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>> FROM ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT
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PRESENTS, "THE LIVING
WORD," AROUND THE WORLD.
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>> HELLO, FRIEND.
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I'M JOHN CARTER.
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THE CARTER REPORT TEAM IS
GOING TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
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TO PREACH CHRIST.
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WE'RE GOING THIS SEPTEMBER 2011.
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WE'VE JUST PURCHASED
10,000 OF THESE BIBLES HERE
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IN THE UNITED STATES.
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WE'RE SHIPPING THEM
OUT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
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WE ARE TAKING THE
ENTIRE CARTER REPORT TEAM.
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WE ARE HIRING
AN OUTDOOR STADIUM.
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THEY SAY THOUSANDS, MAYBE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
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TO COME EVERY NIGHT
TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
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THE NEED IS DESPERATE
IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
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I NEED YOUR PRAYERS.
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I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
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I NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS
WE GO TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
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MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA, I MET A
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MAN FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
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HIS NAME WAS
PASTOR CARTER ANGUS O.á
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HE TOLD ME THE
STORIES OF THE HEAD HUNTERS.
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THE CANNIBALS AND THE COMING
OF THE MISSIONARIES WHO CAME
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TO PREACH THE
WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
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THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO THE
SOLOMON ISLANDS TO FINISH THE
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WORK THAT GOD
HAS CALLED US TO DO.
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I WANT YOU TO BE MY
PARTNER IN THIS TREMENDOUS WORK.
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I WANT YOU TO
COME AS A VOLUNTEER.
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I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
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I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.
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PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN
CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
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THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA.
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WRITE TO ME PLEASE IN TERRIGAL,
NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA.
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THE HOUR IS LATE.
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JESUS SAID,
"WORK WHILE IT IS DAY.
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THE NIGHT IS COMING
WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK."
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JOIN ME, PLEASE, IN
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
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>> WE WELCOME YOU TODAY TO THE
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CARTER REPORT AND THE COMMUNITY
ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN
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BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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THE TOPIC TODAY IS A GREAT
TOPIC, "JOY IN THE PRESENCE
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OF THE LORD."
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I WANT YOU TO BE WITH US TODAY.
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I WANT YOU TO
JOIN WITH US IN SPIRIT.
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I WANT YOU TO BE
BLESSED BY GOD TODAY.
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AND FIRST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT
DENNIS ALIPIO WITH US AND DENNIS
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IS GOING TO COME AND HE'S GOING
TO SING FOR US AND I WANT YOU TO
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WELCOME HIM TO OUR CHURCH TODAY.
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DENNIS ALIPIO.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
>> GOD BLESS YOU, DENNIS.
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GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
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[MUSIC] ? SOME DAYS WE FORGET ?
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? TO LOOK AROUND US. ?
? SOME DAYS WE CAN'T SEE ?
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? THE JOY ? ?
THAT SURROUNDS US. ?
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? SO CAUGHT UP ? ?
INSIDE OURSELVES, ?
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? WE TAKE ? ?
WHEN WE SHOULD GIVE. ?
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? SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY ?
? FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ?
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? AND EVERY DAY WE
HOPE ? ? FOR WHAT ?
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? WE STILL CAN'T
SEE. ? ? IT'S UP TO US ?
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? TO BE THE CHANGE. ? ?
AND EVEN THOUGH WE ALL ?
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? CAN STILL DO MORE,
? ? THERE'S SO MUCH ?
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? TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ?
? LOOK BEYOND OURSELVES. ?
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? THERE'S SO MUCH
SORROW. ? ? IT'S WAY TOO LATE ?
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? TO SAY ? ?
I'LL CRY TOMORROW. ?
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? EACH OF US ? ?
MUST FIND OUR TRUTH. ?
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? IT'S SO LONG OVERDUE. ?
? SO FOR TONIGHT, WE PRAY ?
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? FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE.
? ? AND ON THIS DAY WE HOPE ?
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? FOR WHAT WE
STILL ? ? CAN'T SEE. ?
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? IT'S UP TO US ?
? TO BE THE CHANGE. ?
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? AND EVEN THOUGH ? ?
WE ALL CAN STILL DO MORE, ?
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? THERE'S SO MUCH ?
? TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ?
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? EVEN WITH OUR DIFFERENCES,
? ? THERE IS A PLACE ?
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? WE'RE ALL CONNECTED.
? ? EACH OF US MUST FIND ?
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? EACH OTHER'S LIGHT. ?
? SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY ?
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? FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE.
? ? AND EVERY DAY WE HOPE ?
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? FOR WHAT ? ? WE
STILL CAN'T SEE. ?
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? IT'S UP TO US ?
? TO BE THE CHANGE. ?
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? AND EVEN THOUGH ?
? THIS WORLD NEEDS ?
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? SO MUCH MORE, ?
? THERE'S SO MUCH ?
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? TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
?? [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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>> THE TOPIC IS,
"JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE."
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DO YOU HAVE IT?
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THE FIRST MIRACLE JESUS
DID WAS IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED
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CANA OF GALILEE.
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NOW JESUS IS CALLED IN
THE BIBLE, A MAN OF SORROWS
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AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF.
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THAT IS TRUE.
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JESUS WAS NOT A FRIVOLOUS
PERSON, BUT JESUS LOVED PARTIES
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BECAUSE JESUS LOVED PEOPLE.
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AND SO JESUS, HIS MOTHER
AND JESUS' DISCIPLES ARE INVITED
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TO A WEDDING.
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AND AFTER THE WEDDING'S
BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE,
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THEY RUN OUT OF WINE.
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WE ALL DO, YOU KNOW?
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WE RUN OUT OF IT.
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WE RUN OUT OF THE WINE OF LIFE.
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AND SO JESUS PERFORMS
HIS FIRST GREAT MIRACLE.
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HE TURNS SOME WATER, IN
THESE BIG, STONE JAR, HE TURNS
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SOME WATER INTO WINE.
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AND WHEN THE GUESTS
TASTE THE WINE, IT IS SO GOOD.
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AND THE MASTER OF THE FEAST, THE
M.C., COMES AND HE SAYS, THIS IS
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QUITE AMAZING BECAUSE
HE SAYS, "YOU'VE SAVED
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THE BEST TILL NOW."
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YOU KNOW THE STORY.
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NOW THE WINE REPRESENTS
THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL.
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IT IS THE BEST.
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THE WINE OF THE
WORLD WILL SURELY RUN OUT.
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AND IF YOU'RE DRINKING THE WINE
OF THE WORLD, SOONER OR LATER
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE
VERY, VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED
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AND DISSATISFIED.
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BUT IF YOU TASTE THE WINE
OF GOD, YOU WILL SAY, YOU HAVE
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SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW.
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THE WINE IS A
SYMBOL OF DIVINE JOY.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY, DIVINE JOY,
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JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE.
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WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR
BIBLE AND TURN TO ACTS 2:25
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AND ONWARDS.
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ACTS 2:25 AND ONWARDS.
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NOW I WANT TO TELL THE FOLKS
WATCHING ON TELEVISION ACROSS
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THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND
THE WORLD AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA,
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THAT THIS CHURCH HERE IN
ARCADIA IS A BIBLE-READING,
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BIBLE-BELIEVING,
BIBLE-CARRYING CHURCH.
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HOLD UP YOUR BIBLES, FOLKS.
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I WANT THE FOLKS IN TELEVISION
TO SEE THAT THERE'S A CHURCH
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WHERE PEOPLE BRING THEIR BIBLES.
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HA, HA, HA, HA.
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BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE IT
FROM THE PREACHER, WE TAKE
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IT FROM THE BIBLE.
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THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD.
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ACTS 2:25 AND ONWARDS.
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"DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM: 'I
SAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME.
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BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT
HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.
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THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD
AND MY TONGUE REJOICES; MY BODY
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ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE,
BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME
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TO THE GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU
LET YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY.
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YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE
PATHS OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME
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WITH JOY IN YOUR
PRESENCE.'" NOW THE CONTEXT
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IS AN INTERESTING
CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A
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FISHERMAN WHO'S
DOING THE PREACHING.
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THIS IS PETER PREACHING
AT THE TIME OF PENTECOST.
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AND TO SHOW THAT
JESUS IS THE REAL MESSIAH,
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HE QUOTES KING DAVID
BECAUSE THESE WORDS WERE
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WRITTEN BY THE KING OF ISRAEL.
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HE QUOTES KING
DAVID FROM PSALM 16.
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PLEASE TURN TO THAT.
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PSALM 16:8-11, DEAR
HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE.
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PSALMS 16:8-11.
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"I HAVE SET THE
LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME."
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DAVID SAID.
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"BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT
HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN."
