Annoucer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER 00:00:02.56\00:00:08.70 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:00:08.70\00:00:12.36 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED 00:00:12.36\00:00:15.80 "THE PARTY'S OVER." 00:00:15.80\00:00:17.63 (theme music) SO WATCH HEROD NOW. 00:00:17.63\00:00:29.70 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ? 00:00:29.70\00:00:31.50 I'M GOING TO PLAN A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE KING. 00:00:31.50\00:00:36.10 SO SHE SENDS AND INVITES ALL OF THE DIGNITARIES, 00:00:36.10\00:00:39.73 ALL OF THE PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM ARE NOTIFIED. 00:00:39.73\00:00:44.16 AND EVERYONE WHO IS SOMEBODY IS INVITED TO COME FOR THE 00:00:44.16\00:00:47.60 KING'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 00:00:47.60\00:00:50.16 AND HERODIUS HAS A PLAN. 00:00:50.16\00:00:52.83 YOU SEE, SHE KNOWS ALREADY THAT SHE HAS PUT A DENT IN 00:00:52.83\00:00:58.33 THE STYLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 00:00:58.33\00:01:00.96 I CAN'T SPEND LONG ON THIS, BUT I GOT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 00:01:00.96\00:01:03.60 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHILE JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS IN 00:01:03.60\00:01:07.80 JAIL, HIS SITUATION STARTED GETTING TO HIM. 00:01:07.80\00:01:12.70 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I THINK ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST. 00:01:12.70\00:01:15.16 REMEMBER, HE LIVES IN THE OPEN. 00:01:15.16\00:01:18.86 HE SLEEPS IN THE OPEN. 00:01:18.86\00:01:21.56 HE PULLS HIS BREAKFAST DOWN AND EATS. 00:01:21.56\00:01:25.30 YOU KNOW ? 00:01:25.30\00:01:26.26 HE SLEEPS OUT THERE. 00:01:26.26\00:01:27.36 HE IS AN OUTSIDE INDIVIDUAL. 00:01:27.36\00:01:30.66 HE'S A RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST. 00:01:30.66\00:01:34.03 AND THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW TO WATCH YOU AND FIND OUT 00:01:34.03\00:01:38.43 WHERE YOUR WEAKNESS IS. 00:01:38.43\00:01:41.30 STICK WITH ME. 00:01:41.30\00:01:42.96 SO, IF WHAT YOU LOVE IS PLENTY OF ROOM, DEVIL WILL 00:01:42.96\00:01:47.96 SAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO LOCK HIM UP. 00:01:47.96\00:01:52.23 I'LL PUT HIM IN A CELL. 00:01:52.23\00:01:54.26 HE'S SO POWERFUL OUTSIDE, LET'S SEE HOW HE OPERATES 00:01:54.26\00:01:58.63 IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. 00:01:58.63\00:02:01.96 SO, JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHO WAS ALWAYS FREE, NEVER LIVED IN 00:02:01.96\00:02:06.16 TOWN, NEVER HAD WALLS AROUND HIM, FINDS HIMSELF IN A CELL. 00:02:06.16\00:02:12.73 AND THEN SATAN SENDS SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES WITH A MESSAGE. 00:02:12.73\00:02:17.36 WELL, YOU NEED TO KNOW. 00:02:17.36\00:02:18.56 THIS IS IN LUKE, CHAPTER 7, START AROUND VERSE 20. 00:02:18.56\00:02:22.20 WELL, YOU NEED TO START EARLIER THAN THAT. 00:02:22.20\00:02:24.96 SOME OF THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN CAME TO JOHN AND SAID, HEY, 00:02:24.96\00:02:30.73 JOHN, HOW ARE YOU DOING ? 00:02:30.73\00:02:31.83 WE CAME BY TO CHEER YOU UP. 00:02:31.83\00:02:34.26 I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL ONCE, BUT I'VE LEARNED 00:02:34.26\00:02:36.26 SOMETHING ABOUT VISITORS. 00:02:36.26\00:02:38.03 NOT ALL VISITORS ARE THE SAME. 00:02:38.03\00:02:41.03 THERE ARE VISITORS WHO KNOW HOW TO CHEER YOU UP. 00:02:41.03\00:02:44.53 THERE ARE VISITORS WHO WILL RUIN YOUR DAY. 00:02:44.53\00:02:48.43 I HAD SOME VISITORS COME TO ME WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. 00:02:48.43\00:02:50.96 THEY KNEW WHY I WAS THERE, AND THEY WOULD SIT AND 00:02:50.96\00:02:53.73 SAY STUFF LIKE THIS. 00:02:53.73\00:02:55.83 WELL, YOU LOOK SO NICE. 00:02:55.83\00:02:57.83 I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE OKAY. 00:02:57.83\00:03:03.43 MY UNCLE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM BEFORE HE DIED LAST YEAR. 00:03:03.43\00:03:13.50 OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. 00:03:13.50\00:03:15.13 I HOPE YOU'VE GOT BETTER DOCTORS THAN HE DID. 00:03:15.13\00:03:20.13 BUT AS I REMEMBER HE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME THINGS IN 00:03:20.13\00:03:22.66 HIS--OH, I'M SORRY, FORGIVE ME. 00:03:22.66\00:03:25.23 THERE ARE SOME VISITORS YOU JUST DON'T WANT. 00:03:25.23\00:03:29.36 HERE'S WHAT JOHN'S DISCIPLES SAID. 00:03:29.36\00:03:32.26 THEY SAID, BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT 00:03:32.26\00:03:37.33 DO YOU REMEMBER JESUS, WHO YOU USED TO TELL US ABOUT ? 