Participants: John Carter
Series Code: 12HC
Program Code: 12HC000011
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00:47 Well this is the time we've been waiting for.
00:53 And last night we had an afterglow 00:58 after we went off the air. 01:00 And I've had people tell me 01:03 that they enjoyed the afterglow 01:05 more than anything that's happened at Camp Meeting 01:09 and the experiences that were discussed... 01:14 some of the miracles that God has done, 01:17 especially in the former Soviet Union. 01:21 And I mentioned last night to the group that was here 01:26 that these two men - 01:30 John Carter and Danny Shelton - 01:35 became partners shortly after 01:39 3ABN became a network 01:42 and that God has blessed that partnership 01:45 so tremendously. We have seen it in so many ways. 01:51 Souls that have been won. 01:54 I've had people tell me: "We wouldn't even know who 01:56 John Carter was if it weren't for 3ABN. " 01:59 And then we've had people tell us that they love 3ABN 02:03 because John Carter's a part of it. 02:06 So they both have worked together 02:08 in spreading the gospel. 02:11 It's been beautiful, and I appreciate it so much. 02:15 Two humble men of faith. 02:18 And this morning Danny's going to come. 02:23 Before he does I want to just say this: 02:25 my first trip here as president 02:28 we went into the worship room and they began to sing 02:32 Holy Ground. And I had on loafers. 02:37 I didn't say anything to anybody but I slipped out of them 02:41 because I felt like Moses 02:44 standing on holy ground. 02:49 And then after Danny sings 02:51 Pastor John Carter with God's message for today. 03:15 As I walked through the door 03:19 I sensed His presence. 03:25 And I knew 03:28 this was the place 03:31 where love abounds. 03:37 For this is the temple 03:41 Jehovah God abides in. 03:47 We are standing 03:51 in His presence 03:55 on holy ground. 04:01 We are standing 04:07 on holy ground. 04:14 And I know 04:17 that there are angels 04:21 all around. 04:26 Let us praise 04:29 let us praise 04:32 Jesus now. 04:37 We are standing 04:41 in His presence 04:44 on holy ground. 04:59 In His presence 05:02 there is joy beyond measure. 05:09 And at His feet 05:13 peace of mind 05:17 can still be found. 05:22 If you have a need 05:27 my God has the answer. 05:33 Reach out and claim it 05:36 for child you are standing 05:40 on holy ground. 05:43 Wherever you are with Jesus is holy ground. 05:45 We are standing 05:51 on holy ground. 05:57 And I know 06:01 that there are angels 06:04 all around. 06:09 Let us praise 06:13 let us praise 06:16 Jesus now. 06:21 We are standing 06:24 in His presence 06:28 on holy ground. Stand with me and sing this. 06:33 We are standing 06:38 on holy ground. 06:45 And I know 06:48 that there are angels all around 06:52 all around. I feel it today. 06:57 Let us praise - let us praise - 07:03 our Jesus now. 07:09 We... sing it... 07:11 in His presence... What are we doing? 07:14 We're standing. We are standing 07:18 in His presence... 07:21 We are standing 07:24 in His presence 07:28 on holy 07:32 ground. 07:36 Holy ground. 07:42 You can be seated. 07:51 Were you blessed by that today? Amen. 07:53 Danny has been blessed by God with a gift, hasn't he? 07:58 And it's just a great privilege to be here at 3ABN. 08:02 I believe that God raised up 3ABN 08:05 for such an hour as this. Can you say "Amen" to that? 08:08 Amen. Amen to that. 08:10 My topic today is Going Forward In Faith. 08:15 What is it? Going Forward In Faith. 08:18 John Wesley was a firebrand in the hand of Almighty God. 08:24 He preached wherever God called him to preach. 08:28 And on one occasion the great preacher was called 08:31 before the Anglican bishop 08:34 who loved to pontificate. 08:38 Sometimes religious leaders instead of obeying God 08:44 they play God. And this bishop was not obeying 08:49 but he was playing God. 08:52 And he said: "Mr. Wesley, you are preaching outside 08:57 of your parish. Go back to your own parish 09:02 Mr. Wesley. " 09:04 And John Wesley said: "My lord archbishop, 09:08 my parish is the world. " 09:13 He believed that God had given him a message 09:16 that was so great and so powerful 09:21 and so needed that he could not be confined 09:26 to any one place. 09:27 I believe that God has given to us as a people 09:31 a message that is so great and so powerful 09:35 that it cannot be confined to one town 09:38 or one city or one nation... 09:41 it is a message for the world. 09:43 And thus we say: "My parish is the world. " 09:49 He was a man. 09:53 As I told you last night in Australia 09:55 they say there are three sexes: 09:58 men, women, and clergymen. 10:04 Hmmm. Because today a clergyman is usually 10:08 somebody who likes sipping tea with the little old ladies. 10:13 But this man was a man of God 10:16 who went out into the blizzards. 10:18 On one occasion he walked for 10 or 15 miles 10:24 in a howling blizzard. 10:26 He had to walk beside the horse 10:29 because the horse kept falling down. 10:31 He was a man of God. 10:34 I say as Ellen White said: "Give us men... " 10:37 Give us today men and women... 10:41 One of his associates was George Whitfield 10:45 who was a tremendous man of God. 10:49 He came over here to the Americas. 10:52 On one occasion up in New England 10:54 there was a farmer who knew that he was going to come past 10:58 on the road down in the valley. 