Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000430
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER.
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:12 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE 00:15 ENTITLED "PLAYING CHURCH." 00:18 (theme music) THE CHURCH IS THERE 00:28 ALSO TO RELIEVE HUMAN MISERY. 00:32 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 25--IF YOU BEGIN WITH VERSE 35 AND GO 00:36 TO VERSE 40, YOU WILL FIND QUESTIONS BEING ASKED 00:39 THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. 00:41 JESUS SAYS, I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU DIDN'T VISIT ME. 00:47 I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU DIDN'T FEED ME. 00:51 I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU WOULDN'T GIVE ME DRINK. 00:55 AND SOMEONE ASKED WHEN DID WE SEE YOU IN PRISON ? 00:59 WHEN WERE YOU NAKED ? 01:01 WHEN WERE YOU HUNGRY ? 01:02 HE SAID, WHEN YOU SEE THE LEAST OF THESE, WHO ARE IN 01:07 THOSE SITUATIONS, IT WAS ME YOU WERE LOOKING AT. 01:13 THE CHURCH MUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY 01:19 AND NEED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID WHEN HE WAS 01:23 ON EARTH IN HUMAN FORM. 01:26 NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GIVING TO EVERYONE WHO'S STANDING 01:30 BESIDE THE STREET WITH A SIGN. 01:33 YOU KNOW SOME OF THE RUMORS ABOUT THOSE FOLKS. 01:36 AND I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 01:38 ORGANIZED THEN THAT. 01:41 YOU OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FED ALL YEAR, 01:44 NOT JUST AT THANKSGIVING. 01:51 HOW CAN SOMEBODY MAKE IT FOR A WHOLE YEAR TO THE 01:54 NEXT THANKSGIVING ? 01:55 THE CHURCH CANNOT JUST BE THERE ONCE OR THERE ON HOLIDAYS. 02:00 JESUS CALLS UPON US TO FOLLOW HIM. 02:03 AND WE LOVE TO FOLLOW HIM WHEN IT'S EASY. 02:06 WE'LL SING WITH HIM, WE'LL DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 02:10 BUT, IF YOU WERE TO FOLLOW JESUS, YOU MUST BE 02:12 SENSITIVE TO HUMAN NEED. 02:14 IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS, YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 02:17 WE DO NOT CONDUCT BUSINESS ON THE BASIS OF THUS SAYS BROTHER 02:23 OR SISTER SO AND SO. 02:26 OKAY, I MAY HAVE REACHED A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD NOW. 02:30 BUT JOHN, CHAPTER 8, JOHN, CHAPTER 8, AND VERSE 32 02:35 HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. 02:38 JOHN, CHAPTER 8, VERSE 32. 02:40 AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. 02:47 I KNOW, IN FACT, FROM TIME TO TIME, I READ 02:50 A LITTLE LITERATURE. 02:51 YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL MYSELF BEING DRAWN INTO IT. 02:56 SOMETIMES I AM "BICPANTAMATA." 03:02 SOMETIMES BEAUTIFUL POETRY. 03:05 AND I THINK, WHAT IF I WERE TO START A SERMON, NOT BASED 03:09 ON THE WORD OF GOD BUT ON THIS BEAUTIFUL VERSE. 03:15 SUPPOSE I WERE TO TAKE THIS SUBLIME LANGUAGE AND 03:19 IMPRESS THE PEOPLE WITH MY COMMAND OF THE POETRY ? 03:24 AND THEN I THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN. 03:26 EVERYBODY'S GOT POETRY. 03:29 WHAT THE CHURCH NEEDS IS THE TRUTH. 03:33 PSALM 119, AND VERSE 105 SAYS, THY WORD IS A LIGHT AND A LAMP. 03:41 IF WE WANT TO WALK AND NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, WE OUGHT TO WALK 03:44 IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD. 03:47 SO, THE FACT IS THAT CHURCHES OUGHT TO BE GOVERNED ON 03:51 THUS SAITH THE LORD. 03:56 NOT ON POPULARITY. 