Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR.
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TODAY, PASTOR
PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED:
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"MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL."
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(theme music) I
WANT YOU TO TURN WITH ME
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TONIGHT TO THE BOOK OF JAMES.
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FOR ALL OF YOU WHO MAY
NOT BE COMPLETELY FAMILIAR
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WITH THE BOOK OF
JAMES, YOU CAN FIND HEBREWS.
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IF YOU CAN FIND HEBREWS,
SLOWLY GO TO THE END OF HEBREWS.
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SLOWLY, BECAUSE JAMES IS NOT
A BIG CHAPTER, NOT A BIG BOOK.
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BUT FIND JAMES AND I WANT TO ASK
YOU TO GO TO JAMES, CHAPTER 1,
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AND YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT
I'M NOT FAKING WITH MY TITLE:
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"MIRROR,IRROR ON THE WALL."
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WELL, LET'S SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING IN
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THE BIBLE ABOUT THAT.
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JAMES, CHAPTER 1.
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LET ME START
READING WITH VERSE 23.
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"FOR IF ANY BE A HEARER OF
THE WORD AND NOT A DOER, HE
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IS LIKENED TO A MAN BEHOLDING
HIS NATURAL FACE IN A GLASS.
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FOR HE BEHOLDETH HIMSELF
AND GOETH HIS WAY, AND STRAIGHT
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WAY FORGETETH IT
WHAT MANNER OF MAN HE WAS.
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BUT WHO SO LOOKETH INTO
THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AND
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CONTINUETH THEREIN, HE BEING
NOT A FORGETFUL HEARER BUT A
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DOER OF THE WORK, THIS MAN
SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIS DEED."
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DO YOU SEE IT ?
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IT'S A MIRROR IN THE BIBLE.
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE OPEN
THE WORD OF GOD TONIGHT, BUT WE
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DO SO ONLY WITH THE ASSURANCE
THAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS
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ANYWHERE THAT TWO OR
THREE ARE GATHERED IN HIS NAME.
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SO, TONIGHT WE ARE GRATEFUL
FOR THE PRESENCE OF DIVINITY.
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NOW, WE OPEN THIS BOOK, HOPING
AND BELIEVING THAT THE POWER OF
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GOD WILL COME TO BE WITH US.
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TONIGHT WE WANT TO
EXPERIENCE THE POWER.
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AND SO WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US.
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AND WE TRUST THAT IT SHALL BE
SO IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU COME
TO THE MIRROR AND IF YOU ARE
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A FAITHFUL PERSON, WHEN
YOU LOOK INTO THE MIRROR, YOU
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WILL SEE WHAT YOU NEED
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE,
HOWEVER, THE TEXT SUGGESTS, WHO
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LOOK AT THEMSELVES
AND DON'T DO ANYTHING.
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THEY JUST WALK AWAY.
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I MUST CONFESS TO
YOU THAT AT A CERTAIN AGE
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LOOKING IN THE MIRROR BECOMES
A TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE.
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I CONFESS THAT I
HAVE REACHED THAT AGE.
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I READ YEARS AGO THAT
AFTER YOU PASS 32, YOU ALWAYS
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REMEMBER YOURSELF AS
WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE AT 32.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN I LOOK IN A MIRROR.
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I SEE MY DAD.
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I SEE MY MOM.
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I SEE SOME HORRIBLE GUY
WHO NEEDS TO TURN HIMSELF IN
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FOR AN EXTREME MAKEOVER.
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BUT I'M SHOCKED THAT IT'S ME.
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AND THE FACT IS THAT THE
MIRROR DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
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ABOUT WHAT I LOOK LIKE.
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IN FACT, IF THE MIRROR SAYS,
YOU LOOK WRINKLED, AS IT OFTEN
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DOES, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE
NERVE FOR PLASTIC SURGERY, SO I
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GOT TO LIVE WITH THESE WRINKLES.
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WHAT I TRY TO DO IS SMILE
A LOT AND GET CUTE WRINKLES.
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BECAUSE MINE ARE GOING TO STAY.
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT
THE MIRROR DOES NOT HAVE THE
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POWER TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.
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IN FACT, IF YOU'VE EVER LOOK
IN YOUR MIRROR, AND YOUR MIRROR
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REACHES OUT TO WASH YOUR
FACE, IT MAY BE TIME TO MOVE.
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NOW, I STARTED A METAPHOR
THE OTHER NIGHT AND I WAS
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TALKING ABOUT CHOIRS.
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I GOT A PASTOR IN TROUBLE.
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I GOT A CALL.
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A PASTOR CALLED ME
AND SAID, LOOK, YOU HAVE
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GOTTEN ME IN TROUBLE.
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I'VE GOT THREE
CHOIRS IN MY CHURCH.
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NONE OF THEM HAD ROBES.
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AND THE OTHER NIGHT YOU
SAID, YOU CAN'T TAKE A CHOIR
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SERIOUSLY UNTIL THEY HAVE ROBES.
