Hello friends and welcome to
3ABN's 2015 Fall Camp Meeting.
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This is somewhat of
a bittersweet welcome
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because this is
our final meeting.
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And this weekend we
believe has been Spirit filled.
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Can you all say
"Amen" to that? Amen!
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The Lord has come into this
house, more specifically into
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the hearts and lives
of those who have come
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to be at the feet of Jesus.
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And the music, the
messages, the seminars,
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the fellowship, have all
been blessed by the presence
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of the Lord. And what a
way to wind down Camp Meeting
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other than having
Pastor, Elder, World Evangelist,
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a man who is
unashamed of the gospel
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John Carter is going
to be coming in a moment
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to bring our final message.
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When I was in the Heritage
Singers and we had gone to
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Australia a number of years ago
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I heard about this
man that was packing out
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the Sydney Opera House
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night after night after night.
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And if you have
ever been to Australia,
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and the Sydney Opera House
is the prime spot in the city
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of Sydney, and I
thought: "Who could do that? "
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And they said: "It's a man
by the name of John Carter. "
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John... and I have
never forgotten him.
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And through the years
he has committed himself
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to being unashamed of the gospel
preaching the Word of God.
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Uplifting Jesus,
letting us know that
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the Lord wants to save us
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more than the devil
wants to destroy us.
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And tonight we're going
to be tremendously blessed
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as we close out
this Camp Meeting
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with what I know is going
to be a very Spirit-filled
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message tonight. We also
have been blessed by the music.
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God has gifted
those who have come here.
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Even you know Reggie and
Ladye are not here tonight,
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but we are going to be blessed.
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A good friend of ours and
personal friend Yvonne Lewis.
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Many call her Dr. Yvonne
Lewis but I just call her Yvonne
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because we have that
kind of personal relationship.
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Yvonne, my wife, and I...
we're like 3 peas in a pod.
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We walk
together. We love the Lord.
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We worship, and we know
that God is truly going to bless
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through her life
tonight. Yvonne, what's the song
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you're going to sing for us?
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My Help Cometh From the Lord.
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Let's welcome her
with a hearty amen. Amen!
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I will lift up
mine eyes to the hills
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from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh from the Lord.
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The Lord which
made heaven and earth.
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He said He will
not suffer thy foot...
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thy foot to be moved.
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The Lord which keepeth thee
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He will not slumber nor sleep.
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For the Lord is thy keeper
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the Lord is thy shade
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upon thy right hand...
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upon thy right hand.
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And the sun shall
not smite thee by day
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nor the moon by night.
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He shall preserve thy soul
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even forever more.
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Oh,
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my help...
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oh my help...
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oh, my help...
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all of my help cometh from
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the Lord.
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Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
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I will lift up
mine eyes to the hills
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from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh from the Lord.
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The Lord which
made heaven and earth.
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He said He will
not suffer thy foot...
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thy foot to be moved.
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The Lord which keepeth thee
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He will not slumber nor sleep.
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For the Lord is thy keeper
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the Lord is thy shade
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upon thy right hand...
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upon thy right hand.
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And the sun shall
not smite thee by day
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nor the moon by night
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He shall preserve thy soul
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even forever more.
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My help...
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my help...
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my help...
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all of my help cometh from
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the Lord.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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For the Lord is thy keeper
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the Lord is thy shade
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upon thy right hand...
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upon thy right hand.
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And the sun shall
not smite thee by day
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nor the moon by night
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for He shall preserve thy soul
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even forever more.
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Oh, oh
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my help...
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my help...
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my help...
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all of my help cometh from
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the Lord.
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My help...
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oh, my help...
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my help...
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all of my help cometh from
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the Lord.
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From the Lord.
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Amen!
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You can have all the silver,
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you can have all the gold,
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just give me Jesus.
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You can have all the wisdom
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this earth can hold...
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just give me Jesus.
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Give me Jesus when I'm lonely
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and I've nowhere to go.
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Give me Jesus...
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He's the only
one who loves me so.
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Give me Jesus because
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Jesus is all I need.
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You can have all the spotlight,
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you can have all the fame...
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just give me Jesus.
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You can have all the success,
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have your well-known name...
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just give me Jesus.
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Give me Jesus when I'm lonely
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and I've nowhere to go.
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Give me Jesus... He's the only
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one who loves me so.
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Give me Jesus for
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Jesus is all I need.
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In the moments when
no one seems to care...
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Good evening my friends.
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Good evening. How
are you this evening?
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Good. Great!
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Lady, tell me how. Are you?
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The lady who just said...
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I said how are
you? Oh... I'm great.
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Hallelujah! What
about the rest of you folks?
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We'll I'm just glad to
be here with you folks.
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We've had a
wonderful time at 3ABN.
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Amen! Let me say this
before I get into the subject:
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I feel privileged to
know the folks at 3ABN.
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I've known Danny Shelton,
my old friend, oh, how long?
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About thirty years.
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And we sort of hit it off
when we first met, you know.
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We sort of don't
like committees a lot
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and we like getting
into it and doing the work.
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But it's a
privilege to know Danny,
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a privilege to
know the team at 3ABN.
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I look upon them as my friends.
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When I was a young
man in the ministry
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in Australia... Oh tonight
I'd better tell you the topic.
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I'm going to talk
about the glories of heaven.
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That suit you? The
glories of heaven: going home.
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I worked with a
famous Australian evangelist.
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His name was
Pastor George Burnside.
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He was such a great preacher
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that he could preach for an hour
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and hold the
attention of the people
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and then after
that he'd show pictures.
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What I saw in
Rome... what I saw in Egypt.
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He'd go for another hour.
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And after two hours a
young man who was sitting
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next to me in the audience said:
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"Why does he have to stop? "
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Hmm. So that's
preaching when young people say
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"Why does he have to stop? "
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Well, he was preaching
down in a town by the...
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I'm afraid... I'm almost
embarrassed to tell you the name
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of this Australian town 'cause
you're going to laugh at me.
