We're so happy that you
could be with us for the second
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of our sessions
here at Camp Meeting:
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Fall Camp Meeting 2012.
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And we welcome each one of you.
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Those that are here in
person and those of you that are
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joining us by television.
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If you live anywhere
within driving distance,
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we recommend you start planning
to be with us this weekend.
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And come on over...
bring your children.
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We have outstanding
children's programs.
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And also if you have a camper
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or some type of a
conveyance of that kind
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we have a place for you to park.
We have a few parking places.
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We will make room for you if
you come on to our Camp Meeting
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and we'd just love
to have you with us.
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If you can't, then we understand
and you joined us by television.
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But every single
meeting will be televised
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and I believe it's
going to be a real blessing.
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Our speaker tonight
is Pastor John Carter.
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And I mentioned in
the letter that I wrote
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that Pastor Carter
doesn't come to us from a quiet
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pastor's study where he
has been opening up the books.
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He comes to us from the
wilds of Papua, New Guinea
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and 150,000 people out
for some of the meetings
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there... over
100,000 night after night.
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And amazing number of baptisms.
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There are over 6,000 people
now attending those churches
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that were not attending the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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in that Port Moresby
region at this particular time.
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The churches are
just overcrowded.
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They're having to do
multiple services in that area.
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God has poured out His Spirit
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and it is from
that that he comes.
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And as we have
visited, he is overflowing
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with the power of the Holy
Spirit that came down on that
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meeting and came down
upon everyone that was there
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and especially
anointed the speaker.
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And they made videos of those.
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We'll be showing them a
little later on, on 3ABN.
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We're making
arrangements to do that
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so that you can take part in it
if not literally by being there
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you can take part by video.
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So Pastor Carter is going
to be speaking to us tonight.
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I want to leave
him plenty of time.
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And so we'll give no
further introduction,
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but he needs no
introduction to this audience.
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But before he comes,
Yvonne Lewis is going to come.
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Yvonne is our
Director of Dare to Dream.
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And she's going to sing
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Your Grace Still Amazes Me.
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My faithful Father,
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enduring Friend.
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Your tender mercy's
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like a river
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with no end.
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It overwhelms me,
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covers my sin.
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Each time I come into
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Your presence
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I stand in wonder
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once again.
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Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Your love
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is still a mystery.
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Each day
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I fall on my knees
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'Cause Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Oh, Your grace
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amazes me.
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Oh, patient Savior,
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You make me whole.
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You are the author
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and the healer
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of my soul.
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What can I give You, Lord?
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Oh what can I say?
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I know there's no way
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to repay You...
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only to offer You
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my praise.
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Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Your love
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is such a mystery.
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Each day
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I fall on my knees
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'Cause Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Lord, Your grace
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amazes me.
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It's deeper,
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it's wider,
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it's stronger,
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it's higher,
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it's deeper,
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much wider,
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it's stronger
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and higher
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than anything
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my eyes can see.
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Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Your love
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is such a mystery.
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Each day
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I fall on my knees
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'Cause Your grace
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still amazes me.
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Oh, Your grace
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amazes me.
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Your grace
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still amazes
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me.
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Mmmmm.
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Amen.
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Good evening my
friends. Good evening.
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Let's have a little
talking here tonight.
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Good evening my
friends. Good evening.
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I'm glad to see you.
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Are you glad to see me? Amen!
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Well I'm glad that
you're glad to see me.
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I'm glad to be
seen anywhere today.
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I'm just glad
to be here tonight.
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I've just come from as
Dr. Gilley... I want to thank
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Dr. Gilley for his very
cordial welcome tonight.
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I've just come from Pentecost.
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I want to tell
you folks something:
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I've just come from Pentecost
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so I'm sort of
steamed up tonight.
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Doesn't take much to get
me steamed up, but I'm really
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steamed up tonight. Amen!
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I have seen the mighty out-
pouring of the Spirit of God.
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I have seen Pentecost repeated,
maybe a double Pentecost
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and so I'm here to tell
you that God is alive and well
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on planet earth. Amen!
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And tonight we're
going to have a good time.
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Can you say: "Amen,
glory be to God? " Amen!
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Say: "Glory be to God. "
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Glory be to God!
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As somebody said:
"If you've got a glory
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inside you and if you don't let
it out it's going to hurt you. "
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So... got to let
some of those glories out.
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March 23, 1989...
no one saw it coming.
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Do you know what
happened on that date?
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March 23, 1989.
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A week passed before anyone
discovered what had happened.
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An asteroid was
heading towards planet earth.
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It had the power of 20,000
one-megaton hydrogen bombs.
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It would have
splattered everything.
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It whipped past us
at 72,000 miles per hour
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crossing our exact path
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missing us by a mere 6 hours.
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For 5 billion years
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that 1-billion-ton of stardust
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had been circling the sun
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and it missed us by 6 hours.
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In astronomical
time it's nothing.
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Had it struck the
United States of America
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it would have
destroyed all life.
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Nothing would have survived.
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Was God sending us a message?
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January 25 of
1995 in north Russia...
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I know Russia so
well. I love Russia.
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A radar station
in north Russia saw
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an American missile on
it's way towards Russia.
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They thought: "Is
it a U.S. submarine
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releasing one of
these devilish devices? "
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These missiles can
launch eight hydrogen bombs
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and the Russian radar
said "It is coming toward us. "
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January 25, 1995.
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Boris Yeltsin was
then the person in charge.
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He had three
minutes to make up his mind.
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For the first time in history...
He opened up the Russian
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computer that contained
the nuclear launch codes
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for the first time in
history. He had three minutes.
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At the last moment the
missile veered off course.
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It was a missile carrying
a U.S. scientific probe.
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He had three minutes.
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If he had launched
the Russian rockets
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America would have had
three minutes to doomsday.
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How can people think it's
business as usual in the church?
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You tell me that.
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How can people in the church...
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how can people in the
world be so complacent
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concerning our apocalyptic era?
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That's the topic
tonight: the Apocalyptic Era.
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I want you to take your Bibles
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because I'm just an
old-fashioned Bible preacher.
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I'm going to turn over
here to the little apocalypse -
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to Matthew 24- and I'm
going to read a heap of texts.
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Matthew chapter 24
and verses 1 down to 14.
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And give me a little more
fallback on these things please.
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Matthew 24 and
verses 1 down to 14.
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That's getting better.
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I'll get warmed up soon.
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Matthew 24:1-14:
"Jesus left the temple... "
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Have you folks
got your Bibles here?
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Amen. Look me in the eye.
Let me tell you folks something.
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If you don't bring
your Bibles to church,
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you've got a real
spiritual problem.
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You really have.