03:58 NOT ON WHO ATTENDS. 04:00 YOU KNOW, I'M IMPRESSED, TOO. 04:02 I'VE BEEN A PASTOR OF A CHURCH WERE WE WOULD GET 04:04 CERTAIN MEMBERS. 04:06 AND THE FOLK WOULD SAY, "DO YOU KNOW WHO'S COMING, 04:08 PASTOR TO HEAR YOU ?" 04:10 I'D SAY, "WHO ?" 04:11 "LOOK OUT THERE NEXT SABBATH--SEE WHO'S THERE." 04:15 AND YOU KNOW IF YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT, THEN 04:16 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN THEY DON'T COME ? 04:20 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO, I'LL TAKE THE SIMPLE WORD OF 04:23 GOD, WHICH IS A LIGHT AND THE LAMP, I'LL TAKE WHOEVER 04:27 COMES AND I'LL JUST DO WHAT GOD SAYS WITH IT AND LET'S 04:32 SEE WHAT GOD CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGH ORDINARY PEOPLE. 04:36 NOW, THE FACT IS THAT GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE. 04:39 HE LOVES THEM HIGH. 04:41 HE LOVES THEM LOW. 04:42 SO, I THINK EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMEBODY OUGHT TO INVITE SOMEONE 04:47 WHO YOU MAY THINK IS HIGH. 04:49 IN GOD'S SIGHT, YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHO'S 04:51 HIGH AND WHO'S LOW. 04:52 YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHO'S IMPORTANT AND WHO'S NOT. 04:56 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE FOLK WHO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT. 04:59 IT'S NOT THAT WHICH IS THE POWER OF A CHURCH. 05:02 IF YOU'VE GOT 25 STAR MEMBERS, IT'S STILL THE HOUSE OF GOD. 05:09 IF YOU HAVE NOBODY WORTHY OF NOTE, IT'S STILL 05:13 THE HOUSE OF GOD. 05:15 THE GROUND AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS IS LEVEL. 05:20 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 05:22 THERE ARE NO BIG PEOPLE. 05:24 THERE ARE NO TALL ONES, NO HIGH ONES, NO LOW ONES. 05:26 ALL OF US STAND AT THE SAME LEVEL AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. 05:31 AND I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IT IS THE POWER OF CHRIST 05:35 THAT IS THE CENTER. 05:36 NOW, YOU OUGHT TO TURN TO THIS ONE. 05:38 LET'S GO TO MATTHEW, CHAPTER 16, AND I THINK I ONLY NEED VERSE 05:44 18 TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CHURCH. 05:49 MATTHEW 16, AND VERSE 18. 05:54 AND I SAY UNTO THEE, I SAY ALSO UNTO THEE THAT THOU ARE PETER. 05:57 AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH. 06:02 AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. 06:07 NOW, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE CONTEMPLATED THIS TEXT RECOGNIZE 06:12 THAT A THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MISUNDERSTANDING THAT GOD 06:17 BUILT THE CHURCH ON PETER. 06:20 IF THAT HAD HAPPENED, IF JESUS HAD BEEN SO THOUGHTLESS 06:26 AS TO BUILD THE CHURCH ON A HUMAN BEING, NOT FAR FROM THAT 06:30 TIME, YOU REMEMBER THAT PETER WAS CAUGHT UP IN A SITUATION 06:34 WHERE HE USED LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A FOLLOWER 06:39 OF JESUS IN ORDER TO PRETEND THAT HE HAD NEVER MET HIM. 06:44 I'VE GOT A LITTLE LESSON BEFORE I MOVE. 06:46 IF YOU WALK AND TALK WITH JESUS, PEOPLE WILL 06:48 KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WITH HIM. 06:52 THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T FOOL FOLK. 06:54 IF YOU WALK WITH THE DEVIL, HE'LL TELL ON YOU. 06:57 OH, I WISH I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 