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 proclamation
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of the gospel 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. Isn't that amazing?
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Also, in India,
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we're telecasting in
India. And very shortly,
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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
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right across
that great continent
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and millions of people are
going to have an opportunity
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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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But 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, P.O. 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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There's a song that I
heard years and year ago.
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Young people used to sing it.
And had a catchy little tune,
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the message was "We're
on the road to nowhere."
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Could you imagine
singing a song like that?
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"We're on the road to nowhere."
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Did you know that when
Rudy Giuliani went down
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to Wall Street
when he first became
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the Mayor of the
great City of New York,
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he was taken down there
by with the police chief
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and they stood and they watched
somewhat in semi amazement
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as they gazed at all financiers
and all the brokers queued up,
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lined up to buy heroine.
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Why are they doing that?
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I guess it's because
they're on the road to nowhere.
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You gotta feel
very empty inside,
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don't you think? To
do something like that,
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you gotta be pretty desperate.
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You gotta be so desperate
that you want to block out
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the evil world around
you of which you are a part.
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And I was in
Australia, a little while ago,
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this is a message
for my Aussie friends.
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They had a blitz in Sydney
on Friday night, Saturday night.
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They were picking up hundreds
of young people and folks,
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who were not
that young. You know
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why they were doing this?
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Because
drunkenness is a tremendous
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problem in Australia.
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Violence is not a big
problem, but drunkenness is.
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And so they were hauling away
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hundreds of people in what
they call "the paddy wagon."
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You know what a paddy wagon is?
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Well, it's a term that
comes from Long Island.
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They used to put paddy in there
when they used to get drunk.
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And so all these paddies,
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Australian paddies
are getting collared off.
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And what is of
some serious concern
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is that many of the
young people in their twenties
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and so forth are
females. The young women,
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they go out on Friday
nights, Saturday nights
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with one purpose in mind
and that is to get drunk.
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Why are they doing this?
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I guess, it must be because
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they're very
bored, dissatisfied.
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And really they must
be on the road to nowhere.
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I was reading recently,
I never saw this church,
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but I'm told
there are many churches
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like it, not only in London,
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but in other parts of the world.
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A beautiful,
beautiful, old, Anglican church,
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you know, those
beautiful churches.
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The ivy grove grows up
the side, a beautiful church.
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You don't go to
that church to worship.
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It's been bought by a
club. And on Saturday night,
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you go there to take drugs,
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get blind drunk,
and publicly fornicate.
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They say it's not so
unusual anymore in London.
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And other
places around the world
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I've seen them in
Sydney and other places
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where churches
are turned into clubs.
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What went wrong?
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When we were in Sydney,
which is a wonderful city.
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Did you know this?
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That the city
that most Americans
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want to visit is Sydney,
so it is a beautiful city.
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When we were
downtown in the city of Sydney
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staying at The Menzies Hotel,
next to the Menzies Hotel,
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we're gonna put a
picture up on the screen
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is this beautiful
Presbyterian church.
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Looks nice, doesn't it?
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That, of course, is the
great Protestant church.
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It is the church of
the great John Knox.
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I said to Susie and Javier,
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Let's go to
church on Sunday morning.
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I said let's go to this great
old church, it's next door.
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Let's go and worship the
Lord in this beautiful church.
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That's the sort
of church I like.
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We went to church
including the preacher
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who was splendid in his robes,
dressed up looking beautiful.
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It was nice colorful
robes, including the preacher.
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seven people in church.
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A little old lady
who was the deaconess
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saw us as prime
candidates to join.
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She said, "Please stay."
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We said, "We're only looking."
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But when we went
outside and looked at the church
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we noticed this on
the roof of the church.
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Virtually, a Cathedral
that has been turned into--
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you see it? An apartment block.
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You know why they're doing this?
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That's to pay their bills.
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Somehow the Spirit of God
has died out in that church.
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I heard the story of a
man who turned up at a church
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when it was on fire.
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It was the village
church somewhere in England.
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Of course, this would
never happen in America
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where the people are so pious.
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But he turned up at this church
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that was on fire on some night
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and the
preacher, the rector said,
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"I'm so glad to see you.
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I've never seen
you at church before."
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He said, "I've never seen
the church on fire before."
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Many people and many churches
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are on the road to nowhere.
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I want you to take your Bible
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and I want you
to turn to the words
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of the wisest
man who ever lived.
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Well, he was wise in some things
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maybe not quite so wise as he
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could have been
in some other things.
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We're gonna turn to
the book of Ecclesiastes.
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Ecclesiastical
affairs means churchy affairs
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Chapter 2:4 and
onwards, these are the words
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of this
tremendously wealthy person.
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"I undertook great projects.
I built houses for myself
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and planted vineyards.
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I made gardens and parks
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and planted all kinds
of fruit trees in them.
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I made reservoirs to water
groves of flourishing trees.
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I bought male and female slaves
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and had other slaves
who were born in my house.
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I also owned more herds
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and flocks than anyone
in Jerusalem before me.
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I amassed silver
and gold for myself,
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and the treasures
of kings and provinces.
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I acquired men
and women singers,
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and a harem as well, the
delights of the hearts of man."
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Verse 9. "I became greater
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by far than anyone
in Jerusalem before me.
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In all this my
wisdom stayed with me."
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Was he kidding himself?
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He said
everything stayed with him?
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"I denied myself
nothing my eyes desired,
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I refused my heart no pleasure.
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My heart took
delight in all my work,
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and this was the
reward for all my labor.
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Yet when I surveyed
all that my hands had done
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and what I had
toiled to achieve,
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everything was meaningless,
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a chasing after the wind,
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nothing was
gained under the sun."
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What about you,
friend? What about you?
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Are you just after wealth, gold,
houses, and having a good time?
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The day is going to
come when you're going to say
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this vanity and
vexation of spirit,
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Solomon said meaningless.
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If you look now,
shall we, at another verse
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starting at verse 17.
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"So I hated
life," if I hated life,
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"because the work
that is done under
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the sun was grievous to
me. All of it is meaningless,
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a chasing after the
wind. I hated all things
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I had toiled for under the sun,
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because I must leave them
to the one who comes after me.
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And who knows whether he
will be a wise man or a fool?
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Yet he will have control over
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all the work into
which I have poured my effort
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and skill under the sun.
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This too is meaningless.
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So my heart began
to despair over all
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my toilsome labor under the sun.
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For a man may do
his work with wisdom,
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knowledge, and skill,
and then he must leave
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all he owns to someone
who has not worked for it.
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This too is meaningless
and a great misfortune.
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What does a man
get for all the toil
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and anxious strivings with
which he labors under the sun?
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All his days his
work is pain and grief.
