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this morning. Before we start
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with you may have passed. The
Ryan opened with the word of
prayer was just following
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course. >> Let's pray. Our
father and >> Thank you so much
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>> and what we know that you
have a blessing for so please
prepare minds and our hearts.
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willing. >> And be with your man
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servant of the hour, Save us.
And you Pray. Amen. >> And thank
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you very much. >> Well, we've
been blessed to be able to have
amazing facts, partner with the
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Paradise Church right here in
the Las Vegas area and present
the series of presentations. I'd
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like bypass the deck to come
forward. For those of you might
not know who passed.
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That actually is. He is the
president Speaker of Amazing
Facts. He's also the past off
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the grand of a church in
Sacramento, California. I have
the privilege of working We've
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worked together for we said we
figured it out last night about
14, 15 years, some 17
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years. Well count actually did
the math. Haha, I was going
fast. 17 years and we've done
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the series in different parts of
the country, you know, pass
that. want to share the story
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briefly. This is one of my
favorite presentation series
that passed the doing. I first
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heard the series when we were in
Romania of places a number of
years ago, pass it back to
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the series and I say pass the
You've got to do that. Now that
was through a translator.
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I said we've got to do this here
in the U.S. where we can get it
English and we get we
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could film. And so I'm just
delighted that he's here and
he's able to share the series.
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You will be blessed today. It's
from the prison. The palace.
Probably can think of
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some Bible. Kerry does that have
that experience? But there's
probably more Bible
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characters that you realize that
had that Thank you. Pass the
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looking for that presentation.
>> Boy, that is that's the UN
partner both in. If you do
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media. friends with start all
over. Good to see each of you.
Yeah, it's a joy to be here
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with you in the Paradise Church
this is my favorite thing to do
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is just to come in to open the
violin to preach the word with
people in. We're going to be
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doing that this morning. We want
to welcome those also who are
watching on television. Our
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friends are watching on 3 ADN
the good news network. The
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people on YouTube, Facebook,
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grateful for those of you who
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work here in person. And don't
forget these meetings going on
all through this week. We hope
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that you can continue to come
and they'll still be room for
your friends. So encourage your
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friends and family. You have no
friends and family, but your
enemies, someone to come
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along with you to just hear the
word of God. You know, this
morning, we're going to
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be doing a presentation that is
based on a number of stories
instead of it being
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one and great story. It is a
series of the Bible's greatest
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stories. >> In this one
presentation called from the
prison to the palace. You know,
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there's a verse in the Bible
that I bet I tell you what the
passages you won't know the
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verse. I think John, 3.16, you
can probably read a quote it
right. Please ESC for 14. that
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he can't He got in front. Let me
tell you what that says. For one
can indeed come out of
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prison to rain. Even though born
poor in the kingdom. One can
come out of prison to
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rain, even though born poor in
the kingdom. The simple message
that I'm going to say
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1000 different ways this
morning. Is that the message of
the Bible is to bring us
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out of prison into the politics.
He saves us from the prison of
sin from the dungeon
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of the Devil. And he makes a sit
in heavenly places with his son.
This is the message
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of them. I want use the number
stories that illustrate that.
But it happens real life. A
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couple of years ago. Karen and I
were with Pastor loss in South
Africa. He's from South
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Africa and we want put or II and
they had a monument there to
Nelson Mandela, credible
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story. You know, he was part of
a movement to help abolish
apartheid. he was put in
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prison. And he was in prison and
a very small so for 27 years on
Robben Island. And he
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finally was released from prison
by And they had a free election
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and he was elected president. He
went from. The prisoner of the
country to the president of the
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country. Talk about a radical
change to go from that little
bitty prison cell. And then
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you've got a palace. To go from
where you are doing menial
things in a prison to where
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you've got an array of servants
and security force. And a
helicopter and an airplane. To
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try to transport. Can you
imagine what a radical change in
your life that would be. This is
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the story of salvation. A lot of
you've been in prison your whole
life and you don't even know
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what the palaces like. But Jesus
came to save you from the
prison. And to bring you to
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his cane. You know, one of the
amazing stories in the Bible
that illustrates is it's the
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last passage in the last chapter
of the book of Jeremiah. For
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those of you have your Bibles,
many of you have a Bible on your
device. You can go to Jeremiah
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Chapter. 52. An All-Star reading
that verse. 31, while you're
finding that, let me
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give you the background to the
story. Last good king of Judah
Josiah. And he had some signs
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that when he died, it is just
died in battle. Some of his
young sons were made King and
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one of the first wonder why it
Chin. He did not do a very good
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job. I think first brothers play
Kim was King King of took him
off to Egypt and he died there
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late became King King about
Ellen conquered him. Put him in
prison. He was a young man
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when he was captured. And he
languished in about a loan in
jail. For 37 years. This is
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where it begins now. It came to
pass Jeremiah 50 to 31. In the
37th year of the captivity
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of Jehoiachin King of Judah on
the 12 Month on the 25th Day of
the month, the 12 month 20
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for there to be Christmas for us
right? That even merit knock
came about this is a 7.
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Everything is really only rain
for about a year before he was
assassinated. The King of
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Babylon first year of his reign,
he lifted up the head of
Jehoiachin King of Judah
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and brought him out of prison.
Now he had been the city had
been in policy, been a king
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and been conquered, carried off
to battle and put in a dungeon.
Prisons back then did
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not have air conditioning. They
did not have ping pong and pool
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tables. Now that North America,
I've been to some prisons
overseas where their pre pretty
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discouraging. But prisons back
in Basilan. They weren't very
plush. And the food was probably
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not very nice. And he was in
this prison cold dungeon, rotten
food. 37 years. It's amazing
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to even survive. A lot of people
died in the things in prisons
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within a matter of weeks. And
then one day. It was not the
regular schedule. He heard
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someone coming down the cold
steps in the corridor. You heard
keys planking the thought. Why
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are they coming? They only come
when it's mealtime. Once a day
or to carry off the bucket and
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why are they coming out or they
come to take someone off or
execution? He knew the with
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no longer teen Ethan maybe isn't
going to execute me. He didn't
know what was going to
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happen guard, which is key and
the latch and turns and says
come with me because where are
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we going to follow me? What's
going on? Follow me. And he
follows the guard with some
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trepidation. He still got his
manacles on up the stairs and he
walks out in the King
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greets him. I think what does
this mean? But listen to what
even married. I did. He spoke
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kindly to him. And he gave him a
more prominent seat than those
of the Kings who are
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with them in battle. He not only
gave him a thrown at his table
with the other kings of
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the different provinces. He gave
him a more prominent Such change
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from his prison garments. We lay
aside our rags and get the robe
of Christ right reasons. And he
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ate bread regularly. Now he's
not eating the prison. moldy
bread? But he's eating the
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bread of the palace. Royal bred.
Jesus feeds us with that bread
of life. Before the king
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of the days of his life. And as
far as provisions, there was a
regular Russian given
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him. The King says what you're
going to need some spending
money if you can live in the
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pollen. So here's a credit card.