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But the name of the
town is Wagga Wagga.
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So that's in New South Wales.
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New South Wales but it's
in South New South Wales.
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It's a farming community
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and he spoke on
What and Where Is Heaven?
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And he told this story.
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He said: Many years ago
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a delegation from a
certain country in the world
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that was sort of backward...
I won't tell you where it is...
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they sent a delegation
to the General Conference
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in America. And
when they got back...
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You know, their eyes
almost popped out. They saw
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the wonders of America.
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They saw elevators and
they call them in Australia
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lifts and escalators and
all of those wonderful things.
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And when they got back
the elders called together
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a meeting of all the local
Christians... all the Adventists
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and they said: "We want
you to tell us what it's like
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at this General Conference,
what it's like in America. "
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Well one of the
delegates got up and he said:
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"Brothers and sisters,
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it's not like
anything that you've seen. "
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He said: "When they
build huts over there
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they put one hut
up against another hut
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up against another hut
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and another
hut. " What was this?
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The rooms of the house.
But one of the elders got up
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and said: "Well that
couldn't be so because
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the Americans are not that dumb.
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Because if one
hut caught on fire
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then all the huts
would catch on fire.
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That's why we build
our huts separate. "
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Another one got up and he
said: "Well not only do they
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put one hut up
against another hut
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they put one hut on top of a hut
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and then another
hut on top of that hut
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And then they put another
hut on top of that hut. "
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Another elder got up and
this just about reduced him
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to disbelief. He said: "I
can't believe the Americans
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would ever do that
because how would you get
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from the bottom
hut into the top hut? "
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One of the
delegates got up and he said:
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"They're really smart.
They've got another little hut
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that runs up and down
and takes you there. "
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It is true! Well that
assembly of Christians
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passed a resolution that night
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that the next time
they sent people to America
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they would choose
delegates who didn't tell lies.
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Now folks, I want
to tell you something.
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There are many
things we don't understand.
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Um-hmm. Many people
say: "I couldn't believe in
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this because how would
you get from the bottom hut
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into the top hut? " You see?
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But God is going to do
some things that will baffle
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the human imagination.
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And I'm going to talk tonight
on the wonders of that place.
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The wonders of the
gloryland and going home.
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Would you
please take your Bibles
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and turn with me over here
to II Corinthians chapter 2.
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II Corinthians chapter 2.
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You folks ready to go?
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Amen! Chapter 2.
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II Corinthians chapter 2.
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No... it's I Corinthians.
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Ahh... just checking if
you're still awake there.
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Uh-huh. I Corinthians chapter 2.
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You know one of the worst things
that can happen to a preacher?
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He gives out the text and
finds it's the wrong text.
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And then he's searching
and he can't find the text.
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I Corinthians chapter 2 and...
no... we're just going to go
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to verse 8. "None of
the rulers of this age
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understood it, for if they had
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they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory.
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However, as it is written
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'no eye has seen,
no mind has conceived
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what God has prepared
for those who love Him. ' "
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But we'd better
read the next verse.
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And it says: "But
God has revealed it to us
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by His Spirit. " The
most wonderful things God has
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revealed to us
by the Holy Spirit.
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And even though we're like
those people who say: "You know,
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the Americans
wouldn't do it this way.
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They wouldn't put
one hut upon another hut
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and all that sort of stuff. "
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Even though we may
be like little children
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in His Word God
has told us enough
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so we'll want to go
home and take our families
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to that wonderful place. Amen!
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And you know, my
friend, the older I get
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the more I yearn
to go home. Amen!
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I don't know about you folks,
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but God has been so good to me.
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God has blessed me more
than I certainly deserve.
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But I want to tell you folks:
sometimes I've got a yearning
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for a better world.
Amen! I've got a yearning
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to go home to the Promised Land.
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Would you come over here? I
guess this could be one of my
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favorite texts. John
chapter 14 verses 1 down to 3
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dear hearts and gentle people.
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John 14 verses 1 down to 3.
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John 14 verses 1 down to 3.
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Jesus said: "Do not let
your hearts be troubled.
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Trust in God...
trust also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many rooms.
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If it were not so I
would have told you.
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I am going there to
prepare a place for you
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and if I go and
prepare a place for you
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I will come back and
take you to be with Me
00:19:48.28\00:19:51.15
that you also
may be where I am. "
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Amen! Did you notice
it's not talking there
00:19:55.22\00:20:00.10
about a rosy-tinted cloud.
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It's talking about a place:
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the Father's house.
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And it's going
to be a real place
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and a marvelous place
00:20:13.38\00:20:15.04
and enough rooms
for you and for me.
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Julia may know this story.
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I'm so glad to see her
in the audience tonight.
00:20:25.82\00:20:28.42
I think she's one of the most
beautiful people I've ever met.
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.59
Dr. Julia Outkina.
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But after the first
campaign in Nizhny Novgorod
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I went back as I
always do six months later
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to see how the people are.
00:20:46.61\00:20:48.18
And I was in the hotel Rosia.
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There came a
knocking on the door
00:20:55.32\00:20:57.65
on a Friday and it
was snowing outside.
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It was somewhat cold.
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And two men came in.
One could speak English,
00:21:04.56\00:21:08.73
one couldn't. One was a doctor.
00:21:08.93\00:21:11.50
Well, in fact three
came. One was a translator.
00:21:11.70\00:21:14.37
One was a young doctor
00:21:14.67\00:21:16.77
and the other was
the husband of Anna
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who was bleeding to
death in the hospital
00:21:24.91\00:21:28.05
after giving
birth to a little girl.
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I told you a bit of
this the other night.
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They took us to the
hospital and I went in.
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And then a little while later
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I think it was
around sunset Sabbath
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she died.
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We buried her. Now my friend
00:21:54.61\00:21:59.41
when you come
face to face with death
00:22:03.72\00:22:07.26
with all its grim realities
00:22:07.46\00:22:09.79
you realize the only
thing that really counts
00:22:10.23\00:22:14.83
is faith in Christ
00:22:15.83\00:22:17.80
and the hope of
the resurrection.
