Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000431
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:12 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED "THE PARTY'S OVER." 00:17 (theme music) WP: WOULD YOU TURN WITH 00:27 ME TO THE BOOK OF MARK. 00:29 MARK, CHAPTER 6. 00:31 AND TONIGHT, YOU'VE SEEN MY TITLE. 00:35 SOMEBODY ALREADY SAID, DID YOU PLAN THAT TITLE JUST BECAUSE IT 00:38 WAS THE LAST NIGHT OF PREACHING? 00:41 WELL, I DIDN'T EXACTLY, BUT IT FITS, DOESN'T IT ? 00:44 THE TITLE TONIGHT IS THE PARTY'S OVER. 00:49 SO, YOU CAN TAKE IT ANY WAY YOU CHOOSE, BUT THAT'S 00:53 THE TITLE FOR THIS SERMON. 00:55 GO TO MARK, CHAPTER 6, AND I'M GOING TO BEGIN 00:58 READING AT VERSE 25. 01:00 MARK, CHAPTER 6, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 25. 01:04 HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 01:06 AND SHE CAME IN STRAIGHT WAY WITH HASTE UNTO THE KING, 01:10 AND ASKED, SAYING, I WILL THAT THOU WILL GIVE ME BY 01:14 AND BY IN A CHARGER THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 01:20 AND THE KING WAS EXCEEDING SORRY. 01:23 YET FOR HIS OATH SAKE AND FOR THEIR SAKES, WHICH SAT WITH 01:27 HIM, HE WOULD NOT REJECT HER. 01:30 AND IMMEDIATELY THE KING SENT AN EXECUTIONER AND COMMANDED 01:34 HIS HEAD TO BE BROUGHT. 01:36 AND HE WENT AND BEHEADED HIM IN THE PRISON. 01:40 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 01:42 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL ONCE AGAIN. 01:44 WE HAVE COME TO THE LAST NIGHTLY SERMON OF THIS SERIES. 01:49 BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD HAS 01:53 BEEN WITH US. 01:54 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 01:57 FOR JESUS' POWER WITHIN US, AROUND US, ABOUT US. 02:01 AND SO TONIGHT WE DO NOT DOUBT. 02:04 IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE ARE POWERFUL. 02:07 IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE CAN GUARANTEE SUCCESS. 02:10 BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED 02:14 TOGETHER IN GOD'S NAME, GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF THEM. 02:17 DON'T FAIL US TONIGHT, FATHER. 02:19 BE WITH US, AND WE SHALL GIVE THEE HONOR AND GLORY AND PRAISE. 02:24 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 02:28 THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE OCCASION. 02:33 YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 02:37 JOHN DID NO MIRACLES. 02:39 THAT'S JOHN, CHAPTER 10 AND VERSE 41. 02:42 JOHN DID NOT DO MIRACLES AS AN ORDINARY PROPHET WOULD DO. 02:47 THERE WERE PEOPLE OF GOD, THERE WERE MEN OF GOD WHO 02:49 TOUCHED THOSE WITH DISEASES AND THEY WERE HEALED. 02:54 THERE WERE MEN OF GOD WHO WOULD OFFER PRAYERS AND SUPERNORMAL 02:58 OCCURRENCES FOLLOWED. 03:01 JOHN DID NONE OF THESE THINGS, BUT WHEN HE SPOKE, YOU KNEW 03:08 THAT THERE WAS POWER. 03:10 MOST OF HIS PREACHING WAS NOT ABOUT HIM, IT WAS ABOUT THE 03:14 ONE WHO WOULD FOLLOW HIM. 03:16 HE SAID THERE'S SOMEBODY COMING AFTER ME WHOSE SHOES I'M 03:22 NOT WORTHY TO UNLATCH. 03:25 I'M NOT WORTHY TO PUT ON OR TAKE HIS SHOES OFF. 03:29 SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY CAME PREACHING SAYING 03:32 HOW LOWLY THEY WERE AND HOW HUMBLE THEY WERE, YOU WOULD 03:36 THINK THAT NOBODY WOULD CARE. 03:39 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THIS, WHILE HE DID NO MIRACLE AS NORMAL 03:44 PROPHETS WOULD DO, EVERY WORD HE SAID WAS TRUE AND THE PEOPLE 03:51 GATHERED ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY PREACHER. 