Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000433
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER.
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:11 (theme music) TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 00:17 IS ENTITLED "LOOK UP." 00:20 (theme music) WP: TONIGHT I WANT TO TAKE 00:28 YOU TO SOMETHING I LOVE. 00:29 I'M GOING TO TRY TO HOLD MYSELF DOWN TONIGHT. 00:32 I WENT THROUGH THIS SERMON AND FOUND ABOUT 15 EXPERIENCE 00:35 THE POWER MOMENTS. 00:37 I CAN'T PUT THAT MANY IN. 00:38 I THINK I GOT THREE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU, 00:41 BUT TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE POWERFUL, I BELIEVE. 00:43 WOULD YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLE TO LUKE, CHAPTER 21, AND START 00:49 WITH ME AT ABOUT VERSE 25. 00:52 LUKE, CHAPTER 21, AND START AT ABOUT VERSE 25. 00:59 AND TONIGHT THE TITLE, AS YOU KNOW, IS LOOK UP. 01:04 AND THE PAGES ARE TURNING, AND I'M ENCOURAGED, BUT 01:06 I'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 01:08 AND THERE SHALL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN AND IN THE MOON 01:12 AND IN THE STARS, AND UPON THE EARTH DISTRESS OF 01:16 NATIONS WITH PERPLEXITY. 01:18 THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING. 01:21 MENS' HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, FOR LOOKING AFTER 01:25 THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE COMING ON THE EARTH. 01:28 FOR THE POWERS OF HEAVEN SHALL BE SHAKEN. 01:32 AND THEN SHALL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN, COMING IN A CLOUD 01:37 WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. 01:40 AND WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, THEN LOOK UP 01:45 AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH. 01:50 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 01:52 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE DARE NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT YOU. 01:57 SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US, NOT ONLY TO TOUCH 02:01 THE ONE WHO SPEAKS TONIGHT, BUT TO MOVE UP AND DOWN AISLES 02:05 OF EVERY DOWNLINK SITE. 02:07 SEND JESUS TO BE WITH US. 02:09 HE CAN DO THAT, FOR HE CAN GO EVERYWHERE. 02:12 AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU PROMISED THAT WHERE TWO OR 02:15 THREE ARE GATHERED IN YOUR NAME, YOU'D BE THERE. 02:18 SO BE WITH US, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 02:22 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT GRABS ME SO QUICKLY. 02:26 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN YOU SEE TROUBLE, LOOK UP. 02:32 NORMALLY, WHEN YOU SEE TROUBLE, WHEN THINGS GET 02:35 ROUGH, WE TEND TO LOOK DOWN. 02:39 OUR COUNTENENCES ARE DOWNWARD FACING, OUR 02:44 ATTITUDES FACE DOWNWARD. 02:46 BUT THIS TEXT SAYS THAT WHEN THINGS BEGIN TO BE TROUBLED, 02:51 DON'T LOOK DOWN, BUT REMEMBER WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 02:56 I BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE A CONSPIRACY, AND 03:01 I'M AFRAID IT MAY BE AMONG EVEN SOME PREACHERS, TO MAKE PEOPLE 03:05 THINK THAT THE COMING OF JESUS IS SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF. 03:11 WHOEVER TAUGHT ME THAT, AND I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE WHO 03:15 SAID, I'VE GOT TO WARN YOU, JESUS IS COMING. 03:20 HEY, IF YOU'VE GOT TO WARN ME, THAT'S NOT GOOD. 03:24 ANYTIME YOU BRING ME A WARNING THAT HE'S COMING, THEN THAT 03:27 MEANS YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT WRONG. 03:30 THE BIBLE SAYS, LOOK UP, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE HE'S ABOUT TO COME, 03:35 YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWTH NIGH, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. 