Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED:
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"MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL."
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(theme music) JESUS WANTS YOU TO
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BE IN THE FAMILY.
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HE CAME TO SEEK
AND TO SAVE THE LOST.
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BUT HE DOESN'T BRING YOU
IN THE FAMILY TO ACT LIKE
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YOU ALWAYS DID IN HIS NAME.
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET
IN THE FAMILY, YOU OUGHT
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TO BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY.
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MY MOM AND DAD, THOUGH THEY WERE
NOT WEALTHY OR FAMOUS, ALWAYS
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HAD MY BROTHER AND I TO
THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
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SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A PEARSON.
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DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU.
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I GOT NO REACTION
FROM YOU WHEN I SAID THAT.
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BUT THEY WOULD SAY IT.
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MY MOM WOULD TELL US, LOOK,
WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET,
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MY MOM, WHEN SHE CLENCHED HER
TEETH, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SIGN.
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THAT WAS NOT A REGULAR UTTERANCE
WHEN SHE TALKED LIKE THIS,
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YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO HER.
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THERE WERE
CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DIDN'T.
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SHE SAID, WHEN YOU GET OUT
OF THIS HOUSE, YOU REMEMBER THAT
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YOU REFLECT ON THIS FAMILY.
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DON'T YOU LET ME HEAR ABOUT
YOU DOING THINGS OUT THERE THAT
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REFLECT BADLY ON THIS FAMILY.
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YOU'RE GOING TO THINK
MY MOM WAS A MEAN WOMAN.
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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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IF MY PARENTS CARED ABOUT
WHAT THEIR CHILDREN DID IN
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THE STREET IN THEIR
NAME, DO YOU GUESS GOD CARES ?
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DO YOU GUESS GOD MIGHT GET
A LITTLE DISTURBED IF SOME OF
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THE STUFF WE DO IN HIS NAME ?
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IN FACT, I HAVE MET PEOPLE,
SOMETIMES WHEN I GO TO THE
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BARBERSHOP, I'M ALMOST ASHAMED
TO SAY WHO I AM, BECAUSE I
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KNOW IT'S GOING TO
START A CONTROVERSY, YOU KNOW.
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BUT I CAN'T BE, I'M
PROUD OF WHAT I DO, BUT I JUST
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KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
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SO THEY FINALLY GET AROUND TO,
EXCUSE ME, SO WHAT DO YOU DO ?
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WELL, YOU KNOW,
IS THAT IMPORTANT ?
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PHYSICIANS TELL ME THEY
CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY DO OR ELSE
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THEY'LL HAVE TO GIVE
FREE ADVICE, AND PSYCHIATRISTS
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CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY DO
OR EVERYBODY RUNS FROM THEM.
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MORTICIANS. . .
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BUT WHEN I SAY WHAT I DO,
PEOPLE ALWAYS, YEAH, YEAH,
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ANOTHER ONE OF YOU GUYS.
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS
THAT WE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I'M
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TALKING ABOUT RELIGIOUS
LEADERS AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
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WE HAVE SO MISREPRESENTED
WHAT GOD'S FAMILY STANDS FOR,
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THAT NOW IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE
PEOPLE THAT IT'S A GOOD THING
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TO BE IN GOD'S FAMILY.
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BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT
WITHOUT A MIRROR, WE WILL
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NEVER RESEMBLE EACH OTHER.
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WE'LL NEVER RESEMBLE
OUR FATHER, AND THERE WILL
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ALWAYS BE CONFUSION.
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ROMANS, CHAPTER THREE.
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LET'S GO THERE.
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AND I'VE GOT TO MOVE NOW.
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THIS ENEMY--HAVE YOU
SEEN THE SIZE OF MY CLOCK ?
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HAS ANYBODY NOTICED ?
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WHEN YOU GET A
CHANCE, COME UP HERE.
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I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAY
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS.
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THE NUMBERS ON THIS
CLOCK ARE ABOUT A FOOT TALL.
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SO, THEY GOT ME.