03:55 IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS THAT WHEN JOHN THE 03:58 BAPTIST SPOKE, SATAN WAS IN FEAR OF LOSING HIS KINGDOM. 04:05 THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO LIVED DURING THE TIME OF JOHN THE 04:09 BAPTIST WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH TO BE AS YOUNG AS HE WAS. 04:13 HE WAS NOT A SLAVE TO FASHION. 04:16 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WORE VERY STRANGE CLOTHES. 04:20 HE WAS NOT POPULAR BECAUSE OF HIS DRESS. 04:23 HE WAS NOT POPULAR BECAUSE OF HIS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. 04:26 THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN PROVE. 04:28 HE WAS NOT POPULAR BECAUSE OF WHERE HE PREACHED. 04:31 IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE TIME WHEN HE PREACHED HE WAS 04:34 OUT IN THE WILDERNESS. 04:35 SO, THE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY, WEARING THEIR NICE LITTLE 04:39 CITY CLOTHES, CAME OUT TO THE COUNTRY AND SAT ANYWHERE 04:44 THEY COULD TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 04:48 AND HIS PREACHING BECAME SO POWERFUL THAT PEOPLE BEGAN 04:53 TO WHISPER TO EACH OTHER, WHY DON'T WE MAKE HIM OUR KING. 04:59 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 05:00 THIS IS WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE. 05:03 JUST TO STAND UP AND TALK DOESN'T GIVE YOU POWER. 05:08 JUST TO INVOKE GOD'S NAME DOESN'T GIVE YOU POWER. 05:12 ANYBODY CAN DO THAT. 05:15 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE POWER THAT COMES FROM ABOVE. 05:19 AND WHEN THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BE SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE 05:22 HUMAN BEING WHO DOES IT. 05:24 IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, NOT BY POWER, BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 05:28 SO, WHEN THIS MAN PREACHED IT WAS NOT HIS DRESS, IT WAS 05:34 NOT HIS CREDENTIALS, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN HIS VOICE. 05:37 ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS SOMETHING TO HEAR. 05:41 BUT WHEN HE SPOKE IT WAS WITH CONVICTION AND IT WAS WITH THE 05:44 POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 05:47 AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT FROM THE CITY LISTENED. 05:50 THEY WERE RIVETED TO HIS VOICE. 05:54 THEY LOOKED IN HIS EYES. 05:55 I READ LONG AGO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY SPEAKS THEIR 05:58 EYES TELL ON THEM. 06:02 YOUR EYES TELL IN MILLISECONDS WHETHER YOU THINK YOU'RE 06:06 TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT. 06:08 YOUR EYES SAY WHETHER YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY OR WHETHER 06:12 YOU DOUBT IT YOURSELF. 06:14 I BELIEVE IF YOU SPEAK FOR GOD, GOD CONTROLS THE WAY YOUR EYES 06:18 REFLECT, AND YOUR EYES BECOME A TESTIMONY OF THE POWER OF GOD. 06:23 SO WHEN THEY LOOKED IN HIS EYES, WHEN THEY LISTENED, 06:29 THEY WERE SHAKEN TO THE CORE. 06:32 WELL, ACCORDING TO THE RECORD, ONE DAY THE TETRARCH OF GALILEE, 06:39 THIS TERM SIMPLY MEANS THAT HE WAS NOT REALLY A KING ON HIS 06:43 OWN RIGHT, BUT THE ROMANS HAD GIVEN HIM HIS POWER. 06:46 THAT WAS A LITTLE SHADOW OVER HIS POSITION, BUT HE 06:50 WAS STILL A POWERFUL MAN, THIS HEROD ANTIPUS. 06:53 HE CAME OUT AND MADE THE MISTAKE OF LISTENING FOR A 06:56 MOMENT TO JOHN THE BAPTIST. 07:00 HE PROBABLY PLANNED JUST TO STAY THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 07:04 WHEN DOES HE START ? 07:06 WELL, HE STARTS WHENEVER HE WANTS TO. 07:09 WHERE DO YOU SIT ? 