03:39 WHAT DO YOU SAY ? 03:40 I WAS PREACHING IN POLAND BEFORE ALL OF THESE WATERSHED 03:46 CHANGES OCCURRED. 03:48 I WAS PREACHING IN A TIME THAT I DIDN'T 03:51 RECOGNIZE WAS SO DANGEROUS. 03:55 I WAS STARTING TO PREACH, NOT UNLIKE THIS SERIES I'M DOING 03:59 NOW, BUT I WAS DOING IT WHEN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION WAS 04:02 CALLING ON ELEMENTS WITHIN POLAND TO TRY AND FREE PEOPLE, 04:08 TO BRING DEMOCRACY IN POLAND. 04:11 THE CHALLENGE IS THAT PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN BLOCK THOUGHT MAYBE 04:15 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO DE-STABILIZE THEIR POWER. 04:20 SO WITH ALL OF THESE INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS 04:22 AT THEIR HEIGHT, HERE'S A PREACHER KNOWING NOBODY 04:27 IN POLAND, GOING WITH JUST A BIBLE AND SOME SERMONS TO 04:32 PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 04:34 I GOT THERE AND EVIDENTIALLY SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT I 04:36 WAS PART OF IT. 04:38 I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY AND I SAW THREE, FOUR, 04:42 THEN MAYBE FIVE OF MY POSTERS. 04:44 COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE POLISH, BUT MY THROAT 04:48 WAS CUT ON THE POSTER. 04:52 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK POLISH TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 04:58 SO I WENT BACK AND I ASKED MY INTERPRETER, YOU KNOW, 05:01 SAW MYSELF TODAY. . . 05:06 . . .MY THROAT WAS CUT. 05:09 DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING GOOD HERE ? 05:12 BECAUSE WHERE I COME FROM, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. 05:14 HE SAID, WELL, NO, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT. 05:16 A FEW DAYS LATER THERE CAME AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER AND THEN 05:20 I SAID, TELL ME WHAT IT SAYS. 05:22 HE SAID, NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. 05:24 JUST KEEP PREACHING. 05:28 SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST, BUT THROAT 05:32 CUT, ARTICLE IN THE PAPER. 05:35 FINALLY, I SAID, I WILL NOT PREACH ANOTHER NIGHT UNTIL 05:37 YOU TELL ME WHAT IT SAYS. 05:39 THEN I WISHED I HAD DONE WHAT HE SAID. 05:44 IT SAID, THIS GUY'S GOT TO GO. 05:46 THIS BLACK EVANGELIST HAS COME TO STIR UP TROUBLE. 05:51 HE'S GOT TO GO. 05:52 WHEN I FINISHED THAT MEETING, I WENT TO THE AIRPORT AND A LITTLE 05:57 FELLOW WHO SPOKE ONLY POLISH, I HAD LEARNED A LITTLE POLISH, 06:00 BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH. 06:02 I SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 06:03 (repeated in polish.) I SAID (polish word): THAT 06:08 MEANS I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 06:10 BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM GO. 06:12 HE STAYED. 06:13 FINALLY, WHEN THE PASTOR CAME, WHO COULD 06:14 SPEAK POLISH AND ENGLISH, I SAID WHY WON'T HE LEAVE ? 06:17 AND THEY TALKED A LONG TIME. 06:20 I SAID, WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT. 06:22 HE SAID, WELL, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE AIRPORT WHO WANT 06:24 TO KILL YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 06:33 TELL HIM TO STAY. 06:37 YOU STAY. 06:39 LET'S JUST HUG EACH OTHER. 06:46 I GOT ON A PLANE. 06:49 AND FOR THE ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE, AND I'VE BEEN FLYING 06:52 FOR MAYBE 36 OR 37 YEARS, THE PLANE WOULD NOT START. 07:01 TWO SOLDIERS WITH SUBMACHINE GUNS CAME WALKING 07:04 DOWN THE AISLE. 07:05 I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO THINK THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SHOT 07:07 ME ON THE PLANE BECAUSE IT WOULD COMPROMISE THE SKIN. 07:10 I ONLY THOUGHT, THIS WAS IT. 07:12 SO, I HAVE ALREADY PRAYED THE PRAYER. 