Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000434
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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) Announcer: JOIN US NOW AS 00:16 PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED "LOOK UP." 00:19 (theme music) SO I TELL YOU THAT WHILE I'M NOT 00:28 A PREACHER WHO BELIEVES IN PIE- IN-THE-SKY, BY-AND-BY, I BELIEVE 00:31 THAT JESUS BLESSES AT ALL TIMES. 00:34 BUT THE CONSUMMATE HOPE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN IS TO SEE JESUS. 00:40 IN FACT, ONE OF THE LAST TEXTS THAT I READ TONIGHT 00:42 WILL BE THAT VERY THING. 00:44 NOW I'VE GOT AN EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT. 00:46 IT'S IN FIRST THESSALONIANS. 00:48 I HAVE ASKED GOD TO ALLOW ME TO PREACH THIS WITHOUT 00:51 EXTRANEOUS NOISE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT THINGS THAT I COULD 00:55 SAY WHILE I'M READING THIS. 00:57 FIRST THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 4. 01:01 AND THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT. 01:03 YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THEM, IT GETS EXCITING. 01:08 I'M STARTING WITH VERSE 13. 01:11 BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT BRETHREN, 01:16 CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP THAT YE SORROW NOT, EVEN 01:20 AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE. 01:24 FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO, 01:31 THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. 01:37 FOR THIS WE SAY TO YOU, BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHICH 01:42 ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL NOT 01:47 PREVENT THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP. 01:51 I'VE GOT TO PAUSE JUST TO CALM DOWN. 01:57 OKAY. 02:00 FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE 02:03 LORD, I GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. 02:05 WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD 02:08 SHALL NOT PREVENT THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP. 02:10 FOR THE LORD HIMSELF, SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A 02:16 SHOUT, WITH A VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE 02:20 TRUMP OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST. 02:36 SO WHEN JESUS COMES, THOSE WhO HAVE DIED IN CHRIST, 02:40 SHALL RISE FIRST. 02:41 THERE'S A PLOT OR TWO OUT IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA WHERE 02:46 MY MOTHER AND NOW MY FATHER ARE ASLEEP IN JESUS. 02:52 BUT THIS TEXT SAYS THAT WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN 02:57 SHALL NOT PREVENT THEM. 03:00 THE LORD SAYS, I MYSELF WILL COME. 03:03 DO YOU SEE IT ? 03:04 THERE ARE SOME THINGS HE WILL NOT DELEGATE. 03:07 SO HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 03:08 VERSE 17. 03:10 THEN WE, WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN, SHALL BE CAUGHT UP 03:15 TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD 03:18 IN THE AIR AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD. 03:26 WHEREFORE, COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS. 03:29 IF ANYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY HAS DIED WITH FAITH IN JESUS, THE 03:35 BIBLE SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE RESURRECTED WHEN JESUS COMES. 03:40 WE WILL NOT PREVENT THEM. 03:42 WE WILL NOT GO BEFORE THEM. 03:43 I'VE HEARD WONDERFUL GOSPEL SONGS THAT SOUNDED SO BEAUTIFUL, 03:47 BUT THEY WERE BAD THEOLOGY. 03:49 IF YOU GET THERE BEFORE I DO. . . 03:59 THE BIBLE SAYS, THE DEAD WILL RISE, THE DEAD IN 04:02 CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. 