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And I'm not talking about
a Bible on a computer either.
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I'm talking about a Bible -
you know - that's a real Bible.
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Matthew 24:
"Jesus left the temple
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and was walking away when
His disciples came up to Him
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to call His
attention to its buildings.
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'Do you see all
these things? ' He asked.
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'I tell you the truth: not
one stone here will be left
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on another. Every one
will be thrown down. ' "
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This happened of course in 70 AD
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when the Romans came
like the wolf on the fold
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and destroyed the
city of Jerusalem.
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As Jesus was sitting
on the Mount of Olives
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the disciples came to Him
privately. 'Tell us, ' they said
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'when will this happen?
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What will be the
sign of Your coming
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and of the end of the age? ' "
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Or as the KJV says:
"the end of the world. "
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"Jesus answered: 'Watch out
that no one deceives you. ' "
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Religious deception.
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'For many will come in My name
claiming "I am the Christ... "
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False preachers.
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'and will deceive many.
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You will hear of
wars and rumors of wars
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but see to it that
you are not alarmed.
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Such things must happen,
but the end is still to come.
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Nation will rise against nation
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and kingdom against kingdom.
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There'll be famines and
earthquakes in various places.
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All these are the beginnings
of the birth pains. ' "
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Our Lord said that the
earth would go through a time of
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tremendous trouble
like a woman goes through
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before the baby is born.
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Verse 9 says: "Then you'll
be handed over to be persecuted
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and put to death, and
you'll be hated by all nations
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because of Me. "
Worldwide persecution.
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Then it says: "At that time many
will turn away from the faith
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and will betray
and hate each other
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and many false
prophets will appear
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and deceive many people. "
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Religious deception
on a worldwide scale.
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"Because of the
increase of wickedness
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the love of most
will grow cold. "
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And it's talking
about people in the church.
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"But he who stands firm
to the end will be saved.
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And this gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole
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world as a
testimony to all nations
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and then the end will come. "
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Listen to me... listen to me
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because tonight I've
got a fire in my soul
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and I want every
person watching the telecast
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to get this fire tonight.
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The Bible talks -
Jesus, our Lord, talks -
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about the end of the age.
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And Jesus spoke
about a final generation.
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I have a conviction that we
could be the final generation.
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Would you come down to
the verse now? Verse 28?
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Matthew 24 and verse 28.
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Jesus said:
"Wherever there is a carcass
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there the vultures will
gather. " What does it mean?
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Jesus said that all of society
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including American
society is going to become
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like a stinking rotten corpse.
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Society is going to
go down, down, and down.
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Then the eagles - or judgment
- will come upon the world.
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And so don't get the idea that
things are going to get better.
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Things are going to get worse
and then Jesus is going to come.
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Now I want you to take
your Bible and turn over here
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to Luke 21 and verse 25-36.
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Luke 21 and verse 25...
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down to verse 36. Here it is.
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I'm reading a lot
out of the Bible because
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I believe the
power is in the Bible.
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"There will be signs in
the sun, moon, and stars.
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On the earth nations will
be in anguish and perplexity
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at the roaring and
tossing of the sea.
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Men will faint from terror
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apprehensive of what
is coming on the world
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for the heavenly
bodies will be shaken.
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At that time
they'll see the Son of Man
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coming in a cloud
with power and great glory.
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When these things
begin to take place
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stand up and lift up your heads
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because your
redemption is drawing near. "
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It is time for
God's people to stand up
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and shout glory - glory -
because the Lord is on His way.
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Amen.
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Now keep on reading, folks.
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You're a good
audience... you really are.
00:19:02.18\00:19:04.70
Jesus said... verse 29...
He told them this parable:
00:19:05.82\00:19:10.59
"Look at the fig
trees and all the trees.
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When they spout leaves
you can see for yourselves
00:19:13.11\00:19:16.40
and know that summer is near.
00:19:16.50\00:19:19.02
Even so when you see
these things happening
00:19:19.22\00:19:21.98
you know that the
kingdom of God is near.
00:19:22.18\00:19:26.06
I tell you the truth:
this generation will certainly
00:19:26.16\00:19:29.10
not pass away until all
these things have happened.
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Heaven and earth will pass away
00:19:33.38\00:19:35.06
but My words will never
pass away" said our Lord.
00:19:35.26\00:19:39.24
"Be careful or your hearts
will be weighted down with
00:19:40.46\00:19:43.81
dissipation, drunkenness,
and the anxieties of life
00:19:44.01\00:19:49.98
and that day will
close on you unexpectedly
00:19:50.18\00:19:54.46
like a trap. For it will
come upon all those who live
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on the face of the whole earth.
00:19:58.91\00:20:00.31
Be always on the watch and pray
that you may be able to escape
00:20:00.51\00:20:04.45
all that is about to happen
00:20:04.65\00:20:06.28
and that you may be able to
stand before the Son of Man. "
00:20:06.48\00:20:11.31
Now listen to me my dear friends
00:20:11.51\00:20:13.30
in the little bit of
time we've got here tonight.
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And God is going to bless us.
00:20:15.93\00:20:17.64
The Holy Spirit is going to
come into this meeting tonight.
00:20:17.94\00:20:21.02
The Bible tells us that there is
going to be a final generation.
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I know we live in
an age of skepticism
00:20:26.34\00:20:29.92
in the world and
in our own church.
00:20:30.12\00:20:33.43
I know we've got people who say
00:20:34.56\00:20:37.11
"Well you people have
been preaching that stuff
00:20:37.31\00:20:39.67
and the Lord hasn't come. "
00:20:39.87\00:20:42.10
I want to tell
them something tonight:
00:20:42.30\00:20:43.87
the Lord IS going to come. Amen!
00:20:44.07\00:20:46.10
The Lord may delay but
the Lord is going to come
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and He's going to come in
power and He's going to come
00:20:51.20\00:20:55.27
in great glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
00:20:55.48\00:20:58.68
Now we're going to talk
tonight for a little bit
00:20:58.88\00:21:01.32
about ten great signs.
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And I want you to know tonight
that the clock is ticking
00:21:05.43\00:21:08.61
and that the sands
of time are running out.
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Sign #1... we've
got to go fast tonight.
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Number 1: terrorism
and the time of trouble.
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There's no excuse for terrorism.
00:21:25.40\00:21:27.95
We've seen the
dreadful actions of terrorists
00:21:29.04\00:21:33.16
in the Middle East even
during the last few days.
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There is no
excuse for terrorism.
00:21:37.02\00:21:39.35
Terrorism is of the devil.
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But I would remind
you, my American friends
00:21:45.22\00:21:49.07
and my Australian
friends watching the telecast,
00:21:49.27\00:21:52.29
that injustice is a
breeding ground for terrorism.