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Even at night his
mind does not rest.
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This too is meaningless."
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Listen, I wanna
say just a brief word,
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because I've got
to get into my theme
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which is talking about
the great African challenge.
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I want to say to my
beloved American friends,
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do you think the
country is changing
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for the good or for the bad?
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Do you think that somehow
America is not the America
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that you once believed in?
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Maybe I say to you, you
and I are part of the problem.
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Have you ever
thought about this?
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The nation was
based upon a faith in God,
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the work ethic, honesty,
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decency, self reliance.
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But today, millions of
Americans turn to drugs.
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Did you know we are responsible
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for the mass murders in Mexico?
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We are responsible
for the gang killings
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because they
would not take place
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if we were not
selling them the guns
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and taking the drugs.
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But the reason I guess,
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so many of us are
doing these things
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is because in our hearts
we're on the road to nowhere.
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Meaningless.
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Will we ever learn? Perhaps not.
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Things do not
satisfy. You know the movie,
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very old movie came
out donkeys years ago,
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where Rocko is asked,
"What do you want, Rocko?"
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He's a gangster,
an American gangster
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down in Florida. And
he says, "What do I want?
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Well, let me think about that.
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Yeah, I know what I want.
I want more of what I got."
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I want more, on
the road to nowhere.
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I talked to my
friends in the church,
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ministers, position in
the church or in the world.
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That position does not satisfy.
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Pleasures do not satisfy,
as it says in the gospels
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concerning the
feast and I preached
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the sermon recently
at Avondale College.
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The wine ran out, always does.
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The wine ran out.
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They said they have no
wine. They've got no wine left.
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And the Master
gave them new wine.
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What's happening in
America? In your life and mine?
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The wine is running out.
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Only God can satisfy.
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I want you to be
very honest with yourself.
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I know this is very difficult
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for us to be
honest with ourselves.
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Come with me to
John 10:10. John 10:10
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and then I want you, my
beloved American friends
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in this wonderful country,
I want you to be honest.
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Let us be hones with our
own hearts. This is difficult.
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John 10:10, Jesus
said, "The thief comes."
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That's the--they are the
drugs, all those evil things.
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"The thief comes only to
steal and kill and destroy.
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I have come that
they may have life,
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and have it to the full."
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King James
Version said "I've come
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that they may have life
and have it more abundantly."
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I want you to be
honest with yourself.
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How much time are you
and I spending with God
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in our private
devotions, in prayer,
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in a serious study of the word?
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How much time are we spending
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at the movies and watching DVDs?
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If you find that your
time is being consumed
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by the things of the world,
whatever you and I may think,
00:17:06.95\00:17:12.78
you and I are no
longer followers of Christ.
00:17:12.81\00:17:17.40
And we are indeed
on the road to nowhere.
00:17:20.24\00:17:27.94
St. Augustine,
the great theologian,
00:17:27.97\00:17:32.14
when his words are translated
00:17:32.17\00:17:33.66
they mean something like this
"Our souls were made for God
00:17:33.69\00:17:38.94
and they cannot rest
until they rest in Him."
00:17:38.97\00:17:44.65
There's a terrible vacuum
in America in the churches,
00:17:44.68\00:17:50.36
possibly in your
life, in our lives,
00:17:50.39\00:17:56.02
because we are so
besotted by the world.
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Now, you know, I preach
the gospel. I preach grace.
00:18:04.40\00:18:08.60
I preach righteousness
by faith. I major on that.
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However, it is not
enough to come to Christ
00:18:13.16\00:18:18.55
and accept
salvation and then say,
00:18:18.58\00:18:22.21
"I'm going to live my
life to please myself."
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That is Australian religion.
That is American religion.
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Everybody is a
Christian, but very few are.
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It is not enough to come
to Christ and claim salvation.
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And then say, "I'm going to
live my life to please myself."
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I offer a proof.
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Look at Los
Angeles where we live.
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A vast city of
wealth, riches, cars,
00:18:55.06\00:18:58.11
and those things that delight
the hearts of men and women.
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Most Los Angelenos
profess to be Christians
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but live lives of
carnal pleasure-seeking.
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You know it is
true. What is the result?
00:19:11.56\00:19:15.57
Millions not by--
not all by any means,
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there are some shining examples
00:19:19.59\00:19:22.52
like my friend,
Pastor Willie Jordan
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who lives for Christ.
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But millions in this city,
bored, dissatisfied, restless,
00:19:28.60\00:19:36.44
drug infested, fuelling
the drug wars of Mexico,
00:19:36.47\00:19:42.27
unstable, pleasure-seeking
empty, materialistic,
00:19:42.30\00:19:48.78
sex obsessed, lost
souls on the road to nowhere.
00:19:48.81\00:19:54.62
That is the story
not only of Los Angeles.
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It is the story
of Western culture
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that is in the
process of self-destructing
00:20:02.16\00:20:05.36
and that is on
the road to nowhere.
00:20:05.39\00:20:08.12
Last Sunday, I
looked at a documentary
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by National Geographic.
The title alarmed me,
00:20:11.49\00:20:15.44
did not thrill
me, did not edify me.
00:20:15.47\00:20:19.01
It was entitled "The
Crumbling of America."
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Why?
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Because you and
I are the problem.
00:20:29.95\00:20:37.13
We've got away
from God and His word
00:20:37.16\00:20:42.28
and we are obsessed with
things. Think of the time,
00:20:42.31\00:20:47.61
most of us in this
church spend with the Bible
00:20:47.64\00:20:51.71
and how much time we
spend watching football.
00:20:51.74\00:20:55.43
Let us be
honest. Is it possible?
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The best way to help ourselves,
I tell you, is to help others.
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Let me offer a
solution. Christ in our hearts
00:21:14.35\00:21:19.37
and a divinely
inspired purpose or mission
00:21:19.40\00:21:23.09
that is our guiding star.
00:21:23.12\00:21:25.31
The poet said "we need a theme.
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Then let that be our theme."
00:21:28.39\00:21:30.03
That we, poor grovellers,
between faith and doubt,
00:21:30.06\00:21:35.26
the sun and north
star lost, and compass out,
00:21:35.29\00:21:41.12
the heart's weak engine
all but stopped, the time,
00:21:41.15\00:21:46.33
timeless in this
chaos of our wills--
00:21:46.36\00:21:49.01
that we must ask a
theme, something to think,
00:21:49.04\00:21:53.79
something to say,
between dawn and dusk,
00:21:53.82\00:21:59.01
something to hold
to, something to love.
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My topic is the
"Mission Driven Life."
00:22:06.49\00:22:11.77
Pastor Rick
Warren, one of the pastors
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of Omega church here in Soquel
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has a book entitled
the "Purpose Driven Life."