04:04 THEN WE, WHICH ARE ALIVE, WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM. 04:08 THE GREATEST FAMILY REUNION THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS EVER 04:11 KNOWN, AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD. 04:15 DO YOU SEE WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT JESUS COMING ? 04:18 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY MOTHER AND 04:21 MY FATHER DIED THAT I THINK THEY DESERVED TO SEE. 04:25 MY MOM WOULD HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY BY THIS THING 04:28 THAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 04:29 I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'D SAY. 04:30 MY DAD WOULD BE COMPLETELY TORN APART BY IT. 04:35 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER GOD WILL HAVE VIDEO TO PLAY FOR THEM. 04:39 BUT I WISH THEY COULD SEE IT. 04:41 BUT I TELL YOU THIS. 04:43 IF YOU SIT HERE TONIGHT THINKING THAT THE EARTH WILL FIZZLE OUT 04:49 IN NUCLEAR WINTER, THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME SO 04:54 POISONED THAT WE CAN'T BREATHE, THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO 04:59 WEAR GAS MASKS AND THEN DIE TOGETHER IN SOME CLUMP; 05:03 IF YOU THINK THAT THE OZONE LAYER WILL BE WIPED OUT AND THE 05:08 SUN WILL HEAT US SO MUCH THAT WE'LL DIE IN HEAT THAT'S TOO 05:12 HIGH FOR US TO HANDLE, IF YOU THINK MAN'S INHUMANITIES TO MAN 05:15 WILL CONTINUE TO BE WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL WE ANIHILATE EACH 05:21 OTHER; IF YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL BECOME ANGRY WITH THEIR 05:24 VEHICLES OR THEIR AIRCRAFT OR THEIR SEACRAFT AND TAKE EACH 05:28 OTHER OUT, YOU ARE WRONG. 05:32 BEFORE ANY OF THAT CAN HAPPEN, JESUS IS GOING TO COME. 05:44 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24. 05:45 I GOT TO READ THIS ONE. 05:46 I'VE GOT SOME STUFF I CAN'T READ, BUT I'LL JUST LET YOU GO 05:49 HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. 05:50 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24. 05:52 IF YOU DON'T--READ MATTHEW 24 WHEN YOU GO HOME. 05:56 NOW YOU WILL FIND IN MATTHEW 24 THAT THE DISCIPLES WENT 06:00 TO JESUS AND SAID, THEY ASKED THE QUESTION THAT 06:03 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK. 06:06 CAN YOU STOP, WELL, CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR MATTHEW 24, BUT 06:10 CAN YOU MULTITASK ? 06:13 I'M SURE ALL THE LADIES CAN. 06:14 YOU SAY THE MEN CAN'T. 06:22 HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL TEXT. 06:27 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24. 06:29 LET'S READ IT FIRST. 06:31 AND VERSE 14. 06:33 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS: AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 06:38 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS 06:41 UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 06:48 NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET UPSET ABOUT THIS. 06:51 OH, NO. 06:53 THE END IS COMING. 06:55 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 06:57 IF THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF GREAT LIVING, THAT MEANS THAT 07:04 YOU DWELL IN THAT GREAT EGYPTIAN RIVER, DENIAL. 07:16 THIS ISN'T IT. 07:19 NOT FOR ME. 07:21 LOOK, I'VE BEEN BLESSED. 07:23 I'VE NEVER BEEN WEALTHY, BUT GOD HAS GIVEN, ACCORDING 07:27 TO WHAT HE SAYS IN THE BIBLE, SOME THINGS ABOVE THAT I 07:29 COULD ASK OR IMAGINE. 07:32 SO FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN MY LIFE, I'VE HAD A BIG JOB. 07:37 THIS ISN'T IT. 07:39 THIS JOB IS NOT ABOUT MONEY. 07:41 THIS JOB IS ABOUT JOY. 07:45 LET ME TELL YOU. 07:47 ALL THOSE BIG-TIME PREACHERS COULD BUY AND SELL ME BEFORE 07:49 BREAKFAST, BUT THEY ARE NOT HAPPIER THAN I AM, BECAUSE 07:53 I'VE GOT PEACE THAT SURPASSES UNDERSTANDING. 07:58 MY JOB IS NOT ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY PAYCHECK. 