Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000436
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER,
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:12 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED: 00:16 "MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL." 00:18 (theme music) JESUS WANTS YOU TO 00:28 BE IN THE FAMILY. 00:29 HE CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. 00:32 BUT HE DOESN'T BRING YOU IN THE FAMILY TO ACT LIKE 00:34 YOU ALWAYS DID IN HIS NAME. 00:38 BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET IN THE FAMILY, YOU OUGHT 00:40 TO BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY. 00:42 MY MOM AND DAD, THOUGH THEY WERE NOT WEALTHY OR FAMOUS, ALWAYS 00:45 HAD MY BROTHER AND I TO THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING 00:49 SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A PEARSON. 00:52 DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU. 00:53 I GOT NO REACTION FROM YOU WHEN I SAID THAT. 00:57 BUT THEY WOULD SAY IT. 00:58 MY MOM WOULD TELL US, LOOK, WHEN YOU GO OUT ON THE STREET, 01:01 MY MOM, WHEN SHE CLENCHED HER TEETH, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SIGN. 01:06 THAT WAS NOT A REGULAR UTTERANCE WHEN SHE TALKED LIKE THIS, 01:10 YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO HER. 01:11 THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DIDN'T. 01:13 SHE SAID, WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE, YOU REMEMBER THAT 01:16 YOU REFLECT ON THIS FAMILY. 01:18 DON'T YOU LET ME HEAR ABOUT YOU DOING THINGS OUT THERE THAT 01:21 REFLECT BADLY ON THIS FAMILY. 01:25 YOU'RE GOING TO THINK MY MOM WAS A MEAN WOMAN. 01:28 SHE HAD TWO BOYS, AND SHE HAD TO KIND OF KEEP US ON 01:31 THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. 01:32 AND WE KNEW WHEN SHE CLENCHED HER TEETH, YOU HAD BETTER 01:34 LISTEN TO THAT. 01:35 SO WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE, HEY MAN, IF YOU SEE ME DOING 01:38 SOMETHING FUNNY, TELL ME, BECAUSE MOM IS ON THE WARPATH. 01:42 IF MY PARENTS CARED ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHILDREN DID IN 01:47 THE STREET IN THEIR NAME, DO YOU GUESS GOD CARES ? 01:55 DO YOU GUESS GOD MIGHT GET A LITTLE DISTURBED IF SOME OF 01:58 THE STUFF WE DO IN HIS NAME ? 02:01 IN FACT, I HAVE MET PEOPLE, SOMETIMES WHEN I GO TO THE 02:04 BARBERSHOP, I'M ALMOST ASHAMED TO SAY WHO I AM, BECAUSE I 02:08 KNOW IT'S GOING TO START A CONTROVERSY, YOU KNOW. 02:11 BUT I CAN'T BE, I'M PROUD OF WHAT I DO, BUT I JUST 02:14 KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 02:16 SO THEY FINALLY GET AROUND TO, EXCUSE ME, SO WHAT DO YOU DO ? 02:20 WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THAT IMPORTANT ? 02:27 PHYSICIANS TELL ME THEY CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY DO OR ELSE 02:29 THEY'LL HAVE TO GIVE FREE ADVICE, AND PSYCHIATRISTS 02:33 CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY DO OR EVERYBODY RUNS FROM THEM. 02:37 MORTICIANS. . . 02:42 BUT WHEN I SAY WHAT I DO, PEOPLE ALWAYS, YEAH, YEAH, 02:47 ANOTHER ONE OF YOU GUYS. 02:50 WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT WE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I'M 02:53 TALKING ABOUT RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. 02:57 WE HAVE SO MISREPRESENTED WHAT GOD'S FAMILY STANDS FOR, 03:04 THAT NOW IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT IT'S A GOOD THING 03:07 TO BE IN GOD'S FAMILY. 03:09 BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT WITHOUT A MIRROR, WE WILL 03:12 NEVER RESEMBLE EACH OTHER. 