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ROMANS, CHAPTER THREE.
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LET ME STOP TALKING
TO YOU AND FIND MY TEXT.
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ROMANS, CHAPTER
THREE, AND VERSE 20.
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ROMANS, THREE, VERSE 20.
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"THEREFORE BY THE DEEDS OF
THE LAW THERE SHALL NO FLESH
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BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT.
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FOR BY THE LAW IS
THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN."
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HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT HAPPEN,
PARK SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE
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USED TO BE A PAINTED CURB ?
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AND YOU COME BACK
AND YOU'VE GOT A TICKET.
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AND YOU ARE "WHAT
IN THE WORLD IS THIS ?"
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YOU KNOW, YOU
LOSE YOUR COMPOSURE.
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LOOK AT THAT CURB.
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THERE'S NO COLOR ON THAT CURB.
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THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
COLOR ONE DAY, BUT DON'T GIVE ME
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A TICKET WHEN THERE'S NO
COLOR ON THE CURB, YOU KNOW ?
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AND WHAT YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT IS
THAT THEY GOT YOU FOR SOMETHING
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THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT.
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SO IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE
RULES ARE, YOU CAN'T CATCH ME.
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YOU CAN'T PUNISH ME.
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
THE LAW TELLS YOU WHAT'S RIGHT
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AND TELLS YOU WHAT'S WRONG.
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AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THAT.
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I NEED TO KNOW WHEN I'M
RIGHT AND KNOW WHEN I'M WRONG.
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NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THE LAW, HOWEVER, THAT'S
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KIND OF LIKE A MIRROR.
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GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER 8.
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WE'RE DOING ROMANS STUFF NOW.
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ISN'T THIS AMAZING ?
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ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW
WELL YOU FOUND THAT TEXT ?
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ROMANS, CHAPTER EIGHT,
AND LET'S SEE, I NEED TO START
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WITH VERSE THREE.
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HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
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"FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT
DO, IN THAT IT WAS WEAK THROUGH
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THE FLESH, GOD SENDING
HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF
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SINFUL FLESH AND FOR SIN,
CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH,
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THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
THE LAW MAY BE FULFILLED IN
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US WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE
FLESH BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT."
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NOW, LET'S TAKE THIS APART.
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I WISH I COULD DO THE WHOLE
THING, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME.
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THE LAW IS WEAK
LIKE A MIRROR IS WEAK.
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WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR
AND IT SAYS, YOU NEED A SHOWER.
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YOU SAY, HOW DOES A
MIRROR KNOW YOU NEED A SHOWER ?
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IT CAN'T SENSE YOUR AROMA.
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BUT YOU ARE DISHEVELED.
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I'LL TELL YOU WHAT
A MIRROR CAN TELL YOU.
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PLEASE COMB YOUR HAIR.
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YOU NEED TO WASH YOUR FACE.
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WHEN I WAKE UP, I GOT TO
LOOK AT WRINKLES THAT HAVE
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DEVELOPED OVER NIGHT,
AS I LAY ON MY PILLOW.
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AND I GOT TO TRY TO
PULL THEM OUT, YOU KNOW.
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THEY CAME OUT INSTANTLY.
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NOW THEY KIND OF
HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE.
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BUT THE MIRROR IS
WEAK LIKE THE LAW IS WEAK,
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AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW.
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THE MIRROR CAN TELL YOU
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT
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THE MIRROR CAN'T DO IT.
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THE LAW CAN TELL YOU WHERE
YOU'RE WRONG, BUT THE BIBLE
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SAYS THE LAW CAN'T DO IT.
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IT'S WEAK FOR THAT FUNCTION.
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BUT THEN THIS THING IS
SO POWERFUL, THE TEXT IS SO
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POWERFUL THAT IT SHOWS YOU THAT
THE LAW IS WEAK FOR SOME THINGS.
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BUT LOOK: IN THE VERY FIRST
VERSE, VERSE THREE, IT SAYS
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"GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON IN
THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH,
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AND FOR SIN CONDEMNED SIN IN
THE FLESH THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
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OF THE LAW MAY BE FULFILLED
IN US, WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH,
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BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT."