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HE SAID, NOW OUR CHURCH
HAS TO RAISE MONEY TO GET THREE
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CHOIRS CHOIR ROBES.
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AND I APOLOGIZED TO HIM.
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BUT HERE IS WHAT MY
METAPHOR WAS MEANT TO SAY.
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THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM TO BE GODS IS THAT THEY
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CAN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
UNTIL THEY RESEMBLE EACH OTHER.
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IF YOU CLAIM JESUS,
AND YOU ACT A CERTAIN WAY.
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AND I CLAIM JESUS, BUT I
AM NOTHING NEAR WHAT YOU ARE,
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SOMEBODY HAS GOT A PROBLEM.
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UNTIL WE RESEMBLE EACH OTHER,
AND YOU REMEMBER, WE READ IT
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THE OTHER NIGHT, WHEN I AM
BORN INTO THE NEW FAMILY, THEN I
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BEGIN TO TRY TO RESEMBLE MY NEW
FATHER IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
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AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
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IF I RESEMBLE MY NEW
FATHER AND YOU RESEMBLE YOUR NEW
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FATHER, YOU AND I WILL
TEND TO RESEMBLE EACH OTHER.
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OH, THAT WAS THE
WEAKEST AMEN I'VE HEARD YET.
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THE FACT IS THAT IF
YOU ARE IN CHRIST AND I'M
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IN CHRIST, WE'RE FAMILY.
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SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIKE ME.
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AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN SHOW
YOU LIKE ME IS TO SAY AMEN, IN
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THIS AUDIENCE IT WORKS HERE.
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SO, WE ARE FAMILY
BECAUSE WE ARE IN CHRIST.
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I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU
TONIGHT THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
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PROBLEMS WITH THE FAMILY
OF GOD IS THAT THE PEOPLE
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WHO CLAIM TO BE LIKE CHRIST
DON'T RESEMBLE HIM ENOUGH.
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AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY.
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BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
THE MIRROR IS THE LAW.
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NOW, I KNOW WHY
YOU'RE GETTING QUIET.
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A LITTLE NERVOUS TIME.
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IF THERE IS NO LAW,
THERE IS NO MIRROR, I DON'T
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KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE.
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SO WHEN I SEE YOU, I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER I LOOK LIKE YOU OR NOT,
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BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF.
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AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO,
IN FACT, AS I LOOK AT YOU, I
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HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT
EVERY ONE OF YOU CHECKED THE
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MIRROR BEFORE YOU CAME.
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NOW, SOMETIMES THE MIRROR CAN'T
HELP, WHEN YOU DRESS HURRIEDLY.
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I'M GOING TO LOOK AWAY FROM
YOU WHEN I SAY THAT, BECAUSE
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SOMEBODY MAY BE IN
HERE WITH STUFF THAT DOESN'T
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MATCH, AND I DON'T WANT
YOU THINK I'M PICKING ON YOU.
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YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO CHECK
THE MIRROR BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
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I HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE.
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I WENT OUT ONE TIME
AND MY WIFE HAD NOT DONE
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HER FINAL CHECK ON ME.
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GENTLEMEN, CAN YOU RELATE ?
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UNTIL SHE SAYS IT'S RIGHT,
I REALLY OUGHT NOT LEAVE BUT,
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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
YOU'VE GOT TO DRESS WITHOUT YOUR
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WIFE BEING THERE.
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AND YOU'VE GOT ON A
BLACK SUIT AND BLUE SOCKS AND
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YOU DON'T KNOW IT
UNTIL YOU GET IN THE LIGHT.
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AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO. . .
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT
WITHOUT A MIRROR, WE DON'T HAVE
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ANY WAY TO KNOW.
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I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE
CHASE FOR A MOMENT, AND SHOW YOU
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THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH
MODERN CHRISTIANS IS THAT WE
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DON'T RESEMBLE EACH OTHER ENOUGH
AND WE DON'T RESEMBLE EACH
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OTHER ENOUGH BECAUSE SOMEBODY
MISUNDERSTOOD THE WORD OF GOD
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AND THREW THE MIRROR AWAY.
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ARE YOU STILL WITH ME ?
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AND YOU AND I KNOW THAT
THE MIRROR IN THIS SENSE
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REPRESENTS THE LAW.
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BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT THE LAW IS LIKE A MIRROR.
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT
IS SO WONDERFUL ABOUT
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THE LAW AS THE MIRROR ?
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IT DOESN'T
REALLY CARE WHO YOU ARE.
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WHEN YOU LOOK IN IT,
IT'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
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THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE TONIGHT
WHO'S GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY
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AND SELL ME BEFORE BREAKFAST.
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BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE LAW, IT DOESN'T CARE.
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IT'LL SAY, YOU NEED TO CHANGE.
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YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM
AND YOU NEED TO CORRECT IT.
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WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES LOOKED
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INTO THE MIRROR OF THE
LAW, IT NEVER CHANGED WHAT IT
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SAID BECAUSE OF HIS OFFICE.