07:10 WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE A MAN LIKE YOU WOULD SIT, 07:13 SIR, BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE DOESN'T HAVE PEWS. 07:18 I USUALLY SIT ON THIS STUMP RIGHT HERE. 07:20 WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THAT ? 07:21 NO, IT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SIT THERE--I'LL JUST STAND. 07:26 HOW LONG DOES HE PREACH ? 07:27 WELL, YOU CAN'T TELL. 07:29 SOMETIMES IT LONG, SOMETIMES IT'S SHORT. 07:33 AND PEOPLE COME OUT HERE ALL THE TIME ? 07:35 YOU SEE THEM. 07:36 AND THEY'LL BE LIKE THIS UNTIL HE FINISHES. 07:39 SO HEROD STOPS AND LISTENS. 07:43 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF JOHN'S SERMON, SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT 07:47 IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT. 07:53 JOHN SAID, YOU, YOU HEROD, YOU SHOULD NOT BE MARRIED TO THE 08:01 WOMAN WHO YOU'RE LIVING WITH. 08:07 NOW, WHERE I LIVE I KNOW THE REACTION. 08:09 I KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 08:11 OHHHH. 08:14 BECAUSE YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. 08:17 YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOO MUCH HOLY BOLDNESS. 08:20 BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH GOD, YOU REALLY DON'T WORRY, 08:24 SO LONG AS YOU'RE SAYING WHAT GOD TOLD YOU TO SAY. 08:28 BECAUSE IF GOD SAYS SAY IT, GOD WILL PROTECT YOU. 08:31 AND IF HE ALLOWS YOU TO DIE, YOU'LL RISE AGAIN. 08:34 SO THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR WHEN YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH. 08:39 I IMAGINE, IN FACT, I READ ONE OF THOSE SCHOLARS WHO 08:43 LIKES TO COMMENT ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BIBLE. 08:45 THEY SAID, SOMEBODY PERHAPS TOLD JOHN THE BAPTIST, LOOK, FROM NOW 08:48 ON, YOU GOT BY WITH THAT ONE. 08:51 BUT FROM NOW ON, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD NOT GET SO 08:53 PERSONAL, PARTICULARLY WITH POWERFUL PEOPLE. 08:57 DID YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS ? 08:58 YES, I KNEW WHO IT WAS. 08:59 YOU SEE, WHAT JOHN WOULD DO, HE WOULD LIVE IN THE 09:02 COUNTRY, BUT GO INTO THE CITY TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 09:05 IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREACH ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT 09:08 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO TALK WITH GOD BECAUSE YOUR 09:12 POWER DOES NOT COME WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. 09:16 POWER COMES WITH A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH A POWERFUL BEING. 09:22 SO YOU CAN'T JUST KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 09:25 KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING DOES NOT GIVE YOU POWER. 09:27 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. 09:30 BUT IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND RETREAT 09:34 TO WHERE HE LIVES, AND HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH GOD, AND GET 09:40 THE POWER BUILT UP, AND GET THE POINT PUT ON THE MESSAGE. 09:45 THEN YOU GO AND PREACH ABOUT IT. 09:47 SO SOMEONE MAY HAVE TOLD HIM, LOOK, WE LOVE YOUR PREACHING. 09:51 IN FACT, IF YOU WERE UP FOR ELECTION, I WOULD VOTE FOR YOU. 09:57 BUT WE WANT YOU TO LIVE UNTIL AN ELECTION. 10:01 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TALKING LIKE THIS. 10:03 NOT TO HEROD. 10:05 AND WHAT WOULD JOHN THE BAPTIST HAVE SAID. 10:08 I DARE TO IMAGINE. 10:09 BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, HE DID NOT STOP SAYING 10:13 WHAT HE WAS SAYING. 