08:01 IT'S THAT I ENJOY IT. 08:03 BUT THIS TEXT SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE PART OF THE PROCESS 08:08 THAT SPREADS THE GOSPEL TO EVERY KINDRED AND NATION 08:13 AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE, YOU ARE HELPING TO BRING THE 08:16 DAY WHEN THE END WILL COME. 08:20 AND WHEN THE END COMES, THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 08:23 THAT'S A GOOD THING, BECAUSE BEFORE THE END COMES, 08:28 JESUS WILL COME. 08:30 AND I TELL YOU TONIGHT, THAT YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE PROCESS. 08:36 GUESS WHAT ? 08:37 YOU'VE BEEN GOING HOME. 08:38 I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU. 08:39 I KNOW YOU HAVE. 08:40 YOU'VE BEEN GOING HOME TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND 08:43 FRIENDS WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING FROM THE BIBLE. 08:45 SO YOU'RE PART OF IT. 08:45 AND WE ARE DOWNLINKED ALL AROUND. 08:48 I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE NUMBERS OF PLACES WHERE 08:51 WE'RE DOWNLINKED. 08:52 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS. 08:54 WE ARE PART OF THE PROCESS. 08:56 BECAUSE ALL PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT GOOD NEWS IS COMING 09:03 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS IS ABOUT TO COME AND 09:07 REDEEM THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. 09:10 AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. 09:12 NOW, LET ME GET TO HEBREWS, CHAPTER 9. 09:15 I'M READING THIS FROM THE NIV. 09:17 THAT'S WHY I'M NOT LOOKING IT UP. 09:19 HEBREWS, CHAPTER 9 AND VERSE 28. 09:20 HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 09:21 SO CHRIST WOULD SACRIFICE ONCE TO TAKE AWAY THE 09:24 SINS OF MANY PEOPLE. 09:26 AND HE WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME, NOT TO BEAR SIN, BUT 09:30 TO BRING SALVATION TO THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR HIM. 09:34 I NEED TO REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING. 09:37 AND THAT IS THIS: JESUS IS NOT COMING BACK FOR PEOPLE WHO IN 09:43 AND OF THEMSELVES ARE PERFECT. 09:48 WE READ IT TO YOU NOW, MORE THAN ONCE. 09:51 JESUS IS COMING BACK FOR FAMILY MEMBERS. 09:54 THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. 10:00 NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE PERFECT. 10:03 NO ONE ON THIS EARTH IS PERFECT. 10:05 THE ONLY PERFECT SERVANT OF GOD LIVED AND WAS CRUCIFIED 10:09 AND WENT TO SIT AT THE RIGHT HAND OF HIS FATHER. 10:12 SO TONIGHT THE BLESSED HOPE IS THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO ALLOW 10:20 THEMSELVES TO BE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, WHO ALLOW 10:25 THE DIVINE NATURE TO BE PLACED IN US, BY THE BIRTH, THE REBIRTH 10:30 THROUGH WATER AND BLOOD, BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 10:34 YOU REMEMBER. 10:35 WE DESCRIBED IT. 10:36 WIND BLOWING. 10:37 YOU CAN'T SEE IT. 10:38 THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. 10:40 BUT THE WIND BLOWS A LITTLE, A LITTLE, A LITTLE, AND THEN 10:43 A LOT, AND YOU ARE CHANGED FROM WHO YOU USED TO BE. 10:47 YOUR WILL, YOUR ATTACHMENTS, YOUR APPETITES, YOUR ACTIVITIES 10:55 ARE MODERATED BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE LIKE YOUR FATHER, YOUR BIG 11:00 BROTHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 11:06 SO, PEOPLE IN HEAVEN ARE NOT GOING TO BE PEOPLE 11:09 WHO WERE ALREADY PERFECT. 11:10 THEY'LL BE PEOPLE LIKE ZACCHAEUS WHO GOT A CALL TO COME DOWN 11:16 OUT OF THE TREE, AND JESUS WENT HOME WITH HIM. 11:20 AND HIS PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE MADE THE DIFFERENCE. 11:24 THE COMING OF CHRIST IS GOING TO BE AMAZING BECAUSE YOU 11:26 WILL NOT HAVE TO SEE IT ON ANY TELEVISION SCREEN. 