Welcome back to
3ABN Fall Camp Meeting.
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We're glad that you all
are here. Our crowd is growing.
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Have you noticed that?
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And I see they know Elder
John Carter is our speaker
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for the hour. I'll
talk just a moment about him
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but we have some
music in just a moment.
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Any of you ever hear of
Reggie and Ladye Love Smith?
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You ever hear? Oh look
at all the hands going up.
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Wow! What a ministry they have.
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But I want to talk first a
moment about Elder John Carter.
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I've known John... He
was one of the first people
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ever to go on 3ABN. When he
came to America from Australia -
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I think he says Ameriker
or something like that -
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but he's been... even though
he's been here a long time...
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but I accept it. It's all right.
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So Americans... You
know what's good about us?
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We can teach the rest of
the world how to speak English,
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can't we? 'Cause
you know how we are.
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I tell people: "Don't
worry about how your accent is.
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When you get to heaven you'll
get to talk just like me. "
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Right? And they usually
do what you do: they laugh!
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All right. Well, Elder John
Carter is an incredible man.
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He asked us in
'92 to go to Russia.
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It's life changing. Had
no idea what would happen
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in Russia. We saw
thousands coming to Jesus.
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2,532 Russians baptized
in a city where no one had
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been able to go to - no
one from the free world -
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in seventy-some years. And
God opened up Nizhny Novgorod.
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Julia Outkina and some
of our 3ABN Russian crew
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is here, and Sabbath
we'll be sharing with Julia and
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Pastor John Carter and
reminiscing a little bit.
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But John has a gift, and he
literally has been evangelizing
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around the world.
Hundreds of thousands of people
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have come to know Jesus Christ
through the ministry and joined
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this church through the
ministry of Elder John Carter.
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I don't know
anyone I respect any more
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as a speaker and
as an individual.
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One of my best friends.
And if I ever need anything -
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whether I need
counsel, I need advice,
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whatever it is - I
can call Pastor Carter.
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He'll take the
time and pray for me;
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walk me through whatever it is.
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Incredible man of God. I
want you all to know that.
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I'm not up here
just saying that.
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I'm not as they
say "tooting his horn"
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but I'm
uplifting the Jesus in him.
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That's why crowds...
I've seen thousands -
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sometimes a hundred
thousand people or more
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like in New Guinea - a night
were attending his services.
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It's amazing. God has
given him an anointing
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that's absolutely amazing.
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Speaking of anointing,
right after our music:
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Reggie and Ladye Love
Smith. We did a project recently
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Hallelujah! We're Home At Last.
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I want Reggie and
Ladye to come on out.
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And are you guys gonna
do We Shall Behold Him?
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Oh, all right. Praise the Lord!
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For those of you that have
heard this it's incredible.
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Dottie Rambo song is
it? Hey, how ya'll doing?
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You just rushed in here
while ago. We didn't get
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to hug. We're "huggy"
people. We're huggers.
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And Reggie and Ladye Love are
the "funnest" people on earth.
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I've traveled with
them around the world.
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I'm going to
tell the honest truth:
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they're not on anything
they shouldn't be. But you
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will think they are
'cause they have more energy
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and they have more
sunshine coming out of them
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than anybody I've ever
seen. They'll talk to anybody
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anywhere, minister
to people anywhere.
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And I tell you what: you cannot
be a discouraged Christian
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when you're around Reggie and
Ladye Love. Thank you so much
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for what you do. And also some
of the most incredible singers
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I believe on planet earth.
I'm not just telling you that
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either. No, you really are.
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And again, we're
not uplifting them.
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But I'm glad God has people
- right? - that love Him enough
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to use these talents.
You think they couldn't be
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in the world if they wanted to?
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They're not looking to the
world; they're looking to Jesus.
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They're looking... They
know that they're strangers here
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and that they're
looking for a better place.
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So I'm so thankful that
you all are here tonight.
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And right after you sing
we're going to be blessed by
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Pastor... He's actually
an author. John has so many
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I guess if I start puttin' all
the... what do they call that
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behind their names? The doctors
and the PhDs and all of that.
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I'd be here too long to list
them all, but we are blessed.
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Right now we're going to
be blessed by Reggie and Ladye
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Love and then Elder John Carter.
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The sky shall
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unfold
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preparing
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His entrance.
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The stars shall
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applaud Him
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with thunders
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of praise.
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The sweet light in His eyes
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shall...
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shall enhance those
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awaiting
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and we shall
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behold Him
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then face to face.
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Oh, we shall
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behold Him - we
shall behold Him.
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Yes, we shall
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behold Him
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face to face
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in all of His glory.
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Oh, we shall
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behold Him - we
shall behold Him.
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Yes, we shall
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behold Him
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face to face
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our Savior
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and Lord.
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The angels
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shall sound
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the shout of His coming.
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And the sleeping
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shall rise from
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their slumbering place.
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And those who
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remain... they shall...
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shall be changed in
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a moment
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and we shall
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behold Him
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then face to face.
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We shall behold
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Him - we shall behold Him.
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Yes, we shall behold
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Him
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face to face
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in all of His
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glory - in all of His glory.
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We shall behold
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Him!
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Oh yes,
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we shall
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behold Him
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face to face
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our Savior
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and Lord - our Savior
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and Lord...
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We shall
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behold Him
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our Savior
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and Lord -
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our Savior and Lord...
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Savior and
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Lord!
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Amen!
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Reggie and Ladye Love:
you blessed us tonight!
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Amen! What a tremendous song
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and sung so marvelously!
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I'm so glad to see
you folks here tonight.
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Are you glad to be here tonight?
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Amen! I'm glad
to be here tonight.