10:14 HERE IS THE FACT. 10:16 THIS HEROD WAS AN AMAZING MAN. 10:19 HE HAD BEEN MARRIED TO THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF ARABIA. 10:24 NOW, LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE. 10:26 LET'S GET REAL. 10:28 WHEN YOU MARRY THE DAUGHTER OF A KING, YOU MUST BE 10:30 CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT HER. 10:36 WELL, WHEN YOU MARRY ANYBODY'S DAUGHTER. . .YOU NEED TO BE 10:41 CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT HER, BECAUSE WHO HER FATHER IS ON 10:46 EARTH IS NOT SO IMPORTANT AS WHO HER FATHER IS IN HEAVEN. 10:50 AND WHEN YOU MARRY A CHILD OF THE KING, YOU'D BETTER KNOW THAT 10:53 THERE IS SOMEBODY WATCHING OVER YOU, HOW YOU TREAT THAT CHILD. 10:57 ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME ? 10:59 BUT, HEROD MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF ARABIA, THEN PUTS 11:04 HER AWAY WHEN HE FINDS HERODIUS. 11:08 SO, HE HAD TWO LIVING WIVES. 11:14 DO YOU SEE IT ? 11:16 IF YOU GET TOO QUIET, YOU'LL MAKE ME WONDER ABOUT YOU. 11:19 HERODIUS HAD PREVIOUSLY MARRIED PHILIP, HER 11:23 FATHER'S HALF BROTHER. 11:27 NOW, SHE BECOMES THE CONSORT OF HEROD ANTIPUS, WHO 11:32 IS HER HALF UNCLE. 11:35 AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD STUFF ON THE DAYTIME SHOW. 11:41 THERE IS MORE CHICANERY IN THE BIBLE THAN 11:43 ANYWHERE ON TELEVISION. 11:45 IF YOU WANT TO SEE DRAMA, OPEN UP THE WORD OF GOD. 11:48 SO, HERE WAS THE SITUATION. 11:51 NOT ONLY DID HEROD HAVE TWO LIVING WIVES, BUT HERODIUS 11:55 HAD TWO LIVING HUSBANDS. 11:57 AND, HEROD DIDN'T WAIT UNTIL PHILIP HAD MOVED AWAY. 12:03 HE DIDN'T ALLOW A DIVORCE TO HAPPEN. 12:07 HE DREW HERODIUS TO HIM, EVEN THOUGH PHILIP AND 12:12 HERODIUS HAD A CHILD. 12:14 SO, HE BROKE UP THEIR HOME. 12:17 HE WAS A HOME WRECKER. 12:21 YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM ? 12:24 SO YOU'VE GOT A MAN NOW WHO IS DOING A LOT OF THINGS WRONG, 12:27 AND HIS WIFE WITH HIM. 12:29 BECAUSE THIS MAY SEEM TILTED GENDER, BUT IT IS NOT. 12:34 YOU ARE GUILTY, BOTH OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TWO LIVING 12:37 SPOUSES, THERE'S A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN PUT ASIDE, THERE'S A 12:40 FAMILY THAT'S BEEN TORN APART, AND NOW THEY THINK THAT GOD 12:45 WILL SMILE ON THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH AND POWERFUL. 12:51 GOD COULD CARE LESS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE. 12:56 THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH ANYHOW. 12:59 THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED SWORD. 13:02 IT WILL CUT ANYBODY. 13:04 ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS GET CLOSE TO IT. 13:06 IN FACT, I HAVE PEOPLE TELL ME ALL THE TIME, PASTOR, 13:09 THAT SERMON YOU PREACHED REALLY STEPPED ON MY TOES. 13:14 I'LL SAY, WELL, WHAT DID YOU THINK IT DID BEFORE I 13:15 PREACHED IT TO YOU, WHILE I WAS GETTING READY FOR IT ? 13:20 IT DOESN'T CARE WHO IT IS THAT HANDLES THE WORDS. 13:24 THE WORD WILL DECLARE THE TRUTH TO ANYBODY. 13:27 SO THE WORD IS CLEAR. 13:29 YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO EXEMPT YOURSELF FROM THE TRUTH. 13:34 SO, WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHED, HE MADE IT PERSONAL, 13:38 AND HE SAID IT OUT LOUD. 13:40 IN FACT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS THAT BEFORE HEROD 13:45 ANTIPUS MARRIED HERODIUS, THE WORD CAME TO HIM, YOU 13:50 BETTER NOT MARRY HER. 13:53 AND IT CAME FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. 