00:21:52.49\00:21:56.73
Millions of refugees
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in camps breed angry young men.
00:22:03.18\00:22:09.01
Around the world
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terrorists are growing
and growing and growing.
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And I want to tell
you folks something:
00:22:20.83\00:22:22.82
there'll be no end to the
terrorists until Jesus comes
00:22:23.02\00:22:27.47
because society
breeds terrorism today.
00:22:28.79\00:22:32.75
We breed it by false theology.
00:22:34.27\00:22:36.75
Now I'm going to say some
things that are controversial...
00:22:36.95\00:22:39.71
which I never do.
00:22:39.91\00:22:41.57
As they say: "Lord have mercy. "
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.72
Now just listen to this.
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False theology.
00:22:50.98\00:22:53.06
There is a great mis-
understanding of Bible prophecy.
00:22:53.46\00:22:58.02
The prophecies about Israel.
00:22:58.42\00:23:01.56
The belief that the state of
Israel is God's special nation.
00:23:01.86\00:23:06.98
Israel is a great nation
00:23:07.77\00:23:11.09
but she is no more
the children of God
00:23:11.49\00:23:15.58
than Russia or
America or Australia.
00:23:15.78\00:23:19.53
She is a Gentile nation
00:23:19.73\00:23:21.73
because the only people,
my friend, who belong to the
00:23:23.16\00:23:27.15
house of Israel are the
people who have accepted Christ
00:23:27.25\00:23:31.24
the Lord. Amen!
00:23:31.34\00:23:33.59
But you've got
theology being taught today
00:23:33.90\00:23:36.44
in this great
land... You know about it.
00:23:36.64\00:23:38.88
The idea that the church
is raptured before the great
00:23:40.37\00:23:43.63
tribulation. Some people
say: "Don't talk about it!
00:23:43.73\00:23:47.23
You'll get some people mad. "
00:23:47.33\00:23:48.70
I want you to know that
idea is not taught in the Bible.
00:23:48.73\00:23:53.57
It's a fallacy.
00:23:54.53\00:23:56.25
The idea that converted
Jews will spread the gospel
00:23:58.65\00:24:02.27
after the
rapture... I want you to know
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.67
there'll be no people on
the earth after Jesus comes.
00:24:04.87\00:24:07.65
That the antichrist
attacks a restored temple
00:24:08.67\00:24:12.18
after 3-1/2 years...
00:24:12.33\00:24:15.00
And these ideas
00:24:16.72\00:24:19.85
have so permeated our society
00:24:21.64\00:24:25.79
that they even have
a tendency to influence
00:24:26.00\00:24:29.92
decisions that are made.
00:24:30.12\00:24:32.88
But I want you
folks to know this:
00:24:36.82\00:24:39.24
terrorism is a sign of the end.
00:24:39.54\00:24:43.11
Now we have the possibility
of a war between Israel
00:24:43.14\00:24:48.44
and Iran. I say:
"Lord have mercy upon us
00:24:48.65\00:24:53.84
because that will bring
upon the world a holocaust! "
00:24:54.04\00:24:58.31
Israel is armed
with nuclear weapons.
00:24:58.51\00:25:01.52
Iran is ruled by
fanatical religious leaders.
00:25:01.72\00:25:07.05
How can people think
it is business as usual
00:25:12.61\00:25:17.72
while the clock... the
prophetic clock... is ticking?
00:25:17.92\00:25:23.64
Did you know there are
suitcase nuclear bombs?
00:25:24.14\00:25:27.71
They're working
on technology so that
00:25:28.01\00:25:31.26
they can carry
nuclear weapons in handbags.
00:25:31.46\00:25:35.52
I guess they'd
have to be big handbags.
00:25:35.82\00:25:38.99
It's only a matter of
time before American cities
00:25:41.28\00:25:46.33
are destroyed.
00:25:46.53\00:25:48.73
It's only a matter of time,
00:25:49.03\00:25:52.13
and God has given to the
church a message to preach.
00:25:52.33\00:25:56.06
This cannot be business as usual
00:25:56.26\00:25:59.49
unless we are so spiritually
dead we cannot see the signs
00:25:59.69\00:26:03.80
of the times. Are you
with me tonight? Amen!
00:26:04.00\00:26:06.68
Time fails me to
tell of Pakistan, India,
00:26:06.98\00:26:12.40
North Korea... all with weapons.
00:26:12.60\00:26:15.44
The Bible spoke in
Revelation 7 about the angel
00:26:15.54\00:26:19.82
holding back
the winds of strife.
00:26:20.02\00:26:22.74
And when God says to
the angel: "Let 'em go, "
00:26:23.04\00:26:27.19
everything that is
written in the apocalypse
00:26:28.66\00:26:32.39
is going to happen.
00:26:32.50\00:26:34.75
And the things that we should
have done we're going to say
00:26:34.95\00:26:38.50
to ourselves:
"Why didn't we do it? "
00:26:38.60\00:26:41.24
Why does God send us
this warning message?
00:26:43.13\00:26:45.48
Because He loves us!
00:26:45.78\00:26:47.54
He's preparing
for us a home in glory
00:26:47.94\00:26:52.13
and therefore I want to
tell you the good news is this.
00:26:52.23\00:26:55.81
You may say: "There's no
good news in terrorism. "
00:26:56.01\00:26:59.00
The good news is
this: Jesus is coming.
00:26:59.13\00:27:01.70
Amen! That's the good news.
00:27:01.90\00:27:03.53
Number 2... sign number 2:
00:27:04.57\00:27:06.25
I may not get
through to the ten.
00:27:06.46\00:27:08.47
I don't care 'cause I'm
going to preach tomorrow night.
00:27:08.67\00:27:11.09
And then I'm going to
preach on Sabbath morning.
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.62
I may only get to point 10 by
12 o'clock on Sabbath morning.
00:27:13.82\00:27:17.62
That's all right... but then
I've got other sermons, too.
00:27:17.73\00:27:20.85
Point number 2... second sign:
00:27:21.05\00:27:23.01
natural and man-made disasters.
00:27:23.21\00:27:27.55
You know what's going on
at Yellowstone, don't you?
00:27:29.66\00:27:32.04
This is not speculation.
00:27:32.14\00:27:33.51
Did you know that the
earth is rising in Yellowstone?
00:27:33.59\00:27:37.30
Did you know that?
00:27:37.50\00:27:38.87
Did you know that the
people at National Geographic
00:27:38.90\00:27:42.40
have carried out
scientific experiments
00:27:42.60\00:27:45.31
and they say beneath Yellowstone
00:27:45.34\00:27:48.17
there is a holocaust which
is the greatest, the most potent
00:27:48.38\00:27:53.44
power probably in
the history of the world.
