Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000432
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00:02 Annoucer: 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 ENTITLED 00:15 "THE PARTY'S OVER." 00:17 (theme music) SO WATCH HEROD NOW. 00:29 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ? 00:31 I'M GOING TO PLAN A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE KING. 00:36 SO SHE SENDS AND INVITES ALL OF THE DIGNITARIES, 00:39 ALL OF THE PARTS OF HIS KINGDOM ARE NOTIFIED. 00:44 AND EVERYONE WHO IS SOMEBODY IS INVITED TO COME FOR THE 00:47 KING'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 00:50 AND HERODIUS HAS A PLAN. 00:52 YOU SEE, SHE KNOWS ALREADY THAT SHE HAS PUT A DENT IN 00:58 THE STYLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 01:00 I CAN'T SPEND LONG ON THIS, BUT I GOT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 01:03 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHILE JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS IN 01:07 JAIL, HIS SITUATION STARTED GETTING TO HIM. 01:12 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I THINK ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST. 01:15 REMEMBER, HE LIVES IN THE OPEN. 01:18 HE SLEEPS IN THE OPEN. 01:21 HE PULLS HIS BREAKFAST DOWN AND EATS. 01:25 YOU KNOW ? 01:26 HE SLEEPS OUT THERE. 01:27 HE IS AN OUTSIDE INDIVIDUAL. 01:30 HE'S A RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST. 01:34 AND THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW TO WATCH YOU AND FIND OUT 01:38 WHERE YOUR WEAKNESS IS. 01:41 STICK WITH ME. 01:42 SO, IF WHAT YOU LOVE IS PLENTY OF ROOM, DEVIL WILL 01:47 SAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO LOCK HIM UP. 01:52 I'LL PUT HIM IN A CELL. 01:54 HE'S SO POWERFUL OUTSIDE, LET'S SEE HOW HE OPERATES 01:58 IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. 02:01 SO, JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHO WAS ALWAYS FREE, NEVER LIVED IN 02:06 TOWN, NEVER HAD WALLS AROUND HIM, FINDS HIMSELF IN A CELL. 02:12 AND THEN SATAN SENDS SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES WITH A MESSAGE. 02:17 WELL, YOU NEED TO KNOW. 02:18 THIS IS IN LUKE, CHAPTER 7, START AROUND VERSE 20. 02:22 WELL, YOU NEED TO START EARLIER THAN THAT. 02:24 SOME OF THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN CAME TO JOHN AND SAID, HEY, 02:30 JOHN, HOW ARE YOU DOING ? 02:31 WE CAME BY TO CHEER YOU UP. 02:34 I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL ONCE, BUT I'VE LEARNED 02:36 SOMETHING ABOUT VISITORS. 02:38 NOT ALL VISITORS ARE THE SAME. 02:41 THERE ARE VISITORS WHO KNOW HOW TO CHEER YOU UP. 02:44 THERE ARE VISITORS WHO WILL RUIN YOUR DAY. 02:48 I HAD SOME VISITORS COME TO ME WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. 02:50 THEY KNEW WHY I WAS THERE, AND THEY WOULD SIT AND 02:53 SAY STUFF LIKE THIS. 02:55 WELL, YOU LOOK SO NICE. 02:57 I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE OKAY. 03:03 MY UNCLE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM BEFORE HE DIED LAST YEAR. 03:13 OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. 03:15 I HOPE YOU'VE GOT BETTER DOCTORS THAN HE DID. 03:20 BUT AS I REMEMBER HE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME THINGS IN 03:22 HIS--OH, I'M SORRY, FORGIVE ME. 03:25 THERE ARE SOME VISITORS YOU JUST DON'T WANT. 03:29 HERE'S WHAT JOHN'S DISCIPLES SAID. 03:32 THEY SAID, BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT 03:37 DO YOU REMEMBER JESUS, WHO YOU USED TO TELL US ABOUT ? 03:40 MAN, THAT USED TO BE GOOD. 03:41 WHEN YOU'D BE PREACHING ABOUT JESUS, WHOA ! POWERFUL STUFF. 03:47 I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO TALK ABOUT HIM. 03:48 WE THOUGHT THAT WHEN HE CAME, EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO CHANGE. 03:50 WE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD TAKE OVER THE WHOLE NATIONAL SCENE. 