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YOU GOT THAT?
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PSALM 16:9.
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"THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD AND
MY TONGUE REJOICES; MY BODY ALSO
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WILL REST SECURE, BECAUSE
YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME TO THE
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GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU LET
YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY.
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YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE
PATH OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME
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WITH JOY IN YOUR
PRESENCE, WITH ETERNAL PLEASURES
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AT YOUR RIGHT HAND.
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NOW COME BACK TO ACTS 2 BECAUSE
PETER ARGUES THAT THIS PROPHECY
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WAS NOT FULFILLED OR FILLED
FULL IN DAVID BECAUSE HE DIED
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AND DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN.
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SO IT MUST BE
TALKING ABOUT THE MESSIAH.
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ACTS 2:29 AND ONWARDS.
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"BROTHERS, I CAN TELL YOU
CONFIDENTLY THAT THE PATRIARCH
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DAVID DIED AND WAS BURIED, AND
HIS TOMB IS HERE TO THIS DAY.
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BUT HE WAS A PROPHET AND KNEW
THAT GOD HAD PROMISED HIM ON
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OATH THAT HE WOULD PLACE ONE OF
HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE.
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SEEING WHAT WAS AHEAD, HE
SPOKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE
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CHRIST--" YOU SEE THAT?
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IT'S ABOUT THE CHRIST, "THAT HE
WAS NOT ABANDONED TO THE GRAVE,
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NOR DID HIS BODY SEE DECAY.
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GOD HAS RAISED THIS JESUS TO
LIFE, AND WE ARE ALL WITNESSES
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OF THE FACT.
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EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF
GOD, HE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE
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FATHER THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT
AND HAS POURED OUT WHAT YOU NOW
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SEE AND HEAR.
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THAT DAVID DID NOT ASCEND TO
HEAVEN, AND YET HE SAID, 'THE
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LORD SAID TO MY LORD: SIT AT
MY RIGHT HAND UNTIL I MAKE YOUR
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ENEMIES A
FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.'"
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NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY TO
JUST A TINY BIT OF THEOLOGY.
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THIS IS A MESSIANIC PROPHECY
AND IT WAS FULFILLED IN THE LORD
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JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE JESUS,
HIS BODY DID NOT SEE CORRUPTION,
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BUT HE WAS RAISED
AND TAKEN HOME TO GLORY.
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THEREFORE, IT IS FULFILLED
IN THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, BUT
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THE JOY THAT CHRIST KNEW IN
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD CAN BE
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YOURS WHEN YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
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WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PROMISED
SEED, YOU CAN KNOW THE JOY THAT
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IS FOUND IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
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MY TOPIC IS, "JOY
IN YOUR PRESENCE,"
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AS IT APPLIES, NOT
ONLY TO JESUS, BUT TO US.
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AND THE KING JAMES VERSION
SAYS, "YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY
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IN YOUR PRESENCE."
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THAT MEANS YOU'LL
BE FILLED OVERFLOWING.
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NOW BECAUSE I CONSIDER MYSELF
TO BE ORGANIZED, THIS SERMON IS
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LIKEWISE ORGANIZED AND WILL
HAVE MAJOR HEADS AND SUBTITLES.
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POINT NUMBER ONE, THE PRESENCE.
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YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
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THERE IS INDEED A DIVINE
PRESENCE IN CONTRAST TO NOTHING.
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THE GREAT CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR,
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER WROTE A BOOK
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THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU OUGHT
TO READ THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH
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IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ.
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IT IS GOOD TO READ DIFFICULT
BOOKS BECAUSE IT MAKES THE MIND
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WORK AND SAVES US FROM
OUR MINDS GOING TO WASTE.
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HE WROTE A BOOK ENTITLED,
"THE GOD WHO IS THERE."
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THE GREAT ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK
IS THAT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE
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PHILOSOPHIES OF MAN,
THERE IS A GOD AND HE IS THERE.
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SO THERE IS A DIVINE PRESENCE.
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PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS FROM
OXFORD UNIVERSITY IS PROBABLY
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THE GREATEST ATHEIST,
OR THE MOST FAMOUS ATHEIST
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IN THE WORLD.
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HE SAYS, "THE LAWS OF
NATURE DEMONSTRATE THAT GOD
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IS UNNECESSARY."
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BUT HAS HE EVER THOUGHT
IN HIS WILDEST IMAGINATION
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WHY THE LAWS OF NATURE?
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HE PUSHES IT ALL BACK
TO THE LAWS OF NATURE.
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BUT WHAT LIES BEHIND,
I SAY, PROFESSOR DAWKINS,
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THE LAWS OF NATURE?
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HOW DO WE KNOW GOD EXISTS?
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THERE ARE MANY REASONS.
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LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU THREE.
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NUMBER ONE, AND I SAY THIS
PARTICULARLY TO THE UNBELIEVER
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LIKE RICHARD
DAWKINS, NUMBER ONE.
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AND LET ME COME TO MY HIGH-TECH
BLACKBOARDS, WHICH I'VE BEEN
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USING FOR 50 YEARS.
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THERE IS--DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER
HERE IN AMERICA ON FOX NEWS,
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GLENN BECK IS
USING MY BLACKBOARDS?
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AND PEOPLE SAY, "BOY,
ISN'T THIS A NEAT IDEA?"
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IF YOU'RE OLD-FASHIONED
LONG ENOUGH, YOU'LL SOON
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BE BACK IN STYLE.
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PROPHECY, PROPHECY, I'M
GONNA GIVE YOU THREE Ps.
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I WANT YOU TO THINK--WE'RE
NOT GONNA TURN TO IT.
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I WANT YOU TO THINK OF SOME
OF THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE
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LIKE DANIEL 7.
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THIS NEVER FAILS TO MOVE ME WHEN
I PREACH IT, WHEN I TALK ABOUT
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THE LION, THE BEAR, THE LEOPARD,
THE MONSTER, THE TEN HORNS, THE
00:18:53.96\00:18:57.60
LITTLE HORN THAT COMES UP
THAT RULES FOR 1260 YEARS.
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NOW THIS IS OLD HAT WITH YOU
BUT IT'S NOT WITH UNBELIEVERS.
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I HAVE SEEN--I
DON'T KNOW, VAST NUMBERS.
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I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF ATHEISTS AND
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COMMUNISTS COME TO BELIEVE
IN GOD BECAUSE OF PROPHECY.
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WHEN YOU STUDY PROPHECY,
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING
00:19:24.03\00:19:28.00
THAT THERE IS A GOD.
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AS ONE THEOLOGIAN SAID, "IF
GENUINE PROPHECY EXISTS, THEN
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THE MAIN ISSUES
OF OUR AGE ARE MET."
00:19:33.43\00:19:38.20
AND THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY
BOOK IN THE WORLD THAT CONTAINS
00:19:38.20\00:19:41.80
GENUINE PROPHECY.
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FIRSTLY, PROPHECY,
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE.
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NUMBER TWO, THIS
IS A PROOF OF GOD.
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NUMBER TWO, AND THAT IS
PERSONAL, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
00:19:50.10\00:20:04.96
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
00:20:04.96\00:20:09.00
NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT,
THEN DON'T CRITICIZE SOMEBODY
00:20:09.00\00:20:13.46
WHO HAS, RICHARD DAWKINS.
00:20:13.46\00:20:17.60
NOW WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
00:20:17.60\00:20:18.66
COME OVER HERE TO 1 JOHN 5:9-10.
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THIS IS TOWARDS
THE END OF THE BIBLE.
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1 JOHN 5:9-10.
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JOHN SAYS, "WE ACCEPT MAN'S
TESTIMONY, BUT GOD'S TESTIMONY
00:20:33.53\00:20:38.36
IS GREATER BECAUSE IT IS
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD, WHICH
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HE HAS GIVEN US ABOUT HIS SON.
00:20:42.23\00:20:45.26
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE
SON OF GOD HAS THIS TESTIMONY--"
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WHERE?
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IT SAYS, "IN HIS HEART."
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THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN HAVE THE
TESTIMONY OF GOD IN YOUR HEART.
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NOW COME OVER
HERE TO ROMANS 8:16.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST OF ALL PROOFS.
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SOME WOULD SAY IT
AS THE GREATEST PROOF.
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ROMANS 8:16 BECAUSE YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE A THEOLOGIAN.
00:21:10.93\00:21:16.16
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SMART.
00:21:16.16\00:21:17.66
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WEALTHY.
00:21:17.66\00:21:19.06
YOU SIMPLY NEED TO BELIEVE.
00:21:19.06\00:21:22.00
ROMANS 8:16, "THE SPIRIT HIMSELF
TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT
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WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN."