00:27:53.64\00:27:56.62
And if it goes, the wave of lava
00:27:56.82\00:28:02.07
will take you out and
will take out as far away
00:28:02.27\00:28:07.10
as Los Angeles.
00:28:07.20\00:28:09.09
The time is ticking. God has
00:28:11.56\00:28:14.71
an arsenal already prepared.
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.42
Time fails me to
tell of earthquakes,
00:28:18.82\00:28:23.62
tsunamis,
tornadoes, global warming.
00:28:23.83\00:28:28.94
I'm going to say "warning"
because that's what the
00:28:29.14\00:28:32.49
National Geographic called
its edition: Global Warning.
00:28:32.59\00:28:38.51
The earth is protesting her rape
00:28:39.01\00:28:43.89
by men and women
consumed by greed.
00:28:44.09\00:28:49.49
The earth has been raped, and
the earth is running a fever.
00:28:50.97\00:28:56.57
Global warming.
00:28:57.95\00:29:00.51
The good news
is: Jesus is coming.
00:29:00.71\00:29:04.82
Sign number 3: now
this is a strong one.
00:29:05.12\00:29:10.04
Doesn't apply to you, I
believe, but it's a strong one
00:29:10.34\00:29:14.99
so I'm going to
move it along right now.
00:29:15.19\00:29:17.84
The dumbing down...
I'll say it again...
00:29:18.14\00:29:22.49
The dumbing down... the
dumbing down of religion
00:29:22.69\00:29:28.45
and politics in preparation
00:29:28.55\00:29:31.62
for the mark of the beast.
00:29:31.92\00:29:36.21
We have become so dumbed down
00:29:39.35\00:29:45.34
that we can only
elect a president
00:29:45.44\00:29:50.22
on 5-second sound segments.
00:29:50.42\00:29:56.03
Because we have
become so dumbed down
00:29:57.35\00:30:02.62
by Hollywood and by society
00:30:02.82\00:30:07.54
that most of us can no
longer think for ourselves
00:30:09.01\00:30:13.84
and therefore most of
us will easily get the mark
00:30:13.94\00:30:17.85
of the beast.
00:30:17.95\00:30:19.47
I want you to take your
Bible and turn over here
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.29
to Revelation 13:14-17.
00:30:23.50\00:30:27.26
I'm taking about the
dumbing down of religion
00:30:27.46\00:30:32.39
and politics.
00:30:32.59\00:30:34.51
Revelation 13:14-17.
00:30:34.71\00:30:39.16
The apocalypse... the
last book in the Bible.
00:30:39.56\00:30:43.56
Revelation 13:14.
00:30:43.76\00:30:49.51
Did I say 14? Yes I did.
00:30:49.71\00:30:52.57
"Because of the signs he
was given power to do on behalf
00:30:54.50\00:30:58.01
of the first beast he deceived
the inhabitants of the earth.
00:30:58.11\00:31:03.08
He ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast
00:31:04.46\00:31:07.53
who was wounded by
the sword and yet lived.
00:31:07.73\00:31:11.18
He was given power to
give breath to the image of the
00:31:11.28\00:31:14.40
first beast so that it could
speak and cause all who refuse
00:31:14.50\00:31:18.66
to worship the
image to be killed.
00:31:18.86\00:31:21.84
He also forced
everyone - small and great,
00:31:22.24\00:31:25.77
rich and poor, free and slave -
00:31:25.97\00:31:27.93
to receive a
mark on his right hand
00:31:28.13\00:31:31.85
or on his forehead so
that no one could buy or sell
00:31:32.05\00:31:36.50
unless he had the mark
which is the name of the beast
00:31:36.70\00:31:39.69
or the number of his name.
00:31:39.89\00:31:42.78
This calls for wisdom.
00:31:42.99\00:31:44.48
If anyone has insight,
let him calculate the number
00:31:44.58\00:31:47.52
of the beast for
it is a man's number.
00:31:47.62\00:31:49.86
His number is 666. "
00:31:50.06\00:31:52.75
Now what I'm
going to say is true
00:31:52.85\00:31:56.46
but gives little comfort.
00:31:56.86\00:31:59.54
The Christian Science Monitor
00:31:59.74\00:32:03.63
has published an
article on religion
00:32:03.83\00:32:07.01
in the United States of America.
00:32:07.21\00:32:10.23
And I guess what applies here
00:32:11.46\00:32:14.72
applies with equal force
in Australia and other places.
00:32:14.92\00:32:20.37
The Christian
Science Monitor says
00:32:21.72\00:32:25.73
that religion in North America
00:32:25.84\00:32:29.94
has produced a
group... a race of people...
00:32:30.14\00:32:34.59
who are monumentally ignorant.
00:32:34.79\00:32:39.29
It says that
Christians know nothing
00:32:40.69\00:32:45.20
of the scriptures
or the Word of God
00:32:45.40\00:32:49.58
and they can no
longer think for themselves.
00:32:49.88\00:32:55.56
I add the words:
"and thus they have become
00:32:55.76\00:32:59.17
candidates for
the mark of the beast
00:32:59.37\00:33:02.56
because they don't
think for themselves. "
00:33:02.96\00:33:05.30
Satan has successfully... I'm
not saying this is true of you.
00:33:05.50\00:33:09.08
He has successfully
worked to destroy our minds,
00:33:10.57\00:33:14.61
the capacity to
think for ourselves.
00:33:14.81\00:33:18.18
We have become by and
large a race of conformists...
00:33:18.38\00:33:23.68
even in our own church...
00:33:23.78\00:33:25.24
who are easily duped by slogans.
00:33:25.44\00:33:28.89
We easily believe lies...
00:33:29.09\00:33:32.64
whether those lies are
told to us by government leaders
00:33:32.84\00:33:36.06
or by church leaders.
00:33:36.27\00:33:37.90
And so vast numbers of
people in this great land
00:33:42.57\00:33:46.48
and in Australia
and in other places
00:33:46.68\00:33:49.34
believe lies
00:33:49.54\00:33:52.25
without a second thought.
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.97
What is needed? Now my friend,
00:33:58.22\00:34:00.39
that is the very condition
that prepares the world
00:34:00.60\00:34:03.32
for the mark of the beast.
00:34:03.52\00:34:04.89
Let me tell you what an
Adventist Christian ought to be.
00:34:05.02\00:34:08.31
An Adventist
Christian ought to be a person
00:34:08.61\00:34:11.83
and a Baptist
Christian ought to be the same.