11:30 REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 7 SAYS, EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM. 11:36 IN FACT, JUST BEFORE THAT LOOK AT VERSE, THE 11:39 VERSE PRECEDING IT. 11:40 VERSE SIX. 11:43 IF YOU HEARhTHAT JESUS IS THERE, DON'T BELIEVE IT. 11:45 IF YOU HEAR THAT JESUS CAME A CERTAIN PLACE, DON'T BELIEVE IT. 11:49 BECAUSE WHEN HE COMES, YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 11:52 IN FACT, MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24 AND VERSE 27. 11:56 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24, AND VERSE 27. 12:00 AND I'M GOING TO WAR WITH MY CLOCK, BUT I GOT SOMETHING 12:03 I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE WE GO. 12:05 I'VE GOT ONE MORE EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT. 12:08 MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24, AND VERSE 27. 12:12 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 12:14 IF I CAN HAVE, YES, FOR AS THE LIGHTENING COMETH OUT OF THE 12:17 EAST, AND SHINETH EVEN UNTO THE WEST, SO SHALL ALSO THE 12:22 COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. 12:24 SO, LOOK AT VERSE 26. 12:25 WHEREFORE, IF THEY SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD HE IS IN THE 12:28 DESERT, GO NOT FORTH. 12:30 BEHOLD, HE IS IN SECRET CHAMBERS, BELIEVE IT NOT. 12:33 BECAUSE NOBODY WILL HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS IS COMING. 12:37 NOW HERE, I MUST SAY TO YOU, IS THE DOWNSIDE FOR SOME 12:41 PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE AND HAVE BEEN CONVINCED THAT THE COMING 12:47 OF CHRIST IS A BAD THING. 12:50 THE FACT IS THAT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24, IN VERSE 4, 12:54 VERSE 42, AND VERSE 44 WE HAVE A TRIUMVIRATE OF WARNINGS. 13:01 AND THESE WARNINGS ARE TO A SPECIFIC CLASS OF PEOPLE, 13:04 AND I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE. 13:06 IT SAYS IN VERSE 4, TAKE HEED. 13:09 IT SAYS IN VERSE 42, WATCH. 13:11 IT SAYS IN VERSE 44, BE READY. 13:16 THIS CRISIS IS STEALING GRADUALLY UPON US AS WE GO 13:20 ABOUT OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. 13:22 AND THOSE WHO SINCERELY LOOK FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST WILL 13:27 BE READY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 13:31 IT SAYS THAT THOSE WHO LOVE JESUS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL BY 13:36 THE SIGNS THAT HE IS COMING. 13:39 MATTHEW 24, VERSES 6 AND 7 SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE WARS 13:44 AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS. 13:47 HAVE WE GOT THAT ? 13:49 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL ISSUES 13:51 SURROUNDING IRAQ. 13:53 WHETHER YOU WERE FOR IT OR NOT, YOU MUST CONFESS THAT 13:56 IT HAS CHANGED OUR WORLD. 13:59 THIS, THIS STRANGE CULTURAL CLASH WILL NOT GO AWAY. 14:06 IN FACT, IT HAS ELEMENTS WITHIN IT THAT MAKE IT 14:09 LARGER THAN LIFE. 14:11 WE TOSS AROUND THE WORD ARMAGEDDON. 14:15 WE HAVE USED IT AND OVERUSED IT SO MUCH THAT WE HAVE DRAINED 14:19 ALL THE MEANING OUT OF IT. 14:20 BUT IT IS NOT A NORMAL WAR. 14:22 IT IS NOT A PHYSICAL CONFLICT ONLY. 14:25 IT IS A CONFLICT OF MAJOR PROPORTIONS. 14:28 IT IS A WAR BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 14:32 AGAINST WICKEDNESS. 14:36 AND WE MAY HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE MOMENT WHEN WE ARE ON 14:39 THE BRINK OF THAT WAR. 14:42 THE BIBLE SAYS, LUKE, CHAPTER 21, VERSE 11, 14:45 AND MARK 13, VERSES 7 AND 8, THAT THERE WILL BE 14:47 FAMINES AND NATURAL DISASTERS. 14:51 AS WE SIT HERE TONIGHT, MOST OF US OVERFED. 14:55 IN FACT, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO CAN BARELY STAY 14:57 AWAKE TO HEAR ME. 14:59 AS MUCH AS I MOVE AROUND AND RAISE MY VOICE, BECAUSE 15:03 YOU ATE WAY TOO MUCH. 15:06 AND WHAT YOU NEED IS. . .TO GET YOU BACK AGAIN. 