11:01 And all of a sudden he saw what appeared to be a tremendous 11:04 dust storm. And he ran and got his wife 11:08 and got their horse. And he put his wife on the horse 11:11 and ran down and joined a tremendous procession 11:15 of horses and carriages and people. 11:20 This was in America. 11:22 Come to hear the young boy preacher: George Whitfield. 11:27 And when they got to this little town 11:30 there was a table that had been set up, 11:32 and standing on the table was a slender youth. 11:37 And when he started to preach 11:39 the power of God came down 11:42 and we have never forgotten in this part of the world 11:46 the Wesleys or George Whitfield. 11:50 Whitfield would say: "My parish is the world. " 11:56 I want to say a few words right now - 12:00 I think it's appropriate - I want to say to young ministers 12:04 who are watching the telecast: 12:06 the greatest calling, young minister, is to be a preacher 12:12 of the everlasting gospel 12:15 and not to sit in an office. 12:18 Now you say: "That's rather a bold statement to say. " 12:21 Yes... but it was said before me. 12:24 I Corinthians chapter 12. Take your Bibles. 12:27 I Corinthians chapter 12 12:30 and verse 28 and onwards. 12:35 And let me tell you folks something else 12:37 because ordination is being discussed today in our church. 12:42 But I want to tell you: the greatest ordination 12:44 that every person ought to have... every man 12:48 and every woman... I want to say this: 12:51 every man and every woman who believes in Christ 12:54 is ordained by the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel. 12:59 It was said of George Whitfield in later years 13:04 "Christ, the Son of God, hath sent me 13:08 all the widespread lands. Mine the mighty ordination 13:13 of the nail-pierced hands. " 13:16 And that is an ordination every woman can have 13:19 and every man can have because it doesn't come 13:23 through the church, it comes through the Holy Spirit. 13:27 Now I Corinthians chapter 12 and verse 27. 13:31 This is to young pastors. 13:34 "Now you are the body of Christ and each one of you 13:37 is a part of it. And in the church God has appointed 13:41 first of all apostles... " 13:44 This can be translated missionaries. 13:47 The most important work in the church is the work of an apostle 13:52 or a missionary. And a missionary is a man 13:56 or a woman with a mission from God to preach and teach 14:01 the gospel. Now this is the Word of the Lord. 14:04 Some say: "Uh, we don't hear this preached a great deal. " 14:07 Well we need to get back to the Word of the Lord. 14:09 The Bible says: "first of all apostles, 14:14 second prophets... " That means a person 14:17 who expounds the Word of God. 14:21 "third teachers, then workers of miracles, 14:23 also those having gifts of healing, 14:26 those able to help others, 14:28 those with the gift of administration, 14:30 and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. " 14:33 Let nobody denigrate administration... 14:38 even though it is only number seven in importance. 14:42 But God has placed administrators into the church 14:45 to care for the church and to hold it all together. 14:49 But I want to say to every young preacher 14:52 watching or every young minister, you may not be 14:55 a preacher yet... Because some of you have come to me 14:58 and you've said this: "My greatest prayer 15:01 is that I might become a conference president. " 15:05 You do not understand scripture my young friend. 15:09 Your greatest prayer is that you might be an apostle - 15:14 number one - sent forth by God 15:17 to proclaim the holy Word of God. And can I hear an Amen? 15:21 Amen. So young men... get to understand the truth. 15:26 Jesus said: "I give unto you the keys 15:31 of the kingdom. " 15:33 Our Catholic friends quote this. We quote it too. 15:37 "I give unto you the keys of the kingdom. " 15:41 The ability to open the doors to paradise. 15:45 Is there, I ask you, a greater honor than the privilege 15:50 of having the keys of the kingdom? 15:52 You know what the keys are? 15:54 The preaching of the gospel. 15:57 Last night when I preached on the gospel 15:59 I was using the keys of the kingdom. 16:04 And the greatest desire should be in every young pastor's heart 16:08 to be an apostle for Christ 16:11 and to open the doors of paradise to a dying world. 16:16 Thus saith the Lord. 16:19 In a very special way God has given to us 16:25 a message that is bigger than any denomination. 16:30 Bigger than any parish. 16:33 Bigger than any committee. 16:36 Bigger than any earthly organization. 16:41 And because of the message that God has entrusted to us 16:45 out of our hearts burning with fire we cry 16:49 "My parish is the world. " 16:51 Now I want you to notice the message of God. 16:56 Would you please come to Revelation chapter 14 16:59 and verses 14 to 16? 17:02 And I have a sense today that the Spirit of the Lord 17:05 is in this place. 17:07 Revelation chapter 14 and verses 14 to 16. 17:13 Would you please notice this in the holy Word of God. 17:16 And when you come to church bring a Bible. 17:18 Don't bring just an iPad or an iPhone... bring a Bible. 17:22 I've got those other things too, and I don't know whether 17:26 they're good or whether they're bad. 17:28 Revelation chapter 14... I know they can be helpful 17:30 but I believe in preaching from a Bible. 