13:55 WHEN HERODIUS HEARD ABOUT IT, AND I TRY TO SURMISE ABOUT 13:59 THE PERSONALITY OF HERODIUS. 14:01 SHE SEEMED A VERY STRONG WOMAN. 14:05 SHE HEARD THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID THEY SHOULDN'T GET 14:08 MARRIED AND SHE STARTED TALKING TO HEROD. 14:11 FORGIVE ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A VOICE THAT'S 14:14 ONE THAT I KNOW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I GREW UP. 14:19 SO YOU SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET MARRIED BECAUSE YOU WENT 14:24 OUT AND HEARD SOME STRANGE DRESSED PREACHER ? 14:27 AND HE SAYS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T MARRY ME ? 14:31 AND YOU'RE GOING TO DISAPPOINT ME BECAUSE OF SOMEBODY 14:33 WHO EATS WILD HONEY ? 14:37 DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, MAN ? 14:40 YOU'RE THE KING. 14:42 YOU CAN'T LET SOME STRANGE LOOKING PREACHER TELL 14:44 YOU WHAT TO DO. 14:46 DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ? 14:48 I'M NO ORDINARY WOMAN. 14:49 YOU DON'T PLAY WITH MY AFFECTIONS. 14:52 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU'D BETTER STAY AWAY 14:54 FROM THAT PREACHER. 14:56 COME IN HER TALKING THIS FOOLISHNESS THAT 14:58 YOU'RE TALKING NOW. 14:59 OH, WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED. 15:00 THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOME. 15:06 ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT ? 15:14 HEROD TRIED AS BEST HE COULD TO FORGET WHAT 15:20 JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID. 15:22 BUT FOLKS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING AND YOU 15:24 REALLY NEED TO HEAR ME NOW. 15:26 ONCE YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, THERE'S NOWHERE YOU CAN GO WHERE THE 15:32 TRUTH WILL NOT FIND YOU. 15:35 YOU CAN GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH, BUT ONCE TRUTH IS IN 15:41 YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR HEART, IT REPEATS AND REPEATS, AND 15:48 IT REPEATS FOR A REASON. 15:50 GOD SAID, I'M NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHALL PERISH, BUT THAT ALL 15:53 SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. 15:55 SO, THE ONE WHO CAUSES IT TO REPLAY IN YOUR HEAD IS 15:59 THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU. 16:01 JESUS LOVES YOU AND WILL NOT LET THE TRUTH LET YOU ALONE. 16:07 SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL WAKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT. 16:11 AND IT MAY BE SOME STRANGE PREACHER YOU SEE. 16:15 IT COULD EVEN BE ME. 16:18 BUT YOU'LL SEE SOME PREACHER AND YOU'LL HEAR THE WORDS. 16:21 BUT THEY WILL BE WORDS THAT ARE WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN 16:24 A HUMAN BEING COULD SPEAK. 16:25 THEY WILL BE WORDS THAT ARE REPEATED BY THE 16:28 POWER OF THE SPIRIT. 16:30 SO, HEROD HAD A PROBLEM. 16:32 HE'S GOT THIS WOMAN HE CAN'T RESIST, AND HE'S SEEN THIS 16:38 PROPHET WHOSE WORDS WON'T LEAVE HIM ALONE. 16:42 SO HE WAS TORMENTED EVERY TIME HE SAW HER. 16:45 IN FACT, THEY SAY THAT ONE TIME HEROD WENT AGAIN 16:49 TO HEAR THE PREACHER. 16:50 THESE ARE ALL SCHOLARS TRYING TO PULL WHAT THEY 16:54 CAN FROM SCRIPTURE. 16:56 AND THIS TIME WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE WAS DETERMINED. 16:59 SO HE MADE UP HIS MIND. 17:00 YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY HOME, 17:01 MAKING UP YOUR MIND. 17:02 I'M GOING TO TELL HER. 17:03 I'M GOING TO START OFF. 17:04 I'M NOT GOING TO LET ANY TIME LAPSE. 17:06 AS SOON AS I WALK IN THE DOOR, I'M JUST GOING 17:08 TO START IMMEDIATELY. 