00:22:19.27\00:22:25.51
You need
something bigger than you.
00:22:25.54\00:22:32.28
I need something bigger than me.
00:22:32.31\00:22:35.90
Something that will be
a divinely inspired star
00:22:35.93\00:22:41.96
and I would suggest this.
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This will be very
hard for you to take.
00:22:45.36\00:22:48.85
Very hard for you to
believe. Very hard to practice.
00:22:48.88\00:22:53.68
The only thing I know
00:22:57.66\00:22:59.19
that'll stop the
crumbling of America
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and the
crumbling of our own souls.
00:23:02.95\00:23:05.83
Here it is--living for others.
00:23:09.11\00:23:15.64
This is the opposite
00:23:15.67\00:23:17.41
of a
self-centered, egotistical life.
00:23:17.44\00:23:21.19
I'm proud of my daughter, Julie.
00:23:21.22\00:23:23.93
I'm proud of all my children.
I'm proud of my family.
00:23:23.96\00:23:26.77
Julie has announced to us
that she's off to Ethiopia,
00:23:26.80\00:23:30.97
been to Africa, to
Kenya, working surgery.
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Why on earth Ethiopia?
00:23:34.97\00:23:36.34
"Because," she said, "so
many women are being raped.
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I want to build a refuge
for raped women." God bless her.
00:23:40.63\00:23:47.91
A purpose, a purpose, a
purpose, purpose in her life.
00:23:50.41\00:23:56.01
I'm honored to be associated
00:23:56.04\00:23:58.02
with people like
Pastor and Mrs. Hills.
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They've come to this church.
00:24:01.52\00:24:04.17
Folks, I'm
mystified and they said to me,
00:24:04.20\00:24:08.82
but how much do you have to pay
00:24:08.85\00:24:10.71
to get people like
Pastor and Mrs. Hills to come?
00:24:10.74\00:24:15.48
Who work their
souls out for the church?
00:24:15.51\00:24:20.71
You know how much?
00:24:20.74\00:24:23.28
If you were to
offer them something,
00:24:23.31\00:24:24.69
they'd be insulted.
00:24:24.72\00:24:28.04
And they're
supremely happy people.
00:24:28.07\00:24:31.10
When they walk into a
room, they light up the place.
00:24:31.13\00:24:36.42
They both have spent
their ministry also in Africa
00:24:36.45\00:24:39.81
working for people who cannot
reward them except by thanks.
00:24:39.84\00:24:46.27
Remember the words of Jesus.
Come over here to Acts 20.
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And I--I do hope that
somehow the Spirit of God
00:24:50.23\00:24:54.26
can get into the
darkened chambers of our hearts.
00:24:54.29\00:24:59.01
Acts 20, and verse, let me see,
00:24:59.04\00:25:03.69
verse 33 "I have not
coveted anyone's silver,
00:25:03.72\00:25:08.70
or gold, or clothing.
00:25:08.73\00:25:10.18
You yourselves know
that these hands of mine
00:25:10.21\00:25:12.92
have supplied my own needs
00:25:12.95\00:25:14.72
and the needs of my companions.
00:25:14.75\00:25:16.95
In everything I
did, I showed you that
00:25:16.98\00:25:19.57
by this kind of hard
work we must help the weak,
00:25:19.60\00:25:23.46
remembering the words
the Lord Jesus himself said,
00:25:23.49\00:25:26.83
'It is more blessed to
give than to receive.'"
00:25:26.86\00:25:30.27
Unfortunately, listen
to me, my American friends,
00:25:30.30\00:25:34.80
in our society, most say
00:25:34.83\00:25:37.93
it is more blessed
to receive than to give.
00:25:37.96\00:25:42.06
And so they see the
government as the Savior.
00:25:42.09\00:25:47.40
Give me, give me, give me,
00:25:47.43\00:25:54.27
on the road to nowhere.
00:25:54.30\00:25:57.49
You don't read those
words of Jesus in the gospels.
00:25:57.52\00:26:00.97
It's interesting.
00:26:01.00\00:26:02.39
But obviously Jesus said it.
00:26:02.42\00:26:04.56
"It is more blessed
to give than to receive."
00:26:04.59\00:26:10.88
You know who the
saddest people are?
00:26:13.31\00:26:16.77
I've met them in this church.
I've met them everywhere.
00:26:16.80\00:26:19.09
I've met them around the world.
00:26:19.12\00:26:20.65
People who are
absorbed with themselves.
00:26:20.68\00:26:24.66
"Have I--oh, I'm this and--
00:26:24.69\00:26:28.13
Have you got a few hours
00:26:28.16\00:26:31.13
so I can tell you
how rotten life is?"
00:26:31.16\00:26:35.81
The road to nowhere.
00:26:35.84\00:26:39.90
What about your life?
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.30
I'm asking you today. Be honest.
00:26:41.33\00:26:43.16
What about your life?
You're living for money.
00:26:43.19\00:26:48.33
Are you deceived by the devil?
00:26:48.36\00:26:52.67
It is more blessed
to give than to receive.
00:26:52.70\00:26:55.08
And the best way
you can help people.
00:26:55.11\00:26:57.34
Pastor Jordan
will agree with me,
00:26:57.37\00:26:58.83
Pastor and Mrs.
Hills will agree with me.
00:26:58.86\00:27:01.10
My team will agree with me.
00:27:01.13\00:27:03.94
The best way you can help people
00:27:03.97\00:27:07.07
is not only helping
people who are hungry.
00:27:07.10\00:27:11.73
But the best way
we can help people
00:27:11.76\00:27:15.14
is by sharing everlasting life
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:27:15.17\00:27:20.10
I'm just an old
fashioned believer in the Bible.
00:27:23.49\00:27:28.74
That's why I am what I am.
00:27:28.77\00:27:31.89
The Bible tells me I'm
not gonna give you the text.
00:27:31.92\00:27:36.49
You ought to believe it.
00:27:36.52\00:27:37.97
There's no other
name under heaven
00:27:38.00\00:27:39.37
by which we can be saved.
00:27:39.40\00:27:42.93
Ephesians tells me that
people are lost without Christ.
00:27:42.96\00:27:47.47
Lazy people don't
like hearing that.
00:27:47.50\00:27:50.77
But the best way
that we can help people
00:27:50.80\00:27:55.73
is by sharing Christ with them.
00:27:55.76\00:28:02.91
I want to take you now to Africa
00:28:02.94\00:28:05.67
and tell you what I
think is a wonderful story.
00:28:05.70\00:28:10.36
Africa is a vast land.