00:21:28.53\00:21:31.70
NOW LOOK AT ME.
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WHEN SAMUEL WESLEY, THE FATHER
OF JOHN AND CHARLES AND THE REST
00:21:34.26\00:21:40.23
OF THE CLAN, WHEN HE WAS DYING,
HE CALLED HIS FAMILY TO HIMSELF
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AND HE SAID, ALMOST IN
HIS DYING BREATH, "REMEMBER
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THE INNER WITNESS.
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IT IS THE GREATEST
PROOF OF CHRISTIANITY."
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EITHER YOU'VE GOT IT
TODAY OR ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
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I WAS TALKING TO MY
DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE,
00:22:04.66\00:22:07.26
DR. GRAHAM BRADFORD.
00:22:07.26\00:22:08.76
HE SAID, "THANK GOD WE
HAVE THE INNER WITNESS."
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THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES
WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE
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CHILDREN OF GOD, AND YOU
CAN KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING
00:22:17.46\00:22:20.76
HOME TO GLORY.
00:22:20.76\00:22:23.00
THAT IS, THE INNER WITNESS.
00:22:23.00\00:22:26.33
NOW I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT A
BEING ARRIVES, NOT FROM ANOTHER
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PLANET, BUT FROM
ANOTHER UNIVERSE AND HE COMES
00:22:31.36\00:22:37.13
HERE TO CHURCH.
00:22:37.13\00:22:38.90
HE IS COMPLETELY UNLIKE US.
00:22:38.90\00:22:41.60
HE DOESN'T EAT THE
SORT OF FOOD WE EAT.
00:22:41.60\00:22:46.83
WHAT RIGHT HAS HE TO TELL
ME WHAT A BANANA TASTES LIKE?
00:22:46.83\00:22:52.73
HOW COULD I DESCRIBE TO
HIM THE EATING OF A BANANA?
00:22:52.73\00:22:59.56
AND I TELL MY AUSTRALIAN
AND AMERICAN FRIENDS, THERE ARE
00:22:59.56\00:23:03.76
OBVIOUSLY TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF THESE.
00:23:03.76\00:23:09.30
IN AMERICA, THEY HAVE
BANANAS, BUT IN AUSTRALIA,
00:23:09.30\00:23:13.03
THEY HAVE BANANAS.
00:23:13.03\00:23:15.36
BUT I CAN TESTIFY TO THE
FACT THAT THEY TASTE THE SAME.
00:23:15.36\00:23:20.63
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TELL
WHAT A BANANA IS LIKE IS NOT
00:23:20.63\00:23:24.76
THROUGH SOME SCIENTIFIC
DISSERTATION, BUT BY TASTING IT.
00:23:24.76\00:23:31.53
THAT'S THE INNER WITNESS.
00:23:31.53\00:23:33.96
THE BIBLE SAYS, "TASTE AND
SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD."
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SOME PERSON WILL COME TO ME AND
SAY, "I DON'T LIKE AN AVOCADO."
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POSSIBLY BECAUSE
YOU'VE NEVER TASTED IT.
00:23:43.66\00:23:46.06
HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN OR
DESCRIBE TO AN ALIEN FROM
00:23:46.06\00:23:50.36
ANOTHER WORLD
WHAT AN APPLE WAS LIKE?
00:23:50.36\00:23:53.00
THE BEST THING TO DO
WOULD BE TO SAY, "TASTE IT."
00:23:53.00\00:23:58.96
SO I SAY TO THE UNBELIEVER
WHO SCOFFS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY,
00:23:58.96\00:24:03.56
TASTE AND SEE AND
YOU WILL KNOW IT IS TRUE.
00:24:03.56\00:24:08.56
WE HAVE THE
WITNESS IN OURSELVES.
00:24:08.56\00:24:11.56
THE SPIRIT
HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS.
00:24:11.56\00:24:15.36
THE THIRD-GREATEST
PROOF OF GOD THAT I KNOW OF IS
00:24:15.36\00:24:19.46
THE PERSON OF CHRIST HIMSELF.
00:24:19.46\00:24:22.86
HE'S SO GOOD, HE COULD
NOT HAVE BEEN INVENTED.
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.46
COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 8:12.
00:24:25.46\00:24:29.80
JOHN 8:12.
00:24:29.80\00:24:36.96
"WHEN JESUS SPOKE AGAIN TO THE
PEOPLE, HE SAID, 'I AM THE LIGHT
00:24:36.96\00:24:42.60
OF THE WORLD.'" WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE STATEMENT.
00:24:42.60\00:24:44.96
THINK OF ANY
PERSON TODAY SAYING THIS.
00:24:44.96\00:24:48.06
THINK OF ANY
POLITICIAN, ANY WISE MAN SAYING,
00:24:48.06\00:24:51.13
"I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
00:24:51.13\00:24:53.23
WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME WILL
NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT
00:24:53.23\00:24:56.36
WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE."
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.86
NOBODY ELSE COULD SAY THAT.
00:24:58.86\00:25:02.53
A GREAT SCHOLAR MADE THIS
STATEMENT, "CHRIST IS THE ONLY
00:25:02.53\00:25:05.76
PERSON WHO EVER LIVED TO CLAIM
TO BE GOD AND YET WAS CONSIDERED
00:25:05.76\00:25:09.96
SANE BY THE BEST OF
HIS CONTEMPORARIES."
00:25:09.96\00:25:12.93
ANYBODY ELSE WHO CLAIMS TO
BE GOD IS A DELUDED MADMAN.
00:25:12.93\00:25:19.00
"FROM THIS GALILEAN JEW
HAVE COME UNCEASING STREAMS
00:25:19.00\00:25:22.70
OF BENEVOLENCE FOR
THE GOOD OF MANKIND."
00:25:22.70\00:25:25.26
CHRIST HIMSELF IS THE GREATEST
ARGUMENT FOR THE PRESENCE
00:25:25.26\00:25:28.96
OF GOD.
00:25:28.96\00:25:32.23
AND WE SHOULD WRITE THIS UP.
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.00
POINT NUMBER THREE,
NUMBER THREE, CHRIST HIMSELF.
00:25:34.00\00:25:42.90
THE VERY
PERSONALITY OF CHRIST HIMSELF.
00:25:42.90\00:25:48.10
WE HAVE PROPHECY,
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
00:25:48.10\00:25:52.16
LET US WRITE UP HERE THE
PERSON, THE PERSON OF CHRIST.
00:25:52.16\00:26:03.36
CHRIST WAS EITHER
THE GOOD MAN OR A MADMAN.
00:26:03.36\00:26:11.56
DON'T SAY HE'S NICE AND
HE'S GOOD AND YET DO NOT BELIEVE
00:26:11.56\00:26:16.46
IN HIM.
00:26:16.46\00:26:18.60
THAT IS AS C.S. LEWIS
SAID, TO PATRONIZE HIM.
00:26:18.60\00:26:22.20
HE'S EITHER GOD
OR ELSE HE'S MAD.
00:26:22.20\00:26:26.90
THE PERSON OF CHRIST
WHERE JESUS AND HIS GOSPEL GO.
00:26:26.90\00:26:34.50
THERE IS LIGHT,
PEACE, HAPPINESS AND HEALTH.
00:26:34.50\00:26:40.70
DON'T CONFUSE, AS DOES
THE GREAT PROFESSOR DAWKINS.
00:26:40.70\00:26:45.56
JESUS WAS MANMADE RELIGION.
00:26:45.56\00:26:49.53
HE HATES ALL RELIGION.
00:26:49.53\00:26:53.00
HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE INQUISITION
BUT SUCH A DISCUSSION
00:26:53.00\00:26:57.70
IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT
AND HE OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER,
00:26:57.70\00:27:01.90
BUT HE DOESN'T.
00:27:01.90\00:27:07.56
JESUS IS DISTINCT AND WHEREVER
HE GOES, THOSE NATIONS THAT
00:27:07.56\00:27:17.26
ACCEPTED THE TEACHING OF
THE GOSPEL BECAME THE GREATEST
00:27:17.26\00:27:22.60
AND THE MOST
PROSPEROUS NATIONS UNDER HEAVEN.
00:27:22.60\00:27:25.50
BUT THOSE SAME NATIONS
THAT TODAY ARE TURNING AWAY FROM
00:27:25.50\00:27:30.03
CHRIST AND THE GOSPEL
ARE GOING DOWNHILL BIG TIME.
