Hello and welcome once
again to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting
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2015. It is Sabbath afternoon
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and we have just
returned from lunch.
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And lunch has not
left some of us, but
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praise the Lord we are
still here and we are expecting
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a powerful message from our
pastor and friend John Carter
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who is going to be preaching
on the subject Not Ashamed.
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I like that. This is
no time to be ashamed.
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No one is ashamed of anything
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and Adventists have nothing
to be ashamed of. Praise God!
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Because we love the Lord.
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It's been a beautiful
Sabbath day outside and in.
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Not too hot, not too cool;
not too sunny, not too shady.
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The Lord has provided us a
very beautiful Sabbath day.
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And, though we are halfway
through the day, I must say
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you look as beautiful and
radiant as you did this morning
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when ere we first saw you.
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So we praise the Lord for that.
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And we hope that you
who are watching us at home,
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listening to us on the radio, or
however you are receiving us -
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perhaps the app on
your computer of iPhone -
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are being blessed also. Because
we've had a wonderful day
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in the Lord. And didn't
you like that worship service?
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It wasn't the classic sermon.
Of course, Danny never gives you
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the classic sermon. Never
gives the classic anything.
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But to see how the Lord
is blessing and what the Lord
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is doing and the confidence
that he and this ministry
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places in God's ability to
finish what He has started.
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And so we love the Lord, and
we love to see what He's doing
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throughout the world
because God is so desperate
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to save men and women.
As we said this morning,
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if you just out of the
way and just surrender,
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He'll get you home.
If you don't fight Him,
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He will save you because that's
what Christ came precisely
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to do. This afternoon we've
got a couple of special things
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we are going to do just
in advance of the sermon.
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First of all I think
we're going to have prayer
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and then we'll go
through this song.
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The song is written from...
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oh, it's second volume
of the Testimonies page 319.
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Ellen White was
writing to a woman who was sick
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for a long time. And you know
when you're in pain for a long
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time it does
things to your head.
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And she was beginning to believe
and her friends were telling her
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that the Lord
didn't love her anymore.
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And Ellen White was telling
her that when you think that way
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you're allowing them
to put you in prison.
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You need to come to
the Lord and go free.
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Then she tells one of
the most powerful statements
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in all of the
Spirit of Prophecy.
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She says: "If you can't
believe God for yourself
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we will believe God for you.
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God accepts our
faith in your behalf. "
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Powerful powerful statement.
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Right there: 319 second
vol. of the Testimonies.
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Don't let the devil
whisper lies in your ear.
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You keep trusting God.
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So the song is Go
Free. Let's pray. Father God,
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we just praise You
and thank you so very much
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for Your Word and for
the power of Your Word.
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We thank you for Elder Carter
who has been such a stalwart
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in preaching Your
Word for so many years.
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We ask from You for
him heaven's very best
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as he lifts up again the
mighty and matchless name
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of Jesus. Please, dear Lord,
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feed him so that he may feed us
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and then water
our thirsty souls.
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And we thank you, dear Father,
in Jesus' name. Amen. Go Free.
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Troubled soul,
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why are you sad and downhearted?
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Don't you know
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He doesn't care
where you started?
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Yesterday can't
change tomorrow...
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so leave behind all your sorrow.
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Go free, go free
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in the name of Jesus go free.
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Child of God, child adored:
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come to the Lord and go free.
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Trembling soul,
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I know you're
so tired of aching.
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Don't you know
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Jesus has cures for the taking?
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The battle that's
raging is so strong...
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you've been a
captive for so long.
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Go free, go free
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in the name of Jesus go free.
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Child of God, child adored:
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come to the Lord and go free.
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Trembling soul,
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by now you're so
tired of fighting.
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Don't you know
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that He sees the
wound you've been hiding?
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The battle still
rages and it's so strong...
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you've been a
captive far too long.
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Go free, ah,
you've gotta go free
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in the name of Jesus go free.
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Child of God,
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child adored:
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come to the Lord
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and go free
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in the name of Jesus go free.
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Child of God,
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child adored:
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come to the Lord
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and go free...
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go free...
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go free...
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now go free.
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Amen!
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Pastor Murray: thank you.
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Wasn't that good, folks? Amen!
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Don't know about you folks, but
I'm ashamed about some things.
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I'm ashamed of some things.
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Can I whisper this to you?
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I find it hard
to whisper anyhow.
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But I'm ashamed of
what the Supreme Court did.
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Amen.
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I'm ashamed about that.
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But I want you
to know one thing:
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I'm not ashamed of Jesus Christ.
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I want you to take your
Bibles please and come with me
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to the book of Romans.
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So glad to see
you dear folks today.
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I just... Hey, I've
got that lady back here.
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I figured she wasn't... Now the
people who are watching at home
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don't know what
we're talking about.
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But we've got a
lady in this audience
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who is mightily anointed.
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In fact, she is so
good I think I'll give...
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If it wasn't the Sabbath,
I'd give her a job offer
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just to come with
me on my campaigns
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and to say all
those hallelujahs.
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Because you know what
it does? It makes you...
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She's ready to go. OK.
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Goodness me. I just
hope my heart is good enough
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to take the stimulation
she's starting to give now.
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Romans... laughter...
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Folks, I want to
tell you all something.
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You know what? Can I
tell you all something?
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Just wondering what you
had for dinner... lunch?
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But can I tell you something?
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It's all right to laugh
in church. That's right!
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Umm. We're all happy.
Didn't you hear what Danny said?
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We're all happy.
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OK... look at this text.
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And I don't call
him Donny at all.
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You know, he was talking this
morning saying I call him Donny.
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I call him Danny.
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So you know what the problem
is: it's not my accent at all.
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It's his ears.
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He doesn't hear it properly.
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All right. Let's get to the
text, folks, or else we're never
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gonna get out of
here. Romans 1 and verse 16.
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Now I'm ashamed of many
things but here it is, though.
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Romans 1:16-17. "I am
not ashamed of the gospel
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because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone
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who believes, first for the Jew
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then for the Gentile.
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For in the gospel a
righteousness from God
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is revealed... a
righteousness that is by faith
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from first to last.
Just as it is written:
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'the righteous
will live by faith. ' "
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Folks, I just say amen to that
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because of what
my eyes have seen.
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I want you to know
mine eyes have seen
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the glory of the
coming of the Lord.
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And I'm not
ashamed of the gospel
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of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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I have a conviction,
and I mentioned this I think
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it was on Thursday
night when I spoke about
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the hour of His power.
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I believe... I've
got a burning conviction
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in my soul that the hour
is right for the preaching
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of the gospel to the world.
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I want you to turn over
here to one of our great texts.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7.
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Revelation chapter 14
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and verses 6 and 7.
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This chapter
talks about the times
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and it talks about the power.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7:
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"Then I saw another
angel flying in mid air
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and he had the eternal
gospel to proclaim to those
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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 the hour of
His judgment has come.