00:28:10.39\00:28:14.88
For many years, it was
called the Dark Continent,
00:28:14.91\00:28:20.62
because of the
heathenism and the paganism.
00:28:20.65\00:28:24.96
Today, it a land of
more than a billion souls.
00:28:24.99\00:28:32.92
South Africa,
where we're holding
00:28:32.95\00:28:36.00
the meetings is a land
of 49 or 50 million souls.
00:28:36.03\00:28:43.03
Our message is on television.
00:28:43.06\00:28:45.73
We have been told by
the advertising agency,
00:28:45.76\00:28:52.56
are going to be
seen in South Africa
00:28:52.59\00:28:55.17
by 50 million
people. That's by everybody.
00:28:55.20\00:28:59.21
And we're going
there for a purpose,
00:28:59.24\00:29:03.96
because the most important thing
we can do is to share Christ.
00:29:03.99\00:29:10.72
I am continually inspired by
the story of David Livingstone.
00:29:10.75\00:29:18.16
Dr. Livingstone was a Scotsman.
00:29:18.19\00:29:22.22
He was brought up with
00:29:22.25\00:29:24.14
tremendous
poverty. Tremendous poverty.
00:29:24.17\00:29:28.85
This is the
statue at Victoria Falls.
00:29:28.88\00:29:32.25
I've been there and I
have felt goose bumps.
00:29:32.28\00:29:37.11
He had it in his soul.
00:29:37.14\00:29:38.95
He lived during
the Nineteenth Century.
00:29:38.98\00:29:42.03
A burning desire to
share Christ with lost people.
00:29:42.06\00:29:48.50
Oh, I wish you
could read his story.
00:29:48.53\00:29:51.54
Tramping 40,000
miles by foot around
00:29:51.57\00:29:57.06
the diseased
filled areas of Africa.
00:29:57.09\00:30:01.77
Continually
suffering from malaria,
00:30:01.80\00:30:04.73
ulcers on his feet, a
widow, no, a sophisticated man.
00:30:04.76\00:30:10.66
More sophisticated than we are.
00:30:10.69\00:30:14.26
His teeth rotted and fell out.
00:30:14.29\00:30:17.71
He came there
with a burning passion
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.75
to rid Africa off the
slave trade which he hated.
00:30:23.78\00:30:31.21
Yet today, there are
more slaves in the world
00:30:31.24\00:30:34.13
than during the days
of David Livingstone.
00:30:34.16\00:30:37.38
Did you know that?
00:30:37.41\00:30:38.83
More slaves in Africa,
in the north of Africa.
00:30:38.86\00:30:45.26
When he died, his few disciples
00:30:45.29\00:30:49.49
embalmed his body dried
it in the sun with salt.
00:30:49.52\00:30:55.69
Wrapped it up after
taking his heart out,
00:30:55.72\00:31:00.65
and they buried his heart
00:31:00.68\00:31:02.53
at the foot of a tree
in the heart of Africa.
00:31:02.56\00:31:08.63
These black disciples
carried his body for 8 months
00:31:08.66\00:31:15.14
till they got to the ocean
00:31:15.17\00:31:17.18
and the British Government
somehow heard they were coming
00:31:17.21\00:31:20.04
and they sent a British warship.
00:31:20.07\00:31:23.15
the H.M.S. Vulture to
take him back to London.
00:31:23.18\00:31:28.24
He was buried in
Westminster Abbey.
00:31:28.27\00:31:31.68
And the poet said,
00:31:31.71\00:31:33.33
"Open the doors
and bring him in.
00:31:33.36\00:31:37.53
To sleep with
king and statesmen,
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.68
chief and sage, the
missionary come of weaver kin,
00:31:39.71\00:31:45.00
but great by work
that brooks no lower wage.
00:31:45.03\00:31:50.08
He needs no
epitaph to guard a name,
00:31:50.11\00:31:53.76
which men shall prize
while worthy work is known,
00:31:53.79\00:31:58.08
he lived and died for
good-- be that his fame.
00:31:58.11\00:32:03.90
Let marble crumble,
this is Livingstone."
00:32:03.93\00:32:10.03
Many of the parts
where he preached the gospel
00:32:14.91\00:32:17.31
today has become Christian.
00:32:17.34\00:32:20.09
Africa has seen and continues
to see war and violence
00:32:20.12\00:32:25.50
and the deaths of millions.
00:32:25.53\00:32:27.23
I think of Rwanda
where Christian fought
00:32:27.26\00:32:31.39
Christian professing Christians,
professing but did not know
00:32:31.42\00:32:36.22
Christ or the word
of God and they murdered
00:32:36.25\00:32:39.40
because they
belonged to a different tribe.
00:32:39.43\00:32:42.81
They were all black,
00:32:42.84\00:32:45.34
but they killed between 800,000
and a million in a few days.
00:32:45.37\00:32:53.51
So it is a land that
has seen great suffering.
00:32:53.54\00:32:57.27
We are going to Johannesburg,
I wish you could come with us.
00:32:57.30\00:33:02.17
I wish I could take young people
00:33:02.20\00:33:04.55
from our
churches in North America
00:33:04.58\00:33:08.31
and I wish that
I could help them
00:33:08.34\00:33:10.70
to get a purpose
mission driven life.
00:33:10.73\00:33:14.56
And that they could escape
from the bondage of materialism,
00:33:14.59\00:33:21.46
and its shallowness,
00:33:21.49\00:33:25.51
which leads people twisted,
00:33:25.54\00:33:30.51
spiritually
deformed, but blinded.
00:33:30.54\00:33:35.59
Joburg is a great
city with 4 million souls.
00:33:35.62\00:33:39.51
We're gonna show you
some pictures that David took.
00:33:39.54\00:33:43.47
It's downtown Johannesburg.
Downtown Johannesburg,
00:33:43.50\00:33:48.92
you've got so
many wonderful people.
00:33:48.95\00:33:53.30
We walked around
there and had a great time.
00:33:53.33\00:33:56.04
We were the only
white people there.
00:33:56.07\00:33:59.06
The challenges are tremendous.
South Africa is affluent,
00:33:59.09\00:34:04.18
but has tremendous
poverty in shanty towns
00:34:04.21\00:34:07.54
and it's getting worse.
Even though the government,
00:34:07.57\00:34:10.79
I'm sure, is doing its best,
00:34:10.82\00:34:13.01
riches and poverty,
great social programs,
00:34:13.04\00:34:17.07
one quarter of the citizens
of South Africa have got Aids.
00:34:17.10\00:34:25.60
Be careful, when
you go into a hospital
00:34:25.63\00:34:29.22
because of the blood.
Crime, crime everywhere.