00:03:37.33\00:03:40.56 MAN, THAT USED TO BE GOOD. 00:03:40.56\00:03:41.56 WHEN YOU'D BE PREACHING ABOUT JESUS, WHOA ! POWERFUL STUFF. 00:03:41.56\00:03:47.00 I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO TALK ABOUT HIM. 00:03:47.00\00:03:48.80 WE THOUGHT THAT WHEN HE CAME, EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO CHANGE. 00:03:48.80\00:03:50.63 WE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD TAKE OVER THE WHOLE NATIONAL SCENE. 00:03:50.63\00:03:54.66 WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GAIN OUR FREEDOM. 00:03:54.66\00:03:56.83 THE WAY YOU TALKED ABOUT HIM, WE THOUGHT THAT AS SOON AS HE 00:03:56.83\00:03:59.73 CAME EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. 00:03:59.73\00:04:03.03 WELL, THEY SAY WHAT HE DOES NOW IS HE'S TAKEN OVER THE CROWDS 00:04:03.03\00:04:09.73 THAT YOU USED TO HAVE, BUT MAINLY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHAT I 00:04:09.73\00:04:15.06 HEAR IS THAT HE KINDS OF EATS WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. 00:04:15.06\00:04:20.03 THAT HE, IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCUSED HIM 00:04:20.03\00:04:23.83 OF BEING A GLUTTEN. 00:04:23.83\00:04:25.50 THEY SAY HE HANGS AROUND WITH PEOPLE OF ILL REPUTE. 00:04:25.50\00:04:28.50 HE'LL TALK TO JUST ABOUT ANYBODY. 00:04:28.50\00:04:32.33 NOW, I DON'T KNOW JOHN. 00:04:32.33\00:04:33.83 JOHN, I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN. 00:04:33.83\00:04:37.66 I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 00:04:37.66\00:04:41.80 TO ME THAT HE'S JUST NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD, HERE YOU 00:04:41.80\00:04:46.50 ARE IN JAIL, AND HE'S OUT EATING WITH HIGH-CLASS PEOPLE 00:04:46.50\00:04:52.53 AND GOING TO THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SOCIAL GATHERINGS. 00:04:52.53\00:04:56.23 I DON'T KNOW. 00:04:56.23\00:04:57.13 HEY, FORGET EVERYTHING I SAID, BECAUSE I DON'T 00:04:57.13\00:04:59.00 WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN. 00:04:59.00\00:05:01.50 IN FACT, JOHN SAYS IN THAT VERY TEXT, GO AND ASK HIM. 00:05:01.50\00:05:08.93 ARE YOU THE ONE ? 00:05:08.93\00:05:11.10 OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER ? 00:05:11.10\00:05:13.36 YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD. 00:05:13.36\00:05:15.93 LET ME TELL YOU WHY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 00:05:15.93\00:05:19.96 REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME THEY MET ? 00:05:19.96\00:05:23.86 REMEMBER THAT JESUS CAME TO BE BAPTIZED OF JOHN ? 00:05:23.86\00:05:28.86 REMEMBER THAT JOHN SAID, NO, I'M NOT WORTHY. 00:05:28.86\00:05:31.30 HE SAID, OH YES, IT'S GOT TO BE SO. 00:05:31.30\00:05:33.13 BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR ME TO SET THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 00:05:33.13\00:05:36.26 I MUST BE BAPTIZED. 00:05:36.26\00:05:37.33 SO, COME ON. 00:05:37.33\00:05:38.36 YOU ARE MY RELATIVE. 00:05:38.36\00:05:41.03 I WANT YOU TO BAPTIZE ME. 00:05:41.03\00:05:42.40 AND JOHN BAPTIZED JESUS AND BROUGHT HIM BACK UP. 00:05:42.40\00:05:46.50 AND EVERYBODY MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, BUT JOHN THE BAPTIST 00:05:46.50\00:05:50.50 HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, THIS IS MY BELOVED 00:05:50.50\00:05:56.30 SON, IN WHOM I'M WELL PLEASED. 00:05:56.30\00:05:59.53 JOHN SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT IN BRONZE LIGHT COMING LIGHT 00:05:59.53\00:06:04.63 ON JESUS AND KNEW THAT THERE WAS FATHER, SON, AND 00:06:04.63\00:06:09.53 HOLY GHOST IN ONE SPOT. 00:06:09.53\00:06:16.66 IF ANYBODY HAD STAYED WITH JESUS THE WHOLE TIME, IT SHOULD 00:06:16.66\00:06:20.26 HAVE BEEN JOHN THE BAPTIST. 00:06:20.26\00:06:22.60 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'VE LEARNED. 00:06:22.60\00:06:24.36 I'VE LEARNED THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN'T REMEMBER. 00:06:24.36\00:06:25.90 THEY HAVE SELECTIVE AMNESIA. 00:06:25.90\00:06:28.90 SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAVE SEEN SO MANY POWERFUL THINGS 00:06:28.90\00:06:31.60 THAT YOU OUGHT NOT EVER WAIVER IN YOUR FAITH. 00:06:31.60\00:06:34.33 YOU OUGHT TO STAND UP FOR JESUS ALL THE TIME. 00:06:34.33\00:06:37.06 IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE HE FOUND YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE 00:06:37.06\00:06:39.86 PICKED YOU UP, IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE WASHED YOU IN HIS BLOOD, 00:06:39.86\00:06:43.63 IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE TURNED YOU AROUND, YOU OUGHT NOT 00:06:43.63\00:06:46.63 EVER WAIVER IN YOUR FAITH. 