Your expense accounts. For every
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day. Until the day of his death,
all the days of his life. You
know how the book of Jeremiah
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ends with the word life. God
wants to give you life wants to
give you eternal life. And this
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is what happens with this
imprisoned by the devil. Jesus
comes to set us free. I believe,
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frankly, one when King of the
died, Daniel, the profit was get
a high place in the
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kingdom. He went to the sun and
then we can. As said, I'd like
to intercede in behalf of
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our King of Israel. He has been
in your jail for 37 years. Can
you show him mercy?
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And the king because of the
intercession of Daniel showed
mercy. And you not only show
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him mercy. He brought them out.
He gave him a new station, new
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clothes, new food. Sitting on a
new throne. New resources for
how long? As long as he lived.
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This is what the Lord wants to
do for you. And yet some people
say not all stay here in prison.
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I'm happy. Doesn't that sound
crazy? You know that there is a
prison in Korea. That people
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voluntarily. Matter of fact,
they pay about $100 a day to
commit themselves to this
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prison. And they're mostly, you
know, Korea's got one of the
longest workweeks in the
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world. And they work themselves
to death and a high suicide rate
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and some of these people to save
themselves. They actually enroll
in prison and they have to pay
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to be in prison. And they go to
this prison and they give them
just, you know, a prison
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uniform to wear theirs. They
sleep on a mat on the floor.
They have no clocks. They are
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not allowed to have their phone.
There's no music or anything.
They're not allowed
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to speak there in a cell that is
8 feet by 7 feet. And when
interviewed, some of them said
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I was much more in prison when
they get out of here. With the
rat race of living in. And I
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am here at least or some quiet
and peace. When I was a lot of
people who are free. And
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they've got the illusion of
success. They might have a
tolerable marriage. And I is
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this living large in my enjoying
life and they're in prison
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because if you are still held
captive by your sins, you are in
the Devils dungeon. You cannot
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have peace. There is no rest for
the wicked. The Bible says God
wants to open your prison
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doors and let you out. You know,
another story I was thinking of
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from history. I don't have a
picture on the screen of him.
But some of you remember the the
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Polish shipyard workers. He kind
of led the union there left.
woman said. And he had been
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imprisoned by the communist for
fighting against communism. And
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when Khan coming as it was over,
thrown and began actually in
Poland, he went from a prisoner.
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To the president. Happens more
than you might think happened
with some in South America as
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well. And the Lord wants to take
you. He took the apostles. You
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know, he said to them. Peters
and more depart from me on this
implemented. Jesus said, don't
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your Peter? You and the other
apostles will sit with me on 12
Thrones ruling the 12 Tribes of
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Israel. God takes us from that
low station and he totally
transforms our case. You've
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got many cases in the bible of
people going from the prison.
The palace Moses went from
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being basically a prison baby
where he was flown to the
crocodiles. Well, as mother
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didn't quite thrown the croc
announcement, he tried to save
him from the king is out the
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Nile River in a basket and he's
rescued and adopted and becomes
a prince in Egypt. As
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another example, indeed, the
whole Exodus experience is an
experience where the children
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of Israel. are. A nation of
prisoners is not right. And
because of the intervention of
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God, he leads them from the
prison. To the promised Land.
You have again that it's a
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story of salvation of what the
Lord wants to and what the Lord
can do for you. And we're
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going to go into the specifics
before we're done on how you get
out of jail. Now, by the
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way, I'm speaking from
experience. As a path right,
sometimes is that people in
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prison. I actually went woman's
prison here in Las Vegas several
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years ago. It was amazing
because sometimes make an
appeal. altar call near the end.
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And before I even got to the
altar call, everyone got up and
started coming forward. But we
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don't have made it home to call
him. We just were so hungry to
give themselves the Jesus
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because they knew that you could
be in. You could be out there
and be in prison and they said
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you could be in prison and be
free. And they wanted that
freedom. But I'm not only been
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in prison visiting before I was
a pastor. I was in prison in
other ways. I probably been
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in jail 7 times. Never really
went to prison. I was in jail
about 7 times. But I know what
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it feels like to be locked out.
They can be pretty lonely. And
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the Bible tells us that God
comes to save us from prison. I
love the story of Joseph in our
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home church were just finishing
going through a series on
Joseph. And it thrills me every
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time. And here. Favored son of a
wealthy. No. Mandy, he's sold as
a slave by his brothers and
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he's put into slavery and then
he falsely accused as a slave in
put into prison. He's in
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prison for 3 years and he's done
nothing wrong. But someone
remembers that he's
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got a gift for interpreting
dreams. And the feral calls him.
And then one day he goes
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from the prison to the palace
and he's made the prime minister
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of the greatest kingdom in the
world from prisoner in one day.
You know, your status can change
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very quickly. Some people think
tell me about the process of how
long does it take to be a
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Christian? He's a prayer away.
You can be free from their
prison before the sermons over
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today. That's what the Bible You
read here, Genesis Chapter. 41
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14 Farrell Cent and called
Joseph. And they brought him
quickly. How does that happen?
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Quickly out of the dungeon? And
he shaved and he changed his
clothing and he came to Pharaoh.
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And you go to verse. 41 Genesis
chapter, 41 verse. 41 Farrell
said to I have sent you over all
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the land of Egypt. Farrow took
his Signet ring office and that
gives him authority to make
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the laws and documents put it on
Joses hand clued him in garments
of fine. Then put a
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gold chain about his neck. And
you had him right in the second
chariot, which he had
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and cried out before him bow the
knee. So he sent him over all
the land of Egypt. The
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type of Christ and the story.
Then you've got another
character in the Bible. This
00:20:17.91\00:20:22.82
was the longest reigning
probably the most wicked King.
Of Judah, his name anyone
00:20:22.82\00:20:29.09
know. NASA. asked you heard that
name before. The NASA. The Bible
00:20:29.09\00:20:38.47
says he did evil like no came
before him. I don't want to
rehearse the things that the
00:20:38.47\00:20:43.07
deputies in Idol worship and
child sacrifice and worship. You
know, they have these demonic
00:20:43.07\00:20:48.41
gods and he put idols in the
temple of the Lord persecuted.
The profits killed the prophet
00:20:48.41\00:20:51.95
Isaiah. This is a wicked king.