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I tell my folks:
"At my stage of life
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I'm glad to be anywhere. "
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But I'm glad to be
especially at 3ABN.
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And I want to thank my
old friend and colleague
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and buddy and
partner Danny Shelton
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for the privilege
of being here tonight
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at 3ABN... that I love
with all my heart and soul.
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The topic... there's a
little correction, folks.
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Here it is: are you
ready for the topic?
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The topic is:
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The Hour of His Power.
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Because tonight, we
are living, dear friend,
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in the hour of God's power.
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Amen!
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Let me tell you
an amazing story.
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I've told this to some folks.
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They find it almost
too hard to believe.
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But my team and I were
visiting London some time back.
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Just 2 or 3 years ago.
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We'd been running
a campaign in Russia.
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We came through London
because the folks had asked us
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to go to London. But
you folks didn't know
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that we were in London.
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Nobody in Australia
knew we were in London.
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Nobody in America knew
we were visiting London.
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They were having the
anniversary of Princess Di.
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Gotta think about the details.
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My wife just loved Princess Di
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and she said to me:
"They have a celebration
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or a memorial going
down at Kensington Palace. "
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I've seen enough
palaces to last a lifetime.
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So as an obedient
and dutiful husband
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I went down to
Kensington Palace.
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Susie and Javier -
who are here tonight -
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they were with us.
And so the three of them
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went into the palace
because I said: "I don't want to
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go into the palace. I've been
preaching and it's been hard
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and I don't want
to talk to anybody.
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I don't want to see anybody. "
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So I went around the
back of Kensington Palace.
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Not in a sulk...
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but in that sort of
mood. And I found a seat
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under a tree at the
back of Kensington Palace.
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Bless you.
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Bless you forever.
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Have you got any more
in there? No. All right.
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Somebody said if you've
got a Hallelujah! inside you
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you'd better let it out
because if you keep it in
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it's going to hurt you.
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If she'd kept that it
it would have hurt her.
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So I was around the
back of Kensington Palace
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by myself... meditating.
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My family - my wife and the
Piraino's - inside the palace.
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And then I heard a voice:
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"Pastor Carter. "
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And so I looked up and
there was a man and his wife.
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And they said:
"It was revealed... "
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This is God's truth.
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"It was revealed to us
that we would find you here. "
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I said: "You live in London? "
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They said: "We
live outside London
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but we came in today
because we had an impression
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from God that you would
be in London at this time
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of the year. " I
hadn't told anybody.
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I said: "Why are you here? "
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"Because... " Now this is
a story I've told my friend
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Danny. He said: "We
were praying that God... "
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Well he said: "We weren't
even praying but we were...
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we searching for truth
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and we turned on our television.
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We live just outside
the great city of London.
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And we turned on our television
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and the only
channel that we could get
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because it was broken
down was... " Glory! "3ABN. "
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Um-hmm. And they said:
"We were searching for truth
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but we were atheists.
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We were unbelievers. "
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And they said: "We caught 3ABN
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and we caught you
preaching the Word of God
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and we wanted to meet you. "
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And they said: "We've
given our hearts to Christ
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and we have been
baptized into Christ
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and we have become
Adventist Christians. "
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I said: "Why did you
come to Kensington Palace?
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London is a huge city. "
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And they said: "We had
an impression after praying
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that we would find you
here this morning at 11 o'clock
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at Kensington Palace. "
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In the whole of
Europe how would this happen
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my friend? I want to
tell you folks something:
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God has got a time and a
place for everything. Amen!
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I want you to know this.
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God has got a time and
a place for everything.
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Nothing happens by chance.
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God has an
appointment with each one of us.
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God has an appointment with
the nations, with the world,
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with the church.
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And I want you to take
your Bibles and turn to my theme
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text which is Mark
chapter 1 and verses 14 and 15.
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And tonight I'm talking
about The Hour of His Power.
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Mark chapter 1
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and verses 14 and 15.
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"After John was put in
prison Jesus went into Galilee
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proclaiming the
good news of God.
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'The time has come, ' He said.
'The kingdom of God is near.
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Repent and
believe the good news. ' "
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Listen: there was a
time and Christ came on time.
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Let us think for a moment
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about this
special, significant hour.
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It is my conviction tonight
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and I say this with all my soul:
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we live in the hour
when God is about to finish
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His work.
Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!
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I want to point out
tonight that Jesus Christ is
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the Sovereign Lord.
Christ is in charge.
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Not America... not Mr. Obama.
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Not the Pope...
not the White House.
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Not the Russians and
certainly not the Chinese.
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We live in the
hour of God's power.
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Come over here with me to
Romans chapter 9 and verse 28.
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Romans chapter 9 and verse 28
dear hearts and gentle people.
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Everybody turn to the texts.
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I'm just an old-fashioned
Christian, and I believe
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that the Bible is the
Word of God. Amen! Romans 9:28.
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The Bible says: "For
the Lord will carry out
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His sentence on earth
with speed and finality"
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it says in the NIV.
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In the King James version
that I love so much it says
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"He will finish His work
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and cut it short
in righteousness"
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because God has an
hour for His power.
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I want you to know tonight
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that Jesus Christ
is the Lord of history.
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He's the Lord of the nations.
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He's the Lord of the church.
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He is the Lord of
the final consummation.
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We are not in charge.
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God had an hour when
Christ came as a baby.
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It was revealed to Israel
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through the prophet Daniel
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that Christ the Lord would come
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483 years after the decree
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of the Persian emperor.
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And that brought you through as
you to know to the year 27 AD.
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And when the clock
of heaven struck, Jesus
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walked down the
banks into the river Jordan
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and said: "The
time is fulfilled.
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The kingdom of
heaven is at hand. "
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The Bible says in
the book of Galatians
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that Jesus Christ our Lord
came in the fullness of time.