03:54 WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GAIN OUR FREEDOM. 03:56 THE WAY YOU TALKED ABOUT HIM, WE THOUGHT THAT AS SOON AS HE 03:59 CAME EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. 04:03 WELL, THEY SAY WHAT HE DOES NOW IS HE'S TAKEN OVER THE CROWDS 04:09 THAT YOU USED TO HAVE, BUT MAINLY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHAT I 04:15 HEAR IS THAT HE KINDS OF EATS WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. 04:20 THAT HE, IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCUSED HIM 04:23 OF BEING A GLUTTEN. 04:25 THEY SAY HE HANGS AROUND WITH PEOPLE OF ILL REPUTE. 04:28 HE'LL TALK TO JUST ABOUT ANYBODY. 04:32 NOW, I DON'T KNOW JOHN. 04:33 JOHN, I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN. 04:37 I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 04:41 TO ME THAT HE'S JUST NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD, HERE YOU 04:46 ARE IN JAIL, AND HE'S OUT EATING WITH HIGH-CLASS PEOPLE 04:52 AND GOING TO THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SOCIAL GATHERINGS. 04:56 I DON'T KNOW. 04:57 HEY, FORGET EVERYTHING I SAID, BECAUSE I DON'T 04:59 WANT TO BRING YOU DOWN. 05:01 IN FACT, JOHN SAYS IN THAT VERY TEXT, GO AND ASK HIM. 05:08 ARE YOU THE ONE ? 05:11 OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER ? 05:13 YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD. 05:15 LET ME TELL YOU WHY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 05:19 REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME THEY MET ? 05:23 REMEMBER THAT JESUS CAME TO BE BAPTIZED OF JOHN ? 05:28 REMEMBER THAT JOHN SAID, NO, I'M NOT WORTHY. 05:31 HE SAID, OH YES, IT'S GOT TO BE SO. 05:33 BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR ME TO SET THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 05:36 I MUST BE BAPTIZED. 05:37 SO, COME ON. 05:38 YOU ARE MY RELATIVE. 05:41 I WANT YOU TO BAPTIZE ME. 05:42 AND JOHN BAPTIZED JESUS AND BROUGHT HIM BACK UP. 05:46 AND EVERYBODY MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, BUT JOHN THE BAPTIST 05:50 HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, THIS IS MY BELOVED 05:56 SON, IN WHOM I'M WELL PLEASED. 05:59 JOHN SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT IN BRONZE LIGHT COMING LIGHT 06:04 ON JESUS AND KNEW THAT THERE WAS FATHER, SON, AND 06:09 HOLY GHOST IN ONE SPOT. 06:16 IF ANYBODY HAD STAYED WITH JESUS THE WHOLE TIME, IT SHOULD 06:20 HAVE BEEN JOHN THE BAPTIST. 06:22 BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'VE LEARNED. 06:24 I'VE LEARNED THAT SOME PEOPLE CAN'T REMEMBER. 06:25 THEY HAVE SELECTIVE AMNESIA. 06:28 SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAVE SEEN SO MANY POWERFUL THINGS 06:31 THAT YOU OUGHT NOT EVER WAIVER IN YOUR FAITH. 06:34 YOU OUGHT TO STAND UP FOR JESUS ALL THE TIME. 06:37 IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE HE FOUND YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE 06:39 PICKED YOU UP, IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE WASHED YOU IN HIS BLOOD, 06:43 IF YOU REMEMBER HOW HE TURNED YOU AROUND, YOU OUGHT NOT 06:46 EVER WAIVER IN YOUR FAITH. 06:49 BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FORGET WHERE GOD FOUND THEM. 06:56 HERE IS JOHN, THE ONE WHO SAW IT ALL, SAYING, GO ASK HIM. 07:00 IS HE THE ONE OR SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER ? 07:04 WHEN HE GOT TO JESUS, JESUS DIDN'T ANSWER, BECAUSE JESUS 07:07 DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. 07:10 HE JUST SAID, COME SIT DOWN AND KIND OF WATCH ME. 07:13 AND THEY SAT THERE AND WATCHED HIM AS HE HEALED A LAME BOY. 07:17 SOMEBODY CAME UP ON CRUTCHES AND JESUS JUST TOUCHED 07:21 HIM AND THEY RAN AWAY. 07:22 SOMEBODY CAME BLIND AND HE WOULD JUST TOUCH THEIR EYES OR PICK 07:25 UP SOME CLAY AND MIX IT WITH SPITTLE AND PUT IT THERE. 