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Worship Him who made
the heavens, the earth,
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the sea, and the
springs of water. ' "
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The Bible says in this text...
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it says: "the hour of
His judgment is come. "
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Is come... it is here now.
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This is really a prophecy.
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But the Bible tells us
that the time would come
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in the history of the human race
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when a message would
go out around the world:
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"the hour of His
judgment is come. It is now. "
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Let me simply go through
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a little of some
of the great signs.
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I mentioned these
on Thursday night.
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Let me say it again.
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Number one: the
coming financial earthquake.
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We know that this great
country that was raised up
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by God to be a bastion
of freedom for the world...
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we know this great country
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through gross
irresponsibility...
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Hear what I said?
Gross irresponsibility
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has a debt now approaching
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nineteen trillion dollars.
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Other economists
say: "No, it is not true.
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If the people
were told the truth
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by their leaders they
would know that the debt
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of the United States is
more like 180 trillion dollars.
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Can you not understand now
why commentators are coming on
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television and they're
doing ads and they're saying
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"Buy silver;
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buy gold; buy property. "
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Because they say we are "coming
to the end of civilization
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as we understand it. "
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Sign number two: the
destruction of the earth.
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The Bible says Jesus will
come at that period in earth's
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history and will destroy those
who are destroying the earth.
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Even now as I speak
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planet earth is so sick that
planet earth is running a fever.
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It is a sign that we've come
to the hour of God's judgment.
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Number three: the rise of these
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ungodly evil terrorists
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such as ISIS.
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Did you know in scripture?
I'm going to show it to you.
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And this could take, you
know, a complete exposition.
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But let me show
it to you very fast.
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Come over here to
Revelation chapter 8
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shall we say.
Revelation chapter 9.
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Revelation chapter 9, and
you can read these conclusions
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in that great book called
Revelation that comes out of
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Andrews University.
It's an outstanding book.
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Revelation chapter 9: "The
fifth angel sounded his trumpet
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and I saw a star that had fallen
from the sky to the earth.
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The star was given... "
Who is this? This is Lucifer.
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"The star was given the
key to the shaft of the Abyss.
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When he opened the
Abyss smoke rose from it like
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the smoke from a
gigantic furnace.
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The sun and the sky were
darkened by the smoke from
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the Abyss, and out of the smoke
locusts came down upon the earth
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and were given power like that
of scorpions of the earth. "
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You know who
these scorpions are?
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This is a picture of the
last days. And here is this
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mighty fallen angel
and he's got permission
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to bring forth the
demons of the bottomless pit.
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The demons of hell.
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When I turn on television
and I see these people
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in the name of their
god murdering Christians,
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chopping off their heads,
murdering their fellow Muslims,
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it is a time... It is a
time mentioned in the scriptures
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that the hour of
His judgment is come.
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And then I could talk at
length, and I'm going to do so
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a little bit today,
about the gospel explosion.
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I am not a pessimist
because my eyes have seen.
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Jesus said: "This
gospel of the kingdom
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is going to be preached
in the whole wide world. "
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Nothing can stop it, my friend.
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You can't stop the
tide from coming in.
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You can have evil people
and even so called good people
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who try to stop
this gospel explosion.
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And you can have all
the politics in the world
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and in the church that try
to stop the tide of God's grace
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coming in, but
you can't stop it.
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I've seen the
flooding tide of God's power.
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I've seen it in China.
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I've seen it there with
the pastors - young women.
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One young woman
pastoring a church of 20,000.
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That's more than any one of
our churches here in the U.S.
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I've seen young men in Russia.
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I've seen them in Africa.
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I've seen the Spirit of
God coming down upon the people
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of God. I have
seen the Latter Rain.
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And therefore I say to
you we are living in the time
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of the judgment hour. The
hour of His judgment IS come.
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And a message goes
forth to the world.
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Would you come back now
please to the book of Romans?
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As you know, I'm just an
old-fashioned Bible preacher
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and I use the Bible
lots because the power is not
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in the preacher...
the power is in the Word.
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Romans chapter 1
and verse 14 and onwards
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my dear friends.
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Paul said: "I am obligated...
" The King James version says...
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What does it say in the KJV?
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"I am a debtor. " It
sounds even better in the KJV.
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King James
version: "I am a debtor
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both to Greeks and non-Greeks,
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both to the wise
and the foolish. "
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That's the first
phrase: "I am a debtor... "
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Because Christ has died
for me I have an obligation.
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I am a debtor to every person.
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I can't stay
home; I can't retire.
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I can't go and sit on
the beach in Australia
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because I am a debtor.
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I am a debtor to the Russians.
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I am a debtor to Julia.
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I am a debtor... and
so are you, my friend.
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We have an eternal debt.
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I am a debtor.
That is why, verse 15:
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That is why I am so
eager. "I am a debtor
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and I am ready. I am so
eager to preach the gospel
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also to you who are at Rome. "
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And the third point
is: "I am not ashamed
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of the gospel because
it is the power of God
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for the salvation of
everyone who believes.
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First for the Jew
then for the Gentile
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for in the gospel a righteous-
ness from God is revealed,
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a righteousness that is
by faith from first to last.
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Just as it is written:
'The righteous will live
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by faith. ' "
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Will you think for a
moment of the gospel?
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What is the gospel?
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The gospel is not about you.
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It's about Christ. Mmm.
It's the good news of Christ.
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Ellen White made a
great statement. She said:
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"Hanging on the
cross was the gospel. "
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"Hanging on the
cross... " Jesus said this,
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you can read
about it in the gospels.
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You know the text: "For
God so loved the world. "
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But He also said
in the same passage
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that contains the world's
most famous text "For God
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so loved the world... "
He said: "As Moses lifted up
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the serpent in the wilderness. "
What a strange figure of speech!
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Why would God say
this? "As Moses lifted up
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the snake in the wilderness. "
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Why didn't He say: "As
Moses lifted up the lamb? "
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We can sort of
relate to that, can't we?
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"As Moses lifted up the
lamb. " But He doesn't say that.
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He says: "As Moses
lifted up the snake. "
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The serpent. What does it mean?
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.93
The snake... the symbol of sin.
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The symbol of the curse of God.
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The symbol of "lostness. "
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When Christ was lifted
up between heaven and earth
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He became in the sight of God
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the greatest sinner who'd
ever lived even though He was
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the most sinless.
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And the sin of the world...
my sin. What is God like?
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What is this God like?
What is the Creator like?
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He said, Jesus:
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"If you've seen Me,
you've seen the Father. "
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What is He like?
Hanging on the cross
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was God. You say: "God
doesn't understand my pain. "
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Yes He does.
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"God doesn't know
what it is to suffer.
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He's sitting up
there on His throne.
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What does God know about it? "
00:23:15.66\00:23:17.03
As I said to the Russians:
you think God doesn't care.
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God cares because on the cross
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He tasted all the
pain, all the sorrow.