00:06:46.63\00:06:49.13 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FORGET WHERE GOD FOUND THEM. 00:06:49.13\00:06:56.23 HERE IS JOHN, THE ONE WHO SAW IT ALL, SAYING, GO ASK HIM. 00:06:56.23\00:07:00.16 IS HE THE ONE OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER ? 00:07:00.16\00:07:04.16 WHEN HE GOT TO JESUS, JESUS DIDN'T ANSWER, BECAUSE JESUS 00:07:04.16\00:07:07.63 DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. 00:07:07.63\00:07:10.60 HE JUST SAID, COME SIT DOWN AND KIND OF WATCH ME. 00:07:10.60\00:07:13.16 AND THEY SAT THERE AND WATCHED HIM AS HE HEALED A LAME BOY. 00:07:13.16\00:07:17.36 SOMEBODY CAME UP ON CRUTCHES AND JESUS JUST TOUCHED 00:07:17.36\00:07:21.03 HIM AND THEY RAN AWAY. 00:07:21.03\00:07:22.66 SOMEBODY CAME BLIND AND HE WOULD JUST TOUCH THEIR EYES OR PICK 00:07:22.66\00:07:25.86 UP SOME CLAY AND MIX IT WITH SPITTLE AND PUT IT THERE. 00:07:25.86\00:07:29.53 AND THEY'D SAY, TOUCH ME ONE MORE TIME, AND 00:07:29.53\00:07:31.36 THEY'D BE ABLE TO SEE. 00:07:31.36\00:07:32.60 HE SAW SOMEBODY COME WITH SINS BURDENING THEM DOWN 00:07:32.60\00:07:34.86 AND HE'D JUST SAY, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU. 00:07:34.86\00:07:36.86 AND THEY'D STRAIGHTEN UP IN HIS PRESENCE. 00:07:36.86\00:07:40.36 AND THEIR FACES WOULD TAKE ON A SMILE. 00:07:40.36\00:07:42.63 AND AT THE END OF A DAY OF WATCHING THAT, HE SAID, JUST 00:07:42.63\00:07:44.86 GO TELL JOHN WHAT YOU SAW. 00:07:44.86\00:07:48.33 JUST GO TELL HIM WHAT YOU SAW. 00:07:48.33\00:07:51.80 ASK HIM IF HE'S ASHAMED OF ME ? 00:07:51.80\00:07:54.10 AND THAT WENT AWAY. 00:07:54.10\00:07:55.63 IT WENT AWAY JUST IN TIME, BECAUSE HERODIUS, THIS WOMAN 00:07:55.63\00:08:01.43 WHO HAD A LIVING HUSBAND IN A HOUSE AND A MAN SOMEWHERE 00:08:01.43\00:08:06.50 TAKING CARE OF HER CHILD. 00:08:06.50\00:08:09.36 THAT WOMAN HAD A PLAN. 00:08:09.36\00:08:12.03 SHE PLANNED A BIRTHDAY PARTY. 00:08:12.03\00:08:16.33 I WONDER, DID SHE TELL HER DAUGHTER BEFORE THE PARTY ? 00:08:16.33\00:08:22.36 I WONDER DID SHE TELL HER DAUGHTER WHAT SHE HAD IN MIND ? 00:08:22.36\00:08:26.56 IT WAS HER INTENT THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST BE DEAD. 00:08:26.56\00:08:31.53 BUT SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD GET HEROD ANTIPUS 00:08:31.53\00:08:34.10 TO KILL HIM OUTRIGHT. 00:08:34.10\00:08:36.66 SO SHE BUILT UP A SITUATION. 00:08:36.66\00:08:40.56 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOUR WEAKNESSES. 00:08:40.56\00:08:44.76 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO OFFER YOU 00:08:44.76\00:08:47.40 STRANGELY WONDERFUL THINGS. 00:08:47.40\00:08:51.70 SOMETIMES THE BEST OFFER YOU HEAR IS THE WORST 00:08:51.70\00:08:55.70 FOR YOUR FUTURE. 00:08:55.70\00:08:57.56 SHE SAYS, LOOK, HONEY. 00:08:57.56\00:08:59.20 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. 00:08:59.20\00:09:02.76 YOU DESERVE IT. 00:09:02.76\00:09:03.80 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 00:09:03.80\00:09:04.96 I'M MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN. 00:09:04.96\00:09:08.66 WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, JUST FEEL GOOD. 00:09:08.66\00:09:13.13 AND I'VE GOT A PLAN. 00:09:13.13\00:09:14.23 WE'RE GOING TO PUT, YOU KNOW YOUR FAVORITE THRONE ? 00:09:14.23\00:09:17.20 YOU KNOW THAT CHAIR ? 00:09:17.20\00:09:18.46 WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN THAT. 00:09:18.46\00:09:20.30 YOU KNOW THAT ROBE YOU HAVE WITH LIKE THAT METAL KIND OF LIKE 00:09:20.30\00:09:25.20 HAS GOLD AND SILVER IN IT ? 00:09:25.20\00:09:27.20 WOULD YOU WEAR THAT FOR ME ? 00:09:27.20\00:09:29.06 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU 00:09:29.06\00:09:31.53 PUT THAT ON, WHOA. 00:09:31.53\00:09:35.76 I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT ON. 00:09:35.76\00:09:38.00 WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF PLACE THE LIGHTS SO THAT YOU KNOW IT 00:09:38.00\00:09:40.33 KIND OF HITS YOU JUST RIGHT SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, MAN, PEOPLE 00:09:40.33\00:09:44.00 AREN'T GOING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU LOOK THAT GOOD. 00:09:44.00\00:09:47.70 AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT YOU DOWN AND ALL YOUR 00:09:47.70\00:09:49.50 FRIENDS WILL BE THERE. 00:09:49.50\00:09:50.33 IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL OCCASION. 00:09:50.33\00:09:52.83 AND IT WAS. 00:09:52.83\00:09:56.33 BUT THIS WOMAN WAS CALCULATING. 