07:29 AND THEY'D SAY, TOUCH ME ONE MORE TIME, AND 07:31 THEY'D BE ABLE TO SEE. 07:32 HE SAW SOMEBODY COME WITH SINS BURDENING THEM DOWN 07:34 AND HE'D JUST SAY, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU. 07:36 AND THEY'D STRAIGHTEN UP IN HIS PRESENCE. 07:40 AND THEIR FACES WOULD TAKE ON A SMILE. 07:42 AND AT THE END OF A DAY OF WATCHING THAT, HE SAID, JUST 07:44 GO TELL JOHN WHAT YOU SAW. 07:48 JUST GO TELL HIM WHAT YOU SAW. 07:51 ASK HIM IF HE'S ASHAMED OF ME ? 07:54 AND THAT WENT AWAY. 07:55 IT WENT AWAY JUST IN TIME, BECAUSE HERODIUS, THIS WOMAN 08:01 WHO HAD A LIVING HUSBAND IN A HOUSE AND A MAN SOMEWHERE 08:06 TAKING CARE OF HER CHILD. 08:09 THAT WOMAN HAD A PLAN. 08:12 SHE PLANNED A BIRTHDAY PARTY. 08:16 I WONDER, DID SHE TELL HER DAUGHTER BEFORE THE PARTY ? 08:22 I WONDER DID SHE TELL HER DAUGHTER WHAT SHE HAD IN MIND ? 08:26 IT WAS HER INTENT THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST BE DEAD. 08:31 BUT SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD GET HEROD ANTIPUS 08:34 TO KILL HIM OUTRIGHT. 08:36 SO SHE BUILT UP A SITUATION. 08:40 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOUR WEAKNESSES. 08:44 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO OFFER YOU 08:47 STRANGELY WONDERFUL THINGS. 08:51 SOMETIMES THE BEST OFFER YOU HEAR IS THE WORST 08:55 FOR YOUR FUTURE. 08:57 SHE SAYS, LOOK, HONEY. 08:59 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. 09:02 YOU DESERVE IT. 09:03 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 09:04 I'M MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN. 09:08 WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, JUST FEEL GOOD. 09:13 AND I'VE GOT A PLAN. 09:14 WE'RE GOING TO PUT, YOU KNOW YOUR FAVORITE THRONE ? 09:17 YOU KNOW THAT CHAIR ? 09:18 WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN THAT. 09:20 YOU KNOW THAT ROBE YOU HAVE WITH LIKE THAT METAL KIND OF LIKE 09:25 HAS GOLD AND SILVER IN IT ? 09:27 WOULD YOU WEAR THAT FOR ME ? 09:29 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU 09:31 PUT THAT ON, WHOA. 09:35 I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT ON. 09:38 WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF PLACE THE LIGHTS SO THAT YOU KNOW IT 09:40 KIND OF HITS YOU JUST RIGHT SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, MAN, PEOPLE 09:44 AREN'T GOING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU LOOK THAT GOOD. 09:47 AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT YOU DOWN AND ALL YOUR 09:49 FRIENDS WILL BE THERE. 09:50 IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL OCCASION. 09:52 AND IT WAS. 09:56 BUT THIS WOMAN WAS CALCULATING. 09:59 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 10:02 SHE WAS NOT CALCULATING BY HERSELF. 10:05 THE DEVIL WAS CALCULATING WITH HER. 10:10 LISTEN, JUST AS HAPPY AS GOD IS ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS, 10:15 THE DEVIL IS ANGRY. 10:18 AND HE WILL TRY TO PLAN FOR YOUR DEMISE. 10:21 SO, WHEN THEY CAME TO THIS AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL GATHERING, 10:26 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS. 10:28 THEY HAVE SOME MUSIC THAT IS NOT UPLIFTING IN NATURE. 10:32 NOW, MUSIC IS TOO CONTROVERSIAL TO LINGER ON, BUT YOU OUGHT 10:38 TO BE CAREFUL WHAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO. 10:40 I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, SEE, I'M NOT 10:42 EVEN LISTENING TO THE MUSIC. 10:44 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A BACKGROUND FOR MY LIFE. 10:50 I DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I 10:52 JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW. 10:53 IF I'M IRONING OR SOMETHING, IT'LL JUST MAKE ME MOVE--IRON. 10:58 SEE, YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. 