If you want to. I think about
God's mercy. Look at how he
00:20:51.95\00:20:59.29
treated the NASA. Listen to
this. And the Lord spoke, by the
way, Second chronicles, 33
00:20:59.29\00:21:06.16
verse 10. I'm always happy when
I see look at that. Second
chronicles. 33 verse 10
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and the Lord spoke to a NASA and
to his people. But they would
not listen. Therefore,
00:21:10.93\00:21:18.44
the Lord brought upon them, the
captains of the Army and the
king of Assyria who took
00:21:18.44\00:21:21.71
my NASA with the books. And
bound him with bronze Fetters
and carried him off to battle
00:21:21.71\00:21:27.22
in. Now when he was in
affliction. In prison, possibly
00:21:27.22\00:21:37.89
being tortured. In that
babylonian dungeon that later to
would be in. In his affliction
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got got his attention, sometimes
got just a flick. This to get
our attention event. The Lord
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implored him. And it says that
he humbled himself greatly
before the Lord is God he
00:21:47.74\00:21:55.18
repented of his sons. He prayed
to him. After rejecting got to
00:21:55.18\00:22:01.58
turn back. Every wonderful
product wouldn't come home. NASA
did. He spoke to the God of his
00:22:01.58\00:22:08.89
father's and prayed to him and
he got received. He's in
treating his prayer. He heard
00:22:08.89\00:22:14.30
his supplication. And he brought
him back to Jerusalem to his
kingdom, brought him from that
00:22:14.30\00:22:23.30
dungeon and babbling back to his
palace and his Now, this was the
bad is keen that ever
00:22:23.30\00:22:30.58
I don't know of one that was
worse in the Bible that I can
read Maybe him have kind of a
00:22:30.58\00:22:33.82
neck-and-neck race. But you
might think I'm gone too far.
All die in prison if God can
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forgive me, NASA after what he
did. I mean, you didn't kill the
prophet. Isaiah did. If
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God can forgive me, NASA after
what he did and you don't know
how he killed it. I say it. He
00:22:49.50\00:22:53.67
put him in a hollow log and saw
him in 2. He was cool. By the
way. That's when he was
00:22:53.67\00:23:00.04
Chapter 11. If you know me. If
he can be forgiven. Some of you
hear about this terrible.
00:23:00.04\00:23:10.99
Barbaric criminal Ted Monday,
I won't even go into his crimes.
00:23:10.99\00:23:15.62
But he he was just terrible man.
He was in prison on death row.
Doctor James Dobson went to
00:23:15.62\00:23:20.93
visit him. And he said, you
know, I can't address. The
horrific things that he did. But
00:23:20.93\00:23:26.60
I need to tell you, after
talking to him. He said he had
repented of his sons and
00:23:26.60\00:23:31.81
accepted Jesus. He said I think
he's really converted. Even now.
I only share these things with
00:23:31.81\00:23:38.85
you because I meet people all
the time to think I've gone too
far. I have my dungeon is
00:23:38.85\00:23:42.38
too deep. The arm of the Lord is
not shorten that. He cannot say
friends. You are not a
00:23:42.38\00:23:49.56
better center than Jesus as
their savior. He can reach you
sail, but I've fallen so many
00:23:49.56\00:23:55.86
times will get in line. We all
have. He can still reach the
Bible, says Mary Matalin out
00:23:55.86\00:24:02.57
of them got cast 7 devils.
Right. Just men fall 7 times in
rises again. The Lord is
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longsuffering to us for. You
know, I think Joe, he actually
touched on the experience of
00:24:08.81\00:24:15.78
NASA. Listen to as a joke. 36
for 7. He does not withdraw his
eyes from the writers, but
00:24:15.78\00:24:21.49
they are on the throne with key
news for you see them forever
and they are exalted.
00:24:21.49\00:24:27.66
And if they are bound in fetters
and held with the court of
00:24:27.66\00:24:30.90
Affliction. >> The need tells
them their work and their
transgressions that they have
00:24:30.90\00:24:36.57
acted defiantly. He opens the
year 2 instruction. He and the
turn from Iniquity. If they'll
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dancer him additional spend
their days in prosperity and
their years in pleasure. He
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brings them out of their prison.
Their affliction. Daniel, the
00:24:47.18\00:24:54.69
Prophet. He went from the status
of being a captive in Basilan.
In one day. Daniel chapter to
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me. He translates the King's
Dream. becomes Prime Minister.
Happens twice to Not only does
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it happen with the Beacon,
chapter 2, you're going to go
into Chapter 6. And it tells
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us that when Daniel was in winds
and then and from the Lions,
then he prays and the
00:25:11.34\00:25:16.85
king brings in from the Lions
den and promotes him to be prime
minister of Persia. From
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the dungeon from the den to the
palace. The story of Esther.
Here she is. She's a
00:25:23.18\00:25:31.33
an orphan captive. In Persia.
Has no status. Says that she was
with those as chapter 2
00:25:31.33\00:25:40.80
verse 2 for 6 could carried away
from Jerusalem. She'd been
carried away with Chuck
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went to the king of Judah who
never visit the King of Babylon
carried away. And then
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you go to chapter 2 verse 17 and
the King Love disturb of all the
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women she obtained grace and
favor in his sight. More than
all the versions. So that he set
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the royal crown upon her head
and made her queen instead of
ash Talk about a radical change
00:26:03.69\00:26:07.76
of fortune. Going from Orphan
Girl. To clean. Following
strange beauty pageant. It
00:26:07.76\00:26:18.37
happens to be apostles. Let's
jump to the New Testament. Quite
literally. You can read
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in Chapter 5 after Jesus rises
from the dead. The apostles are
preaching some of the
00:26:24.11\00:26:28.52
religious leaders are very angry
about this. And it says an Axe
5, 18, but they laid
00:26:28.52\00:26:35.29
hands on the apostles, may put
them in the common prison. But
an angel of the Lord Open the
00:26:35.29\00:26:41.23
prison doors and brought them
out. And said go stand in the
temple in speak to the people.
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All the words of the fight. By
the way, if you go from the
prison to the temple, you're
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.21
going for the prison to the
palace. You're going to the
presence of God. By the way,
00:26:50.21\00:26:55.64
that's what he wants us to do.
He saves us from prison that we
might go to church and
00:26:55.64\00:27:00.62
preach about God. The apostles.
They're pretty good at getting
00:27:00.62\00:27:07.72
out of prison. Happened several
times. You're in Psalm one. 42
verse 7, bring my soul out of
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prison that I my praise your
name. Isaiah part of the
Ministry of the Messiah. Isaiah
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42 for 7. Jesus came to open
blind eyes to bring out
prisoners from the prison. Those
00:27:20.44\00:27:25.97
who sit in darkness from the
prison-house. This is the
Ministry of Christ. And then
00:27:25.97\00:27:32.45
you read about Paul and Silas in
acts chapter 16. Tells us that
00:27:32.45\00:27:38.89
they weren't doing anything
wrong. The cast out the devil
that have been made, the devil
00:27:38.89\00:27:41.82
mask. And so they were falsely
accused of causing a riot. There
beaten. The put in the innermost
00:27:41.82\00:27:47.56
prison. Looks like there's no
way out in the FOX. They can't
even roll over. And what do
00:27:47.56\00:27:52.00
they do? They say if you're
persecuted for Christ, we should
00:27:52.00\00:27:56.14
rejoice and they rejoice and
they sing and they praise God.