17:34 Revelation chapter 14... But then, of course, I'm just 17:37 an old-fashioned Bible preacher you know. 17:40 Revelation 14 verses... let me see... 17:44 come down to verse 14. "I looked and there before me 17:48 was a white cloud and seated on the cloud 17:51 was one like the Son of Man with a crown of gold on His head 17:55 and a sharp sickle in His hand. " 17:57 This is our blessed Lord. 17:58 "Then another angel came out of the temple 18:01 and called in a loud voice to Him who was sitting on the cloud 18:05 'Take Your sickle and reap 18:07 because the time to reap has come 18:09 for the harvest of the earth is ripe. ' 18:12 So He who was seated on the cloud 18:14 took His sickle... " Yes, "He who was seated on the cloud 18:18 swung His sickle over the earth 18:22 and the earth was harvested. " 18:26 Now please understand this. 18:29 This is a picture of our Lord's return. 18:34 When Jesus comes again He doesn't come 18:38 to make an atonement for the sins of the world. 18:42 He did that on the cross. 18:44 But when He comes again He comes as the Lord of the harvest 18:50 and He comes to separate the good from the bad, 18:53 the wheat from the tares. 18:55 But before our blessed Lord returns 18:58 in power and great glory as the Lord of the harvest 19:03 He sends to this world the greatest message of truth 19:08 that you can imagine. 19:10 I want you to come now to Revelation chapter 14 19:12 and verses 6 down to 12. 19:16 Revelation chapter 14 and verse 6 and onwards. 19:22 "Then I saw another angel 19:26 flying in the midst of heaven in mid air... " 19:30 it says here in the NIV. 19:32 "And he had the eternal gospel to proclaim 19:36 to those who live on the earth 19:39 to every nation, tribe, language, and people... " 19:43 He said in a soft voice... 19:47 He said in a voice that was a whispering hope... 19:53 No! "He said in a LOUD voice 19:57 'Fear God and give Him glory 19:59 because the hour of His judgment has come. 20:02 Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, 20:06 the sea, and the springs of water. ' " 20:09 The first angel's message. 20:11 "The second angel followed and said: 20:13 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great 20:16 which made all the nations drink the maddening wine 20:20 of her adultery. ' 20:22 A third angel followed and said in a LOUD voice: 20:27 'If anyone worships the beast and his image 20:30 and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand 20:34 he too will drink of the wine of God's fury 20:37 which has been poured full strength into the cup 20:40 of His wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulphur 20:44 in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 20:47 And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. 20:52 There is no rest day or night 20:55 for those who worship the beast and his image 20:59 or for anyone who receives the mark of his name. 21:04 This calls for patient endurance 21:08 on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments 21:12 and remain faithful to Jesus. ' " 21:14 I want you to notice this. 21:17 I want to say this to every young pastor 21:19 who is watching the telecast today. 21:22 Just listen and listen good 21:25 because your salvation, young pastor, may depend upon 21:29 you getting this message today. 21:31 I say it in the name of Jesus... listen to me. 21:34 Before Jesus comes God sends to the world 21:39 a great message symbolized by three angels 21:43 flying in the midst of heaven. 21:46 Therefore I want to say to you 21:48 "We are not just another church. " Amen! 21:52 I love the Baptists. 21:55 Some of my best friends are Baptists. 21:57 But we are not the Baptist church. 22:00 I come from an Anglican church background. 22:03 My mother belonged to the great mother church 22:07 of the Protestant faith. 22:09 But this message, my friend, is not something that my 22:13 Anglican friends believe in preaching. 22:17 And we don't say that at all in a critical way 22:21 because God loves those people. 22:23 And some of the greatest saints of God are in those great 22:26 churches... not excluding the great Roman Catholic church. 22:31 But I want you to know today 22:35 that God has given to us 22:37 a distinct message that needs to go to the whole wide world. 22:42 Now I want you to notice, young pastor 22:45 and beloved church member, the Bible says 22:49 the angels are flying in the midst of heaven. 22:54 It says that in the KJV 22:57 and in the NIV that I'm using today 23:00 it says the angels are "flying in mid air. " 23:04 And I'm going to tell you something that many, many 23:07 Adventists Christians do not comprehend or understand. 23:12 The angels are not down among the cabbages. 23:22 The angels are not down among the cabbages... 23:27 the angels are up with the eagles. 23:32 This is a world-wide proclamation 23:38 and it becomes... As the preachers of God receive 23:43 the Holy Spirit it becomes the most dynamic proclamation 23:48 on the face of the earth in the midst of heaven. 23:53 It is not preaching to the choir. 23:57 So much preaching today is preaching to the choir. 24:02 Psychology sermons. 24:04 Pastoral counseling. 24:06 All of those things are just fine because there are so many 24:10 mixed up people in the world but this message 24:13 is far more than preaching to church members. 24:17 This is preaching to the world. 