11:00 IT DOESN'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT BACKGROUND OF YOUR LIFE. 11:03 YOUR BRAIN PICKS UP ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 11:06 ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE. 11:07 IT'S JUST GRABBING STUFF AND PULLING IT IN. 11:09 DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY WHEN YOU REACH BACK TO GET SOMETHING 11:11 TO SAVE YOU IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION YOU MAY NOT FIND WHAT 11:15 YOU THINK YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IN YOUR BRAIN BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN 11:19 PROGRAMMING IN THE WRONG STUFF ? 11:21 AND I KNOW THE RULE. 11:22 I DON'T DO COMPUTERS, BUT G.I.G.O. IS A RULE. 11:26 GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT. 11:29 SO, IF ALL YOU PROGRAM INTO YOUR COMPUTER IS GARBAGE, 11:32 WHEN YOU REACH BACK, GUESS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ? 11:34 GARBAGE ! 11:37 THE MUSIC WASN'T RIGHT. 11:39 AND THEN THEY HAVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 11:42 AND LOOK, I'VE SEEN THE COURT CASES. 11:44 I'VE READ SOME OF THEM. 11:45 PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY COME TO COURT AND SAY, MAY I 11:49 SPEAK, YOUR HONOR ? 11:52 I WAS DRUNK. 11:57 AND WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN ? 11:59 SO, WHATEVER I DID AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST 12:03 WISH YOU'D UNDERSTAND. 12:06 LISTEN, LISTEN--WHEN YOU TAKE A DRINK OF ALCOHOL, 12:12 YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD FOR 12:16 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. 12:19 THE DECISION TO DRINK INCLUDED EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED. 12:25 BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRINK, YOU GIVE YOUR BRAIN OVER TO 12:30 ANOTHER CONTROL SYSTEM. 12:32 YOUR BRAIN GOES IN THE BOTTLE, WHILE THE DRINK 12:35 GOES IN YOUR BODY. 12:38 YOU DON'T HAVE A BRAIN ANYMORE. 12:40 AND YOU CAN GO IN ANY COURT IN THE LAND AND UNLESS IT'S 12:42 SOME LITTLE COUNTRY BACKWARDS KANGAROO COURT, YOU WILL 12:47 NOT BE SET FREE BECAUSE YOU DRANK ALCOHOL. 12:51 YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO. 12:53 AND YOU OUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE. 12:55 THERE ARE TOO MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED. 12:57 THERE ARE TOO MANY FAMILIES WHO HAVE KILLED. 12:59 THERE ARE TOO MANY CARS THAT HAVE BEEN PLUNGED INTO PLACES 13:02 WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS NOT IN CONTROL. 13:07 THEIR BRAIN WAS GONE. 13:10 SO, IN THAT ROOM THERE WAS MUSIC THAT WAS NOT 13:12 EDIFYING, THERE WAS ALCOHOL. 13:14 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THOSE POWERFUL PEOPLE STARTED GETTING 13:17 KIND OF LOOSE WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT, WITH WHAT THEY SAID, 13:24 AND THEN WITH WHAT THEY DID. 13:26 AND HERODIUS WAS WATCHING WHILE IT HAPPENED. 13:31 LISTEN, THERE'S NOTHING ON TELEVISION, THERE'S NOTHING 13:37 ON A MOTION PICTURE SCREEN THAT CAN COMPETE WITH WHAT 13:39 I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU. 13:42 HERODIUS CALLS HER DAUGHTER. 13:44 IT'S HER DAUGHTER. 13:46 SWEETHEART, YOU LOOK JUST MARVELOUS, YOU KNOW ? 13:52 WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, I SEE ALL THE BEST OF WHAT I USED TO BE. 13:59 AH, LOOK, ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF ? 14:01 YOU OUGHT TO BE, BECAUSE YOU REMIND ME OF ME. 14:08 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 14:11 I'VE GOT AN IDEA, BABY. 14:12 AND I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO MAMMA NOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW I 14:14 WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 14:18 BUT WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MOMMY ? 14:21 COME ON, GIRL. 14:24 JUST FOR MOMMY. 14:26 ALL RIGHT ? 