17:11 SHE WILL NOT CHANGE MY MIND THIS TIME. 17:14 IN FACT, I WON'T EVEN LET HER SPEAK. 17:16 I'M GOING TO STEP IN THE DOOR TALKING. 17:19 AND BEFORE SHE CAN GET A WORD IN, I WILL HAVE TOLD HER. 17:23 SO, GENTLEMEN, WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR, WAIT UNTIL I GET 17:25 THERE AND THEN SPRING BACK THE CURTAINS AND I'LL POP 17:29 IN AND START TALKING. 17:31 AND HE GOES IN AND HE SAYS, LOOK, NOW YOU BE QUIET. 17:35 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 17:37 WE ARE NOT GOING TO STAY TOGETHER. 17:40 THE PROPHET IS RIGHT, WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT REMAIN TOGETHER. 17:45 SO THIS IS OVER. 17:47 I'LL FIND YOU SOMEWHERE. 17:49 I'LL GET YOU A PLACE TO LIVE. 17:51 YOU'LL DO OKAY. 17:52 I CAN SUPPORT YOU IN THE LIFESTYLE TO WHICH YOU'VE 17:55 BECOME ACCUSTOMED. 17:56 BUT I WILL NOT DISOBEY THE VOICE OF GOD THROUGH THAT PROPHET. 18:03 SO WHAT DOES SHE SAY ? 18:05 HONEY, COME OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN. 18:11 YOU'RE TIRED. 18:15 I CAN TELL YOU'RE TIRED. 18:16 SEE THAT MUSCLE RIGHT THERE ? 18:17 SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN. 18:18 FEEL THAT ? 18:21 THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. 18:23 SEE ALL THAT TALK YOU WERE DOING, YOU'RE JUST TENSE. 18:29 THAT'S ALL IT IS. 18:32 DO YOU FEEL THAT ? 18:34 SEE RIGHT THERE ? 18:37 THAT'S ALL IT IS. 18:38 SEE ALL THAT, NOW DON'T YOU FEEL SILLY SAYING ALL THAT STUFF YOU 18:40 WERE SAYING WHEN YOU CAME IN ? 18:41 BECAUSE THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. 18:42 NOW THAT THING HAS KIND OF SMOOTHED OUT. 18:44 NOW WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE SAYING ? 18:47 WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE TELLING ME ? 18:49 YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING. 18:51 WEREN'T YOU SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT WE WERE NOT GOING 18:53 TO BE TOGETHER ? 18:54 LET ME GET THIS PART OF YOUR NECK RIGHT HERE. 18:58 IT'S TIGHT, TIGHT, TIGHT IN YOUR NECK. 19:02 NOW STAND UP AND TELL ME. 19:04 TELL ME, COME ON, TELL ME. 19:11 YOU'D BETTER WATCH OUT WHO YOU HOOK YOURSELF UP WITH. 19:16 AND I WANT TO SAY THIS WITH ALL THE KINDNESS 19:20 I CAN GET IN MY TONGUE. 19:24 WHEN IT COMES TO GOD'S WILL, BEING AGAINST ANYBODY 19:27 ELSE'S WILL, YOU'VE GOT TO CUT THAT PERSON OFF. 19:35 THEY CANNOT OFFER YOU WHAT GOD OFFERS YOU. 19:39 IN FACT, THE TRUTH BE TOLD, HEROD WAS NEVER HAPPY WITH 19:45 THAT WOMAN, BECAUSE FROM THE TIME HE HEARD THE TRUTH AND 19:49 CONTINUED TO RESIST IT, HIS LIFE WAS MISERABLE. 19:53 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, FOLKS. 19:55 YOU'VE HEARD ME PREACH ABOUT REAL MARRIAGE. 19:57 IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY, YOU GET THE RIGHT SPOUSE, 20:02 ONE THAT GOD CAN BLESS. 20:06 YOU GET THE RIGHT MARRIAGE. 20:08 IT'LL BE SO WONDERFUL YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK OF PROBLEMS. 20:10 YOU'LL COME HOME AND TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE UPSET 20:13 ABOUT ON THE WAY HOME. 20:14 BUT IF GOD BLESSES YOUR RELATIONSHIP, IT WON'T 20:17 EVEN COME BACK TO YOUR MIND. 20:18 BUT THAT'S WHEN GOD HAS GOT HIS HAND ON YOU. 20:21 WHEN YOU ARE IN A SITUATION THAT GOD CANNOT APPROVE OF, 20:24 YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY. 20:27 HEROD IS THE TETRARCH OF GALILEE. 20:30 HE'S GOT ALL THE POWER THAT HE CAN IMAGINE, AND YET HE'S NOT 20:34 HAPPY BECAUSE HE'S WITH A WOMAN WHO WON'T ALLOW HIM TO OBEY GOD. 20:40 WELL, HERODIUS WAS ALSO A RESOURCEFUL WOMAN. 