15:11 BUT WHILE WE SIT HERE OVERFED, THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD 15:15 WHERE CHILDREN'S BELLIES BLOAT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH. 15:19 THEIR GROWTH IS STUNTED. 15:21 THEIR EYES BULGE OUT. 15:23 AND THESE BABIES ARE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF COLORS. 15:26 YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE THEY ARE. 15:28 THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO LIVE PICKING UP TRASH OFF THE 15:31 STREETS AND OUT OF TRASH BINS WHILE WE SIT IN ONE 15:34 OF THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 15:37 AND THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'S A SIGN. 15:42 WHEN THE WEATHER GETS DIFFERENT. 15:49 I WOULD BE NARROW TO PREACH TO THIS AUDIENCE ABOUT THE STORMS 15:53 THAT HAVE COME TO AMERICA. 15:55 BUT IF YOU LIVE IN THE CARIBBEAN, YOU COULD TELL US 15:58 STORIES ABOUT THOSE STORMS, BECAUSE THEY ALL GENERATE NOT 16:01 FAR AWAY FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND THEN THEY MOVE OUR WAY. 16:04 BUT NOW THEY HAVE COME WITH SUCH STRANGE REPITITY. 16:08 AND THEY COME IN THE SAME PLACES. 16:10 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO OWNS A HOME IN THE PATH OF THE LAST THREE. 16:14 AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 16:15 SHALL I FIX THE HOUSE OR JUST LET IT STAY THERE ? 16:19 AND SOMEBODY SAYS THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG. 16:22 THERE'S NOT SOMETHING WRONG. 16:23 THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT. 16:26 THESE ARE SIGNS TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS IS ABOUT TO COME. 16:29 AND THE PROBLEM IS THIS, THAT SOME PEOPLE, EVEN WHEN THEY SEE 16:38 THAT, AND IF YOU LOOK IN SECOND TIMOTHY, STARTING CHAPTER 3, 16:41 VERSES ONE THROUGH FIVE, IT'LL TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE 16:43 PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR CULTURE. 16:44 YOU'LL BE SURPRISED, I BELIEVE, TO KNOW THAT THE BIBLE 16:46 UNDERSTOOD THEM WAY BACK THEN. 16:50 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, LISTEN TO ME, AND THESE ARE 16:53 THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE AFRAID, IF YOU KNOW WHAT 16:58 GOD OFFERS AND YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT, IF YOU KNOW THAT HE 17:08 LOVES YOU FOR NO REASON AT ALL, AND THAT HIS LOVE REACHES 17:13 OUT TO YOU, THAT HIS GRACE PURSUES YOU, BUT INSTEAD OF 17:19 ALLOWING HIM TO CHANGE YOU, YOU RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. 17:26 THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE WORRIED ARE THE ONES WHO WILL 17:30 NOT ALLOW JESUS TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO A NEW BEING. 17:38 IF YOU PUSH GOD OUT OF YOUR LIFE, IF YOU WILL NOT LET HIM 17:46 LOVE YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL HE WANTS TO DO, HE WILL CHANGE YOU 17:52 WITH A POWER FROM WITHOUT THAT COMES WITHIN TO MAKE YOU ABLE 18:00 TO DO ANYTHING THAT HE ASKS. 18:04 AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN TROUBLE. 18:08 LOOK AT SECOND THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 1. 18:11 AND I'LL READ YOU THIS, AND THEN I'VE GOT A STORY TO TELL YOU. 18:15 SECOND THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 1, START WITH VERSE 7. 18:21 AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED, REST WITH US. 18:25 WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS 18:27 MIGHTY ANGELS INFLAMING FIRE, TAKING VENGENCE ON THEM, THAT 18:32 KNOW NOT GOD, AND THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS 18:37 CHRIST, WHO SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION 18:42 FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, FROM THE GLORY OF HIS POWER. 