07:16 YOU KNOW THAT PRAYER THAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT PRAY ONE DAY ? 07:20 I'VE PRAYED IT. 07:22 I'M AFRAID YOU WEREN'T IN IT. 07:26 IT WAS VERY NARROW. 07:27 IT WAS JUST SANDY, AND OUR TWO CHILDREN AND ME. 07:31 AND I SAID, LORD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU AND I NEED TO 07:33 TALK ABOUT, I THINK I'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS. 07:38 THE ONLY THING THAT GAVE ME HOPE WAS THAT SANDY AND 07:42 I HAD ARRANGED FOR HER TO COME AND MEET ME. 07:45 I'D BEEN AWAY FROM HOME FOR OVER A MONTH, UNDER 07:47 TENSION THE WHOLE TIME. 07:50 AND I COULDN'T WAIT TOO SEE MY WIFE. 07:53 SHE WAS GOING TO COME IN TO POLAND. 07:55 BUT WE FOUND OUT IF SHE HAD COME IN, THEY WOULD HAVE 07:57 HELD HER AND MADE ME LEAVE. 07:58 THAT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. 08:00 SO WE DECIDED THAT SHE'D MEET ME IN GERMANY. 08:03 THAT PLANE FINALLY STARTED. 08:04 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO SAY AMEN. 08:07 IT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL TAKEOFF I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. 08:12 AND THEN I GOT TO THAT AIRPORT IN GERMANY WHERE I HAD TO LEAVE 08:16 THE SECURE PORTION, AND THEN I WAS LOOKING FOR MY WIFE. 08:22 CAN YOU IMAGEINE HOW I WAS LOOKING FOR MY WIFE ? 08:27 I'D BEEN UNDER ALL OF THAT PRESSURE, MY LIFE THREATENED, 08:31 THERE WERE EXTREMIST'S WHO DID, IN FACT, INTEND TO KILL ME. 08:36 BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT IF GOD BE FOR YOU. . . 08:45 . . .NOBODY CAN BE AGAINST YOU. 08:47 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU SAY, LORD, 08:49 IF IT'S FOR YOUR GLORY, I'M WILLING TO DIE. 08:53 BECAUSE IF I DIE IN YOU, I'LL PREACH ABOUT IT 08:57 EVENTUALLY, I'LL RISE AGAIN. 08:58 BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I GOT TO THAT AIRPORT AND COULDN'T 09:01 SEE MY BABY, IF YOU CALL YOUR WIFE BABY, THAT'S YOUR THING. 09:09 AND I SEARCHED AND I WOULD WALK UP AND DOWN. 09:11 I'D ASK, WHERE WILL SHE COME. 09:13 THEY SAID, WE CAN'T TELL YOU. 09:15 BUT I WAS SEARCHING. 09:16 AND FINALLY, WHEN I SAW HER, I THINK SHE'S PRETTY ALL THE 09:19 TIME, BUT THAT DAY, WHEW ! 09:29 DO YOU KNOW WHY I TOLD YOU THAT STORY ? 09:33 IF YOU MULTIPLY MY DESIRE TO SEE MY WIFE BY 10,000, I'LL TELL YOU 09:45 HOW MUCH I WANT TO SEE MY JESUS. 09:57 I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HOPING THAT I'LL FUSS AT YOU. 10:02 THEY'RE HOPING THAT I'LL SAY MEAN THINGS TO YOU. 10:05 BUT ALL I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT I JUST WISH EVERYBODY 10:09 LOVED JESUS AND EXPECTED HIS APPEARING AS MUCH I DO, BECAUSE 10:14 I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS. 10:20 WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. 10:23 I HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS WITH THESE EYES THAT 10:25 YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE. 10:26 FOR A LITTLE COUNTRY BOY WHO CAME FROM ALABAMA, WHO GREW 10:30 UP WITH BARE FEET AND SHORT PANTS, YOU'D NEVER IMAGINE 10:34 THAT GOD WOULD TAKE ME TO ALL THE PLACES THAT HE'S TAKEN ME. 10:38 SANDY AND I HAVE BEEN IN PLACES THAT HAD GOLD BEDS. 10:43 WE HAVE WALKED ACROSS MARBLE FLOORS. 10:45 PEOPLE HAVE ENTERTAINED US WITH GOLD FLATWARE. 10:50 WE HAVE EATEN OUT OF PLATES THAT COST MORE 10:52 THAN ALL OF OUR CLOTHES. 10:55 BUT EVERYWHERE WE WENT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. 11:01 THIS EARTH WILL NEVER BE PERFECT AGAIN, UNTIL JESUS COMES. 11:13 AND EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO, I UNDERSTAND, ARE IN THAT TOP 11:17 TWO OR THREE PERCENT, WHO ARE MULTI-BILLIONNAIRES, EVEN 11:21 THOSE PEOPLE, WHO THEY CLAIM ARE DOING BETTER NOW THAN EVER, 11:26 EVEN THEY HAVE SORROW EVERY DAY THAT THEY LIVE, BECAUSE MONEY 11:32 CAN'T CORDON YOU OFF FROM SADNESS, DISEASE, AND DEATH. 