07:01 YOU PLAY WITH THE DEVIL, HE'LL MARK YOUR FACE. 07:05 DO STUFF TO YOU. 07:06 IF YOU PLAY WITH THE DEVIL, HE'LL MARK YOUR WALK. 07:10 HE'LL DO SOMETHING TO YOUR TALK. 07:12 THE DEVIL WILL TELL ON YOU. 07:13 BUT, IF YOU WALK WITH JESUS, PEOPLE WILL SAY, HEY, THERE'S 07:18 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU. 07:20 AND PETER HAD BEEN WITH JESUS TOO LONG. 07:22 THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME, AND THIS IS PETER 07:26 DECLARING IT, THERE'S NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN, GIVEN AMONG 07:30 MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED. 07:32 AND THAT IS THE DECLARATION OF PETER. 07:34 SO, EVEN PETER KNEW THAT THE CHURCH WASN'T BUILT ON HIM. 07:37 HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO PULL FROM THIS TEXT. 07:40 THE DEVIL HATES THE CHURCH. 07:46 HAVE YOU ALREADY FIGURED THAT PART OUT ? 07:49 I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I HEARD THIS THING 07:53 THAT YOU PREACHED, BEFORE I DECIDED TO GIVE MY LIFE TO 07:56 CHRIST, MY LIFE WAS ALWAYS FUN. 08:01 I USED TO HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. 08:04 AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 08:05 I DON'T DOUBT YOU. 08:07 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH THE DEVIL, HE HAS NO 08:09 REASON TO BOTHER YOU. 08:16 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'RE HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 08:19 IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH THE DEVIL ON BROADWAY, BECAUSE BROAD 08:25 IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND NARROW IS THE 08:29 WAY THAT LEADS TO SALVATION. 08:31 BUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE WALKING WITH THE DEVIL ON BROADWAY, 08:33 HE'S WITH YOU. 08:34 "HEY, HOW'S IT GOING ?" 08:35 HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOU. 08:37 YOU ARE WALKING WITH HIM. 08:39 IT'S WHEN THE LORD TURNS YOU AROUND THAT YOU'VE 08:43 GOT A PROBLEM. 08:44 BECAUSE NOW ALL THOSE DEVILS YOU USED TO WALK 08:46 WITH ARE COMING AGAINST YOU. 08:49 AND YOU'VE GOT TO DUCK AND DODGE AND RUN INTO THEM. 08:52 THE FACT IS THAT THE DEVIL HATES IT WHEN YOU EVEN THINK 08:57 ABOUT CHANGING YOUR LIFE. 09:00 I'VE GOT TO STAY HERE A MINUTE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE 09:03 ON THIS VERY NIGHT WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT FOLLOWING 09:09 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 09:11 I'LL TELL YOU THIS. 09:13 YOU'LL FIND OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE. 09:17 YOU'LL FIND OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE. 09:19 BECAUSE YOUR REAL FRIENDS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT READY 09:23 TO OBEY THE LORD, THEY'LL BE HAPPY FOR YOU. 09:28 THEY'LL TELL YOU, I CAN'T DO IT. 09:31 I'M NOT READY YET, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. 09:35 AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP YOU. 09:36 IF ANYBODY BOTHERS YOU, I'VE GOT YOUR BACK. 09:40 BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 09:41 THAT'S WHAT A REAL FRIEND WILL SAY. 09:45 BUT A PERSON WHO'S NOT REALLY YOUR FRIEND, DOESN'T 09:47 EVER WANT YOU TO CLIMB HIGHER THAN THEY ARE. 09:50 THEY DON'T MIND YOU COMING UP HERE. 09:52 THEY DON'T MIND YOU COMING UP HERE. 09:56 THEY'LL EVEN PUT UP WITH YOU BEING RIGHT AROUND HERE. 09:58 BUT IF YOU EVER DO THIS, NOW YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND. 10:03 "YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT ? 