00:09:56.33\00:09:59.56 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:09:59.56\00:10:02.83 SHE WAS NOT CALCULATING BY HERSELF. 00:10:02.83\00:10:05.06 THE DEVIL WAS CALCULATING WITH HER. 00:10:05.06\00:10:10.40 LISTEN, JUST AS HAPPY AS GOD IS ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS, 00:10:10.40\00:10:15.73 THE DEVIL IS ANGRY. 00:10:15.73\00:10:18.00 AND HE WILL TRY TO PLAN FOR YOUR DEMISE. 00:10:18.00\00:10:21.20 SO, WHEN THEY CAME TO THIS AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL GATHERING, 00:10:21.20\00:10:26.13 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS. 00:10:26.13\00:10:28.66 THEY HAVE SOME MUSIC THAT IS NOT UPLIFTING IN NATURE. 00:10:28.66\00:10:32.70 NOW, MUSIC IS TOO CONTROVERSIAL TO LINGER ON, BUT YOU OUGHT 00:10:32.70\00:10:38.06 TO BE CAREFUL WHAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO. 00:10:38.06\00:10:40.76 I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, SEE, I'M NOT 00:10:40.76\00:10:42.73 EVEN LISTENING TO THE MUSIC. 00:10:42.73\00:10:44.80 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A BACKGROUND FOR MY LIFE. 00:10:44.80\00:10:50.73 I DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I 00:10:50.73\00:10:52.83 JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW. 00:10:52.83\00:10:53.93 IF I'M IRONING OR SOMETHING, IT'LL JUST MAKE ME MOVE--IRON. 00:10:53.93\00:10:58.73 SEE, YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. 00:10:58.73\00:11:00.83 IT DOESN'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT BACKGROUND OF YOUR LIFE. 00:11:00.83\00:11:03.56 YOUR BRAIN PICKS UP ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 00:11:03.56\00:11:06.46 ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE. 00:11:06.46\00:11:07.53 IT'S JUST GRABBING STUFF AND PULLING IT IN. 00:11:07.53\00:11:09.80 DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY WHEN YOU REACH BACK TO GET SOMETHING 00:11:09.80\00:11:11.63 TO SAVE YOU IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION YOU MAY NOT FIND WHAT 00:11:11.63\00:11:15.80 YOU THINK YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IN YOUR BRAIN BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN 00:11:15.80\00:11:19.10 PROGRAMMING IN THE WRONG STUFF ? 00:11:19.10\00:11:21.86 AND I KNOW THE RULE. 00:11:21.86\00:11:22.93 I DON'T DO COMPUTERS, BUT G.I.G.O. IS A RULE. 00:11:22.93\00:11:26.50 GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT. 00:11:26.50\00:11:29.00 SO, IF ALL YOU PROGRAM INTO YOUR COMPUTER IS GARBAGE, 00:11:29.00\00:11:32.50 WHEN YOU REACH BACK, GUESS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ? 00:11:32.50\00:11:34.96 GARBAGE ! 00:11:34.96\00:11:37.26 THE MUSIC WASN'T RIGHT. 00:11:37.26\00:11:39.20 AND THEN THEY HAVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 00:11:39.20\00:11:42.53 AND LOOK, I'VE SEEN THE COURT CASES. 00:11:42.53\00:11:44.83 I'VE READ SOME OF THEM. 00:11:44.83\00:11:45.86 PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY COME TO COURT AND SAY, MAY I 00:11:45.86\00:11:49.03 SPEAK, YOUR HONOR ? 00:11:49.03\00:11:52.20 I WAS DRUNK. 00:11:52.20\00:11:57.00 AND WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN ? 00:11:57.00\00:11:59.96 SO, WHATEVER I DID AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST 00:11:59.96\00:12:03.90 WISH YOU'D UNDERSTAND. 00:12:03.90\00:12:06.23 LISTEN, LISTEN--WHEN YOU TAKE A DRINK OF ALCOHOL, 00:12:06.23\00:12:12.60 YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD FOR 00:12:12.60\00:12:16.46 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. 00:12:16.46\00:12:19.13 THE DECISION TO DRINK INCLUDED EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED. 00:12:19.13\00:12:25.60 BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRINK, YOU GIVE YOUR BRAIN OVER TO 00:12:25.60\00:12:30.03 ANOTHER CONTROL SYSTEM. 00:12:30.03\00:12:32.70 YOUR BRAIN GOES IN THE BOTTLE, WHILE THE DRINK 00:12:32.70\00:12:35.90 GOES IN YOUR BODY. 00:12:35.90\00:12:38.43 YOU DON'T HAVE A BRAIN ANYMORE. 00:12:38.43\00:12:40.30 AND YOU CAN GO IN ANY COURT IN THE LAND AND UNLESS IT'S 00:12:40.30\00:12:42.96 SOME LITTLE COUNTRY BACKWARDS KANGAROO COURT, YOU WILL 00:12:42.96\00:12:47.46 NOT BE SET FREE BECAUSE YOU DRANK ALCOHOL. 00:12:47.46\00:12:51.10 YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO. 00:12:51.10\00:12:53.13 AND YOU OUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE. 00:12:53.13\00:12:55.26 THERE ARE TOO MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED. 00:12:55.26\00:12:57.53 THERE ARE TOO MANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE KILLED. 