00:34:12.03\00:34:15.17
Any Christian
ought to be the same.
00:34:16.59\00:34:18.60
A person who reads the
Bible and by the grace of God
00:34:18.80\00:34:23.91
he thinks for himself. Amen!
00:34:24.11\00:34:26.90
Now we had a little
lady who was a non-conformist
00:34:27.83\00:34:30.51
in our church, and it caused
some people a lot of trouble.
00:34:30.61\00:34:34.91
She still does.
00:34:36.21\00:34:38.00
She said: "What is needed?
People who read and study
00:34:40.67\00:34:45.17
the Word who will not be
bought or sold at any price.
00:34:45.38\00:34:49.60
Whose conscience is as
true to duty as the needle
00:34:49.80\00:34:53.70
to the pole. " Amen!
00:34:53.81\00:34:55.21
"People who have the
integrity to say 'no' to sin,
00:34:57.00\00:35:01.46
tyranny, brainwashing,
mind control, bribes,
00:35:01.66\00:35:07.32
or any promotion
that comes with a price. "
00:35:07.52\00:35:11.82
Remember Martin Luther.
00:35:13.80\00:35:15.65
He said: "Unless I am convinced
by reason or the text of the
00:35:15.95\00:35:20.20
Bible I cannot AND
I WILL NOT recant. "
00:35:20.30\00:35:23.85
Now the dumbing down
of religion and politics
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.24
is good news, however,
00:35:29.45\00:35:31.56
because it tells us
Jesus is coming. Amen.
00:35:31.87\00:35:36.63
Now the fourth sign...
And I'm sorry that these signs
00:35:37.18\00:35:41.53
are so so strong that they
may disturb some of the saints.
00:35:41.63\00:35:46.04
The fourth sign
is a sleeping church.
00:35:47.49\00:35:51.63
And I'm talking
about my own church.
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.42
And I'm turning over here to
Matthew 25 verses 1 down to 13.
00:35:55.72\00:36:00.56
Matthew 25 verses 1 down to 13.
00:36:00.66\00:36:05.90
Matthew 25 1 down to 13.
00:36:08.11\00:36:10.43
"At that time the
kingdom of heaven will be
00:36:10.63\00:36:12.61
like ten virgins who took
their lamps and went out to meet
00:36:12.82\00:36:16.65
the bridegroom.
" That is our Lord.
00:36:16.76\00:36:18.56
"Five of them were
foolish and five were wise.
00:36:18.86\00:36:22.05
The foolish
ones took their lamps
00:36:22.25\00:36:24.16
but did not take
any oil with them.
00:36:24.37\00:36:26.70
The wise, however, took oil
in jars along with their lamps.
00:36:26.90\00:36:31.72
The bridegroom was
a long time in coming
00:36:31.92\00:36:35.45
and they all became
drowsy and fell asleep. "
00:36:35.75\00:36:39.27
The whole lot.
00:36:39.57\00:36:41.44
"At midnight the cry rang
out 'Here is the bridegroom;
00:36:41.64\00:36:45.71
come out to meet Him. '
00:36:45.91\00:36:47.28
Then all the virgins woke
up and trimmed their lamps. "
00:36:47.33\00:36:50.34
Now it is plain as
you read that story
00:36:50.54\00:36:53.16
that this is referring to the
true church in the last days.
00:36:53.36\00:36:57.95
But the Bible says
even the true church
00:36:58.15\00:37:03.35
is asleep.
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.02
The good and the bad
in the church are largely
00:37:06.51\00:37:12.47
asleep...
indifferent to Christ and truth.
00:37:12.57\00:37:17.46
And that is one
reason, my friend,
00:37:17.66\00:37:20.17
why there is so
little real evangelism
00:37:20.37\00:37:23.66
and the preaching of the
gospel to vast crowds of people.
00:37:23.87\00:37:28.00
I'm here to tell
you tonight something:
00:37:29.06\00:37:31.38
the time is ripe for
the preaching of the gospel
00:37:31.58\00:37:36.27
and the world is
ready to hear it.
00:37:36.47\00:37:39.29
But what about the church?
00:37:39.49\00:37:41.24
The church seems to
sleep on indifferent.
00:37:44.57\00:37:50.09
This lethargy is an
amazement to angels and men
00:37:53.18\00:37:56.76
but it is a sign of the times.
00:37:57.06\00:37:59.64
But a sleeping church,
in a sense, is good news
00:37:59.94\00:38:04.54
because Jesus is coming.
00:38:05.43\00:38:07.60
The fifth sign...
here it is. The fifth sign:
00:38:09.16\00:38:13.81
spiritism.
00:38:14.01\00:38:16.01
The rise and the
reign of spiritism.
00:38:17.20\00:38:21.31
Take your Bibles and turn
with me to Revelation chapter 16
00:38:21.51\00:38:25.66
and verses 12 through to 14
dear hearts and gentle people.
00:38:25.86\00:38:30.32
Revelation chapter 16
00:38:30.52\00:38:33.68
and verses 12 and onwards.
00:38:33.88\00:38:38.12
The Bible says:
00:38:38.32\00:38:39.69
"The sixth angel poured
out his bowl on the great river
00:38:40.05\00:38:43.74
Euphrates and its water
was dried up to prepare the way
00:38:43.85\00:38:48.51
for the kings from the east.
00:38:48.71\00:38:50.85
Then I saw three evil
spirits that looked like frogs.
00:38:50.88\00:38:55.19
They came out of the
mouth of the dragon, out of the
00:38:55.49\00:38:57.95
mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet.
00:38:58.05\00:39:00.44
They are the spirits of demons
performing miraculous signs
00:39:00.64\00:39:04.82
and they go out to the
kings of the whole world
00:39:05.02\00:39:07.51
to gather them for the
battle of the great day of
00:39:07.71\00:39:11.07
God Almighty.
00:39:11.17\00:39:12.64
Behold, I come like a thief.
00:39:12.84\00:39:14.88
Blessed is he who stays awake
00:39:15.08\00:39:18.31
and keeps his clothes with
him so that he may not go naked
00:39:18.51\00:39:22.57
and be shamefully exposed. "
00:39:22.77\00:39:27.17
I don't know if you
are aware of the fact
00:39:27.37\00:39:30.98
that it seems today that from
that pit of great iniquity -
00:39:32.56\00:39:38.54
that pit of iniquity that is
polluting the world with evil:
00:39:40.03\00:39:45.50
Hollywood -
00:39:45.73\00:39:48.06
every second movie
seems to be about demons
00:39:48.26\00:39:52.62
or evil spirits.
00:39:52.82\00:39:55.15
Mmmm. I believe that Hollywood
00:39:56.20\00:39:59.58
is helping prepare the
world for the very end.