>> The other prisoners are
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listening to the strange sound
coming from the you know, most
elder, usually the year
00:28:00.31\00:28:03.95
torture and screaming. And while
the praise and saying God, the
00:28:03.95\00:28:09.52
angel of the Lord shook the
whole prison and all the prison
doors were open and everyone
00:28:09.52\00:28:18.79
shackles fell off. And the
prison guard brought them out of
the prison to his home and they
00:28:18.79\00:28:22.73
ended the baptizing the man who
had beaten them a few hours
earlier. He said, what must I
00:28:22.73\00:28:27.44
do to be saved? You see when
people see that you've been
brought out of prison, they
00:28:27.44\00:28:33.44
know that God did something for
you and they want to know your
story. He saves us that
00:28:33.44\00:28:37.51
we might declare his right
reasons. Now the roots of our
time is going to be dedicated
00:28:37.51\00:28:42.05
to action after 12. It is
specifically dealing with the
story of God's saving Peter
00:28:42.05\00:28:49.69
from prison. So go with me in
your miles. For the book of
Acts. Chapter 12, you know,
00:28:49.69\00:28:54.86
Give me a little amazing fact
about prisons in North America.
00:28:54.86\00:28:59.43
You know, North America, we've
got the highest per capita group
of prisoners in the world. Over
00:28:59.43\00:29:06.04
2 million people in prison in
North America. We have more
prisoners in North America
00:29:06.04\00:29:11.48
than farmers. You can send your
child to Harvard. For less than
what it costs us in
00:29:11.48\00:29:20.02
America to keep a person in
prison. I think there's
something corrupt about the
00:29:20.02\00:29:24.43
system, but that's a different
story. We have 629 people in
prison for every 100,000
00:29:24.43\00:29:29.93
people. Very sad. And there's a
lot of people in prison, the
Devils prison in this world.
00:29:29.93\00:29:40.71
Most chapter 12. Now just to
give you the background. sort of
gives its own background
00:29:40.71\00:29:47.32
here, you just start with the
first one. Now about that time,
King Herod stretched out
00:29:47.32\00:29:52.69
his hand to harass some of the
church here at the urging of the
religious leaders. They
00:29:52.69\00:29:56.49
don't like the Christianity
spreading. He's persecuting the
church. Then he killed
00:29:56.49\00:30:03.40
James, the brother of John with
the sort. Remember the 3 trinity
of Disciples of Jesus
00:30:03.40\00:30:09.77
did everything with was Peter
James and John. They were the
closest to him. John, is the
00:30:09.77\00:30:15.04
brother of James. James beheaded
sorties, not crucified beheaded.
00:30:15.04\00:30:24.12
And when he saw that, please,
the Jews for political reasons
is that all this will give you
00:30:24.12\00:30:27.09
more support Christie's votes.
He proceeded further to seize
00:30:27.09\00:30:32.69
Peter. >> Now it was during the
time of leaven bread. It's
around the Passover. So when you
00:30:32.69\00:30:36.70
arrested him, he put him in
prison and delivered him to 4
squads of soldiers, squatters
00:30:36.70\00:30:41.74
for. Can. James is 4 quaternions
are quite trust for 16 soldiers
00:30:41.74\00:30:48.78
are guarding one on fisherman.
He is not a ninja. Kung fu
expert want it with all the 16
00:30:48.78\00:30:56.15
soldiers to guard that one
prisoner. You know why? The
religious leaders as we imprison
00:30:56.15\00:31:02.39
all 12 of the month and they all
broke out and we don't know how.
00:31:02.39\00:31:07.50
So these guys are slippery. You
better keep your eye on here to
it. We've got the best jail in
00:31:07.50\00:31:15.10
the country. It's a Roman jail.
We will put him in the innermost
inner most top security, no
00:31:15.10\00:31:19.67
windows jail, all that 16
soldiers guarding 24 7. He's not
going anywhere. Situation for
00:31:19.67\00:31:26.01
Peters looking pretty hopeless.
Notice. Not only is he being put
00:31:26.01\00:31:32.42
in prison, it says intending him
to bring him before the people
after the Passover. What does
00:31:32.42\00:31:37.26
that mean? Haven't executed like
James after the Passover. Peter
in C the devil knows that he can
00:31:37.26\00:31:45.57
strike. Look, shepherd, the
sheeple scatter. Peter was one
of the great leaders of the
00:31:45.57\00:31:50.17
early church. He was the one who
was preaching on the day of
Pentecost the Devils. need
00:31:50.17\00:31:53.14
to stop the spread of the
gospel. By the end of the book,
things Change looks like
00:31:53.14\00:31:58.65
here here is in charge of the
Gospel is going to be
restricted. Watch what
00:31:58.65\00:32:00.58
happens. Peter, therefore, was
kept in prison. But constant
prayer was offered to God for
00:32:00.58\00:32:09.22
him by the church. What should
the church be doing for those
who are in prison? How often?
00:32:09.22\00:32:20.37
Do you know anybody in prison? I
know people who are little
prison, but I know a lot of
00:32:20.37\00:32:25.71
people that are in the Devils
prison. What we do. Pray for
them. How often? Constantly.
00:32:25.71\00:32:33.25
What happens They're not safe
from prison. They are on death
row like Peter Pier was just
00:32:33.25\00:32:41.12
awaiting destruction. It's
amazing to me that. There's so
many people that are
00:32:41.12\00:32:44.63
perishing. They know their lives
are terminal. By the way, you're
00:32:44.63\00:32:49.20
all terminal. You know that.
they're not wanting to know how
can I be healed? How can I live
00:32:49.20\00:32:58.64
forever? What's the latest? Keep
God has provided a way ski.
Peters kept imprisonment.
00:32:58.64\00:33:04.61
Constant prayers offered and
when he heard was about to bring
him out. In other words, the
00:33:04.61\00:33:07.48
next day that night, he's going
to be executed the next morning.
He's sleeping. With 2 chains
00:33:07.48\00:33:19.69
between 2 soldiers. And the
guards before the door, keeping
the prison. Not only
00:33:19.69\00:33:26.87
is he and his little in a more
sell. There's no windows as one
door. That lock doesn't
00:33:26.87\00:33:29.67
even have bars. He's got a
soldier on the right and a
soldier on the left. We're
00:33:29.67\00:33:34.51
going to call them Tony and
Because these are Roman
soldiers. I'm assuming. Here's
00:33:34.51\00:33:43.82
my big question. How could you
sleep tonight? If you knew you
would be beheaded tomorrow.
00:33:43.82\00:33:51.66
Honestly, would you sleep? You
could take a whole lot of Nyquil
and that want to help.
00:33:51.66\00:34:01.27
If you knew you were going to be
executed the next day. If you
really how could Peter
00:34:01.27\00:34:05.14
sleep? Well, he's a different
man. He was converted and filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:34:05.14\00:34:13.31
He had learned that Jesus could
sleep in a boat with the storm.