00:27:30.03\00:27:37.83
AND SO THREE EVIDENCES FOR THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD, PROPHECY,
00:27:37.83\00:27:43.50
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE
THIRD, WHICH IS THE GREATEST, IS
00:27:43.50\00:27:50.00
THE PERSON OF CHRIST, A SIMPLE,
UNEDUCATED MAN WAS CONFRONTED BY
00:27:50.00\00:27:55.33
A MILITANT ATHEIST WHO
DERIDED HIS FAITH AND GAVE HIM A
00:27:55.33\00:28:00.30
THOUSAND REASONS WHY
THE BIBLE WAS WRONG AND WHY
00:28:00.30\00:28:03.73
THERE WAS NO GOD.
00:28:03.73\00:28:07.36
THIS POOR MAN WAS OVERWHELMED BY
THE TORRENT OF WORDS THAT CAME
00:28:07.36\00:28:11.90
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE UNBELIEVER
AND HE HAD NO ANSWERS.
00:28:11.90\00:28:16.16
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
00:28:16.16\00:28:22.13
AND THIS MAN DID NOT HAVE THE
ANSWERS, BUT HE SAID, "I CANNOT
00:28:22.13\00:28:26.96
ANSWER YOUR INTELLECTUAL
SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS, BUT I CAN
00:28:26.96\00:28:30.90
TELL YOU ONE THING, IT WASN'T
LONG AGO WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE
00:28:30.90\00:28:37.16
AFRAID OF ME AND
THEY HID WHEN I CAME HOME.
00:28:37.16\00:28:42.26
THEY HID BEHIND THE DOOR.
00:28:42.26\00:28:43.73
MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED OF
ME BECAUSE I USED TO BEAT HER.
00:28:43.73\00:28:50.00
I WOULD TAKE MY WAGES ON FRIDAY
AND INSTEAD OF BRINGING MY WAGES
00:28:50.00\00:28:54.76
HOME, I WOULD GO TO
THE HOTEL OR THE BAR."
00:28:54.76\00:28:59.10
HE SAID, "PEOPLE DISLIKED ME.
00:28:59.10\00:29:04.10
I WAS SO ROUGH
AND I WAS SO ANGRY."
00:29:04.10\00:29:07.30
BUT HE SAID, "JESUS FOUND ME.
00:29:07.30\00:29:14.10
AND CHRIST CAME INTO MY LIFE AND
NOW MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY SEE ME
00:29:14.10\00:29:18.26
COMING HOME FROM
WORK, THEY RUN TO MEET ME.
00:29:18.26\00:29:22.36
AND MY WIFE RUNS OUT AND
SHE IS SO GLAD AND WE HAVE FOOD
00:29:22.36\00:29:26.60
ON THE TABLE.
00:29:26.60\00:29:29.90
AND WE'RE EVEN
STARTING TO PAY OFF OUR HOUSE."
00:29:29.90\00:29:34.66
HE SAID, "I'M NOT
THE MAN I USED TO BE.
00:29:34.66\00:29:38.73
I CANNOT EXPLAIN YOUR
ARGUMENTS, BUT CHRIST SAVED ME."
00:29:38.73\00:29:43.30
CHRIST IS THE GREATEST ARGUMENT
FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:29:43.30\00:29:52.00
NOW, THE NEXT POINT, WHAT
IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD LIKE?
00:29:52.00\00:29:58.73
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED
THAT THERE IS A PRESENCE.
00:29:58.73\00:30:01.90
NOW WHAT IS THE
PRESENCE OF GOD LIKE?
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.66
IT IS ALL LIGHT, LIFE, LOVE,
JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS AND WARMTH
00:30:04.66\00:30:14.03
AND HAPPINESS AND
THAT'S INCLUDED IN JOY.
00:30:14.03\00:30:18.46
BUT JOY TRANSCENDS HAPPINESS.
00:30:18.46\00:30:21.90
THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS THE VERY
OPPOSITE OF DESPAIR, MELANCHOLY,
00:30:21.90\00:30:26.00
COLDNESS AND DARKNESS.
00:30:26.00\00:30:27.80
SOME PEOPLE, OFTEN
VERY RELIGIOUS, DO NOT HAVE
00:30:27.80\00:30:31.83
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:30:31.83\00:30:36.20
AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THEIR
PRESENCE, YOU WILL FEEL OH--
00:30:36.20\00:30:43.93
NO, YOU'LL FEEL
WORSE THAN LONELINESS.
00:30:43.93\00:30:46.06
YOU'LL WISH YOU COULD BE LONELY.
00:30:46.06\00:30:49.03
YOU WILL FEEL AS THOUGH
THE MARROW OF LIFE HAS BEEN
00:30:49.03\00:30:54.30
SUCKED OUT OF YOUR BONES.
00:30:54.30\00:30:58.00
THEY ARE RELIGIOUS AND THEY FILL
CHURCHES, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE
00:30:58.00\00:31:02.73
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
00:31:02.73\00:31:05.76
MY ADVICE TO YOU
IS THIS, LOVE THEM.
00:31:05.76\00:31:10.10
TRY TO HELP THEM, BUT
DON'T LET THEM PULL YOU DOWN.
00:31:10.10\00:31:16.36
AND I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING
ELSE, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND
00:31:16.36\00:31:20.80
TOO MUCH TIME IN THE COMPANY
OF THOSE WHO ARE SO NEGATIVE.
00:31:20.80\00:31:27.10
THEY WILL HURT YOU.
00:31:27.10\00:31:31.10
MINISTER TO THEM, BUT
DON'T BE INFLUENCED BY THEM.
00:31:31.10\00:31:39.40
THE BIBLE SAYS, "IN YOUR
PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY."
00:31:39.40\00:31:46.53
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE, YOU CAN
00:31:46.53\00:31:52.06
SEE THE PRESENCE OF
GOD IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
00:31:52.06\00:31:56.96
COME TO JOHN 14:6 AND ONWARDS.
00:31:56.96\00:32:01.86
JOHN 14:6 AND ONWARDS.
00:32:01.86\00:32:04.90
"JESUS ANSWERED, 'I AM THE
WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
00:32:04.90\00:32:09.90
NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.'"
00:32:09.90\00:32:12.80
WHAT TREMENDOUS CLAIMS.
00:32:12.80\00:32:14.93
"IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME, YOU
WOULD KNOW MY FATHER AS WELL.
00:32:14.93\00:32:19.60
FROM NOW ON, YOU DO
KNOW HIM AND HAVE SEEN HIM.'
00:32:19.60\00:32:22.73
PHILIP SAID, 'LORD,
SHOW US THE FATHER AND THAT
00:32:22.73\00:32:25.50
WILL BE ENOUGH FOR US.'
JESUS ANSWERED: 'DON'T YOU KNOW
00:32:25.50\00:32:30.26
ME, PHILIP, EVEN AFTER I HAVE
BEEN AMONG YOU SUCH A LONG TIME?
00:32:30.26\00:32:35.33
ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN
ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER.'"
00:32:35.33\00:32:40.70
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT GOD IS LIKE, IF YOU
00:32:40.70\00:32:44.20
WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESENCE
OF GOD IS LIKE, BEHOLD JESUS.
00:32:44.20\00:32:52.86
BEHOLD JESUS HEALING THE
SICK, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS,
00:32:52.86\00:33:00.80
BLESSING THE CHILDREN, DEFENDING
THE POWERLESS LIKE THE WOMAN
00:33:00.80\00:33:05.93
CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF
ADULTERY, DYING FOR OUR SINS,
00:33:05.93\00:33:10.30
FORGIVING HIS ENEMIES.
00:33:10.30\00:33:12.30
THERE YOU SEE WHAT THE
PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE.
00:33:12.30\00:33:15.33
IT IS MOST ATTRACTIVE.
00:33:15.33\00:33:19.83
THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS BETTER
THAN A TONIC OR A MEDICINE
00:33:19.83\00:33:26.83
BECAUSE IT GIVES LIFE,
PEACE, JOY, HOPE, SELF-RESPECT,
00:33:26.83\00:33:34.90
HEALTH, AND POWER.
00:33:34.90\00:33:39.70
JOY IN HIS
PRESENCE IS OUR TOPIC TODAY.
00:33:39.70\00:33:46.03
THIS DIVINE JOY, THE JOY OF
HIS PRESENCE IS OVERWHELMING.
00:33:46.03\00:33:58.30
IT OVERFLOWS.
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.46
THE JOY HIS PRESENCE
IMPARTS IS WITHOUT MEASURE
00:34:00.46\00:34:06.76
AND IT IS WITHOUT LIMIT.
00:34:06.76\00:34:10.23
LET ME SHOW YOU SOME TEXT.
00:34:10.23\00:34:11.93
COME OVER HERE TO PSALM 30:11.
00:34:11.93\00:34:15.30
PSALM 30:11.
00:34:15.30\00:34:18.16
AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE JOY, MY
FRIEND, IT IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT
00:34:18.16\00:34:21.83
HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:34:21.83\00:34:25.16
NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
MERE HAPPINESS BECAUSE JOY
00:34:25.16\00:34:28.10
TRANSCENDED HAPPINESS.