18:46 WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS, 18:50 AND TO BE ADMIRED ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE, BECAUSE OUR 18:55 TESTIMONY AMONG YOU WAS BELIEVED IN THAT DAY. 19:01 IN OTHER WORDS, THE QUESTION IS SIMPLE. 19:03 WHEN IT'S IN THE WORD OF GOD, WHEN IT APPLIES TO 19:07 EVERYBODY, WHEN YOU CAN BE AS WICKED AS ZACCHAEUS AND 19:13 JESUS WOULD CALL YOU BY NAME, BUT YOU REFUSE IT, IT WOULD BE 19:17 THE EQUIVALANT OF ZACCHAEUS SAYING, WHEN JESUS APPROACHED 19:21 HIS TREE AND SAID, ZACCHAEUS, I WANT TO GO TO YOUR HOUSE. 19:27 NO, NO. 19:33 I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPANY WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 19:36 I ONLY CAME TO WATCH. 19:40 THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT JESUS COMING 19:44 ARE THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOCK THE DOOR AGAINST A LOVING 19:50 CHRIST WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND MAKE YOU READY FOR A KINGDOM 19:55 THAT IS BEYOND BELIEF. 19:59 I GOT A CALL FROM MY GRANDMOTHER. 20:04 MY GRANDMOTHER HAS SINCE DECEASED. 20:06 I HADN'T SEEN HER IN AGES. 20:08 I TOLD THIS STORY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO--THE LONG VERSION. 20:11 THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SHORT ONE. 20:14 SHE SAID, SON, I'M NOT EATING THE RIGHT FOOD. 20:17 I'M NOT GETTING TREATED WELL. 20:21 AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO I CAN CALL. 20:23 COME VISIT ME AND BRING ME SOME THINGS TO EAT, AND 20:26 I JUST NEED TO SEE YOU. 20:28 WELL, MY GRANDMOTHER HAD LIVED WITH US. 20:30 THERE'S NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THEN HAVING THAT GENERATION 20:32 IN THE HOUSE. 20:36 YOU KNOW, GRANDPARENTS DON'T HAVE TO CHASTEN YOU. 20:39 THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THAT PHASE OF THEIR PARENTING. 20:42 SO THEY'RE JUST WONDERFUL AND SWEET. 20:46 MY GRANDMOTHER HAD ARTHRITIS AND SHE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. 20:50 MY BROTHER AND I WOULD SIT BESIDE HER WHEELCHAIR WHEN 20:52 THE SUN WOULD RISE IN THE MORNING, BECAUSE SOMETHING 20:54 AMAZING HAPPENED. 20:56 SHE WOULD BE ACHING AND THE PAIN WOULD BE GETTING MORE THAN SHE 20:59 COULD BEAR, AND SHE WOULD SING HYMNS AND WAIT FOR THE SUN TO 21:02 WARM HER UNTIL THE ARTHRITIS GAVE IN TO THE BEAMS OF THE SUN. 21:08 SO SHE WOULD SING WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN HER FACE AND 21:11 WE SAID, GRANDMOTHER, WHY ARE YOU CRYING ? 21:13 SHE SAID, ARTHUR, AND WE KNEW THAT WAS ARTHUR RITIS. 21:19 AND THEN HER TEARS WOULD GO AWAY, AND SHE'D SING 21:24 WITH A SMILE. 21:25 AND WE'D SAY, GRANDMOTHER, WHY ARE YOU SMILING. 21:27 SHE'D SAY, BECAUSE JESUS HAS TAKEN MY PAIN AWAY. 21:30 WE LOVED GRANDMOTHER, SO WHEN SHE SAID COME, 21:33 I WAS READY TO COME. 21:33 I'D JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW BUICK. 21:37 DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHEN PREACHERS USED TO LOVE BUICKS ? 21:42 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE TINY LITTLE BUICKS. 21:47 I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS BUICK. 22:03 I SAID, GRANDMOTHER, HOW DO I GET TO YOU ? 22:05 SHE SAID, CALL MY BROTHER. 22:06 I CALLED HIM. 22:07 I SAID, UNCLE, HOW DO I GET TO HER ? 22:09 HE SAID, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. 22:10 YOU GET ON THE FOUR LANE FOR A WHILE. 22:12 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TURN ONTO A TWO LANE. 22:14 AND HE SAID, THEN WHEN YOU GET ON A TWO LANE, IT'S NOT PAVED. 22:16 I THOUGHT ABOUT MY CAR, BUT THIS IS GRANDMOTHER. 