Participants: John Carter
Series Code: 12HC
Program Code: 12HC000002
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00:49 We're so happy that you could be with us for the second
00:53 of our sessions here at Camp Meeting: 00:56 Fall Camp Meeting 2012. 00:59 And we welcome each one of you. 01:01 Those that are here in person and those of you that are 01:04 joining us by television. 01:06 If you live anywhere within driving distance, 01:10 we recommend you start planning to be with us this weekend. 01:13 And come on over... bring your children. 01:16 We have outstanding children's programs. 01:19 And also if you have a camper 01:22 or some type of a conveyance of that kind 01:26 we have a place for you to park. We have a few parking places. 01:28 We will make room for you if you come on to our Camp Meeting 01:33 and we'd just love to have you with us. 01:36 If you can't, then we understand and you joined us by television. 01:41 But every single meeting will be televised 01:44 and I believe it's going to be a real blessing. 01:48 Our speaker tonight is Pastor John Carter. 01:51 And I mentioned in the letter that I wrote 01:55 that Pastor Carter doesn't come to us from a quiet 01:59 pastor's study where he has been opening up the books. 02:04 He comes to us from the wilds of Papua, New Guinea 02:10 and 150,000 people out for some of the meetings 02:15 there... over 100,000 night after night. 02:18 And amazing number of baptisms. 02:22 There are over 6,000 people now attending those churches 02:27 that were not attending the Seventh-day Adventist church 02:31 in that Port Moresby region at this particular time. 02:36 The churches are just overcrowded. 02:38 They're having to do multiple services in that area. 02:41 God has poured out His Spirit 02:44 and it is from that that he comes. 02:47 And as we have visited, he is overflowing 02:50 with the power of the Holy Spirit that came down on that 02:54 meeting and came down upon everyone that was there 02:57 and especially anointed the speaker. 03:00 And they made videos of those. 03:04 We'll be showing them a little later on, on 3ABN. 03:06 We're making arrangements to do that 03:08 so that you can take part in it if not literally by being there 03:14 you can take part by video. 03:17 So Pastor Carter is going to be speaking to us tonight. 03:20 I want to leave him plenty of time. 03:22 And so we'll give no further introduction, 03:26 but he needs no introduction to this audience. 03:28 But before he comes, Yvonne Lewis is going to come. 03:32 Yvonne is our Director of Dare to Dream. 03:35 And she's going to sing 03:38 Your Grace Still Amazes Me. 04:02 My faithful Father, 04:10 enduring Friend. 04:15 Your tender mercy's 04:18 like a river 04:22 with no end. 04:26 It overwhelms me, 04:33 covers my sin. 04:38 Each time I come into 04:42 Your presence 04:45 I stand in wonder 04:49 once again. 04:55 Your grace 04:58 still amazes me. 05:02 Your love 05:05 is still a mystery. 05:10 Each day 05:13 I fall on my knees 05:19 'Cause Your grace 05:21 still amazes me. 05:26 Oh, Your grace 05:29 amazes me. 05:47 Oh, patient Savior, 05:55 You make me whole. 06:00 You are the author 06:03 and the healer 06:07 of my soul. 06:10 What can I give You, Lord? 06:16 Oh what can I say? 06:23 I know there's no way 06:26 to repay You... 06:30 only to offer You 06:34 my praise. 06:40 Your grace 06:43 still amazes me. 06:46 Your love 06:50 is such a mystery. 06:54 Each day 06:58 I fall on my knees 07:04 'Cause Your grace 07:06 still amazes me. 07:10 Lord, Your grace 07:14 amazes me. 07:17 It's deeper, 07:21 it's wider, 07:25 it's stronger, 07:28 it's higher, 07:32 it's deeper, 07:36 much wider, 07:39 it's stronger 07:44 and higher 07:46 than anything 07:50 my eyes can see. 07:54 Your grace 07:57 still amazes me. 08:01 Your love 08:04 is such a mystery. 08:09 Each day 08:12 I fall on my knees 08:19 'Cause Your grace 08:21 still amazes me. 08:25 Oh, Your grace 08:28 amazes me. 08:34 Your grace 08:37 still amazes 08:42 me. 08:55 Mmmmm. 09:05 Amen. 09:09 Good evening my friends. Good evening. 09:12 Let's have a little talking here tonight. 09:13 Good evening my friends. Good evening. 09:16 I'm glad to see you. 09:17 Are you glad to see me? Amen! 09:19 Well I'm glad that you're glad to see me. 09:21 I'm glad to be seen anywhere today. 09:23 I'm just glad to be here tonight. 09:25 I've just come from as Dr. Gilley... I want to thank 09:29 Dr. Gilley for his very cordial welcome tonight. 09:33 I've just come from Pentecost. 09:36 I want to tell you folks something: 09:38 I've just come from Pentecost 09:40 so I'm sort of steamed up tonight. 09:43 Doesn't take much to get me steamed up, but I'm really 09:45 steamed up tonight. Amen! 09:47 I have seen the mighty out- pouring of the Spirit of God. 09:51 I have seen Pentecost repeated, maybe a double Pentecost 09:56 and so I'm here to tell you that God is alive and well 09:59 on planet earth. Amen! 10:01 And tonight we're going to have a good time. 10:03 Can you say: "Amen, glory be to God? " Amen! 10:05 Say: "Glory be to God. " 10:07 Glory be to God! 10:10 As somebody said: "If you've got a glory 10:12 inside you and if you don't let it out it's going to hurt you. " 10:14 So... got to let some of those glories out. 10:17 March 23, 1989... no one saw it coming. 