00:34:28.10\00:34:31.93
DAVID SAYS, PSALM 30:11, "YOU
TURNED MY WAILING INTO DANCING;
00:34:31.93\00:34:39.03
YOU REMOVED MY SACKCLOTH
AND CLOTHED ME WITH JOY."
00:34:39.03\00:34:45.10
SO THE SACKCLOTH
GOES AND THE JOY COMES.
00:34:45.10\00:34:48.93
NOW COME TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE
TEXTS IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.
00:34:48.93\00:34:54.73
FOR THE AUSTRALIANS WHO
ARE WATCHING, WE ARE TURNING
00:34:54.73\00:34:57.23
TO ISAIAH 35:10 SO I
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU.
00:34:57.23\00:35:06.20
ISAIAH, ISAIAH 35:10.
00:35:06.20\00:35:11.86
LOOK AT THESE GREAT WORDS.
00:35:11.86\00:35:13.20
"AND TO THE RANSOMED
OF THE LORD WILL RETURN.
00:35:13.20\00:35:18.00
THEY WILL ENTER ZION
WITH SINGING; EVERLASTING JOY
00:35:18.00\00:35:23.56
WILL CROWN THEIR HEADS."
00:35:23.56\00:35:24.70
AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE A SAYING,
BLESSINGS ON YOUR HEAD BECAUSE
00:35:24.70\00:35:32.03
THE BIBLE TELLS ME THERE WILL BE
EVERLASTING JOY UPON OUR HEADS.
00:35:32.03\00:35:38.53
"EVERLASTING JOY
WILL CROWN THEIR HEADS.
00:35:38.53\00:35:41.26
GLADNESS AND JOY WILL
OVERTAKE THEM, AND SORROW
00:35:41.26\00:35:44.43
AND SIGHING SHALL FLEE AWAY."
00:35:44.43\00:35:50.53
HOW GREAT, HOW
SUPERLATIVE, HOW GOOD.
00:35:50.53\00:35:54.56
COME NOW TO JOHN 16:20-22.
00:35:54.56\00:35:59.00
MATTHEW, MARK,
LUKE, JOHN 16:20-22.
00:35:59.00\00:36:06.33
JOHN 16:20-22.
00:36:06.33\00:36:10.93
"I TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
YOU WILL WEEP AND MOURN
00:36:10.93\00:36:16.06
WHILE THE WORLD REJOICES.
00:36:16.06\00:36:18.53
YOU WILL GRIEVE, BUT
YOUR GRIEF WILL TURN TO--"
00:36:18.53\00:36:21.86
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
00:36:21.86\00:36:23.00
"TURN TO JOY."
00:36:23.00\00:36:23.93
YOU COME TO THIS PLACE
TODAY TO HEAR GOOD NEWS
00:36:23.93\00:36:26.70
SO YOUR GRIEF CAN TURN TO JOY.
00:36:26.70\00:36:30.00
"A WOMAN GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD
HAS PAIN BECAUSE HER TIME HAS
00:36:30.00\00:36:33.66
COME; BUT WHEN HER BABY IS BORN
SHE FORGETS THE ANGUISH BECAUSE
00:36:33.66\00:36:37.93
OF HER JOY THAT A
CHILD IS BORN INTO THE WORLD.
00:36:37.93\00:36:41.73
SO WITH YOU: NOW IS YOUR TIME OF
GRIEF, BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN
00:36:41.73\00:36:45.86
AND YOU WILL REJOICE, AND NO
ONE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR JOY."
00:36:45.86\00:36:53.96
WHEN YOU HAVE TO THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD, NO ONE
00:36:53.96\00:36:57.40
WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR JOY.
00:36:57.40\00:36:59.96
NOW COME NOW TO 1 PETER 1:8
THAT IS OVER TOWARDS THE CLOSE
00:36:59.96\00:37:07.03
OF THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE.
00:37:07.03\00:37:09.33
1 PETER 1:8.
00:37:09.33\00:37:15.66
SAINT PETER SAYS, "THOUGH YOU
HAVE NOT SEEN HIM, YOU LOVE HIM;
00:37:15.66\00:37:21.73
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE
HIM NOW, YOU BELIEVE IN HIM AND
00:37:21.73\00:37:25.66
ARE FILLED WITH AN
INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS JOY."
00:37:25.66\00:37:34.26
I WANT YOU TO SAY THOSE WORDS,
"AN INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS
00:37:34.26\00:37:41.10
JOY," JOY IN HIS PRESENCE.
00:37:41.10\00:37:47.73
NOW TODAY I'M GOING TO ASK A
REPRESENTATIVE GROUP, I COULD
00:37:47.73\00:37:54.20
HAVE ASKED ALL OF YOU,
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ROOM.
00:37:54.20\00:37:58.13
I'VE ASKED A REPRESENTATIVE
GROUP TO COME UP THE FRONT
00:37:58.13\00:38:02.83
AND TO STAND WITH ME OVER HERE.
00:38:02.83\00:38:06.26
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME
NOW PLEASE, MY SWEET FRIENDS
00:38:06.26\00:38:11.36
WHO ARE GOING TO COME?
00:38:11.36\00:38:14.13
AND IF YOU DON'T BELONG TO THIS
CHURCH, I SAY I'M SORRY BECAUSE
00:38:14.13\00:38:21.96
WHERE ELSE IN AMERICA OR
ANYWHERE DO YOU FIND SUCH AN
00:38:21.96\00:38:26.83
ILLUSTRIOUS, GOOD-LOOKING
NICE GROUP OF PEOPLE?
00:38:26.83\00:38:31.20
MMM-HMM, DON'T YOU
THINK THEY ALL LOOK NICE?
00:38:31.20\00:38:34.46
YEAH, COME OVER,
GET IN CLOSE TO ME.
00:38:34.46\00:38:36.76
COME ON, COME OVER CLOSE.
00:38:36.76\00:38:38.33
BLAKE, COME IN CLOSE.
00:38:38.33\00:38:39.76
NOW, THESE FOLKS ARE MEMBERS OF
THIS DISTINGUISHED CHURCH HERE
00:38:39.76\00:38:46.80
IN ARCADIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:38:46.80\00:38:50.23
THEY ARE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY'RE NOT
00:38:50.23\00:38:54.43
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:38:54.43\00:38:56.63
THEY ARE IN THE WORLD,
BUT THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD.
00:38:56.63\00:39:01.70
AND I COULD INTERVIEW EACH ONE
OF THEM BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THEM
00:39:01.70\00:39:05.93
IS SO BEAUTIFUL, SO NICE.
00:39:05.93\00:39:11.63
I STAYED IN A HOTEL ON
MONDAY NIGHT AND I PICKED UP
00:39:11.63\00:39:16.03
"USA NEWS."
00:39:16.03\00:39:17.83
THEY PUT IT UNDER THE DOOR.
00:39:17.83\00:39:20.10
WHAT A WAKE-UP CALL WHEN I
STAGGERED TO THE DOOR ALL BLURRY
00:39:20.10\00:39:24.26
EYED THINKING I BLOTTED
OUT ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE
00:39:24.26\00:39:28.06
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
00:39:28.06\00:39:29.56
AND THERE THE HEADLINES WERE,
"AMERICA OWES $62 TRILLION."
00:39:29.56\00:39:37.13
I THOUGHT BOY, THE DEFICIT
OF $15 TRILLION LOOKS GOOD,
00:39:37.13\00:39:41.76
$62 TRILLION.
00:39:41.76\00:39:45.33
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
00:39:45.33\00:39:47.23
IT'S BEEN COVERED UP.
00:39:47.23\00:39:49.46
THE DEBT IS
ACTUALLY $62 TRILLION.
00:39:49.46\00:39:52.63
BUT I DON'T CARE, MY FRIEND,
ABOUT THE DEFICIT OR THE DEBT.
00:39:52.63\00:39:56.60
IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE
FROM US OUR JOY IN THE PRESENCE
00:39:56.60\00:40:00.40
OF THE LORD.
00:40:00.40\00:40:06.83
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THIS LADY IS THE DIRECTOR
00:40:06.83\00:40:12.26
OF COMMUNICATIONS
AT THE CARTER REPORT.
00:40:12.26\00:40:16.53
HER NAME IS SUSAN, WHAT IS IT?
00:40:16.53\00:40:22.06
SUSAN PIRAINO.
00:40:22.06\00:40:22.86
JUST GOT IT.
00:40:22.86\00:40:24.00
NOW, DO YOU HAVE JOY IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD, SUSAN?