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He was born on time.
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He was baptized on time.
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He preached on time
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and - Hallelujah!
- He died on time.
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On occasions they tried
to kill our blessed Lord
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but they could not
because the Bible says
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"His hour had not yet come. "
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Did you know
that you are immortal
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until your work
for God is completed?
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Did you know this?
Nothing can touch you;
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nothing can hurt you.
I'm planning on going back
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to Russia for
my 43rd time. Amen!
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And folks have told me it
has become very, very dangerous.
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I want you to know
nothing can hurt me
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while I'm in the
will of God. Amen!
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Did you know that the
will of God will never take you
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where the grace of
God cannot keep you? Amen!
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Hallelujah and praise the Lord!
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Later on Jesus said:
"The hour has come. "
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That's what He said.
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The hour had come, and He
went to the cross for our sins.
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There is an hour
appointed by Almighty God
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through His sovereign
grace when God in Christ
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will finish His work.
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Would you come over
here to the Apocalypse:
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Revelation 14
and verses 6 and 7.
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Everybody turn in the Bible.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7.
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And the Bible says:
"Then I saw another angel
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flying in mid air, and
he had the eternal gospel
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to proclaim to those
who live on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, language, and people.
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He said in a loud voice:
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'Fear God and give Him glory
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because... ' What does it say?
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'the hour of His
judgment has come. ' "
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I believe tonight
it is my contention,
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it is my conviction,
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it is my overwhelming...
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overwhelming belief
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that we are living in
the hour of God's power
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when Christ will finish His work
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and cut it short in
righteousness. Amen!
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And tonight for a start...
Now this sermon falls into
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two clauses.
Number one: the hour.
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And number two: His power.
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Now the first
section - here it comes:
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five great signs why
we are living in the hour
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of His power. Get ready for them
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because they are strong.
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Number one: the
first great sign.
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One of five... listen up.
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The moral fall of the
United States of America:
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a nation raised up by
God as a bastion of truth
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and liberty. A
nation raised up by God
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to defend the Bible and
the preaching of the gospel.
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If you don't believe that,
my friend, then you don't know
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what America is all about.
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I would remind you
of the sacred calling
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of the Pilgrim fathers.
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The Supreme
Court by five to four
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overthrew thousands
of years of God-ordained
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custom and morality
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and looking God in
the face in disdain
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endorsed same-sex relationships.
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I did not say same-sex marriage
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because that is an oxymoron.
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It doesn't exist. That's right!
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I don't care what
the president says.
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There is no such thing. Amen!
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Tonight in this great land
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that was based on
the Protestant Bible
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there is not one
Protestant on the Supreme Court.
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And after that
historic and shameful decision
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the president of
the United States
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lit the White House up in
the colors of the gay activist
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movement and by so doing
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opened the floodgates
of iniquity upon the nation
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and upon the world. I say SHAME!
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Amen!
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But I want you to know
something: it is a sign that we
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have come to the hour of
God's power, and the Bible says
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"The hour of His
judgment has come. "
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So be wary, my friend.
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God will not be mocked.
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When you read in the book
of Jude you read how the cities
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of Sodom and Gomorrah
giving themselves over to
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sexual perversion suffered
the judgment of eternal fire.
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Who do we think we are?
00:26:06.56\00:26:09.70
Karl Barth, the greatest
theologian of the 20th century
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quoted these words:
"When the holy day becomes
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the day of man,
society and humanity
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wither away and
the demons rule. "
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I want to tell you something:
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the demons are ruling tonight!
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I heard a man whom we
appreciate... I'm not talking
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politics. This has got
nothing to do with politics.
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This has got to do
with God and His Word.
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It's got to do with
the soul of America.
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It's got to do
with our children.
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This man said...
At a prayer breakfast
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he said: "We are going
the way of the Roman Empire. "
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War after war after war.
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We send our boys off to war.
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And we are deeply in debt.
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And this man said:
"We are drowning in a sea
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of immorality. " He said it
to the face of the president.
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And it is the truth of God.
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Every blue-blooded American
ought to stand up for America
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and the flag and
what America stands for.
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Jesus said in Luke
22: "This is your hour
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and the hour of darkness. "
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But remember this:
man may have his hour
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but God will have His day.
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Never forget it.
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Sign number two... Is
this too strong for you?
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Because I'm only building up.
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I'm taking it easy to
carry you folks along with me.
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Number two... number two:
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the growing power of the papacy
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and the apparent
collapse of the Reformation.
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Most folks
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are in ignorance and darkness.
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Sorry.
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Do I like Pope
Francis as a person?
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I think he's charming. I love
the little Fiat car he drives.
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I do!
00:28:40.15\00:28:41.48
I like his smile; I
even like his white coat.
00:28:41.55\00:28:44.72
Thought of getting one myself.
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But listen: do you
know what a Jesuit is?
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The Jesuits... have you ever
heard of Ignatius of Loyola?
00:28:52.73\00:28:58.07
That Spaniard who set
out to destroy the preaching
00:28:58.70\00:29:03.34
of the Bible. Well now
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.37
the first Jesuit is a pope.
00:29:07.54\00:29:11.11
What has happened to America -
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the land of freedom,
the land of bravery -
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where our legislators invite
in the leader of Catholicism...
00:29:18.45\00:29:24.43
who lectures them.
00:29:25.29\00:29:27.83
Who lectures them
00:29:28.10\00:29:29.93
on morality and immigration.
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Does anybody say the reason
they are leaving those countries
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down south is because what
your church did to the nations?
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Does nobody know this?
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I am a student of history
and a student of Bible prophecy.