00:39:59.79\00:40:05.12
Spiritism is real.
00:40:05.42\00:40:08.21
I don't have time
tonight to talk about it.
00:40:08.41\00:40:11.44
But listen, I can tell you some
things because I know it's true.
00:40:11.64\00:40:15.13
I'm not an armchair theologian.
00:40:15.33\00:40:18.44
I'm not an armchair theologian.
00:40:19.45\00:40:21.37
I am out in the battle.
00:40:21.67\00:40:23.56
Last year when I
preached in Honiara...
00:40:23.96\00:40:27.76
Vast crowds... the biggest
crowds in the history of that
00:40:27.96\00:40:31.32
part of the world. Thousands.
00:40:31.42\00:40:33.97
More than half the city
of Honiara came every night
00:40:34.27\00:40:37.97
to the meetings.
00:40:38.07\00:40:39.44
Before the meeting on spiritism
00:40:41.33\00:40:43.54
I said to my men and
my ladies on the team:
00:40:43.74\00:40:47.21
"Beware. Tonight we're
going to have problems. "
00:40:48.45\00:40:53.05
They said: "You think so? "
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.15
I said: "Oh, it happens. "
00:40:55.35\00:40:56.72
So we prayed earnestly.
00:40:56.87\00:40:58.53
As soon as I
walked out on the stage
00:40:59.66\00:41:01.76
there came a tremendous wind.
00:41:01.96\00:41:04.33
Just about blew me
straight off the big stage.
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.84
And then the rain came down.
00:41:07.44\00:41:09.30
We're out of doors, you see.
00:41:09.50\00:41:10.87
We don't have a
roof over our heads...
00:41:10.90\00:41:12.27
we've only got the sky.
00:41:12.30\00:41:13.69
So the rain came down in sheets.
00:41:13.89\00:41:16.95
But I cried out to God
and I said to the audience:
00:41:17.15\00:41:19.71
"We are now under attack. "
00:41:19.92\00:41:21.64
"We're under attack
ladies and gentlemen. "
00:41:22.78\00:41:24.75
You know how many
people got up and walked out?
00:41:24.95\00:41:27.66
I guess about 50 women with
their babies went to a place
00:41:28.55\00:41:31.94
where they had shelter.
35,000 people sat in the rain.
00:41:32.04\00:41:36.54
Got sopping wet. So did I!
00:41:36.84\00:41:39.97
I was pleased to be
preaching in the rain
00:41:40.17\00:41:44.60
and getting sopping
wet with the saints of God
00:41:44.81\00:41:48.18
and fighting the devil. Amen!
00:41:48.38\00:41:51.06
And as I preached
on... As I cried out to God
00:41:52.97\00:41:56.01
because this is what
I do when I'm preaching:
00:41:56.22\00:41:57.60
I cry out to God. I
said: "God, come to our help.
00:41:57.70\00:42:00.62
We're under attack here. "
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.19
I was preaching on spiritism.
00:42:02.24\00:42:04.39
Then after we'd taken a good
beating for about 40 minutes
00:42:04.59\00:42:08.12
the rain stopped
and I preached on.
00:42:08.32\00:42:10.84
I was sopping wet; the
people were sopping wet.
00:42:11.04\00:42:13.34
The stage was sopping
wet. Then I had an altar call
00:42:13.55\00:42:16.21
and about 10,000 people came
down the front to turn to God.
00:42:16.41\00:42:20.90
But the next night when
I walked out on the stage
00:42:21.70\00:42:26.81
I believe in an
unseen world of evil spirits.
00:42:27.01\00:42:30.66
I believe in an unseen
world of Holy Spirits, too.
00:42:32.08\00:42:36.88
The angels. As I
walked out on the stage
00:42:37.08\00:42:40.26
and I started to
preach to that vast audience
00:42:40.46\00:42:43.39
and I'm preaching from the
Bible and we have these vast
00:42:43.59\00:42:46.81
screens, a huge stage.
00:42:46.91\00:42:49.68
I felt on this shoulder
00:42:49.98\00:42:52.87
a strong hand grab
me by the shoulder.
00:42:53.07\00:42:56.75
I felt the
fingers go into my back.
00:42:57.05\00:43:00.25
I thought it was the campaign
manager, Pastor Harold Harker,
00:43:00.45\00:43:04.94
come to tell me that maybe
someone was going to try to
00:43:05.14\00:43:08.17
shoot me or something.
00:43:08.27\00:43:09.64
So I... I turned around.
00:43:09.76\00:43:11.95
There was somebody
there but I couldn't see him.
00:43:14.70\00:43:19.10
But I felt the
hand on my shoulder.
00:43:21.53\00:43:24.54
I talked to the native pastors.
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.62
I said: "What do
you think? " They said:
00:43:28.82\00:43:30.56
"God was there.
00:43:30.96\00:43:33.04
A holy angel put his
hand on your shoulder
00:43:34.29\00:43:37.61
to tell you: 'Be
strong! Be of good courage. ' "
00:43:37.91\00:43:42.24
My friend, we live
when the great warfare
00:43:42.44\00:43:47.00
between Christ and
Satan is heating up.
00:43:47.20\00:43:51.53
I could talk to you about
people who come to my meetings
00:43:51.73\00:43:54.33
who tell me that they
talk to their dead loved ones.
00:43:54.53\00:43:57.93
But I've got no time tonight
so I'm going to move along.
00:43:57.96\00:44:00.07
Sign number six: the
days of Sodom are here.
00:44:00.27\00:44:05.11
I want you to come to
the book of Jude and verse 7.
00:44:05.31\00:44:08.51
The book of Jude - second
to last book in the Bible -
00:44:08.62\00:44:11.57
Jude verse 7.
00:44:11.77\00:44:13.32
And I've got some plain things
to say about this tonight.
00:44:13.52\00:44:16.26
I believe it needs to be said
00:44:16.46\00:44:18.77
and I'm glad that
3ABN has the courage still
00:44:18.87\00:44:22.18
to preach the
truth of the Bible. Amen!
00:44:22.38\00:44:24.54
Because we live in a
time of great controversy
00:44:24.67\00:44:27.14
and not every channel -
not every Christian channel -
00:44:27.34\00:44:29.90
is prepared to preach
the truth of the Bible.
00:44:30.10\00:44:32.51
But 3ABN is... so
you ought to support it.
00:44:32.71\00:44:36.54
Verse 7: "In a similar way
00:44:36.74\00:44:39.25
Sodom and Gomorrah
and the surrounding towns
00:44:40.29\00:44:44.43
gave themselves up
00:44:44.63\00:44:46.00
to sexual
immorality and perversion.
