From Arcadia, California,
The Carter Report presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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Hello, friend, I'm John Carter
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with a very special
message just for you.
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I believe that God
has called you and me
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to tell the world
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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You know, friend,
when I turn in my Bible
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to Revelation Chapter 14,
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I read there of a worldwide
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proclamation of the gospel
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in the setting of
some very amazing truths.
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And that is why The
Carter Report right now
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is working in China.
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Isn't that amazing?
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Also in India, we're
telecasting in India.
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And very shortly,
we're going to Africa.
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And when we go to
Africa, the message of Christ
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is going to be telecast
right across the great continent
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and millions of
people are going to have
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an opportunity to come
to the knowledge of Christ.
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I'm asking today for your
help and your partnership.
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I want you to
write to me, please.
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And I want you to support us
in this worldwide evangelism.
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And when you do so,
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I want to send you
two DVDs. Two DVDs.
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One is about how to survive
the coming financial meltdown.
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And the second one is
about the health crisis
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that is just about
blowing America apart.
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That it concerns, my
friends, also in Australia.
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So please, support
us in this great work.
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And when you support us,
I'll send you these two DVDs.
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Write to me, John
Carter, Post office box 1900,
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Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358.
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In Australia,
write to me at Terrigal.
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Support us in this
great outreach to the world.
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Let Christ be known and
may God richly bless you.
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Write to me please, today.
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Welcome today.
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This is one of the most
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important
meetings of the series.
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This is the "I believe" series.
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"This I believe."
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We talked about I
believe in Christ.
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I believe in the
Ten Commandments.
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I believe in the gospel.
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Today it is I
believe in the last days.
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I want to read you folks a poem
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that I think you're
going to be interested in,
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if I can find it
here in my notes.
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I heard a man sing this
poem, this song, years ago
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and it made a
tremendous impression on me.
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Listen to this. I dreamed.
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Ever had a dream that you
can't get out of your mind?
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I dreamed that the
great judgment morning
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Had dawned, and
the trumpet had blown.
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I dreamed that the
nations had gathered
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To judgment
before the white throne.
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From the throne came
a bright shining angel,
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And he stood on
the land and the sea,
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And he swore with his
hand raised to Heaven,
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That time was no longer to be.
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O, what a weeping and wailing,
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As the lost were
told of their fate.
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They cried for the
rocks and the mountains,
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They prayed, but
their prayer was too late.
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The rich man was
there, but his money
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Had melted and vanished away.
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A pauper he
stood in the judgment,
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His debts were too heavy to pay.
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The great man was
there, but his greatness,
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When death came,
was left far behind.
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The angel that
opened the records,
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Not a trace of his
greatness could find.
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The widow was
there with the orphans,
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God heard and
remembered their cries.
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No sorrow in Heaven forever,
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God wiped all the
tears from their eyes.
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The gambler was
there and the drunkard,
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And the man that
had sold them the drink.
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With the people who
gave him the license,
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Together in hell did they sink.
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The moral man
came to the judgment,
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But self
righteous rags would not do.
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The men who had crucified Jesus
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Had passed off
as moral men, too.
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The soul that had put
off salvation, "Not tonight,
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I'll get saved by and by,
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No time now to
think of religion!"
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At last they had
found time to die.
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And O, what a
weeping and wailing,
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As the lost were
told of their fate.
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They cried for the
rocks and the mountains,
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They prayed, but
their prayer was too late.
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The topic today is, I
believe in the last days.
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"This I believe."
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Please turn in your
bibles to the theme text,
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2 Peter 3:3 and onwards,
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2 Peter 3:3 and onwards.
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2 Peter 3:3 and onwards.
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And as you turn to the text
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I want to send greetings
to my friend in Pensacola
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along the
beautiful Emerald coast.
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I want to send greetings
to my friends right across
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in Australia to the
beautiful Gold coast
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and to Sydney and Melbourne
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and right out
there to Lightning Ridge
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and our wonderful friends
and supporters right across
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this great land of The
United States of America.
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Got the text? 2
Peter 3:3 and onwards.
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"First of all, you must
understand that in," what?
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Say it again, "the last
days scoffers will come,
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scoffing and following
their own evil desires.
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They will say, 'Where
is this coming he promised?
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Ever since our fathers died,
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everything goes on as it has
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since the
beginning of the creation.'
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But they deliberately
forget that long ago
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by God's word the heavens
existed and the earth was formed
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out of water and by water.
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By these waters also
the world of that time
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was deluged and destroyed.
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By the same word the present
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heavens and earth
are reserved for fire,
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being kept for
the Day of Judgment
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and destruction of ungodly men."
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Verse 10, "But the day of
the Lord" the day of days,
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"The day of the Lord will
come like a thief unexpected.
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The heavens will
disappear with a roar,
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the elements will
be destroyed by fire,
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and the earth and everything
in it will be laid bare."
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Or as other translations say
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and quite
rightly so, "burned up."
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Therefore, my friend, the
Bible teaches the last days.
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And the Bible
teaches the thrilling concept
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that the last
days will consummate
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in the last day, singular.
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Please come to the words
of our Lord in John 6: 39, 40.
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Please turn to the text
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John 6:39, 40.
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To the greatest of all
the prophets, our Lord.
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John 6: 39, 40.
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"This is the will
of him who sent me,
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that I should lose none
of all that he has given me,
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but raise them up."
Say it with me, at when?
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"The last day.
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But my Father's
will is that everyone
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who looks to the
Son and believes in him
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shall have eternal life,
and I will raise him up," When?
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"At the last day."
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Listen, my friend,
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when it talks
about that last day,
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it is talking about the
day of our Lord's return,
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the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Cyclical reasoning
is what the pagans do
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and the world is
becoming increasingly paganized.
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Time moves in a circle.
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Thus you have the pagan concept
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so popular now in
America of reincarnation.
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A million births and
a million reincarnations
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and it goes on forever
and ever and ever, cyclical.
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But the Bible
teaches a definite beginning.
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth,"
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and the Bible says everything
moves to the last day.
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Everything moves inexorably.
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That means nothing
can stop the progress
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and the march of
God's great events.
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We are not living in a universe
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that goes on forever
and ever and ever with sin.
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But the Bible
says Jesus will come.
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Everything in history
moves towards that great day.
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And the signs of
the times tell us
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that great day
is coming on a pace,
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whether you hear or
whether you do not hear.
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Nothing can stop it.
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That day is the day of days.
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It is the day,
firstly, when God's sleeping
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sons and
daughters are resurrected.
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Think of that,
can you believe it?