10:06 YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT STUFF ?" 10:08 "YEAH, BUT THAT STUFF CAME OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD." 10:13 AND YOU CANNOT GO WRONG DOING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 10:17 IT IS THE BOOK THAT HE SENT TO PUT YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH. 10:24 SO, I NEED TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THE DEVIL WILL BEGIN TO 10:30 CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO PART COMPANY WITH HIM. 10:34 HE HATES THE CHURCH. 10:38 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT 10:43 PREVAIL AGAINST THE CHURCH. 10:45 NOW, LET ME TALK ABOUT GATES FOR A MINUTE. 10:47 YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THIS. 10:48 IN DAYS OF OLD, THE CHIEFS OF THE CITY, THE MAYOR EQUIVALENT, 10:54 WOULD SIT AT THE CITY GATE. 10:57 SO, IF YOU WANTED TO REFER TO, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE WANT 10:59 TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE SAY, 11:01 THE WHITE HOUSE SAID. 11:04 YOU KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE DOESN'T TALK. 11:06 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT. 11:08 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAID. . . 11:10 THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IS REPORTED TO HAVE. . . 11:12 WE HAVE SYMBOLS TO TALK ABOUT AUTHORITY. 11:16 IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THE GATES OF THE CITY. 11:20 NOW STICK WITH ME. 11:22 IF THE CITY IS HELL, THEN THE LEADER OF HELL 11:30 IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF. 11:33 AND HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAID. 11:35 YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS STATES TRUTH, IT'S NOT BRAGGING. 11:40 IT'S JUST CLARIFICATION OF FACT. 11:45 WHEN I TALK LIKE THAT, IT'S BRAGGING. 11:48 BUT JESUS CAN'T BRAG BECAUSE HE CAN BACK UP EVERYTHING HE SAYS. 11:53 AM I TOO STRONG FOR ANYBODY ? 11:56 SO, HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAYS, MY CHURCH WILL THRIVE. 12:02 IT'LL GO THROUGH ROUGH TIMES. 12:03 DON'T EVER GET DISTURBED WHEN THE SHIP OF ZION BEGINS 12:06 TO TOSS IN ROUGH WATERS. 12:09 GOD NEVER PROMISED THAT IF YOU CAME TO THE CHURCH IT 12:12 WOULD ALWAYS BE A SMOOTH RIDE. 12:15 HE NEVER PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE A TRIAL. 12:18 ALL HE EVER SAID WAS, I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE. 12:28 YOU ASK THOSE HEBREW WORTHIES ? 12:33 REMEMBER WHEN THE KING SAID HEAT THAT THING SEVEN TIMES 12:36 HOTTER AND PUT THEM IN THERE. 12:38 AND THE GUARDS WHO PUT HIM IN THE FIERY FURNACE FAINTED 12:41 BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. 12:42 BUT WHEN THE KING LOOKED IN THERE FROM A DISTANCE, I'M ABOUT 12:46 TO SAY, HE SAID, WHAT HAPPENED ? 12:49 I PUT IN THREE BUT NOW I SEE FOUR. 12:52 AND THE FOURTH ONE LOOKS LIKE THE SON OF GOD. 12:56 AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TONIGHT, IF YOU EVER GET IN A 12:59 FURNACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU MAY BE IN A HOT PLACE, 13:04 BUT YOU'LL BE COOLED BY THE FOURTH PERSON IN THE FURNACE, 13:07 AND THAT PERSON IS JESUS. 13:10 YOU MAY HAVE HARD TIMES. 13:15 YOU MAY HAVE TRIALS. 13:17 BUT TRIALS ARE WHAT MAKE YOU CLING TO JESUS. 