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BECAUSE THE LAW
TELLS EVERYBODY THE TRUTH.
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SO THERE WAS NO POLITICAL
CLOUT THAT COULD CHANGE IT.
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THE LAW IS NOT
POLITICALLY CORRECT.
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IT DOES NOT SAY, OH WELL,
YOU DON'T LOOK GOOD, BUT YOU'RE
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OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
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I KNOW WHO YOUR RELATIVES ARE.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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WHEN YOU LOOK IN THIS BOOK,
THE BIBLE IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED
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SWORD, IT SAYS OF ITSELF.
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AND IT'LL CUT PREACHERS.
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IN FACT, SOMETIMES I PREACH
SERMONS AND I'LL HAVE PEOPLE
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SAY WHETHER, JOKINGLY,
PASTOR, YOU WERE STEPPING
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ALL OVER MY TOES TODAY.
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WHAT THEY MEAN WAS I
GOT SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T
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PARTICULARLY HEAR.
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AND I'LL TELL THEM, BEFORE
I STEPPED ON YOUR TOES, THIS
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THING STEPPED ON MINE.
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BECAUSE WHILE I WAS GETTING
READY TO BRING IT TO YOU,
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IT WAS GETTING ME
READY FOR THE PROCESS.
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SO I WANT TO SUGGEST
THAT SOMEBODY GOT CONFUSED
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AND THREW AWAY THE LAW.
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WOULD YOU GO TO
THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS.
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NOW, LET ME GIVE
YOU A HINT TONIGHT.
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IF YOU DON'T DO
WELL MOVING IN THE BIBLE,
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STICK CLOSE TO ROMANS.
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I'VE GOT ROMANS TEXT TONIGHT.
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BUT THIS IS COLOSSIANS.
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I'M STARTING NOW TO DO
CUT-TO-THE-CHASE PREACHNG.
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I'VE LEARNED THAT WE
ARE LIVING IN A CUT-TO-
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-THE-CHASE GENERATION.
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YOU DON'T WANT ME TO PLAY AROUND
AND AMBLE ALL OVER THE THING AND
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BE MEALY MOUTHED OR NAMBY-PAMBY.
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YOU WANT ME TO
TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
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AM I TELLING THE TRUTH ?
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GOT A TEXT HERE THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS MISUNDERSTAND.
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COLOSSIANS, CHAPTER 2.
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COLOSSIANS,
CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 14.
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AND HERE'S A TEXT
THAT'S OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS:
"BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING
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OF ORDINANCES THAT WERE AGAINST
US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US,
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AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE
WAY NAILING IT TO HIS CROSS."
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LET ME TELL YOU THAT IF
I WERE A PREACHER WHO LIKED
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TO DRAW GIGANTIC CROWDS, AT
WHATEVER COST, I WOULD TAKE THIS
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TEXT AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
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I WOULD SAY TO YOU
THAT THERE IS NO MORE LAW
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GOVERNING CHRISTIANS.
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I'D TELL YOU THAT YOU
CAN DO ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE
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TO DO SO LONG AS YOU DO
IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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I WOULD TELL YOU
THAT THERE IS NO LAW.
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I'D TELL YOU THAT WHEN
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, HE TOOK
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THE LAW AND NAILED IT TO HIS
CROSS, SO YOU CAN TOSS IT OUT.
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AND I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE
ARE OF THAT MIND SET, BECAUSE
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WE'VE COME TO A TIME NOW WHERE
PEOPLE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
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ARE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO DO.
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AND I SUGGEST TO YOU
IT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
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CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T TELL WHAT WE'RE ABOUT,
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CLAIMING JESUS' NAME.
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SO, THE TEXT SOUNDS LIKE
IT'S SAYING THAT SOMETHING
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GOT NAILED TO THE CROSS.
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SOMETHING DID GET
NAILED TO THE CROSS.
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YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW
ME NOW BECAUSE I'M TRYING
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TO CUT TO THE CHASE.
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WHEN THE ISRAELITES CAME OUT OF
EGYPT, THEY HAD CONFORMED TO A
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SOCIETY THAT WAS NOT CONGRUENT,
WAS NOT FITTING WELL WITH WHAT
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THEIR GOD HAD TAUGHT THEM TO DO.
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IN FACT, WHEN YOU HANG AROUND
PEOPLE TOO LONG AND BEHOLDING
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THE WRONG MODELS,
YOU TEND TO GET A LITTLE
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SLOPPY WITH YOUR RELIGION.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE NOW WHO
CLAIM THEY LOVE JESUS, BUT THEIR
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CONCENTRATION IS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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SO INSTEAD OF READING THE
WORD OF GOD THEY ARE ALWAYS
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LOOKING AT TELEVISION.
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AND, I'M NOT MAD AT TELEVISION.
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BREATH OF LIFE COMES ON
TELEVISION, SO I'D LIKE YOU
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TO LOOK AT BREATH OF LIFE.
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BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF ON
TELEVISION THAT DOESN'T REALLY
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DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR YOUR LIFE.