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It seems so incredible
that the day will come
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when the Messiah's
graves, where the pilgrims sleep
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shall be opened
as wide as before.
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And the millions that
sleep in the mighty deep
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shall live on
this earth once more.
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He's coming,
coming, coming soon, I know.
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"This I believe."
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By the eye of faith, I can
see my father and my mother
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who both died with
their faith in Christ.
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Even though my father head forth
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the gospel
message all of his life
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because he'd been brought up
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in a paganized
Christian religion.
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But I can see my
father and my mother.
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I can see Mr. Burgos, who
used to come to this church.
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I can see Alicia.
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I was thinking the other
day about my college professors
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like Dr. Gordon
McDowell, Dr. Noel Calpman,
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the saints of
God, I can see them,
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I can see Miss
Vetter, the college matron
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now a young girl resurrected.
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"I will raise them up in
the last day," Jesus said.
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The last day will be the day
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when God's living
children are translated.
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I was telling you
saints a little while ago
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that I stay as often
as I can in a motor home
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at the back of this church
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because
apparently somebody has moved
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Thousand Oaks to the
other side of Santa Barbara.
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It used to be 50 or 60 mile,
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I guarantee it's 150 miles now.
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I just don't know
what this government's
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been doing to the
country to move Thousand Oaks.
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But one day, my friend, we
are going to get new bodies.
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I've been asked to speak
at the Evandale homecoming,
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that's at the end of August.
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And I wrote to Dr. Owen Hughes
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who sent me the
official invitation,
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I said, "Do you think
we'll recognize each other?"
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Haven't seen him for 50 years.
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He said, "I'll have
a little card for you."
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I said, "I probably
won't be able to see it."
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One day God's people
are going to get new bodies.
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No more cancer.
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No more heart disease.
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No more sickness.
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No more white hair.
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Well, I just might keep
it because people tell me
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it makes me look distinguished.
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But somebody said,
you get distinguished
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just before you're extinguished.
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But the Bible
tells me, my friend,
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we are going to have new bodies.
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Don't you want to
be a part of that?
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It is the day when scoffers,
unbelievers, blasphemers,
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and the ungodly
are consumed by fire.
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Now I know what you're thinking,
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every person, every person
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that sees the
telecast in North America,
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I know what you're thinking,
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"but that doesn't apply to me."
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That's what everybody says.
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Somebody said to me, when
you're preaching the gospel,
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everybody who
come to church forever,
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they say, "Well,
that doesn't apply to us."
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How do you know it doesn't?
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What would happen if
Christ came to you today
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by your death.
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Now the Bible says, the majority
are going to be cast into fire.
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Jesus said that.
Did you know that?
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Jesus said, the majority.
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Well, that means the majority
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and therefore we need
to search our hearts to say
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when Christ
comes, will we be safe?
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Because we are fireproof,
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because we are
born again Christians.
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Born again, born
again, just as Jesus said.
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I dreamed that the
great judgment morning
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Had dawned, and
the trumpet had blown.
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I dreamed that the
nations had gathered
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To judgment
before the great throne.
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As Bill Cook used
to sing so wonderfully.
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But before the last day
there are the last days.
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And the last days
will be times of terror,
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trauma, trial and triumph.
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Shall I write it up for you?
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The last days
will be days of terror
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and trial and trauma
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and triumph.
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Because for the people
of God there is triumph
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but for those outside of Christ
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there will be
terror, trial and trauma.
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And even for the saints of God
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there will be trial and trauma.
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And I've got
something to tell you.
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We're going to find that
the church of the living God
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is going to be here on
the earth when it happens,
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which goes against
95% of popular theology
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that is taught around the world
in Australia and in America
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but it's not
taught in the Bible.
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The last days will be times
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when there will be
great natural disasters.
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Come over here to Luke 21:10
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to the words of
our blessed Lord.
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Luke 21:10.
"Then he said to them,
00:18:41.69\00:18:45.75
'Nation will
rise against nation,
00:18:45.78\00:18:49.65
and kingdom against kingdom.
00:18:49.68\00:18:52.83
There will be great earthquakes,
00:18:52.86\00:18:54.87
famines and
pestilences in various place,'
00:18:54.90\00:18:59.61
on an increasing magnitude
I tell you and intensity,
00:18:59.64\00:19:04.75
"and fearful events and
great signs from heaven.'"
00:19:04.78\00:19:09.56
Verse 25 and onwards,
00:19:09.59\00:19:12.33
"There will be signs in
the sun, moon and stars.
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On the earth, there'll
be anguish and perplexity
00:19:15.64\00:19:18.95
at the roaring and
tossing of the sea.
00:19:18.98\00:19:22.13
Men will faint from terror,
00:19:22.16\00:19:24.41
apprehensive of what
is coming on the world,
00:19:24.44\00:19:27.29
for the heavenly
bodies will be shaken.
00:19:27.32\00:19:29.59
At that time they
will see the Son of Man
00:19:29.62\00:19:32.32
coming in a cloud
with power and great glory.
00:19:32.35\00:19:37.18
When these things
begin to take place,
00:19:37.21\00:19:39.09
stand up and lift up your heads
00:19:39.12\00:19:40.80
because your
redemption is drawing near."
00:19:40.83\00:19:44.39
Listen, friend, there'll
be great natural disasters.
00:19:44.42\00:19:48.58
These are starting right now.
00:19:48.61\00:19:51.44
Did you know Yellowstone
is getting ready to go?
00:19:51.47\00:19:57.73
It's been rising every year.
00:19:57.76\00:20:00.19
It's sitting on
a volcanic cauldron
00:20:00.22\00:20:02.81
which I'm told is
the biggest on the earth,
00:20:02.84\00:20:06.54
maybe the biggest
in the solar system.
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.11
If it goes and this is
where God is preserving
00:20:09.14\00:20:14.15
His munitions of war.
00:20:14.18\00:20:18.21
If it goes, my friend,
00:20:18.24\00:20:21.18
it'll send a wall of flame
00:20:21.21\00:20:26.93
and death 1,000 feet
high that will destroy
00:20:26.96\00:20:34.30
all of North America
including Los Angeles.
00:20:34.33\00:20:40.99
You never knew this?
00:20:41.02\00:20:43.30
Check it up.
00:20:43.33\00:20:45.47
We're not saying it's going
to go tomorrow or the next day
00:20:45.50\00:20:49.15
but God is
reserving His ammunition.
00:20:49.18\00:20:54.86
It'll go when He's ready.
00:20:54.89\00:20:58.02
There'll be
increasing tornadoes, tsunamis,
00:20:58.05\00:21:01.87
earthquakes and hurricanes.