13:21 I HAVE NEVER READ WHAT THE HEBREW WORTHIES DID WHEN THEY 13:25 SAW JESUS IN THE FURNACE. 13:27 I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. 13:32 LORD, CAN I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU. 13:37 THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE WERE 13:39 FOUR IN THERE IF I WAS ONE OF THE THREE, BECAUSE I'D 13:42 HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO JESUS. 13:43 WHEN HARD TIMES COME, I'VE LEARNED TO STAY CLOSE TO JESUS. 13:48 HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. 13:51 AND IF YOU'VE GOT ANY BRAINS AT ALL, YOU'LL NEVER 13:52 LEAVE HIM, BECAUSE HE CAN GET YOU IN AND GET YOU OUT. 13:58 HE KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER THE GODLY OUT OF TROUBLE. 14:03 HE'S A VERY PRESENT HELP. 14:06 WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME PREACH. 14:10 SO, THE DEVIL HATES THE CHURCH. 14:13 NOW, WATCH THIS, BECAUSE I'M GETTING READY TO 14:15 TURN THE CORNER. 14:17 WHAT THE DEVIL SAYS IS THIS. 14:18 FIRST THING I TRY TO DO IS KEEP HIM OUT OF THE CHURCH. 14:22 BUT IF I CAN'T KEEP HIM OUT, I GET HIM HUNG UP ON A PREACHER. 14:27 NOTHING WRONG WITH LOVING YOUR PASTOR. 14:29 I THINK YOU OUGHT TO LOVE PASTORS. 14:31 AND IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT, THEN I'D BE PUTTING 14:32 MYSELF IN TROUBLE. 14:35 BUT JUST DON'T PUT YOUR PREACHER ABOVE JESUS. 14:39 THAT'S ALL. 14:44 I THINK THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU NICE CLOTHES. 14:47 I THINK THE LORD WILL GIVE, GOD OWNS EVERY AUTOMOBILE FACTORY 14:52 ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 14:54 IF HE THOUGHT YOU NEEDED 10 ROLLS-ROYCES, HE COULD CAUSE 14:59 THE NEXT 10 TO BE ROLLED OUT WITH A NAMEPLATE ON THE DASH 15:03 AND YOUR NAME WOULD BE THERE. 15:06 SOME OF US CAN'T HANDLE ONE, SO HE'S CERTAINLY 15:10 NOT GOING TO GIVE US TEN. 15:12 HE'S HAVING A HARD ENOUGH TIME WITH SOME OF US RIDING 15:14 IN THESE TOYOTAS AND HONDAS. 15:18 BUT IF HE THOUGHT YOU NEEDED IT, HOW MANY KNOW HE COULD 15:21 GIVE IT TO YOU ? 15:23 NOTHING WRONG WITH CARS. 15:25 NOTHING WRONG WITH HOUSES. 15:26 GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO LIVE WELL. 15:28 NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 15:30 THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE GET CAUGHT IN PERIPHERAL ISSUES, 15:34 AND IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. 15:38 I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU. 15:40 GO TO DANIEL. 15:42 DANIEL, CHAPTER 7, AND VERSE 25. 15:47 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 15:49 THE DEVIL IS NOT KIDDING. 15:51 SEE, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS IS A BIG JOKE. 15:53 YOU THINK THAT THE DEVIL IS SOME RED THING WITH 15:57 HORNS AND A TAIL ? 16:01 OR YOU WATCH SOME SORRY LITTLE MOVIE AND THINK 16:04 THAT IT'S CUTE THAT SOMETHING SHAKES IN THE HOUSE. 16:08 WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE WINDOWS. 16:11 THEY PLAY WITH LITTLE GAMES AND SOMETHING GETS INSIDE 16:16 AND YOU THINK THAT'S NICE. 16:18 I LOVE TO SEE THAT. 16:19 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 16:20 I'M CAREFUL WITH WHAT I WATCH AT MY HOUSE. 16:23 YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO. 16:24 YOUR HOUSE IS YOUR HOUSE. 