11:40 AND EVERY DAY OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET, THE ONLY WAY 11:44 THAT IT CAN BE PRECIOUS AND ENJOYABLE, DEPENDABLY, IS 11:50 TO HAVE IT THROUGH CHRIST. 11:52 SO, TONIGHT, WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU MAY SOUND WAY TOO PERSONAL. 11:56 AND IF THAT'S SO, I APOLOGIZE, MAYBE. 12:00 BUT WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THIS. 12:02 I AM NOT GOING TO WARN YOU THAT JESUS IS COMING. 12:08 I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT JESUS IS COMING. 12:18 IN FACT, WITH THE VERY TEXT THAT I JUST READ, I WANT TO 12:23 TELL YOU THAT EVEN WHEN THINGS LOOK BAD, JESUS SAYS, DON'T 12:29 LET IT GET YOU DOWN. 12:31 BECAUSE WHEN THINGS START TO TURN DOWNWARD, THAT'S THE SIGN 12:36 THAT MY COMING IS EVEN CLOSER. 12:39 SO DON'T LOOK DOWN, LOOK UP. 12:42 BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH. 12:45 THE VERY THING THAT CHRISTIANS HAVE HOPED FOR ALL OF THEIR 12:49 LIVES IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 12:52 AND WHETHER IT HAPPENS IN OUR LIFETIMES OR NOT, I AM 12:55 VERY GLAD TO BE AMONG THOSE WHO LOOK FOR JESUS' COMING. 12:59 WELL, FOR A MINUTE I WANT TO READ YOU SOME TEXT THAT 13:01 IS JUST POWERFUL. 13:03 AND I'VE JUST PASSED ONE OF MY EXPEREINCE-THE-POWER MOMENTS, 13:06 SO IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER. 13:07 GO TO ACTS, CHAPTER 1, AND VERSE NINE. 13:10 ACTS, CHAPTER 1, AND VERSE NINE. 13:15 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS THING IS NOT CORPORATE. 13:17 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO LOOKED AT WAY 13:19 TOO MUCH TELEVISION. 13:22 THEY'VE SEEN TOO MANY B MOVIES. 13:25 AND THEY THINK THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE TELEVISED. 13:29 IN FACT, YOUR IMAGINATION HAS BEEN LIMITED BY TELEVISION 13:33 AND CINEMATOGRAPHERS. 13:36 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MINE IS NOT. 13:39 WHEN I READ THE BIBLE, MY IMAGINATION GOES 13:42 ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. 13:45 I ASK GOD TO LET ME PEEP OVER INTO HIS SIDE. 13:51 LET ME SEE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BYHESE WORDS 13:56 THAT ARE IN GOD'S HOLY BOOK. 13:58 AND I BELIEVE GOD CAN SHOW YOU STUFF THAT IS WAY BETTER THAN 14:02 ANYTHING ON SOME MOVIE SCREEN OR ON A TELEVISION SCREEN. 14:06 SO I GET EXCITED. 14:07 I USED TO HAVE A LITTLE DOG WHO JUST SAT WITH ME IN MY STUDY. 14:11 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'LL MAKE IT TO HEAVEN, I'VE 14:13 GOT TO CHECK THAT OUT. 14:15 BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, WHEN I GOT A HOLD OF A GOOD 14:18 PIECE OF A SERMON, HE KNEW IT. 14:20 AND HE'D STAND UP. 14:24 AND I'D LOOK AT HIM AND HE'D LOOK AT ME AND IT 14:26 WAS LIKE HE UNDERSTOOD. 14:27 YOU GOT SOMETHING GOOD OVER THERE ? 14:29 YUP ! 14:31 IMAGINE THAT. 14:33 WELL, LOOK AT ACTS, CHAPTER 1, AND LET'S START AT VERSE NINE. 14:36 AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN, THIS IS VERSE NINE, AND WHEN HE 14:39 HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS 14:42 TAKEN UP, AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT. 14:46 AND WHILE THEY LOOKED STEADFASTLY TOWARDS HEAVEN 14:49 AS HE WENT UP, BEHOLD TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM IN WHITE 14:53 APPAREL, WHICH ALSO SAID, YE MEN OF GALILEE, WHY STAND 14:58 HERE GAZING UP INTO HEAVEN ? 15:01 THIS SAME JESUS, WHICH IS TAKEN UP FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, SHALL 15:07 SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YOU HAVE BEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN. 15:13 NOW, YOU CAN PASS BY THAT NONCHALANTLY IF YOU WANT 15:16 TO, BUT I'M THERE. 