00:29:47.95\00:29:52.19
And I believe that we should
pray for the Pope and we should
00:29:53.49\00:29:57.03
love the Pope and we should
love the great Roman Catholic
00:29:57.23\00:30:01.36
church. I say this... Amen!
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.23
But I'm also a student of
the prophecies of the Bible.
00:30:07.67\00:30:11.91
I believe - listen to this...
00:30:12.31\00:30:14.88
then you'll think I'm a scholar:
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the Profestant reformers
went out with this battle cry.
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Listen to it. Sola Christus.
00:30:24.05\00:30:26.72
What does that
mean? Only Christ.
00:30:26.92\00:30:28.52
Only Christ.
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.79
This great nation was raised
up because the people wanted
00:30:31.09\00:30:36.40
a state without a king
and a church without a pope.
00:30:36.73\00:30:40.90
But we've got one now
00:30:42.27\00:30:44.51
and he lectures
the leaders of America.
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.34
Have they ever heard
of the Puritan fathers?
00:30:48.58\00:30:50.68
Have they ever read the Bible?
00:30:50.91\00:30:52.78
Do they know the Constitution?
00:30:53.28\00:30:55.88
So the Protestant reformers:
Sola Christus, and then
00:30:56.18\00:31:00.26
sola scriptura.
00:31:00.56\00:31:02.32
You know what that
means? Only scripture.
00:31:03.46\00:31:06.16
Only scripture.
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.03
Not the teachings of the church.
00:31:09.33\00:31:11.47
Only scripture.
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.30
Sola Christus. And I don't care
about any committee that goes
00:31:13.60\00:31:18.41
against scripture. I
go against that committee.
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.31
And I don't care
where that committee is.
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You hear me? You see,
when people come to me
00:31:25.78\00:31:30.19
as they have on
occasions and they say to me
00:31:30.39\00:31:33.92
"What is your religion? "
00:31:34.12\00:31:36.62
I say: "By the grace
of God I'm a Christian. "
00:31:36.83\00:31:39.43
Number one I follow Christ.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.76
Number two I say:
"I'm a Protestant. "
00:31:43.16\00:31:46.77
I've got
Protestantism in my bones.
00:31:48.80\00:31:52.04
I believe in freedom.
00:31:53.41\00:31:55.88
So, firstly I'm a Christian.
00:31:58.28\00:32:03.49
Secondly I'm a Protestant.
Thirdly I'm glad to be
00:32:03.69\00:32:07.56
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:32:07.76\00:32:10.03
And if you get it
round the wrong way
00:32:10.33\00:32:13.26
you won't be a Christian
and you won't be a Protestant
00:32:13.50\00:32:16.26
and you won't be a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:32:16.46\00:32:18.67
So number one: sola Christus.
00:32:19.77\00:32:22.90
Sola scriptura. Sola
gratia... only grace.
00:32:23.20\00:32:27.68
Sola fide... only faith.
00:32:28.08\00:32:30.91
And this nation was founded
by people who believed in
00:32:34.42\00:32:37.25
those things.
00:32:37.35\00:32:39.05
But we see today the
growing power of the papacy
00:32:42.82\00:32:48.10
and the collapse -
the apparent collapse -
00:32:50.93\00:32:54.84
of the Reformation.
00:32:55.04\00:32:57.44
Number three... and none of
these points are meant to be
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.84
contentious. But my
mother when I was a little boy
00:33:01.94\00:33:05.71
taught me me this. She said:
"John, always tell the truth.
00:33:05.91\00:33:09.38
Tell the truth;
never tell lies. "
00:33:10.79\00:33:14.52
I was sent to a school in
Australia, and in those days
00:33:15.09\00:33:20.20
it was so good. I
went to a state school
00:33:20.60\00:33:24.13
but you know how
they started the day?
00:33:24.43\00:33:26.94
By a text of scripture...
by reading the Bible.
00:33:27.34\00:33:31.87
Well today they read
everything else, don't they?
00:33:32.37\00:33:35.74
It's OK if you read from
the Hindus and the Buddhists.
00:33:37.11\00:33:41.08
So we started the day
with a text and a prayer...
00:33:41.48\00:33:45.85
and often the Lord's Prayer.
00:33:46.09\00:33:48.46
And if any of us was caught
lying we were taken down to
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.36
where the taps were,
and they had these big water
00:33:54.56\00:33:59.10
containers where you
could come and get a drink.
00:33:59.30\00:34:01.77
And if you were caught lying
00:34:02.07\00:34:03.84
the headmaster would take
you there and open your mouth
00:34:04.04\00:34:07.38
and wash out
your mouth with soap.
00:34:07.58\00:34:09.74
Now some of you
are aghast and amazed.
00:34:11.85\00:34:16.25
We don't do it today
because so many people today
00:34:16.55\00:34:21.72
are so politically correct
00:34:21.96\00:34:24.96
they don't know what
they believe; they don't know
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.40
what's up and they
don't know what's down.
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.83
But I want to tell you
folks today: we need to stand up
00:34:31.30\00:34:34.50
for Jesus and we need
to stand up for the Bible
00:34:34.70\00:34:38.01
and we need to
stand up for America.
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.34
Hear what I'm saying?
00:34:41.18\00:34:42.58
Number three: the
groanings of the earth.
00:34:43.08\00:34:46.88
Not only is the earth
groaning under a pile and a sea
00:34:48.22\00:34:52.79
of stinking filthy moral garbage
00:34:52.99\00:34:57.73
but the earth
is running a fever.
00:34:59.36\00:35:02.16
The earth in
protest is running a fever
00:35:04.80\00:35:08.97
and it's going to get worse.
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.24
The Bible says the earth
is waxing old like a garment.