14:27 HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 14:29 YOU KNOW I LOVE THAT MAN OUT THERE--YOU KNOW THAT. 14:31 YOU LOVE HIM, TOO, DON'T YOU ? 14:33 HE LET US IN HIS HOUSE. 14:35 HASN'T HE BEEN KIND TO US ? 14:37 I'M TELLING YOU, HE DESERVES THE BEST. 14:40 AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT WOULD 14:43 REALLY, REALLY MAKE HIM PROUD. 14:46 I'VE GOT SOMETHING I HAD MADE FOR YOU TO WEAR. 14:49 YOU WANT TO SEE IT ? 14:53 LOOK HERE. 14:57 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ? 14:59 BUT, MAMMA, IS THAT ALL OF IT ? 15:05 WHY ? WELL, NOT EVERYBODY COULD PULL THIS OFF. 15:10 BUT YOU, GIRL, YOU'RE JUST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL. 15:15 PUT IT ON. 15:18 GO IN THERE AND PUT IT ON AND COME BACK AND LET ME SEE. 15:20 GIRL, LOOK AT YOU. 15:23 YOU KNOW SOMETHING ? 15:24 BUT MAMMA, I FEEL ALMOST EXPOSED. 15:29 SWEETHEART, TRUST ME. 15:31 ANYBODY LOOK LIKE YOU, CAN AFFORD TO BE EXPOSED. 15:36 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 15:38 YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC OUT THERE RIGHT NOW ? 15:40 I WANT YOU TO JUST KIND OF THINK, DON'T EVEN THINK, 15:43 JUST FEEL THAT MUSIC. 15:44 JUST FEEL IT AND LET IT MOVE YOU OUT THERE. 15:47 AND JUST GO OUT THERE AND LET YOUR DADDY'S FRIENDS SEE WHAT 15:53 QUALITY OF FAMILY HE HAS. 15:58 BUT, BUT. . . 15:59 HONEY, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR MOMMY. 16:02 AND LOOK HERE. 16:03 I'VE GOT A FEELING WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE YOU'RE 16:06 DADDY'S GOING TO ASK TO DO A SPECIAL FAVOR FOR YOU. 16:10 AND WHEN HE DOES, DON'T ANSWER HIM, COME BACK HERE TO ME. 16:16 DO YOU SEE IT ? 16:17 I THINK YOU DO. 16:18 AND HERE COMES THIS YOUNG LADY. 16:21 ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS SAYS THAT SHE WAS IN THE 16:24 FULL BLOOM OF WOMANHOOD. 16:28 GOD INTENDED THAT WOMEN BE ATTRACTIVE TO MEN, BUT NOT SO 16:33 THAT DRUNKEN MEN COULD OGLE YOU. 16:39 YOU WERE NOT CREATED TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. 16:41 YOU WERE NOT CREATED TO LET LICENTIOUS THOUGHTS SPILL 16:45 OVER INTO YOU MIND AND INTO YOUR HEART. 16:48 THAT'S NOT WHY GOD CREATED WOMEN BEAUTIFUL OR MEN HANDSOME. 16:53 IT IS WASTED WHEN IT'S USED LIKE THAT. 16:56 AND SO THAT LITTLE GIRL WENT OUT THERE, AND SURE ENOUGH, HER 17:00 FATHER WAS SO MOVED AND HIS FRIENDS WERE SO IMPRESSED THAT 17:05 HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND SAID, COME HERE SALOMI. 17:10 YOU KNOW WHAT ? 17:11 I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU CAN ASK, UP TO HALF OF MY KINGDOM. 17:15 AND ALL THE MEN SAID, YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 17:17 AND FOR A MOMENT HE FELT SO PROUD AND SO POWERFUL. 17:21 HE FELT LIKE HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN WHO HAD EVER LIVED. 17:25 AND THAT YOUNG LADY RAN BACK TO HER MOTHER AND SAID, MAMMA, HE 17:29 DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. 17:32 WHAT SHOULD I SAY NOW ? 17:33 SHE SAID, I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME. 17:35 I WANT YOU TO GET THIS RIGHT. 17:39 I WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY, I WANT THE HEAD OF JOHN 17:42 THE BAPTIST ON A PLATTER. 17:47 GET. . . 17:49 BUT MAMMA, YOU'RE NOT ACTING. . 17:51 DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW I'M ACTING. 17:56 AND SHE GOES OUT AND SAYS IT. 17:58 AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. 18:02 SHE DANCED TO MUSIC, TO LIGHTS, TO THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. 18:09 SHE RAN BACK TO MAMMA AND THE MUSIC WAS STILL PLAYING. 18:12 IN FACT, THE VOICES OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HEARD WHAT SHE ASKED 18:18 KNEW, ALL OF THEM KNEW, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN JOHN THE 18:25 BAPTIST THAT DESERVED TO DIE. 18:27 HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT. 18:28 HE WAS A MAN OF GOD. 18:31 HE SPOKE ONLY THE TRUTH. 