00:21:01.90\00:21:05.11
Planet earth, you
see, has a terminal illness
00:21:05.14\00:21:10.37
and is running a high fever
00:21:10.40\00:21:13.58
that they call global warming.
00:21:13.61\00:21:18.68
Would you please
come to Hebrews 1:10-12?
00:21:18.71\00:21:23.80
And while I'm
very slow to accept
00:21:23.83\00:21:26.46
what the media says any longer
00:21:26.49\00:21:29.03
and even what
governments tell me
00:21:29.06\00:21:31.06
because they change their minds
according to the election polls,
00:21:31.09\00:21:37.88
it seems that the
earth is undergoing
00:21:37.91\00:21:45.53
dramatic changes
in its very nature.
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Hebrews 1:10 and onwards.
00:21:51.60\00:21:57.73
Hebrews 1:10 and onwards.
00:21:57.76\00:22:00.68
"He also says, 'In
the beginning, O Lord,
00:22:00.71\00:22:03.67
you laid the
foundations of the earth,
00:22:03.70\00:22:06.14
and the heavens are
the works of your hands.
00:22:06.17\00:22:09.71
They will
perish,'" You notice this?
00:22:09.74\00:22:12.78
The earth, the
heavens, they will perish,
00:22:12.81\00:22:15.30
"'But you remain, they will
all wear out like a garment.
00:22:15.33\00:22:19.18
You will roll
them up like a robe,
00:22:19.21\00:22:21.39
like a garment
they will be changed.
00:22:21.42\00:22:23.50
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.'"
00:22:23.53\00:22:29.54
The Bible uses
almost the quaint language
00:22:29.57\00:22:37.48
of a garment that is rolled up.
00:22:37.51\00:22:42.20
And the Bible
says that the heavens
00:22:42.23\00:22:44.74
and the earth are
going to be rolled up.
00:22:44.77\00:22:51.99
The earth, my friend,
has a terminal disease.
00:22:52.02\00:22:59.00
Mother Earth,
because of her inhabitants,
00:22:59.03\00:23:03.39
is running a high fever.
00:23:03.42\00:23:09.77
Not only is
nature in convulsions
00:23:09.80\00:23:13.91
but during the last days
00:23:13.94\00:23:16.32
civilization will collapse.
00:23:16.35\00:23:22.58
Some say, "It sounds
like it's happening."
00:23:22.61\00:23:24.78
Yes, it is. Come over
here to 2 Timothy 3:1-7.
00:23:24.81\00:23:29.34
You know, I'm just an
old fashioned bible preacher.
00:23:29.37\00:23:31.75
2 Timothy 3:1 and onwards.
00:23:31.78\00:23:36.57
2 Timothy 3:1 and
onwards and notice it
00:23:36.60\00:23:42.31
and I want you to
listen to the word of God.
00:23:42.34\00:23:45.44
2 Timothy Chapter 3.
00:23:45.47\00:23:46.99
"But mark this, There
will be terrible times," when?
00:23:47.02\00:23:51.05
Come on, let me
have it. Last days.
00:23:51.08\00:23:52.91
Come on, what
days? "In the last days.
00:23:52.94\00:23:57.80
People will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money,
00:23:57.83\00:24:03.75
boastful, proud, abusive,
disobedient to their parents,
00:24:03.78\00:24:08.03
ungrateful, unholy,
without love, unforgiving,
00:24:08.06\00:24:13.76
slanderous, without
self-control, brutal,
00:24:13.79\00:24:16.88
not lovers of the
good, treacherous,"
00:24:16.91\00:24:19.34
you can't trust
them, "rash, conceited,
00:24:19.37\00:24:22.21
lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God."
00:24:22.24\00:24:25.60
My friend, cumulatively
speaking billions and billions,
00:24:25.63\00:24:31.94
tens of billions are
watching the world cup
00:24:31.97\00:24:35.61
kicking around a
little bit of leather.
00:24:35.64\00:24:41.28
When those same
people have no time for God
00:24:41.31\00:24:45.26
and judgment is coming
00:24:45.29\00:24:49.88
this insane fascination
00:24:49.91\00:24:54.45
with sport of which
many of us are guilty
00:24:54.48\00:24:59.53
is a sign of our carnality
and lack of spirituality.
00:24:59.56\00:25:07.02
Is that everybody does it?
00:25:07.05\00:25:08.47
Yeah, remember,
the fire is coming.
00:25:08.50\00:25:15.12
I dreamed that the
great judgment morning
00:25:15.15\00:25:18.59
Had dawned, and
the trumpet had blown.
00:25:18.62\00:25:23.62
"Having a form of godliness."
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.40
Yeah, they talk religion,
big talkers of religion.
00:25:26.43\00:25:31.47
"Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yes, Jesus, yeah, yeah.
00:25:31.50\00:25:33.15
Oh, yeah. I love Jesus."
00:25:33.18\00:25:35.81
"Having a form of
godliness but denying its power.
00:25:35.84\00:25:39.14
Have nothing to do with them.
00:25:39.17\00:25:41.25
They are the kind who
worm their way into homes
00:25:41.28\00:25:43.56
and gain control
over weak-willed women,
00:25:43.59\00:25:46.21
who are loaded
down with all sins
00:25:46.24\00:25:48.80
and are swayed by all
kinds of evil desires."
00:25:48.83\00:25:56.68
So civilization
is going to collapse.
00:25:56.71\00:26:00.65
Just south of us,
00:26:00.68\00:26:03.65
south of the
border, down Mexico way,
00:26:03.68\00:26:09.96
there's a war raging
which is far more catastrophic
00:26:09.99\00:26:17.23
than Iraq and
Afghanistan put together.
00:26:17.26\00:26:22.57
Tens of thousands have
been killed in the drug wars.
00:26:22.60\00:26:29.25
And what they do?
What they're doing now?
00:26:29.28\00:26:32.50
They are decapitating people,
chopping off their heads.
00:26:32.53\00:26:37.21
And sometimes they'll roll
the heads into a dance hall.
00:26:37.24\00:26:43.22
What evil.
00:26:43.25\00:26:45.53
You know why it's happening?
00:26:45.56\00:26:48.21
It's because millions of us here
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.70
in The United States
of America want the drugs.
00:26:51.73\00:26:57.25
Stop the drugs and there'll
be no gang wars in Mexico.
00:26:57.28\00:27:02.68
Stop the drug taking and
I say to the movie stars,
00:27:02.71\00:27:08.25
you take the drugs in
the security of your home
00:27:08.28\00:27:12.19
when some poor guy out
on the streets is picked up
00:27:12.22\00:27:18.41
by the police and put in
jail, but you get out of it.