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.21
Now sign number four
that reinforces my contention
00:35:16.41\00:35:20.82
that we have come to the hour:
00:35:20.98\00:35:22.45
the coming financial collapse.
00:35:22.65\00:35:26.96
How can you believe
00:35:29.82\00:35:32.69
that this nation that has
got leaders who've got heads
00:35:33.03\00:35:36.56
we would like to
think with something inside
00:35:36.77\00:35:39.37
can allow this nation
to get a debt of more than
00:35:41.44\00:35:46.07
18 thousand billion.
00:35:46.27\00:35:49.18
Not a billion... 18 trillion.
00:35:49.28\00:35:52.85
But did you know this?
Some of the world's greatest
00:35:54.08\00:35:57.69
economists and Americans
00:35:57.89\00:36:00.59
who are
consulted by the Senators
00:36:00.89\00:36:04.59
they say the debt
is not 18 trillion
00:36:04.79\00:36:09.83
but most likely 170 trillion
00:36:10.07\00:36:15.07
which is more than all
the money in the world.
00:36:15.27\00:36:19.57
The clock is ticking.
00:36:22.88\00:36:25.11
This is going to bring
about a time of trouble
00:36:30.09\00:36:33.69
such as never was
since there was a nation
00:36:33.89\00:36:37.93
I tell you my friends.
00:36:38.13\00:36:39.56
Did you know that the bankers
have been told where to go?
00:36:41.40\00:36:46.30
Where to hide.
00:36:48.14\00:36:49.97
Did you know that the
leaders of the country
00:36:51.07\00:36:54.34
have got places prepared?
00:36:54.54\00:36:57.21
I'm not a sensationalist.
00:36:57.51\00:36:59.55
Did you know they've got places
00:37:00.95\00:37:05.05
made for them
with food and water
00:37:05.25\00:37:09.09
and lots of guns
00:37:09.29\00:37:11.96
where the elite
of society will go
00:37:12.16\00:37:16.60
after they have
destroyed America?
00:37:16.80\00:37:19.37
Did you know that?
00:37:19.83\00:37:21.47
It's true.
00:37:22.47\00:37:23.81
Go and "Google" it.
00:37:24.11\00:37:25.44
Notice what happened after 9/11.
00:37:25.74\00:37:28.41
The leaders - all of them -
were taken off to these places
00:37:28.61\00:37:32.58
while you were
left in your house.
00:37:32.88\00:37:35.52
The coming financial
collapse. But number five:
00:37:36.99\00:37:41.52
the triumph of the gospel.
00:37:41.72\00:37:44.76
I'm going to tell you
some stories tonight and
00:37:46.09\00:37:49.10
through the weekend and
they're going to bless you.
00:37:49.40\00:37:52.80
Some time back we were asked
to run a school of evangelism
00:37:55.74\00:38:00.44
in China, and
the pastors who came
00:38:00.64\00:38:05.55
were the pastors
from Mainland China.
00:38:05.75\00:38:09.18
Listen to me: there's
love in this room here tonight.
00:38:11.45\00:38:14.42
I can sense it.
00:38:14.72\00:38:16.06
There's love with
3ABN... I can sense it.
00:38:17.09\00:38:19.79
When I went to
Russia back in 1991 and 1992
00:38:20.93\00:38:25.67
I felt love there that
I'd never felt in Australia.
00:38:26.10\00:38:30.71
That I'd never felt in America.
00:38:31.24\00:38:35.31
I felt the love
of oppressed people
00:38:37.45\00:38:42.62
who were coming to the light.
00:38:42.82\00:38:44.62
When I went to China
recently I felt that love again.
00:38:46.62\00:38:50.93
And did you know
this, my friends?
00:38:52.13\00:38:54.50
The people who are
holding the church together
00:38:55.50\00:38:59.37
in China are ladies.
00:38:59.57\00:39:03.64
Ladies! What's gone wrong?
00:39:04.87\00:39:09.88
The ladies. I spoke to one
beautiful young Chinese woman.
00:39:11.51\00:39:17.52
I said: "How
many in your church? "
00:39:17.75\00:39:20.59
"How many people
are you looking after? "
00:39:20.89\00:39:23.66
She said: "Twenty thousand. "
00:39:23.86\00:39:26.29
"Twenty thousand. "
00:39:26.59\00:39:28.83
These women are
ordained by the church in China
00:39:29.90\00:39:35.17
and it's recognized
by the Chinese government
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.57
but more importantly it
is recognized by God. Amen!
00:39:40.08\00:39:44.15
It is recognized by God!
00:39:44.41\00:39:47.35
They told me a story.
When Mao Tse-Tung came
00:39:49.98\00:39:55.59
Communist soldiers
came into the great city.
00:39:57.86\00:40:00.43
We as a church... now maybe
you're not supposed to know
00:40:01.36\00:40:04.63
this. This may get
you a little upset.
00:40:04.73\00:40:07.94
But as a church we
sort of messed up in China.
00:40:08.14\00:40:12.64
You know why? We
didn't do a lot of evangelism.
00:40:12.94\00:40:16.61
You know what we
did? We built buildings
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.98
and we built hospitals
and we built institutions.
00:40:20.28\00:40:25.39
"Look how strong we are;
look at what we've got. "
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.62
And when the Communist
soldiers came in the front door
00:40:30.09\00:40:33.76
of our hospitals our church
members went out the back door
00:40:33.96\00:40:37.93
and most of them
became Communists.
00:40:38.13\00:40:41.20
About 95% of our church members
00:40:42.94\00:40:46.07
gave up Christ and
became unbelievers.
00:40:46.27\00:40:50.58
I spoke to one pastor.