24:20 I want you to know that. 24:23 It is not convincing a church committee. 24:28 And some of these committees today seem to want to stand 24:32 in the way of the work of God. 24:38 But it is testifying to the guilty inhabitants 24:42 of planet earth. It is a great proclamation... 24:47 not just small groups. 24:49 Now I believe in small groups, 24:51 but I want you to know I also believe in big groups. 24:56 And this is a message that is not a small group ministry. 25:02 This is a world-wide 25:06 powerful proclamation! 25:09 It is a world-wide, earth-shaking proclamation. 25:17 Now what is the message? 25:20 Let me say this to my friend Danny Shelton 25:24 whom I love very much 25:25 and my friend Jim Gilley whom I love very much: 25:29 God has blessed 3ABN 25:33 because they've had a world-wide vision 25:37 and because they believe in the preaching 25:41 publicly of the three angels' messages. 25:44 But if that day should ever come when they stop doing that 25:48 God will take the Spirit of God out of this ministry. 25:56 I want you to notice this message. 26:01 The first part of this message and I would think the most 26:04 important part is the gospel. 26:07 "Having the everlasting gospel... " 26:11 This message does not start with the mark of the beast. 26:16 It starts with the Lamb of God. 26:20 What is the gospel? 26:22 The word gospel you all know means good news. 26:27 It doesn't mean - in spite of a million sermons to the 26:30 contrary - it's not good advice. 26:32 Most sermons today are do, do, do... cock-a-doodle do. 26:37 They will tell you what you ought to do. 26:40 The gospel doesn't tell you what you ought to do... 26:43 it tells you what God has already done. Amen! 26:47 And did you know my beloved friend 26:50 the gospel is not about you. 26:55 The gospel is about God. 26:59 It's the good news of God. 27:02 It is the good news that God loves us 27:05 even though we don't deserve Him. 27:10 Never forget it: God loves YOU 27:14 with an everlasting love. 27:16 Somebody may say here today 27:18 "I don't feel that anybody loves... " 27:21 God loves you, and He loves you with an everlasting love. 27:27 And then the Bible goes on to say, the 1st angel's message: 27:30 "Worship Him who made the heavens and the earth, 27:34 the sea, and the fountains of waters. " 27:37 This is telling us to look up to the Creator. 27:43 The God who made in our universe alone 27:48 200 billion galaxies. 27:51 We know that it's maybe 400. 27:54 Four hundred billion galaxies. 27:56 And each galaxy has on an average 200 billion suns. 28:02 And the Bible says, this is the most incomprehensible truth, 28:07 that the Almighty God who made the universe 28:12 out of nothing, 28:14 the Almighty God who spoke and it was done, 28:17 the God who made the vast cosmos, 28:21 this God in the person of Jesus became a man. 28:25 Would you come over here to John chapter 1? 28:28 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. 28:31 The truth of the incarnation. 28:35 John chapter 1 and verse 1. 28:36 Please turn in the Bible. 28:38 "In the beginning was the Word 28:40 and the Word was with God 28:42 and the Word - Christ - was God. 28:45 He was with God in the beginning. 28:47 Through Him all things were made. Without Him 28:49 nothing was made that has been made. " 28:53 And verse 10: "He was in the world 28:55 and though the world was made through Him 28:57 the world did not recognize Him. " 29:00 And then you come down to verse 14: 29:02 "The Word become flesh and made His dwelling among us. 29:07 We have seen His glory... the glory of the one and only 29:12 who came from the Father full of grace and truth. " 29:18 Can you comprehend this? 29:20 That the Almighty God who made the universe... 29:24 and astronomers tell us that the universe... 29:27 we're not talking about the earth so get this plain 29:29 in your mind... but the cosmos itself 29:33 every astronomer - whether he's a Christian or an atheist - 29:36 believes that the universe was made over 13 billion years ago. 29:42 And it was made out of nothing. 29:44 That is the consensus today of the scientific world. 29:49 And the Almighty God... Now some people say: 29:51 "No God wasn't back there. He's not that old. " 29:54 God is much bigger than we can comprehend. 29:56 And this Almighty God who made the universe 29:59 out of nothing He came down to this earth 30:02 in the person of Christ to redeem us 30:05 for our sins. 30:08 In America the voltage is 120. 30:11 In Australia it's 240. 30:15 Double the power. 30:18 Now when I got back to Australia which I do once a year or so 30:21 I take my American gadgets like a shaver. 30:26 If I plug it in to the Australian power 30:29 it is immediately destroyed because the power is too much 30:34 for the little device that I hold in my hand. 30:38 And therefore I need a step-down transformer. 30:42 And the transformer takes the power of Australia - 240- 30:46 and it converts it to a lower power of 110 30:50 that we can use. 30:53 Jesus is God's step-down transformer. 30:57 He is the God with infinite power, 31:00 infinite, infinite, infinite might, 31:04 and this Almighty God... if He had come down with all His glory 31:07 and all of His might we all would have been destroyed 31:11 because of His glory, because of His greatness. 31:14 But He became a man 31:19 so we could handle the power. 