10:23 Do you know what happened on that date? 10:25 March 23, 1989. 10:28 A week passed before anyone discovered what had happened. 10:31 An asteroid was heading towards planet earth. 10:35 It had the power of 20,000 one-megaton hydrogen bombs. 10:41 It would have splattered everything. 10:43 It whipped past us at 72,000 miles per hour 10:49 crossing our exact path 10:52 missing us by a mere 6 hours. 10:56 For 5 billion years 11:00 that 1-billion-ton of stardust 11:04 had been circling the sun 11:08 and it missed us by 6 hours. 11:14 In astronomical time it's nothing. 11:18 Had it struck the United States of America 11:22 it would have destroyed all life. 11:24 Nothing would have survived. 11:27 Was God sending us a message? 11:32 January 25 of 1995 in north Russia... 11:38 I know Russia so well. I love Russia. 11:42 A radar station in north Russia saw 11:45 an American missile on it's way towards Russia. 11:50 They thought: "Is it a U.S. submarine 11:53 releasing one of these devilish devices? " 11:59 These missiles can launch eight hydrogen bombs 12:04 and the Russian radar said "It is coming toward us. " 12:09 January 25, 1995. 12:12 Boris Yeltsin was then the person in charge. 12:15 He had three minutes to make up his mind. 12:19 For the first time in history... He opened up the Russian 12:24 computer that contained the nuclear launch codes 12:28 for the first time in history. He had three minutes. 12:32 At the last moment the missile veered off course. 12:37 It was a missile carrying a U.S. scientific probe. 12:43 He had three minutes. 12:46 If he had launched the Russian rockets 12:51 America would have had three minutes to doomsday. 12:59 How can people think it's business as usual in the church? 13:02 You tell me that. 13:04 How can people in the church... 13:06 how can people in the world be so complacent 13:10 concerning our apocalyptic era? 13:15 That's the topic tonight: the Apocalyptic Era. 13:21 I want you to take your Bibles 13:23 because I'm just an old-fashioned Bible preacher. 13:26 I'm going to turn over here to the little apocalypse - 13:28 to Matthew 24- and I'm going to read a heap of texts. 13:32 Matthew chapter 24 and verses 1 down to 14. 13:37 And give me a little more fallback on these things please. 13:40 Matthew 24 and verses 1 down to 14. 13:43 That's getting better. 13:45 I'll get warmed up soon. 13:46 Matthew 24:1-14: "Jesus left the temple... " 13:49 Have you folks got your Bibles here? 13:51 Amen. Look me in the eye. Let me tell you folks something. 13:54 If you don't bring your Bibles to church, 13:56 you've got a real spiritual problem. 13:58 You really have. 13:59 And I'm not talking about a Bible on a computer either. 14:02 I'm talking about a Bible - you know - that's a real Bible. 14:05 Matthew 24: "Jesus left the temple 14:08 and was walking away when His disciples came up to Him 14:11 to call His attention to its buildings. 14:14 'Do you see all these things? ' He asked. 14:16 'I tell you the truth: not one stone here will be left 14:19 on another. Every one will be thrown down. ' " 14:21 This happened of course in 70 AD 14:24 when the Romans came like the wolf on the fold 14:27 and destroyed the city of Jerusalem. 14:29 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives 14:32 the disciples came to Him privately. 'Tell us, ' they said 14:35 'when will this happen? 14:36 What will be the sign of Your coming 14:38 and of the end of the age? ' " 14:40 Or as the KJV says: "the end of the world. " 14:43 "Jesus answered: 'Watch out that no one deceives you. ' " 14:46 Religious deception. 14:47 'For many will come in My name claiming "I am the Christ... " 14:51 False preachers. 14:53 'and will deceive many. 14:55 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars 14:57 but see to it that you are not alarmed. 15:00 Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 15:04 Nation will rise against nation 15:06 and kingdom against kingdom. 15:08 There'll be famines and earthquakes in various places. 15:11 All these are the beginnings of the birth pains. ' " 15:15 Our Lord said that the earth would go through a time of 15:19 tremendous trouble like a woman goes through 15:22 before the baby is born. 15:24 Verse 9 says: "Then you'll be handed over to be persecuted 15:27 and put to death, and you'll be hated by all nations 15:30 because of Me. " Worldwide persecution. 15:35 Then it says: "At that time many will turn away from the faith 15:39 and will betray and hate each other 15:42 and many false prophets will appear 15:44 and deceive many people. " 15:47 Religious deception on a worldwide scale. 15:50 "Because of the increase of wickedness 15:54 the love of most will grow cold. " 15:57 And it's talking about people in the church. 