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He tasted the anguish of
the atheist when he's dying.
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He tasted the
"lostness" of the soul
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who has turned away from God.
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He tasted the pain of cancer
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and heart disease.
He tasted what it was
00:23:50.03\00:23:55.43
to be rejected
by a bigoted racist.
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He tasted all of this.
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.97
And because He was bearing it
00:24:07.58\00:24:10.85
He tasted the
vengeance of a holy God
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as the serpent.
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Can you see that?
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He tasted it.
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He tasted it.
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On the cross He
was like the serpent.
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That's what it
says... Jesus said.
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"As the serpent was
lifted up in the wilderness... "
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He became sin for us
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even though He knew no sin.
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That is why I was able to
turn to vast audiences in Russia
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where I had the privilege over
the period of time I was there
00:24:51.05\00:24:55.19
to preach to more
than 3 million Russians.
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And I could say
to them - atheists,
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Communists and Marxists
and members of the KGB -
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I say this
humbly... please understand...
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I say this to the glory of God:
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I was twice invited by
the KGB to preach to them.
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The KGB chief came to
me - General Vadimer -
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and he put his hand on his heart
and he said: "Pastor Carter,
00:25:24.22\00:25:27.69
don't forget us.
We, too, have souls. "
00:25:27.99\00:25:31.13
You would say: "You can't reach
those people, they're too bad. "
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No... they're
sinners the same as us
00:25:36.16\00:25:39.37
and a lot easier to
reach on many occasions
00:25:39.57\00:25:42.90
than the people who go to church
00:25:43.10\00:25:44.87
because they feel their
need. "Don't forget us. "
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"Don't forget us. "
00:25:50.41\00:25:52.08
When I preached to
the Russians I said:
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"Marxism said you are an
animal. That's all you are. "
00:25:57.59\00:26:02.79
"Because of the doctrine
of evolution you are simply
00:26:02.99\00:26:05.49
an animal. Most likely
you're not even an animal.
00:26:05.69\00:26:09.03
You're only a machine...
you're only a thing. "
00:26:09.23\00:26:12.70
As Darwin taught, you're only
the product - wait for this -
00:26:13.10\00:26:16.54
you're only the product of time
00:26:16.74\00:26:19.34
plus matter plus chance.
00:26:19.54\00:26:22.54
That's all you are.
00:26:22.74\00:26:24.08
You're the product of
time plus matter plus chance.
00:26:24.28\00:26:27.22
That's what the
Communists taught them.
00:26:27.42\00:26:28.75
I stood before them
and because of Calvary
00:26:28.88\00:26:32.52
I was able to say to
them: "You are NOT an animal.
00:26:32.72\00:26:35.49
You are NOT a machine.
00:26:35.89\00:26:38.29
You are a child of God. "
00:26:38.69\00:26:41.00
Do you want to know
how important you are?
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.87
The God who made the stars...
00:26:45.47\00:26:48.04
We now know how
many galaxies there are.
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.47
Two hundred billion galaxies.
00:26:52.71\00:26:56.95
Two hundred billion.
Each galaxy is composed
00:26:57.15\00:27:00.85
of about two hundred
billion blazing suns.
00:27:01.02\00:27:04.32
And the God who made this,
the God who flung the stars
00:27:06.79\00:27:11.59
in space... Can we
ever ever ever get this
00:27:11.79\00:27:15.63
into our tiny little minds
00:27:15.83\00:27:19.57
that the God who made
this almost infinite universe
00:27:19.77\00:27:25.01
was nailed to a cross?
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.61
So I said to them:
"What is God like? "
00:27:29.01\00:27:32.65
"You feel that you're not loved?
00:27:33.05\00:27:36.05
He would have done
this for one person. "
00:27:36.45\00:27:39.25
I made an appeal to the KGB,
1,000 officers standing there.
00:27:40.89\00:27:45.73
Quite amazing.
00:27:46.13\00:27:48.60
You've seen in the movies those
big black cars that they drive?
00:27:49.53\00:27:53.00
Then sent some cars around to
pick up my team and pick up me.
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I say this to the glory of God.
00:27:59.07\00:28:01.44
Let it be to the glory of God.
00:28:01.84\00:28:04.01
We've got
nothing to boast about.
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.18
Without the grace of
God you know what we are?
00:28:06.38\00:28:09.08
We are animated
mud on the way to dust.
00:28:09.48\00:28:12.45
You hear this? We are
animated mud on the way to dust
00:28:12.65\00:28:16.86
except for Calvary.
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.06
And I spoke about
these things to the KGB.
00:28:22.00\00:28:24.90
And I made an appeal... I
made an appeal for Christ.
00:28:26.97\00:28:31.57
And the first person on
his feet was the KGB general.
00:28:31.97\00:28:36.34
Got up; clicked his heels.
00:28:36.54\00:28:38.68
The colonels got up
and stood beside him.
00:28:39.08\00:28:41.92
Stood up there. Then I
appealed to the KGB officers.
00:28:43.28\00:28:47.76
As I was preaching - I
say this to the glory of God
00:28:48.16\00:28:52.56
because, you see, I
have seen the glory of God -
00:28:52.76\00:28:55.76
I've seen the power of God.
00:28:56.16\00:28:58.40
I'm not a college
professor, God bless them.
00:28:58.60\00:29:02.47
I am not an arm
chair theologian.
00:29:02.67\00:29:05.34
I am not a church administrator,
God bless them too.
00:29:05.54\00:29:09.34
But I've seen the glory of God.
00:29:13.11\00:29:15.28
And as I was
preaching on what God is like:
00:29:16.72\00:29:20.09
"here He is, God...
He's hanging on the cross, "
00:29:20.29\00:29:23.39
you know what they
did? You know what they did?
00:29:25.26\00:29:28.33
They wept... they wept!
00:29:29.50\00:29:32.87
Ever wept in church? They wept!
00:29:33.07\00:29:36.54
When I held the altar
call the flood of humanity was
00:29:37.84\00:29:40.91
so great from the KGB that they
thought I'd be killed, crushed.
00:29:41.11\00:29:45.81
It is the power
of God unto salvation
00:29:48.68\00:29:51.65
to everyone who believes.
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.96
And let us never
take glory to ourselves.
00:29:55.36\00:29:59.06
We are nothing without God.
00:29:59.26\00:30:01.06
How? What
audacity for any one of us
00:30:01.46\00:30:05.30
to become puffed up
with our little bit of pride.
00:30:05.50\00:30:09.14
"Look at me. " Uh-hmm.
00:30:09.34\00:30:12.74
Without the grace of
God we are animated mud
00:30:15.91\00:30:20.38
on the way to dust.
00:30:20.78\00:30:22.48
But by the grace of
God because of Calvary
00:30:24.72\00:30:27.42
you are not an
animal. You are not a machine.
00:30:27.62\00:30:31.13
You are a child of
God and God loves you.