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THE LAW IS NOT MADE TO SAVE.
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THE LAW CAN'T SAVE.
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BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO
THE MIRROR OF THE LAW, YOU DON'T
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KNOW YOU NEED TO BE SAVED.
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BECAUSE YOU MIGHT
THINK YOU'RE OKAY.
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AND THE EASIEST KIND
OF RELIGION IS TO COMPARE
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YOURSELF WITH OTHER FOLKS
WHO CLAIM THEY'RE CHRISTIANS.
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I'M BETTER THAN HE IS.
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I'M NOT DOING THAT
STUFF THAT HE DOES.
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I SAW HIM OUTSIDE.
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I SAW THE KIND OF STUFF HE DOES.
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HE LIVES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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I KNOW HE'S A HORRIBLE GUY.
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I'M WAY BETTER THAN HE IS,
SO I MUST BE CLOSER TO JESUS.
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IT DOESN'T QUITE MEAN THAT.
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THE FACT IS THAT UNTIL YOU
FIND SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST,
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YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO BE
CHANGED, EVEN AFTER THE MIRROR
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HAS TALKED TO YOU.
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GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER FIVE, AND
LET'S START WITH VERSE EIGHT.
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BECAUSE THIS IS
CUT TO THE CHASE BIBLE.
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ROMANS, CHAPTER FIVE,
AND START WITH VERSE EIGHT.
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IT SAYS, "BUT GOD COMMENDETH
HIS LOVE TOWARD US IN THAT
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WHILE WE WERE YET
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
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MUCH MORE THAN BEING NOW
JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL
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BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.
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FOR IF WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES,
WE WERE RECONCILED TO GOD BY
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THE DEATH OF HIS SON,
MUCH MORE BEING RECONCILED WE
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SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE."
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THIS ONE HAS GOT POWER.
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IN FACT, I DECLARE THIS TO BE
OUR EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT.
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WHILE I WAS AN ENEMY OF GOD.
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IN FACT, LET'S GET REAL, BEFORE
I WAS BORN, BEFORE I WAS A
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TWINKLE IN MY DADDY'S EYE,
JESUS SAID BEFORE THE FOUNDATION
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OF THE WORLD, WHEN
WALTER GOES WRONG, NOT IF WALTER
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GOES WRONG, WHEN HE GOES
WRONG, I WILL DIE FOR HIM.
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I WOULD HAVE SAID, IF WALTER
STRAIGHTENS UP, IF WALTER SHOWS
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REMORSE, IF HE SEEMS TO BE
WORTH THE SACRIFICE I MIGHT
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THINK ABOUT DYING FOR HIM.
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JESUS SAYS, I'LL DIE FOR HIM,
THOUGH HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT,
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I'LL EVEN DIE FOR HIM WHILE HE'S
STILL IN REBELLION AGAINST ME.
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IN REBELLION AGAINST MY FATHER,
IN REBELLION AGAINST GOD'S WORD.
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BUT I LOVE HIM ENOUGH
THAT I WILL DIE FOR HIM WHILE
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HE'S YET IN REBELLION.
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IS THAT AN
EXPERIENCE-THE- -POWER MOMENT ?
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
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IF GOD HAD WAITED FOR
ME TO GET STRAIGHT, BEFORE
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JESUS DIED FOR ME, I
WOULD BE IN TROUBLE TONIGHT.
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BUT BEFORE I WAS BORN,
THE PRICE HAD BEEN PAID.
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WHILE I WAS BORN IN REBELLION,
JESUS LOVED ME SO MUCH THAT
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THE PRICE HAD BEEN PAID.
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AND THEN THE
OFFER WAS MADE TO ME.
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AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS, GETTING
NEAR THE END, THAT IF THAT IS
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SO, AND I'M RECONCILED,
THEN HOW MUCH MORE SHALL I LIVE
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WITH CHRIST LIVING IN ME ?