00:27:18.44\00:27:21.82
But I dreamed that
the great judgment morning
00:27:21.85\00:27:24.22
Had dawned, and the
trumpet had blown for you.
00:27:24.25\00:27:29.82
Concerned about the
drug wars in Mexico?
00:27:29.85\00:27:32.73
American friends,
stop being drug addicts.
00:27:32.76\00:27:40.23
We are fueling the fire
00:27:40.26\00:27:45.04
that is killing Mexicans.
00:27:45.07\00:27:48.16
How do you feel about that?
00:27:48.19\00:27:51.86
How do you think
God feels about that?
00:27:51.89\00:27:57.35
Civilization is collapsing.
00:27:57.38\00:28:01.35
Judgment is coming.
00:28:04.35\00:28:07.43
Today we see a
growing spirit of lawlessness,
00:28:07.46\00:28:13.57
a collapse of morality,
00:28:13.60\00:28:16.74
a repudiation of the
faith of our fathers,
00:28:16.77\00:28:21.79
a growing incivility.
00:28:21.82\00:28:24.54
Hear what I said?
A growing incivility.
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.92
Just old
fashioned plain rudeness,
00:28:27.95\00:28:33.81
a growing
incivility, lawlessness,
00:28:33.84\00:28:37.06
lying, cheating, stealing.
00:28:37.09\00:28:44.93
Judgment is coming.
00:28:44.96\00:28:46.88
A growing acceptance
of sexual perversions
00:28:46.91\00:28:52.88
encouraged by the media,
a rejection of the Bible.
00:28:52.91\00:29:00.75
Those things
that the Bible calls
00:29:00.78\00:29:04.02
an abomination to the Lord.
00:29:04.05\00:29:09.84
But you folks maybe accepting,
"oh, it's right anyhow--"
00:29:09.87\00:29:13.82
Yeah, I mean,
what's wrong with--
00:29:13.85\00:29:16.23
what's wrong with this anyhow--"
00:29:16.26\00:29:17.94
The Bible says
it's an abomination
00:29:17.97\00:29:21.25
and that's why God
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:29:21.28\00:29:24.75
Judgment is coming to America,
to Australia and to the world.
00:29:24.78\00:29:31.71
And especially to us
because we've had so much light,
00:29:31.74\00:29:35.49
so much knowledge
and so much truth.
00:29:35.52\00:29:41.19
I think possibly more than
any other nation under heaven.
00:29:41.22\00:29:46.82
I've been through this book.
00:29:46.85\00:29:48.98
David from over on the
Emerald coast sent it to me.
00:29:49.01\00:29:54.20
This was on Samuel Adams,
00:29:54.23\00:29:56.55
one of the
founding fathers of America.
00:29:56.58\00:29:58.91
He's talking
here about congress.
00:29:58.94\00:30:00.91
This was during the
Civil war, not the Civil war,
00:30:00.94\00:30:03.98
the war of Liberation, you know?
00:30:04.01\00:30:07.23
British call it
the Great Rebellion,
00:30:07.26\00:30:10.38
the War of Independence.
00:30:10.41\00:30:11.94
Congress passed this
act, "Whereas true religion
00:30:11.97\00:30:15.55
and good morals are
the only solid foundations
00:30:15.58\00:30:18.71
of public liberty and happiness.
00:30:18.74\00:30:21.19
Result, that it be and is
hereby earnestly recommended,"
00:30:21.22\00:30:25.89
now don't laugh at
the founding fathers,
00:30:25.92\00:30:27.67
these are your founding fathers,
00:30:27.70\00:30:29.82
"recommended to
the several states
00:30:29.85\00:30:31.48
to take the most
effectual measures
00:30:31.51\00:30:33.87
for the encouragement
thereof and for the suppression
00:30:33.90\00:30:37.18
of the theatrical entertainment,
00:30:37.21\00:30:39.92
horse racing, gaming,
and such other diversions
00:30:39.95\00:30:45.82
as are productive of
idleness, dissipation,
00:30:45.85\00:30:50.25
and a general depravity
of principles and manners."
00:30:50.28\00:30:55.28
Hey, are they the
founding fathers of America?
00:30:55.31\00:31:00.39
"Resolved, That all officers in
the army of the United States,
00:31:00.42\00:31:04.08
be, and hereby are strictly
enjoined to see that the good
00:31:04.11\00:31:10.32
and wholesome rules provided
00:31:10.35\00:31:12.08
for the discountenancing
of profanities and vice,
00:31:12.11\00:31:17.47
and the preservation of
morals among the soldiers,
00:31:17.50\00:31:20.63
are duly and
punctually observed"
00:31:20.66\00:31:23.60
because they were smart enough
00:31:23.63\00:31:25.64
to recognize that
you could have democracy
00:31:25.67\00:31:30.18
and you can talk democracy
until the cows come home.
00:31:30.21\00:31:35.27
But democracy just means
00:31:35.30\00:31:36.67
that most people are
putting in governments.
00:31:36.70\00:31:40.13
You can have
dictatorships put in that way.
00:31:40.16\00:31:42.84
The worst governments put in.
00:31:42.87\00:31:46.93
America, they
said, will only survive
00:31:46.96\00:31:50.64
if the people have
the religion of God
00:31:50.67\00:31:54.62
and they have
morality and they're straight
00:31:54.65\00:31:58.18
and there's no cursing
and there's no swearing.
00:31:58.21\00:32:02.41
Bless your heart,
how far have we come?
00:32:02.44\00:32:06.55
Here's a book
written by Dr. Randy Yonker.
00:32:06.58\00:32:10.03
He's a wonderful archeologist
from Andrews University,
00:32:10.06\00:32:13.09
a dear friend of mine.
00:32:13.12\00:32:14.49
"What Did the
Biblical Writers Know
00:32:14.52\00:32:16.24
and When Did They Know
It?" by Professor Dever.
00:32:16.27\00:32:18.85
He recommended I read this book.
00:32:18.88\00:32:21.26
Professor Dever was
his University professor.
00:32:21.29\00:32:27.90
He talks about how
most archeologists today,
00:32:27.93\00:32:33.59
like to hear this,
don't believe in the Bible.
00:32:33.62\00:32:37.78
They don't believe in God.
00:32:37.81\00:32:40.46
And the purpose
of archeology today,
00:32:40.49\00:32:43.42
as it's taught in most
of the great universities
00:32:43.45\00:32:46.57
with an exception
like Andrews University,
00:32:46.60\00:32:50.22
is to destroy the Bible.
00:32:50.25\00:32:53.88
It's to destroy the Bible.