16:02 "But he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 16:06 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole 16:10 world as a testimony to all nations 16:14 and then the end will come. " 16:17 Listen to me... listen to me 16:19 because tonight I've got a fire in my soul 16:22 and I want every person watching the telecast 16:25 to get this fire tonight. 16:27 The Bible talks - Jesus, our Lord, talks - 16:30 about the end of the age. 16:34 And Jesus spoke about a final generation. 16:39 I have a conviction that we could be the final generation. 16:45 Would you come down to the verse now? Verse 28? 16:48 Matthew 24 and verse 28. 16:51 Jesus said: "Wherever there is a carcass 16:57 there the vultures will gather. " What does it mean? 17:02 Jesus said that all of society 17:07 including American society is going to become 17:11 like a stinking rotten corpse. 17:17 Society is going to go down, down, and down. 17:25 Then the eagles - or judgment - will come upon the world. 17:31 And so don't get the idea that things are going to get better. 17:35 Things are going to get worse and then Jesus is going to come. 17:40 Now I want you to take your Bible and turn over here 17:43 to Luke 21 and verse 25-36. 17:48 Luke 21 and verse 25... 17:53 down to verse 36. Here it is. 17:57 I'm reading a lot out of the Bible because 18:00 I believe the power is in the Bible. 18:02 "There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. 18:08 On the earth nations will be in anguish and perplexity 18:13 at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 18:19 Men will faint from terror 18:22 apprehensive of what is coming on the world 18:27 for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 18:31 At that time they'll see the Son of Man 18:34 coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 18:40 When these things begin to take place 18:43 stand up and lift up your heads 18:46 because your redemption is drawing near. " 18:49 It is time for God's people to stand up 18:53 and shout glory - glory - because the Lord is on His way. 18:59 Amen. 19:00 Now keep on reading, folks. 19:02 You're a good audience... you really are. 19:05 Jesus said... verse 29... He told them this parable: 19:10 "Look at the fig trees and all the trees. 19:13 When they spout leaves you can see for yourselves 19:16 and know that summer is near. 19:19 Even so when you see these things happening 19:22 you know that the kingdom of God is near. 19:26 I tell you the truth: this generation will certainly 19:29 not pass away until all these things have happened. 19:33 Heaven and earth will pass away 19:35 but My words will never pass away" said our Lord. 19:40 "Be careful or your hearts will be weighted down with 19:44 dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life 19:50 and that day will close on you unexpectedly 19:54 like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live 19:58 on the face of the whole earth. 20:00 Be always on the watch and pray that you may be able to escape 20:04 all that is about to happen 20:06 and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. " 20:11 Now listen to me my dear friends 20:13 in the little bit of time we've got here tonight. 20:15 And God is going to bless us. 20:17 The Holy Spirit is going to come into this meeting tonight. 20:21 The Bible tells us that there is going to be a final generation. 20:26 I know we live in an age of skepticism 20:30 in the world and in our own church. 20:34 I know we've got people who say 20:37 "Well you people have been preaching that stuff 20:39 and the Lord hasn't come. " 20:42 I want to tell them something tonight: 20:44 the Lord IS going to come. Amen! 20:47 The Lord may delay but the Lord is going to come 20:51 and He's going to come in power and He's going to come 20:55 in great glory. Hallelujah! Amen. 20:58 Now we're going to talk tonight for a little bit 21:01 about ten great signs. 21:05 And I want you to know tonight that the clock is ticking 21:09 and that the sands of time are running out. 21:13 Sign #1... we've got to go fast tonight. 21:17 Number 1: terrorism and the time of trouble. 21:25 There's no excuse for terrorism. 21:29 We've seen the dreadful actions of terrorists 21:33 in the Middle East even during the last few days. 21:37 There is no excuse for terrorism. 21:39 Terrorism is of the devil. 21:45 But I would remind you, my American friends 21:49 and my Australian friends watching the telecast, 21:52 that injustice is a breeding ground for terrorism. 21:58 Millions of refugees 22:03 in camps breed angry young men. 22:13 Around the world 22:16 terrorists are growing and growing and growing. 22:20 And I want to tell you folks something: 22:23 there'll be no end to the terrorists until Jesus comes 22:28 because society breeds terrorism today. 22:34 We breed it by false theology. 22:36 Now I'm going to say some things that are controversial... 22:39 which I never do. 22:46 As they say: "Lord have mercy. " 22:48 Now just listen to this. 22:50 False theology. 