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I GOT SICK ONE TIME AND HAD TO
STAY HOME AND WATCH THAT STUFF.
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I GOT SO THAT I HAD TO
TURN THE TELEVISION OFF.
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YOU KNOW, I RAN OUT OF BREATH
OF LIFE TO WATCH, AND DON'T
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PARTICULARLY LIKE TO
LOOK AT MYSELF ON TELEVISION.
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SO I WAS REALLY MESSED UP.
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THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
GREAT STUFF ON TELEVISION.
00:13:02.13\00:13:04.23
THE COMEDIES SEEM TO BE
GEARED DOWN TO ABOUT THE
00:13:04.23\00:13:07.00
FIFTH-GRADE LEVEL, YOU KNOW.
00:13:07.00\00:13:09.53
THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE
SOMEBODY ELSE LAUGH TO TELL ME
00:13:09.53\00:13:11.50
WHEN IT'S TIME TO LAUGH.
00:13:11.50\00:13:13.33
I KNOW WHEN TO
LAUGH, IF IT'S FUNNY.
00:13:13.33\00:13:16.40
BUT TELEVISION WILL CHANGE YOU.
00:13:16.40\00:13:18.23
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT TOO
MUCH OF IT, YOU FORGET WHAT
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GOD INTENDS FOR YOU TO DO.
00:13:20.66\00:13:22.56
I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOMEBODY
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MISREAD IT.
00:13:25.26\00:13:26.83
BUT THE ISRAELITE GOT INTO EGYPT
AND FORGOT THEIR GOD, AND THEIR
00:13:26.83\00:13:31.73
PRACTICES, AND THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT MADE THEM DIFFERENT.
00:13:31.73\00:13:36.40
SO WHEN THEY CAME OUT, WHEN GOD
BROUGHT THEM OUT, AND EVERYBODY
00:13:36.40\00:13:39.70
GETS EXCITED ABOUT THAT MOMENT
WHEN MOSES STANDS BEFORE THE RED
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SEA AND GOD OPENS UP A DRY
PATH THROUGH ALL OF THAT WATER.
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AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SCIENTISTS
WHO SAY THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED.
00:13:47.46\00:13:50.13
THEY SAY IT WASN'T THE
RED SEA; IT WAS THE REED SEA.
00:13:50.13\00:13:52.86
AND THEY SAY IT WASN'T DEEP.
00:13:52.86\00:13:54.13
IN FACT, THEY SAY
IT WAS ABOUT LIKE THAT.
00:13:54.13\00:13:55.90
ANYBODY COULD
HAVE WALKED THROUGH IT.
00:13:55.90\00:13:57.46
AND ALL I'VE GOT TO TELL
THEM IS THAT IF IT WAS JUST
00:13:57.46\00:13:59.33
THAT DEEP, HOW COME PHARAOH'S
ARMY GOT DROWNED IN IT ?
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WHAT'D THEY DO, LAY DOWN IN IT ?
00:14:09.36\00:14:12.60
WHEN GOT GOD GOT HIS CHILDREN
OUT, HE HAD TO BEGIN TO TEACH
00:14:12.60\00:14:15.76
THEM HOW TO BE HIS PEOPLE AGAIN.
00:14:15.76\00:14:19.73
SO HE GAVE THEM
ALL KINDS OF LAWS.
00:14:19.73\00:14:22.06
HE GAVE THEN CIVIL LAWS.
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TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT ANIMALS
BELONGED TO YOU AND YOU SHOULD
00:14:24.16\00:14:27.90
KEEP YOURS AND NOT STEAL OTHERS.
00:14:27.90\00:14:29.60
TOLD YOU HOW TO
MANAGE YOUR OWN FAMILY.
00:14:29.60\00:14:31.90
YOU SHOULD NOT COVET
SOMEBODY ELSE'S WIFE.
00:14:31.90\00:14:34.30
AND EVEN IF YOU DID, YOU OUGHT
TO GET IT STRAIGHT AND DON'T TRY
00:14:34.30\00:14:37.16
TO STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S WIFE.
00:14:37.16\00:14:39.80
IT TALKED ABOUT HEALTH
LAWS AND ALL KINDS OF LAWS.
00:14:39.80\00:14:43.23
BUT THERE WAS ONE KIND OF
LAW THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES
00:14:43.23\00:14:47.60
TO HELP THEM REMEMBER
THE AWFUL NATURE OF SIN.
00:14:47.60\00:14:53.13
BECAUSE IN EGYPT,
THEY HAD FORGOTTEN.
00:14:53.13\00:14:56.53
AND SO GOD SAID,
HERE'S WHAT YOU MUST DO.
00:14:56.53\00:14:58.96
WHEN YOU SIN,
BLOOD MUST BE SHED.
00:14:58.96\00:15:04.00
NOT JUST ANY BLOOD, BUT
BRING A LAMB AN INNOCENT LAMB
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AND BRING IT TO THE PRIEST.