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Now I'm absolutely convinced
that we will see our loved ones
00:22:21.40\00:22:26.31
in Christ again. And it's
going to be in a better time
00:22:26.51\00:22:31.51
and a better place. My
father and mother passed away
00:22:31.71\00:22:36.95
many years ago. My
mother lived until she was 97,
00:22:37.15\00:22:40.12
and she only died at
that early age because she had
00:22:41.36\00:22:45.26
a bad accident.
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.03
She would have lived
on till well after 100.
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And I talked to my mother just
a little bit before she died.
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What would you talk
to your mother about?
00:22:59.44\00:23:01.74
Because my mother had
prayed for me as a boy.
00:23:03.35\00:23:07.22
My mother had encouraged
me to go to Avondale College.
00:23:07.62\00:23:11.09
And every time I left the
house my mother would pull me
00:23:12.25\00:23:15.79
to the front door
and put her arm around me
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.56
and say: "Now come on John. "
And then she would pray for me.
00:23:18.76\00:23:23.13
That's when I was
going through a rough stage
00:23:23.53\00:23:25.77
and I was rebelling.
Thank God for our mothers.
00:23:25.97\00:23:29.84
But she died with her hope
in Christ. I will see her again.
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.64
My father for most of his life
was basically an unbeliever.
00:23:34.84\00:23:39.88
He'd been brought up in the
the great Roman Catholic church.
00:23:40.28\00:23:44.25
But in his heart
there was a lot of fear.
00:23:44.42\00:23:48.16
He'd served as a
little boy as an altar boy
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.76
under Archbishop
Jueykin In Australia,
00:23:51.96\00:23:56.90
but in his heart...
I'm not suggesting that
00:23:57.30\00:24:01.17
this is typical of all Catholics
00:24:01.37\00:24:03.41
but in his heart he had no hope.
00:24:03.61\00:24:05.84
But something that
moved me tremendously...
00:24:07.48\00:24:10.08
I was running a series of
meetings and quite unexpectedly
00:24:10.28\00:24:14.88
my father came.
00:24:15.08\00:24:16.82
Umm. My father sat
down in the meeting
00:24:17.02\00:24:20.86
and I preached
with all my heart.
00:24:21.02\00:24:23.73
I preached with all my
heart and I made an appeal
00:24:23.93\00:24:27.76
and my father raised his hand.
Amen! And my father stood up.
00:24:28.03\00:24:32.00
And a little while
later my father was baptized.
00:24:32.40\00:24:35.04
Some time after this
Beverley, my wife, and I
00:24:35.24\00:24:39.91
went to the little town of Esk
00:24:40.14\00:24:43.45
in southeast Queensland
00:24:43.65\00:24:47.02
because that is
where I was born.
00:24:48.15\00:24:51.65
This little tiny town.
00:24:51.85\00:24:54.22
It's smaller than Benton.
00:24:54.39\00:24:56.26
With all respects
to the Bentonites.
00:24:58.53\00:25:00.83
It's a tiny little town.
00:25:01.20\00:25:02.93
But that is where my
father's father, my grandfather,
00:25:03.37\00:25:08.44
was buried. And
we took my father
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.87
to see his father's grave.
00:25:12.07\00:25:16.68
And my dear old dad stood there.
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.18
He didn't say
much... and he said
00:25:19.38\00:25:22.82
to Beverley and me he
said: "Well I guess we all
00:25:23.02\00:25:25.22
have to come to this place.
We all have to go down there. "
00:25:25.42\00:25:27.79
And Beverley said: "Dad,
00:25:29.09\00:25:31.36
we may all have to go down there
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.13
but we all don't
have to stay down there. "
00:25:36.43\00:25:38.87
Amen! And she said:
00:25:39.07\00:25:41.54
"There's something
far more important than
00:25:41.94\00:25:46.17
going down...
it's how we come up. "
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.54
And I am absolutely
convinced with all my soul
00:25:50.95\00:25:55.68
that God's people
are going to live again.
00:25:55.98\00:26:00.12
I believe this. I
have so much evidence
00:26:00.32\00:26:04.79
I could give to
you in these meetings
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.63
which we don't have time.
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.13
I could tell you why
I believe in the Bible.
00:26:08.40\00:26:11.10
I don't have faith in faith.
00:26:12.87\00:26:15.20
No... the Bible doesn't
tell us to have blind faith.
00:26:15.40\00:26:19.14
I believe in the Bible
because of the overwhelming
00:26:21.31\00:26:25.28
evidence that I have discovered.
00:26:25.48\00:26:27.12
I believe in the
Bible because of prophecy.
00:26:28.68\00:26:31.45
I shared this with
millions of people in Russia.
00:26:31.65\00:26:34.09
I believe in the Bible
because of the person of Christ.
00:26:35.52\00:26:39.89
Nobody could have
invented Him, you see.
00:26:40.30\00:26:43.53
I believe in the Bible...
Now this is something new
00:26:43.73\00:26:47.30
to some of you and
you may find this strange
00:26:47.50\00:26:50.57
why I should say
this: I believe in the Bible
00:26:50.77\00:26:53.54
because of some of the
amazing discoveries of science.
00:26:53.94\00:26:58.98
Did you know we
are part of a universe
00:27:00.55\00:27:04.52
of 200 billion
galaxies like the Milky Way?
00:27:04.92\00:27:10.09
Each one of those galaxies
has around 200 billion suns.
00:27:12.36\00:27:18.30
You don't have to believe
what I'm going to tell you now.
00:27:18.50\00:27:21.10
I was interviewing a
famous, world-famous astronomer
00:27:24.41\00:27:28.21
who is a Christian.
He took out of his pocket
00:27:28.41\00:27:31.88
a dime. You know
how tiny that is?
00:27:32.08\00:27:34.98
Took out of his pocket a dime.