He was told: "You'll never
00:40:53.11\00:40:56.38
preach again. " He said:
00:40:56.62\00:40:58.35
"I'm going to
preach next Sabbath. "
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.56
They put him in prison
and tortured him for 10 years.
00:41:00.86\00:41:04.76
He slept not on a bed
but he slept on a piece
00:41:05.66\00:41:09.70
of concrete. They
would beat him every day.
00:41:09.90\00:41:13.50
You think it's hard? We really
don't know what it's all about.
00:41:13.90\00:41:19.67
Ten years he was
beaten into a pulp.
00:41:20.94\00:41:23.95
After ten years they let him out
00:41:24.25\00:41:26.15
and then they put him
in an indoctrination center
00:41:27.08\00:41:30.99
for atheism. He said:
"I thought I'd be free
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.92
but the beatings intensified. "
00:41:35.02\00:41:37.83
I said: "What happened? "
He said: "I remained true to
00:41:40.20\00:41:42.76
Christ. " Amen! He
said: "I'd memorized my Bible.
00:41:42.86\00:41:47.27
I read the Bible in my mind. "
00:41:47.64\00:41:51.04
When he got out we had no
churches, no Adventist churches.
00:41:55.31\00:42:00.05
All gone.
00:42:00.38\00:42:02.82
Everybody from the
West was kicked out.
00:42:03.82\00:42:06.49
All the
Americans were kicked out.
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.16
The Australians were kicked out.
00:42:10.56\00:42:11.89
Everybody was kicked out!
00:42:12.19\00:42:14.30
Then he said to me:
"We saw a little light.
00:42:17.47\00:42:21.10
It was over here. "
People said: "What's that? "
00:42:21.30\00:42:23.20
"It's a little light. "
A few people got together
00:42:23.41\00:42:27.64
and they were reading the Bible
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.74
and reading -
Hallelujah! - Great Controversy.
00:42:30.05\00:42:33.42
And then they got
another little light over here.
00:42:35.28\00:42:38.29
And then there was
another little light over there.
00:42:38.49\00:42:41.46
And a light here, and the
light started to become a fire!
00:42:41.76\00:42:45.23
Did you know there are
more Christians in China
00:42:46.53\00:42:51.47
keeping the Sabbath
because they love Jesus
00:42:51.77\00:42:54.84
than in the history of China?
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.97
Did you know that
China is on track to become
00:42:58.51\00:43:03.01
the greatest
Christian country in the world
00:43:03.21\00:43:07.22
and it's going to pass America
for the number of Christians?
00:43:07.52\00:43:12.19
My friend, you can't kill it.
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.89
You can't kill the holy seed.
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.26
You can't get rid of the church.
00:43:21.56\00:43:24.03
You can't get
rid of God's people!
00:43:24.43\00:43:26.74
Jesus said: "The
gospel's going to be preached
00:43:30.17\00:43:34.14
and the end is going to come. "
00:43:34.41\00:43:36.18
Therefore... every good sermon
should have a therefore...
00:43:36.48\00:43:41.05
here it comes:
00:43:41.45\00:43:43.39
THEREFORE in the
light of all these things
00:43:44.32\00:43:48.72
the hour of our
destiny is at hand.
00:43:49.02\00:43:52.19
When London was
being bombed by the Nazis
00:43:53.66\00:43:57.03
Winston Churchill said:
00:43:57.33\00:43:59.73
"These are not dark days.
00:44:00.04\00:44:02.80
These are great days... the
greatest days in the history
00:44:03.00\00:44:08.58
of our nation. " I
want to say to you:
00:44:08.78\00:44:11.71
when you see the abominations
that are going on in America
00:44:12.78\00:44:15.95
with the White House lit up with
the colors of the gay activists;
00:44:16.35\00:44:20.56
when you see the Pope
speaking to our leaders
00:44:21.69\00:44:25.26
who are bowing down
I want to say to you
00:44:25.36\00:44:28.73
these are not dark
days. These are great days...
00:44:28.93\00:44:33.84
the greatest days in
the history of the church.
00:44:34.24\00:44:37.81
So... we've come to
the day of proclamation,
00:44:40.64\00:44:44.55
the day of deliverance,
the day of salvation.
00:44:44.85\00:44:49.98
And I would remind
everybody here tonight
00:44:50.99\00:44:53.82
this great truth: the
hour demands the power.
00:44:54.02\00:44:58.79
An extraordinary hour
00:44:59.83\00:45:02.30
demands an
extraordinary response.
00:45:02.60\00:45:07.54
I want you to look at something
00:45:09.94\00:45:12.17
maybe perhaps in a little
different way to how you've
00:45:13.07\00:45:15.31
looked at it before. I want
you to take your dear old Bible
00:45:15.41\00:45:19.68
and turn with me to Revelation
chapter 14 verses 6 and 7 again.
00:45:20.12\00:45:24.45
Want you to
notice this text again.
00:45:28.26\00:45:31.43
Want you to think about it.
00:45:32.73\00:45:34.36
"Then I saw another
angel flying in mid air.
00:45:35.40\00:45:39.80
He had the eternal
gospel to proclaim to those
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.30
who live on the earth:
to every nation, tribe,
00:45:43.51\00:45:46.41
language, and people.
He said in a loud voice:
00:45:46.64\00:45:49.28
'Fear God and give Him glory
00:45:49.48\00:45:51.08
because the hour of
His judgment has come.
00:45:51.48\00:45:55.12
Worship Him who made the
heavens, the earth, the sea
00:45:55.42\00:45:58.42
and the springs of water. ' "
00:45:58.62\00:46:01.26
Look at me. It says this:
00:46:01.56\00:46:05.76
the angels that
preach this great get-ready
00:46:08.03\00:46:13.37
message are not
down with the cabbages.
00:46:13.67\00:46:17.44
They're not down
with the turnips.