00:15:11.76\00:15:13.86
AND IT'S THROAT MUST BE SLIT.
00:15:13.86\00:15:16.83
THAT INNOCENT ANIMAL
WHOSE EYES LOOK AT YOU WHILE
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YOU TAKE ITS LIFE.
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SLIT IT'S THROAT AND
LET IT'S BLOOD BE SHED
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BECAUSE THE SHEDDING OF
THAT BLOOD REPRESENTS THE
00:15:27.63\00:15:31.80
SHEDDING OF JESUS' BLOOD.
00:15:31.80\00:15:35.40
AND IT IS THE BLOOD OF
JESUS THAT CLEANSES US FROM SIN.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
THINK THAT SIN IS A GAME.
00:15:39.80\00:15:42.76
IT IS NOT A GAME.
00:15:42.76\00:15:44.93
WHAT GOD HAD TO TEACH HIS PEOPLE
WAS, AFTER THEY HAD LEFT EGYPT,
00:15:44.93\00:15:48.10
IS THAT WHEN YOU SIN, YOU'VE GOT
TO HAVE THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD.
00:15:48.10\00:15:51.06
I HAVE READ THE ACCOUNTS OF
BUTCHERS WHO WILL KILL ANY KIND
00:15:51.06\00:15:55.30
OF ANIMAL BUT NOT A SHEEP,
BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CAN'T
00:15:55.30\00:15:58.73
STAND TO SEE THE INNOCENT EYES
LOOK AT THEM WHILE THEY KILL IT.
00:15:58.73\00:16:04.73
SO THEY'LL KILL
ANYTHING BUT A SHEEP.
00:16:04.73\00:16:06.60
GOD INTENDED FOR THAT INNOCENT
LOOK TO BE VIOLATED SO THAT WE
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WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN
YOU SIN A PRICE HAS TO BE PAID.
00:16:10.43\00:16:14.00
AND I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE, TO
REMIND MOST OF US THAT THE PRICE
00:16:14.00\00:16:18.63
WAS PAID ON CALVARY WHEN
THE INNOCENT LAMB OF GOD, JESUS
00:16:18.63\00:16:23.06
CHRIST, WENT TO THE CROSS.
00:16:23.06\00:16:25.46
AND THOSE LAWS, MANY LAWS,
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LAMB, YOU
00:16:25.46\00:16:29.66
COULD GET A TURTLE DOVE.
00:16:29.66\00:16:30.73
IF YOU COULDN'T AFFORD
A TURTLE DOVE, YOU COULD
00:16:30.73\00:16:32.56
GET WHEAT AND USE THAT.
00:16:32.56\00:16:34.13
BUT YOU HAD TO BRING SOME
SACRIFICE TO SHOW THAT WHEN
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YOU SIN SOMETHING'S GOT TO
HAPPEN TO TAKE AWAY YOUR SINS.
00:16:37.23\00:16:42.46
BUT THOSE LAWS LASTED ONLY
UNTIL JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS.
00:16:42.46\00:16:47.60
ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS
SAYS THAT WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE
00:16:47.60\00:16:51.53
CROSS, AND I KNOW MOST
OF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT MOVIE.
00:16:51.53\00:16:54.10
I FINALLY RENTED IT.
00:16:54.10\00:16:55.63
AN AMAZING PIECE OF FILM,
BUT IT SOMETIMES MISSES MEANING.
00:16:55.63\00:17:01.00
BECAUSE IT
WASN'T JUST SUFFERING.
00:17:01.00\00:17:03.26
THE FACT IS THAT WHEN
JESUS, THE HOLY SON OF GOD, GAVE
00:17:03.26\00:17:09.16
WHAT MAN COULD NOT TAKE.
00:17:09.16\00:17:12.03
AND YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER
THAT ALL OF THAT SUFFERING
00:17:12.03\00:17:14.46
WAS NOT PUNISHMENT
THAT HE COULD NOT RESIST.
00:17:14.46\00:17:17.93
HE COULD HAVE
CALLED 10,000 ANGELS.
00:17:17.93\00:17:25.66
BUT HE GAVE HIS BLOOD
BECAUSE HIS BLOOD STOPPED
00:17:25.66\00:17:30.50
THE NEED FOR ANIMALS' BLOOD.
00:17:30.50\00:17:34.10
AND WHEN JESUS DIED, THE WRITER
I LOVE SAYS, THAT THE PRIEST WAS
00:17:34.10\00:17:39.10
DOWN AT THE TABERNACLE ABOUT TO
TAKE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER LAMB.
00:17:39.10\00:17:43.86
BUT WHEN JESUS DECLARED,
"IT IS FINISHED" IN HEAVEN
00:17:43.86\00:17:47.20
THEY HEARD, "IT IS
ACCOMPLISHED, IT IS DONE."
00:17:47.20\00:17:50.90
SO NO LONGER DID
ANIMALS NEED TO DIE.
00:17:50.90\00:17:54.00
THE PRIEST'S
HANDS BEGAN TO SHAKE.
