TOMB, THE HUMAN FORM WAS DEAD. 25:43 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 25:45 ENTITLED "LIKE A MIGHTY ARMY." 26:52 Announcer: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE BREATH OF LIFE. 26:54 PASTOR WALTER PEARSON HOPES TODAY'S PROGRAM HAS BEEN 26:56 A REAL BLESSING TO YOU. 26:57 TO ORDER CD OR AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF THIS BROADCAST, JUST 27:00 CALL OUR TOLL-FREENUMBER, 877-BOL-OFFER. 27:04 THAT'S 877-265-6333, OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:09 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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