00:32:53.91\00:32:58.01
And Professor Dever
says, "In short, our long quest
00:32:58.04\00:33:02.83
for objective knowledge
of the nature of the universe
00:33:02.86\00:33:05.93
and of the human condition has,
despite measurable progress,
00:33:05.96\00:33:10.10
brought us not to
the point of confidence,
00:33:10.13\00:33:12.53
but of increasing
skepticism and even despair.
00:33:12.56\00:33:17.04
What can we know?
00:33:17.07\00:33:18.89
And, moreover,
what can we trust?"
00:33:18.92\00:33:21.33
It is--you don't
probably understand this,
00:33:21.36\00:33:26.85
but you need to know this.
00:33:26.88\00:33:31.24
There is a great
universal movement,
00:33:31.27\00:33:37.32
particularly in
the universities,
00:33:37.35\00:33:40.21
to destroy faith in
God, to destroy the Bible.
00:33:40.24\00:33:46.86
Even
archeologists have a quest now
00:33:46.89\00:33:49.63
to destroy the
Bible, get rid of the Bible.
00:33:49.66\00:33:53.43
And now they say,
"We've made so much progress
00:33:53.46\00:33:56.58
but we don't know what
we can believe anymore."
00:33:56.61\00:34:00.45
So when you turn on television
00:34:00.48\00:34:02.56
and you listen to commentators,
00:34:02.59\00:34:04.56
some of these commentators
00:34:04.59\00:34:06.54
have an agenda to destroy faith.
00:34:06.57\00:34:10.70
I was watching--
going through the news,
00:34:14.88\00:34:18.31
going through, you
know, with a clicker.
00:34:18.34\00:34:21.09
And I came upon
a program it said--
00:34:21.12\00:34:23.68
the program was
called, "Say goodbye to God."
00:34:23.71\00:34:27.12
Oh, wonder what it's
about." So I watched it.
00:34:27.15\00:34:30.47
Well, there was a
lady, loud-mouthed,
00:34:30.50\00:34:36.68
foul-mouthed, sneering at God.
00:34:36.71\00:34:42.75
She said, "They discovered
00:34:42.78\00:34:44.92
that we're not the
center of the universe
00:34:44.95\00:34:47.83
and that the universe is vast,
00:34:47.86\00:34:49.98
that proves to you
the Bible is wrong."
00:34:50.01\00:34:52.76
That proves to us
that she knows nothing,
00:34:52.79\00:34:56.89
she knows nothing.
00:34:56.92\00:34:59.11
She knows nothing.
00:35:02.72\00:35:06.39
And so she had a vast audience
00:35:06.42\00:35:08.67
and they were
openly mocking God.
00:35:08.70\00:35:15.11
They're not gonna
mock when the volcano
00:35:15.14\00:35:17.71
comes through the wall.
00:35:17.74\00:35:19.41
They're not going to mock
00:35:19.44\00:35:20.81
when God comes down
through the heavens.
00:35:20.84\00:35:23.16
They're not going to mock--
00:35:23.19\00:35:24.98
I dreamed that the
great judgment morning
00:35:25.01\00:35:27.73
Had dawned, and
the trumpet had blown.
00:35:27.76\00:35:30.87
I dreamed that the
nations had gathered
00:35:30.90\00:35:34.10
to judgment
before the white throne.
00:35:34.13\00:35:36.47
And O, what a
weeping and wailing,
00:35:36.50\00:35:39.23
As the lost were
told of their fate.
00:35:39.26\00:35:41.87
They cried for the
rocks and the mountains,
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.91
They prayed, but
their prayer was too late.
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.65
She'll be crying too
and those who listen to her.
00:35:47.68\00:35:52.79
These people have
repudiated the Bible
00:35:52.82\00:35:56.62
and everything
that America stands for.
00:35:56.65\00:36:03.40
And you better
start to believe it.
00:36:03.43\00:36:08.22
One of the greatest scoffers,
of course, was Nietzsche,
00:36:08.25\00:36:12.35
Nietzsche, the
great German philosopher.
00:36:12.38\00:36:20.02
Gonna put up his
name on the blackboard
00:36:20.05\00:36:22.63
because he was one of
the foremost architects
00:36:22.66\00:36:28.35
of the way people
think today, Nietzsche.
00:36:28.38\00:36:33.03
Gonna put up his name.
00:36:33.06\00:36:37.06
N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E.
00:36:37.09\00:36:45.06
And once upon a time
when he was taking a class
00:36:45.23\00:36:48.65
for his students, he
wrote up on the blackboard,
00:36:48.68\00:36:52.52
"God is dead" signed Nietzsche
00:36:52.55\00:37:00.06
and they all laughed.
00:37:00.09\00:37:02.02
But the time came
when Nietzsche died
00:37:02.05\00:37:07.56
and somebody came in
and wrote on the blackboard,
00:37:07.59\00:37:12.48
"Nietzsche is dead" signed God.
00:37:12.51\00:37:19.48
And what you've got
to realize, my friend,
00:37:21.01\00:37:25.06
God will have the last say
00:37:25.09\00:37:29.09
and petty little
man with his arrogance
00:37:29.12\00:37:32.48
and his
stupidity can mock at God
00:37:32.51\00:37:36.36
and mock at holy men and mock
00:37:36.39\00:37:39.69
at the preaching of the gospel.
00:37:39.72\00:37:43.98
But Judgment is coming.
00:37:44.01\00:37:46.90
And I want sto
look you in the eye,
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.88
the greatest
deception Ellen White said
00:37:48.91\00:37:52.54
was the idea
that a mere profession
00:37:52.57\00:37:55.68
of faith
constitutes righteousness.
00:37:55.71\00:37:58.03
You can come into
church but if you tell lies,
00:37:58.06\00:38:01.97
if you tell
lies, unless you repent
00:38:02.00\00:38:06.62
you're gonna burn in
the fire, and other sins.
00:38:06.65\00:38:13.41
You say, "Well, you know,
00:38:13.44\00:38:14.81
that's not what we
Americans want to hear."
00:38:14.84\00:38:16.66
Well, that's what we
Americans better hear,
00:38:16.69\00:38:19.20
better start to believe it.
00:38:19.23\00:38:21.45
"Men in their
rapacious greed and foolishness
00:38:21.48\00:38:24.03
will destroy the
earth," The Bible says.
00:38:24.06\00:38:26.49
Would you come over
here to Revelation 11?
00:38:26.52\00:38:29.83
Revelation 11 and
we're gonna start about--
00:38:29.86\00:38:33.59
I'll tell you when I
get there. Revelation 11.