15:18 I'M STANDING WITH HIM. 15:21 AND THEY'RE LOOKING UP AND THEY SEE JESUS GOING UP INTO HEAVEN. 15:24 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING MOMENT. 15:27 BECAUSE JESUS WAS NOT ONLY THEIR SAVIOR; HE WAS NOT ONLY 15:30 THE SON OF GOD AND HUMAN FLESH TO THEM, HE WAS THEIR FRIEND. 15:34 AND HE HAD ASSURED THEM OF MANY THINGS BEFORE HE LEFT. 15:36 BUT NOW THEY LOOK AND SEE HIM GO. 15:39 AND, AS THEY WERE STARING, I IMAGINE THERE MIGHT HAVE 15:41 BEEN SOME TEARFUL EYES. 15:42 MEN DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE TO CRY PUBLICALLY, BUT IF 15:46 SOMEBODY YOU TRULY LOVE IS LEAVING AND THEY'RE LEAVING 15:49 IN THIS WAY, THE DRAMA OF HIS LEAVING IS AMAZING, BESIDES 15:53 HE WON'T BE THERE ANYMORE. 15:55 NOT BE THERE TO TOUCH AND TALK TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 16:00 OR GO TO WITH YOUR PROBLEMS. 16:02 AND AS THEY WERE STARING AT HIM LEAVING, THESE BEINGS 16:05 SAID TO THEM, WHY ARE YOU LOOKING IN TO HEAVEN ? 16:10 HE'S LEAVING, BUT HE'S COMING BACK. 16:13 THIS SAME JESUS, THE ONE YOU'VE COME TO LOVE AND TO KNOW. 16:18 THIS SAME JESUS WHO GAVE YOU HOPE WHEN IT WAS HOPELESS. 16:22 THIS SAME JESUS WILL COME IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU SEE HIM GO. 16:27 SO, BE CORPORATE IF YOU WANT TO. 16:29 I TAKE IT PERSONALLY. 16:31 THE DISCIPLES THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD LIVE TO SEE HIM COME BACK. 16:34 THEY DID NOT. 16:35 AND MANY OTHERS HAVE LIVED AND DIED WITH THIS HOPE OF 16:40 SEEING JESUS COME BACK AGAIN. 16:42 BUT I WILL NOT LET IT GO, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHAT 16:46 THE BIBLE SAYS. 16:48 I BELIEVE THAT THIS SAME JESUS WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME 16:52 WAY THAT THEY SAW HIM GO. 16:55 I GUESS WE'LL GET TO IT EVENTUALLY, BUT 16:58 HE'LL COME IN CLOUDS. 17:00 HE'LL HAVE A LITTLE COMPANY. 17:01 WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. 17:02 LET ME TAKE YOU TO JOHN, CHAPTER 14. 17:04 HERE'S ONE THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW, SO YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE 17:07 LOOKING VERY AIRADITE NOW. 17:12 THEY'LL QUOTE THIS. 17:14 SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY NEAR YOU WHO QUOTES IT, ACT LIKE YOU 17:17 DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GOING IT. . . 17:21 JOHN, CHAPTER 14. 17:24 AND LOOK AT THE, JUST THE, AH, FORGIVE ME. 17:27 SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PREACH BECAUSE I 17:29 KNOW I'M PREACHING TO MANY CULTURES AND SOME OF YOU 17:34 CAN'T UNDERSTAND MY CULTURE. 17:38 MY CULTURE GETS A LITTLE NOISEY EVERY NOW AND THEN. 17:43 I'VE GOT A RULE. 17:45 I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW TO REACT TO MY PREACHING, IF YOU 17:50 DON'T TELL ME HOW TO PREACH. 17:55 BUT STILL I AM AWARE THAT SOME IDIOSYNCRASIES OF 18:00 BLACK PREACHING MIGHT RUB PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY. 18:04 AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I TRY MY BEST TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU. 18:12 THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT THE WAY 18:15 GOD TELLS ME TO DO IT. 18:18 SO, IF I HAPPEN TO DO THAT TONIGHT, I HOPE 18:22 YOU'LL PRAY FOR ME. 18:24 LOOK AT JOHN, CHAPTER 14. 18:25 IF YOU READ THIS AND CAN'T GET EXCITED, YOU NEED TO 18:27 GO SOMEWHERE AND GET A SPIRITUAL HEART TRANSPLANT, 18:32 BECAUSE THIS IS JESUS TALKING TO HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 18:37 AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS. 18:39 LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED. 18:42 DID HE WRITE THAT FOR THEN, OR DID HE WRITE THAT FOR NOW ? 