00:34:13.31\00:34:18.79
This is a don't be afraid. Jesus
told Peter. He said when you're
young, you want where you wanted
00:34:18.79\00:34:24.66
a new gird yourself. When you're
old. Says another will lead you
and you will stretch forth
00:34:24.66\00:34:29.30
your hands, meaning he would be
crucified. And the end of the
Gospel of John John
00:34:29.30\00:34:34.20
specifically says Jesus told
Peter how he would die. How he
would glorify God. To dine
00:34:34.20\00:34:39.94
like Christ. Peter was not over
yet. And Harold supposed to cut
off his head the next
00:34:39.94\00:34:45.81
day. Not crucify him. Peter
said, well, this is and how it
ends a lot of Jesus to get me
00:34:45.81\00:34:50.32
out of this. But I'm gonna go to
sleep. How many of you would
like to have that kind
00:34:50.32\00:34:55.69
of peace? We know the troubles
you. You know, I was reading. I
like that history of the
00:34:55.69\00:35:01.36
reformation. And Nicholas Ridley
was about to be burned at the
stake, that would be
00:35:01.36\00:35:06.00
worse and beheading right? In
15. 55. He was in prison about
to be burned at the stake
00:35:06.00\00:35:11.27
because of his Christian
Christian witness. On the night
before his execution is
00:35:11.27\00:35:17.51
brother offered to remain within
the prison to give them
assistance in comfort.
00:35:17.51\00:35:23.49
Nicholas declined the offer and
he said he meant to go to bed
and sleep as quietly as
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.52
every din. He said because he
knew the peace of God and he
could rest in the strength of
00:35:25.52\00:35:31.53
the everlasting arms of the Lord
to meet his needs. Not want to
not brothers that I
00:35:31.53\00:35:37.83
plan getting a good night's
sleep. Don't stay here and keep
me Could be burned at the
00:35:37.83\00:35:40.54
stake the next day. The Bible
calls that a peace that passes
understanding and the Lord,
00:35:40.54\00:35:49.58
once you have that but then
you've got a look at the story.
Another way. Peter is
00:35:49.58\00:35:52.91
sleeping in prison. He sort of
represents a lot of people who
are imprisoned by the devil
00:35:52.91\00:36:00.72
and they're sleeping and they
don't know and got just a week
the month to get them out of
00:36:00.72\00:36:03.73
prison. So you read on the
story, go back here to a chapter
12 of acts. And if you
00:36:03.73\00:36:14.50
read number 7 now, an angel of
the Lord stood by him and light
shone in the prison.
00:36:14.50\00:36:18.54
Isn't that wonderful? God
doesn't say get out of prison
and I'll give you light. Jesus
00:36:18.54\00:36:22.44
came into our dark world. He
brings a light to our prison.
The light of God will
00:36:22.44\00:36:29.08
eliminate your mind. And light
shone in the prison. Sometimes
that comes from the light of
00:36:29.08\00:36:36.32
God's word by word is a lamp
unto my feet and a light to my
path. And he struck Peter on
00:36:36.32\00:36:41.26
the side and raise them up,
seeing a rise quickly. Now, that
doesn't mean that he
00:36:41.26\00:36:47.30
should. Peter, what have you
ever tried to just touch someone
gently wake them up
00:36:47.30\00:36:50.97
and then they When you're trying
13 aging finally come up. You
can't wake right. The
00:36:50.97\00:36:58.75
alarm is going off next to the
head. Every one of the house
here is that they here. I was
00:36:58.75\00:37:04.69
accurate and I were to Christian
retreat. I accidently locked out
00:37:04.69\00:37:10.69
of the hotel room. I didn't know
that she left her key in the
room. And she was with some
00:37:10.69\00:37:16.30
girlfriends having a good time
talking itself into. They were
having a good time until after
00:37:16.30\00:37:18.50
midnight. So I would bet. So I
went to sleep and they got a
really loud heater in this
00:37:18.50\00:37:23.24
room, air conditioner heater and
the fan was worried. She came in
everyone to sleep so
00:37:23.24\00:37:28.14
she doesn't want to make a law
known as he's knocking on the
door here, detectives have
00:37:28.14\00:37:31.25
tempted captive to gun. Never
heard it. had a pillow over my
head or something. So I funny
00:37:31.25\00:37:38.65
wake up a rule over during the
she's not and I you should know
restroom. She's not there
00:37:38.65\00:37:49.30
to I locked around. I've got
your keep. So I felt really bad.
So I went back to sleep.
00:37:49.30\00:37:55.57
¤ No, I got up. No sooner. Did
I opened the room? Not too far
00:37:55.57\00:38:04.68
away from the room is the lobby.
And I heard this melodious
00:38:04.68\00:38:11.62
snoring. Yeah, I probably door
open. I'm very careful you know,
that little lecture prop the
00:38:11.62\00:38:15.36
door open. I want stepped out of
a hotel room in red, long
underwear. To get the newspaper
00:38:15.36\00:38:20.16
and the door shut behind me. And
then my boss walk by. Can you go
to the lobbying? Get me another
00:38:20.16\00:38:28.90
key because I'm not going down
like this. Really that happen.
So I I left the door and I
00:38:28.90\00:38:34.91
went out and she's sleeping on
the couch and and I said, Karen,
she had been sleeping
00:38:34.91\00:38:40.55
fitfully through the night and
she like she had seen a ghost
the Angel Oak of Peter. And it
00:38:40.55\00:38:45.22
says he smote them. Why did he
smite him? Sometimes God that
this might have to get her
00:38:45.22\00:38:51.76
meant? And the Angelo come up
the sunrise, how arise quickly?
You know, if you're
00:38:51.76\00:39:00.44
going to escape from prison, you
don't go slow. And his chains
fell off his hands.
00:39:00.44\00:39:06.91
I've got to stop here. If I run
out of time, this is the most
important verse. Peter,
00:39:06.91\00:39:13.45
this point who usually argues.
Peter actually have the gumption
to argue with Jesus
00:39:13.45\00:39:19.12
about going to the cross and he
has turned up. He didn't that
get behind me. Satan.
00:39:19.12\00:39:24.96
Peter had something to say about
everything. This is one of the
only times and by the
00:39:24.96\00:39:29.23
Bible. You can find several
verses with Peter not speaking.
00:39:29.23\00:39:34.74
Peter could have said Gabriel,
assuming that the Angel. I'd
love to get up, but it's
00:39:34.74\00:39:39.21
probably going to wake up. Mario
and I want to make these guys or
I could get up and I might get
00:39:39.21\00:39:48.12
very far look at the shackles on
my hands. There's no way out.
And if I could get up in drag
00:39:48.12\00:39:52.69
them along with me, they got
guards at the Gabriel, did you
checked? There's another 14
00:39:52.69\00:39:58.26
out there guarding me. This is
hopeless. You've got get out.
And follow me. Don't argue
00:39:58.26\00:40:06.20
with them. As soon as you make
an effort to do what God has
asked you to do miracles now.
00:40:06.20\00:40:17.51
This is talking about Sen. The
Lord says turn from your cent.