18:34 AND ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE RAISED THEIR VOICES, COULD 18:37 HAVE SAID, KING, DON'T DO IT. 18:39 IN FACT, THE KING WANTED SOMEBODY TO. . . 18:45 LISTEN. 18:47 CAN I PAUSE HERE A MINUTE ? 18:50 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO. 18:53 SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON YOU JUST TO SAY SOMETHING TO 18:56 URGE THEM TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 18:58 THERE'S SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE WHO IS TRYING TO 19:00 CHANGE THEIR LIVES. 19:01 ALL THEY NEED IS FOR YOU TO SAY, YES, DO WHAT GOD SAYS. 19:04 BUT, INSTEAD, YOU SIT QUIETLY. 19:06 YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LET GOD USE YOU IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. 19:11 ONE VOICE COULD HAVE SAVED THE LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 19:17 BUT ALL OF THOSE POWERFUL, EDUCATED, WEALTHY MEN 19:22 SAT SILENTLY. 19:23 AND THE KING SAID, GO GET HIM. 19:28 AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE MUSIC STOPPED. 19:35 THERE WAS NO MORE LAUGHTER. 19:38 THERE WAS NO MORE CELEBRATION. 19:42 IT WAS SO DEATHLY QUIET, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW 19:48 THEY HAD DONE A WRONG. 19:51 ALL YOU COULD HEAR WOULD BE THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE EXECUTIONER. 19:56 I HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILDING WHERE THEY SAY IT HAPPENED. 19:58 I BELIEVE IT COULD BE. 20:00 I HEAR THE FOOTSTEPS COMING DOWN NOW. 20:03 JOHN THE BAPTIST MAY HAVE EVEN HEARD, WHEN THE DECLARATION 20:06 WAS MADE, HE MAY HAVE HEARD HIS OWN DEATH PENALTY. 20:10 BUT IF YOU LIVE IN CHRIST, YOU MUST LEARN THAT WHEN 20:13 YOU LIVE GODLY, YOU SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 20:16 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW. 20:18 JESUS WILL NEVER ALLOW TO HAPPEN TO YOU ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT 20:24 YOU WOULD CHOOSE IF YOU KNEW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. 20:31 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 20:34 I UNDERSTAND JOHN'S CHOICE. 20:36 THERE WAS NO FUSS. 20:38 THERE WAS NO SCREAM. 20:40 THERE WAS NO UPSET MAN DOWN THERE. 20:43 THEY CAME AND SEVERED HIS HEAD. 20:48 BUT ALL THE TIME BEFORE HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF, GOD HAD SENT 20:52 ANGELS TO MINISTER TO HIM. 20:54 EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE. 20:56 I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THEY HAD 20:59 WHISPERED IN HIS EAR, JOHN, SOMETHING'S COMING. 21:02 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GREAT. 21:03 IN FACT, YOU WILL SUFFER FOR JUST A WHILE, BUT YOU'LL 21:06 SUFFER FOR JESUS'S NAME. 21:09 AND IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO JESUS ALL THE WAY TO THE END, WE CAN 21:13 PROMISE YOU THAT ANYBODY WHO SUFFERS UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS 21:18 WILL THINK ABOUT TWO PEOPLE. 21:19 THEY'LL THINK ABOUT JESUS AND THEY'LL THINK ABOUT YOU. 21:22 WHAT ? 21:24 IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO THE END, PEOPLE WHO SUFFER TO THE END 21:30 WILL REMEMBER HOW YOU WERE FAITHFUL UNTIL YOU DIED. 21:36 AND JOHN WAS PROBABLY MORE PREPARED THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE 21:40 WHEN SOMEONE CAME WITH A BLADE TO TAKE HIS HEAD 21:43 OFF AND PUT IT ON A PLATTER AND TOOK IT BACK UP. 21:47 BUT THERE WAS NO MORE CELEBRATION. 21:50 AND WHAT HEROD THOUGHT WAS HIS GREATEST MOMENT TURNED OUT TO 21:55 BE AN EVERLASTING NIGHTMARE. 21:59 AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT. 22:03 THIS WORLD IS MAD. 22:09 YOU KNOW IT. 22:11 OUR SOCIETY HAS GONE CRAZY. 22:15 THINGS THAT AREN'T RIGHT ARE NOT CONDEMNED. 