16:25 YOU WATCH ANYTHING YOU FEEL LIKE, BRING ANY GAME IN THERE 16:28 YOU WANT, BRING ANY KIND OF TOY IN THERE YOU WANT, BUT LET 16:30 ME TELL YOU, I DON'T EVER WANT THE DEVIL TO MISUNDERSTAND 16:34 WHAT I DO AS AN INVITATION. 16:41 I WANT THE RECORD TO BE REAL CLEAR. 16:43 YOU ARE NOT INVITED IN HERE. 16:45 AND IF I EVER FIND HIM IN THERE, I KNOW WHO TO CALL. 16:49 I'LL CALL MY BIG BROTHER, JESUS. 16:53 AND HE CAN GET HIM OUT. 16:55 LOOK, DANIEL, CHAPTER 7, AND LOOK AT VERSE 25. 16:59 AND HE SHALL SPEAK GREAT WORDS AGAINST THE MOST HIGH 17:03 AND SHALL WEAR OUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. 17:07 AND THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS, AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN 17:11 INTO HIS HAND UNTIL A TIMES OF TIMES AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME. 17:15 IF YOU WERE TAKE THOSE NUMBERS TIMES TIMES DIVIDING OF TIMES, 17:18 AND USED THE NUMBER 360, WHICH IT WAS USED FOR A YEAR, AND IF 17:22 YOU TURN THOSE DAYS INTO A YEAR, YOU COME UP WITH TWELVE HUNDRED 17:25 AND SIXTY YEARS AND YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 17:29 THOSE ARE THE YEARS THAT BRING US TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHURCH 17:31 GOT FREEDOM, WHEN GOD DELIVERED THE WOMAN FROM THE WILDERNESS. 17:35 AND RIGHT ABOUT THAT TIME IS WHEN GOD SAYS, I'M 17:38 CALLING A REMNENT. 17:39 I'M CALLING A FAITHFUL GROUP, WHO WILL FOLLOW 17:42 ME WHEREVER I GO. 17:44 I WANT SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND FOR ME. 17:46 SO THAT VERY PROPHECY BRINGS YOU THERE, BUT IT SAYS THAT 17:49 THERE IS A RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY THAT THINKS TO CHANGE TIMES 17:54 AND LAWS THAT WILL WEAR OUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. 17:58 AND I TELL YOU THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD, THE TRUE 18:02 CHURCH OF GOD HAS ENEMIES THAT ARE TRYING TO DESTROY IT. 18:07 THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THAT THE DEVIL CANNOT OVERCOME JESUS. 18:12 WE READ IT, DIDN'T WE ? 18:13 THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THE CHURCH. 18:20 GO TO DANIEL, CHAPTER 8, AND LOOK AT VERSE 11, 18:25 VERSES 11 AND 12. 18:28 YEA HE MAGNIFIED HIMSELF EVEN TO THE PRINCE OF THE HOST. 18:31 AND BY HIM THE DAILY SACRIFICE WAS TAKEN AWAY AND THE PLACE OF 18:35 HIS SANCTUARY WAS CAST DOWN. 18:37 AND A HOST WAS GIVEN HIM AGAINST THE DAILY SACRIFICE 18:41 BY REASON OF TRANSGRSION. 18:42 AND IT CAST DOWN THE TRUTH TO THE GROUND AND PRACTICED AND 18:48 IT PRACTICED AND PROSPERED. 18:51 A RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY THAT CAST TRUTH TO THE GROUND. 18:58 SO LISTEN TO THE DEVIL'S PLAN. 19:00 LET THEM GO TO CHURCH. 19:04 JUST GIVE THEM FALSE DOCTRINE. 19:08 CAST TRUTH TO THE GROUND. 19:12 NOW THERE'S SOME THINGS WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN 19:15 HERE FOR A WHILE TOGETHER. 19:17 I HAD SOMEBODY ASK ME THE OTHER DAY, DON'T MOST PEOPLE 19:19 COME IN AND PREACH OVER A WEEKEND AND LEAVE ? 19:23 I SAID, YEAH. 19:24 HOW IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD 19:26 TO STAY HERE THIS LONG ? 19:28 WELL, BECAUSE I HAD A LOT TO SAY. 19:33 AND IT ALL CAME FROM THE BIBLE. 19:37 WATCH THIS. 19:38 THIS AUTHORITY CAST THE TRUTH ABOUT BAPTISM TO THE GROUND. 19:43 SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU OUGHT TO SPRINKLE, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS 19:46 WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, HE WENT DOWN AND CAME BACK UP. 19:50 ARE YOU WITH ME ? 