Don't start looking at the
00:40:17.51\00:40:25.52
chains. Don't look at the
Alliance. Don't look at the
problem. When God says take a
00:40:25.52\00:40:32.09
step of faith, take a sip of it.
I've talked to people before so
00:40:32.09\00:40:36.73
I want to quit smoking. I tried
so many times. I feel like tried
the patch and I did this and
00:40:36.73\00:40:41.90
that that it's hopeless. I've
got a plan to call a five-minute
plan to quit smoking. Would
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.97
you like to quit smoking? Yes.
So here you go. That's the first
of all. Do you think God
00:40:43.97\00:40:49.68
wants you to quit? Of course. So
thou shall not kill, including
yourself, right? Not
00:40:49.68\00:40:54.78
a good witness to a son. A lot
of money. I said all right.
Well, God help you do what he
00:40:54.78\00:41:01.22
wants you to do. Plug-in would
have your particular sons and
addictions are. Plugging into
00:41:01.22\00:41:07.03
the story here. Well, God help
you do what he wants you to do.
Yes, you got to answer
00:41:07.03\00:41:12.57
that question. got ever ask you
to do something that is
impossible for you to do. If
00:41:12.57\00:41:19.71
God tells you to walk across
ocean, you just need to step
out. And it will either part
00:41:19.71\00:41:24.98
like the Jordan where it will
part like the Red Sea where you
live help you walk on
00:41:24.98\00:41:28.65
water like these are give you
scuba gear. But of God tells you
to go forward. You go
00:41:28.65\00:41:33.59
forward and then watch the
miracles happen. There's a story
in the finished plan. So
00:41:33.59\00:41:39.79
then I tell a person that's
right. You have any cigarettes
in the House? Well, yeah. So
00:41:39.79\00:41:45.00
let's throw away. that's, you
know, expensive. They are. I
said you want God to save you.
00:41:45.00\00:41:52.11
So we're going to ask him to
help you. But you've got to take
the first step now. He
00:41:52.11\00:41:58.41
can give us power, but he's come
and you need to do something.
Now you act on that
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.95
command. Watch what happens.
Usually it's with some
trepidation. They'll tear up
00:42:00.95\00:42:08.32
the cigarettes. And I remember,
I smoke I from wet on the
garbage. Can I get him
00:42:08.32\00:42:10.73
back out? She got to make the
toilet an altar alder and flush
them or something. And
00:42:10.73\00:42:16.23
you got to get rid of them, burn
them up. Not one by one. Yeah.
to way and sometimes of
00:42:16.23\00:42:25.14
you into giving the man a real
careful that nobody sees me with
them. As of now, let's
00:42:25.14\00:42:28.14
pray. You've got some magazines
you shouldn't have in the House.
00:42:28.14\00:42:34.08
From the way now its prey.
You've got some alcohol port
down the toilet and what works?
00:42:34.08\00:42:45.36
Good for that. guys it has to
that. A lot of good. I said,
there's no such there's a reason
00:42:45.36\00:42:51.30
they call its spirits. And now
is pray. And when we pray and I
said, Lord, will you break the
00:42:51.30\00:42:59.74
chains and set them free?
Doesn't mean there won't be any
struggles, but that's where the
00:42:59.74\00:43:04.05
victory begins. And I've had
people that have come to me 2 or
3 days later in the I don't
00:43:04.05\00:43:10.39
understand it, but I have no
desire. God took, you know, hey,
how many of you heard
00:43:10.39\00:43:14.39
stories like this got to cut
away, drinking smoking drugs,
whatever it was, it meant that
00:43:14.39\00:43:19.46
doesn't always happen that way.
But you need to try God's plan.
See if you can break the
00:43:19.46\00:43:24.77
chains. He doesn't argues has
arrived quickly and his chains
fell off of his hands. The
00:43:24.77\00:43:31.74
Angel said Gird yourself, put on
your sandals and you're
beginning the journey like the
00:43:31.74\00:43:36.51
children of Israel leaving
slavery of Egypt. You put on
your shoes, your staff and
00:43:36.51\00:43:40.42
your hand. So he did. To put on
your government and follow me.
Jesus gives you a new
00:43:40.42\00:43:45.29
robot. You begin to follow him.
Put on your garment and follow
me. So he went out and
00:43:45.29\00:43:50.53
he followed him and he didn't
know what was done by the angel
Israel that he thought
00:43:50.53\00:43:55.30
he was seen a vision. He thought
this is too good to be true. I
00:43:55.30\00:44:03.71
can't imagine I pictured that.
The Angels as follow me change
fall off. Tony, in there's still
00:44:03.71\00:44:08.98
some time. Peter. Look, son,
he's following means also that
mean door and said this dungeon,
00:44:08.98\00:44:16.55
it is opens quietly on the huge
is Peter walks out with Gabriel
and then there's other
00:44:16.55\00:44:21.62
soldiers that are standing by
the wall and PETA wants fines
can help. And, you know, he
00:44:21.62\00:44:25.56
goes like this right from the
soldier and give us a fooling
around. Follow me. You're
00:44:25.56\00:44:30.83
going to try to get a present. I
don't see him. I remember
reading the story, brother
00:44:30.83\00:44:37.34
Andrew, who used to smuggle
Bibles called Gottesman to
grieve or heard that story.
00:44:37.34\00:44:40.74
He's a smuggling bibles into the
Soviet Union and he would pray
to God blind the soldiers
00:44:40.74\00:44:46.45
and their research is cars and
open the boxes. Look right at
the Bibles and Letterman
00:44:46.45\00:44:49.02
through. I didn't see You know,
Alijah Alysa prayed and whole
Army went blind. Can
00:44:49.02\00:44:56.19
open eyes. And in close eyes.
And see him again. Brill and
Peter, the go walking out. And
00:44:56.19\00:45:02.56
they get to the great Iron Gate.
The leads of the city. I read it
you from the Bible. He
00:45:02.56\00:45:08.07
thought he was seen a vision
when they were passes a verse
10. When they're past the
00:45:08.07\00:45:13.31
first in the Second Guard post,
the gun by 14 soldiers. Now. And
00:45:13.31\00:45:19.51
you realize that these Roman
soldiers, you lose someone,
they're guarding, it's their
00:45:19.51\00:45:22.38
life for the prisoner's life. So
they used to guard them very
carefully. You read about when
00:45:22.38\00:45:28.82
Paul is on board with a bunch of
prisoners in acts. Chapter 27.
And they wanted to kill all
00:45:28.82\00:45:35.00
the prisoners before the ship
sank because I thought key, some
of them escape. It's our
00:45:35.00\00:45:39.37
life for their lives. And Paul,
seated for them and they all
survived. Told you a lot
00:45:39.37\00:45:43.77
of prisons stories in the Bible.