00:27:35.95\00:27:38.49
He held it up and he
said: "Pastor Carter... "
00:27:38.89\00:27:42.06
listen to
this... "if the universe
00:27:42.46\00:27:46.43
of 200 billion galaxies
00:27:46.73\00:27:49.23
of 200 billion suns
00:27:49.63\00:27:51.80
was greater or lesser
by the mass of this dime
00:27:53.30\00:27:59.01
there would be no
life on the planet. "
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.04
I said: "I don't believe that. "
00:28:06.95\00:28:08.68
I said: "Who
else believes this? "
00:28:08.88\00:28:10.95
He said: "Every
educated person. "
00:28:11.35\00:28:14.82
He said: "Every astronomer. "
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.36
I said: "What about the
atheists like Richard Dawkins? "
00:28:19.76\00:28:22.20
He said: "Of course. It
is It is called the anthropic
00:28:22.40\00:28:25.00
principle that everything
in the universe has been made
00:28:25.20\00:28:30.11
so that human beings
can live on the planet. "
00:28:30.31\00:28:32.84
You know about a
human cell, don't you?
00:28:36.64\00:28:38.68
You can't see it, can you?
00:28:39.08\00:28:40.75
You can see it under a
microscope. You're correct.
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.82
Listen to this: we now know...
00:28:46.69\00:28:49.49
I interviewed a famous
scientist the other day
00:28:49.69\00:28:52.63
who was a
specialist in this area.
00:28:52.83\00:28:55.16
The information that
is contained in a cell
00:28:56.83\00:29:02.37
is the
equivalent of 100,000 books
00:29:04.14\00:29:09.34
each of 1,000 pages.
00:29:09.54\00:29:12.61
I said: "How is the
information written down? "
00:29:14.52\00:29:18.32
He said: "It is
written in digital code. "
00:29:18.52\00:29:22.76
I told this to my
Jewish doctor and he said:
00:29:24.39\00:29:27.60
"I was at the University of
Texas and one professor said
00:29:27.83\00:29:31.17
to me: 'Dr. Jack, you
are no more significant
00:29:31.37\00:29:34.44
than an ant. ' "
I said: "Dr. Jack,
00:29:34.64\00:29:38.47
you are a child of God"
00:29:38.67\00:29:41.21
and I told him about
this. He said: "I know. "
00:29:41.61\00:29:43.85
He said: "It's
too hard to believe. "
00:29:44.05\00:29:45.61
He said: "I believe
that each human being
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.65
has so many cells. " I
think he said 3 trillion cells.
00:29:48.95\00:29:54.92
I went home and looked
it up with Dr. Johnson.
00:29:55.12\00:29:58.06
Every person has 300
trillion cells in the body.
00:29:58.26\00:30:03.77
I could not be an atheist
because I don't have enough
00:30:06.90\00:30:10.77
faith to be an atheist! Amen!
00:30:10.97\00:30:14.41
You see, I am forced
to believe in the Bible,
00:30:14.61\00:30:18.28
in God, in
Christ, and in heaven.
00:30:18.48\00:30:22.92
And so the Bible teaches
that God is going to give us
00:30:23.12\00:30:26.49
a brand new wonderful world.
00:30:26.72\00:30:28.92
Would you come over
here to II Peter chapter 3
00:30:29.12\00:30:31.49
and verses 10 to 13.
00:30:31.69\00:30:34.03
II Peter 3:10-13.
00:30:34.23\00:30:40.17
The writings of Saint Peter
00:30:40.37\00:30:43.24
found here in our blessed Bible.
00:30:43.44\00:30:46.14
II Peter chapter 3,
and here he talks about
00:30:46.34\00:30:50.98
something that thrills
my soul through and through.
00:30:51.18\00:30:55.52
II Peter chapter 3
because he talks there
00:30:55.72\00:30:59.59
about a new
heaven and a new earth.
00:30:59.79\00:31:03.43
Look at it: II Peter
3 verse 10 and onwards.
00:31:03.63\00:31:07.30
"But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief.
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.50
The heavens will
disappear with a roar;
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.63
the elements will
be destroyed by fire
00:31:11.83\00:31:14.20
and the earth and everything
in it will be laid bare.
00:31:14.37\00:31:17.37
Since everything will
be destroyed in this way
00:31:17.57\00:31:19.84
what kind of
people ought you to be?
00:31:20.04\00:31:21.68
You ought to live
holy and godly lives
00:31:21.88\00:31:24.01
as you look forward to the
day of God and speed His coming.
00:31:24.21\00:31:27.22
That day will bring about
the destruction of the heavens
00:31:27.42\00:31:29.68
by fire and the
elements will melt in the heat.
00:31:29.88\00:31:32.49
But in keeping with His
promise we are looking for... "
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.49
tell it to me... "we
are looking forward to
00:31:35.69\00:31:38.79
a new heaven and a new earth,
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.26
the home of righteousness. "
00:31:41.46\00:31:44.33
Now the Bible tells
me that this old world
00:31:44.53\00:31:48.87
is wearing out. I believe it.
00:31:49.07\00:31:52.94
This old world is wearing out.
00:31:53.14\00:31:56.31
You notice my Bible
that I've got here tonight.
00:31:56.51\00:31:59.95
My old Bible is
starting to wear out.
00:32:00.22\00:32:04.19
And this old
world is wearing out.
00:32:05.25\00:32:08.79
The Bible tells me
that the Almighty God
00:32:08.99\00:32:11.83
who made the
universe is going to
00:32:12.03\00:32:15.40
re-create His creation.
00:32:15.60\00:32:18.40
And it's going to be a
new heaven and a new earth,
00:32:18.90\00:32:22.97
the home of
righteousness. And Jesus said:
00:32:23.27\00:32:26.68
"Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth. "
00:32:26.88\00:32:32.25
You know after
Jesus was resurrected
00:32:34.82\00:32:37.25
you know when He
met His disciples?
00:32:37.55\00:32:39.85
You know the story. When Jesus
came in and they were surprised.
00:32:41.86\00:32:47.83
And Jesus sat down and He
ate with them... had some fish.