31:23 The first part of God's message is that God became a man 31:28 and He is the transformer. 31:31 He's been transforming lives for thousands of years. 31:36 He was born of a peasant girl. 31:38 Could you believe it? So much for our love of money. 31:41 He showed us what God is like. 31:44 When the woman was caught in adultery He said: 31:47 "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more. " 31:50 He was not like an ordinary religious person. 31:54 Thank God! 31:58 There are two great truths that we must learn 32:01 and we're slow to learn them. 32:03 Number one: man is far worse than he ever feared to think. 32:08 You and I are far worse than we ever feared to think 32:11 because of our sins. 32:13 And the second truth is 32:15 God is far better than man ever dared to hope. 32:20 So we're worse than we ever feared to think; 32:23 but God is far better than we ever dared to hope. 32:27 On one occasion He said: "Go tell My disciples 32:31 and Peter" because He cares for people and He loves people. 32:35 He was totally righteous. 32:38 At the end of His life He was handed over by the religious 32:42 leaders to the Romans and crucified. 32:45 We talked about it last night. 32:47 "He bore the sin of the world" the Bible says. 32:52 What sort of God is this? 32:54 Would you please come over here to Isaiah chapter 53? 32:59 Isaiah chapter 53. 33:01 Young preacher, pray that God will give you the gift of the 33:05 Holy Spirit and try to stay out of an office. 33:09 Isaiah 53 verses 4 to 6. 33:12 When you go into an office you go to #7, 33:15 so take the first place that God would give you: 33:17 the preaching of the gospel. 33:19 And don't argue with me. 33:21 Go to the Bible and see what the Bible says. 33:24 Isaiah 53 verses 4 and onwards. 33:26 "Surely He took up our infirmities 33:28 and carried our sorrows 33:30 yet we considered Him stricken by God, 33:33 smitten by Him and afflicted. 33:34 But He was pierced for our transgressions. 33:38 He was crushed for our iniquities. 33:40 The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him 33:43 and by His wounds we are healed. 33:46 We all like sheep have gone astray. 33:48 Each of us has turned to his own way 33:51 and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. " 33:56 I want you to think about this: the God who made the cosmos, 33:59 the God who made the universe, 34:02 came down in the person of His Son with flesh and bones. 34:08 And the Bible says He went to the cross - 34:11 the worst of all deaths, the worst of all horrors, 34:14 the worst of all afflictions, the worst of all tortures, 34:19 and He went there and He bore your sin and mine. 34:23 As the great Roman Catholic theologian 34:27 and television personality Bishop Fulton Sheen said: 34:31 "For one brief moment in time 34:35 He was unfurled on the cross like a wounded eagle. " 34:40 And he was unfurled on the cross to bear your sins 34:44 and to bear mine. 34:46 And if I believe with a penitent heart 34:49 I am not condemned. 34:53 John 3:16... we spoke about it last night. 34:55 "For God so loved the world 34:58 that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him 35:02 shall not perish but have everlasting life. " 35:05 The moment I truly believe with a penitent heart 35:09 and come to Christ I am declared not guilty 35:13 and I pass from death to life. 35:16 This is the first angel's message 35:20 that goes to the world with a loud voice: 35:24 that He is alive and He is coming back. 35:28 The gospel is God's message of hope, grace, forgiveness, 35:34 and everlasting life. 35:36 Everything we hunger for is ours... 35:41 and it's free. 35:43 And now the Bible says 35:48 "Fear God... give glory to Him 35:52 for the hour of His judgment is come. 35:55 Worship Him that made the heavens and the earth. " 35:58 "Fear God... " Why? Because He is holy. 36:03 Because it is the time of the judgment hour. 36:06 There are three questions we must answer. 36:09 Where did I come from? 36:11 Why am I here? 36:12 Where am I going? 36:15 Because I came from the hand of God, one day 36:19 I must meet God in judgment. 36:22 Either at the cross where He was judged for me 36:26 or before the great white throne without a mediator. 36:30 And so the great message goes to the world 36:34 that every one of us Christians and unbelievers 36:37 we are all judgment bound. 36:40 The Bible says: "Worship the Creator. " 36:46 I would tell the people - the atheists, the KGB 36:50 by the millions in Russia... 36:52 And I have had the privilege of going to Russia 36:55 now 42 times. 36:58 I love those people and God called me to go there. 37:01 I would say to them: "You are not what the Communists 37:04 said you were. You are not an animal. 37:06 You are not a machine. 37:08 You are a child of God. " Amen. 37:11 I say this to you today here at the 3ABN Center: 37:14 you are not an animal. 37:17 You are not the product of evolution. 37:20 You are not an animal. 37:22 You are not a machine. You did not come down from the trees. 37:26 You came down from the hand of God. 37:28 Amen! 37:30 That is the message that goes to the world in the last days: 37:33 worship the Creator. 37:36 Then it says: "Babylon is fallen. " 37:39 That is a religious system based on the teachings of men 37:43 that uses not love but force. 37:46 And then it talks about the beast, 37:48 the image of the beast, and the mark of the beast. 