00:44:46.03\00:44:51.76
They serve as an example of
those who suffer the punishment
00:44:53.20\00:44:58.10
of eternal fire. "
When it talks about
00:44:58.20\00:45:02.97
that perversion,
my friend in America,
00:45:03.17\00:45:07.72
my friend in Australia,
00:45:07.92\00:45:11.59
my friend in Papua, New Guinea,
00:45:11.79\00:45:16.26
it is talking about
the perversion of men
00:45:16.46\00:45:21.52
having sex with men.
00:45:21.72\00:45:24.19
And the Bible tells me
that the wrath of Almighty God
00:45:27.17\00:45:32.41
came upon the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah
00:45:32.61\00:45:36.25
because of that dreadful sin.
00:45:36.45\00:45:40.12
Let it be said very plainly
00:45:40.32\00:45:42.78
God loves the homosexual
00:45:43.18\00:45:46.54
just as He loves
the heterosexual.
00:45:46.64\00:45:49.73
I've said it when I was the
pastor of the church out there.
00:45:50.13\00:45:54.45
We have a new pastor
- Pastor James Venegas.
00:45:54.65\00:45:57.25
Just a wonderful
pastor and a man of God.
00:45:57.45\00:45:59.95
But I said when I was the pastor
00:46:00.15\00:46:03.12
"The doors of this church
are open to every homosexual
00:46:03.32\00:46:08.35
in Los Angeles. You're wanted. "
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.40
Of course you
couldn't fit them in.
00:46:10.60\00:46:12.37
We don't have a
church big enough.
00:46:12.47\00:46:13.97
So God loves homosexuals.
00:46:15.85\00:46:19.25
But listen: when the president
of the United States endorsed
00:46:19.75\00:46:24.74
same-sex marriage it
was a blow to America
00:46:24.94\00:46:28.54
and the American family.
00:46:28.74\00:46:30.63
When the NAACP
00:46:30.83\00:46:34.34
threw their influence
behind same-sex marriage
00:46:34.54\00:46:39.81
they turned their
backs on the Word of God.
00:46:40.01\00:46:43.75
Judgment came upon Sodom
and judgment came upon Rome.
00:46:47.24\00:46:51.93
It was said of
Nero, the Roman emperor,
00:46:52.23\00:46:55.34
"He was every woman's man
00:46:55.54\00:46:58.48
and every man's woman. "
00:46:58.51\00:47:01.53
And that's why Rome went down.
00:47:01.73\00:47:05.08
Let not America
think that she is so mighty
00:47:05.38\00:47:10.81
that God will
not bring her down.
00:47:11.01\00:47:14.29
If you go to
Washington, you can go...
00:47:16.78\00:47:19.03
Now I know I'll get
letters from people saying
00:47:19.23\00:47:22.15
"You shouldn't
preach on these things. "
00:47:22.35\00:47:24.64
Do you want me to be a liar? No!
00:47:24.84\00:47:28.52
Do you want me to be a coward?
00:47:28.66\00:47:30.90
Do you want me to go
the way of apostate Israel?
00:47:31.10\00:47:35.55
By the grace of God
I will preach the Word.
00:47:35.75\00:47:38.88
Amen!
00:47:39.08\00:47:40.45
If you go to Washington,
you go to the Lincoln Memorial
00:47:40.50\00:47:44.13
and there is a great
statement there. And it says:
00:47:44.33\00:47:47.69
"God is just, and
justice cannot sleep forever. "
00:47:47.99\00:47:53.96
But the days of Sodom
and Gomorrah are good news.
00:47:58.05\00:48:01.78
Jesus is coming.
00:48:02.18\00:48:05.26
Now my dear
friends and gentle people,
00:48:05.56\00:48:08.22
I'm not going to get
through these ten points...
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.22
but I'll get
through them sometime.
00:48:15.52\00:48:17.84
But let me talk about
one of the great prophecies
00:48:18.04\00:48:20.91
in the Bible, and that is the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:48:21.11\00:48:26.51
Now take your Bibles and turn
over here to Joel chapter 2.
00:48:26.71\00:48:30.17
Hosea, Joel... chapter 2
and verse 28 and onwards.
00:48:31.24\00:48:36.35
Have you got this text
my dear friends? Turn to it.
00:48:36.49\00:48:39.32
We only guarantee the salvation
of those people who bring
00:48:39.72\00:48:42.90
their Bibles to church.
Joel chapter 2:28 and onwards.
00:48:43.00\00:48:46.92
"And afterward I will pour
out My Spirit on all people.
00:48:47.02\00:48:50.12
Your sons and
daughters will prophesy;
00:48:50.52\00:48:53.65
your old men
will dream dreams... "
00:48:53.85\00:48:55.72
So everybody, you see?
00:48:55.92\00:48:59.92
"Your young men are
going to see visions;
00:49:00.12\00:49:05.41
even on my servants
both men and women. "
00:49:05.61\00:49:09.04
The women are going to get the
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
00:49:09.24\00:49:12.29
"I will pour out My
Spirit in those days.
00:49:12.69\00:49:15.91
I will show wonders in
the heavens and on the earth:
00:49:16.11\00:49:18.60
blood and fire and
billows of smoke. "
00:49:18.70\00:49:21.57
I'm going to tell you a
couple of quick stories.
00:49:21.77\00:49:23.35
Want everybody
watching 3ABN tonight...
00:49:23.65\00:49:26.47
I want you to listen up.
00:49:26.67\00:49:28.55
I want you to
hear something tonight
00:49:28.75\00:49:30.46
because it's absolutely
wonderful. It is the truth.
00:49:30.66\00:49:33.63
Not long ago I was in
China... at least in Hong Kong.
00:49:33.83\00:49:38.07
They brought in all of the
pastors from that part of the
00:49:38.37\00:49:41.35
world and all the
pastors from inland China.
00:49:41.45\00:49:45.13
It was my privilege to
preach to them for three days
00:49:46.43\00:49:49.41
and we had a great
evangelism seminar.
00:49:49.61\00:49:52.37
I'm going to tell you something.
00:49:52.57\00:49:54.16
Now this should
give you a lot of hope.
00:49:54.56\00:49:56.70
In China we had a
work. We had hospitals.
00:49:58.11\00:50:02.13
We had sanitariums.
00:50:02.43\00:50:04.46
We were established in China
and then came the Communists.
00:50:04.66\00:50:08.81
And then came the
Cultural Revolution.
00:50:09.88\00:50:12.72
You know what happened?
00:50:12.92\00:50:14.29
They took away our hospitals.