03:13 WE'LL NEVER RESEMBLE OUR FATHER, AND THERE WILL 03:16 ALWAYS BE CONFUSION. 03:17 ROMANS, CHAPTER THREE. 03:19 LET'S GO THERE. 03:20 AND I'VE GOT TO MOVE NOW. 03:21 THIS ENEMY--HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIZE OF MY CLOCK ? 03:25 HAS ANYBODY NOTICED ? 03:26 WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, COME UP HERE. 03:28 I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS. 03:33 THE NUMBERS ON THIS CLOCK ARE ABOUT A FOOT TALL. 03:38 SO, THEY GOT ME. 03:40 ROMANS, CHAPTER THREE. 03:41 LET ME STOP TALKING TO YOU AND FIND MY TEXT. 03:44 ROMANS, CHAPTER THREE, AND VERSE 20. 03:47 ROMANS, THREE, VERSE 20. 03:50 "THEREFORE BY THE DEEDS OF THE LAW THERE SHALL NO FLESH 03:55 BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT. 03:57 FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN." 04:04 HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT HAPPEN, PARK SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE 04:09 USED TO BE A PAINTED CURB ? 04:12 AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU'VE GOT A TICKET. 04:14 AND YOU ARE "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS ?" 04:18 YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE YOUR COMPOSURE. 04:21 LOOK AT THAT CURB. 04:22 THERE'S NO COLOR ON THAT CURB. 04:24 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN COLOR ONE DAY, BUT DON'T GIVE ME 04:26 A TICKET WHEN THERE'S NO COLOR ON THE CURB, YOU KNOW ? 04:30 AND WHAT YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT IS THAT THEY GOT YOU FOR SOMETHING 04:33 THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT. 04:36 SO IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE RULES ARE, YOU CAN'T CATCH ME. 04:40 YOU CAN'T PUNISH ME. 04:41 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE LAW TELLS YOU WHAT'S RIGHT 04:47 AND TELLS YOU WHAT'S WRONG. 04:49 AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THAT. 04:52 I NEED TO KNOW WHEN I'M RIGHT AND KNOW WHEN I'M WRONG. 04:55 NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE LAW, HOWEVER, THAT'S 04:58 KIND OF LIKE A MIRROR. 04:59 GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER 8. 05:01 WE'RE DOING ROMANS STUFF NOW. 05:04 ISN'T THIS AMAZING ? 05:05 ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW WELL YOU FOUND THAT TEXT ? 05:08 ROMANS, CHAPTER EIGHT, AND LET'S SEE, I NEED TO START 05:13 WITH VERSE THREE. 05:14 HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 05:16 "FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT DO, IN THAT IT WAS WEAK THROUGH 05:20 THE FLESH, GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF 05:26 SINFUL FLESH AND FOR SIN, CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH, 05:32 THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MAY BE FULFILLED IN 05:36 US WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT." 05:42 NOW, LET'S TAKE THIS APART. 05:43 I WISH I COULD DO THE WHOLE THING, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME. 05:46 THE LAW IS WEAK LIKE A MIRROR IS WEAK. 05:52 WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND IT SAYS, YOU NEED A SHOWER. 05:59 YOU SAY, HOW DOES A MIRROR KNOW YOU NEED A SHOWER ? 06:01 IT CAN'T SENSE YOUR AROMA. 06:07 BUT YOU ARE DISHEVELED. 06:09 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT A MIRROR CAN TELL YOU. 06:11 PLEASE COMB YOUR HAIR. 06:13 YOU NEED TO WASH YOUR FACE. 06:15 WHEN I WAKE UP, I GOT TO LOOK AT WRINKLES THAT HAVE 06:18 DEVELOPED OVER NIGHT, AS I LAY ON MY PILLOW. 06:21 AND I GOT TO TRY TO PULL THEM OUT, YOU KNOW. 06:24 WHEN I WAS YOUNG, THEY CAME OUT INSTANTLY. 