37:53 I know only too well today 37:58 that now I am a minority in my own church. 38:04 I have been told over and over again 38:09 "We will not use you if you preach that message. " 38:15 I want you to know 38:17 I would rather serve God than serve man. Amen! 38:23 Here is a message... Now you say to me: 38:27 "Should we preach it? " God tells you to preach it. 38:30 Amen... that's right. 38:31 You don't have a choice if you're going to follow God... 38:34 God tells you to preach it. 38:39 And if you don't preach it, preacher, it is because 38:43 you are not called by God. 38:48 Here is a warning against the beast, 38:52 the image, and the mark of the beast. 38:56 The beast is the antichrist who is described in Daniel 7, 38:59 Revelation 12 and 13. 39:02 The beast is the great union of church and state 39:06 that has survived to our own day. 39:08 It is a system of power, prestige, and deception. 39:14 It is built on lies and corruption. 39:18 It has perverted the one true gospel. 39:21 It has set up a counterfeit priesthood 39:25 and changed the law of God... especially the holy Sabbath. 39:31 It influences the faith of nations and persecutes 39:36 whenever it can. It has more human influence 39:40 than any other power on earth. 39:44 And the Bible says... the third angel's message says 39:49 "with a loud voice. " 39:56 I want to tell you 39:59 we are not to court popular opinion. 40:03 We are to be the servants of God 40:06 and to do the will of God 40:08 and to go ahead in faith like H.M.S. Richards. 40:13 "In a loud voice... " Listen to this: 40:16 not a timid, quiet, soft, 40:23 babyish utterance. 40:26 Not a whispering hope. 40:32 If you preach, preach with love 40:37 proclaiming that God has got His people in every nation, 40:41 every church. 40:42 It is the system that God opposes... 40:45 not the poor deceived people. 40:47 God says: "Come out of her My people. " 40:50 You say: "Do you preach it? " By the grace of God YES! 40:53 There are times when I've gone out to preach this message 40:57 and Beverley has said to me "Well maybe tonight's the night 41:00 when you're going to get shot. " 41:05 You're concerned about that? 41:08 Don't you know our lives are in the hands of God? 41:11 Do I have fear when I walk out before a vast audience? 41:15 I have no fear at all because God is with me. 41:20 Amen. 41:22 Now I preached that off in PNG. 41:25 I don't preach it in an orthodox way. 41:29 I don't rail against people. 41:32 When I preached that I had besides say 30,000 members 41:37 of our own church I had 100,000 people who were not members 41:43 of our church. 41:45 And when I preached that message I am here to testify 41:49 that the Holy Spirit came down and souls were born again 41:55 and souls were delivered from deception. 42:00 You know verse 12? "Here is the patience of the saints. " 42:05 God has a remnant church. 42:08 God has got a last-day movement 42:10 and you can distinguish that true last-day movement 42:15 by the fact that it preaches this message 42:19 not in a little whispering hope I'm sorry 42:23 BUT IN A LOUD VOICE! 42:25 And I want to say to my beloved brethren Danny and Jim 42:29 whom I love because they share my convictions: 42:35 God has blessed 3ABN 42:37 because it is the only television station - religious 42:42 television station I know in the world... the only one - 42:47 that allows the preaching of this message. 42:50 You say: "No, no, no... you've got it... " NO! 42:53 I haven't got it wrong... I know. 42:57 This is the only clear voice that is preaching on television 43:03 the three angels' messages. 43:06 It is more than a whispering hope. 43:09 This message when proclaimed in the power of the Holy Spirit 43:15 has the power of God to attract and move the masses. 43:20 I say this to the glory of God: I'm here today 43:24 to give my testimony. 43:28 I've been approached on many occasions and told 43:31 "Don't do it. " 43:33 I won't tell you who. I'll leave that to your imagination. 43:37 I've been told "Don't do it. 43:40 You'll make us unpopular. We depend upon them 43:44 to support us. " 43:47 But I made up my mind that I would follow my Christ 43:52 and that I would be true to the Bible 43:55 and I would seek to please God and not to seek men. 44:00 And God has blessed me with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 44:05 Amen. 44:07 I've had the privilege I believe 44:10 of speaking to more secular people 44:14 of the things of the gospel 44:18 than any other person alive. 44:21 You say: "No, that can't be so. " 44:24 Yes it is so... 44:26 because by and large, by and whole, 44:30 people who come to our meetings are people 44:33 who are secular unbelievers. 44:36 We are not preaching to the choir. 44:39 We will preach to the choir when it is necessary 44:42 like I'm doing today 44:44 because we need a choir. 44:48 But God has blessed me 44:50 because I have set my faith as a flint. 44:54 Lord Jesus, help me to be true to God 44:59 and to preach His Word. 45:02 And I have people - very inexperienced - they say: 45:06 "No, you'll offend people. " 45:07 No... we baptize them. 45:09 They say: "You can't preach these things. 45:12 You'll turn them away. " 45:13 No, the more I preach it the bigger the crowd. 45:16 In Papua, New Guinea, probably the biggest crowds 45:20 in the history of our church 45:23 in 160 years made up of unbelievers 45:28 who came to hear the three angels' messages. 