00:17:54.00\00:17:56.20
THE KNIFE DROPPED FROM HIS HAND.
00:17:56.20\00:17:57.76
THE LAMB SCAMPERED AND RAN
AWAY BECAUSE THAT BLOOD WAS
00:17:57.76\00:18:01.96
NOT NEEDED--JESUS HAD DIED.
00:18:01.96\00:18:05.40
AND SO THE CEREMONIAL
LAWS WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS.
00:18:05.40\00:18:11.80
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT
THAT GOD'S LAW OF LIBERTY, WE
00:18:11.80\00:18:17.30
JUST READ IT, THE PERFECT
LAW OF LIBERTY STILL EXISTS.
00:18:17.30\00:18:23.26
AND I'M GLAD IT EXISTS, BECAUSE
EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
00:18:23.26\00:18:27.10
LAW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO DON'T KEEP IT.
00:18:27.10\00:18:30.76
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF GOD TOSSED IT ?
00:18:30.76\00:18:36.63
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TONIGHT
IF GOD SAID, JUST KIND OF
00:18:36.63\00:18:40.20
DO WHAT YOU LIKE ?
00:18:40.20\00:18:45.10
I SAW A CAR IN THE
PARKING LOT ALREADY TONIGHT.
00:18:45.10\00:18:49.06
I KIND OF LIKE IT.
00:18:49.06\00:18:51.93
COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT
IT IS, BUT THE GUY MIGHT GO
00:18:51.93\00:18:54.10
OUT THERE AND CHECK TONIGHT.
00:18:54.10\00:18:56.50
I CAN'T TAKE THAT CAR
JUST BECAUSE I LIKE IT.
00:18:56.50\00:19:00.16
BECAUSE THE LAW OF GOD
SAYS, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
00:19:00.16\00:19:04.23
DO YOU SEE IT ?
00:19:04.23\00:19:05.33
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
GOD TOSSED OUT THE LAW ?
00:19:05.33\00:19:07.90
WELL, LET ME SHOW
YOU THE DIFFERENCE.
00:19:07.90\00:19:09.96
IN FACT, I'VE GOT TO
DO THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY,
00:19:09.96\00:19:12.00
BUT EXODUS, CHAPTER 31.
00:19:12.00\00:19:13.80
EXODUS, CHAPTER 31 WILL
SHOW YOU THAT THERE WERE
00:19:13.80\00:19:19.00
LAWS, IN FACT, THEY ARE
KNOWN AS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:19:19.00\00:19:25.00
THOSE LAWS WERE
DIFFERENT THAN THE ORDINANCES.
00:19:25.00\00:19:28.43
EXODUS, CHAPTER
31, AND VERSE 18.
00:19:28.43\00:19:34.30
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS.
00:19:34.30\00:19:36.93
"AND HE GAVE UNTO MOSES,
WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF
00:19:36.93\00:19:41.30
COMMUNING WITH HIM UPON MT.
00:19:41.30\00:19:43.26
SINAI, TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY,
TABLES OF STONE WRITTEN
00:19:43.26\00:19:51.90
WITH THE FINGER OF GOD."
00:19:51.90\00:19:57.50
NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU
HAVE BEEN REALLY LET DOWN
00:19:57.50\00:20:01.53
BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT
CHARLETON HESTON WAS GOD.
00:20:01.53\00:20:09.63
EVEN AS A KID, I KIND OF
DIDN'T BUY INTO THAT BECAUSE
00:20:09.63\00:20:15.16
MY GOD IS ABLE TO SAY
TO MOSES, BRING ME STONE.
00:20:15.16\00:20:21.16
WELL, FIRST ONES GOD CHOSE.
00:20:21.16\00:20:23.63
THE NEXT ONE HE
SAYS, BRING ME SOME MORE.
00:20:23.63\00:20:25.76
I DON'T WANT TO WRITE THIS
ON PAPER OR LEATHER OR VELLUM.
00:20:25.76\00:20:29.03
I WANT TO WRITE IT IN
STONE BECAUSE IT'S EVERLASTING.
00:20:29.03\00:20:34.30
LAST'S FOREVER.
00:20:34.30\00:20:36.70
AND JESUS, WITH HIS
FINGER, IT WOULD TAKE ME TO GET
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.96
A JACKHAMMER, TO MAKE
INDENTATIONS IN STONE.
00:20:39.96\00:20:43.63
BUT JESUS, WITH THIS FINGER.
00:20:43.63\00:20:48.00
BACKWARDS IN HEBREW.
00:20:48.00\00:20:51.03
AND THE LAW IS WRITTEN IN STONE.
00:20:51.03\00:20:53.60
IT'S NOT TEMPORARY.
00:20:53.60\00:20:55.60
THERE'S NO ERASER ON A PENCIL.
00:20:55.60\00:20:58.10
THIS IS THE FINGER
OF GOD WRITING LAW.