06:28 NOW THEY KIND OF HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE. 06:32 BUT THE MIRROR IS WEAK LIKE THE LAW IS WEAK, 06:36 AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW. 06:37 THE MIRROR CAN TELL YOU YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT 06:40 THE MIRROR CAN'T DO IT. 06:41 THE LAW CAN TELL YOU WHERE YOU'RE WRONG, BUT THE BIBLE 06:44 SAYS THE LAW CAN'T DO IT. 06:46 IT'S WEAK FOR THAT FUNCTION. 06:49 BUT THEN THIS THING IS SO POWERFUL, THE TEXT IS SO 06:52 POWERFUL THAT IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE LAW IS WEAK FOR SOME THINGS. 06:57 BUT LOOK: IN THE VERY FIRST VERSE, VERSE THREE, IT SAYS 07:02 "GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, 07:07 AND FOR SIN CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 07:10 OF THE LAW MAY BE FULFILLED IN US, WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, 07:15 BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT." 07:16 THE LAW IS NOT MADE TO SAVE. 07:21 THE LAW CAN'T SAVE. 07:24 BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR OF THE LAW, YOU DON'T 07:28 KNOW YOU NEED TO BE SAVED. 07:31 BECAUSE YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'RE OKAY. 07:34 AND THE EASIEST KIND OF RELIGION IS TO COMPARE 07:37 YOURSELF WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO CLAIM THEY'RE CHRISTIANS. 07:42 I'M BETTER THAN HE IS. 07:44 I'M NOT DOING THAT STUFF THAT HE DOES. 07:46 I SAW HIM OUTSIDE. 07:47 I SAW THE KIND OF STUFF HE DOES. 07:49 HE LIVES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 07:50 I KNOW HE'S A HORRIBLE GUY. 07:52 I'M WAY BETTER THAN HE IS, SO I MUST BE CLOSER TO JESUS. 07:56 IT DOESN'T QUITE MEAN THAT. 07:57 THE FACT IS THAT UNTIL YOU FIND SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST, 08:02 YOU CANNOT CLAIM TO BE CHANGED, EVEN AFTER THE MIRROR 08:06 HAS TALKED TO YOU. 08:08 GO TO ROMANS, CHAPTER FIVE, AND LET'S START WITH VERSE EIGHT. 08:13 BECAUSE THIS IS CUT TO THE CHASE BIBLE. 08:17 ROMANS, CHAPTER FIVE, AND START WITH VERSE EIGHT. 08:20 IT SAYS, "BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US IN THAT 08:25 WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. 08:31 MUCH MORE THAN BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL 08:36 BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM. 08:39 FOR IF WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES, WE WERE RECONCILED TO GOD BY 08:43 THE DEATH OF HIS SON, MUCH MORE BEING RECONCILED WE 08:48 SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE." 08:52 THIS ONE HAS GOT POWER. 08:53 IN FACT, I DECLARE THIS TO BE OUR EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT. 08:59 WHILE I WAS AN ENEMY OF GOD. 09:03 IN FACT, LET'S GET REAL, BEFORE I WAS BORN, BEFORE I WAS A 09:09 TWINKLE IN MY DADDY'S EYE, JESUS SAID BEFORE THE FOUNDATION 09:14 OF THE WORLD, WHEN WALTER GOES WRONG, NOT IF WALTER 09:18 GOES WRONG, WHEN HE GOES WRONG, I WILL DIE FOR HIM. 09:26 I WOULD HAVE SAID, IF WALTER STRAIGHTENS UP, IF WALTER SHOWS 09:30 REMORSE, IF HE SEEMS TO BE WORTH THE SACRIFICE I MIGHT 09:35 THINK ABOUT DYING FOR HIM. 09:39 JESUS SAYS, I'LL DIE FOR HIM, THOUGH HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT, 09:43 I'LL EVEN DIE FOR HIM WHILE HE'S STILL IN REBELLION AGAINST ME. 09:49 IN REBELLION AGAINST MY FATHER, IN REBELLION AGAINST GOD'S WORD. 09:54 BUT I LOVE HIM ENOUGH THAT I WILL DIE FOR HIM WHILE 09:57 HE'S YET IN REBELLION. 10:02 IS THAT AN EXPERIENCE-THE- -POWER MOMENT ? 10:07 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 10:08 IF GOD HAD WAITED FOR ME TO GET STRAIGHT, BEFORE 10:11 JESUS DIED FOR ME, I WOULD BE IN TROUBLE TONIGHT. 