00:50:15.71\00:50:17.65
They took away our institutions,
00:50:17.85\00:50:21.03
and virtually all of our
church members gave up the truth
00:50:21.43\00:50:26.46
and the light went out in China.
00:50:27.74\00:50:30.38
I was talking to a Chinese
pastor... a saint of God.
00:50:32.21\00:50:37.18
He said: "The Communists told
me you can never preach again. "
00:50:37.38\00:50:40.94
The next Sabbath
he went to his church
00:50:41.14\00:50:44.17
and he preached a sermon...
and they took him to prison.
00:50:44.37\00:50:48.16
He was put there for 10
years and beaten and tortured.
00:50:48.72\00:50:53.32
Every night he had to
lie on a concrete slab.
00:50:54.15\00:50:58.32
His clothes rotted away.
00:50:58.52\00:51:00.33
He had hardly any decent food.
00:51:00.53\00:51:03.11
He became
emaciated; he was sick.
00:51:03.31\00:51:08.16
Then after 10
years they said to him:
00:51:09.09\00:51:12.01
"We're going to let you out.
00:51:12.11\00:51:13.60
But you can write to your loved
ones. You can write a letter. "
00:51:13.91\00:51:17.82
And so he wrote a
letter to his mother -
00:51:17.92\00:51:20.34
our Chinese pastor - and
he said: "Dearest Mother. "
00:51:20.54\00:51:25.30
The Communist officials said:
"You can't send that letter.
00:51:25.50\00:51:30.21
You've got to take
out the word dearest.
00:51:30.41\00:51:32.54
Nobody is dear to you. "
00:51:32.75\00:51:34.70
That's what the pastor told me.
00:51:35.00\00:51:37.28
They said: "You
can't send that letter.
00:51:37.58\00:51:39.47
Nobody is dear to you. You're
nothing; you're a scumbag. "
00:51:39.68\00:51:44.15
And then they put him
in a rehabilitation center
00:51:44.45\00:51:47.64
indoctrination for 10 years.
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.02
He said: "It was
worse than the prison. "
00:51:50.32\00:51:53.57
The beatings...
twenty years in prison.
00:51:53.78\00:51:58.38
China threw out the West.
00:51:58.68\00:52:02.06
It threw out the
foreign missionaries.
00:52:03.62\00:52:07.46
The Americans were sent home.
00:52:07.66\00:52:11.17
All the
foreigners were sent home.
00:52:11.37\00:52:14.48
And the Communists
said: "God has been sent home"
00:52:14.51\00:52:19.43
and the light went out.
00:52:19.63\00:52:21.49
You know what happened?
00:52:24.94\00:52:26.40
Do you want to
know what happened?
00:52:28.41\00:52:30.09
This was told to me by the
church's authority on history
00:52:33.91\00:52:39.19
for that time period.
00:52:39.40\00:52:41.29
Then they saw a
little light over there.
00:52:41.59\00:52:44.98
A little light over
here starting to shine
00:52:45.28\00:52:48.14
and then a
little light over there.
00:52:48.44\00:52:51.26
The Spirit of God came down
and without anybody from the
00:52:51.46\00:52:57.00
Western world He
raised up thousands -
00:52:57.10\00:53:01.29
hundreds of thousands - of
new believers on fire for God.
00:53:01.39\00:53:06.73
Now I want to say something
to the ladies here tonight
00:53:08.91\00:53:11.60
because I think sometimes
man ought to get out of God's
00:53:13.29\00:53:16.64
work and let God be God.
00:53:16.74\00:53:18.74
I spoke to a lady pastor.
00:53:18.94\00:53:21.29
I have never in my life
felt the love that I felt
00:53:22.57\00:53:28.38
when I spoke to those
people from Communist China.
00:53:28.58\00:53:33.38
This lady pastor is the
pastor of a church of 20,000.
00:53:35.44\00:53:39.37
No men pastors.
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She's the pastor
of a church of 20,000,
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ordained by God
to preach the Word
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and anointed by
the Holy Ghost. Amen!
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She's got a few
young women who help her.
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The church is carried largely...
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you're not going to
hear this everywhere...
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The church is carried
largely in China by the women.
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God does His work in ways
that astound the carnal mind.
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I want you to know
that Jesus is coming.
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Listen: Jesus said the gospel
of the kingdom is going to be
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preached in all the world
as a witness unto all nations
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and then He said:
"the end is coming. "
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Listen: I have
seen the power of God.
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I'm going to talk
about it more later.
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I've seen the power of God.
00:54:40.27\00:54:42.77
Up in Port Moresby
100,000... 120,000...
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130,000. The biggest crowds -
secular crowds - in the history
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of our church in
more than 160 years.
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You tell me... you tell
me... The skeptic tells me
00:54:59.75\00:55:03.50
"It's lost its power. The
day of evangelism is dead. "
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No! It's not
dead... you're dead. Amen!
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You're dead. The skeptic is
dead; the unbeliever is dead.
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The last Thursday night
I preached on the ministry
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of the Holy
Ghost... the Holy Spirit.
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We put up a giant dove
on the screen. Huge screen.
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Huge projectors.
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As I was preaching
as I was taken home
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one of the pastors came to
me and he said: "Pastor Carter,
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my members have come to me
and they say a giant white dove
00:55:38.89\00:55:43.10
as you were preaching was
flying over the audience. "
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I said: "No? "
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He said: "That's what
our members are saying. "
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I said: "No. "
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Then the last Saturday
night I was standing behind the
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blackboard talking
to a government minister
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and I heard a cry from a
crowd of maybe 150,000 people
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like the sound of many waters.
00:56:10.94\00:56:14.77
And a great white bird
swooped in and flew lovingly
00:56:16.38\00:56:20.68
over the audience.
The people cried out
00:56:20.78\00:56:24.06
"God has visited His people. "
00:56:24.26\00:56:26.34
I have seen the power of God.
00:56:26.74\00:56:31.67
The good news
is Jesus is coming.
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Jesus is coming. Amen!
00:56:36.38\00:56:38.98
I want you to bow your heads.
00:56:39.11\00:56:40.73
Oh my Father,
tonight we thank you
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for the Bible. We
thank you for Christ.
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We thank you for the prophecies.
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Help us to preach the
Word with all our hearts.
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Help us not to be
cowards in this tremendous hour.
00:56:50.99\00:56:54.34
We thank you for the
good news of the gospel:
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that Christ died
for fallen, lost sinners
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and that He loves
us... every person.
00:57:01.22\00:57:04.49
Bless us here tonight and
fill us with the Spirit of God.
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We thank you in
Jesus' name, Amen; Amen.
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God bless you dear folks.
00:57:13.96\00:57:15.33
God loves you... so do I.
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