20:44 SHE SAID, HOW CAN I GET RID OF THIS MAN. 20:50 BECAUSE IT'S NOT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD, IT'S JUST THAT PREACHER. 20:55 SO SHE KEPT AFTER HEROD, AND AFTER HIM. 20:59 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, HE'S OUT THERE TALKING 21:02 ABOUT YOU IN THE WOODS. 21:06 I'M SERIOUS. 21:07 EVERYWHERE I GO, ALL MY FRIENDS, THEY ASK ME, IF YOUR HUSBAND WAS 21:13 A REAL MAN, WOULD HE LET PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU IN THE WOODS ? 21:21 AND I KNOW WHO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 21:24 I'M EMBARRASSED. 21:25 I TRIED TO DEFEND YOU. 21:27 BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 21:29 HEROD, EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE A MAN OR NOT. 21:32 YOU GOING TO LET THAT PREACHER BE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT US ? 21:35 YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO LOCK HIM UP. 21:39 BECAUSE IF YOU LOCK HIM UP, HE CAN TALK 21:41 BUT NOBODY WILL HEAR HIM. 21:44 AND SHE KEPT ON HARPING ON HIM. 21:47 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 21:49 IF YOU'RE MARRIED TO ONE OF THEM, YOU'VE GOT TO 21:51 SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND NOT LET YOUR FACE CHANGE. 22:01 I CHALLENGE YOU. 22:02 DON'T LET A MUSCLE TWITCH. 22:06 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE UNTIL 22:09 YOU DO WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO. 22:12 ONE DAY HEROD SAID, HEY, HEY, HEY, LOCK HIM UP. 22:15 LOCK HIM UP. 22:18 TELL SOMEBODY, QUIET, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING 22:20 TO DO ANYTHING TO HIM. 22:21 PUT HIM IN A NICE PLACE. 22:22 TRY TO GET HIM AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE HE'S A MAN 22:24 OF GOD, HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH. 22:26 BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SOME ISSUES, IF YOU 22:30 UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. 22:31 SO, LOCK HIM UP. 22:32 NOW, LISTEN. 22:34 I'VE GOT A RULE FOR YOU. 22:36 I DON'T THINK THIS IS IN THE BIBLE AS I'M ABOUT TO SAY IT, 22:40 BUT IF SOMEBODY LEARNS THAT THEY CAN CONTROL YOUR WILL 22:45 AND MAKE YOU GO AGAINST YOUR GOD, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. 22:50 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FINISHED; THEY'RE JUST STARTING. 22:53 OH BOY, I'LL TELL YOU. 22:55 THE FOLKS WHO NEED TO HEAR THIS THE MOST ARE 22:58 LOCKED N IN A POSE. 23:01 YOU CAN'T MOVE. 23:03 BUT THE FACT IS THAT NOBODY CAN EVER THINK THAT THEY HAVE MORE 23:06 INFLUENCE ON YOU THAN YOUR GOD. 23:10 NEVER. 23:13 I GOT TO GET THIS IN. 23:15 IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD BE BAPTIZED TOMORROW, AND YOUR 23:23 SPOUSE OR YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR DAD OR YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER 23:32 OR ANYBODY THINKS THAT THEY CAN STOP YOU FROM DOING WHAT 23:36 IS RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT, YOU HAD BETTER LEARN THAT 23:41 YOU'VE GOT TO OBEY GOD NOW. 23:44 I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THEY 23:46 CAN DO IT WITH ME. 23:49 YOU NEED TO BE AN EXAMPLE, LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT 23:54 WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO COME ALONG WITH YOU. 23:56 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER COME ALONG, SO 23:59 YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT WHEN IT'S RIGHT. 