00:12:57.53\00:12:59.86 THERE ARE TOO MANY CARS THAT HAVE BEEN PLUNGED INTO PLACES 00:12:59.86\00:13:02.70 WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS NOT IN CONTROL. 00:13:02.70\00:13:07.03 THEIR BRAIN WAS GONE. 00:13:07.03\00:13:10.10 SO, IN THAT ROOM THERE WAS MUSIC THAT WAS NOT 00:13:10.10\00:13:12.30 EDIFYING, THERE WAS ALCOHOL. 00:13:12.30\00:13:14.86 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THOSE POWERFUL PEOPLE STARTED GETTING 00:13:14.86\00:13:17.43 KIND OF LOOSE WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT, WITH WHAT THEY SAID, 00:13:17.43\00:13:24.26 AND THEN WITH WHAT THEY DID. 00:13:24.26\00:13:26.46 AND HERODIUS WAS WATCHING WHILE IT HAPPENED. 00:13:26.46\00:13:31.73 LISTEN, THERE'S NOTHING ON TELEVISION, THERE'S NOTHING 00:13:31.73\00:13:37.03 ON A MOTION PICTURE SCREEN THAT CAN COMPETE WITH WHAT 00:13:37.03\00:13:39.76 I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU. 00:13:39.76\00:13:42.46 HERODIUS CALLS HER DAUGHTER. 00:13:42.46\00:13:44.40 IT'S HER DAUGHTER. 00:13:44.40\00:13:46.80 SWEETHEART, YOU LOOK JUST MARVELOUS, YOU KNOW ? 00:13:46.80\00:13:52.06 WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, I SEE ALL THE BEST OF WHAT I USED TO BE. 00:13:52.06\00:13:59.23 AH, LOOK, ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF ? 00:13:59.23\00:14:01.90 YOU OUGHT TO BE, BECAUSE YOU REMIND ME OF ME. 00:14:01.90\00:14:08.40 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 00:14:08.40\00:14:11.00 I'VE GOT AN IDEA, BABY. 00:14:11.00\00:14:12.16 AND I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO MAMMA NOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW I 00:14:12.16\00:14:14.23 WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 00:14:14.23\00:14:18.40 BUT WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MOMMY ? 00:14:18.40\00:14:21.73 COME ON, GIRL. 00:14:21.73\00:14:24.80 JUST FOR MOMMY. 00:14:24.80\00:14:26.06 ALL RIGHT ? 00:14:26.06\00:14:27.23 HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 00:14:27.23\00:14:29.13 YOU KNOW I LOVE THAT MAN OUT THERE--YOU KNOW THAT. 00:14:29.13\00:14:31.93 YOU LOVE HIM, TOO, DON'T YOU ? 00:14:31.93\00:14:33.63 HE LET US IN HIS HOUSE. 00:14:33.63\00:14:35.20 HASN'T HE BEEN KIND TO US ? 00:14:35.20\00:14:37.16 I'M TELLING YOU, HE DESERVES THE BEST. 00:14:37.16\00:14:40.56 AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT WOULD 00:14:40.56\00:14:43.43 REALLY, REALLY MAKE HIM PROUD. 00:14:43.43\00:14:46.13 I'VE GOT SOMETHING I HAD MADE FOR YOU TO WEAR. 00:14:46.13\00:14:49.46 YOU WANT TO SEE IT ? 00:14:49.46\00:14:53.33 LOOK HERE. 00:14:53.33\00:14:57.33 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ? 00:14:57.33\00:14:59.83 BUT, MAMMA, IS THAT ALL OF IT ? 00:14:59.83\00:15:05.36 WHY ? WELL, NOT EVERYBODY COULD PULL THIS OFF. 00:15:05.36\00:15:10.60 BUT YOU, GIRL, YOU'RE JUST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL. 00:15:10.60\00:15:15.46 PUT IT ON. 00:15:15.46\00:15:18.46 GO IN THERE AND PUT IT ON AND COME BACK AND LET ME SEE. 00:15:18.46\00:15:20.93 GIRL, LOOK AT YOU. 00:15:20.93\00:15:23.06 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 00:15:23.06\00:15:24.50 BUT MAMMA, I FEEL ALMOST EXPOSED. 00:15:24.50\00:15:29.50 SWEETHEART, TRUST ME. 00:15:29.50\00:15:31.96 ANYBODY LOOK LIKE YOU, CAN AFFORD TO BE EXPOSED. 00:15:31.96\00:15:36.76 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 00:15:36.76\00:15:38.40 YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC OUT THERE RIGHT NOW ? 00:15:38.40\00:15:40.66 I WANT YOU TO JUST KIND OF THINK, DON'T EVEN THINK, 00:15:40.66\00:15:43.33 JUST FEEL THAT MUSIC. 00:15:43.33\00:15:44.96 JUST FEEL IT AND LET IT MOVE YOU OUT THERE. 00:15:44.96\00:15:47.13 AND JUST GO OUT THERE AND LET YOUR DADDY'S FRIENDS SEE WHAT 00:15:47.13\00:15:53.90 QUALITY OF FAMILY HE HAS. 00:15:53.90\00:15:58.26 BUT, BUT. . . 00:15:58.26\00:15:59.23 HONEY, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR MOMMY. 00:15:59.23\00:16:02.13 AND LOOK HERE. 00:16:02.13\00:16:03.23 I'VE GOT A FEELING WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE YOU'RE 00:16:03.23\00:16:06.83 DADDY'S GOING TO ASK TO DO A SPECIAL FAVOR FOR YOU. 00:16:06.83\00:16:10.70 AND WHEN HE DOES, DON'T ANSWER HIM, COME BACK HERE TO ME. 00:16:10.70\00:16:16.00 DO YOU SEE IT ? 00:16:16.00\00:16:17.23 I THINK YOU DO. 00:16:17.23\00:16:18.80 AND HERE COMES THIS YOUNG LADY. 00:16:18.80\00:16:21.76 ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS THAT SHE WAS IN THE 00:16:21.76\00:16:24.46 FULL BLOOM OF WOMANHOOD. 