00:30:31.43\00:30:36.26
Let me tell you about something
that happened after we went
00:30:38.10\00:30:41.00
to Russia. I was
invited to go to Ukraine
00:30:41.20\00:30:45.34
to the great city of
Kiev. This is an amazing story.
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.61
People say: "You
making up these stories? "
00:30:48.81\00:30:51.98
No. There's lots of
stuff I can't tell you
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.92
because it is too sensitive.
00:30:55.12\00:30:58.72
So I'm leaving out a lot.
00:31:00.06\00:31:03.43
A quarter has
only ever been told.
00:31:05.06\00:31:08.20
But when we were
planning to go to Kiev -
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.13
this big city, the
capitol of Ukraine -
00:31:11.33\00:31:13.50
the archbishop of
the great Orthodox church
00:31:13.90\00:31:18.57
said this because we
put out our advertising...
00:31:18.77\00:31:22.28
Now I say this humbly.
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.05
Guess I'd better talk softly.
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.01
He said: "John Carter
00:31:27.38\00:31:31.55
will come and
preach in this city
00:31:31.75\00:31:34.26
over my dead body. "
00:31:34.66\00:31:37.29
I wouldn't want to
say anything like that.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.83
We had hired a great
theater that would seat
00:31:44.47\00:31:48.07
with people
standing at least 12,000.
00:31:48.27\00:31:51.41
And he said...
he said it publicly.
00:31:54.74\00:31:58.21
He said it in the cathedral.
00:31:58.41\00:32:00.25
He said it on television:
00:32:00.45\00:32:02.55
"John Carter will preach
here only over my dead body. "
00:32:02.75\00:32:08.26
A few days before
we arrived in the city
00:32:11.76\00:32:14.96
and got off the plane
00:32:15.36\00:32:18.00
he was struck down... a
young man in the prime of life.
00:32:20.70\00:32:25.54
His followers said:
"We're going to bury him in the
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.18
national cathedral. " The
Ukrainian government said:
00:32:32.38\00:32:35.65
"No... not after what he said. "
00:32:35.85\00:32:38.22
They said: "Bury
him on the sidewalk. "
00:32:39.42\00:32:42.99
The priests took up the crosses
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.23
and they went out and
they battled with the militia
00:32:48.43\00:32:51.97
in the streets of Kiev
and turned the streets red
00:32:52.17\00:32:56.44
with blood.
That's when we arrived.
00:32:56.64\00:33:01.21
I go there, you know, once a
year. Sometimes every 2 years.
00:33:04.75\00:33:10.39
And I go to the cathedral,
and outside the cathedral
00:33:10.79\00:33:15.46
is a coffin on the sidewalk.
00:33:15.66\00:33:18.73
Um-hmm. He is the man who said
00:33:19.63\00:33:22.90
"No, he's not going
to preach in this city.
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.87
And if he does, it'll
be over my dead body. "
00:33:26.07\00:33:30.01
Now let me tell
you folks something.
00:33:33.34\00:33:35.08
I'm going to say this to you
'cause I've told lots of people
00:33:36.54\00:33:39.28
this. I won't tell you
to whom I've told this.
00:33:39.48\00:33:41.92
Never try to
stop the work of God.
00:33:43.12\00:33:47.02
Don't say: "This
is not going to happen
00:33:48.76\00:33:52.83
because it's going to interfere
with our little program. "
00:33:53.03\00:33:57.73
Let God be God.
00:33:58.13\00:34:00.94
We opened there on a
Saturday... Saturday afternoon.
00:34:05.27\00:34:10.15
Saturday morning I thought:
"I'll just go down to the
00:34:11.38\00:34:14.32
auditorium.
I've got a great team
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.22
from America and Australia. "
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.32
Got one of the best men
for sound you'll find anywhere
00:34:19.52\00:34:23.26
in the world: Bob Ludwig,
00:34:23.46\00:34:25.76
who has done the sound
for four U.S. presidents.
00:34:25.96\00:34:28.90
He does the sound
for the Carter Report.
00:34:29.20\00:34:31.67
And so I went
down to the auditorium
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.97
about 9 in the morning.
00:34:37.17\00:34:38.84
Six thousand
people there... outside.
00:34:40.28\00:34:42.68
So it was looking good.
We opened in 6 hours time.
00:34:43.08\00:34:47.18
When I went down at 3 o'clock
00:34:47.58\00:34:51.19
inside the building you
would have had 12,000 to 15,000
00:34:52.59\00:34:56.56
people standing
shoulder to shoulder.
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.26
You couldn't move.
00:35:00.56\00:35:02.13
No noise... but people
standing shoulder to shoulder
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.17
and outside a hundred thousand
people who couldn't get in.
00:35:07.37\00:35:10.64
A hundred thousand!
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.28
Every day the
government sent out a decree
00:35:14.48\00:35:17.68
and they said: "We're
going to close you down. "
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.62
I was called to
the city hall in Kiev
00:35:20.95\00:35:24.32
and the minister of
religion said to me:
00:35:25.45\00:35:27.99
"We issue you, John Carter,
an edict. You are to close down
00:35:28.19\00:35:33.90
the meetings today. "
00:35:34.10\00:35:36.73
So I said: "No. "
00:35:38.13\00:35:41.20
They said: "No,
we're not joking with you.
00:35:41.80\00:35:44.07
We'll put you in prison. "
00:35:44.27\00:35:45.61
Now I say this
to the glory of God.
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.58
I said: "Go ahead. "
00:35:47.78\00:35:49.11
Uh-huh. "Did you see what
happened to this bishop? "
00:35:49.28\00:35:53.88
Uh-huh.
00:35:55.35\00:35:56.79
I said: "Did you see
what happened to the bishop?
00:35:56.99\00:35:58.99
Go ahead. "
00:35:59.19\00:36:00.59
They said: "We will
put you in prison. "
00:36:00.62\00:36:02.66
I said: "Go ahead. "
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.19
Then they had a
committee meeting.
00:36:04.56\00:36:06.16
I was the first minister
they'd ever met who said "No"
00:36:06.36\00:36:09.46
to them. This is true.
00:36:09.66\00:36:11.20
Most ministers cower.
00:36:11.40\00:36:13.34
Got all these
government officials.
00:36:13.54\00:36:15.80
I said: "No. "
00:36:16.00\00:36:17.61
Every night we had
these vast crowds of people.
00:36:18.84\00:36:22.88
Then the government said:
"We're going to close you down.
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.05
You can't have any police come,
00:36:26.25\00:36:28.48
and if there are no police
there to protect the people
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.02
you're illegal. So we're
going to close you down. "
00:36:31.22\00:36:33.86
And so the police stopped
coming... but a major in the
00:36:34.99\00:36:39.33
police force heard about it.
00:36:39.53\00:36:42.46
He heard what was going on.
00:36:42.86\00:36:44.60
And he got on the phone
and he called to the police
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.87
from another city.