They went past the first in the
00:45:43.77\00:45:50.85
second. They came to the Iron
Gate that leads to the city. And
Gabriel took a garage door
00:45:50.85\00:45:57.32
opener opened quietly on its
hinges. Of its own accord. And
they went out and down one
00:45:57.32\00:46:05.86
street. And immediately Angel
departed from him. Also the like
kind of faded. eyes are
00:46:05.86\00:46:12.40
adjusting and he sees these on
these familiar cobblestone
streets in Jerusalem. It's the
00:46:12.40\00:46:15.90
middle of the night. It's very
quiet. And he's gone. Maybe this
wasn't a dream. I was supposed
00:46:15.90\00:46:23.51
to die tomorrow. He's the
reason. Peters wondering if it's
a dream is if you go back
00:46:23.51\00:46:29.45
to chapters, Peter has the dream
Chapter 10. He's one of this is
a vision. This is not
00:46:29.45\00:46:33.72
a vision. This is real. By the
way, God will really so just a
dream. He will really save you
00:46:33.72\00:46:40.36
from prison. He'll say to you
from your addictions will save
you from your sense. He can
00:46:40.36\00:46:46.27
save you from your bad temper.
He can save you from immoral
thinking. What have been
00:46:46.27\00:46:54.18
innocent? People are in a prison
of Some folks are the industry
by what they eat and
00:46:54.18\00:47:00.85
some people are being destroyed
by what he that. Whatever it is.
00:47:00.85\00:47:05.59
Jesus could break the chains and
set you free. He said, wow. This
is great. I think I'm going to
00:47:05.59\00:47:12.83
start singing the praises of
God. But, you know, if you just
00:47:12.83\00:47:17.30
escaped from a top security
prison on death row. You
probably don't want to hang
00:47:17.30\00:47:24.47
around in the streets. No job.
He says I'll bring you all the
way out of prison. But now
00:47:24.47\00:47:26.57
you've got to use common sense.
Now, Peter has a thing. Where do
I go? Where is the first place
00:47:26.57\00:47:32.78
he goes when you get out of
prison. The Bible says. Now I
know verse 11. For certain. But
00:47:32.78\00:47:43.46
the Lord has sent his angel and
deliver me from the hand of
here. And that's the devil. And
00:47:43.46\00:47:48.80
from all the expectation of the
Jewish people, that's the
religious leaders. Peters,
00:47:48.80\00:47:51.17
Jewish is not the Jewish people,
the Jewish people who are
wanting to destroy him. So when
00:47:51.17\00:47:56.64
you consider this, he came to
the House of Mary, the mother of
John. You read the Gospel of
00:47:56.64\00:48:01.71
Mark whose surname was Mark. And
he's a writer that gospel where
00:48:01.71\00:48:08.12
many were gathered together,
praying that the the early
church after its buildings back
00:48:08.12\00:48:13.42
then. No, they gathered in
homes. A church was wherever the
people gather together. Where
00:48:13.42\00:48:16.29
does Peter going to get out of
jail? Goes to church. Friends of
you've been saved by Jesus. You
00:48:16.29\00:48:22.33
need to be part of a church
family and you need to get
together. Now I realize we've
00:48:22.33\00:48:28.84
just been through a major
exception with this pandemic,
the praise God that looks like
00:48:28.84\00:48:33.31
it to lift in. Now, we may get
some normality to life. God's
people who have gotten in the
00:48:33.31\00:48:38.01
habit of sort of, you know,
worshipping online worshipping
at home. We need to start coming
00:48:38.01\00:48:42.95
together. It says in Hebrews,
let us not for say he was
Chapter 10, do not forsake the
00:48:42.95\00:48:48.86
assembling of yourselves
together Anderson isn't all the
more that you see the day
00:48:48.86\00:48:53.63
approaching. Do you see the day
approaching? got people need to
get back together. By the way,
00:48:53.63\00:48:58.33
the Sabbath that tells us is a
holy convocation. That word
means a convening coming
00:48:58.33\00:49:02.50
together. And after he received
from prison, he went to church
because we need each
00:49:02.50\00:49:09.41
other. I see the path
hypocrites. There. There's
always room for one more when
00:49:09.41\00:49:13.62
you need to go. That's right. It
says churches, you know, it's a
place where we learn to
00:49:13.62\00:49:21.52
love what a better place to
learn to love. And we are just
some people that are not
00:49:21.52\00:49:24.69
always lovable, but that's where
we learned to love. Look at what
00:49:24.69\00:49:28.20
Jesus did with the apostles. So
he goes to church. They're
praying. And Peter Knocks at the
00:49:28.20\00:49:39.31
door. He goes not not a girl
named Road comes and says who's
there? So like a Joe She said
00:49:39.31\00:49:47.35
Peter. Peter, who? Yes, Peter,
who? No, she quite say that. You
need save it. She recognized
00:49:47.35\00:49:53.22
Peter's voice. Because of her
gladness. She does not open the
gate. But she runs in the
00:49:53.22\00:50:00.16
Peters out there. All of a
sudden here is that Trump go off
in the where the prison
00:50:00.16\00:50:06.07
not far away. We've been to
Jerusalem. It's small city and
he can hear the clamor of the
00:50:06.07\00:50:12.77
trumpet. you can hear the
soldiers getting on their
horses. The clatter of there
00:50:12.77\00:50:17.38
fee coming up and their armor.
And and here's the streets for
going up and down the streets
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.62
and knocking on doors. And you
look guys. I got to get in here.
00:50:20.62\00:50:25.99
And they're not answering. So he
says, well, if you're going to
treat you that way and never
00:50:25.99\00:50:31.26
come into this church never met
anybody that talked that way.
Somebody in the church doesn't
00:50:31.26\00:50:37.17
reminder or doesn't appreciate
them or doesn't give them the
office. They thought they should
00:50:37.17\00:50:41.44
have or takes away the office.
They used to have. Our doesn't
pick the color carpet. They
00:50:41.44\00:50:44.71
thought to go in the
multi-purpose room. And they
say, well, if you're going to
00:50:44.71\00:50:49.64
treat me that way and it's going
go back to jail. Why would you
do that? Jesus through his that
00:50:49.64\00:50:56.02
any of play monopoly? exciting
when you get the get out of jail
card. Jesus is offering you a
00:50:56.02\00:51:04.79
get out of jail card. Why would
you want to go to jail? So what
do this? You get the
00:51:04.79\00:51:09.80
scourge. He keeps knocking. What
is used to say not. That
involves effort and the word
00:51:09.80\00:51:23.14
that Jesus uses in the Greek. It
doesn't mean that one time you
go in. I've been so like
00:51:23.14\00:51:25.25
it or does it? We want to stay.
You're not. Once or twice. it is
00:51:25.25\00:51:33.89
not. He did not to talk
continuing to knock and not and
not on the door persistently.
00:51:33.89\00:51:42.63
And if you have ups solicitors a
commute or trying sell you final
panel, inner solar panels or
00:51:42.63\00:51:45.07
something. I got a little sign
of our front door. And it says
no solicitors. Unless you let
00:51:45.07\00:51:52.27
me give you a Bible study.