22:53 There is a great mis- understanding of Bible prophecy. 22:58 The prophecies about Israel. 23:01 The belief that the state of Israel is God's special nation. 23:07 Israel is a great nation 23:11 but she is no more the children of God 23:15 than Russia or America or Australia. 23:19 She is a Gentile nation 23:23 because the only people, my friend, who belong to the 23:27 house of Israel are the people who have accepted Christ 23:31 the Lord. Amen! 23:33 But you've got theology being taught today 23:36 in this great land... You know about it. 23:40 The idea that the church is raptured before the great 23:43 tribulation. Some people say: "Don't talk about it! 23:47 You'll get some people mad. " 23:48 I want you to know that idea is not taught in the Bible. 23:54 It's a fallacy. 23:58 The idea that converted Jews will spread the gospel 24:02 after the rapture... I want you to know 24:04 there'll be no people on the earth after Jesus comes. 24:08 That the antichrist attacks a restored temple 24:12 after 3-1/2 years... 24:16 And these ideas 24:21 have so permeated our society 24:26 that they even have a tendency to influence 24:30 decisions that are made. 24:36 But I want you folks to know this: 24:39 terrorism is a sign of the end. 24:43 Now we have the possibility of a war between Israel 24:48 and Iran. I say: "Lord have mercy upon us 24:54 because that will bring upon the world a holocaust! " 24:58 Israel is armed with nuclear weapons. 25:01 Iran is ruled by fanatical religious leaders. 25:12 How can people think it is business as usual 25:17 while the clock... the prophetic clock... is ticking? 25:24 Did you know there are suitcase nuclear bombs? 25:28 They're working on technology so that 25:31 they can carry nuclear weapons in handbags. 25:35 I guess they'd have to be big handbags. 25:41 It's only a matter of time before American cities 25:46 are destroyed. 25:49 It's only a matter of time, 25:52 and God has given to the church a message to preach. 25:56 This cannot be business as usual 25:59 unless we are so spiritually dead we cannot see the signs 26:04 of the times. Are you with me tonight? Amen! 26:06 Time fails me to tell of Pakistan, India, 26:12 North Korea... all with weapons. 26:15 The Bible spoke in Revelation 7 about the angel 26:20 holding back the winds of strife. 26:23 And when God says to the angel: "Let 'em go, " 26:28 everything that is written in the apocalypse 26:32 is going to happen. 26:34 And the things that we should have done we're going to say 26:38 to ourselves: "Why didn't we do it? " 26:43 Why does God send us this warning message? 26:45 Because He loves us! 26:47 He's preparing for us a home in glory 26:52 and therefore I want to tell you the good news is this. 26:56 You may say: "There's no good news in terrorism. " 26:59 The good news is this: Jesus is coming. 27:01 Amen! That's the good news. 27:04 Number 2... sign number 2: 27:06 I may not get through to the ten. 27:08 I don't care 'cause I'm going to preach tomorrow night. 27:11 And then I'm going to preach on Sabbath morning. 27:13 I may only get to point 10 by 12 o'clock on Sabbath morning. 27:17 That's all right... but then I've got other sermons, too. 27:21 Point number 2... second sign: 27:23 natural and man-made disasters. 27:29 You know what's going on at Yellowstone, don't you? 27:32 This is not speculation. 27:33 Did you know that the earth is rising in Yellowstone? 27:37 Did you know that? 27:38 Did you know that the people at National Geographic 27:42 have carried out scientific experiments 27:45 and they say beneath Yellowstone 27:48 there is a holocaust which is the greatest, the most potent 27:53 power probably in the history of the world. 27:56 And if it goes, the wave of lava 28:02 will take you out and will take out as far away 28:07 as Los Angeles. 28:11 The time is ticking. God has 28:14 an arsenal already prepared. 28:18 Time fails me to tell of earthquakes, 28:23 tsunamis, tornadoes, global warming. 28:29 I'm going to say "warning" because that's what the 28:32 National Geographic called its edition: Global Warning. 28:39 The earth is protesting her rape 28:44 by men and women consumed by greed. 28:50 The earth has been raped, and the earth is running a fever. 28:57 Global warming. 29:00 The good news is: Jesus is coming. 29:05 Sign number 3: now this is a strong one. 29:10 Doesn't apply to you, I believe, but it's a strong one 29:15 so I'm going to move it along right now. 29:18 The dumbing down... I'll say it again... 29:22 The dumbing down... the dumbing down of religion 29:28 and politics in preparation 29:31 for the mark of the beast. 29:39 We have become so dumbed down 29:45 that we can only elect a president 29:50 on 5-second sound segments. 29:57 Because we have become so dumbed down 30:02 by Hollywood and by society 30:09 that most of us can no longer think for ourselves 30:13 and therefore most of us will easily get the mark 30:17 of the beast. 30:20 I want you to take your Bible and turn over here 30:23 to Revelation 13:14-17. 