00:16:24.46\00:16:28.10 GOD INTENDED THAT WOMEN BE ATTRACTIVE TO MEN, BUT NOT SO 00:16:28.10\00:16:33.00 THAT DRUNKEN MEN COULD OGLE YOU. 00:16:33.00\00:16:39.23 YOU WERE NOT CREATED TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. 00:16:39.23\00:16:41.50 YOU WERE NOT CREATED TO LET LICENTIOUS THOUGHTS SPILL 00:16:41.50\00:16:45.73 OVER INTO YOU MIND AND INTO YOUR HEART. 00:16:45.73\00:16:48.90 THAT'S NOT WHY GOD CREATED WOMEN BEAUTIFUL OR MEN HANDSOME. 00:16:48.90\00:16:53.40 IT IS WASTED WHEN IT'S USED LIKE THAT. 00:16:53.40\00:16:56.80 AND SO THAT LITTLE GIRL WENT OUT THERE, AND SURE ENOUGH, HER 00:16:56.80\00:17:00.90 FATHER WAS SO MOVED AND HIS FRIENDS WERE SO IMPRESSED THAT 00:17:00.90\00:17:05.60 HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND SAID, COME HERE SALOMI. 00:17:05.60\00:17:10.03 YOU KNOW WHAT ? 00:17:10.03\00:17:11.40 I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU CAN ASK, UP TO HALF OF MY KINGDOM. 00:17:11.40\00:17:15.23 AND ALL THE MEN SAID, YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 00:17:15.23\00:17:17.90 AND FOR A MOMENT HE FELT SO PROUD AND SO POWERFUL. 00:17:17.90\00:17:21.43 HE FELT LIKE HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN WHO HAD EVER LIVED. 00:17:21.43\00:17:25.76 AND THAT YOUNG LADY RAN BACK TO HER MOTHER AND SAID, MAMMA, HE 00:17:25.76\00:17:29.06 DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. 00:17:29.06\00:17:32.30 WHAT SHOULD I SAY NOW ? 00:17:32.30\00:17:33.20 SHE SAID, I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME. 00:17:33.20\00:17:35.36 I WANT YOU TO GET THIS RIGHT. 00:17:35.36\00:17:39.13 I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY, I WANT THE HEAD OF JOHN 00:17:39.13\00:17:42.83 THE BAPTIST ON A PLATTER. 00:17:42.83\00:17:47.33 GET. . . 00:17:47.33\00:17:49.36 BUT MAMMA, YOU'RE NOT ACTING. . 00:17:49.36\00:17:51.16 DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW I'M ACTING. 00:17:51.16\00:17:56.70 AND SHE GOES OUT AND SAYS IT. 00:17:56.70\00:17:58.93 AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. 00:17:58.93\00:18:02.33 SHE DANCED TO MUSIC, TO LIGHTS, TO THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. 00:18:02.33\00:18:09.20 SHE RAN BACK TO MAMMA AND THE MUSIC WAS STILL PLAYING. 00:18:09.20\00:18:12.70 IN FACT, THE VOICES OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HEARD WHAT SHE ASKED 00:18:12.70\00:18:18.26 KNEW, ALL OF THEM KNEW, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN JOHN THE 00:18:18.26\00:18:25.13 BAPTIST THAT DESERVED TO DIE. 00:18:25.13\00:18:27.30 HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT. 00:18:27.30\00:18:28.53 HE WAS A MAN OF GOD. 00:18:28.53\00:18:31.26 HE SPOKE ONLY THE TRUTH. 00:18:31.26\00:18:34.00 AND ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE RAISED THEIR VOICES, COULD 00:18:34.00\00:18:37.16 HAVE SAID, KING, DON'T DO IT. 00:18:37.16\00:18:39.96 IN FACT, THE KING WANTED SOMEBODY TO. . . 00:18:39.96\00:18:45.90 LISTEN. 00:18:45.90\00:18:47.06 CAN I PAUSE HERE A MINUTE ? 00:18:47.06\00:18:50.90 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO. 00:18:50.90\00:18:53.20 SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON YOU JUST TO SAY SOMETHING TO 00:18:53.20\00:18:56.43 URGE THEM TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:56.43\00:18:58.10 THERE'S SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE WHO IS TRYING TO 00:18:58.10\00:19:00.23 CHANGE THEIR LIVES. 00:19:00.23\00:19:01.33 ALL THEY NEED IS FOR YOU TO SAY, YES, DO WHAT GOD SAYS. 00:19:01.33\00:19:04.43 BUT, INSTEAD, YOU SIT QUIETLY. 00:19:04.43\00:19:06.70 YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LET GOD USE YOU IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. 00:19:06.70\00:19:11.20 ONE VOICE COULD HAVE SAVED THE LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 00:19:11.20\00:19:17.36 BUT ALL OF THOSE POWERFUL, EDUCATED, WEALTHY MEN 00:19:17.36\00:19:22.13 SAT SILENTLY. 00:19:22.13\00:19:23.96 AND THE KING SAID, GO GET HIM. 00:19:23.96\00:19:28.80 AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE MUSIC STOPPED. 00:19:28.80\00:19:35.40 THERE WAS NO MORE LAUGHTER. 00:19:35.40\00:19:38.06 THERE WAS NO MORE CELEBRATION. 00:19:38.06\00:19:42.50 IT WAS SO DEATHLY QUIET, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW 00:19:42.50\00:19:48.46 THEY HAD DONE A WRONG. 00:19:48.46\00:19:51.20 ALL YOU COULD HEAR WOULD BE THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE EXECUTIONER. 