00:32:48.20\00:32:51.47
You know that story?
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.37
What did Jesus say?
00:32:53.77\00:32:55.87
Jesus said to
them: "Handle Me and see
00:32:56.37\00:32:59.57
for a spirit
doesn't have flesh and bones
00:32:59.77\00:33:02.61
as you see that I have. "
00:33:02.81\00:33:04.28
So was Jesus a spirit?
00:33:05.31\00:33:08.05
No. Jesus was the Son of God,
00:33:08.55\00:33:12.75
the Son of Man, the
glorified Son of God,
00:33:12.95\00:33:16.29
the glorified Son of Man,
and He had an immortal body
00:33:16.49\00:33:20.90
with properties at present we
don't understand. That's right.
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.70
But the Bible tells me
that in the earth made new
00:33:25.00\00:33:28.77
we are going to get
bodies like our Lord.
00:33:28.97\00:33:32.67
Would you come over
here to Philippians chapter 3
00:33:32.87\00:33:35.08
and verses 18
to 21 dear friends.
00:33:35.28\00:33:38.08
Philippians chapter 3
and verse 18 and onwards
00:33:38.28\00:33:42.75
to the words of the great
Paul. Philippians chapter 3
00:33:42.95\00:33:45.95
and verse 18 and onwards.
00:33:46.15\00:33:52.09
Here it goes: "For as I
have often told you before
00:33:52.29\00:33:58.13
and now say
again even with tears:
00:33:58.33\00:34:00.34
many live as enemies
of the cross of Christ.
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.87
Their destiny is destruction.
Their god is their stomach
00:34:03.07\00:34:06.91
and their glory is their shame.
00:34:07.11\00:34:08.81
Their mind is on earthly things.
00:34:09.01\00:34:11.25
BUT our citizenship is in heaven
00:34:11.45\00:34:14.38
and we eagerly
await a Savior from there:
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.32
the Lord Jesus Christ, who
by the power that enables Him
00:34:17.52\00:34:21.76
to bring
everything under His control
00:34:21.96\00:34:24.33
will transform our lowly bodies
00:34:24.49\00:34:26.90
so that they will be
like His glorious body. "
00:34:27.10\00:34:30.03
And so, friend, in
this wonderful new world
00:34:31.60\00:34:35.54
we are going to be real people
00:34:35.74\00:34:39.41
and we're going
to have real bodies
00:34:40.44\00:34:43.41
and we're going to
live in a real place
00:34:43.61\00:34:47.62
that's called
the Father's house.
00:34:47.92\00:34:49.58
And we will know our loved ones.
00:34:49.78\00:34:51.69
Um-hmm. You know
the story of Mary
00:34:52.99\00:34:57.63
when she met Jesus
on the Sunday morning.
00:34:57.83\00:35:00.83
She thought He was the gardener.
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.07
You know why she
thought He was the gardener?
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.04
Because she was crying.
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.04
Her eyes were filled
with hot salty tears.
00:35:13.38\00:35:16.58
And she saw this man,
and filled with sorrow
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.65
because she believed
that Christ was cold and dead
00:35:19.85\00:35:22.88
she thought He was
the gardener and she said:
00:35:24.92\00:35:27.36
"If you've taken Him away,
tell me where you've taken Him
00:35:28.46\00:35:31.66
and I will come and get Him. "
00:35:31.96\00:35:34.00
And Jesus said one word.
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.33
Um-hmm. He said: "Maria. "
00:35:36.53\00:35:40.94
"Mary. " And
she turned and said:
00:35:42.27\00:35:47.44
"Master. " You
know how she knew Him?
00:35:47.64\00:35:52.75
She knew Him by His
voice... the same voice.
00:35:54.02\00:35:59.02
You're going to
know your loved ones.
00:35:59.42\00:36:02.12
You'll recognize them. They
will have new, glorified bodies
00:36:02.52\00:36:06.83
but you'll know them
by their old familiar ways
00:36:08.83\00:36:13.77
and by their voices.
00:36:14.90\00:36:16.74
Listen: when Jesus came
He did a lot of healing.
00:36:18.14\00:36:22.38
You know why Jesus did a
lot of healing when He came?
00:36:23.35\00:36:25.48
He did, you know...
He did a lot of healing.
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.92
He went around all of
Galilee and around Jerusalem.
00:36:29.88\00:36:34.06
Wherever He went, he
did a lot of healing.
00:36:34.26\00:36:36.49
He broke up every
funeral that He went to.
00:36:36.93\00:36:39.23
Um-hmm.
00:36:39.43\00:36:41.10
Whenever He got to a
funeral He broke up the funeral.
00:36:41.76\00:36:44.83
And he healed
thousands of people.
00:36:46.90\00:36:49.64
You know why He did this?
00:36:49.97\00:36:51.94
To show that the kingdom of
God had invaded time and space.
00:36:52.34\00:36:56.44
You know there's the
lady with the bleeding cancer
00:36:57.78\00:37:00.95
that as Jesus went
by thousands of people
00:37:01.15\00:37:05.35
it appeared that everybody
was pushing and trying to touch
00:37:05.55\00:37:08.86
Christ. And she
reached out a trembling finger
00:37:09.06\00:37:12.06
and she touched Him.
00:37:12.26\00:37:13.63
And He turned around and
He said: "Who touched Me? "
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.67
And the disciples
said: "Everybody. "
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.90
Umm. "Everybody
is touching You. "
00:37:19.10\00:37:21.94
But Jesus said: "I perceive
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.67
that virtue has
gone out from Me. "
00:37:24.87\00:37:26.88
And when she knew that she
could not be hidden from Him
00:37:28.01\00:37:32.18
she came and she
said: "I touched You. "
00:37:32.38\00:37:34.52
He said: "Go in peace;
your faith saved you. "
00:37:34.72\00:37:38.05
He came to undo
the work of the devil!
00:37:39.85\00:37:44.86
Amen! This world is
filled with injustice.