22:18 THINGS THAT ARE WRONG ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN 22:21 AND THEY ARE PRAISED. 22:23 PEOPLE WHO STAND FOR RIGHT ARE RIDICULED. 22:26 PEOPLE WHO DO WRONG ARE MADE INTO HEROS AND HEROINES. 22:30 THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON IN THIS SOCIETY. 22:33 YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. 22:34 THE WORD OF GOD IS TRAMPLED. 22:36 PEOPLE USE THE NAME OF JESUS ONLY WHEN THEY CURSE. 22:39 THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER MET CHRIST. 22:43 THEIR PARENTS WON'T TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS, AND THEN 22:46 THEY WONDER WHY MY CHILD WON'T LIVE A GOOD LIFE. 22:50 THERE ARE HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO CAN'T STAY TOGETHER 22:52 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE JESUS TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER. 22:55 AND HE'S THE CEMENT THAT WILL NOT LET YOU PART. 22:58 THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A DAY OF PEACE 23:01 IN THEIR LIVES. 23:02 THEY HAVE SPENT ALL THEIR MONEY. 23:03 THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THEIR TOYS. 23:05 THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY EVER DREAMED OF, BUT THEY 23:08 STILL AREN'T HAPPY, BECAUSE JOY DOES NOT COME FROM 23:13 THINGS OF THIS WORLD. 23:22 THE ONLY REAL JOY YOU'LL EVER HAVE IS WHEN JESUS 23:26 LIVES IN YOUR HEART. 23:28 AND WHEN JESUS LIVES IN YOUR HEART, YOU CAN BE BROKE, YOU 23:32 CAN BE LONELY, YOU CAN EVEN BE SICK, YOU CAN BE FORSAKEN, 23:39 BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE BY YOURSELF, BECAUSE JESUS PROMISES 23:43 NEVER TO LEAVE YOU ALONE. 23:47 HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU. 23:50 THERE WILL COME A DAY, AND IT WON'T BE LONG, I HAVE BEGGED 23:56 YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, TO JUST FOLLOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 24:05 YOU KNOW IT. 24:05 YOU'VE CHECKED ME. 24:07 I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU ONE THING ON MY OWN. 24:10 I'VE ONLY SAID, WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW WHAT THE 24:14 WORD OF GOD SAYS. 24:16 I'VE SHOWN YOU IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT JESUS IS CALLING 24:18 OUT A PEOPLE TO STAND FOR HIM IN THE LAST DAYS, WHEN 24:23 EVERYBODY ELSE FALLS. 24:24 I'VE TOLD YOU THAT JESUS WILL TAKE YOU NO MATTER 24:27 WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK. 24:28 BECAUSE WHAT THEY THINK IS NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS DECISION. 24:31 JESUS CAN SELECT YOU. 24:33 JESUS CAN FILL YOU WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 24:35 JESUS CAN EMPOWER YOU TO STAND FOR RIGHT. 24:38 AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ONCE YOU DECIDE 24:41 TO REPRESENT HIM. 24:44 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WILL BE. 24:46 SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE UNPOPULAR. 24:52 SOMETIMES YOU'LL STAND ALONE, EXCEPT THAT 24:55 JESUS WILL BE WITH YOU. 24:57 SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS WILL PUT YOU DOWN. 25:01 BUT I'D RATHER HAVE JESUS. 25:06 I PROMISE YOU THAT SOON AND VERY SOON, HE THAT 25:09 WILL COME, SHALL COME. 25:12 I PROMISE YOU THAT THE END WILL COME AND ALL PRINCIPALITY AND 25:17 POWER WILL BE PUT DOWN. 25:18 THE PARTY IS ACTUALLY OVER. 25:21 THE BIBLE SAYS BABYLON HAS FALLEN. 25:24 THE RULERS OF THE POWERS OF THIS WORLD HAVE NO MORE POWER. 25:28 THEY ARE RUNNING ON SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE VAPOR. 25:32 FOR GOD HAS ALREADY PREDICTED THAT JESUS IS ABOUT TO 25:35 TAKE OVER THIS WORLD. 25:37 AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE FINAL 25:40 MOMENTS OF A SOCIETY THAT HAS RUN OUT OF TIME. 25:45 AND YOUR QUESTION TONIGHT IS SIMPLE. 25:49 WILL YOU GO WITH JESUS, OR WILL YOU FOLLOW THE CROWD ? 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