First. It was amazing how
quickly that stock. It's true.
00:51:52.27\00:52:03.82
One person said I'll take the
Bible study. If you promise to
listen to my he kept knocking.
00:52:03.82\00:52:11.33
Finally the open the door. Now
she comes to the ones inside and
they're all pretty, you
00:52:11.33\00:52:15.60
know who they prayed for. She's
prone skews me pain. Oh, lord,
00:52:15.60\00:52:23.77
please help your servant. Peter,
we need to we need to deliver.
Peter, do a miracle. we believe.
00:52:23.77\00:52:29.54
>> She says skews during a But
wait a second. What is it?
Peters with the door? You're
00:52:29.54\00:52:34.35
crazy. >> That's what they
see. >> Even the church doesn't
00:52:34.35\00:52:41.29
always have they said you're
you're beside yourself. She kept
insisting No is Peter,
00:52:41.29\00:52:50.93
know, can't be how could he get
out of a top security prison?
Maybe it's his angel.
00:52:50.93\00:52:56.64
you know what that means then is
guardian angels of the door.
Peter continued knocking
00:52:56.64\00:53:00.91
friends. Keep rain. He continued
knocking. Continue praying. What
00:53:00.91\00:53:10.82
gets people out of prison? It's
prayer. And they open the door
and they were astonished. Wow,
00:53:10.82\00:53:18.36
God does answer prayer. Some of
the people in your community
that you might think are the
00:53:18.36\00:53:21.33
most hopeless. You'd be shot. A
lawyer can get them out of
prison. Motioning to them with
00:53:21.33\00:53:28.20
his hands that they're so
excited to be quiet for some
other looking for me.
00:53:28.20\00:53:33.07
Secondly, I want to tell you how
God got me out of prison after
he saved the shares. His
00:53:33.07\00:53:36.08
testimony, he goes to church and
you begin your first sermon is
00:53:36.08\00:53:39.65
what the Lord is done for you.
He shares his testimony of God,
got him out of prison. To go
00:53:39.65\00:53:46.96
tell these things. Then after
you're safe from prison, you go
and you tell, can you and he
00:53:46.96\00:53:52.63
went to another more secure
location. Now I can't I can't.
This is as soon as it was date
00:53:52.63\00:53:59.90
is no small stir among the
soldiers. What had become of
Peter? I just can't wait to get
00:53:59.90\00:54:03.64
to haven't watched the video.
Mario wakes up so are, you know,
sleeping on the stone
00:54:03.64\00:54:10.98
floors? New looks over Ulises
and there's an empty manacled.
And there's no Peter. I do
00:54:10.98\00:54:17.52
think this isn't funny, guys.
Don't fool around like this. He
wakes up Tony, what are you
00:54:17.52\00:54:22.32
doing? This is not what's going
to be drunk left. I don't do
00:54:22.32\00:54:27.30
this 20, which of those works in
collective senses and goes, oh,
something's missing. Here.
00:54:27.30\00:54:29.86
What you put him. all they did
something just a pound on the
door that opened up. Don't
00:54:29.86\00:54:36.94
play tricks like this were to
put is when you talk where is
he? He's still in I love the
00:54:36.94\00:54:43.58
way Lou says is there is no
small stir. That means there's
an enormous stir. What
00:54:43.58\00:54:49.22
happened to Peter? I remember
playing hide and seek with my
kids once one. Now there are
00:54:49.22\00:54:56.56
like 5.79 Rachel's 9 and I found
the best hiding place in our
living room. We had a
00:54:56.56\00:55:02.23
height of couch. You know,
convertible couch. There's kind
of an empty pocket just
00:55:02.23\00:55:05.47
above where the bid pushes up. I
know this isn't safe. Don't tell
me I told my daughter
00:55:05.47\00:55:14.24
reach with you. Call up in
there. I will close the height
of bad. You let me know if you
00:55:14.24\00:55:18.21
get enough room up with the
cushions back on. Don't ever
kitchens you skinny. And so
00:55:18.21\00:55:23.39
putting up their clothes. It
could push up the UK for her.
It's okay. So. The boys we all
00:55:23.39\00:55:28.56
count you came out and pretty
soon, you know. Daniel from Mike
and they found me and
00:55:28.56\00:55:33.96
Mister looking for Rachel. So
where is she? She's in here. And
they're looking and
00:55:33.96\00:55:39.93
they're looking in there
looking. This is he's in here
than on a light on promise.
00:55:39.93\00:55:44.17
You she's in London. And they're
looking behind the curtain.
looking in the clause
00:55:44.17\00:55:50.08
in there looking everywhere. And
it was so funny to see them
eventually. The picking
00:55:50.08\00:55:54.35
up a book on the table in
looking into the book. For the 9
year-old sister looking
00:55:54.35\00:55:59.89
under the lamp for their sister.
I picture those Roman soldiers.
And the Bible tells
00:55:59.89\00:56:07.60
us they're sifting through the
straw. They can find here. Herod
was so embarrassed he
00:56:07.60\00:56:12.17
had them all executed. And he
left town. He goes down to the
sea court to try to get away
00:56:12.17\00:56:18.47
from the shame. What happened
now, these apostles a flip way
twice. Giving a speech. The
00:56:18.47\00:56:24.31
people for it is the voice of a
God and not a man. The angel of
the Lord struck Harry
00:56:24.31\00:56:29.92
because he would not give God
the glory and he was eaten by
worms. Josephus. The historian
00:56:29.92\00:56:36.16
says the very same thing that he
was devoured from the inside by
magnets. They don't
00:56:36.16\00:56:40.53
know why. You start out here is
in charge. He's on the throne.
Word of God as being
00:56:40.53\00:56:46.90
bound. Peters in prison. Now
Peters out of prison. The word
of God. Look at the last thing
00:56:46.90\00:56:52.81
it says here in the chapter. It
says. But the word of daughters
24 grew and multiply
00:56:52.81\00:56:58.98
can use a mint. The word of God
will set you free from prison
friends. If you take
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that first step follow Jesus.
want to close with his verse.
You find in Isaiah Chapter,
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61. It tells us about the
Ministry of Christ. It says he
sent me to heal the
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brokenhearted to proclaim
Liberty to the captains and the
opening of prison to those
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that are bound. Jesus has been
sent. set you free Christ was in
a prison called the Green.
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And the Bible tells us that God
brought him from the prison to
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the right hand of his throne.
Jesus can bring you from the
prison to the palace because he
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did himself friends. He wants to
do that for you and save you
from yourself. How many of you
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want to be free if the sun will
make you free? You will be free
indeed. I'd like to pray
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for Let Lord. Please be with all
of these people. Those watching
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those here all helping follow
the word of the Lord follow
Angel of Light. >> Break the
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chains. Set them free. And I
pray Lord bill We ask in Jesus
God bless you. Friends. Remember
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next program tonight, 7
o'clock and each night this week
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