45:32 And they had only one complaint. They said: 45:35 "Preach on and preach on. " 45:37 We started 6 at night with music. 45:40 I'd be preaching at around 7 o'clock. 45:42 I finished preaching at 8 o'clock 45:45 then usually I'd have an altar call 45:47 and the people... the people protested. They said: 45:51 "More. Don't go. 45:54 Don't go back to Australia. Don't go back to America. 45:57 Preach on! " And these are people 46:00 who do not believe... who had not believed like you and I. 46:05 Oh you say: "That's only PNG. " NO! 46:07 I've seen it in South Africa. 46:10 I've seen it in Zimbabwe. 46:12 I've seen it in India. 46:15 I've seen it around the world. 46:17 I have seen it in Russia. 46:19 I've seen it in Ukraine. 46:21 I've seen it where the doors have been broken down 46:24 week after week. I have seen it 46:27 because there is power in the Word of God. 46:31 I want you to know there's power in the Word of God. 46:35 Now I have here today 3 people 46:39 who are eyewitnesses of His glory. 46:44 I want to say this to every person today: 46:49 whenever we start to get proud and think we're doing it 46:52 God's going to take the wheels off the chariot. 46:56 Did you hear this? 46:57 You know, too many people are in it because 47:00 they want to make a big name for themselves. 47:03 I want to tell you folks 47:05 we need to give glory to God. 47:08 And I want to tell you everything that happened in PNG 47:11 was not because of this old evangelist 47:16 who's been at it now for 50 years. 47:19 It wasn't because of this preacher... 47:23 it was because of the Holy Spirit. 47:26 I'm going to ask Beverley to come out please. 47:29 Beverley was there and Beverley is an eyewitness. 47:35 She was there. 47:38 She saw it. We're not telling you folks tall stories. 47:43 We have seen His glory. Good morning. 47:48 Good morning. How are you this morning? 47:51 I'm very well. Happy Sabbath. 47:53 Tell us, what did you see there? 47:56 How did it impress you? 47:58 Tell it to these beautiful people on 3ABN. 48:02 We want the world to know that Jesus is alive. 48:05 We want young preachers to get a vision. 48:08 OK? So tell it from your soul. 48:11 Well, as stage manager I had the advantage of watching 48:15 the crowd come in night by night... 48:18 thousands and thousands of them. 48:20 And on the third night one of our missionaries said: 48:23 "Would you like to walk up through the crowd? " 48:24 And of course I said "Yes. " 48:26 So after the lights had been lowered so the folk could see 48:28 the pictures on the screen he took me - accompanied by 48:31 a policeman - up through the crowd. 48:33 Now the bleachers around the stadium were packed 48:36 and so thousands were seated on the ground on the arena. 48:40 And you know, they sat there for 2 and 3 hours some of them. 48:44 And I don't know how many of us would do that 48:47 but they did it. And so we tracked up 48:50 through the crowd. We had to be so careful because 48:53 people were seated so tightly together. 48:56 So we picked our way up... trying to be careful not to 48:59 step on someone or to trip over someone. 49:02 Now when we got to the back we thought: "OK, we'll walk down 49:05 the other side of the arena. " But we couldn't because it 49:07 was packed even tighter. 49:09 So we had to backtrack down the way that we had gone up. 49:13 Now I was so impressed by two things. 49:16 Number one: they were sitting so quietly and there were many 49:18 children, many babies, thousands of young people. 49:22 But on the whole they were very, very quiet. 49:24 And I was also impressed by the hunger for the Word of God. 49:29 Now that was confirmed by the fact that many of these - 49:31 thousands of them - had come not only from Port Moresby 49:34 itself but from other places. 49:37 The middle of New Guinea is very mountainous. 49:39 It's a jungle so there aren't many roads. 49:42 So most of the folk came by boat or they flew there. 49:46 Thousands came from other islands and it was just amazing. 49:49 And that's just the power of God. 49:51 You know, I was impressed by so many things 49:54 but once again I was impressed by the power and the work 49:57 of the Holy Spirit - yes - and also the fulfillment 50:00 of God's Word where Jesus said: "If I be lifted up 50:03 I will draw all men unto Me. " 50:05 And I also love the verse in Hebrews 4 50:07 which says that "God's Word is LIVING. " 50:10 And it has the power to change the lives of men and women 50:15 and we saw that once more. And I thank Him 50:18 and I praise His holy name. 50:20 Hallelujah! Praise God. 50:22 Thank you, Beverley. Another two members of my team 50:25 are Susie and Javier Piraino. 50:28 Would you like to come out dear folks? 50:30 Where's Javier? Is he coming? 50:32 He's not being obedient to you today. 50:35 Not coming quickly. OK. 50:37 Now Javier is my chef. 50:40 He goes with me so he can keep my body still working, 50:43 you see, and he cooks for me. 50:45 Susie has been working for me now for about 17 or 18 years. 50:50 She says it seems like a hundred years. 50:52 But Susie is the communications director. 50:56 Beverley is the vice president of our organization 50:58 but Susie is the director of communications. 