24:03 YOU DON'T HAVE TOMORROW. 24:05 ALL YOU'VE GOT IS NOW. 24:07 SO, WHEN GOD CALLS YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO ANSWER NOW. 24:14 YOU MAY NOT BE ALIVE TOMORROW. 24:18 SO WATCH HEROD NOW. 24:20 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ? 24:22 I'M GOING TO PLAN A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE KING. 24:27 SO SHE SENDS AND INVITES ALL OF THE DIGNITARIES, 24:33 ALL OF THE PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM ARE NOTIFIED. 24:35 AND EVERYONE WHO IS SOMEBODY IS INVITED TO COME FOR THE 24:38 KING'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 24:41 AND HERODIUS HAS A PLAN. 24:43 YOU SEE, SHE KNOWS ALREADY THAT SHE HAS PUT A DENT IN 24:49 THE STYLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 24:51 I CAN'T SPEND LONG ON THIS, BUT I GOT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 24:54 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHILE JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS IN 24:58 JAIL, HIS SITUATION STARTED GETTING TO HIM. 25:03 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I THINK ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST. 25:06 REMEMBER, HE LIVES IN THE OPEN. 25:09 HE SLEEPS IN THE OPEN. 25:12 HE PULLS HIS BREAKFAST DOWN AND EATS. 25:16 YOU KNOW ? 25:17 HE SLEEPS OUT THERE. 25:18 HE IS AN OUTSIDE INDIVIDUAL. 25:21 HE'S A RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST. 25:25 AND THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW TO WATCH YOU AND FIND OUT 25:29 WHERE YOUR WEAKNESS IS. 25:32 STICK WITH ME. 25:34 SO, IF WHAT YOU LOVE IS PLENTY OF ROOM, DEVIL WILL 25:38 SAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO LOCK HIM UP. 25:43 I'LL PUT HIM IN A CELL. 25:45 HE'S SO POWERFUL OUTSIDE, LET'S SEE HOW HE OPERATES 25:49 IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. 25:53 SO, JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHO WAS ALWAYS FREE, NEVER LIVED IN 25:57 TOWN, NEVER HAD WALLS AROUND HIM, FINDS HIMSELF IN A CELL. 26:04 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 26:07 ENTITLED "THE PARTY'S OVER." 26:12 Announcer: LIFE IS FULL OF QUESTIONS. 26:14 SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO OR WHERE TO TURN. 26:16 WE HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARS AND WE WONDER WHAT IT ALL MEANS. 26:19 BUT THERE ARE ANSWERS, AND THERE IS HOPE WAITING FOR YOU IN GOD'S 26:23 WORD, THE BIBLE, AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO START EXPLORING 26:27 THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU THAN IN THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES. 26:30 IT'S THE BREATH OF LIFE GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK, AND YOUR 26:33 TICKET TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF GOD'S WORD. 26:36 THESE EASY-TO-READ AND ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STUDIES 26:38 GET TO WHAT'S ON GOD'S MIND FOR YOU, QUICKLY AND CLEARLY. 26:41 YOU'LL BE ENLIGHTENED BY STUDIES SUCH AS "IS GOD FAIR ?" 26:45 "WHEN JESUS COMES FOR YOU." 26:47 "THE SECRET OF ANSWERED PRAYER," AND "BRIDGE TO A 26:50 SATISFYING LIFE." 26:52 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER AT 1-877-BOL-OFFER. 26:55 THAT'S 1-877-265-6333, AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF 27:01 THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES, OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:03 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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