00:34:29.25\00:34:35.14
Our visit has left us
00:34:35.17\00:34:36.54
with a millions
memories of beautiful people,
00:34:36.57\00:34:39.43
wonderful people, sweet people.
00:34:39.46\00:34:41.90
But we noticed around
our hotel and around every--
00:34:41.93\00:34:45.76
look at these
beautiful homes, this is Joburg.
00:34:45.79\00:34:49.86
Look at these poor
little these kids too in Soweto,
00:34:49.89\00:34:52.31
but around every home
you have electric wire,
00:34:52.34\00:34:56.74
electric wire, wire,
wire, wire to keep you safe.
00:34:56.77\00:35:01.35
That doesn't
always keep you safe,
00:35:01.38\00:35:05.63
because of the
raging inequalities,
00:35:05.66\00:35:10.52
the poverty, the
wealth and the riches.
00:35:10.55\00:35:14.53
And I want to
tell every American
00:35:14.56\00:35:16.85
listening here today,
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.25
and I want you to
get this into your heads.
00:35:18.28\00:35:21.33
Politics is not the
solution to our problems.
00:35:21.36\00:35:25.38
Politics has failed us.
00:35:25.41\00:35:29.81
Thanks for the Amen.
00:35:29.84\00:35:31.21
You don't believe that.
00:35:34.07\00:35:36.39
I know that many of you
are mesmerized with politics,
00:35:36.42\00:35:39.36
that's because you're
not reading your Bibles.
00:35:39.39\00:35:42.17
That's because you
don't have a purpose
00:35:42.20\00:35:45.05
and a mission driven
life, Christ is the answer.
00:35:45.08\00:35:51.67
It is the
preaching of the Gospel.
00:35:51.70\00:35:53.99
It is developing a
personal experience with Christ.
00:35:54.02\00:35:59.66
It is a return to
the faith of our fathers.
00:35:59.69\00:36:03.74
My bodyguard is standing there
00:36:03.77\00:36:05.15
in front of the
big football whole
00:36:05.18\00:36:07.64
His name--he is a Zulu
and his name is Samson.
00:36:07.67\00:36:14.72
Africa is also a land
of wild exotic creatures.
00:36:14.75\00:36:20.45
We're not going there to
see the wild exotic creatures,
00:36:20.48\00:36:23.64
but we will probably even
show you a picture of our--
00:36:23.67\00:36:28.30
I mean, that takes
courage, doesn't it folks?
00:36:28.33\00:36:31.18
Mm-hmm, yeah. That big elephant
00:36:31.21\00:36:34.75
is standing at the
gates of the game park.
00:36:34.78\00:36:36.64
He's made of concrete.
00:36:36.67\00:36:38.64
So you know, he's
quite okay, he's safe.
00:36:38.67\00:36:42.77
It is--who's
that? Susie, I think.
00:36:42.80\00:36:45.23
Yeah, its eland
and that's Javier.
00:36:45.26\00:36:48.72
Javier placed a
kiss on this guy's face,
00:36:48.75\00:36:51.65
but it also was made of concrete
00:36:51.68\00:36:54.34
and that was right at the
very entrance to the game park.
00:36:54.37\00:36:57.64
It's a land of exotic creatures,
it's a land of wonder,
00:36:57.67\00:37:01.87
but most importantly
it's a land of people.
00:37:01.90\00:37:05.20
I took this
picture of these lions
00:37:05.23\00:37:07.22
from the window of the
car. Susie or someone told you,
00:37:07.25\00:37:10.73
I had a almost
desperate experience
00:37:10.76\00:37:13.60
with the lion over there.
00:37:13.63\00:37:16.59
I guess I should be
honest and confess out
00:37:16.62\00:37:19.15
it wasn't this one here,
00:37:19.18\00:37:21.03
but I should show
it was this one here.
00:37:21.06\00:37:23.50
Isn't he a cute
little fellow? He's an albino
00:37:26.40\00:37:30.16
and because he's different,
his mother has rejected him.
00:37:30.19\00:37:34.25
And therefore he's
gotta be brought up
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.68
and I thought what I
would do with this little guy,
00:37:36.71\00:37:39.82
I would hold him
up and cuddle him,
00:37:39.85\00:37:42.37
he'd be just like a
little puppy dog, you know?
00:37:42.40\00:37:44.52
He immediately
started to eat my ear.
00:37:44.55\00:37:48.43
He didn't do any harm
though, because he's so little.
00:37:48.46\00:37:51.54
But look at the
size of his feet.
00:37:51.57\00:37:54.25
So it's an exotic land,
00:37:54.28\00:37:58.43
but we don't go
there because it's exotic.
00:37:58.46\00:38:00.68
We got there to
preach the Gospel.
00:38:00.71\00:38:04.04
While I was there, I preached--
took about 20 meetings.
00:38:04.07\00:38:08.43
I preached in the--preached
to a great crowd of people
00:38:08.46\00:38:11.40
in the City of Johannesburg.
00:38:11.43\00:38:13.43
We met with all our pastors,
we met this great crowd.
00:38:13.46\00:38:17.67
I want to tell you,
my American friends,
00:38:17.70\00:38:19.85
God has got His
children everywhere.
00:38:19.88\00:38:22.74
We met some of the
sweetest nicest people there,
00:38:22.77\00:38:25.73
the warmest
people, great to preach to.
00:38:25.76\00:38:28.79
Just full of love
and full of response
00:38:28.82\00:38:31.98
and the Church of
God is moving ahead
00:38:32.01\00:38:34.25
in that part of the world.
00:38:34.28\00:38:36.82
Then we went down to
the great city of Cape Town
00:38:36.85\00:38:40.12
and I took a number of meetings
in the great city of Cape Town
00:38:40.15\00:38:43.29
and I want you to--
maybe we can get you
00:38:43.32\00:38:46.74
a picture of city of Cape
Town looking from Table Mount.
00:38:46.77\00:38:50.96
Below Table
Mount you've got this
00:38:50.99\00:38:52.84
expanse of one of the most
beautiful cities in the world.
00:38:52.87\00:39:00.77
We also went to Port Elizabeth.
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.47
And one of the
most amazing things
00:39:03.50\00:39:05.43
that I've ever seen happened
in the City of Port Elizabeth.
00:39:05.46\00:39:08.32
It's right on the ocean
00:39:08.35\00:39:09.94
in the southern
part of South Africa,
00:39:09.97\00:39:12.82
I had preached a
sermon to a packed church
00:39:12.85\00:39:16.06
and then when I finished
the sermon with the amen,
00:39:16.09\00:39:18.10
and stood up to
go out of the church,
00:39:18.13\00:39:21.01
something marvelous happened.
00:39:21.04\00:39:22.55
People started to sing.