00:40:24.00\00:40:31.63
>> YES, I HAVE MANY REASONS TO
HAVE JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
00:40:31.63\00:40:34.06
LORD, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITHIN
THE MINISTRY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
00:40:34.06\00:40:38.20
THE LORD'S HAND THROUGHOUT.
00:40:38.20\00:40:40.33
WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH AS THEY ARE
NOW FINANCIALLY, I SEE THE LORD
00:40:40.33\00:40:44.40
BRINGING PEOPLE IN
AND SUPPLYING OUR NEEDS.
00:40:44.40\00:40:48.06
>> WHAT HAVE YOU GOT HERE?
00:40:48.06\00:40:49.56
>> THIS IS THE BIBLE THAT WE'VE
JUST PURCHASED, 10,000 BIBLES
00:40:49.56\00:40:52.46
FOR THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE
00:40:52.46\00:40:55.16
THE FUNDS, BUT I KNOW THAT
GOD WILL SUPPLY AND THESE BIBLES
00:40:55.16\00:40:58.23
WILL BE GIVEN TO SOULS
IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
00:40:58.23\00:41:01.03
>> THAT'S WHY I TOLD HER TO
BRING UP THE BIBLE SO PEOPLE
00:41:01.03\00:41:02.90
WOULD SEND US MONEY.
00:41:02.90\00:41:05.00
SO THIS IS THE BIBLE.
00:41:05.00\00:41:06.33
>> YES.
00:41:06.33\00:41:07.53
>> WE BOUGHT THESE
BIBLES, 10,000 OF THEM.
00:41:07.53\00:41:10.36
WE'RE GONNA SHIP THEM OUT THERE
IN A WEEK OR TWO'S TIME, OUT TO
00:41:10.36\00:41:13.53
THE SOLOMON'S, BECAUSE WE WANT
THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE JOY
00:41:13.53\00:41:18.10
THAT COMES IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:41:18.10\00:41:20.23
THANK YOU, SUSAN,
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
00:41:20.23\00:41:22.76
NOW, MEY-LING, SEE, I'M
JUST GETTING SOME OF YOU.
00:41:22.76\00:41:27.53
THIS IS A SPECIAL LADY.
00:41:27.53\00:41:29.10
WHERE ARE YOU CHILDREN?
00:41:29.10\00:41:30.63
HERE THEY ARE.
00:41:30.63\00:41:31.36
COME FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
00:41:31.36\00:41:32.60
OKAY, OKAY, IN SPITE OF TOUGH
TIMES, TIMES ARE TOUGH, YOU KNOW
00:41:32.60\00:41:39.50
WE'RE FEELING IT HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN
00:41:39.50\00:41:41.93
IN AUSTRALIA AND SOME OTHER
COUNTRIES WE'RE FEELING IT.
00:41:41.93\00:41:45.36
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE JOY
THAT COMES IN THE PRESENCE
00:41:45.36\00:41:49.16
OF THE LORD, MEY-LING?
00:41:49.16\00:41:51.60
>> YES, DEFINITELY YES.
00:41:51.60\00:41:54.80
IN FACT, THE REAL JOY
THAT I FIND IS WHEN I AM IN THE
00:41:54.80\00:41:59.93
PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:41:59.93\00:42:02.06
AND BECAUSE MY GOD IS SO
MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE
00:42:02.06\00:42:08.46
AND HE ALWAYS
DELIVERS ME FROM TROUBLE.
00:42:08.46\00:42:13.33
SO WHEN I THINK, I REALIZE
THAT IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME
00:42:13.33\00:42:20.33
OR THE MOST DIFFICULT HOUR
OF MY LIFE AND I LIFT MY SOUL
00:42:20.33\00:42:25.63
TO THE LORD, HE
NEVER FAILS TO GIVE ME JOY.
00:42:25.63\00:42:30.70
AND IT'S A JOY AND PEACE
THAT YOU CANNOT COMPARE WITH
00:42:30.70\00:42:33.83
ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD.
00:42:33.83\00:42:35.60
>> GOD BLESS YOU.
00:42:35.60\00:42:36.33
YOU'RE A GREAT MOTHER
AND I SHOULDN'T SAY IT
00:42:36.33\00:42:39.26
IN FRONT OF THEM.
00:42:39.26\00:42:40.00
COME OVER HERE, BOTH OF YOU.
00:42:40.00\00:42:41.86
TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
00:42:41.86\00:42:43.40
WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.
00:42:43.40\00:42:44.16
WE'RE PROUD OF YOU TOO.
00:42:44.16\00:42:45.83
NOW I CAN'T INTERVIEW ALL
YOUR FOLKS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T
00:42:45.83\00:42:49.56
HAVE TIME TODAY BUT WE
HAVE THE--THERE'S ALMA DIXON
00:42:49.56\00:42:53.73
STANDING UP OVER THERE.
00:42:53.73\00:42:54.53
GLAD TO SEE YOU AND
ISAAC, AND YOU KNOW.
00:42:54.53\00:43:00.60
BLAKE, COME OVER FOR
A MOMENT BECAUSE YOU GOT
00:43:00.60\00:43:03.16
A JEWISH BACKGROUND AND
YOU'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
00:43:03.16\00:43:08.66
YOU'RE A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH.
00:43:08.66\00:43:10.03
YOU'RE AN ELDER IN OUR CHURCH.
00:43:10.03\00:43:11.50
YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN
RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
00:43:11.50\00:43:15.26
BLAKE, YOU
BETTER COME UP HERE TOO.
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.56
SO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
ME SO HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING,
00:43:16.56\00:43:19.73
YOU KNOW, HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
00:43:19.73\00:43:21.13
OKAY, COME FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
00:43:21.13\00:43:22.96
OKAY, IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION
WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH IN L.A.
00:43:22.96\00:43:27.56
WITH A HUGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW
00:43:27.56\00:43:30.73
WHEN THE COUNTRY'S GONNA
COME OUT OF THIS, IN SPITE OF
00:43:30.73\00:43:33.83
DIFFICULTIES DO YOU
STILL HAVE JOY IN THE PRESENCE
00:43:33.83\00:43:36.60
OF THE LORD, BLAKE?
00:43:36.60\00:43:38.36
>> OF COURSE I DO, PASTOR.
00:43:38.36\00:43:40.33
I HAVE JOY FOR MY FAMILY HERE.
00:43:40.33\00:43:42.60
BUT THE GREATEST JOY
THAT I GET IS FROM THE LORD.
00:43:42.60\00:43:45.60
AND YOU KNOW I BRING A LOT OF
BAGGAGE INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP,
00:43:45.60\00:43:48.43
THE ONE THAT WE MOST DESIRE
TO HAVE IS WITH THE LORD AND YOU
00:43:48.43\00:43:51.43
KNOW HE CARRIES MY
BAGS, AND HE PICKS ME UP
00:43:51.43\00:43:54.96
AND HE CARRIES ME TOO.
00:43:54.96\00:43:56.60
AND THAT IS MY
GREATEST SOURCE OF JOY.
00:43:56.60\00:43:59.43
>> GOD BLESS YOU.
00:43:59.43\00:44:00.50
NOW FOLKS, WE'RE
GONNA DO SOMETHING HERE.
00:44:00.50\00:44:02.76
I HOPE I DO THIS ALL RIGHT.
00:44:02.76\00:44:04.56
YOU FOLKS JUST COME A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER TO HELP ME OUT, YOU KNOW.
00:44:04.56\00:44:07.86
I MEAN I'M JUST AN OLD BEAT-UP
EVANGELIST, JUST AN OLD PASTOR
00:44:07.86\00:44:11.23
SO I DON'T WANT TO MESS THIS UP.
00:44:11.23\00:44:13.56
I'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THIS SO
I DON'T NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN.
00:44:13.56\00:44:16.40
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE
BOY GOING TO SABBATH SCHOOL
00:44:16.40\00:44:19.76
IN MORNINGSIDE,
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA,
00:44:19.76\00:44:25.26
I LEARNED A SONG.
00:44:25.26\00:44:27.23
YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT.
00:44:27.23\00:44:28.56
MY CUP IS FULL AND RUNNING OVER.
00:44:28.56\00:44:32.03
YOU KNOW THE SONG?
00:44:32.03\00:44:34.10
WHEN WE DID THIS SONG, WE USED
TO DO THE HAND SIGNS, YOU KNOW?
00:44:34.10\00:44:37.50
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SONG?
00:44:37.50\00:44:39.20
MY CUP IS FULL.
00:44:39.20\00:44:41.13
IT USED TO GO, MY CUP
IS FULL AND RUNNING OVER.
00:44:41.13\00:44:46.93
I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN YOU
HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
00:44:46.93\00:44:52.86
YOUR CUP IS FULL.