00:46:19.11\00:46:21.74
They're not even down with
the kangaroos and the rabbits.
00:46:22.14\00:46:26.72
I say it reverently.
00:46:27.85\00:46:29.52
Some people think
that's where they ought to be.
00:46:29.82\00:46:31.65
The angels are flying
in the midst of heaven.
00:46:32.15\00:46:36.39
I'm going to say
this to you slowly
00:46:37.53\00:46:39.83
by way of emphasis. Listen:
00:46:41.10\00:46:43.53
the picture of the angels
flying in the midst of heaven
00:46:46.27\00:46:50.91
represents a world-wide
00:46:51.31\00:46:55.58
tremendous proclamation
that will come to the attention
00:46:56.44\00:47:02.35
of every person on the planet.
00:47:02.65\00:47:05.05
This is not a thing
of small significance.
00:47:07.42\00:47:12.19
This becomes, my friend,
the biggest thing in the world.
00:47:12.49\00:47:18.07
The preaching of the
message of God in the last days
00:47:21.24\00:47:25.94
becomes the biggest thing.
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.08
This has motivated me
for more than 50 years.
00:47:29.28\00:47:31.58
I have been actively involved
- I say glory be to Jesus
00:47:33.75\00:47:38.22
and thank you, Jesus -
00:47:38.52\00:47:40.16
I've been involved in
preaching this message now
00:47:40.56\00:47:44.03
for 53 years. Amen! Um-hmm.
00:47:44.23\00:47:47.50
And I'm involved in this
because I believe the Bible.
00:47:52.37\00:47:55.84
I believe that the proclamation
of the gospel message
00:47:57.07\00:48:01.58
and the three angels' messages,
00:48:01.78\00:48:04.21
the proclamation...
that great proclamation
00:48:04.51\00:48:07.92
is to be the most important
thing and the biggest thing
00:48:08.15\00:48:13.19
in the world. Bigger
than the US government!
00:48:13.49\00:48:19.23
Listen to this: it
talks about the gospel...
00:48:22.03\00:48:27.04
the everlasting gospel.
00:48:29.84\00:48:31.77
What is the gospel?
Look at me. I want to...
00:48:31.97\00:48:35.34
I want to open
up my heart to you.
00:48:35.44\00:48:36.85
Listen to this: the word gospel
00:48:37.68\00:48:40.92
does not mean good advice.
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.32
In spite of a million
sermons to the contrary
00:48:44.39\00:48:47.29
the gospel is not good advice.
00:48:47.89\00:48:50.93
Advice is about
what you ought to do.
00:48:51.09\00:48:54.00
The gospel is not about
you though it concerns you.
00:48:55.60\00:49:00.47
The gospel is not about
you... the gospel is about God.
00:49:00.67\00:49:04.81
News is about what
somebody has already done,
00:49:06.24\00:49:10.38
past tense. Are
you listening to me?
00:49:10.68\00:49:14.48
News is about something
that has already taken place
00:49:14.78\00:49:19.95
in time and in history.
00:49:20.29\00:49:22.99
What is the gospel?
00:49:24.16\00:49:26.59
The gospel is not
what you ought to do
00:49:26.93\00:49:29.43
or what you ought to be.
00:49:29.53\00:49:31.50
The gospel is the good
news that God Almighty -
00:49:32.00\00:49:37.11
the Creator of the
universe - became a man.
00:49:37.34\00:49:42.88
Born as a baby.
00:49:43.48\00:49:45.31
That He was affected by our sins
00:49:47.75\00:49:51.52
but not infected with our sins.
00:49:51.72\00:49:55.69
And on the cross...
00:49:56.09\00:49:59.16
on the cross your sin
and mine was placed upon Him.
00:49:59.46\00:50:05.37
And on the cross He made
a perfect atoning sacrifice
00:50:06.90\00:50:12.71
for my sins. He did it!
00:50:12.91\00:50:16.28
I did not do it;
I had no part in it.
00:50:17.91\00:50:21.58
It happened before I was born.
00:50:22.08\00:50:24.59
And the good news
of the gospel is this:
00:50:26.62\00:50:29.79
that even though you
are a sinner... And we are!
00:50:30.13\00:50:33.96
We are born in a state of sin.
00:50:34.13\00:50:36.50
Even though we are sinners
00:50:40.37\00:50:42.70
if we come to Christ
00:50:44.04\00:50:46.14
and believe in Him
with all our hearts
00:50:46.44\00:50:50.88
He will accept us and forgive us
00:50:52.51\00:50:56.32
and declare that we
are righteous in His sight.
00:50:58.52\00:51:01.72
Not because we
are but because He is.
00:51:02.22\00:51:05.73
This is the gospel.
00:51:07.60\00:51:09.40
The gospel tells me
that if I come to Christ
00:51:10.93\00:51:16.24
just as I am as a filthy leper
00:51:16.44\00:51:21.34
I do not stay just as I am
00:51:23.71\00:51:26.41
because coming to Christ...
the very act of coming to Christ
00:51:26.61\00:51:31.55
changes me.
00:51:31.85\00:51:33.76
And that is, my friend,
the fruitage of the gospel.
00:51:34.06\00:51:38.69
So you can see why
it is called good news.
00:51:41.50\00:51:44.83
You and I would
never have thought of it.
00:51:45.13\00:51:46.97
Many of us have an idea
00:51:48.90\00:51:51.74
because I was brought
up with a lot of legalism
00:51:51.94\00:51:54.84
and given quite a few as
we call them "beltings. "
00:51:54.94\00:52:00.35
You know what a belting is?
00:52:01.32\00:52:02.92
Yes, I think you folks
would know what a belting is.