00:39:22.58\00:39:24.22
Somebody lead the singing
00:39:24.25\00:39:26.01
and everybody else
joined in in harmony.
00:39:26.04\00:39:28.79
So you've got this full
church of these marvelous
00:39:28.82\00:39:32.91
African people and as
we went out of the church
00:39:32.94\00:39:36.58
and as I was shaking
hands with the people,
00:39:36.61\00:39:38.44
this was quite
amazing. You know what they did?
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.89
As they came
out, they sang to me.
00:39:40.92\00:39:44.30
Looked up on my
face and they sang to me.
00:39:44.33\00:39:48.54
And Susie and Javier said,
00:39:48.57\00:39:50.92
about the most amazing
experience of their lives.
00:39:50.95\00:39:55.16
Amazing.
00:39:55.19\00:39:56.56
And then we went to
Durban, KwaZulu Natal.
00:39:56.59\00:40:01.03
I had the privilege of preaching
at the Natal University.
00:40:01.06\00:40:04.76
Great University and
auditorium many times this size,
00:40:04.79\00:40:08.73
it was filled with Zulus,
00:40:08.76\00:40:11.12
beautifully
dressed in KwaZulu Natal.
00:40:11.15\00:40:15.35
I've never spoken to
such a responsive audience.
00:40:15.38\00:40:21.72
I've never spoken
to folks like this.
00:40:21.75\00:40:24.19
These were as well
educated as you or I.
00:40:24.22\00:40:28.41
Beautifully dressed.
00:40:28.44\00:40:31.55
I had never
spoken to an audience
00:40:31.58\00:40:33.62
that became part of the sermon.
00:40:33.65\00:40:35.92
This young man on the screen
became an Adventist Christian
00:40:35.95\00:40:38.41
through our television program,
00:40:38.44\00:40:40.35
because I watched he had
television program over there.
00:40:40.38\00:40:42.63
But the people came
alive-- we laugh about it now
00:40:42.66\00:40:48.33
because we're so different.
00:40:48.36\00:40:50.16
But people talking back to you,
00:40:50.19\00:40:52.32
and you can't have a
bad preacher over there,
00:40:52.35\00:40:54.90
because the audience
won't let you be a bad preacher.
00:40:54.93\00:40:57.79
You just got the
power and the Spirit of God
00:40:57.82\00:41:01.17
that is working there.
00:41:01.20\00:41:02.62
I tell you, my friend, it
was a privilege to go there.
00:41:02.65\00:41:06.64
Why are we going there?
00:41:06.67\00:41:08.89
Because a group of lay people
00:41:08.92\00:41:11.23
with the blessing
of the church leaders
00:41:11.26\00:41:13.45
have got together and they're
organizing this campaign.
00:41:13.48\00:41:18.33
They're doing most of the work.
00:41:18.36\00:41:19.77
We're doing the advertising.
00:41:19.80\00:41:21.98
And I'm going to take you now,
00:41:22.01\00:41:23.38
and show you the
beautiful auditorium
00:41:23.41\00:41:24.78
that we're going to use.
00:41:24.81\00:41:26.57
It's a beautiful place
it's called the Mosaiek Theatre.
00:41:26.60\00:41:29.51
I want you to look at
that. It's a beautiful theater.
00:41:29.54\00:41:33.05
Hope Channel is going
to come and partner with us
00:41:33.08\00:41:36.88
in these
meetings and every night
00:41:36.91\00:41:39.70
at every night's meeting
is going to be telecast live
00:41:39.73\00:41:43.43
right around South Africa
and right around Africa itself.
00:41:43.46\00:41:48.37
We have the capacity of reaching
hundreds of millions of people.
00:41:48.40\00:41:53.58
Now I'm going to show you
one of our television ads,
00:41:53.61\00:41:56.58
because we specialize in getting
great crowds of unbelievers,
00:41:56.61\00:42:01.38
secular people to our programs
00:42:01.41\00:42:03.84
and we use Bible
prophecy and archeology.
00:42:03.87\00:42:08.15
This is the
handbill we are printing over
00:42:08.18\00:42:10.59
500,000 of
these color brochures,
00:42:10.62\00:42:13.88
and they're
going to be distributed
00:42:13.91\00:42:16.05
to 500,000 homes in
the City of Johannesburg.
00:42:16.08\00:42:20.68
Now let's have the
30-second television commercial
00:42:20.71\00:42:24.92
and it shows the folks a
little bit of our advertising.
00:42:24.95\00:42:29.30
I'm John Carter, in
Egypt, inviting you to join me
00:42:31.11\00:42:34.75
as we explore the wonders
00:42:34.78\00:42:36.90
and investigate the
mysteries of this ancient land.
00:42:36.93\00:42:40.44
Who was the beaded queen?
00:42:40.47\00:42:41.99
Does the curse of
the Pharaohs really kill?
00:42:42.02\00:42:44.45
Who built the pyramids and why?
00:42:44.48\00:42:46.38
I'll answer these
questions and more.
00:42:46.41\00:42:49.47
Don't miss amazing discoveries.
00:42:49.50\00:42:52.14
Mosaiek Theatre, Johannesburg.
00:42:52.17\00:42:53.99
For free seats call now
0860 in touch, 0860 in touch.
00:42:54.02\00:42:59.15
And so we got a bunch of those.
00:43:02.10\00:43:04.38
We've got them on
different subjects.
00:43:04.41\00:43:06.58
And Susie, you came
with us with Javier.
00:43:06.61\00:43:09.97
Come up here
please and give the folks
00:43:10.00\00:43:13.40
a feeling from your soul.
00:43:13.43\00:43:15.59
What it was like
going to South Africa
00:43:15.62\00:43:18.64
and why you can
hardly wait to go back.
00:43:18.67\00:43:21.82
Well, South Africa, I think was
one of the most exiting trips
00:43:21.85\00:43:26.46
that I have ever been to.
00:43:26.49\00:43:27.88
Only because-- I
say that selfishly
00:43:27.91\00:43:29.83
because it was a
spiritual boost for me.
00:43:29.86\00:43:33.57
It was exiting to
meet so many people
00:43:33.60\00:43:36.37
who were just
thrilled about the Gospel
00:43:36.40\00:43:39.49
and to be able to see
their reaction to being
00:43:39.52\00:43:44.76
part of an
evangelistic outreach.
00:43:44.79\00:43:47.47
They came together and they
just want to take it all in.
00:43:47.50\00:43:52.81
And for me, it was
just wonderful to see
00:43:52.84\00:43:55.31
that the power of
the Gospel is alive.
00:43:55.34\00:43:58.46
It seems that
we've fallen asleep here.