19:52 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MORTALITY OF THE SOUL. 19:55 THERE ARE SOME WHO TEACH THAT WHEN YOU 19:58 DIE YOU'RE NOT REALLY DEAD. 19:59 THAT SOMETHING FLOATS AROUND. 20:00 THE SOUL IS INDESTRUCTIBLE. 20:01 BUT WE READ IT RIGHT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 20:04 THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE, BUT 20:07 THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANYTHING. 20:09 AND THE SOUL THAT SINNETH, IN ANOTHER PLACE, IT SHALL DIE. 20:12 WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, YOU'RE DEAD. 20:13 BUT WE READ THAT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 20:15 THIS AUTHORITY CAST THAT TRUTH TO THE GROUND. 20:18 SOME DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 20:22 YOU CAN READ THIS BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER, IN FACT, I'VE 20:24 GOT A MAN WHO WILL GIVE YOU $25,000 IN CASH ANY TIME YOU 20:29 COME UP WITH A TEXT IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS, WORSHIP ON ANY OTHER 20:34 DAY THAN SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 20:38 SO, IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME MONEY FAST, FIND IT. 20:42 STAY UP ALL NIGHT LONG. 20:44 READ EVERY PAGE OF THE BIBLE. 20:47 DON'T MISS ONE VERSE, AND COME UP WITH ONE TEXT WHERE JESUS 20:52 SAYS, I CHANGED, NOW I WANT YOU TO KEEP ANOTHER DAY. 20:56 AND WE WILL GLADLY TAKE YOU TO THE MAN WITH THE $25,000. 20:59 I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COME UP WITH IT, GIVE 21:01 ME A LITTLE BIT. 21:04 BUT I HAVE NO HOPE WHATSOEVER, BECAUSE I HAVE READ THE BOOK 21:08 FROM COVER TO COVER AND JESUS DOES NOT CHANGE. 21:11 HE SAYS UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY NOT ONE DOTTING OF 21:14 AN "I" OR CROSSING OF A "T" WILL PASS FROM THIS LAW. 21:18 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, IT IS 21:21 THE SABBATH THAT STANDS OUT. 21:23 BUT THE TRUTH WAS CAST TO THE GROUND. 21:25 THEN THE TRUTH WAS CAST TO THE GROUND ABOUT THE 21:28 PRIESTLY MINISTRY OF CHRIST. 21:29 NOBODY KNEW. 21:30 THEY THOUGHT THAT WHEN JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN IT WAS JUST OVER. 21:33 YOU AND I KNOW THAT WHEN HE WENT TO HEAVEN, HE WENT 21:35 INTO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AS MY HIGH PRIEST. 21:40 AND WHEN I PRAY, WHEN I PRAY, I PRAY TO GOD, BUT JESUS IS THERE. 21:48 WHEN MY SINS NEED TO BE FORGIVEN, JESUS SAYS 21:51 MY BLOOD FATHER. 21:53 I DON'T HAVE THE BLOOD OF LAMBS OR GOATS OR SPRINKLING 21:57 OF A HEIFER'S ASHES. 21:59 MY BLOOD WAS SHED ON CALVARY. 22:01 AND SINCE I SHED THAT BLOOD, I CAN BRING THAT 22:05 BLOOD TO THIS SANCTUARY. 22:07 AND WITHOUT BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SIN. 22:10 BUT WHEN THE BLOOD OF JESUS TOUCHES MY SIN, MY SIN IS GONE. 22:15 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN ? 22:17 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 22:24 THEN THERE CAME A REFORMATION LED BY PROTESTANT CHURCHES 22:28 AND THEY GOT A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW 22:31 THINGS THEY DIDN'T GET RIGHT. 22:33 THEY IGNORED THE SABBATH. 22:36 THEY SAID WELL, THIS IMMORTALITY THING, LET'S 22:40 JUST BREEZE OVER THAT. 22:42 THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT BAPTISM. 