00:37:45.06\00:37:49.96
You see some terrible
thing happening in the world
00:37:50.27\00:37:54.37
and people say: "It
is the will of God. "
00:37:54.57\00:37:57.51
It is not the will of God...
it is the work of the devil!
00:37:59.11\00:38:03.21
Amen! That's right! Right!
00:38:03.41\00:38:05.38
And so you see
some poor little child
00:38:05.78\00:38:08.52
and that little
child is born deformed.
00:38:08.92\00:38:12.42
And people say to the
mother: "Well, be comforted.
00:38:12.62\00:38:15.56
It is the will of God. "
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.16
Don't you know the
story in the gospels
00:38:18.69\00:38:22.00
where the master
sowed the good seed
00:38:22.20\00:38:26.10
and the enemy
sowed the bad seed?
00:38:26.30\00:38:28.90
And they came along to
the master and they said:
00:38:29.30\00:38:31.81
"Will we get
rid of the bad seed?
00:38:32.01\00:38:34.68
Where did it come from?
" You know what He said?
00:38:34.88\00:38:36.75
"An enemy has done this. "
00:38:37.55\00:38:39.08
Never confuse
God with the enemy!
00:38:39.28\00:38:41.88
God is a God of
love. "God IS love. "
00:38:43.79\00:38:46.35
The very essence of the
character of God is love.
00:38:46.55\00:38:51.53
God never performed an abortion.
00:38:51.93\00:38:56.10
Um-hmm. That's right. God
never gave a person cancer.
00:38:56.30\00:39:01.94
God never took a
husband away from the wife.
00:39:03.10\00:39:06.47
Who did this? "An
enemy has done this. "
00:39:09.14\00:39:12.21
And Jesus came to this world to
overcome the work of the enemy.
00:39:12.41\00:39:18.25
Never attribute to the Lord
00:39:18.45\00:39:21.89
the work of the
devil. Never never say
00:39:22.09\00:39:25.69
"The Lord did it. " "It
is the will of God" they say.
00:39:25.89\00:39:29.93
"An act of God. "
There is some great disaster.
00:39:30.17\00:39:33.84
What do they
say? "An act of God. "
00:39:34.04\00:39:36.27
It is not an act of God.
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.74
An enemy has done this.
00:39:38.94\00:39:40.78
And when Jesus
comes back, my friend,
00:39:41.61\00:39:44.78
He's coming back to do justice
00:39:44.98\00:39:47.52
and to bring about justice
00:39:47.68\00:39:50.19
because justice has
been trampled underfoot.
00:39:50.39\00:39:53.86
He's coming back, my
friend, to do justice
00:39:54.06\00:39:57.26
for His people and
to raise His saints.
00:39:57.46\00:40:00.43
Amen. And when He comes back
00:40:00.63\00:40:04.37
He's going to heal everybody.
00:40:04.77\00:40:08.10
People say to me: "Do
you believe in healing? "
00:40:08.30\00:40:10.57
Absolutely! I
believe in healing.
00:40:10.77\00:40:14.18
But I believe in the ultimate
healing when Jesus comes...
00:40:14.38\00:40:20.02
and when Jesus comes. Now
let me read you another text.
00:40:20.22\00:40:23.75
Come over here
to I Corinthians 15
00:40:23.95\00:40:26.05
and verse 50 and
onwards. I Corinthians 15
00:40:26.25\00:40:29.86
and verse 50 and onwards.
00:40:30.09\00:40:32.29
I want these texts to just
get down into the molecules
00:40:32.49\00:40:36.00
of your minds. I
Corinthians chapter 15 verse 50:
00:40:36.20\00:40:41.24
"I declare to you brothers
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.74
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God
00:40:44.14\00:40:48.44
nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable.
00:40:49.38\00:40:52.61
Listen: I tell you a
mystery. We will not all sleep
00:40:52.81\00:40:56.38
but we will all be
changed in a flash,
00:40:56.62\00:40:59.42
in the twinkling of an
eye at the last trumpet.
00:40:59.62\00:41:03.43
For the trumpet will
sound. The dead will be raised
00:41:03.63\00:41:07.10
imperishable and
we will be changed.
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.90
For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable
00:41:10.13\00:41:13.13
and the mortal with
immortality. " Hallelujah!
00:41:13.34\00:41:16.40
Can you say
hallelujah? Hallelujah!
00:41:16.60\00:41:18.31
"When the perishable has been
clothed with the imperishable
00:41:18.51\00:41:21.64
and the mortal with immortality
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.55
then the saying that
is written will come true:
00:41:23.75\00:41:26.25
'Death has been
swallowed up in victory.
00:41:26.45\00:41:28.92
Where O death is your victory?
Where O death is your sting? ' "
00:41:29.12\00:41:34.02
So listen: when Jesus came
00:41:35.62\00:41:40.66
it was a foretaste.
00:41:40.86\00:41:42.66
Theologians refer to
this as realized eschatology.
00:41:43.06\00:41:48.44
That means when
the kingdom of God came
00:41:49.50\00:41:53.51
God invaded time and
space in the person of His Son.
00:41:53.71\00:41:58.48
"The kingdom of God
is among you" He said.
00:41:58.88\00:42:02.38
But this kingdom is
going to be consummated
00:42:03.49\00:42:07.06
when He comes in
the clouds of heaven.
00:42:07.26\00:42:09.59
And the healing that
started when Jesus came
00:42:10.23\00:42:13.93
is going to become
a universal healing.
00:42:14.10\00:42:17.07
So... no cancer.
00:42:18.07\00:42:21.64
One of my dearest
friends was Warren Judd.
00:42:29.41\00:42:32.35
I brought Warren
to the United States.
00:42:36.65\00:42:39.62
We worked together in Texas.
00:42:43.43\00:42:45.53
Then he got a call to be the CEO
00:42:45.93\00:42:48.83
of the Adventist Media Center.
00:42:49.13\00:42:51.27
You know, the Media
Center has been sold
00:42:54.90\00:42:57.44
or closed down in California.