Every night, every day
00:36:48.07\00:36:52.24
there was a
battle. And then in the end
00:36:52.44\00:36:56.41
I said: "We're
going to have a baptism. "
00:36:56.61\00:36:57.98
They said: "Well you can
only baptize 100 people. "
00:36:58.18\00:37:01.32
I said: "Remember the bishop. "
00:37:01.72\00:37:04.55
They said: "100 people! "
00:37:05.82\00:37:07.99
They said: "You can't get
busses. " So they told all
00:37:08.19\00:37:11.56
of the bus companies in
Kiev: "You cannot rent busses
00:37:11.76\00:37:16.03
to these... these
Adventist Christians. "
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.87
So people heard about it
00:37:20.24\00:37:22.40
and bus companies from all
over Ukraine sent their busses.
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.24
And we had a
baptism in the Dnepr River:
00:37:27.38\00:37:30.75
the largest baptism in a
thousand years glory be to God.
00:37:30.95\00:37:35.95
3,500 souls baptized
00:37:36.35\00:37:40.06
in the waters
of the Dnepr River.
00:37:40.26\00:37:42.39
Can't you see
I'm full of courage?
00:37:43.83\00:37:46.46
Can't you see why I believe?
00:37:46.90\00:37:49.13
Can't you see why I
believe that the gospel
00:37:49.33\00:37:52.07
is the power of
God unto salvation?
00:37:52.27\00:37:54.77
Now... Yes,
hallelujah, sister. Praise God!
00:37:57.37\00:38:01.71
Um-hmm. Now there's a person...
00:38:02.11\00:38:05.38
I have a wonderful team of
people. I've got volunteers
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.85
and people who are on the staff.
00:38:09.05\00:38:11.99
And a number of years ago
this lady joined our team.
00:38:12.39\00:38:17.66
She is the
Communications Director
00:38:18.06\00:38:20.86
for the Carter Report.
And those of you who get our
00:38:21.03\00:38:23.97
newsletters - and everybody
ought to get our newsletters -
00:38:24.17\00:38:27.34
will often see there
that it's signed by Susan...
00:38:27.54\00:38:31.37
because she's the person
who with my wife and my son
00:38:31.57\00:38:35.84
and others help us
to preach the gospel.
00:38:36.04\00:38:39.11
Now Susan, would
you like to come out?
00:38:39.31\00:38:41.05
Would you please
welcome Susan Piraino?
00:38:41.25\00:38:43.49
Howdy. Well good afternoon.
It's been an honor and a
00:38:47.86\00:38:51.23
privilege to be here with you
all and to just be part of this
00:38:51.43\00:38:54.73
wonderful Camp
Meeting that's taking place.
00:38:54.93\00:38:57.13
And I just want to
share a few things.
00:38:57.33\00:38:59.23
I've been working with
Pastor Carter in the ministry
00:38:59.43\00:39:01.70
for 22 years now. And
it's been the biggest blessing
00:39:01.90\00:39:05.01
of my life. And
the longest 22 years.
00:39:05.21\00:39:08.68
No. And I've had the
privilege of experiencing
00:39:11.21\00:39:13.85
so many wonderful things
and seeing how God has worked
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.62
every single year when we've
gone out on different campaigns
00:39:16.82\00:39:19.95
all over the world.
But a little selfishly
00:39:20.19\00:39:23.19
I will say the best
experience that I've had
00:39:23.39\00:39:25.96
is when I came to know the Lord.
00:39:26.16\00:39:28.70
And that was through
this ministry as well.
00:39:28.90\00:39:30.80
Pastor Carter had a campaign
which he held in Los Angeles
00:39:31.20\00:39:35.77
back in 1990. And I
had grown up in the church.
00:39:35.97\00:39:38.94
And unfortunately,
around the age of 17 or 18,
00:39:39.14\00:39:43.45
I decided that I didn't need
to be in the church any more.
00:39:43.65\00:39:45.88
And I stopped attending
church for many many years.
00:39:46.28\00:39:48.65
And I met my
husband; I got married
00:39:48.85\00:39:52.09
and I had a couple of children.
00:39:52.49\00:39:54.92
And when the
children came into the picture
00:39:55.42\00:39:57.63
I knew that I needed to
bring my children into church
00:39:58.03\00:40:01.53
as well. Because I had a mother
who was always praying for me.
00:40:01.73\00:40:05.33
And you know, in Proverbs
it says "Train up your child
00:40:05.73\00:40:08.64
in the way they should
go because when they grow up
00:40:08.84\00:40:11.04
they will not depart. "
00:40:11.24\00:40:12.57
So mothers and fathers:
keep praying for your kids.
00:40:12.61\00:40:14.88
Because even though
I had left the church
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.41
my mother was always
praying and always inviting me
00:40:17.81\00:40:20.68
to come back to church.
But now with 2 little children
00:40:20.88\00:40:23.65
that were my responsibility
I knew that I needed to
00:40:23.85\00:40:26.82
have them know the
Lord. So my mother invited me
00:40:27.02\00:40:30.39
to the Shrine Auditorium where
this gentleman from Australia
00:40:30.59\00:40:34.30
was holding some meetings.
00:40:34.50\00:40:35.86
And my husband and I
decided we would come
00:40:36.26\00:40:38.73
because it
wasn't held in a church.
00:40:39.13\00:40:41.27
Had the meetings been in a
church we wouldn't have gone.
00:40:41.67\00:40:44.44
But it was in a public
place, and so I thought: "OK,
00:40:44.84\00:40:48.14
this will be great. " So we
ended up coming to the Shrine
00:40:48.34\00:40:50.78
Auditorium and I heard the
gospel for the very first time
00:40:50.95\00:40:54.85
in my life. And
it drew at my heart
00:40:55.05\00:40:58.89
and my husband's as well.
00:40:59.09\00:41:00.49
And I remember thinking: "I
know that one of these evenings
00:41:00.66\00:41:04.03
Pastor Carter's
going to make an appeal. "
00:41:04.23\00:41:05.73
'Cause I grew up in
church and I know how it works.
00:41:05.93\00:41:07.73
And so when he
finally made that appeal
00:41:08.10\00:41:12.17
I had the biggest
struggle of my life
00:41:12.37\00:41:14.20
because I thought: "The
Lord is giving me my opportunity
00:41:14.57\00:41:17.71
now with my
husband here beside me. "
00:41:17.91\00:41:20.18
And my heart was
racing 100 miles an hour
00:41:20.38\00:41:23.45
when I heard him say:
"Stand up if you would like to
00:41:23.65\00:41:26.35
give your life to Jesus. "
00:41:26.55\00:41:27.95
And it was a
struggle, let me tell you,
00:41:28.35\00:41:30.99
'cause I knew that once I
made that decision to stand up
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.26
that I wouldn't be going back.
00:41:34.46\00:41:36.02
And the Lord gave me
the strength to stand up
00:41:36.62\00:41:39.09
and my husband stood up with me.