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WELL, GO TO GALATIANS, BECAUSE
I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.
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I CAN CUT TO THE
CHASE WITH THIS ONE.
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GALATIANS.
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WELL, IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND.
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YOU KNOW, THIS BIBLE HAS BEEN
VERY ANGRY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
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LOOKING FOR MY TEXT TO POP
UP ON THOSE WONDERFUL SCREENS
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AND I HAVEN'T FLEXED IT.
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GALATIANS, CHAPTER TWO.
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GOT A TEXT FOR
YOU THAT'S AMAZING.
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AND LOOK AT VERSE 20.
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"I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.
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NEVERTHELESS," I LOVE THIS
STUFF, CALL THIS THE SECOND
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EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER
MOMENT: I'M DEAD WITH JESUS.
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AND THE FACT IS THAT
JESUS DID NOT DESERVE TO BE
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CRUCIFIED, BUT I DID.
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"SO I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST:
NEVERTHELESS, I LIVE: YET NOT I,
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BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: AND THE
LIFE, WHICH I NOW LIVE, IN THE
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FLESH, I LIVE BY THE FAITH
OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME
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AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."
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LET'S GET REAL.
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THE LAW CAN'T CHANGE ME.
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I CAN'T CHANGE MYSELF.
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THE FACT IS THAT THE BIBLE
DECLARES THAT, AND ETHIOPIAN,
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NOW THIS IS SOME OLD STUFF.
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AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON
THIS ONE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU
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START TALKING ABOUT DARK SKIN,
YOU GET INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME, MY TAN IS
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JUST ABOUT PERFECT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS CAN AN
ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN OR
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A LEOPARD CHANGE HIS SPOTS ?
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IF A LEOPARD CAN CHANGE HIS
SPOTS, OR ANY ONE OF US IN HERE,
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CHANGE OUR SKIN, THEN YOU
CAN ALSO TAKE AWAY YOUR OWN SIN.
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT WITH
ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN USE,
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AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW
THERE'S SOME GREAT STUFF.
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JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 13 AND VERSE
23, IF YOU WANT TO FIND IT.
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THEY GOT STUFF YOU
CAN RUB ON YOU NOW.
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I SAW IT THE OTHER NIGHT.
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I TAPED A SHOW TO TRY
TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID
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WITH A GUY'S SKIN.
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HIS SKIN WAS AWFUL.
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AND THEY TOOK A LASER AND. . .
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BUT AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS,
I WAS SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT
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MY TEXT IS STILL POWERFUL,
BECAUSE THIS GUY HAD TERRIBLE
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SKIN AT THE BEGINNING.
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AFTER HE HEALED FROM
THE LASER STUFF, IT WAS
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BETTER, BUT I COULD
STILL SEE HIS IMPERFECTIONS.
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AND THE DOCTOR SAID,
SIR, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS
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NOT A PERFECT PROCESS.
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DON'T YOU LOOK MUCH BETTER ?
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AND I READ THIS GUY'S MIND.
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I LOOKED AT HIS EYES.
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HE'S LIKE, I SPENT
ALL THIS MONEY AND I'VE
00:13:35.70\00:13:37.36
STILL GOT THIS STUFF.
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I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL
THIS PAIN AND HEALING AND YOU
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TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO
LOOK GOOD, AND I STILL GOT IT ?
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I KNOW IT'S NOT AS BAD AS
IT WAS, BUT I PAID YOU ENOUGH
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MONEY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY.
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BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE
WAS A TEXT IN HERE THAT SAYS,
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YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR SKIN.
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I KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL WRITE ME A
NOTE AND SAY, I HAD MY CHANGED.
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YEAH, YOU KEEP ON LIVING,
IT'LL GO BACK TO WHERE IT WAS.
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AMAZING THING ABOUT PLASTIC
SURGERY, YOU GET IT, YOU'VE
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GOT TO GET IT AGAIN.
00:14:07.96\00:14:09.73
SKIN REMEMBERS.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU CAN
CHANGE YOUR SKIN OR IF THE
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LEOPARD CAN LOSE HIS SPOTS,
THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF HOLY.