00:42:57.64\00:43:00.08
Warren was in charge of that.
00:43:01.38\00:43:03.65
He did the greatest
job a man could ever do.
00:43:05.18\00:43:07.88
He was the greatest
boss a man could ever be.
00:43:08.08\00:43:10.79
They loved him.
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.45
And our studio wasn't
finished so I contacted Warren
00:43:16.19\00:43:20.33
and said, or my
son David did actually,
00:43:20.53\00:43:22.33
"Can we use the Media
Center? " He said: "Yes...
00:43:22.63\00:43:24.70
for one last time. " So
we went to the Media Center
00:43:24.90\00:43:28.14
where we've got so many friends
00:43:28.34\00:43:30.07
and we used the Adventist
Media Center one last time.
00:43:30.27\00:43:33.04
Warren was traveling
with his beautiful wife Jan.
00:43:34.08\00:43:37.11
He used to sing for
me in all my campaigns.
00:43:37.51\00:43:41.32
These folks were like family.
00:43:43.15\00:43:45.09
And so we contacted Warren
and said: "We'd like to take
00:43:47.02\00:43:51.29
you and Jan out to
Martin's in Westlake Village.
00:43:51.49\00:43:54.13
It'd be like the old times. "
00:43:54.30\00:43:56.20
He said: "I can hardly wait. "
00:43:56.40\00:43:57.90
So we took them out.
Warren has always been skinny
00:43:58.10\00:44:01.40
and he was pretty skinny...
but that's nothing unusual.
00:44:02.30\00:44:05.17
And he said:
"I'm going to retire
00:44:06.98\00:44:10.05
and we're going to have
a wonderful time together.
00:44:10.25\00:44:12.81
I've traveled the world...
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.75
been in the back
of planes for years.
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.72
Running the Media
Center, doing great campaigns
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.79
around the world. " He
said: "We're going to retire...
00:44:21.99\00:44:25.79
enjoy our grandchildren. "
00:44:27.30\00:44:28.86
Two weeks later he called me.
00:44:29.36\00:44:31.67
He said: "John, I've
just had my medicals. "
00:44:32.07\00:44:35.87
I said: "Yes? " He
said: "I've got cancer.
00:44:36.07\00:44:39.47
It's in my liver. It's
spread. It's in my lungs. "
00:44:39.67\00:44:43.55
He said: "Would you
come and anoint me? "
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.58
I said: "Of course, of course. "
00:44:47.78\00:44:49.18
So we went to his
son's home, Dr. Marc.
00:44:49.58\00:44:52.12
We met with all the family
members and we anointed him.
00:44:53.46\00:44:56.59
God didn't give him cancer.
00:45:00.13\00:45:02.03
AN ENEMY HAS DONE THIS!
00:45:03.87\00:45:06.07
And that enemy is going to burn!
00:45:07.14\00:45:09.50
Um-hmm. He's going to burn.
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.98
Warren lived out past Loma Linda
00:45:20.15\00:45:23.05
so we traveled out on
a couple of occasions.
00:45:23.39\00:45:25.69
I called Warren every
week and prayed with him.
00:45:25.89\00:45:29.86
I was going through my
messages on my cell phone
00:45:31.23\00:45:36.13
and there's one
that I can't erase.
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.63
It's from Warren.
00:45:39.03\00:45:41.24
And a little while ago in
the presence of his family
00:45:42.84\00:45:45.94
Warren went to sleep.
00:45:46.34\00:45:49.14
I helped in his memorial at
Loma Linda University church.
00:45:51.25\00:45:56.35
But I want to tell
you folks something:
00:45:59.45\00:46:01.76
we're going to go to a
better place than Martin's.
00:46:03.22\00:46:05.83
Amen! Uh-huh.
00:46:06.03\00:46:07.96
Warren's going to wake up.
If you've lost a loved one,
00:46:08.36\00:46:12.13
whether it's your
husband or your brother
00:46:13.37\00:46:16.60
an enemy has done this.
00:46:17.84\00:46:19.51
And it's not over.
00:46:20.88\00:46:22.61
No cancer; no heart disease.
00:46:24.08\00:46:28.08
No headaches; no diabetes.
00:46:28.48\00:46:32.32
No abortions. No
poverty; no suffering.
00:46:32.52\00:46:37.43
No Alzheimer's; no deaths.
00:46:37.69\00:46:42.13
And it's coming. Amen!
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.10
It's coming, my friend:
00:46:48.57\00:46:50.07
all the glory of that place.
00:46:50.27\00:46:52.17
Come over here with
me to the apocalypse.
00:46:53.74\00:46:56.01
Revelation 21 verses 1 to 5.
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.71
Revelation 21 and
verses 1 down to 5.
00:46:58.91\00:47:03.05
"Then I saw a new
heaven and a new earth
00:47:03.25\00:47:06.09
for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away.
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.09
And there was no longer any sea.
00:47:09.29\00:47:11.16
I saw the Holy City
- the New Jerusalem -
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.43
coming down out
of heaven from God
00:47:13.63\00:47:15.16
prepared as a bride beautifully
dressed for her husband.
00:47:15.36\00:47:17.93
And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying:
00:47:18.13\00:47:20.74
'Now the dwelling
of God is with men
00:47:20.94\00:47:22.64
and He will live with them.
00:47:22.87\00:47:24.21
They will be His people
00:47:24.34\00:47:25.67
and God Himself will be
with them and be their God.
00:47:25.87\00:47:29.18
He will wipe every
tear from their eyes.
00:47:29.38\00:47:32.01
There will be no more
death or mourning or crying
00:47:32.41\00:47:35.95
or pain for the old order
of things has passed away. '
00:47:36.15\00:47:39.62
He who is seated
on the throne said:
00:47:39.82\00:47:42.02
'I am making everything new. '
00:47:42.22\00:47:45.46
Then he said: 'Write this down
00:47:45.66\00:47:48.30
for these words are
trustworthy and true. ' "
00:47:48.50\00:47:52.60
Beverley and I just
spent two months in Australia.