10:15 BUT BEFORE I WAS BORN, THE PRICE HAD BEEN PAID. 10:19 WHILE I WAS BORN IN REBELLION, JESUS LOVED ME SO MUCH THAT 10:23 THE PRICE HAD BEEN PAID. 10:25 AND THEN THE OFFER WAS MADE TO ME. 10:27 AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS, GETTING NEAR THE END, THAT IF THAT IS 10:32 SO, AND I'M RECONCILED, THEN HOW MUCH MORE SHALL I LIVE 10:37 WITH CHRIST LIVING IN ME ? 10:41 WELL, GO TO GALATIANS, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK. 10:46 I CAN CUT TO THE CHASE WITH THIS ONE. 10:50 GALATIANS. 10:51 WELL, IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND. 10:53 YOU KNOW, THIS BIBLE HAS BEEN VERY ANGRY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN 10:56 LOOKING FOR MY TEXT TO POP UP ON THOSE WONDERFUL SCREENS 11:00 AND I HAVEN'T FLEXED IT. 11:02 GALATIANS, CHAPTER TWO. 11:04 GOT A TEXT FOR YOU THAT'S AMAZING. 11:07 AND LOOK AT VERSE 20. 11:09 "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. 11:16 NEVERTHELESS," I LOVE THIS STUFF, CALL THIS THE SECOND 11:21 EXPERIENCE-THE-POWER MOMENT: I'M DEAD WITH JESUS. 11:27 AND THE FACT IS THAT JESUS DID NOT DESERVE TO BE 11:30 CRUCIFIED, BUT I DID. 11:33 "SO I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS, I LIVE: YET NOT I, 11:40 BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: AND THE LIFE, WHICH I NOW LIVE, IN THE 11:44 FLESH, I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME 11:51 AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." 11:52 LET'S GET REAL. 11:56 THE LAW CAN'T CHANGE ME. 12:00 I CAN'T CHANGE MYSELF. 12:03 THE FACT IS THAT THE BIBLE DECLARES THAT, AND ETHIOPIAN, 12:09 NOW THIS IS SOME OLD STUFF. 12:11 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU 12:13 START TALKING ABOUT DARK SKIN, YOU GET INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 12:18 BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, MY TAN IS 12:21 JUST ABOUT PERFECT. 12:25 THE BIBLE SAYS CAN AN ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN OR 12:29 A LEOPARD CHANGE HIS SPOTS ? 12:32 IF A LEOPARD CAN CHANGE HIS SPOTS, OR ANY ONE OF US IN HERE, 12:36 CHANGE OUR SKIN, THEN YOU CAN ALSO TAKE AWAY YOUR OWN SIN. 12:43 BUT THE FACT IS THAT WITH ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN USE, 12:47 AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME GREAT STUFF. 12:49 JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 13 AND VERSE 23, IF YOU WANT TO FIND IT. 12:53 THEY GOT STUFF YOU CAN RUB ON YOU NOW. 12:56 I SAW IT THE OTHER NIGHT. 12:57 I TAPED A SHOW TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID 13:01 WITH A GUY'S SKIN. 13:02 HIS SKIN WAS AWFUL. 13:03 AND THEY TOOK A LASER AND. . . 13:08 BUT AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, I WAS SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT 13:10 MY TEXT IS STILL POWERFUL, BECAUSE THIS GUY HAD TERRIBLE 13:14 SKIN AT THE BEGINNING. 13:15 AFTER HE HEALED FROM THE LASER STUFF, IT WAS 13:19 BETTER, BUT I COULD STILL SEE HIS IMPERFECTIONS. 13:24 AND THE DOCTOR SAID, SIR, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS 13:28 NOT A PERFECT PROCESS. 13:31 DON'T YOU LOOK MUCH BETTER ? 13:32 AND I READ THIS GUY'S MIND. 13:34 I LOOKED AT HIS EYES. 13:35 HE'S LIKE, I SPENT ALL THIS MONEY AND I'VE 13:37 STILL GOT THIS STUFF. 13:39 I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL THIS PAIN AND HEALING AND YOU 13:41 TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO LOOK GOOD, AND I STILL GOT IT ? 