00:41:39.29\00:41:40.93
And we decided to give
our lives to Jesus Christ.
00:41:41.10\00:41:43.73
And we were
shortly baptized after that
00:41:44.13\00:41:46.23
and we've been with
Pastor Carter ever since.
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.27
And that's been
over 25 years now.
00:41:48.47\00:41:50.44
And it's just been the
best experience of our lives
00:41:50.84\00:41:53.44
traveling with him all
over the world and seeing
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.44
so many wonderful people
come to know Jesus Christ
00:41:55.64\00:41:58.45
and to hear that our salvation
is ONLY through Jesus Christ.
00:41:58.65\00:42:02.88
And to preach the
gospel in Africa and India,
00:42:03.18\00:42:07.56
in Russia, Ukraine, and
last year in El Salvador
00:42:07.72\00:42:12.73
where we finally went to
a country where we were able
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.00
to speak the language as well.
00:42:16.20\00:42:17.53
'Cause my family's from Chile
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.90
and so we were able to
communicate with all those
00:42:20.10\00:42:22.80
wonderful people attending.
00:42:23.00\00:42:24.34
We had 55,000
people come to the stadium.
00:42:24.37\00:42:28.11
And we had a baptism
at the end of the meetings
00:42:28.31\00:42:30.71
and 4,500 people gave
their lives to Jesus Christ.
00:42:30.91\00:42:34.68
So we live and we work
for a powerful living God.
00:42:34.88\00:42:38.15
And He is in control.
00:42:38.55\00:42:40.46
And I just want to say
thank you for being with us.
00:42:40.86\00:42:43.02
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you for standing with us
00:42:43.22\00:42:45.36
and supporting us because
we have a great work to do.
00:42:45.56\00:42:48.06
And time is
coming to a quick end.
00:42:48.26\00:42:51.33
And so God is giving
us this last opportunity
00:42:51.53\00:42:53.67
to keep proclaiming the gospel
00:42:53.87\00:42:55.44
and to keep allowing
people to come and know Him
00:42:55.84\00:42:58.34
and to have a place in
the kingdom with us all.
00:42:58.54\00:43:00.71
So God bless you
all, and thank you so much
00:43:01.01\00:43:02.78
for the opportunity to be
here and to share our wonderful
00:43:02.98\00:43:05.51
stories with you and together
as we continue doing this work.
00:43:05.71\00:43:09.25
God bless, and thank you for
the privilege, Pastor Carter,
00:43:09.45\00:43:11.99
of being part of your team.
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.79
Susie, thank you; thank you.
00:43:13.99\00:43:15.69
God bless Susie and God
bless Javier and their children.
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.43
What should I tell you? I've got
so much that I could tell you.
00:43:27.04\00:43:29.57
Want to hear the
story about the dove?
00:43:29.77\00:43:34.24
Well this man obviously does.
00:43:34.44\00:43:36.28
We went to Papua, New Guinea.
Port Moresby, the most dangerous
00:43:37.71\00:43:40.92
city in the world.
You can easily be killed
00:43:41.12\00:43:44.35
in Port Moresby. We
hired the biggest stadium.
00:43:44.55\00:43:48.79
An outdoor
stadium... football place.
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.93
Just our little team.
Our son David was in charge
00:43:53.50\00:43:57.60
of setting up, and Pastor
Harold Harker from Australia.
00:43:57.80\00:44:01.64
We had a great team.
00:44:02.04\00:44:03.41
We build the biggest
screens that they've ever seen
00:44:03.71\00:44:06.88
in these countries, and
we use the most powerful
00:44:07.08\00:44:10.25
video projectors.
And Bob comes along
00:44:10.45\00:44:13.52
with Don Beagle, another
one of our sound engineers.
00:44:13.72\00:44:16.38
And we have sound
such as you would have
00:44:16.79\00:44:19.79
in a great rock concert
00:44:20.19\00:44:22.56
so people can hear a mile away.
00:44:22.96\00:44:26.36
We started with a
rather small crowd of 70,000.
00:44:29.13\00:44:33.80
The next night it was 80,000.
00:44:34.97\00:44:36.77
Then it was 100,000.
Then the newspaper said
00:44:36.97\00:44:40.34
"These are the biggest crowds
00:44:40.54\00:44:41.88
in the history of
the South Pacific. "
00:44:41.91\00:44:43.61
130,000.
00:44:43.81\00:44:45.75
As we came towards
the end we had 150,000.
00:44:45.95\00:44:49.75
Let me tell you
what happened, though.
00:44:49.95\00:44:51.39
We had to throw it
into the hands of God
00:44:51.79\00:44:54.59
because over here to the left
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.73
there was a vast
stadium... another one.
00:44:57.93\00:45:00.93
Like a big football field.
00:45:01.10\00:45:03.06
And so they said:
"What are we going to do? "
00:45:03.26\00:45:05.17
I said: "Build
another giant screen.
00:45:05.37\00:45:07.04
We've got another
giant video projector. "
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.90
So we built a screen there.
00:45:10.51\00:45:12.14
I don't know how many
people were down there...
00:45:12.34\00:45:13.98
maybe 30,000 or 40,000.
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.71
And then we discovered there
was another football stadium
00:45:15.91\00:45:19.71
just 1/4 mile down the road
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.28
and it was packed also.
00:45:22.48\00:45:24.09
So possibly we
had 200,000 people.
00:45:24.29\00:45:28.86
You think it's easy?
00:45:30.26\00:45:32.96
No. I was preaching to people
00:45:33.16\00:45:35.53
many of them
who had hard hearts.
00:45:35.73\00:45:37.87
When I would make an appeal
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.40
I had to work. I had
to work hard, pray hard.
00:45:40.60\00:45:43.47
"Lord, I'm not getting
through to these people.
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.74
Help me, Jesus. "
00:45:46.04\00:45:48.21
And when I'm making
an appeal I usually stop
00:45:48.41\00:45:52.45
and I say out loud: "Lord,
00:45:52.65\00:45:56.05
I can't do any more. I pass
the meeting into Your hands.
00:45:56.25\00:46:00.29
Now Lord, I'm
going to step back. "
00:46:00.69\00:46:02.92
And I'll just stop and I'll say:
00:46:03.12\00:46:05.39
"Now Lord, talk
to their hearts. "
00:46:05.59\00:46:08.26
But as we came
towards the end of the series
00:46:09.73\00:46:12.60
and the people were resisting...
00:46:12.80\00:46:15.07
After the meeting one night
00:46:15.47\00:46:18.14
my young pastors
from Papua, New Guinea
00:46:18.54\00:46:23.95
they came to me and
they said: "Pastor Carter,
00:46:24.15\00:46:26.08
the church
members are astounded.
00:46:26.48\00:46:29.75
A great white dove
flew over the audience. "
00:46:30.19\00:46:33.66
I said: "I never saw it. "
00:46:34.06\00:46:35.72
They said: "We didn't either,
but our church members say
00:46:35.92\00:46:38.69
God is visiting His people. "
00:46:39.19\00:46:41.96
I never saw this.