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THE LAW CAN'T CHANGE YOU.
00:14:19.43\00:14:21.06
YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOU.
00:14:21.06\00:14:22.90
BUT THE NEWS TONIGHT
THAT I BRING TO YOU IS THE
00:14:22.90\00:14:25.63
GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
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WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN ?
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NOTHING, BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
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FRIENDS OF MINE, IT HAS BEEN
MY JOY TO PREACH, LITERALLY,
00:14:40.76\00:14:46.06
AROUND THE WORLD.
00:14:46.06\00:14:47.33
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO EVERY
COUNTRY, BUT I'VE BEEN TO
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ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT
GOD'S POWER WORKS EVERYWHERE.
00:14:49.73\00:14:54.23
I TOLD MY WIFE A FEW MONTHS
AGO, WE'VE GOT TO START TAKING
00:14:54.23\00:14:57.30
BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
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BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT
HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY GIVE
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UP TRYING TO CHANGE THEMSELVES
AND LET JESUS CHANGE THEM.
00:15:04.86\00:15:10.83
YOU CAN TRY TO BE
LIKE THE PHARISEE'S.
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VERY FRUSTRATING.
00:15:12.93\00:15:13.96
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO SAY, I'VE GOT AN IRON WILL.
00:15:13.96\00:15:18.03
AND I CAN TELL YOU
ABOUT YOUR IRON WILL.
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IT'S JUST ABOUT LIKE
THE LAST DIET YOU WERE ON.
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I SEE A CAKE IN THERE.
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I'M NOT EVEN TEMPTED.
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MADE UP MY MIND, NO MORE CAKE.
00:15:39.80\00:15:43.60
GOING TO BED.
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UPSTAIRS IN YOUR PAJAMAS.
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NOT GOING TO DO IT.
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(mumbling) . . .
AFTER I GET THROUGH.
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I WOULDN'T
DARE, I WOULDN'T DARE.
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NO CALORIES IN THAT.
00:16:23.76\00:16:28.26
I GOT THE WILLPOWER.
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I HAVE AN IRON WILL.
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SO I CAN EVEN TASTE THAT
WONDERFUL TOP THAT WAS ON
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THAT CAKE AND IT
HAS NO POWER OVER ME.
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CARRY IT IN MY HAND.
00:16:55.26\00:16:59.33
I HAVE POWER OVER YOU.
00:16:59.33\00:17:05.56
WONDER HOW MANY
CALORIES ARE IN A. . .
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. . .REALLY THIN. . .
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. . .SLICE.
00:17:23.46\00:17:29.76
AND I BELIEVE I'VE GOT
ENOUGH POWER TO ACTUALLY
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TASTE THIS SLICE. . .
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. . .AND NOT BE OVERCOME BY IT.
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YOU KNOW SOMETHING, MAYBE I
COULD START THIS DIET TOMORROW.
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HERE'S WHAT I GOT TO SHOW YOU.
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CAN YOU GET TO EPHESIANS ?
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I'M SORRY.
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I LOST SOME OF YOU.
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FORGIVE ME.
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I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.
00:18:15.73\00:18:17.66
CAN YOU GET TO EPHESIANS,
EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE.
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AND ALL I NEED IS
ONE VERSE IN THERE
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AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.
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VERSE 20: EPHESIANS, CHAPTER
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THREE, VERSE 20.
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"NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE. . ."
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IF I HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE
WORLD, IF THAT HORRIBLE CLOCK
00:18:37.80\00:18:40.73
WERE NOT FACING ME DOWN, I COULD
PREACH A SERMON ON NOW UNTO HIM.
00:18:40.73\00:18:47.43
I'M NOT ABLE TO EVEN
RESIST CAKE, BUT HE'S ABLE.
00:18:47.43\00:18:54.80
IN HIM I'VE GOT THE
POWER BECAUSE I'M NOT
00:18:54.80\00:18:57.60
ABLE, BUT HE'S ABLE.