00:43:58.49\00:44:01.02
We don't seem to get
exited about anything
00:44:01.05\00:44:03.04
anymore and
nothing seems to stir us.
00:44:03.07\00:44:05.95
But meeting all these
wonderful people in Africa
00:44:05.98\00:44:08.28
that have a soul for God's word
00:44:08.31\00:44:11.69
was just
wonderful as a blessing.
00:44:11.72\00:44:15.11
What about the meeting
00:44:15.14\00:44:16.51
that we took the Zulu
meeting at the University?
00:44:16.54\00:44:20.73
That was amazing,
00:44:20.76\00:44:22.13
because I had a
little opportunity
00:44:22.16\00:44:24.49
to give my testimony.
00:44:24.52\00:44:25.93
Yeah, come on now. Come on now.
00:44:25.96\00:44:27.35
And I had to wait for the
interpreter, but when you--
00:44:27.38\00:44:31.23
Yes, sir, yes, ma'am.
00:44:31.26\00:44:32.63
When you came up,
and there was a constant
00:44:32.66\00:44:34.60
talking back of the audience
00:44:34.63\00:44:36.28
and you would say
something that you would,
00:44:36.31\00:44:38.70
you know, scream out
00:44:38.73\00:44:40.10
"preach it, let's
hear it, come on."
00:44:40.13\00:44:42.27
And you know, it just--the
excitement level in the crowd
00:44:42.30\00:44:45.45
just kept getting stronger
and stronger and I thought,
00:44:45.48\00:44:48.77
"Wow, I wish we had
this in our church."
00:44:48.80\00:44:50.75
Yeah, so do I.
00:44:50.78\00:44:52.15
And so when we came back,
00:44:52.18\00:44:54.16
I thought, "Let's
try this at our church
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.27
and see if we too can be alive."
00:44:56.30\00:44:57.98
A good congregation
makes a good preacher.
00:44:58.01\00:45:00.29
It sure does and you
sure were feeding off of that.
00:45:00.32\00:45:03.10
And it was just
exciting to see because it just,
00:45:03.13\00:45:06.12
it just when it
does, it just fills you up.
00:45:06.15\00:45:08.43
It just makes you excited.
00:45:08.46\00:45:10.30
It just brings God's
word alive. Yeah, yeah.
00:45:10.33\00:45:13.66
And it's just the Holy
Spirit at work and it's--
00:45:13.69\00:45:15.80
it was wonderful just to
be able to experience that.
00:45:15.83\00:45:18.60
What is our purpose and our
aim in going to Johannesburg?
00:45:18.63\00:45:22.16
Well, our purpose is
obviously to uplift Jesus Christ
00:45:22.19\00:45:25.43
and to bring people
to a knowledge of Him,
00:45:25.46\00:45:27.78
and to let them know that
there is a better life for them.
00:45:27.81\00:45:30.43
And so we're just so
thrilled and I'm just hoping
00:45:30.46\00:45:34.98
that our church here will catch
a little bit of that excitement,
00:45:35.01\00:45:38.55
and that feeling and to know
00:45:38.58\00:45:40.48
that this is
the reason we exist.
00:45:40.51\00:45:43.45
And life is busy for everybody.
00:45:43.48\00:45:46.02
But when we start losing
00:45:46.05\00:45:47.42
the focus of
what it's all about,
00:45:47.45\00:45:48.82
then that's when it
becomes really hopeless.
00:45:48.85\00:45:51.15
But we have the hope of
knowing that we're out there
00:45:51.18\00:45:54.16
and we're trying to make a
difference with God's help.
00:45:54.19\00:45:56.50
And we have
purpose driven lives.
00:45:56.53\00:45:58.80
That is for
sure. Amen. Thank you.
00:45:58.83\00:46:00.36
Thank you so much
for the privilege.
00:46:00.39\00:46:01.81
I want you folks to
come to a text with me.
00:46:05.81\00:46:08.46
Would you please come with
me to the book of Acts 4:12.
00:46:08.49\00:46:16.19
Folks, I wish I
could take you all,
00:46:16.22\00:46:19.20
I wish I could take
all of that church members
00:46:19.23\00:46:21.68
in Southern California,
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.54
I wish I could take
them to a different world.
00:46:23.57\00:46:26.35
I wish I could get them
out-- out of this environment.
00:46:26.38\00:46:30.04
Acts 4:12, "Salvation
is found in no one else,
00:46:30.07\00:46:34.56
for there is no
other name under heaven
00:46:34.59\00:46:36.23
given to men by
which we must be saved."
00:46:36.26\00:46:39.68
Folks, there's no other way
of getting there, it's Jesus.
00:46:39.71\00:46:43.17
Would you come over now
00:46:43.20\00:46:44.57
to the book of Revelation
7:9 and 10, dear friends.
00:46:44.60\00:46:49.27
Revelation 7.
Revelation 7:9 and 10.
00:46:49.30\00:46:55.48
Revelation 7:9 and 10,
00:46:55.51\00:46:57.98
"After this I looked and
there before me was what,
00:46:58.01\00:47:01.43
a great
multitude that no one could
00:47:01.46\00:47:03.33
count from every nation,
tribe, people, and language
00:47:03.36\00:47:06.66
standing before the
throne and in front of the Lamb.
00:47:06.69\00:47:10.18
They were wearing white robes
00:47:10.21\00:47:11.64
and they were holding
palm branches in their hands.
00:47:11.67\00:47:14.83
And they cried
out in a loud voice,
00:47:14.86\00:47:16.84
'Salvation belongs to our God,
00:47:16.87\00:47:19.29
who sits on the
throne and to the Lamb.'"
00:47:19.32\00:47:22.58
Look at me,
please. What's our purpose?
00:47:22.61\00:47:27.76
What is your purpose?
I've had folks come to me
00:47:27.79\00:47:32.24
and they've looked me in
the eye and they've said,
00:47:32.27\00:47:34.34
"Well, that's your
job. That's your job."
00:47:34.37\00:47:38.61
That's because, God bless them,
they're walking in darkness.
00:47:38.64\00:47:44.35
You know the story, don't you?
00:47:44.38\00:47:46.40
The valley in the
Himalayas. Little myth, I think.
00:47:46.43\00:47:50.68
A man stumbled in
there and discovered
00:47:50.71\00:47:52.59
that everybody in
that valley was blind.
00:47:52.62\00:47:56.70
And they thought it
was normal to be blind.
00:47:56.73\00:47:59.57
This young guy
from America or England,
00:47:59.60\00:48:02.08
he falls in love with this
beautiful girl and they say,
00:48:02.11\00:48:04.97
"That's fine, you can marry her,
00:48:05.00\00:48:07.74
but you gotta get
normal. You gotta get normal."