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.47
But the next night
with a vast audience...
00:46:44.67\00:46:48.54
Have you seen an audience
as far as the eye can see?
00:46:48.94\00:46:52.11
It doesn't end.
00:46:52.51\00:46:54.04
And I was out the back behind...
I have these giant blackboards.
00:46:54.64\00:46:59.91
And I write on these
black- boards and I have these
00:47:00.18\00:47:02.52
giant screens.
And I was out the back
00:47:02.72\00:47:06.22
and I was talking to some
of the government ministers.
00:47:06.42\00:47:09.42
The campaign
didn't move the city;
00:47:10.69\00:47:13.56
it moved the nation.
00:47:13.76\00:47:15.13
The ministers of the government,
the parliamentarians, came
00:47:16.13\00:47:19.47
to the meeting one
night. And I said: "What are you
00:47:19.67\00:47:21.40
doing here? " They said:
"We've come to be blessed.
00:47:21.60\00:47:23.81
Would you put
your hands upon us? "
00:47:24.21\00:47:26.17
So they came up the front
00:47:26.57\00:47:28.64
and we in the name of
Jesus put our hands upon them
00:47:28.84\00:47:32.88
and called them
to be good people.
00:47:33.08\00:47:35.92
To be honest
and above corruption
00:47:36.12\00:47:38.65
and to uphold
Christ in their work.
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.72
So I was talking to
the minister of justice.
00:47:42.12\00:47:44.66
He said: "The prime
minister is coming to see you.
00:47:45.06\00:47:47.30
He wants your prayers.
00:47:48.53\00:47:50.17
He knows what is happening here.
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.53
The prime minister wants
your prayers and he wants you
00:47:52.93\00:47:56.10
to pray for the cabinet.
" And this happened later.
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.37
So I was talking
to him out the back
00:47:58.57\00:48:00.91
and then I heard, my brother,
the sound of many waters
00:48:01.28\00:48:06.65
like the roar of many
waters mentioned in the Bible.
00:48:06.85\00:48:09.48
I have a great singer
whose name is Willie G.
00:48:10.95\00:48:14.12
Some of you folks
will remember Little Willie
00:48:14.32\00:48:17.39
from the Midnighters.
00:48:17.59\00:48:19.59
Not in your church obviously.
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.20
The famous group used
to sing around the world.
00:48:22.60\00:48:26.00
They were not a Christian
group, but this man now
00:48:26.20\00:48:29.24
is a born-again Christian.
00:48:29.44\00:48:30.81
And he was standing out the
front and only as Willie can
00:48:30.91\00:48:34.28
sing he was holding the audience
in the hollow of his hands.
00:48:34.41\00:48:39.45
And then as I
came out and looked
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.92
Willie was
pointing up to the heavens.
00:48:43.12\00:48:45.29
And the people were
standing to their feet.
00:48:45.69\00:48:48.29
Their hands up. All the
people standing to their feet
00:48:51.13\00:48:54.93
pointing to the heavens.
00:48:56.26\00:48:58.07
What a sight! 150,000
people with their hands up.
00:48:58.27\00:49:02.64
And there she
came... this great white dove
00:49:02.84\00:49:07.31
that had never been seen before
in that part of the world.
00:49:07.51\00:49:10.88
It doesn't live there.
00:49:11.08\00:49:12.41
And it came over the audience,
and as it came over the
00:49:13.35\00:49:16.82
audience I looked up, and
the dove flashed over my head.
00:49:17.02\00:49:21.92
That night when I
went out to make an appeal
00:49:24.39\00:49:26.73
let me tell you what happened.
00:49:26.93\00:49:28.53
Umm. I made an
appeal in the name of Jesus
00:49:29.70\00:49:32.20
and I said: "God has visited us.
00:49:32.60\00:49:35.10
He's come here. God
has visited His people
00:49:35.30\00:49:38.51
and He's come here tonight.
Don't despise these things.
00:49:38.71\00:49:42.18
We don't go by signs and won-
ders; we go by the Word of God
00:49:42.38\00:49:45.91
but sometimes God in
His infinite mercy and power
00:49:46.11\00:49:49.32
sends us signs and wonders. "
00:49:49.52\00:49:51.62
As I made that appeal that night
00:49:53.56\00:49:55.92
I guess 50,000 or 60,000 people
came forward in the altar call.
00:49:56.32\00:50:00.43
Just a flood of humanity.
00:50:01.86\00:50:04.13
People with their hands
raised begging God for prayer.
00:50:04.30\00:50:07.87
They came from
across this side here;
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they came in a flood
from that part of the stadium.
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Outside the stadium.
00:50:15.44\00:50:17.11
Just the other
day I got a letter
00:50:17.51\00:50:20.95
from one of the
leaders of the gangs.
00:50:21.15\00:50:24.25
He told me: "You
were not aware of this
00:50:24.65\00:50:27.79
but all of the gang
leaders were in your meetings. "
00:50:27.99\00:50:32.13
Murderers and rapists.
00:50:32.53\00:50:36.43
Do you think I was scared?
00:50:36.63\00:50:38.63
No... I wasn't scared.
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.80
Do you think my
life was in danger?
00:50:42.00\00:50:44.57
My life was not in
danger because God was there.
00:50:44.77\00:50:49.91
And God
restrained those gang members
00:50:50.11\00:50:53.38
and those gang members...
You know, I'd like to say
00:50:53.58\00:50:57.95
to the president
of the United States
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.62
"There's an answer
to violence in America.
00:51:00.09\00:51:03.22
There's an answer to
all of these killings.
00:51:03.63\00:51:06.53
There's an answer to Ferguson.
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.63
There's an answer
to all of these cities.
00:51:09.03\00:51:12.27
And I'm going to
tell you what it is.
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It's not more government,
it's more Jesus Christ. "
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.97
What America
needs, I'm telling you:
00:51:21.21\00:51:24.78
we don't need more politicians
00:51:24.98\00:51:27.32
and we don't
need more legislation
00:51:27.52\00:51:30.25
and we don't need more lectures.
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.22
We need preachers
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:51:34.99\00:51:39.33
preaching to our young white men
00:51:39.53\00:51:41.60
and our young black men.
00:51:41.80\00:51:43.50
That's what we need.
00:51:44.10\00:51:45.77
This gang leader
wrote me this letter.
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He said: "Pastor Carter,
I was the leader of a gang.
00:51:49.37\00:51:53.21
We were murderers and
rapists... " And he said:
00:51:53.41\00:51:57.58
"I am now a
member of the church.
00:51:57.75\00:52:00.45
I was baptized after you left. "
00:52:00.65\00:52:03.15
Thousands have been baptized.