51:01 Now Susie, from your heart tell the people 51:05 what you saw. It was just overwhelming for me. 51:10 You know, I've been with you on the past 17, 18 years 51:13 witnessing campaigns every year 51:15 and this one for me was the most powerful 51:17 in many, many ways 51:19 because one of the jobs that I had was to take photographs. 51:24 Therefore I would climb up on the towers and I'd get to see 51:26 the people that were there as they were coming in nightly. 51:29 And I saw the enthusiasm, I saw the faces. 51:31 I saw the way the Holy Spirit was drawing them 51:35 into the arena every night. 51:37 And it just reminded me of my journey because 51:40 I came back into the church through the gospel 51:43 through one of your crusades. And when I saw these people 51:46 it just reminded me of what I was seeing, what I felt, 51:50 what I remember coming to the Shrine Auditorium. 51:53 And I thought: "The Holy Spirit is alive and is well 51:56 and these lives are going to be transformed. " 51:58 And you know, every night they came. 52:01 And they came and they wanted more. 52:02 And they would leave... it was late. 52:04 They'd fill the trucks. Some of them had to 52:07 travel for hours. Once they got dropped off 52:09 in their villages then they had to walk for hours. 52:12 And some of them didn't get home till 2 in the morning. 52:14 And so I just thought to myself: 52:16 "Wow! And they just keep coming and they keep wanting more. " 52:19 So I was an eyewitness to the mighty power 52:22 of seeing you preach and how the Holy Spirit 52:25 filled you every single night 52:26 and these people were just drawn. There was a power there 52:29 that you could feel. And I just give glory to God 52:32 to have a small part in this wonderful ministry. 52:34 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. 52:36 And let me tell everybody: this is why 3ABN exists. 52:40 Those of you who are watching on your television screens: 52:43 support 3ABN. 52:45 They're the only great television network today 52:49 that is preaching the whole of the three angels' messages. 52:53 Javier, you came. Tell us your impression. 52:56 Don't talk about the food, Javier. 52:58 Just tell me your impressions of the meetings. 53:02 Well Pastor Carter, every day we started 53:04 we get to the field around 5:30. 53:08 At that time I was impressed because there were about 53:11 45,000 people already sitting down 53:14 actually waiting for us. 53:16 And we saw the faces of people. 53:18 And for example one night I went to walk around. 53:21 And I went in the back and there was a truck. 53:24 They had the different sizes of chairs 53:26 so they had like their own bleachers made up 53:29 in their own truck... smaller to the larger ones. 53:32 And there were families sitting down and listening attentively 53:36 to your lectures. To me it was the best 53:40 experience of my life this campaign. 53:43 And I think, you know, God blessed us in many, many ways 53:49 and, you know, there is a lot more to do. 53:53 God bless you folks. Love you both. 53:56 Appreciate everything you've done. 53:58 Now listen folks: we're not talking theory here today... 54:02 we're talking the power of God. 54:05 This campaign changed the whole nation; 54:09 it had such a tremendous influence. 54:12 Thousands were baptized. 54:15 One drawback is the churches are so completely overwhelmed 54:19 they can't handle the influx of people. 54:21 Thousands baptized in the ocean. 54:25 Then the next Sabbath they said: "We've never had 54:27 a Sabbath like it. " I want to say this 54:29 to every person here today. 54:31 We are living in the time of God's power. 54:35 We are living in the time when God is pouring out 54:39 the Holy Spirit. 54:40 I want to say this to you from my soul: 54:44 I'm an eyewitness of God's glory. 54:47 I have seen Pentecost. 54:50 I have felt, I've seen, I've experienced 54:55 the power of God. So have all these people who've come. 54:59 We must go forward in faith. 55:02 We must not draw back. 55:04 God has called us for such a time as this. 55:10 The power is available. 55:12 I want to say to the people of 3ABN: 55:15 God has called you; God is blessing you. 55:17 Go forward in faith. 55:20 Do not slacken. 55:22 Do not tone down the message but lift up the Bible 55:26 and lift up the Lord Jesus Christ. 55:29 Now we're going to do something in the last minute. 55:32 I've done this around the world. 55:35 I'm going to do it now on a much smaller scale. 55:40 All of those today who will say 55:43 "Christ, I believe in You; I will follow You. 55:46 I want to be covered today by the precious blood of Jesus. " 55:50 I don't need any music for this. 55:52 I want you to stand up. 55:53 If you say today: "I want Christ in my life. 55:57 I want to follow Him. " 55:59 And then I'm going to say something else. 56:01 And in PNG when we did this in one night we had 50,000 56:06 people come down the front... 56:08 If you've got a special need today 56:11 and you want to come as a penitent... 56:15 not as a holy person but come as a penitent... saying 56:20 "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. 56:22 Cover me today with the blood of Jesus 56:25 and fill me with the Holy Spirit, " 56:27 I want you to come down the front for prayer. 56:31 Want you to come as the Spirit of God moves you to come. 56:35 We don't need any music. We just want the Spirit of God 56:40 to come into this meeting 56:42 and we want Him to bless you today. |
Revised 2014-12-17