00:47:57.27\00:48:00.84
I took meetings at
Avondale then in Sydney.
00:48:01.24\00:48:04.71
And we went on a
journey of remembrance.
00:48:04.91\00:48:07.38
We drove up the
New England highway.
00:48:07.58\00:48:10.12
The last time we
drove it was 35 years ago.
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.12
I used to walk along
that highway 600 miles
00:48:13.32\00:48:17.36
to go from Avondale
to my home in Brisbane.
00:48:17.56\00:48:20.86
You know why I walked it?
00:48:21.03\00:48:22.60
I had no money so I walked it.
00:48:23.00\00:48:26.30
This poverty was a blessing.
00:48:26.84\00:48:28.94
And I would hitchhike.
I did this for six years
00:48:29.14\00:48:33.24
while I was
studying for the ministry.
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.71
But one day... one day
00:48:36.21\00:48:40.62
a lady came to me - I must have
looked so skinny and so poor -
00:48:40.82\00:48:45.79
and she said: "John,
here's five pounds... "
00:48:46.39\00:48:52.16
English pounds, 5 pounds.
00:48:52.36\00:48:55.06
In those days $10.
00:48:55.26\00:48:57.03
A lot more than that today...
00:48:57.23\00:48:59.13
and said: "This is to buy your
ticket so you can go home. "
00:48:59.33\00:49:03.27
Now I want you
to know something:
00:49:05.41\00:49:07.34
somebody has
bought us our ticket home.
00:49:09.04\00:49:11.78
Amen! Um-hmm. Hallelujah!
00:49:11.98\00:49:15.35
And I'm not going home walking
up the New England highway
00:49:17.82\00:49:21.39
in the sleet out in the
cold with an empty stomach
00:49:21.59\00:49:25.33
taking sometimes 3
or 4 days to get home.
00:49:26.16\00:49:28.73
I'm going home first class
00:49:29.90\00:49:32.27
because somebody
bought my ticket.
00:49:32.47\00:49:35.04
Amen. Oh precious
Jesus... yes, Lord.
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.71
I just want you
to think about this:
00:49:37.91\00:49:39.61
When the Lord Jesus Christ...
00:49:41.11\00:49:42.71
We talk about these
things sometimes so glibly
00:49:42.91\00:49:45.61
but I want it to
sink into your soul...
00:49:45.81\00:49:48.22
when the Lord Jesus Christ
put out His hands on the cross
00:49:48.42\00:49:52.02
and tasted death for me
00:49:55.76\00:49:58.43
and bore the guilt and
the sin of the world...
00:49:59.73\00:50:03.00
Bishop Fulton Sheen said:
"For one brief moment in time
00:50:04.63\00:50:09.20
He was unfurled on the
cross like a wounded eagle. "
00:50:09.40\00:50:13.58
When He was unfurled on
the cross like a wounded eagle
00:50:16.04\00:50:20.42
He paid for my ticket home.
00:50:20.82\00:50:25.19
Amen! Um-hmm.
00:50:25.39\00:50:27.22
He paid for it
with His own blood.
00:50:27.79\00:50:30.39
It tells me He loves me.
00:50:32.36\00:50:34.23
Um-hmm. He loves you.
00:50:34.73\00:50:37.43
You're never alone. He's
preparing a place for you
00:50:37.83\00:50:43.77
and your loved ones.
00:50:43.97\00:50:46.27
Now I want to do
something with you now.
00:50:47.31\00:50:49.84
I want to pray with you.
00:50:50.28\00:50:52.31
And I wonder tonight
in the presence of God
00:50:52.71\00:50:56.45
as we bow our
heads and close our eyes
00:50:56.65\00:50:59.39
how many will raise
a hand with me and say
00:50:59.79\00:51:03.22
"Lord, like that thief
on the cross I say to You
00:51:03.63\00:51:07.13
Lord remember me when
You come into your kingdom. "
00:51:07.30\00:51:13.10
Could you raise your hand
tonight if that's your prayer?
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.60
Can you say tonight?
Can you say it with me:
00:51:16.00\00:51:18.67
Lord, remember me
00:51:19.07\00:51:22.28
when You come into Your kingdom.
00:51:22.48\00:51:25.31
Keep your hand up.
And Jesus will say to you
00:51:25.51\00:51:30.55
"Truly truly I say to you
00:51:30.99\00:51:36.99
tonight at 3ABN
00:51:37.19\00:51:40.80
you will be with
Me in paradise. "
00:51:41.16\00:51:45.20
Lord, we want You to
know tonight we're grateful.
00:51:45.40\00:51:49.14
We worship You; we bless You.
00:51:50.14\00:51:53.21
We lift up our hands
and we lift up our hearts
00:51:53.61\00:51:57.38
and we thank you that You
have purchased our ticket home.
00:51:58.88\00:52:04.65
And we thank you it's going
to be better than our minds
00:52:05.82\00:52:10.83
can comprehend.
Dear dear Lord, tonight
00:52:10.99\00:52:15.76
bless these upraised hands
00:52:15.96\00:52:18.63
and bless these upraised hearts.
00:52:18.83\00:52:21.74
And we thank you
for this great salvation
00:52:21.94\00:52:25.51
in Jesus' name. Amen and amen.
00:52:26.11\00:52:32.05
And thank you Jesus
and praise the Lord.
00:52:32.25\00:52:36.02
Praise the Lord.
Thank you brother John.
00:52:36.95\00:52:39.95
Stay right here for
a moment if you would.
00:52:40.16\00:52:42.52
Don't leave us.
Ya'll been blessed?
00:52:42.72\00:52:45.09
Amen! All right.
We're going to ask you also
00:52:45.29\00:52:48.03
pray for Elder Carter in
his travels and his ministry.
00:52:48.23\00:52:52.83
Bro. John
Lomacang said while ago
00:52:53.27\00:52:56.34
back stage: "He is the
Adventist Billy Graham. "
00:52:56.54\00:52:59.61