22:45 JUST KIND OF BAPTIZE THE WAY YOU LIKE. 22:48 IT'S OKAY. 22:50 THEY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS BUT NEVER MENTIONED WHAT 22:53 JESUS IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. 22:59 AND THEN THEY BEGAN TO MAKE WAR BETWEEN GRACE AND LAW. 23:05 YOU KNOW. 23:06 IF YOU'RE UNDER GRACE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO 23:08 ANYTHING RIGHT ANYMORE. 23:10 AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT MAKES YOU THINK THAT IN THE NAME 23:13 OF JESUS YOU CAN STEAL. 23:16 YOU CAN LIE. 23:19 THAT MEANS YOU COULD LOOK AT MY WIFE IN THIS AUDITORIUM TONIGHT 23:23 AND DEVISE A PLAN IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU COULD TAKE HER FROM ME 23:28 AND DO IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 23:31 WELL, IN THE NAME OF JESUS YOU'D BETTER STOP THINKING LIKE THAT. 23:41 BECAUSE THE LAW OF GOD STANDS. 23:44 AND GRACE DOES NOT DO AWAY WITH THE LAW. 23:48 GOD FORBID. 23:51 WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THROUGH GRACE IS THAT 23:53 JESUS FORGIVES MY SINS. 23:56 THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, WHEN I DIE AND JESUS REPLACES ME INSIDE 24:03 MY HEART AND INSIDE MY HEAD, SO THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IS NOT ME. 24:10 IT'S JESUS LIVING IN ME. 24:11 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MUST SAY TO YOU TONIGHT BASED 24:17 ON THE TRUTH THAT YOU AND I HAVE READ FROM THE BIBLE. 24:23 JUST ANY CHURCH WILL NOT DO. 24:33 I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT DENOMINATIONALISM. 24:37 I GOT A RELATIVES IN PRACTICALLY EVERY CHURCH THERE IS. 24:41 AND I WON'T CALL THE NAMES BUT THERE ARE SOME DENOMINATIONS 24:44 THAT ARE QUITE HIGH BROW, AND THEY LOOK DOWN ON ME. 24:48 THEY SAY, YOU DON'T REACH WHERE WE ARE. 24:53 AND I SAY, YEAH, BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS 24:56 REACHES DOWN TO THE DEPTHS. 25:01 JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST, SO HE MAY MISS 25:05 YOU ALL WAY UP THERE BUT HE GETS US DOWN HERE. 25:10 AND I'VE GOT SOME RELATIVES WHO ARE KIND OF YOU KNOW 25:14 IN A DIFFERENT. . .YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPIRIT. 25:17 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 25:19 I'LL SURPRISE YOU. 25:23 WHEN THE TRUTH HITS ME RIGHT, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED NOT TO 25:27 SHOUT ON THE BASIS OF FEELINGS. 25:29 I SHOUT ON THE BASIS OF FACT. 25:35 IF YOU WANT TO REALLY SHOUT, GIVE ME SOMETHING CONCRETE. 25:39 SOMETHING, GIVE ME SOMETHING IN THE WORD. 25:41 I DON'T WANT TO SHOUT ON GRAVY. 25:48 I DON'T WANT TO SHOUT ON ICING. 25:51 GIVE ME THE REAL MEAT OF THE WORD AND YOU 25:53 UNDERSTAND MY USAGE. 25:56 AND I'LL GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 25:57 IN FACT, I WILL SHOCK MYSELF SOMETIMES. 26:00 I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT ME AND MY DOG. 26:03 MY DOG IS GONE, BUT HE WAS A WONDERFUL ANIMAL. 26:05 STAYED WITH ME IN MY STUDY. 26:07 AND WHEN I'D GET SOMETHING RIGHT AND I'D STAND UP, HE'D STAND UP. 26:15 I THOUGHT HE MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME. 26:19 HE'D GET EXCITED. 26:20 BUT THE FACT IS THAT IT'S NOT HOW YOUR CHURCH WORSHIPS. 26:27 IT'S NOT THE STYLE. 26:33 IT'S THE SUBSTANCE. 26:35 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 26:36 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 26:39 WALTER L. 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