30:27 I'm taking about the dumbing down of religion 30:32 and politics. 30:34 Revelation 13:14-17. 30:39 The apocalypse... the last book in the Bible. 30:43 Revelation 13:14. 30:49 Did I say 14? Yes I did. 30:54 "Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf 30:58 of the first beast he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. 31:04 He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast 31:07 who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 31:11 He was given power to give breath to the image of the 31:14 first beast so that it could speak and cause all who refuse 31:18 to worship the image to be killed. 31:22 He also forced everyone - small and great, 31:25 rich and poor, free and slave - 31:28 to receive a mark on his right hand 31:32 or on his forehead so that no one could buy or sell 31:36 unless he had the mark which is the name of the beast 31:39 or the number of his name. 31:42 This calls for wisdom. 31:44 If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number 31:47 of the beast for it is a man's number. 31:50 His number is 666. " 31:52 Now what I'm going to say is true 31:56 but gives little comfort. 31:59 The Christian Science Monitor 32:03 has published an article on religion 32:07 in the United States of America. 32:11 And I guess what applies here 32:14 applies with equal force in Australia and other places. 32:21 The Christian Science Monitor says 32:25 that religion in North America 32:30 has produced a group... a race of people... 32:34 who are monumentally ignorant. 32:40 It says that Christians know nothing 32:45 of the scriptures or the Word of God 32:49 and they can no longer think for themselves. 32:55 I add the words: "and thus they have become 32:59 candidates for the mark of the beast 33:02 because they don't think for themselves. " 33:05 Satan has successfully... I'm not saying this is true of you. 33:10 He has successfully worked to destroy our minds, 33:14 the capacity to think for ourselves. 33:18 We have become by and large a race of conformists... 33:23 even in our own church... 33:25 who are easily duped by slogans. 33:29 We easily believe lies... 33:32 whether those lies are told to us by government leaders 33:36 or by church leaders. 33:42 And so vast numbers of people in this great land 33:46 and in Australia and in other places 33:49 believe lies 33:54 without a second thought. 33:58 What is needed? Now my friend, 34:00 that is the very condition that prepares the world 34:03 for the mark of the beast. 34:05 Let me tell you what an Adventist Christian ought to be. 34:08 An Adventist Christian ought to be a person 34:12 and a Baptist Christian ought to be the same. 34:16 Any Christian ought to be the same. 34:18 A person who reads the Bible and by the grace of God 34:24 he thinks for himself. Amen! 34:27 Now we had a little lady who was a non-conformist 34:30 in our church, and it caused some people a lot of trouble. 34:36 She still does. 34:40 She said: "What is needed? People who read and study 34:45 the Word who will not be bought or sold at any price. 34:49 Whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle 34:53 to the pole. " Amen! 34:57 "People who have the integrity to say 'no' to sin, 35:01 tyranny, brainwashing, mind control, bribes, 35:07 or any promotion that comes with a price. " 35:13 Remember Martin Luther. 35:15 He said: "Unless I am convinced by reason or the text of the 35:20 Bible I cannot AND I WILL NOT recant. " 35:26 Now the dumbing down of religion and politics 35:29 is good news, however, 35:31 because it tells us Jesus is coming. Amen. 35:37 Now the fourth sign... And I'm sorry that these signs 35:41 are so so strong that they may disturb some of the saints. 35:47 The fourth sign is a sleeping church. 35:52 And I'm talking about my own church. 35:55 And I'm turning over here to Matthew 25 verses 1 down to 13. 36:00 Matthew 25 verses 1 down to 13. 36:08 Matthew 25 1 down to 13. 36:10 "At that time the kingdom of heaven will be 36:12 like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet 36:16 the bridegroom. " That is our Lord. 36:18 "Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 36:22 The foolish ones took their lamps 36:24 but did not take any oil with them. 36:26 The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 36:31 The bridegroom was a long time in coming 36:35 and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. " 36:39 The whole lot. 36:41 "At midnight the cry rang out 'Here is the bridegroom; 36:45 come out to meet Him. ' 36:47 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. " 36:50 Now it is plain as you read that story 36:53 that this is referring to the true church in the last days. 36:58 But the Bible says even the true church 37:03 is asleep. 37:06 The good and the bad in the church are largely 37:12 asleep... indifferent to Christ and truth. 37:17 And that is one reason, my friend, 37:20 why there is so little real evangelism 37:23 and the preaching of the gospel to vast crowds of people. 