00:52:03.39\00:52:05.49
And he said: "I had my
cell phone there that night. "
00:52:06.09\00:52:10.93
And he said: "I was
recording the music. "
00:52:11.13\00:52:15.50
And he said: "I am
sending you what the cell
00:52:15.90\00:52:19.67
phone recorded. " He said:
"It comes on at such and such
00:52:19.87\00:52:23.71
a time. " So he sent it to me.
00:52:23.91\00:52:25.87
And I looked at it on my
iPad from his cell phone.
00:52:26.07\00:52:29.08
And there she came...
this great white dove.
00:52:29.48\00:52:32.95
We had a baptism
down at the beach.
00:52:35.45\00:52:37.99
Thousands baptized in the ocean.
00:52:39.05\00:52:42.26
On that Sabbath morning it
was our privilege to baptize
00:52:42.46\00:52:45.39
three thousand
people out in the ocean.
00:52:45.59\00:52:47.83
But as we were
having the baptism
00:52:48.96\00:52:51.00
people came to us
later and they said:
00:52:51.20\00:52:53.27
"Did you see? Did you
see? " I said: "What? "
00:52:53.67\00:52:57.54
"I saw the people.
I was pretty busy. "
00:52:57.74\00:53:00.81
They said: "The
white dove came in again
00:53:01.04\00:53:04.65
from the horizon, and it
came in low over the ocean
00:53:04.95\00:53:09.62
and it came over the people. "
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.69
Now you can say to me:
"You know, that's just a bird. "
00:53:13.22\00:53:16.86
But nobody else in
PNG had seen such a bird.
00:53:18.33\00:53:21.86
It came at the right time.
00:53:23.10\00:53:26.07
There are
people I cannot forget.
00:53:26.70\00:53:29.60
Dr. Julia Outkina.
Support her... support 3ABN.
00:53:30.81\00:53:36.75
Julia. The Chernobyl pastor.
00:53:37.15\00:53:40.78
The young pastor
who came from Chernobyl
00:53:41.18\00:53:44.15
with a bus load of
people from Chernobyl.
00:53:46.15\00:53:48.36
The most dangerous
place in the world.
00:53:50.19\00:53:51.99
I said: "Pastor,
you're a young man.
00:53:52.19\00:53:54.56
If you stay there, the radi-
ation is going to kill you. "
00:53:54.93\00:53:58.23
He said: "How
can I leave them? "
00:53:59.60\00:54:01.60
"How can I leave them? "
00:54:03.41\00:54:05.04
He said: "These are my people. "
00:54:05.34\00:54:06.98
How can I forget him?
00:54:08.44\00:54:10.38
Paul the prisoner.
Whenever I go to Moscow -
00:54:11.78\00:54:15.42
I expect to be there
in a couple of months...
00:54:15.62\00:54:17.59
Paul the prisoner...
betrayed by a church member.
00:54:18.92\00:54:22.69
In the days of the
Communists... betrayed
00:54:24.03\00:54:26.26
by a church member.
They put him in prison
00:54:27.40\00:54:30.23
because he was a
preacher of the gospel.
00:54:30.43\00:54:33.23
And they put him in
a refrigerated cell.
00:54:33.44\00:54:36.27
So they froze him,
then they'd take him out
00:54:37.87\00:54:42.31
and warm him
up. Put him back in.
00:54:42.51\00:54:44.65
His teeth fell out.
00:54:45.05\00:54:46.78
I said: "Did you betray
your brethren? " He said: "No!
00:54:47.62\00:54:51.62
No... never. "
He's tall... he's gaunt.
00:54:51.82\00:54:56.69
He's my friend. We
call him Paul the prisoner.
00:54:57.93\00:55:02.70
Can you see why I go back?
00:55:02.90\00:55:04.63
The man with the gun
in Irkutsk in Siberia.
00:55:06.07\00:55:09.24
Beverley was speaking.
Want to say hi to Beverley.
00:55:09.44\00:55:12.74
Hello Beverley. She's
watching this telecast
00:55:13.14\00:55:16.85
out of Thousand
Oaks. She was speaking
00:55:17.05\00:55:19.81
when a young man came
to get after me with a gun.
00:55:20.02\00:55:23.42
He worked in the Special Forces,
the Russian Special Forces.
00:55:23.82\00:55:27.69
Don't mess with them.
00:55:27.89\00:55:29.89
Came with a gun,
but he came drunk
00:55:30.13\00:55:33.50
and he came to do me in.
But Beverley was talking.
00:55:33.70\00:55:36.73
Then as he came up on the stage,
00:55:37.13\00:55:39.63
I sat behind Beverley,
the security people rushed
00:55:39.83\00:55:43.07
and they took him down.
Then they got his revolver.
00:55:43.27\00:55:47.14
These are bullets.
00:55:47.61\00:55:49.81
The Russian
officials came and said to me:
00:55:51.71\00:55:53.98
"We're going to put him
in prison until he rots.
00:55:54.38\00:55:57.05
He'll never get out. "
I said: "Forgive him. "
00:55:57.45\00:56:00.62
"What? " "Forgive him... "
00:56:01.02\00:56:03.96
I said: "because
Christ forgave him
00:56:04.16\00:56:06.46
as He will forgive you. "
00:56:06.66\00:56:07.96
The KGB people said to me:
00:56:08.16\00:56:11.23
"We have never
heard of a God like this.
00:56:11.43\00:56:14.54
We forgive him. " He
came back to the meeting
00:56:14.74\00:56:19.74
as my bodyguard.
00:56:20.14\00:56:22.71
And as I made an
appeal for Christ
00:56:24.28\00:56:27.22
the next night
his hand was raised.
00:56:27.42\00:56:31.09
He came down the front.
00:56:31.49\00:56:33.25
I hugged him.
00:56:34.19\00:56:35.72
My friend, what a day
it's going to be when we see
00:56:35.92\00:56:39.09
all these people in glory.
00:56:39.29\00:56:40.80
Oh, I am not
ashamed of the gospel.
00:56:41.13\00:56:44.47
Mine eyes have seen the glory
00:56:44.87\00:56:47.40
of the coming of the Lord.
00:56:47.77\00:56:50.47
I thank you, Lord. I
want to pray for you.
00:56:51.67\00:56:55.74
Would you close your eyes?
00:56:56.14\00:56:57.81
Dear Father, take these
wonderful beautiful people
00:56:58.01\00:57:01.52
here at 3ABN. Thank
you for Danny Shelton
00:57:01.72\00:57:04.32
and his team. Bless 3ABN.
00:57:04.49\00:57:07.09
Thank you for the miracles
00:57:09.82\00:57:11.73
and thank you for the
power of the blood of Jesus.
00:57:12.13\00:57:14.66
Thank you that Jesus saves.
00:57:16.00\00:57:18.17
And thank you
that soon and very soon
00:57:18.37\00:57:21.87
we're going to see the King.
00:57:22.27\00:57:24.34
Thank you, Lord.
Thank you in Jesus' name,
00:57:24.74\00:57:29.31
Amen.
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