00:38:33.62\00:38:36.32
Revelation 11:15, "The seventh
angel sounded his trumpet,
00:38:36.35\00:38:40.91
and there were
loud voices in heaven,
00:38:40.94\00:38:42.79
which said, 'The
kingdom of this world has become
00:38:42.82\00:38:48.21
the kingdom of our
Lord and of his Christ,
00:38:48.24\00:38:51.52
and he will reign
for ever and ever.'"
00:38:51.55\00:38:54.05
Verse 18, "The
nations were angry,
00:38:54.08\00:38:59.33
and your wrath has come.
00:38:59.36\00:39:03.05
The time has come
for judging the dead,
00:39:03.08\00:39:05.83
and for rewarding your servants
the prophets and your saints
00:39:05.86\00:39:09.02
and those who
reverence your name,
00:39:09.05\00:39:11.37
both small and great
and for destroying those--"
00:39:11.40\00:39:14.82
Say it with me, come on.
00:39:14.85\00:39:16.22
Destroy the earth. Say it loud.
00:39:16.25\00:39:18.98
"Those who destroy the earth."
00:39:19.01\00:39:23.78
The Bible says and
it said these words
00:39:23.81\00:39:28.06
when men did not
have the capacity
00:39:28.09\00:39:30.88
to destroy the earth.
00:39:30.91\00:39:33.48
The Bible said the time
would come in the last days
00:39:33.51\00:39:37.93
that would
combinate in the last day
00:39:37.96\00:39:40.09
when the nations would be angry
00:39:40.12\00:39:43.03
and they would have the awesome
ability to destroy the earth.
00:39:43.06\00:39:50.52
I think today of all the
nations with nuclear weapons,
00:39:50.55\00:39:57.73
I think of
nations like North Korea
00:39:57.76\00:40:01.71
that seems we're
looking for a fight.
00:40:01.74\00:40:04.88
I think of nations like Iran,
00:40:04.91\00:40:08.98
what is going to
happen in the Middle East?
00:40:09.01\00:40:12.37
Will Iran sometime get the bomb
00:40:12.40\00:40:16.73
and what will Israel
do who is on to the teeth
00:40:16.76\00:40:20.98
with 250 nuclear warheads.
00:40:21.01\00:40:24.79
Will the nations
destroy vast areas of the earth?
00:40:24.82\00:40:31.38
And then we think of
man in his rapacious greed
00:40:33.84\00:40:41.73
is violating every law of nature
00:40:41.76\00:40:47.19
by drilling under the
oceans, vast deep wells.
00:40:47.22\00:40:53.35
And we look today
down at the Emerald coast.
00:40:55.76\00:41:01.04
We look at that beautiful
area that is being raped.
00:41:01.07\00:41:08.87
Where is it going to end?
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.81
Where is it going to end?
00:41:11.84\00:41:18.90
When the allies led by America
00:41:18.93\00:41:21.42
were carrying out nuclear
tests in the South Pacific
00:41:21.45\00:41:28.70
specifically at Bikini Atoll,
00:41:28.73\00:41:31.69
a friend of mine was
on a neighborhood island
00:41:31.72\00:41:35.14
a long way away,
that's Bikini Atoll.
00:41:35.17\00:41:38.54
Have a look at it.
00:41:38.57\00:41:42.32
Have a good look at it.
00:41:42.35\00:41:44.99
And he said he drove
down, it was a long way away,
00:41:45.02\00:41:48.05
he drove down to the beach,
00:41:48.08\00:41:49.45
looked over because the
place could not be seen,
00:41:49.48\00:41:52.46
it was over the
horizon many miles away,
00:41:52.49\00:41:54.38
he thought maybe
I'll get a glimmer.
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.24
He said he
listened to the countdown.
00:41:57.27\00:42:00.10
Seven, six, five, four,
00:42:00.13\00:42:02.27
three, two, one,
then the radio stopped.
00:42:02.30\00:42:06.56
And then he said the whole area
00:42:06.59\00:42:09.78
became drenched
in a white light.
00:42:09.81\00:42:16.35
And then there
came a tremendous roar
00:42:16.38\00:42:20.28
and then somebody said,
"Look up" and over their heads
00:42:20.31\00:42:22.77
there were these
streams of light and fire.
00:42:22.80\00:42:26.37
One of the natives
on the island said,
00:42:29.15\00:42:32.85
"The mad white
man, what's he doing?"
00:42:32.88\00:42:38.95
I say to you the mad
human race, what are we doing?
00:42:38.98\00:42:44.01
You don't want to hear this.
00:42:44.04\00:42:45.41
It is written in the prophecies.
00:42:45.44\00:42:47.93
It is written
in the word of God.
00:42:47.96\00:42:52.14
And it is coming to pass.
00:42:52.17\00:43:00.08
The last days will be
times when persecution
00:43:00.11\00:43:02.98
will be the lot of non
confirming child of God.
00:43:03.01\00:43:06.85
There will be persecution.
00:43:06.88\00:43:09.04
Come here to Matthew 24
to the little apocalypse,
00:43:09.07\00:43:11.93
to the words of Jesus.
00:43:11.96\00:43:14.10
Matthew 24:9 and onwards.
00:43:14.13\00:43:18.79
This is a chapter
you ought to read,
00:43:18.82\00:43:21.39
you ought to go through--
00:43:21.42\00:43:23.30
everyday ought to be
reading it, may God wake us up.
00:43:23.33\00:43:28.45
"Then you will be
handed over to be persecuted
00:43:28.48\00:43:30.54
and put to death,
and you will be hated
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.22
by all nations because of me.
00:43:32.25\00:43:34.19
At that time many will
turn away from the faith
00:43:34.22\00:43:36.91
and will betray
and hate each other,
00:43:36.94\00:43:38.97
and many false
prophets will appears
00:43:39.00\00:43:40.86
and deceive many people.
00:43:40.89\00:43:42.27
Because of the
increase of wickedness,
00:43:42.30\00:43:44.35
the love of most will grow cold,
00:43:44.38\00:43:46.42
but he who stands firm
to the end will be saved.
00:43:46.45\00:43:49.25
And this gospel of the kingdom
00:43:49.28\00:43:51.22
will be preached
in the whole world
00:43:51.25\00:43:52.98
as a testimony
to all the nations,
00:43:53.01\00:43:55.96
and then the end will come."
00:43:55.99\00:43:58.64
In fact the Book of
Revelation specifically says
00:43:58.67\00:44:03.16
there will be
martyrs in the last days
00:44:03.19\00:44:07.33
when the streets of
the cities run with blood.