37:29 I'm here to tell you tonight something: 37:31 the time is ripe for the preaching of the gospel 37:36 and the world is ready to hear it. 37:39 But what about the church? 37:44 The church seems to sleep on indifferent. 37:53 This lethargy is an amazement to angels and men 37:57 but it is a sign of the times. 37:59 But a sleeping church, in a sense, is good news 38:05 because Jesus is coming. 38:09 The fifth sign... here it is. The fifth sign: 38:14 spiritism. 38:17 The rise and the reign of spiritism. 38:21 Take your Bibles and turn with me to Revelation chapter 16 38:25 and verses 12 through to 14 dear hearts and gentle people. 38:30 Revelation chapter 16 38:33 and verses 12 and onwards. 38:38 The Bible says: 38:40 "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river 38:43 Euphrates and its water was dried up to prepare the way 38:48 for the kings from the east. 38:50 Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs. 38:55 They came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the 38:58 mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 39:00 They are the spirits of demons performing miraculous signs 39:05 and they go out to the kings of the whole world 39:07 to gather them for the battle of the great day of 39:11 God Almighty. 39:12 Behold, I come like a thief. 39:15 Blessed is he who stays awake 39:18 and keeps his clothes with him so that he may not go naked 39:22 and be shamefully exposed. " 39:27 I don't know if you are aware of the fact 39:32 that it seems today that from that pit of great iniquity - 39:40 that pit of iniquity that is polluting the world with evil: 39:45 Hollywood - 39:48 every second movie seems to be about demons 39:52 or evil spirits. 39:56 Mmmm. I believe that Hollywood 39:59 is helping prepare the world for the very end. 40:05 Spiritism is real. 40:08 I don't have time tonight to talk about it. 40:11 But listen, I can tell you some things because I know it's true. 40:15 I'm not an armchair theologian. 40:19 I'm not an armchair theologian. 40:21 I am out in the battle. 40:23 Last year when I preached in Honiara... 40:27 Vast crowds... the biggest crowds in the history of that 40:31 part of the world. Thousands. 40:34 More than half the city of Honiara came every night 40:38 to the meetings. 40:41 Before the meeting on spiritism 40:43 I said to my men and my ladies on the team: 40:48 "Beware. Tonight we're going to have problems. " 40:53 They said: "You think so? " 40:55 I said: "Oh, it happens. " 40:56 So we prayed earnestly. 40:59 As soon as I walked out on the stage 41:01 there came a tremendous wind. 41:04 Just about blew me straight off the big stage. 41:07 And then the rain came down. 41:09 We're out of doors, you see. 41:10 We don't have a roof over our heads... 41:12 we've only got the sky. 41:13 So the rain came down in sheets. 41:17 But I cried out to God and I said to the audience: 41:19 "We are now under attack. " 41:22 "We're under attack ladies and gentlemen. " 41:24 You know how many people got up and walked out? 41:28 I guess about 50 women with their babies went to a place 41:32 where they had shelter. 35,000 people sat in the rain. 41:36 Got sopping wet. So did I! 41:40 I was pleased to be preaching in the rain 41:44 and getting sopping wet with the saints of God 41:48 and fighting the devil. Amen! 41:52 And as I preached on... As I cried out to God 41:56 because this is what I do when I'm preaching: 41:57 I cry out to God. I said: "God, come to our help. 42:00 We're under attack here. " 42:02 I was preaching on spiritism. 42:04 Then after we'd taken a good beating for about 40 minutes 42:08 the rain stopped and I preached on. 42:11 I was sopping wet; the people were sopping wet. 42:13 The stage was sopping wet. Then I had an altar call 42:16 and about 10,000 people came down the front to turn to God. 42:21 But the next night when I walked out on the stage 42:27 I believe in an unseen world of evil spirits. 42:32 I believe in an unseen world of Holy Spirits, too. 42:37 The angels. As I walked out on the stage 42:40 and I started to preach to that vast audience 42:43 and I'm preaching from the Bible and we have these vast 42:46 screens, a huge stage. 42:49 I felt on this shoulder 42:53 a strong hand grab me by the shoulder. 42:57 I felt the fingers go into my back. 43:00 I thought it was the campaign manager, Pastor Harold Harker, 43:05 come to tell me that maybe someone was going to try to 43:08 shoot me or something. 43:09 So I... I turned around. 43:14 There was somebody there but I couldn't see him. 43:21 But I felt the hand on my shoulder. 43:26 I talked to the native pastors. 43:28 I said: "What do you think? " They said: 43:30 "God was there. 43:34 A holy angel put his hand on your shoulder 43:37 to tell you: 'Be strong! Be of good courage. ' " 43:42 My friend, we live when the great warfare 43:47 between Christ and Satan is heating up. 43:51 I could talk to you about people who come to my meetings 43:54 who tell me that they talk to their dead loved ones. 43:57 But I've got no time tonight so I'm going to move along. 