13:44 I KNOW IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS, BUT I PAID YOU ENOUGH 13:46 MONEY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. 13:47 BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A TEXT IN HERE THAT SAYS, 13:50 YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR SKIN. 13:55 I KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL WRITE ME A NOTE AND SAY, I HAD MY CHANGED. 13:58 YEAH, YOU KEEP ON LIVING, IT'LL GO BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. 14:03 AMAZING THING ABOUT PLASTIC SURGERY, YOU GET IT, YOU'VE 14:07 GOT TO GET IT AGAIN. 14:09 SKIN REMEMBERS. 14:12 THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SKIN OR IF THE 14:15 LEOPARD CAN LOSE HIS SPOTS, THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF HOLY. 14:19 THE LAW CAN'T CHANGE YOU. 14:21 YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOU. 14:22 BUT THE NEWS TONIGHT THAT I BRING TO YOU IS THE 14:25 GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. 14:30 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN ? 14:35 NOTHING, BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 14:40 FRIENDS OF MINE, IT HAS BEEN MY JOY TO PREACH, LITERALLY, 14:46 AROUND THE WORLD. 14:47 I HAVEN'T BEEN TO EVERY COUNTRY, BUT I'VE BEEN TO 14:49 ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT GOD'S POWER WORKS EVERYWHERE. 14:54 I TOLD MY WIFE A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE'VE GOT TO START TAKING 14:57 BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES. 15:00 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY GIVE 15:04 UP TRYING TO CHANGE THEMSELVES AND LET JESUS CHANGE THEM. 15:10 YOU CAN TRY TO BE LIKE THE PHARISEE'S. 15:12 VERY FRUSTRATING. 15:13 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY, I'VE GOT AN IRON WILL. 15:18 AND I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR IRON WILL. 15:20 IT'S JUST ABOUT LIKE THE LAST DIET YOU WERE ON. 15:31 I SEE A CAKE IN THERE. 15:33 I'M NOT EVEN TEMPTED. 15:39 MADE UP MY MIND, NO MORE CAKE. 15:43 GOING TO BED. 15:45 UPSTAIRS IN YOUR PAJAMAS. 16:00 NOT GOING TO DO IT. 16:03 (mumbling) . . . AFTER I GET THROUGH. 16:09 I WOULDN'T DARE, I WOULDN'T DARE. 16:23 NO CALORIES IN THAT. 16:28 I GOT THE WILLPOWER. 16:30 I HAVE AN IRON WILL. 16:33 SO I CAN EVEN TASTE THAT WONDERFUL TOP THAT WAS ON 16:38 THAT CAKE AND IT HAS NO POWER OVER ME. 16:55 CARRY IT IN MY HAND. 16:59 I HAVE POWER OVER YOU. 17:05 WONDER HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN A. . . 17:14 . . .REALLY THIN. . . 17:23 . . .SLICE. 17:29 AND I BELIEVE I'VE GOT ENOUGH POWER TO ACTUALLY 17:32 TASTE THIS SLICE. . . 17:39 . . .AND NOT BE OVERCOME BY IT. 17:52 YOU KNOW SOMETHING, MAYBE I COULD START THIS DIET TOMORROW. 18:07 HERE'S WHAT I GOT TO SHOW YOU. 18:09 CAN YOU GET TO EPHESIANS ? 18:12 I'M SORRY. 18:13 I LOST SOME OF YOU. 18:14 FORGIVE ME. 18:15 I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT. 18:17 CAN YOU GET TO EPHESIANS, EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE. 18:22 AND ALL I NEED IS ONE VERSE IN THERE 18:25 AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. 18:26 VERSE 20: EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 18:28 THREE, VERSE 20. 18:30 "NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE. . ." 18:37 IF I HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, IF THAT HORRIBLE CLOCK 18:40 WERE NOT FACING ME DOWN, I COULD PREACH A SERMON ON NOW UNTO HIM. 18:47 I'M NOT ABLE TO EVEN RESIST CAKE, BUT HE'S ABLE. 18:54 IN HIM I'VE GOT THE POWER BECAUSE I'M NOT 18:57 ABLE, BUT HE'S ABLE. 19:00 AND THE APOSE PAUL SAYS, I AM DEAD WITH 19:02 CHRIST, BUT YET I LIVE. 19:05 BUT IT'S NOT ME LIVING, IT'S JESUS LIVING INSIDE OF ME. 19:10 AND I TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU GIVE JESUS THE RIGHT TO BE ON 19:14 THE THRONE IN YOUR LIFE, HE WILL GIVE YOU POWER TO OVERCOME. 