00:18:57.60\00:19:00.10
AND THE APOSE PAUL
SAYS, I AM DEAD WITH
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CHRIST, BUT YET I LIVE.
00:19:02.76\00:19:05.30
BUT IT'S NOT ME LIVING,
IT'S JESUS LIVING INSIDE OF ME.
00:19:05.30\00:19:10.16
AND I TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU
GIVE JESUS THE RIGHT TO BE ON
00:19:10.16\00:19:14.23
THE THRONE IN YOUR LIFE, HE
WILL GIVE YOU POWER TO OVERCOME.
00:19:14.23\00:19:18.63
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO KNOWS
IT'S TRUE, I HAVE MET PEOPLE
00:19:18.63\00:19:22.10
WITH HORRIBLE HABITS,
I'VE MET PEOPLE WITH TERRIBLE
00:19:22.10\00:19:27.96
ADDICTIONS, AND THEY'VE TOLD ME.
00:19:27.96\00:19:30.33
I MET A MAN WHO
WAS ON CRACK COCAINE.
00:19:30.33\00:19:33.76
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE ON CRACK COCAINE.
00:19:33.76\00:19:37.10
I DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT
NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN OVERCOME IT
00:19:37.10\00:19:40.90
AND THIS MAN SAID TO ME, HE
SAID, PASTOR, I CAN TELL YOU
00:19:40.90\00:19:44.30
THAT IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL
THING I HAVE EVER CONFRONTED.
00:19:44.30\00:19:48.40
HE SAID IT'S SO POWERFUL THAT
IT MADE ME FORGET ABOUT HEROIN.
00:19:48.40\00:19:53.70
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HEROIN
EITHER, SO I STILL DON'T KNOW
00:19:53.70\00:19:56.30
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:19:56.30\00:19:57.63
I GOT SOME STUFF IN MY
LIFE THAT'S POWERFUL, BUT HERE'S
00:19:57.63\00:19:59.83
WHAT THIS MAN SAID.
00:19:59.83\00:20:01.90
HE SAID, PASTOR, I
STARTED ON CRACK COCAINE.
00:20:01.90\00:20:05.40
THAT'S NOT A HABIT.
00:20:05.40\00:20:06.56
THAT'S AN ADDICTION.
00:20:06.56\00:20:08.40
AND IT'S A POWERFUL ADDICTION.
00:20:08.40\00:20:10.26
IT'S NOT TO BE TOYED WITH.
00:20:10.26\00:20:11.56
THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE
WHO WILL NEED TO COME TO CHRIST
00:20:11.56\00:20:14.83
AND STILL GET SOMEONE WITH
CLINICAL SKILLS TO HELP YOU.
00:20:14.83\00:20:19.73
WHATEVER IT TAKES
YOU OUGHT TO GET IT.
00:20:19.73\00:20:22.00
BUT I'M TELLING YOU
THAT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE POWER
00:20:22.00\00:20:25.06
OF JESUS, WELL, LET'S
READ WHAT IT SAYS HERE:
00:20:25.06\00:20:27.80
"NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE
TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY,
00:20:27.80\00:20:33.76
ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK
OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE
00:20:33.76\00:20:39.33
POWER THAT WORKETH IN US."
00:20:39.33\00:20:48.90
SO HERE'S WHAT I
WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT.
00:20:48.90\00:20:51.16
THE LAW HAS NOT
BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.
00:20:51.16\00:20:55.03
TONIGHT THERE IS A LAW.
00:20:55.03\00:20:58.06
THERE IS A MIRROR.
00:20:58.06\00:21:00.53
IF YOU GO HOME AND READ THROUGH
YOUR BIBLE, YOUR BIBLE WILL
00:21:00.53\00:21:03.63
TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT,
TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE WRONG.
00:21:03.63\00:21:07.13
BUT WHEN YOU FINISH LOOKING
IN THE MIRROR, THE MIRROR
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.76
WON'T CHANGE YOU.
00:21:09.76\00:21:11.03
YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOU,
BUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO CAN.