00:48:07.77\00:48:12.33
So they're gonna take out
his eyes to make him normal.
00:48:12.36\00:48:16.48
What's that
remind you of, folks?
00:48:16.51\00:48:20.68
We're living in the
valley of the blind.
00:48:20.71\00:48:22.88
Maybe you and I
are part of the blind.
00:48:22.91\00:48:26.99
And if you're
blind, you can't see
00:48:27.02\00:48:32.45
and you can't really hear
either with your spiritual ears.
00:48:32.48\00:48:37.47
We need some help to get a
purpose mission driven life
00:48:37.50\00:48:45.92
and live for one purpose.
00:48:45.95\00:48:47.96
You know, I retired
from the conference quite
00:48:47.99\00:48:50.80
a few years ago now.
00:48:50.83\00:48:52.30
People say, "When are you
gonna retire from the ministry?"
00:48:52.33\00:48:54.40
I say, "how can you? Am
I going to give up Christ?
00:48:54.43\00:48:59.12
I have a purpose in my soul.
00:48:59.15\00:49:03.09
I want to share it with
you. I want you to get it.
00:49:03.12\00:49:08.25
I don't want you to be
part of the crumbling of America
00:49:08.28\00:49:12.62
or the crumbling of
so called Christianity
00:49:12.65\00:49:16.84
in this part of the
world." I believe this.
00:49:16.87\00:49:21.32
When the role
is called up yonder
00:49:21.35\00:49:24.33
they're going to be
people from Los Angeles
00:49:24.36\00:49:28.79
and Moscow and Sydney,
Johannesburg San Diego.
00:49:28.82\00:49:35.59
I believe it's going to
be a great, great multitude.
00:49:37.53\00:49:41.41
It doesn't mean that you
and I are going to be there.
00:49:41.44\00:49:45.11
You know that, don't you?
00:49:45.14\00:49:47.55
You say, "Of course, I'm gonna
be there. I'm a Christian."
00:49:47.58\00:49:49.76
Hey, I think even the devil
00:49:49.79\00:49:52.61
would call
himself a Christian today.
00:49:52.64\00:49:56.21
The Bible says the
devil believes and trembles.
00:49:56.24\00:49:59.58
So he's a believer,
00:49:59.61\00:50:01.77
but we need to ask
ourselves a question.
00:50:01.80\00:50:05.11
Am I going to be there? Listen.
00:50:05.14\00:50:10.13
From Greenland's icy mountain,
00:50:10.16\00:50:12.85
From India's coral strand,
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Where Africa's sunny fountains
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Roll down the golden
sand, For many an ancient river,
00:50:18.15\00:50:22.88
For many a palmy
plain, They call us to deliver
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Their land from error's chain.
00:50:26.68\00:50:32.09
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's aisle,
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Though every prospect
pleases, And only man is vile,
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In vain with lavish kindness,
The gifts of God are strown,
00:50:44.94\00:50:50.12
The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
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In this part of the world,
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they bow down to
Mercedes and Cadillacs
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and bank accounts. Same thing.
00:50:57.77\00:51:02.66
Shall we, whose
souls are lighted
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With wisdom from on high.
Shall we, to those benighted
00:51:04.64\00:51:09.07
The Lamp of life deny.
Salvation, Oh, salvation,
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The joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation,
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Has learned Messiah's name.
00:51:19.46\00:51:23.67
Waft, waft, ye winds, His
story and you ye waters roll
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Till like a sea of glory,
it spreads from pole to pole,
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Till o'er our ransomed nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
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Redeemer, King, Creator,
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in bliss returns to reign.
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I invite you if
you have ears to hear.
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If you're not a part of
the valley of the blind,
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I invite you to
have the purpose mission
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driven life in Jesus' name.
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Let us kneel.
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Our Father, here
we are on our knees
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and we are here today
because we sense a need of you.
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God, I've preached to
these people so many times
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and I don't know
if they've heard.
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But help us to know that people
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who are saved are not people
who profess the name of Christ.
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But the people who
come to Him in sincerity
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and in truth and who
commit their lives to Jesus
00:53:07.88\00:53:14.19
and who then
because they are saved, live
00:53:14.22\00:53:18.90
purpose driven lives.
00:53:18.93\00:53:22.28
Help us to realize salvation
is not found in politics,
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there's someone in
this church thinks so.
00:53:28.77\00:53:31.56
Salvation is not found in
a bankroll or in affluence.
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Help us to realize that
salvation is found in Christ
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and as our small
team goes to Africa
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and as we go to the
most violent city in Africa,
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we pray your
protection and we pray
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that a multitude
of blood bought souls
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would be saved
00:54:15.15\00:54:17.45
that as the telecast goes
live every night to downlinks
00:54:17.48\00:54:21.32
all across South Africa,
that we will see a multitude
00:54:21.35\00:54:27.97
gathered in who one day will
be part of the great multitude.
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Bless these people here today.
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May this message sink
down into their souls,
00:54:37.46\00:54:42.42
trouble those who
need to be troubled,
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who are living for themselves.
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Help us to understand
today the words of our Lord
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when He said,
"It is more blessed
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to give than to
receive." For Jesus' sake, amen.
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And though we
sinned, He never turned away
00:55:06.03\00:55:11.21
The Lord forgave his servant
00:55:14.78\00:55:19.30
He smiled upon His own
00:55:19.33\00:55:24.59
For the God of
David is a God of grace
00:55:24.62\00:55:31.79
To the giant
slayer, the psalm singer
00:55:33.57\00:55:40.67
For the God of Jacob set apart
00:55:42.81\00:55:47.90
A joy bringer, a
psalm singer, yeah, yeah
00:55:52.17\00:55:59.82
God called him a
man after His own heart
00:55:59.85\00:56:05.67
And from His seed
would come a Savior
00:56:12.61\00:56:17.79
A light unto the
nations He would be
00:56:17.82\00:56:22.63
And from his land
would come a ruler
00:56:26.08\00:56:30.94
The King of our salvation
00:56:30.97\00:56:35.92
Jesus Christ is He
00:56:35.95\00:56:40.91
Make me a giant slayer
00:56:48.03\00:56:54.13
A psalm singer
00:56:56.37\00:56:58.49
For the God of Jacob set apart
00:57:00.59\00:57:05.31
A joy bringer, a
psalm singer, yeah, yeah
00:57:09.98\00:57:17.48
God make me a man
After your own heart
00:57:17.51\00:57:23.42
Lord make me Your man
00:57:26.20\00:57:29.54
After Your own heart
00:57:29.57\00:57:35.80
A man after Your own
00:57:35.83\00:57:43.80
own heart
00:57:43.83\00:57:48.04