00:19:51.20\00:19:56.23 I HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILDING WHERE THEY SAY IT HAPPENED. 00:19:56.23\00:19:58.70 I BELIEVE IT COULD BE. 00:19:58.70\00:20:00.33 I HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS COMING DOWN NOW. 00:20:00.33\00:20:03.20 JOHN THE BAPTIST MAY HAVE EVEN HEARD, WHEN THE DECLARATION 00:20:03.20\00:20:06.43 WAS MADE, HE MAY HAVE HEARD HIS OWN DEATH PENALTY. 00:20:06.43\00:20:10.40 BUT IF YOU LIVE IN CHRIST, YOU MUST LEARN THAT WHEN 00:20:10.40\00:20:13.56 YOU LIVE GODLY, YOU SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 00:20:13.56\00:20:16.86 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW. 00:20:16.86\00:20:18.76 JESUS WILL NEVER ALLOW TO HAPPEN TO YOU ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT 00:20:18.76\00:20:24.46 YOU WOULD CHOOSE IF YOU KNEW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 00:20:24.46\00:20:31.70 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 00:20:31.70\00:20:34.03 I UNDERSTAND JOHN'S CHOICE. 00:20:34.03\00:20:36.90 THERE WAS NO FUSS. 00:20:36.90\00:20:38.50 THERE WAS NO SCREAM. 00:20:38.50\00:20:40.60 THERE WAS NO UPSET MAN DOWN THERE. 00:20:40.60\00:20:43.66 THEY CAME AND SEVERED HIS HEAD. 00:20:43.66\00:20:48.13 BUT ALL THE TIME BEFORE HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF, GOD HAD SENT 00:20:48.13\00:20:52.50 ANGELS TO MINISTER TO HIM. 00:20:52.50\00:20:54.66 EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE. 00:20:54.66\00:20:56.96 I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THEY HAD 00:20:56.96\00:20:59.20 WHISPERED IN HIS EAR, JOHN, SOMETHING'S COMING. 00:20:59.20\00:21:02.06 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GREAT. 00:21:02.06\00:21:03.33 IN FACT, YOU WILL SUFFER FOR JUST A WHILE, BUT YOU'LL 00:21:03.33\00:21:06.66 SUFFER FOR JESUS'S NAME. 00:21:06.66\00:21:09.03 AND IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO JESUS ALL THE WAY TO THE END, WE CAN 00:21:09.03\00:21:13.66 PROMISE YOU THAT ANYBODY WHO SUFFERS UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS 00:21:13.66\00:21:18.60 WILL THINK ABOUT TWO PEOPLE. 00:21:18.60\00:21:19.66 THEY'LL THINK ABOUT JESUS AND THEY'LL THINK ABOUT YOU. 00:21:19.66\00:21:22.80 WHAT ? 00:21:22.80\00:21:24.10 IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO THE END, PEOPLE WHO SUFFER TO THE END 00:21:24.10\00:21:30.53 WILL REMEMBER HOW YOU WERE FAITHFUL UNTIL YOU DIED. 00:21:30.53\00:21:36.43 AND JOHN WAS PROBABLY MORE PREPARED THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE 00:21:36.43\00:21:40.63 WHEN SOMEONE CAME WITH A BLADE TO TAKE HIS HEAD 00:21:40.63\00:21:43.26 OFF AND PUT IT ON A PLATTER AND TOOK IT BACK UP. 00:21:43.26\00:21:47.83 BUT THERE WAS NO MORE CELEBRATION. 00:21:47.83\00:21:50.53 AND WHAT HEROD THOUGHT WAS HIS GREATEST MOMENT TURNED OUT TO 00:21:50.53\00:21:55.53 BE AN EVERLASTING NIGHTMARE. 00:21:55.53\00:21:59.56 AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT. 00:21:59.56\00:22:03.73 THIS WORLD IS MAD. 00:22:03.73\00:22:09.10 YOU KNOW IT. 00:22:09.10\00:22:11.30 OUR SOCIETY HAS GONE CRAZY. 00:22:11.30\00:22:15.63 THINGS THAT AREN'T RIGHT ARE NOT CONDEMNED. 00:22:15.63\00:22:18.56 THINGS THAT ARE WRONG ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN 00:22:18.56\00:22:21.43 AND THEY ARE PRAISED. 00:22:21.43\00:22:23.53 PEOPLE WHO STAND FOR RIGHT ARE RIDICULED. 00:22:23.53\00:22:26.73 PEOPLE WHO DO WRONG ARE MADE INTO HEROS AND HEROINES. 00:22:26.73\00:22:30.16 THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON IN THIS SOCIETY. 00:22:30.16\00:22:33.10 YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. 00:22:33.10\00:22:34.76 THE WORD OF GOD IS TRAMPLED. 00:22:34.76\00:22:36.30 PEOPLE USE THE NAME OF JESUS ONLY WHEN THEY CURSE. 00:22:36.30\00:22:39.93 THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER MET CHRIST. 00:22:39.93\00:22:43.43 THEIR PARENTS WON'T TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS, AND THEN 00:22:43.43\00:22:46.66 THEY WONDER WHY MY CHILD WON'T LIVE A GOOD LIFE. 00:22:46.66\00:22:50.30 THERE ARE HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO CAN'T STAY TOGETHER 00:22:50.30\00:22:52.63 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE JESUS TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER. 00:22:52.63\00:22:55.50 AND HE'S THE CEMENT THAT WILL NOT LET YOU PART. 00:22:55.50\00:22:58.23 THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A DAY OF PEACE 00:22:58.23\00:23:01.23 IN THEIR LIVES. 00:23:01.23\00:23:02.43 THEY HAVE SPENT ALL THEIR MONEY. 