00:21:11.03\00:21:20.20
AND HE SAYS, I'M ABLE
TO HELP YOU ABOVE WHAT
00:21:20.20\00:21:25.93
YOU'RE GOING TO ASK.
00:21:25.93\00:21:28.00
ABOVE WHAT YOU CAN THINK.
00:21:28.00\00:21:30.30
ONE SCHOLAR SAYS THAT MEANS
ABOVE WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:21:30.30\00:21:35.56
HE'S ABLE TO DO IT
WITH THE POWER THAT HE PUTS
00:21:35.56\00:21:39.90
INSIDE OF YOU.
00:21:39.90\00:21:43.36
SO TONIGHT MY EXPERIENCE
THE POWER MOMENT IS THIS.
00:21:43.36\00:21:48.20
WHEN I CAN'T, HE CAN.
00:21:48.20\00:21:56.26
WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GIVE UP--IN
FACT ONE NIGHT I WAS PREACHING
00:21:56.26\00:22:02.26
A SERMON AND I DO
BELIEVE THAT GOD SPOKE TO ME.
00:22:02.26\00:22:08.80
GOD SPEAKS TO ME MANY
TIMES IN MANY WAYS, BUT I DON'T
00:22:08.80\00:22:11.30
CLAIM SUPERFICIAL HOLINESS.
00:22:11.30\00:22:14.66
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
THING WHEN I HEAR GOD SPEAK.
00:22:14.66\00:22:18.26
I'M PREACHING AND GOD
SAYS, MENTION SUICIDE.
00:22:18.26\00:22:22.70
WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD AND I
HAVE CONVERSATIONS SOMETIMES.
00:22:22.70\00:22:25.76
SOMETIMES HE'LL SAY STUFF
AND I'LL SAY, LORD, THAT'S NOT
00:22:25.76\00:22:29.10
GOING TO MAKE ME POPULAR.
00:22:29.10\00:22:31.90
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
THING I'M A LITTLE OFF KEY.
00:22:31.90\00:22:35.53
BUTI'VE LEARNED THAT
WHEN HE SAYS IT, JUST DO IT.
00:22:35.53\00:22:42.30
AND SO THAT NIGHT I SAID, IN
A CONGREGATION NOT UNLIKE THIS
00:22:42.30\00:22:46.43
ONE, IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM,
IF YOU'VE GOT A HABIT, IF YOU'VE
00:22:46.43\00:22:51.46
GOT AN ADDICTION THAT YOU
CAN'T HANDLE, IF YOU'VE TRIED
00:22:51.46\00:22:56.60
EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW AND YOU
STILL GOT THE PROBLEM, IF YOU'RE
00:22:56.60\00:23:02.66
FINISHED, IF YOU'RE THROUGH, IF
YOU HAVE NO MORE RESOURCES, IF
00:23:02.66\00:23:07.43
YOU CAN'T DO ANYMORE, THEN
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT TO JESUS ?
00:23:07.43\00:23:14.23
HE SAYS, I CAN GIVE
YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN ASK
00:23:14.23\00:23:18.46
OR EVEN IMAGINE.
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.56
AND I WILL PUT MY POWER IN YOU.
00:23:20.56\00:23:25.96
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET
YOURSELF DIE SO THAT SUICIDE
00:23:25.96\00:23:29.70
IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE.
00:23:29.70\00:23:31.03
IN FACT, IF YOU THINK
YOUR LIFE IS WORTHLESS TONIGHT,
00:23:31.03\00:23:33.73
DON'T THROW IT AWAY,
PUT IT IN JESUS' HANDS.
00:23:33.73\00:23:38.20
IF YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU
CAN, LET HIM HAVE A TRY AT IT.
00:23:38.20\00:23:42.50
WHAT COULD IT HURT ?
00:23:42.50\00:23:44.73
IF YOU'RE
FINISHED, LET HIM START.
00:23:44.73\00:23:48.20
BECAUSE JESUS SAYS,
YOU CAN DIE, BUT I WILL ME
00:23:48.20\00:23:53.33
AND LIVE INSIDE OF YOU.