00:52:03.25\00:52:07.09
I was brought up to believe
in a doctrine of do, do, do,
00:52:10.33\00:52:15.43
do, do... cock-a-doodle do!
00:52:15.63\00:52:17.70
Do, do, do! But
the gospel tells me
00:52:18.00\00:52:22.77
He did it for me.
Amen! Um-hmm; um-hmm.
00:52:22.97\00:52:26.54
The gospels tells me
that I am saved by good works.
00:52:27.34\00:52:31.85
Hallelujah! His
works... not mine.
00:52:32.05\00:52:36.42
"For the guilt of my
sin the nails drew in
00:52:37.55\00:52:41.19
when Him they crucified. "
00:52:41.39\00:52:43.89
That is the gospel.
00:52:44.09\00:52:45.46
The gospel says: "This
Man receives sinners. "
00:52:46.56\00:52:51.10
You know who said
that? Jesus never said that.
00:52:51.60\00:52:53.67
The Pharisees said that.
00:52:53.87\00:52:55.20
That was a
criticism of the Pharisees.
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.24
They said: "This
Man receives sinners...
00:52:57.54\00:53:00.38
goes to eat with them. "
Jesus said: "You're right...
00:53:00.58\00:53:03.21
I do. That's why I came. "
00:53:03.45\00:53:05.65
"This Man receives sinners. "
00:53:05.95\00:53:07.65
That is the
gospel. Believe the gospel.
00:53:08.15\00:53:12.12
If you believe the gospel,
you will be accepted by God,
00:53:12.42\00:53:18.06
you will be saved by
Christ tonight... tonight.
00:53:18.36\00:53:22.56
You say: "I can't
know that I'm saved. "
00:53:23.00\00:53:24.67
Don't you have faith?
00:53:24.97\00:53:26.57
What about the
man who had leprosy?
00:53:27.77\00:53:29.54
Did he know that he'd
been saved? Yes he did!
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.34
The hour of His power.
00:53:36.71\00:53:40.58
The power is
not in the preacher.
00:53:41.08\00:53:44.75
The power is in the
gospel because Paul said:
00:53:44.95\00:53:49.22
"I am not ashamed of the gospel.
00:53:49.42\00:53:52.29
It is the power of
God for the salvation
00:53:52.69\00:53:57.10
of everyone who believes. "
00:53:57.30\00:53:59.77
Do you believe?
00:54:00.34\00:54:02.17
If you believe, then you
are declared right with God
00:54:02.47\00:54:07.98
right now!
Extraordinary, isn't it?
00:54:08.08\00:54:11.95
And it is the
preaching of this gospel
00:54:13.42\00:54:17.19
that changes the world.
00:54:17.39\00:54:19.22
Now I know what
I'm talking about.
00:54:20.26\00:54:21.79
I'm not an arm-chair
theologian... thank God!
00:54:21.99\00:54:24.59
I've seen the power of God.
00:54:27.30\00:54:29.90
I've seen the hand of
God; I've felt the hand of God.
00:54:31.27\00:54:36.60
Yes, even literally.
When I was preaching in the
00:54:38.94\00:54:42.91
Solomon Islands to a crowd
as far as the eye could see
00:54:43.01\00:54:46.92
very recently...
Pastor Harold Harker
00:54:47.32\00:54:51.05
who used to be the
Union president in Australia
00:54:51.25\00:54:53.92
was standing at the back there.
And I thought he'd come out
00:54:54.46\00:54:57.93
to warn me about something.
00:54:58.13\00:54:59.46
But as I was preaching...
I was preaching that night
00:54:59.73\00:55:02.83
on spiritism. That is a
place where you have spiritism.
00:55:03.03\00:55:08.57
And as I was preaching
sometimes there'd be lightning
00:55:09.07\00:55:12.31
all around the stage.
Sometimes I'd be drenched
00:55:12.51\00:55:16.75
through. But as I
went out to preach
00:55:16.95\00:55:20.32
there came a
mighty burst of wind
00:55:20.52\00:55:23.25
that almost blew
me off the stage.
00:55:23.49\00:55:26.12
And then I felt a
strong hand on my shoulder.
00:55:26.42\00:55:29.92
I turned around. I
thought: "It must be Harold. "
00:55:31.53\00:55:34.10
Well it wasn't Harold.
00:55:35.26\00:55:36.67
My friend, I
have seen the power.
00:55:37.70\00:55:41.34
And the power is not in
man; the power is in Christ!
00:55:43.57\00:55:48.31
It is not in
committees; it is in Christ!
00:55:48.61\00:55:51.55
It is in the Living
God. I have seen the power.
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Just a few months
ago I saw the power
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in El Salvador. They
said: "Don't go there...
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you'll get killed. " I
said: "I can't get killed
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if I'm in God's hands. "
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Um-hmm. The
police didn't think this.
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They took us to the
meetings with armed guards
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in front, armed
guards behind. Machine guns.
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They took us to the stadium.
You know how the Latinos
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are mad on
football? Central America.
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The biggest crowd, my friend,
did not come to see their
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great football matches.
They came to hear the gospel.
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The biggest crowd in
the history of the nation.
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I'll tell you more about it.
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765 busses to bring the people.
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Glory be to God!
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Um-hmm. So there it is.
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The hour of His
power. More in the morning;
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more during the meetings.
I want to pray with you.
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Bow your heads please.
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Our Father, we thank
you for the infallibility
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of the Word of God.
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We thank you that
the Word of God describes
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the hour, and
we've come to the hour.
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We pray earnestly
tonight for President Obama,
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all these people,
and for America...
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but we thank you for Christ.
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And we accept Him tonight
as our Lord and our Savior
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and we say this in Jesus' name,
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Amen and amen.
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