00:23:02.43\00:23:03.93 THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THEIR TOYS. 00:23:03.93\00:23:05.80 THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY EVER DREAMED OF, BUT THEY 00:23:05.80\00:23:08.76 STILL AREN'T HAPPY, BECAUSE JOY DOES NOT COME FROM 00:23:08.76\00:23:13.53 THINGS OF THIS WORLD. 00:23:13.53\00:23:22.73 THE ONLY REAL JOY YOU'LL EVER HAVE IS WHEN JESUS 00:23:22.73\00:23:26.36 LIVES IN YOUR HEART. 00:23:26.36\00:23:28.43 AND WHEN JESUS LIVES IN YOUR HEART, YOU CAN BE BROKE, YOU 00:23:28.43\00:23:32.70 CAN BE LONELY, YOU CAN EVEN BE SICK, YOU CAN BE FORSAKEN, 00:23:32.70\00:23:39.06 BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE BY YOURSELF, BECAUSE JESUS PROMISES 00:23:39.06\00:23:43.96 NEVER TO LEAVE YOU ALONE. 00:23:43.96\00:23:47.70 HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU. 00:23:47.70\00:23:50.76 THERE WILL COME A DAY, AND IT WON'T BE LONG, I HAVE BEGGED 00:23:50.76\00:23:56.70 YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, TO JUST FOLLOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 00:23:56.70\00:24:05.33 YOU KNOW IT. 00:24:05.33\00:24:05.93 YOU'VE CHECKED ME. 00:24:05.93\00:24:07.33 I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU ONE THING ON MY OWN. 00:24:07.33\00:24:10.83 I'VE ONLY SAID, WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW WHAT THE 00:24:10.83\00:24:14.23 WORD OF GOD SAYS. 00:24:14.23\00:24:16.10 I'VE SHOWN YOU IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT JESUS IS CALLING 00:24:16.10\00:24:18.96 OUT A PEOPLE TO STAND FOR HIM IN THE LAST DAYS, WHEN 00:24:18.96\00:24:23.23 EVERYBODY ELSE FALLS. 00:24:23.23\00:24:24.86 I'VE TOLD YOU THAT JESUS WILL TAKE YOU NO MATTER 00:24:24.86\00:24:27.36 WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK. 00:24:27.36\00:24:28.46 BECAUSE WHAT THEY THINK IS NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS DECISION. 00:24:28.46\00:24:31.36 JESUS CAN SELECT YOU. 00:24:31.36\00:24:33.16 JESUS CAN FILL YOU WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 00:24:33.16\00:24:35.63 JESUS CAN EMPOWER YOU TO STAND FOR RIGHT. 00:24:35.63\00:24:38.63 AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ONCE YOU DECIDE 00:24:38.63\00:24:41.50 TO REPRESENT HIM. 00:24:41.50\00:24:44.23 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WILL BE. 00:24:44.23\00:24:46.86 SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE UNPOPULAR. 00:24:46.86\00:24:52.66 SOMETIMES YOU'LL STAND ALONE, EXCEPT THAT 00:24:52.66\00:24:55.23 JESUS WILL BE WITH YOU. 00:24:55.23\00:24:57.50 SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS WILL PUT YOU DOWN. 00:24:57.50\00:25:01.93 BUT I'D RATHER HAVE JESUS. 00:25:01.93\00:25:06.13 I PROMISE YOU THAT SOON AND VERY SOON, HE THAT 00:25:06.13\00:25:09.40 WILL COME, SHALL COME. 00:25:09.40\00:25:12.43 I PROMISE YOU THAT THE END WILL COME AND ALL PRINCIPALITY AND 00:25:12.43\00:25:17.13 POWER WILL BE PUT DOWN. 00:25:17.13\00:25:18.96 THE PARTY IS ACTUALLY OVER. 00:25:18.96\00:25:21.56 THE BIBLE SAYS BABYLON HAS FALLEN. 00:25:21.56\00:25:24.56 THE RULERS OF THE POWERS OF THIS WORLD HAVE NO MORE POWER. 00:25:24.56\00:25:28.73 THEY ARE RUNNING ON SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE VAPOR. 00:25:28.73\00:25:32.20 FOR GOD HAS ALREADY PREDICTED THAT JESUS IS ABOUT TO 00:25:32.20\00:25:35.56 TAKE OVER THIS WORLD. 00:25:35.56\00:25:37.50 AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE FINAL 00:25:37.50\00:25:40.16 MOMENTS OF A SOCIETY THAT HAS RUN OUT OF TIME. 00:25:40.16\00:25:45.96 AND YOUR QUESTION TONIGHT IS SIMPLE. 00:25:45.96\00:25:49.80 WILL YOU GO WITH JESUS, OR WILL YOU FOLLOW THE CROWD ? 00:25:49.80\00:25:55.40 WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME BEING WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BE 00:25:55.40\00:26:00.70 OR DO YOU HAVE TEMERITY ? 00:26:00.70\00:26:05.23 DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY FROM CHRIST TO TAKE HOLD OF 00:26:05.23\00:26:09.30 JESUS'S HAND AND SAY, BY YOUR GRACE AND BY YOUR POWER 00:26:09.30\00:26:15.26 I'LL GO WHERE YOU LEAD ME. 00:26:15.26\00:26:17.40 SOMEBODY TONIGHT OUGHT TO DECIDE TO BE BAPTIZED. 00:26:17.40\00:26:22.00 NOT BECAUSE I SAY SO, NOT BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF THE 00:26:22.00\00:26:25.10 CHURCH, BUT BECAUSE JESUS CALLS. 00:26:25.10\00:26:28.86 I BEG OF YOU TO DO THIS IN JESUS'S NAME. 00:26:28.86\00:26:31.96 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 00:26:31.96\00:26:33.20 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 00:26:33.20\00:26:36.23 WALTER L. 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