44:00 Sign number six: the days of Sodom are here. 44:05 I want you to come to the book of Jude and verse 7. 44:08 The book of Jude - second to last book in the Bible - 44:11 Jude verse 7. 44:13 And I've got some plain things to say about this tonight. 44:16 I believe it needs to be said 44:18 and I'm glad that 3ABN has the courage still 44:22 to preach the truth of the Bible. Amen! 44:24 Because we live in a time of great controversy 44:27 and not every channel - not every Christian channel - 44:30 is prepared to preach the truth of the Bible. 44:32 But 3ABN is... so you ought to support it. 44:36 Verse 7: "In a similar way 44:40 Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns 44:44 gave themselves up 44:46 to sexual immorality and perversion. 44:53 They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment 44:58 of eternal fire. " When it talks about 45:03 that perversion, my friend in America, 45:07 my friend in Australia, 45:11 my friend in Papua, New Guinea, 45:16 it is talking about the perversion of men 45:21 having sex with men. 45:27 And the Bible tells me that the wrath of Almighty God 45:32 came upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 45:36 because of that dreadful sin. 45:40 Let it be said very plainly 45:43 God loves the homosexual 45:46 just as He loves the heterosexual. 45:50 I've said it when I was the pastor of the church out there. 45:54 We have a new pastor - Pastor James Venegas. 45:57 Just a wonderful pastor and a man of God. 46:00 But I said when I was the pastor 46:03 "The doors of this church are open to every homosexual 46:08 in Los Angeles. You're wanted. " 46:10 Of course you couldn't fit them in. 46:12 We don't have a church big enough. 46:15 So God loves homosexuals. 46:19 But listen: when the president of the United States endorsed 46:24 same-sex marriage it was a blow to America 46:28 and the American family. 46:30 When the NAACP 46:34 threw their influence behind same-sex marriage 46:40 they turned their backs on the Word of God. 46:47 Judgment came upon Sodom and judgment came upon Rome. 46:52 It was said of Nero, the Roman emperor, 46:55 "He was every woman's man 46:58 and every man's woman. " 47:01 And that's why Rome went down. 47:05 Let not America think that she is so mighty 47:11 that God will not bring her down. 47:16 If you go to Washington, you can go... 47:19 Now I know I'll get letters from people saying 47:22 "You shouldn't preach on these things. " 47:24 Do you want me to be a liar? No! 47:28 Do you want me to be a coward? 47:31 Do you want me to go the way of apostate Israel? 47:35 By the grace of God I will preach the Word. 47:39 Amen! 47:40 If you go to Washington, you go to the Lincoln Memorial 47:44 and there is a great statement there. And it says: 47:47 "God is just, and justice cannot sleep forever. " 47:58 But the days of Sodom and Gomorrah are good news. 48:02 Jesus is coming. 48:05 Now my dear friends and gentle people, 48:12 I'm not going to get through these ten points... 48:15 but I'll get through them sometime. 48:18 But let me talk about one of the great prophecies 48:21 in the Bible, and that is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 48:26 Now take your Bibles and turn over here to Joel chapter 2. 48:31 Hosea, Joel... chapter 2 and verse 28 and onwards. 48:36 Have you got this text my dear friends? Turn to it. 48:39 We only guarantee the salvation of those people who bring 48:43 their Bibles to church. Joel chapter 2:28 and onwards. 48:47 "And afterward I will pour out My Spirit on all people. 48:50 Your sons and daughters will prophesy; 48:53 your old men will dream dreams... " 48:55 So everybody, you see? 49:00 "Your young men are going to see visions; 49:05 even on my servants both men and women. " 49:09 The women are going to get the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 49:12 "I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 49:16 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: 49:18 blood and fire and billows of smoke. " 49:21 I'm going to tell you a couple of quick stories. 49:23 Want everybody watching 3ABN tonight... 49:26 I want you to listen up. 49:28 I want you to hear something tonight 49:30 because it's absolutely wonderful. It is the truth. 49:33 Not long ago I was in China... at least in Hong Kong. 49:38 They brought in all of the pastors from that part of the 49:41 world and all the pastors from inland China. 49:46 It was my privilege to preach to them for three days 49:49 and we had a great evangelism seminar. 49:52 I'm going to tell you something. 49:54 Now this should give you a lot of hope. 49:58 In China we had a work. We had hospitals. 50:02 We had sanitariums. 50:04 We were established in China and then came the Communists. 50:09 And then came the Cultural Revolution. 50:12 You know what happened? 50:15 They took away our hospitals. 50:17 They took away our institutions, 50:21 and virtually all of our church members gave up the truth 50:27 and the light went out in China. 