00:44:52.86\00:44:57.50
GOD FILLS IT RIGHT UP.
00:44:57.50\00:45:01.23
HE FILLS IT UP.
00:45:01.23\00:45:03.00
NOW IF YOU'RE NOT A BELIEVER,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE POOR
00:45:03.00\00:45:06.80
OLD RICHARD DAWKINS, YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:45:06.80\00:45:09.23
BUT ONCE YOU HAVE
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
00:45:09.23\00:45:12.20
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
00:45:12.20\00:45:14.70
YEAH, THIS RUNS
OVER, KEEPS RUNNING OVER.
00:45:14.70\00:45:19.33
YOU GOT SO MUCH BLESSING
HERE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
00:45:19.33\00:45:24.46
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
00:45:24.46\00:45:26.96
MY BROTHER, JOSE SALGADE, WHO'S
A GREAT BUILDER, ONE OF THE BEST
00:45:26.96\00:45:30.70
YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE IN AMERICA.
00:45:30.70\00:45:32.46
TIMES ARE TOUGH, BUT
HE'S TOLD ME, "MY CUP IS FULL
00:45:32.46\00:45:36.70
AND RUNNING OVER."
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.73
SO OUR TOPIC TODAY IS JOY
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:45:38.73\00:45:45.03
AND I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF YOU
FOLKS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
00:45:45.03\00:45:47.36
TODAY FOR HELPING ME OUT.
00:45:47.36\00:45:48.73
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO SIT DOWN?
00:45:48.73\00:45:50.23
THANK YOU.
00:45:50.23\00:45:52.23
THANK YOU.
00:45:52.23\00:45:53.40
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] >>
WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES
00:45:53.40\00:45:56.53
AGAIN AND TURN
OVER HERE TO ACTS 2:38.
00:45:56.53\00:46:00.50
I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS
TEXT HOME WITH YOU TODAY.
00:46:00.50\00:46:03.60
ACTS 2:38.
00:46:03.60\00:46:13.06
"YOU'VE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE
PATH OF LIFE," JESUS SAID THAT,
00:46:13.06\00:46:17.00
YOU CAN SAY IT TODAY TOO.
00:46:17.00\00:46:19.00
"YOU WILL FILL ME
WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE."
00:46:19.00\00:46:23.43
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
TODAY THAT THIS DIVINE JOY GIVES
00:46:23.43\00:46:30.96
A STEADFASTNESS
THAT THE UNBELIEVER JUST
00:46:30.96\00:46:33.70
CAN'T COMPREHEND.
00:46:33.70\00:46:35.33
LOOK AT VERSE 25, SAME
CONTEXT: ACTS 2:25, "DAVID SAID
00:46:35.33\00:46:42.83
ABOUT HIM: I SAW THE
LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME.
00:46:42.83\00:46:50.30
BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT
HAND," WHAT DOES IT SAYS, FOLKS?
00:46:50.30\00:46:58.20
"I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN."
00:46:58.20\00:47:04.33
YOU KNOW THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL
HAD PERSECUTIONS, HAD TROUBLE,
00:47:04.33\00:47:09.16
HAD TRIBULATION, BUT PAUL ON ONE
OCCASION SAID, "NONE OF THESE
00:47:09.16\00:47:13.66
THINGS MOVE ME."
00:47:13.66\00:47:16.10
YOU KNOW WHY?
00:47:16.10\00:47:18.00
BECAUSE HIS CUP WAS
FULL AND RUNNING OVER.
00:47:18.00\00:47:22.36
AND THEN THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT MOSES.
00:47:22.36\00:47:26.36
I DON'T THINK ANY MAN HAS HAD
MORE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS THAN
00:47:26.36\00:47:30.86
MOSES, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT.
00:47:30.86\00:47:33.23
I WANT YOU TO COME OVER
HERE TO HEBREWS 11:24-27.
00:47:33.23\00:47:38.60
BUT HE HUNG IN THERE BECAUSE
HE HAD THE JOY OF THE LORD.
00:47:38.60\00:47:42.16
COME OVER HERE TO
HEBREWS 11:24 AND ONWARDS.
00:47:42.16\00:47:48.00
I JUST LOVE MOSES.
00:47:48.00\00:47:49.60
"BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE HAD
GROWN UP, REFUSED TO BE KNOWN AS
00:47:49.60\00:47:54.46
THE SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER.
00:47:54.46\00:47:57.66
HE CHOSE TO BE MISTREATED
ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD
00:47:57.66\00:48:01.43
RATHER THAN TO ENJOY
THE PLEASURES OF SIN."
00:48:01.43\00:48:06.00
FOR A SHORT TIME OR FOR A
SEASON, IT SAYS IN THE KJV.
00:48:06.00\00:48:09.76
"HE REGARDED DISGRACE FOR
THE SAKE OF CHRIST AS OF GREATER
00:48:09.76\00:48:13.93
VALUE THAN THE TREASURES
OF EGYPT," I'VE SEEN THEM,
00:48:13.93\00:48:18.10
"BECAUSE HE WAS
LOOKING AHEAD TO HIS REWARD.
00:48:18.10\00:48:21.10
BY FAITH HE LEFT EGYPT, NOT
FEARING THE KING'S ANGER; HE
00:48:21.10\00:48:27.53
PERSEVERED BECAUSE HE
SAW HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE."
00:48:27.53\00:48:35.83
NOW FOLKS, I WANT TO TELL YOU
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRUE
00:48:35.83\00:48:41.26
BELIEVER AND A PERSON WHO
JUST THINKS HE'S A BELIEVER.
00:48:41.26\00:48:48.53
IT'S THIS PERSEVERANCE THING.
00:48:48.53\00:48:53.20
PAUL SAID, "NONE OF
THESE THINGS MOVE ME."
00:48:53.20\00:48:57.36
AND IN SPITE OF HELL AND
HIGH WATER, MOSES PERSEVERED.
00:48:57.36\00:49:03.70
HE KEPT GOING AHEAD IN FAITH
BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE
00:49:03.70\00:49:09.66
OF THE LORD.
00:49:09.66\00:49:12.20
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY, BAD
NEWS CANNOT MOVE US BECAUSE WE
00:49:12.20\00:49:19.46
HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD.
00:49:19.46\00:49:21.40
NOTHING WILL SHAKE US.
00:49:21.40\00:49:29.10
AND THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE
GIVES US THE HOPE OF A GLORIOUS
00:49:29.10\00:49:34.36
FUTURE, AMEN.
00:49:34.36\00:49:37.10
WOULD YOU COME
OVER HERE TO ACTS 2:27?
00:49:37.10\00:49:41.33
ACTS 2:27.
00:49:41.33\00:49:45.30
I JUST HANG ON TO THIS.
00:49:45.30\00:49:48.43
NOW THIS IS TALKING,
OF COURSE, ABOUT JESUS.
00:49:48.43\00:49:52.06
BUT IN A SENSE
WE CAN SAY IT TOO.
00:49:52.06\00:49:56.90
ACTS 2:27 THIS IS
OUR THEME PASSAGE.
00:49:56.90\00:50:01.90
"BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME
TO THE GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU LET
00:50:01.90\00:50:06.96
YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY."
00:50:06.96\00:50:09.80
NOW FOLKS, SOME OF US
SITTING HERE, MAYBE WE'RE GOING
00:50:09.80\00:50:13.40
TO SEE DECAY.
00:50:13.40\00:50:16.23
MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO DIE, WE'RE
GOING TO GO DOWN IN THE GRAVE
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AND WE'RE GONNA BE
TURNED BACK TO DUST.
00:50:20.73\00:50:26.60
BUT JESUS SAID, "YOU HAVEN'T
ABANDONED ME TO THE GRAVE."
00:50:26.60\00:50:33.36
WHEN YOU HAVE THE JOY OF
HIS PRESENCE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT
00:50:33.36\00:50:40.03
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABANDONED TO THE GRAVE.
00:50:40.03\00:50:43.96
AS JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE
GRAVE, WE TOO ARE GOING TO BE
00:50:43.96\00:50:49.56
RAISED FROM THE GRAVE.
00:50:49.56\00:50:56.23
ISN'T THAT A GREAT THOUGHT
THAT ONE DAY YOU AND I ARE GOING
00:50:56.23\00:51:03.53
TO WAKE UP AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE HOME?
00:51:03.53\00:51:10.03
WE'RE GONNA WAKE UP AND WONDER
WHERE ALL THE ENERGY CAME FROM.
00:51:10.03\00:51:15.13
WE'RE GOING TO WAKE UP AND
WONDER WHERE THE WRINKLES WENT.