18:47 LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED. 18:49 YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. 18:52 IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS. 18:57 IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 19:00 I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 19:07 NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU WHO TAKE THE BIBLE A STEP AWAY. 19:11 YOU JUST READ THAT WITH NO EMOTION. 19:14 BUT I TAKE IT PERSONALLY. 19:16 IF JESUS SAYS HE MADE A PLACE FOR ME, I COULD RENT HOUSES 19:21 FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT I'VE 19:25 GOT ONE HOUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE RENT PAID. 19:35 THE WORD TRANSLATES--I WENT AND CHECKED IT TO MAKE SURE, IT 19:38 TRANSLATE DWELLING PLACES THAT ARE PERMANENT. 19:42 PERMANENT DWELLING PLACES. 19:45 I KNOW I HAVE MANY WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WON'T 19:47 UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT SOME OF US WORRY ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN 19:51 STAY IN THE HOUSE PERMANENTLY. 19:56 NOW I'M DIVIDING MY AUDIENCE. 20:01 TERRIBLE, ISN'T IT ? 20:03 SO, IF YOU'RE IN THE CATAGORY WITH ME, JUST SIT QUIETLY 20:07 AND NOBODY WILL KNOW. 20:10 BUT SOME OF US DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'LL HAVE THE 20:13 HOUSE THE WHOLE TIME. 20:14 WHEN WE'RE RENTING, WE CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW. 20:16 BUT SOME OF US HAVE PURCHASED THE HOUSE; HOWEVER, WE ARE 20:20 FULLY AWARE THAT SHOULD YOU MISS A PAYMENT. . . 20:28 YOU'RE ARRANGEMENT COULD REVERT TO SOMETHING AKIN TO RENT. 20:37 OH, FORGIVE ME, I'M BRINGING YOU DOWN NOW. 20:41 BUT JESUS SAID, I'M PREPARING A PERMANENT 20:45 DWELLING PLACE FOR YOU. 20:46 LET ME GET TO THE NEXT PART OF THIS. 20:49 IT'S, AND IF I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME 20:55 AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM, 21:04 THERE YE MAY BE ALSO. 21:07 NOW, I HAVE A LOT OF INTELLECTUALS TALK TO 21:11 ME FROM TIME TO TIME. 21:14 AND THEY SAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL LIKE HEAVEN ? 21:22 WELL, I COULD GIVE THEM AN EMOTIONAL REACTION, BUT I 21:27 TAKE THEM TO THIS TEXT. 21:30 JESUS SAYS, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO GET YOU. 21:34 NOW, HE COULD SEND SOMEBODY. 21:41 FORGIVE ME, I'M HAVING MY OWN PERSONAL EXPRIENCE 21:43 THE POWER MOMENT. 21:45 HE COULD SEND SOMEBODY FOR ME, BUT HE SAYS, 21:48 I'M COMING PERSONALLY. 21:53 AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF, THAT WHERE 21:57 I AM, THERE YOU WILL BE. 22:01 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF THAT'S 22:04 ALL I KNEW ABOUT HEAVEN, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. 22:15 BECAUSE JESUS HAS TAKEN CARE OF ME ON EARTH. 22:17 I'VE NEVER MET HIM IN PERSON, BUT EVERYTHING 22:21 I'VE EVER NEEDED HE SUPPLIED. 22:25 WHENEVER I WAS IN TROUBLE, EVEN IF HE DIDN'T TAKE THE 22:27 TROUBLE AWAY, HE GAVE ME STRENGTH TO BEAR UP UNDER IT. 22:31 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS THERE TO 22:34 TALK TO, AND JESUS WAS THERE. 22:36 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FINISH MY PRAYERS AND I STAY ON MY KNEES 22:39 BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST PRAYING TO HIM, I WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM. 22:43 AND I HAVE HEARD HIM TALK TO ME. 22:45 SO ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE THERE, AND 22:48 THAT'S HEAVEN FOR ME. 22:51 MAYBE THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU. 22:55 TITUS, CHAPTER 2. 22:57 I WANT TO READ ALL OF THESE, BUT I CAN'T. 22:59 I HAVE THIS ENEMY IN FRONT OF ME. 23:03 TITUS, CHAPTER 2, AND VERSE 13 SAYS, THIS IS OUR BLESSED HOPE. 23:12 LISTEN, I AM NOT A PIE IN THE SKY, BY AND BY PREACHER. 