00:44:07.36\00:44:13.27
Now I say this to my
beloved friends in America
00:44:13.30\00:44:17.36
who believe in
the secret rapture
00:44:17.39\00:44:20.30
that the church is raptured home
00:44:20.33\00:44:22.64
from the time of
trouble, it is a marvelous
00:44:22.67\00:44:26.13
and a wonderful idea
and you are comforted by it
00:44:26.16\00:44:30.96
but the problem is it
is not taught in the Bible.
00:44:30.99\00:44:35.75
Other than that
it's a great idea.
00:44:35.78\00:44:38.69
But Jesus said the
church will be here
00:44:38.72\00:44:42.07
during the time of trouble.
00:44:42.10\00:44:43.62
Come over here to
Matthew 2:20 and onwards.
00:44:43.65\00:44:48.17
Matthew 24 verse 20 and onwards.
00:44:48.20\00:44:50.13
"Pray that your
flight will not take place
00:44:50.16\00:44:51.99
in winter or on the Sabbath.
00:44:52.02\00:44:54.63
For then there
will be great distress,
00:44:54.66\00:44:56.46
unequaled from the
beginning of the world until now
00:44:56.49\00:44:59.81
and never to be equaled again.
00:44:59.84\00:45:01.41
If those days had
not been cut short,
00:45:01.44\00:45:03.79
no one would survive,
but for the sake of the elect
00:45:03.82\00:45:06.44
those days will be shortened."
00:45:06.47\00:45:08.00
They'll be
shortened because the elect
00:45:08.03\00:45:11.15
God's people are
here on the earth.
00:45:11.18\00:45:16.25
"At that time if
anyone says to you,
00:45:16.28\00:45:17.91
'Look, here is the
Christ' or, 'There he is'
00:45:17.94\00:45:19.31
do not believe it.
00:45:19.34\00:45:21.95
For false Christs and
false prophets will appear
00:45:21.98\00:45:25.42
and perform great
signs and miracles
00:45:25.45\00:45:28.09
to deceive even the elect,
00:45:28.12\00:45:30.06
God's people, if
that were possible."
00:45:30.09\00:45:34.01
Then if you come
down to verse 28,
00:45:34.04\00:45:36.96
"Wherever there is a carcass,
there the vultures will gather."
00:45:36.99\00:45:40.97
The world becomes
like a rotting corpse.
00:45:41.00\00:45:45.90
"Immediately," It says,
00:45:45.93\00:45:48.43
"after the
distress of those days"
00:45:48.46\00:45:51.26
when the church is on the earth,
00:45:51.29\00:45:53.21
"The sun will be darkened,
00:45:53.24\00:45:54.61
and the moon will
not give its light,
00:45:54.64\00:45:56.01
the stars will
fall from the heavens,
00:45:56.04\00:45:58.45
heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
00:45:58.48\00:46:00.13
At that time the sign of the Son
of Man will appear in the sky,
00:46:00.16\00:46:03.51
and all the nations
of the earth will mourn.
00:46:03.54\00:46:06.17
They will see the Son of Man
00:46:06.20\00:46:08.68
coming on the clouds of the sky,
with power and great glory."
00:46:08.71\00:46:16.29
The church will see persecution
00:46:16.32\00:46:20.84
and the church will
endure the tribulation
00:46:20.87\00:46:25.01
and the Bible says
the true church of God
00:46:25.04\00:46:29.20
made up of those
souls who are born again,
00:46:29.23\00:46:34.43
who are saved by
grace, who love Jesus,
00:46:34.46\00:46:39.11
who are justified and
who have the law of God
00:46:39.14\00:46:42.74
written on their
hearts, they'll be saved.
00:46:42.77\00:46:47.20
And Jesus said the gospel
will go to the whole wide world.
00:46:47.23\00:46:53.29
Now listen to this,
one of the great signs,
00:46:53.32\00:46:56.48
"the last days will be times
00:46:56.51\00:46:58.69
when there'll be a
display of supernatural power.
00:46:58.72\00:47:03.96
On one hand, demons will rule."
00:47:03.99\00:47:09.21
I don't have time to go
through the prophecies on this
00:47:09.24\00:47:13.21
but I can show you
prophecies in the Bible
00:47:13.24\00:47:15.33
that indicate
that in the last days
00:47:15.36\00:47:17.73
if Christ is not in you,
the devil's gonna be in you.
00:47:17.76\00:47:22.86
The scorpions,
symbols of evil spirit,
00:47:22.89\00:47:29.12
are going to cover the earth.
00:47:29.15\00:47:34.46
So there's gonna be
display of demonism.
00:47:34.49\00:47:41.83
The Bible says, the gospel
00:47:41.86\00:47:45.62
will be preached
around the world,
00:47:45.65\00:47:51.66
God is gonna
pour out the spirit.
00:47:51.69\00:47:54.81
Look at Revelation 18:1-4.
00:47:54.84\00:47:58.17
Revelation 18:1-4.
00:47:58.20\00:48:01.96
"After this I saw another
angel coming down from heaven.
00:48:01.99\00:48:05.68
He had great authority,
00:48:05.71\00:48:07.42
and the earth was
illuminated by his splendor.
00:48:07.45\00:48:10.10
With a mighty voice
he shouted, 'Fallen,
00:48:10.13\00:48:13.28
Fallen is Babylon the Great!
00:48:13.31\00:48:15.90
She has become a
home for demons.'"
00:48:15.93\00:48:19.23
and then verse 4, "Then I heard
another voice from heaven say,
00:48:19.26\00:48:22.21
'Come out of her, my people.'"
00:48:22.24\00:48:27.79
You know very
recently I was in China.
00:48:27.82\00:48:32.11
I saw what God has done.
00:48:32.14\00:48:35.21
I met the lady pastor
with 20,000 church members.
00:48:35.24\00:48:43.96
The darker the night,
the brighter the stars.
00:48:43.99\00:48:49.28
The last days will
be times of terror,
00:48:49.31\00:48:51.53
trauma, trial and triumphs.
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.38
And we are now in the last days.
00:48:54.41\00:49:00.53
The question is to the audience,
00:49:00.56\00:49:04.27
are you ready for
the coming of Jesus?
00:49:04.30\00:49:06.74
Don't brush it off.
Don't say, "Oh, oh..."
00:49:06.77\00:49:10.64
Are you ready for the coming
of Jesus if you die today?
00:49:10.67\00:49:17.14
Are you ready for the last days?
00:49:17.17\00:49:19.44
The Bible talks--
this is biblical language,
00:49:19.47\00:49:21.60
it talks about the sheep
and the goat, what are you?
00:49:21.63\00:49:24.22
Sheep or a goat?