00:20:58.10\00:21:00.33
DON'T YOU EVER FORGET THAT THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND THERE'S NO
00:21:00.33\00:21:03.96
QUESTION IN YOUR MIND, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO KNOW RELIGION TO KNOW
00:21:03.96\00:21:07.26
THAT THOSE TABLE OF STONE WERE
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND GOD
00:21:07.26\00:21:11.53
WROTE THEM WITH HIS
FINGER TO LAST FOREVER, OKAY ?
00:21:11.53\00:21:16.20
GO WITH ME TO DEUTERONOMY.
00:21:16.20\00:21:18.53
DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 31.
00:21:18.53\00:21:21.00
THERE JUST HAPPENS TO
BE A COUPLE OF 31'S HERE.
00:21:21.00\00:21:23.60
DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 31.
00:21:23.60\00:21:25.80
I'M CUTTING TO THE CHASE.
00:21:25.80\00:21:27.96
THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT.
00:21:27.96\00:21:29.86
A LONG TIME AGO, PEOPLE LIKED
FOR PREACHERS TO PLAY AROUND.
00:21:29.86\00:21:35.33
NOW THEY WANT IT TO HAPPEN FAST.
00:21:35.33\00:21:38.30
TELL ME WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING QUICKLY.
00:21:38.30\00:21:40.43
DEUTERONOMY,
CHAPTER 31, VERSE 24.
00:21:40.43\00:21:44.06
THESE ARE THOSE
ORDINANCES THAT WERE AGAINST US.
00:21:44.06\00:21:47.43
WATCH WHAT IT SAYS.
00:21:47.43\00:21:49.00
IT SAYS, "AND IT CAME
TO PASS WHEN MOSES HAD MADE
00:21:49.00\00:21:52.33
AN END OF WRITING THE
WORD OF THIS LAW IN A BOOK,
00:21:52.33\00:21:56.56
UNTIL THEY WERE FINISHED.
00:21:56.56\00:21:59.26
SO EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING,
EVEN WHEN GOD GAVE MOSES THE
00:21:59.26\00:22:03.50
ORDINANCES THAT WOULD KEEP
A NATION IN ORDER TRAVELING
00:22:03.50\00:22:08.80
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, HE
ALREADY SAID FROM THE TOP THAT
00:22:08.80\00:22:13.03
THEY'LL LAST FOR A
WHILE, BUT THEY'LL BE FINISHED.
00:22:13.03\00:22:17.63
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW
LONG THE TEN COMMANDMENTS LASTS.
00:22:17.63\00:22:21.00
ROMANS, CHAPTER SEVEN.
00:22:21.00\00:22:22.73
I TOLD YOU TO GO OVER THERE
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND TEXT.
00:22:22.73\00:22:25.20
IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE
DOING IT, STICK A FINGER OR
00:22:25.20\00:22:27.50
SOMETHING IN ROMANS.
00:22:27.50\00:22:29.26
THERE'LL BE A FEW OF THEM.
00:22:29.26\00:22:30.46
ROMANS, CHAPTER SEVEN.
00:22:30.46\00:22:32.56
AND LET'S READ VERSE 12.
00:22:32.56\00:22:35.86
ROMANS, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 12.
00:22:35.86\00:22:39.03
"WHEREFORE THE LAW IS
HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT HOLY
00:22:39.03\00:22:46.76
AND JUST AND GOOD."
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.76
DO YOU KNOW THAT MOST LAW
IN MOST COUNTRIES IS BASED ON
00:22:50.76\00:22:57.46
THE LAW IN THE WORD OF GOD ?
00:22:57.46\00:22:59.93
AND THE CORNERSTONE OF
LAW IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ?
00:22:59.93\00:23:04.70
IN FACT, IN OLD DAYS, WHEN
THERE WERE THOSE REAL LAWYERS,
00:23:04.70\00:23:08.13
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THESE NEW LAWYERS THAT ALL LOOK
00:23:08.13\00:23:10.26
ALIKE: COOKIE-CUTTER LAWYERS.
00:23:10.26\00:23:12.56
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
LAWYERS WHO HAVE PERSONALITY.
00:23:12.56\00:23:15.16
REMEMBER THOSE GUYS ?
00:23:15.16\00:23:16.73
AND SOME OF THEM
HAD LONG, WHITE HAIR.
00:23:16.73\00:23:18.93
AND SOME OF THEM HAD
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUITS.
00:23:18.93\00:23:21.63
AND WHEN THEY WANTED TO BE
REALLY DRAMATIC, THEY WOULD
00:23:21.63\00:23:23.66
GO INTO THE COURT ROOM
AND SAY, YOUR HONOR, I OPEN
00:23:23.66\00:23:28.10
THE WORD OF GOD.
00:23:28.10\00:23:30.60
WELL, NOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
00:23:30.60\00:23:31.70
WE'VE GOT FUNNY RULES.
00:23:31.70\00:23:33.80
BUT THE FACT IS THAT
MOST LAW IS BASED ON THE LAW
00:23:33.80\00:23:37.66
THAT IS IN THE WORD OF GOD.