00:51:15.13\00:51:20.26
WE'RE GONNA WAKE UP AND WE'RE
GONNA WONDER WHERE THE WHITE
00:51:20.26\00:51:23.36
HAIR WENT, AND WHY SOME PEOPLE
WON'T NEED TO RINSE ANYMORE.
00:51:23.36\00:51:30.96
HA, HA, HA.
00:51:30.96\00:51:33.36
THE JOY THAT IS FOUND IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD GIVES US
00:51:37.90\00:51:41.53
HOPE OF A GLORIOUS FUTURE.
00:51:41.53\00:51:45.46
SO READ AGAIN
THE PASSAGE WITH ME.
00:51:45.46\00:51:48.23
ACTS 2 TAKE IT WITH YOU
TODAY AND EVERY DAY AND THOSE
00:51:48.23\00:51:52.60
OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
00:51:52.60\00:51:55.00
"DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM: 'I
SAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME.'"
00:51:55.00\00:51:59.43
YOU CAN SAY THAT.
00:51:59.43\00:52:01.20
"BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT
HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.
00:52:01.20\00:52:05.66
THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD AND
MY TONGUE REJOICES;" YOU CAN SAY
00:52:05.66\00:52:08.86
THAT TODAY, "MY BODY ALSO WILL
LIVE IN HOPE, YOU CAN SAY AMEN,
00:52:08.86\00:52:15.36
"BECAUSE HE WILL NOT
ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE," AMEN.
00:52:15.36\00:52:21.43
AND THIS NEXT PART
APPLIES JUST TO JESUS.
00:52:21.43\00:52:23.56
"NOR WILL YOU LET
YOUR HOLY ONES SEE DECAY."
00:52:23.56\00:52:26.30
BUT YOU CAN SAY THESE WORDS.
00:52:26.30\00:52:29.23
"YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE
PATHS OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME
00:52:29.23\00:52:36.70
WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE."
00:52:36.70\00:52:40.46
GLORY BE TO GOD.
00:52:40.46\00:52:43.10
GLORY BE TO GOD.
00:52:43.10\00:52:44.30
PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME AND I WANT
EVERY PERSON SITTING HERE IN OUR
00:52:44.30\00:52:49.20
GREAT CHURCH TODAY AND EVERYBODY
WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD ON
00:52:49.20\00:52:52.96
TELEVISION TO KNOW THE JOY OF
HIS PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HIS
00:52:52.96\00:53:01.56
PRESENCE IS YOURS TODAY
IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
00:53:01.56\00:53:16.36
AMEN.
00:53:16.36\00:53:18.23
AND PRAISE GOD.
00:53:18.23\00:53:20.23
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS
00:53:22.23\00:53:22.30
THAT A PASTOR SHOULDN'T DO.
00:53:23.56\00:53:25.83
HE SHOULDN'T TELL LIES AND HE
SHOULDN'T RETIRE, THAT'S WHY I
00:53:25.83\00:53:31.30
PLAN TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON WHILE
GOD CAN STILL USE ME, WHILE
00:53:31.30\00:53:36.40
THESE LUNGS ARE WORKING AND
WHILE THIS MOUTH IS TALKING AND
00:53:36.40\00:53:39.96
WHILE JESUS IS STILL ALIVE
AND I'M STILL ALIVE, I PLAN
00:53:39.96\00:53:44.30
TO KEEP ON PREACHING
THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
00:53:44.30\00:53:47.63
WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME?
00:53:47.63\00:53:48.76
WILL YOU SUPPORT
US IN THIS GREAT WORK?
00:53:48.76\00:53:51.46
LISTEN, WE HAVE
RECEIVED AN URGENT INVITATION
00:53:51.46\00:53:55.23
FROM THE CHURCH IN INDIA.
00:53:55.23\00:53:56.86
THEY'RE SAYING,
"COME OVER AND HELP US."
00:53:56.86\00:54:00.60
WHAT A CHALLENGE, MY FRIEND.
00:54:00.60\00:54:01.73
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA?
00:54:01.73\00:54:05.43
MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILLION
PEOPLE, AND THE PLACE IS FULL OF
00:54:05.43\00:54:10.10
DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS.
00:54:10.10\00:54:12.93
THEY DON'T WANT THIS CAMPAIGN,
THOSE EVIL SPIRITS, BUT I WANT
00:54:12.93\00:54:16.26
YOU KNOW JESUS IS
STRONGER THAN THE EVIL SPIRITS.
00:54:16.26\00:54:21.00
LAST TIME WE WENT TO INDIA,
WE HAD TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION AND
00:54:21.00\00:54:24.56
LIVES WERE THREATENED, BUT
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE'RE GOING
00:54:24.56\00:54:27.86
TO GO BACK BECAUSE
JESUS HAS CALLED US TO GO.
00:54:27.86\00:54:31.70
WHEN WE WENT THERE LAST TIME, WE
SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING
00:54:31.70\00:54:35.03
TO CHRIST, ONE NIGHT
30,000 PEOPLE CAME TO CHRIST,
00:54:35.03\00:54:38.60
HINDUS AND MUSLIMS.
00:54:38.60\00:54:40.96
WE'RE PRAYING,
JESUS, DO IT AGAIN.
00:54:40.96\00:54:44.40
PLEASE SUPPORT US.
00:54:44.40\00:54:45.80
PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN
CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900,
00:54:45.80\00:54:49.76
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358.
00:54:49.76\00:54:53.33
IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME
PLEASE AT BEAUTIFUL TERRIGAL.
00:54:53.33\00:54:58.60
THE ADDRESS IS
RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN.
00:54:58.60\00:55:01.03
LISTEN, MY FRIEND,
I NEED YOUR PRAYERS.
00:55:01.03\00:55:04.46
I NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
00:55:04.46\00:55:06.20
PLEASE PRAY FOR US.
00:55:06.20\00:55:07.26
I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU.
00:55:07.26\00:55:08.66
WRITE TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU.
00:55:08.66\00:55:12.33
[MUSIC]
00:55:12.33\00:55:20.46
[MUSIC] ? I'VE
BEEN WINNING BATTLES ?
00:55:22.80\00:55:25.80
? LEFT AND RIGHT. ?
? BUT EVEN WINNERS ?
00:55:25.80\00:55:32.66
? CAN GET WOUNDED
? ? IN THE FIGHT. ?
00:55:32.66\00:55:38.00
? PEOPLE SAY ? ?
THAT I'M AMAZING, ?
00:55:38.00\00:55:42.13
? I'M STRONG ? ?
BEYOND MY YEARS. ?
00:55:42.13\00:55:46.10
? BUT THEY DON'T
SEE ? ? INSIDE OF ME. ?
00:55:46.10\00:55:50.56
? I'M HIDING ALL THE
TEARS. ? ? THEY DON'T KNOW ?
00:55:50.56\00:55:58.80
? THAT I COME RUNNING
HOME ? ? WHEN I FALL DOWN. ?
00:55:58.80\00:56:04.16
? THEY DON'T KNOW
? ? WHO PICKS ME UP ?
00:56:04.16\00:56:08.90
? WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND.
? ? I DROP MY SWORD AND ?
00:56:08.90\00:56:15.80
? I CRY FOR JUST A
WHILE ? ? 'CAUSE DEEP ?
00:56:15.80\00:56:23.20
? INSIDE THIS ARMOR, ? ?
THE WARRIOR IS A CHILD. ?
00:56:23.20\00:56:48.10
? UNAWARE BECAUSE ? ?
HIS ARMOR IS THE BEST, ?
00:56:48.10\00:56:55.76
? BUT EVEN SOLDIERS, ? ?
THEY NEED A QUIET PLACE ?
00:56:55.76\00:57:01.73
? TO REST. ? ? PEOPLE SAY ?
00:57:01.73\00:57:06.16
? THAT I'M AMAZING ?
? 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER ?
00:57:06.16\00:57:09.43
? FACED RETREAT, ?
? BUT THEY DON'T SEE ?
00:57:09.43\00:57:13.90
? THE ENEMY WHO
LAYS ME ? ? AT HIS FEET ?
00:57:13.90\00:57:19.90
? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ?
? THAT I COME RUNNING HOME ?
00:57:19.90\00:57:25.96
? WHEN I FALL DOWN.
? ? THEY DON'T KNOW ?
00:57:25.96\00:57:31.06
? WHO PICKS ME UP ? ?
WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND. ?
00:57:31.06\00:57:37.16
? I DROP MY SWORD AND ?
? I CRY FOR JUST A WHILE ?
00:57:37.16\00:57:46.03
? 'CAUSE DEEP
INSIDE ? ? THIS ARMOR, ?
00:57:46.03\00:57:52.06
? THE WARRIOR IS A
CHILD. ?? [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
00:57:52.06\00:57:59.70