19:18 IS THERE ANYBODY WHO KNOWS IT'S TRUE, I HAVE MET PEOPLE 19:22 WITH HORRIBLE HABITS, I'VE MET PEOPLE WITH TERRIBLE 19:27 ADDICTIONS, AND THEY'VE TOLD ME. 19:30 I MET A MAN WHO WAS ON CRACK COCAINE. 19:33 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON CRACK COCAINE. 19:37 I DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN OVERCOME IT 19:40 AND THIS MAN SAID TO ME, HE SAID, PASTOR, I CAN TELL YOU 19:44 THAT IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL THING I HAVE EVER CONFRONTED. 19:48 HE SAID IT'S SO POWERFUL THAT IT MADE ME FORGET ABOUT HEROIN. 19:53 WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HEROIN EITHER, SO I STILL DON'T KNOW 19:56 WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 19:57 I GOT SOME STUFF IN MY LIFE THAT'S POWERFUL, BUT HERE'S 19:59 WHAT THIS MAN SAID. 20:01 HE SAID, PASTOR, I STARTED ON CRACK COCAINE. 20:05 THAT'S NOT A HABIT. 20:06 THAT'S AN ADDICTION. 20:08 AND IT'S A POWERFUL ADDICTION. 20:10 IT'S NOT TO BE TOYED WITH. 20:11 THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL NEED TO COME TO CHRIST 20:14 AND STILL GET SOMEONE WITH CLINICAL SKILLS TO HELP YOU. 20:19 WHATEVER IT TAKES YOU OUGHT TO GET IT. 20:22 BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE POWER 20:25 OF JESUS, WELL, LET'S READ WHAT IT SAYS HERE: 20:27 "NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY, 20:33 ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE 20:39 POWER THAT WORKETH IN US." 20:48 SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TONIGHT. 20:51 THE LAW HAS NOT BEEN DONE AWAY WITH. 20:55 TONIGHT THERE IS A LAW. 20:58 THERE IS A MIRROR. 21:00 IF YOU GO HOME AND READ THROUGH YOUR BIBLE, YOUR BIBLE WILL 21:03 TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT, TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE WRONG. 21:07 BUT WHEN YOU FINISH LOOKING IN THE MIRROR, THE MIRROR 21:09 WON'T CHANGE YOU. 21:11 YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOU, BUT I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO CAN. 21:20 AND HE SAYS, I'M ABLE TO HELP YOU ABOVE WHAT 21:25 YOU'RE GOING TO ASK. 21:28 ABOVE WHAT YOU CAN THINK. 21:30 ONE SCHOLAR SAYS THAT MEANS ABOVE WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. 21:35 HE'S ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE POWER THAT HE PUTS 21:39 INSIDE OF YOU. 21:43 SO TONIGHT MY EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT IS THIS. 21:48 WHEN I CAN'T, HE CAN. 21:56 WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GIVE UP--IN FACT ONE NIGHT I WAS PREACHING 22:02 A SERMON AND I DO BELIEVE THAT GOD SPOKE TO ME. 22:08 GOD SPEAKS TO ME MANY TIMES IN MANY WAYS, BUT I DON'T 22:11 CLAIM SUPERFICIAL HOLINESS. 22:14 AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING WHEN I HEAR GOD SPEAK. 22:18 I'M PREACHING AND GOD SAYS, MENTION SUICIDE. 22:22 WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS SOMETIMES. 22:25 SOMETIMES HE'LL SAY STUFF AND I'LL SAY, LORD, THAT'S NOT 22:29 GOING TO MAKE ME POPULAR. 