00:23:53.33\00:23:57.26
AND THE THINGS YOU
COULDN'T DO BEFORE,
00:23:57.26\00:24:00.90
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO NOW.
00:24:00.90\00:24:02.86
BUT YOU'LL
RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT YOU.
00:24:02.86\00:24:06.06
IT'S JESUS MOVING IN YOU.
00:24:06.06\00:24:09.10
SO I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO
HAVE OVERCOME AMAZING THINGS.
00:24:09.10\00:24:12.70
IN FACT, I WAS ABOUT
TO TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE
00:24:12.70\00:24:14.40
BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
00:24:14.40\00:24:16.96
I'VE GOT TO TELL ABOUT
THIS LADY ONE MORE TIME.
00:24:16.96\00:24:18.86
I WISH YOU COULD MEET
HER, BUT THEN YOU'D KNOW THE
00:24:18.86\00:24:20.53
WHOLE STORY RELATED TO HER.
00:24:20.53\00:24:22.10
I MET A LADY ONE NIGHT
IN AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING,
00:24:22.10\00:24:24.86
THAT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS.
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.43
AND THIS LADY OBVIOUSLY
HAD A JOB THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE
00:24:26.43\00:24:32.13
IN POLITE SOCIETY.
00:24:32.13\00:24:37.93
SHE APPARENTLY
WAS A SOCIAL WORKER.
00:24:37.93\00:24:49.33
SHE HAD BARELY ENOUGH
CLOTHES ON TO BE STREET LEGAL.
00:24:49.33\00:24:57.33
AND SINCE EVERY PREACHER WORTH
HIS SALT KNOWS THAT YOU FOLKS
00:24:57.33\00:25:01.23
KIND OF LOOK AT OUR EYES
TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,
00:25:01.23\00:25:05.90
I SAID, I CAN'T LOOK AT HER.
00:25:05.90\00:25:09.10
SO I LOOKED ABOVE HER SCALP.
00:25:09.10\00:25:14.03
AND I SAID, YES, WHAT
CAN I DO TO HELP YOU ?
00:25:14.03\00:25:17.00
AND SHE SAID, SIR, I'M
TIRED OF THE WAY I LIVE.
00:25:17.00\00:25:22.10
AND YOU TALKED TONIGHT
ABOUT JESUS AND HIS POWER.
00:25:22.10\00:25:25.66
SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
00:25:25.66\00:25:27.50
WOULD YOU INTRODUCE ME TO JESUS?
00:25:27.50\00:25:31.53
AND I DIDN'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY
THOUGHT ANYMORE ABOUT MY EYES.
00:25:31.53\00:25:34.53
I LOOKED HER STRAIGHT IN
THE EYE AND SAID, JESUS CAN CURE
00:25:34.53\00:25:37.93
ANY SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE.
00:25:37.93\00:25:40.36
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS LET HIM IN YOUR LIFE.
00:25:40.36\00:25:44.66
AND THAT NIGHT, BEFORE
THAT WOMAN WALKED AWAY,
00:25:44.66\00:25:46.83
WE PRAYED TOGETHER.
00:25:46.83\00:25:48.26
AND GUESS WHAT ?
00:25:48.26\00:25:49.03
NOBODY EVER TALKED TO
HER ABOUT HER CLOTHES.
00:25:49.03\00:25:52.36
BUT THE NEXT NIGHT SHE
CAME, SHE HAD MORE CLOTHES ON.
00:25:52.36\00:25:58.73
THE NEXT NIGHT AND THE NEXT
NIGHT AND THE NEXT NIGHT SHE
00:25:58.73\00:26:02.03
DIDN'T WALK THE SAME WAY SHE
WALKED THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER.
00:26:02.03\00:26:06.43
AND THEN I DISCOVERED THAT
THIS WOMAN HAD ALLOWED JESUS
00:26:06.43\00:26:11.23
TO TAKE OVER HER LIFE.
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Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH
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