00:49:24.25\00:49:25.62
The wise and the
foolish, the diligent,
00:49:25.65\00:49:28.17
and the Bible says, the lazy.
00:49:28.20\00:49:30.78
The good and the bad,
the weak and the tenacious.
00:49:30.81\00:49:35.03
the clean, the
unclean, the holy, the unholy,
00:49:35.06\00:49:38.83
the saved and the unsaved.
00:49:38.86\00:49:44.43
When the great
plants of our cities
00:49:47.06\00:49:49.53
have turned out
their last finished work.
00:49:49.56\00:49:52.71
When the merchant has
sold his last yard of silk,
00:49:52.74\00:49:55.93
and dismissed
his last tired clerk.
00:49:55.96\00:49:59.85
When the banks have
rolled in their last dollar
00:49:59.88\00:50:02.62
and paid out
their last dividend.
00:50:02.65\00:50:06.30
And the judge of the
earth calls for the balance,
00:50:06.33\00:50:12.61
it says, 'Close for
the night' what then?
00:50:12.64\00:50:17.88
When the choir has
sung its last anthem,
00:50:17.91\00:50:20.21
when the preacher
has said his last prayer.
00:50:20.24\00:50:23.13
When the organ has
pealed its last echo,
00:50:23.16\00:50:25.81
and its sound has
died out on the air.
00:50:25.84\00:50:29.14
When the Bible is
closed on the altar,
00:50:29.17\00:50:32.90
and the pews are
all empty of men,
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.21
and each soul
stands facing his record,
00:50:36.24\00:50:39.53
and the Great Book is opened,
00:50:39.56\00:50:41.83
what then?
00:50:45.15\00:50:46.67
When the actor has
played his last drama,
00:50:46.70\00:50:50.16
and the mimic has
made his last fun.
00:50:50.19\00:50:53.65
When the movie has
flashed its last picture,
00:50:53.68\00:50:56.48
and the billboards
displayed their last run.
00:50:56.51\00:50:59.79
When the crowds
seeking pleasure have vanished,
00:50:59.82\00:51:04.63
and gone out
into darkness again.
00:51:04.66\00:51:06.78
And a world that
rejected its Savior,
00:51:06.81\00:51:09.07
is asked for a reason.
00:51:09.10\00:51:12.82
What about it?
00:51:12.85\00:51:15.09
What then?
00:51:15.12\00:51:16.59
Think this is a game
I'm playing here today?
00:51:16.62\00:51:18.54
Think this is entertainment?
00:51:18.57\00:51:21.75
When the bugle
dies out in the silence,
00:51:21.78\00:51:24.91
and the long
marching columns are still.
00:51:24.94\00:51:28.69
When the millions
of earth are gathered
00:51:28.72\00:51:30.54
from ocean and valley and hill.
00:51:30.57\00:51:33.92
When the Day that has no morrow
00:51:33.95\00:51:36.41
has come to the last,
last end, and the voice of God
00:51:36.44\00:51:41.32
from the Heavens,
says, "It is done."
00:51:41.35\00:51:47.73
What then?
00:51:57.86\00:52:00.58
I believe in the last days.
00:52:03.82\00:52:07.88
I believe in the last day.
00:52:07.91\00:52:12.68
"This I believe." Amen.
00:52:12.71\00:52:18.04
Let us all
pray. Let us all pray.
00:52:19.87\00:52:23.57
Please come softly to God
00:52:23.60\00:52:26.70
and don't you dare dismiss this
00:52:26.73\00:52:30.17
as a bit of entertainment today.
00:52:30.20\00:52:34.62
This is the word of the Lord.
00:52:34.65\00:52:38.75
God has been here today.
00:52:38.78\00:52:40.66
I felt the spirit
of God here today.
00:52:40.69\00:52:45.78
Our Father, here
we are on our knees
00:52:45.81\00:52:49.17
living during these last days
00:52:49.20\00:52:53.23
and, Lord, I didn't have time
to put it in the sermon today
00:52:53.26\00:52:55.90
but one of the biggest
signs is that the church
00:52:55.93\00:52:58.39
in the last days goes to sleep.
00:52:58.42\00:53:04.90
The church becomes rich
00:53:04.93\00:53:07.44
and increased with
goods, it's luke warm.
00:53:07.47\00:53:12.84
If that's not a
picture of us today, what is?
00:53:12.87\00:53:17.27
Yet even a sleeping church
can have wise people in it,
00:53:17.30\00:53:21.56
Jesus told us in Matthew 25.
00:53:21.59\00:53:25.88
Dear, Father, we pray
today for the penetration
00:53:25.91\00:53:30.86
of the word of
God into our hearts.
00:53:30.89\00:53:34.19
No longer, just
putting up a hand and saying,
00:53:34.22\00:53:36.83
"yes, I believe,"
but we're praying today
00:53:36.86\00:53:40.54
for the penetration of the
word of God into our hearts.
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As we are praying today
in this beautiful church,
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heads bowed, eyes closed,
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sensing that God
is here in amidst.
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How many will pray the prayer,
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"Lord, that somehow
because I'm so indifferent,
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my heart is so hard, you
know, I don't read my Bible,
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you know, I only come to church
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'cause I sort of got
a semi-attachment to it.
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But God, please penetrate
my heart with your word."
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Can you raise your hand
if that is your prayer today?
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Lord, penetrate my
heart with your word.
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May this word be for me today.
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May this word find a
reception in my heart today.
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I thank You today the
great good news applies
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that even though
we are all sinners,
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there is a
fountain filled with blood
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drawn from Emmanuel's veins,
and sinners plunged beneath
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that flood lose all
their guilty stains.
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Cover us today
with the blood of Jesus.
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Raise your hand if
you want to be covered
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by the blood of Jesus today.
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Put your hand up on.
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Cover me today, Lord,
with the blood of Jesus
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and put your law in my heart.
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Lord, bless this
precious people today.
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Thank you for the
television crew here today.
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Thank you for people
like David and Rasile.
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and for our wonderful
supporters around the world.
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Thank you that God is not dead
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but in fact he's coming
back in the person of his Son.
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So we worship you, thank you,
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bless you, praise you,
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give you glory in
Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
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Song and I sing for you
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And everything
You hold in Your hand
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Still You make time for me
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I can't understand
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Praise You God of Earth and sky
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How beautiful is
Your unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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And You never
change God, You remain
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The Holy One My unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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And everything
You hold in Your hand
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Still You make time for me
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I can't understand
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Praise You God of Earth and sky
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How beautiful is
Your unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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And You never
change God You remain
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The Holy One
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And my Unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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Unfailing love
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