22:31 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THING I'M A LITTLE OFF KEY. 22:35 BUTI'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN HE SAYS IT, JUST DO IT. 22:42 AND SO THAT NIGHT I SAID, IN A CONGREGATION NOT UNLIKE THIS 22:46 ONE, IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM, IF YOU'VE GOT A HABIT, IF YOU'VE 22:51 GOT AN ADDICTION THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE, IF YOU'VE TRIED 22:56 EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW AND YOU STILL GOT THE PROBLEM, IF YOU'RE 23:02 FINISHED, IF YOU'RE THROUGH, IF YOU HAVE NO MORE RESOURCES, IF 23:07 YOU CAN'T DO ANYMORE, THEN WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT TO JESUS ? 23:14 HE SAYS, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN ASK 23:18 OR EVEN IMAGINE. 23:20 AND I WILL PUT MY POWER IN YOU. 23:25 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET YOURSELF DIE SO THAT SUICIDE 23:29 IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE. 23:31 IN FACT, IF YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS WORTHLESS TONIGHT, 23:33 DON'T THROW IT AWAY, PUT IT IN JESUS' HANDS. 23:38 IF YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN, LET HIM HAVE A TRY AT IT. 23:42 WHAT COULD IT HURT ? 23:44 IF YOU'RE FINISHED, LET HIM START. 23:48 BECAUSE JESUS SAYS, YOU CAN DIE, BUT I WILL ME 23:53 AND LIVE INSIDE OF YOU. 23:57 AND THE THINGS YOU COULDN'T DO BEFORE, 24:00 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO NOW. 24:02 BUT YOU'LL RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT YOU. 24:06 IT'S JESUS MOVING IN YOU. 24:09 SO I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVERCOME AMAZING THINGS. 24:12 IN FACT, I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE 24:14 BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES. 24:16 I'VE GOT TO TELL ABOUT THIS LADY ONE MORE TIME. 24:18 I WISH YOU COULD MEET HER, BUT THEN YOU'D KNOW THE 24:20 WHOLE STORY RELATED TO HER. 24:22 I MET A LADY ONE NIGHT IN AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, 24:24 THAT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS. 24:26 AND THIS LADY OBVIOUSLY HAD A JOB THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE 24:32 IN POLITE SOCIETY. 24:37 SHE APPARENTLY WAS A SOCIAL WORKER. 24:49 SHE HAD BARELY ENOUGH CLOTHES ON TO BE STREET LEGAL. 24:57 AND SINCE EVERY PREACHER WORTH HIS SALT KNOWS THAT YOU FOLKS 25:01 KIND OF LOOK AT OUR EYES TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, 25:05 I SAID, I CAN'T LOOK AT HER. 25:09 SO I LOOKED ABOVE HER SCALP. 25:14 AND I SAID, YES, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU ? 25:17 AND SHE SAID, SIR, I'M TIRED OF THE WAY I LIVE. 25:22 AND YOU TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT JESUS AND HIS POWER. 25:25 SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. 25:27 WOULD YOU INTRODUCE ME TO JESUS? 25:31 AND I DIDN'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY THOUGHT ANYMORE ABOUT MY EYES. 25:34 I LOOKED HER STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAID, JESUS CAN CURE 25:37 ANY SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE. 25:40 ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS LET HIM IN YOUR LIFE. 25:44 AND THAT NIGHT, BEFORE THAT WOMAN WALKED AWAY, 25:46 WE PRAYED TOGETHER. 25:48 AND GUESS WHAT ? 25:49 NOBODY EVER TALKED TO HER ABOUT HER CLOTHES. 25:52 BUT THE NEXT NIGHT SHE CAME, SHE HAD MORE CLOTHES ON. 25:58 THE NEXT NIGHT AND THE NEXT NIGHT AND THE NEXT NIGHT SHE 26:02 DIDN'T WALK THE SAME WAY SHE WALKED THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER. 26:06 AND THEN I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WOMAN HAD ALLOWED JESUS 26:11 TO TAKE OVER HER LIFE. 26:12 Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING. 26:14 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE BREATH OF LIFE WITH 26:16 WALTER L. 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