50:32 I was talking to a Chinese pastor... a saint of God. 50:37 He said: "The Communists told me you can never preach again. " 50:41 The next Sabbath he went to his church 50:44 and he preached a sermon... and they took him to prison. 50:48 He was put there for 10 years and beaten and tortured. 50:54 Every night he had to lie on a concrete slab. 50:58 His clothes rotted away. 51:00 He had hardly any decent food. 51:03 He became emaciated; he was sick. 51:09 Then after 10 years they said to him: 51:12 "We're going to let you out. 51:13 But you can write to your loved ones. You can write a letter. " 51:17 And so he wrote a letter to his mother - 51:20 our Chinese pastor - and he said: "Dearest Mother. " 51:25 The Communist officials said: "You can't send that letter. 51:30 You've got to take out the word dearest. 51:32 Nobody is dear to you. " 51:35 That's what the pastor told me. 51:37 They said: "You can't send that letter. 51:39 Nobody is dear to you. You're nothing; you're a scumbag. " 51:44 And then they put him in a rehabilitation center 51:47 indoctrination for 10 years. 51:50 He said: "It was worse than the prison. " 51:53 The beatings... twenty years in prison. 51:58 China threw out the West. 52:03 It threw out the foreign missionaries. 52:07 The Americans were sent home. 52:11 All the foreigners were sent home. 52:14 And the Communists said: "God has been sent home" 52:19 and the light went out. 52:24 You know what happened? 52:28 Do you want to know what happened? 52:33 This was told to me by the church's authority on history 52:39 for that time period. 52:41 Then they saw a little light over there. 52:45 A little light over here starting to shine 52:48 and then a little light over there. 52:51 The Spirit of God came down and without anybody from the 52:57 Western world He raised up thousands - 53:01 hundreds of thousands - of new believers on fire for God. 53:08 Now I want to say something to the ladies here tonight 53:13 because I think sometimes man ought to get out of God's 53:16 work and let God be God. 53:18 I spoke to a lady pastor. 53:22 I have never in my life felt the love that I felt 53:28 when I spoke to those people from Communist China. 53:35 This lady pastor is the pastor of a church of 20,000. 53:41 No men pastors. 53:43 She's the pastor of a church of 20,000, 53:47 ordained by God to preach the Word 53:51 and anointed by the Holy Ghost. Amen! 53:54 She's got a few young women who help her. 53:58 The church is carried largely... 54:01 you're not going to hear this everywhere... 54:03 The church is carried largely in China by the women. 54:08 God does His work in ways that astound the carnal mind. 54:13 I want you to know that Jesus is coming. 54:18 Listen: Jesus said the gospel of the kingdom is going to be 54:21 preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations 54:26 and then He said: "the end is coming. " 54:32 Listen: I have seen the power of God. 54:37 I'm going to talk about it more later. 54:40 I've seen the power of God. 54:43 Up in Port Moresby 100,000... 120,000... 54:48 130,000. The biggest crowds - secular crowds - in the history 54:54 of our church in more than 160 years. 54:59 You tell me... you tell me... The skeptic tells me 55:03 "It's lost its power. The day of evangelism is dead. " 55:08 No! It's not dead... you're dead. Amen! 55:11 You're dead. The skeptic is dead; the unbeliever is dead. 55:17 The last Thursday night I preached on the ministry 55:20 of the Holy Ghost... the Holy Spirit. 55:24 We put up a giant dove on the screen. Huge screen. 55:29 Huge projectors. 55:30 As I was preaching as I was taken home 55:34 one of the pastors came to me and he said: "Pastor Carter, 55:38 my members have come to me and they say a giant white dove 55:43 as you were preaching was flying over the audience. " 55:46 I said: "No? " 55:48 He said: "That's what our members are saying. " 55:50 I said: "No. " 55:55 Then the last Saturday night I was standing behind the 55:58 blackboard talking to a government minister 56:04 and I heard a cry from a crowd of maybe 150,000 people 56:10 like the sound of many waters. 56:16 And a great white bird swooped in and flew lovingly 56:20 over the audience. The people cried out 56:24 "God has visited His people. " 56:26 I have seen the power of God. 56:31 The good news is Jesus is coming. 56:36 Jesus is coming. Amen! 56:39 I want you to bow your heads. 56:41 Oh my Father, tonight we thank you 56:42 for the Bible. We thank you for Christ. 56:46 We thank you for the prophecies. 56:48 Help us to preach the Word with all our hearts. 56:50 Help us not to be cowards in this tremendous hour. 56:54 We thank you for the good news of the gospel: 56:57 that Christ died for fallen, lost sinners 57:01 and that He loves us... every person. 57:04 Bless us here tonight and fill us with the Spirit of God. 57:08 We thank you in Jesus' name, Amen; Amen. 57:13 God bless you dear folks. 57:15 God loves you... so do I. |
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