23:18 I DO NOT PREACH THAT IF YOU LOVE JESUS, JUST WAIT. 23:22 YOU MUST WAIT FOR EVERYTHING. 23:24 IN FACT, I BELIEVE, AND YOU HEARD ME SAY IT THE OTHER NIGHT, 23:29 THAT IF YOU RETURN A FAITHFUL TITHE, AND GIVING AN OFFERING, 23:33 THAT GOD WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU GO TO HEAVEN, HE WILL 23:36 OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN, EXCUSE ME, IT'S A 23:39 BIG PLACE--IT OPENS SLOWER. 23:42 HE WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN RIGHT NOW, AND 23:47 POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING THAT YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM FOR. 23:51 I BELIEVE THAT GOD BLESSES PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. 23:54 I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF YOU AND I KNOW YOU ARE BLESSED. 23:58 A FEW PREACHERS HAVE BORROWED SOMETHING THAT I STARTED. 24:01 THIS IS ORIGINAL. 24:02 IF YOU ARE ALIVE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE BROKE. . . 24:12 . . .YOU ARE BLESSED. 24:16 IF YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF TELLING 24:20 YOU THAT YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, YOU ARE BLESSED. 24:25 AND IF YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH NOBODY HAVING TO HAVE 24:30 TO COME AND PULL YOU OUT OF YOUR BED, DON'T MAKE THE 24:34 MISTAKE OF BELIEVING THAT YOUR ALARM CLOCK DID IT. 24:38 SOME OF YOU KNOW ME TOO WELL. 24:40 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. 24:41 IF YOU THINK AN ALARM CLOCK WILL WAKE SOMEBODY UP, TAKE 24:43 ONE DOWN TO THE FUNERAL HOME. 24:53 SO WHEN THIS JESUS SAYS, I'M COMING, THAT IS MY BLESSED HOPE. 25:01 BECAUSE I DON'T SAY HE WILL ONLY BLESS YOU THEN. 25:06 THAT WOULD BE THE OPIATE OF THE PEOPLE. 25:08 WHAT I TELL YOU IS IS THAT HE BLESSES US NOW. 25:11 IN FACT, HIS RAIN FALLS UPON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST. 25:14 IT'S JUST IF YOU ARE IN THE FAMILY, YOU GET EXTRA BLESSING. 25:18 IS THERE A WITNESS ANYWHERE CLOSE ? 25:21 IS THERE A WITNESS ANYWHERE FAR AWAY ? 25:26 SO I TELL YOU THAT WHILE I'M NOT A PREACHER WHO BELIEVES IN PIE- 25:29 IN-THE-SKY, BY-AND-BY, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS BLESSES AT ALL TIMES. 25:34 BUT THE CONSUMMATE HOPE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN IS TO SEE JESUS. 25:40 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 25:43 ENTITLED "LOOK UP." 25:48 Announcer: THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION MINISTRY 25:50 PROUDLY PRESENTS A SPECIAL GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK. 25:52 THE DESIRE OF AGES--THE LIFE STORY OF THE GREATEST 25:55 SPIRITUAL LEADER THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, JESUS CHRIST. 25:58 DESIRE OF AGES GOES IN DEPTH INTO EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 26:00 LIFE OF JESUS, GIVING YOU MORE MEANING AND A CLEARER PICTURE 26:04 OF HIS IMPACT ON THE WORLD, AND THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO FOLLOW 26:06 HIM, EVEN TO THIS DAY. 26:08 IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, DESIRE OF AGES GIVES DIRECTION 26:10 FOR ALL WHO SEEK IT. 26:12 THE BOOK ANSWERS HARD QUESTIONS CONFRONTING US ALL. 26:14 IT EXAMINES BASIC SPIRITUAL TRUTHS, GIVES HOPE AND 26:17 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TOMORROW, AND BRINGS YOU FACE TO 26:19 FACE WITH THE SAVIOR. 26:21 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 26:25 THAT'S 877-265-6333, AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY 26:29 OF DESIRE OF AGES. 26:30 THE BOOK IS YOURS FOR A GIFT OF $5.00 OR MORE, 26:32 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: BREATH OF LIFE, 26:35 P.O. 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