00:23:37.66\00:23:39.00
AND AS LONG AS THAT LAW
STANDS, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S
00:23:39.00\00:23:43.50
HOLY AND JUST AND GOOD.
00:23:43.50\00:23:45.40
ECCLESIASTES.
00:23:45.40\00:23:48.76
HOW CAN I TELL
YOU HOW TO FIND THAT ?
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.43
WELL, BY THE TIME YOU
FIGURE OUT, I'LL BE GONE.
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.80
SO, IF YOU KNOW IT, YOU GOT IT.
00:23:53.80\00:23:56.03
IF YOU DON'T, THIS IS
ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 3.
00:23:56.03\00:24:00.73
AND LOOK AT VERSE 14.
00:24:00.73\00:24:03.33
"I KNOW THAT WHATSOEVER
GOD DOETH, IT SHALL BE FOREVER.
00:24:03.33\00:24:07.93
NOTHG CAN BE PUT TO IT
NOR ANYTHING TAKEN FROM IT,
00:24:07.93\00:24:11.63
AND GOD DOETH IT THAT
MEN SHOULD FEAR BEFORE HIM."
00:24:11.63\00:24:15.90
NOW, LET'S GO
BACK TO THE PROBLEM.
00:24:15.90\00:24:18.33
THE PROBLEM IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING JESUS, BUT
00:24:18.33\00:24:21.46
THEY DON'T LOOK ALIKE.
00:24:21.46\00:24:23.36
IT'S WAY BEYOND CHOIR ROBES.
00:24:23.36\00:24:27.20
YOU BEGIN TO WONDER WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO CLAIM THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:27.20\00:24:33.53
I MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE
JESUS' NAME ON THEIR TONGUES
00:24:33.53\00:24:36.90
ALL THE TIME.
00:24:36.90\00:24:37.93
I ENJOY HEARING IT.
00:24:37.93\00:24:40.23
I MEET PEOPLE WHO SAY,
JESUS IS THE RULER OF MY LIFE.
00:24:40.23\00:24:44.56
BUT IT'S MORE
THAN QUOTING A PHRASE.
00:24:44.56\00:24:47.33
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
IN CHRIST, IF YOU'RE GOING
00:24:47.33\00:24:50.30
TO BE IN THIS FAMILY, AND
WE READ IT THE OTHER NIGHT.
00:24:50.30\00:24:54.60
JESUS WANTS YOU
TO BE IN THE FAMILY.
00:24:54.60\00:24:57.83
HE CAME TO SEEK
AND TO SAVE THE LOST.
00:24:57.83\00:25:00.83
BUT HE DOESN'T BRING YOU
IN THE FAMILY TO ACT LIKE
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.46
YOU ALWAYS DID IN HIS NAME.
00:25:03.46\00:25:07.00
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET
IN THE FAMILY, YOU OUGHT
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.13
TO BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY.
00:25:09.13\00:25:10.26
MY MOM AND DAD, THOUGH THEY WERE
NOT WEALTHY OR FAMOUS, ALWAYS
00:25:10.26\00:25:15.56
HAD MY BROTHER AND I TO
THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
00:25:15.56\00:25:18.36
SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A PEARSON.
00:25:18.36\00:25:21.33
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU.
00:25:21.33\00:25:22.50
I GOT NO REACTION
FROM YOU WHEN I SAID THAT.
00:25:22.50\00:25:26.03
BUT THEY WOULD SAY IT.
00:25:26.03\00:25:27.26
MY MOM WOULD TELL US, LOOK,
WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET,
00:25:27.26\00:25:29.96
MY MOM, WHEN SHE CLENCHED HER
TEETH, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SIGN.
00:25:29.96\00:25:33.70
THAT WAS NOT A REGULAR UTTERANCE
WHEN SHE TALKED LIKE THIS,
00:25:33.70\00:25:39.23
YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO HER.
00:25:39.23\00:25:40.73
THERE WERE
CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DIDN'T.
00:25:40.73\00:25:42.53
SHE SAID, WHEN YOU GET OUT
OF THIS HOUSE, YOU REMEMBER THAT
00:25:42.53\00:25:44.66
YOU REFLECT ON THIS FAMILY.
00:25:44.66\00:25:47.63
DON'T YOU LET ME HEAR ABOUT
YOU DOING THINGS OUT THERE THAT
00:25:47.63\00:25:50.40
REFLECT BADLY ON THIS FAMILY.
00:25:50.40\00:25:54.50
YOU'RE GOING TO THINK
MY MOM WAS A MEAN WOMAN.
00:25:54.50\00:25:57.53
SHE HAD TWO BOYS, AND
SHE HAD TO KIND OF KEEP US ON
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THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
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AND WE KNEW WHEN SHE CLENCHED
HER TEETH, YOU HAD BETTER
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LISTEN TO THAT.
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SO WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE,
HEY MAN, IF YOU SEE ME DOING
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SOMETHING FUNNY, TELL ME,
BECAUSE MOM IS ON THE WARPATH.
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