22:20 HE SAID, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO TURN OFF ON A LITTLE PATH. 22:23 AND THEN HE SAID, JUNIOR, WHEN YOU'RE ALMOST HERE, YOU'RE GOING 22:28 TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE THE TRACTOR MADE TWO LITTLE CUTS. 22:35 AND HE SAID, YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE. 22:38 HE SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF ROUGH, BUT YOU'LL 22:40 KNOW YOU'RE ALMOST HERE. 22:42 AND I REMEMBER, MY WIFE WAS RIDING WITH ME. 22:45 SHE WAS HELPING TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS ON THE BUICK. 22:51 WE WERE FINE ON THE FOUR LANE. 22:52 FINE ON THE TWO LANE. 22:54 FINE ON THE DIRT ROAD. 22:56 EVEN OKAY ON THE PATH. 22:58 AND THEN WE MADE THAT TURN INTO THE TRACTOR. . .I WAS 23:06 AFRAID TO LOOK AT HER. 23:09 HERE WAS OUR BRAND NEW CAR. 23:13 AND INSTEAD OF GETTING UPSET, I WAS SMILING. 23:17 BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WITH EVERY BUMP IN THE TRACTOR PATH, I 23:22 WAS CLOSER TO GRANDMOTHER. 23:26 SO THE TRIALS OF THAT TRIP DID NOT MAKE ME UPSET. 23:32 THEY GOT ME EXCITED BECAUSE THE ROUGHER THE DRIVE, THE 23:38 CLOSER I WAS TO GRANDMOTHER. 23:50 YOU DID THAT ALL BY YOURSELF. 23:52 I DIDN'T HAVE TO HELP YOU. 23:53 GO TO FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 3, THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL BE 23:56 ABLE TO GIVE YOU. 23:57 FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 3. 23:58 I TELL YOU THAT THE ROUGHER THINGS GET, THE CLOSER WE ARE 24:05 TO THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. 24:08 SO DON'T BE UPSET AT ME IF I DON'T GET DOWN IN 24:11 THE DUMPS WITH YOU. 24:13 BECAUSE I KNOW THE ROUGHER THIS TRIP IS THE CLOSER WE ARE TO 24:16 THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. 24:18 AND WHEN HE COMES, ALL OF THIS WILL BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT, 24:22 IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. 24:24 AND THE FACT IS THAT GOVERNMENT, ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE 24:28 HAVE WITH GOVERNMENT WILL DISAPPEAR, FOR THE GOVERNMENT 24:30 SHALL BE UPON HIS SHOULDERS. 24:33 AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. 24:40 I'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF 24:42 AN ELECTION AGAIN. 24:44 FOR WHEN HE IS INSTALLED IN OFFICE THERE WILL BE 24:48 NO MORE LEADERSHIP. 24:51 WELL, LET ME READ THIS. 24:53 THIS IS JOHN, FIRST JOHN, CHAPTER 3. 24:56 BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HATH BESTOWED 25:01 UPON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED THE SONS OF GOD. 25:06 THEREFORE THE WORLD KNOWTH US NOT BECAUSE IT KNEW HIM NOT. 25:10 BELOVED NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD. 25:14 AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE, BUT WE KNOW THAT 25:18 WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL 25:23 SEE HIM AS HE IS. 25:28 NOW, HERE'S MY LAST EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT. 25:32 VERSE 2 SAYS, BELOVED NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD. 25:39 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TEXT MEANS ? 25:43 STILL IMPERFECT. 25:46 STILL STRUGGLING WITH HABITS THAT I OUGHT NOT 25:49 NEED TO STRUGGLE WITH. 25:52 I AM ACCEPTED IN HEAVEN BECAUSE JESUS, MY BIG BROTHER, IS THERE. 26:01 NOW, AM I A CHILD OF GOD. 26:05 WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS HAS 26:11 GIVEN HIM THE CONFIDENCE TO GO INTO HEAVEN TO REPRESENT ME. 26:17 IF GOD LOOKED BEYOND JESUS, AND SAW ME BACK THERE, HE WOULD HAVE 26:24 TO ASK JESUS, WHAT HAS HE BEEN ? 26:27 HOW'D HE GET BACK THERE ? 26:29 BUT SINCE GOD TRUSTS HIS SON, I AM COVERED WITH 26:33 JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS. 26:36 I AM COVERED WITH HIS PERFECTION. 26:39 SO GOD THE FATHER ACCEPTS ME BECAUSE MY BIG BROTHER SAYS 26:45 I'M GOING TO BE READY WHEN HE COMES BACK TO GET ME AGAIN. 26:50 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH PASTOR 26:54 WALTER L. 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