From Arcadia, California, the Carter report presents 00:00:07.90\00:00:11.01 "The Living Word" around the world. 00:00:11.04\00:00:13.31 We are just so glad to have you with us today 00:00:18.05\00:00:21.22 because this is a great meeting. 00:00:21.25\00:00:24.32 The topic is "The Boat That Would Not Burn" 00:00:24.35\00:00:30.19 and bolts and nuts forming jewelry. 00:00:30.23\00:00:34.83 This is a story from the Solomon Islands. 00:00:34.83\00:00:37.70 It is an amazing story that shows 00:00:37.73\00:00:41.20 the tremendous power of God. 00:00:41.24\00:00:45.07 But right now we have a special guest, 00:00:45.11\00:00:47.11 a person whom I appreciate 00:00:47.14\00:00:48.74 and respect tremendous amount. 00:00:48.78\00:00:51.28 Pastor Willie G. is going to come and sing for us. 00:00:51.31\00:00:54.72 Would you folks please welcome today, 00:00:54.75\00:00:57.19 Pastor Willie Garcia. 00:00:57.22\00:01:01.49 Thank you. Thank you my brother, thank you. 00:01:01.52\00:01:03.76 Through the valley of the shadow 00:01:36.42\00:01:40.96 To the mountains of His faith 00:01:40.96\00:01:45.77 The shepherd boy 00:01:45.80\00:01:48.04 of Judah loved to sing 00:01:48.07\00:01:54.41 In his words of adoration 00:01:54.44\00:01:59.05 And his simple songs of praise 00:01:59.08\00:02:03.89 He glorified Jehovah as his King 00:02:03.92\00:02:09.99 A giant slayer, 00:02:14.00\00:02:18.33 a psalm sayer 00:02:18.37\00:02:22.54 For the God of Jacob set apart 00:02:22.57\00:02:27.84 A joy bringer, 00:02:31.91\00:02:36.42 a psalm singer 00:02:36.45\00:02:39.99 A man after God's own heart 00:02:40.02\00:02:46.63 The boy became a ruler 00:02:53.47\00:02:58.07 Anointed for the throne 00:02:58.11\00:03:02.48 And though he sinned 00:03:02.51\00:03:04.61 He never turned away 00:03:04.65\00:03:11.42 The Lord forgave his servant 00:03:11.45\00:03:15.79 He smiled upon his own 00:03:15.82\00:03:21.06 For the God of David 00:03:21.10\00:03:23.13 is a God of grace 00:03:23.16\00:03:30.01 To the giant slayer, 00:03:30.04\00:03:34.88 the psalm sayer 00:03:34.91\00:03:39.11 For the God of Jacob set apart 00:03:39.15\00:03:45.95 Oh, Lord a joy bringer, 00:03:45.99\00:03:52.89 a psalm singer 00:03:52.93\00:03:56.03 God called him a man 00:03:56.06\00:03:58.50 after His own heart 00:03:58.53\00:04:03.37 And from his seed would come a Savior 00:04:09.24\00:04:14.18 A light unto the nations He would be 00:04:14.22\00:04:22.19 And from his land would come a ruler 00:04:22.22\00:04:27.40 The King of our salvation 00:04:27.40\00:04:32.27 Jesus Christ is He 00:04:32.30\00:04:38.34 Make me 00:04:44.45\00:04:47.48 a giant slayer, 00:04:47.52\00:04:52.79 a psalm sayer 00:04:52.82\00:04:57.03 For the God of Jacob 00:04:57.06\00:05:00.13 set apart to Jesus 00:05:00.16\00:05:06.57 A joy bringer, 00:05:06.60\00:05:10.84 a psalm singer 00:05:10.87\00:05:13.94 Lord make me a man 00:05:13.98\00:05:16.34 after your own heart 00:05:16.38\00:05:22.82 Lord make me a man 00:05:22.85\00:05:26.19 after your own heart 00:05:26.22\00:05:32.46 A man 00:05:32.49\00:05:34.96 after your own, own heart 00:05:35.00\00:05:43.04 Amen. Amen. 00:05:47.21\00:05:49.28 I am going to tell you the story today 00:05:54.65\00:05:57.32 of "The Boat That Would Not Burn." 00:05:57.35\00:06:01.79 They couldn't get it to burn. 00:06:01.82\00:06:03.96 It happened at the beginning of the Second World War. 00:06:03.99\00:06:07.40 And the place was in the Solomon Islands. 00:06:07.40\00:06:11.00 There were a bunch of Australian missionaries there 00:06:11.03\00:06:14.50 and also allied personal. 00:06:14.54\00:06:17.94 And as the Japanese came down like a wolf on the fold 00:06:17.97\00:06:24.35 because the odds of their supremacy 00:06:24.38\00:06:28.68 were quite overwhelming, 00:06:28.72\00:06:31.12 the allies retreated back to Australia. 00:06:31.15\00:06:36.49 But the last allied officer 00:06:36.52\00:06:38.96 said to Pastor Kata Rangaso, 00:06:38.99\00:06:44.20 "We can't use it, 00:06:44.23\00:06:46.23 we've got to destroy everything we've got." 00:06:46.27\00:06:48.80 That includes the mission vessels. 00:06:48.84\00:06:51.47 At that time in the South Pacific 00:06:51.51\00:06:53.71 our church had 20 mission ships. 00:06:53.74\00:06:58.98 And so the natives didn't want to do this. 00:06:59.01\00:07:02.98 But as the allies sailed away 00:07:03.02\00:07:05.85 the last order they gave away to Pastor Kata Rangaso was, 00:07:05.89\00:07:09.46 you got to destroy the boats. 00:07:09.49\00:07:12.43 What a face, folks, what a face. 00:07:12.46\00:07:15.46 What a face. 00:07:15.50\00:07:16.56 They call him out there 00:07:16.60\00:07:17.80 and they still do a prince among men. 00:07:17.83\00:07:21.87 This man who came from the stock of headhunters, 00:07:21.90\00:07:25.64 his father was a headhunter and a cannibal. 00:07:25.67\00:07:30.31 And when they go out in the jungle today, 00:07:30.35\00:07:32.25 they still find the altars 00:07:32.28\00:07:34.38 where they used to carry out 00:07:34.42\00:07:35.98 human sacrifices on those altars. 00:07:36.02\00:07:40.12 Don't tell me every religion is as good as the other. 00:07:40.16\00:07:43.79 Their religion was a religion of the devil. 00:07:43.83\00:07:46.80 They worshiped the devil 00:07:46.83\00:07:48.53 and they worshipped their ancestors. 00:07:48.56\00:07:51.53 And so we had a mission vessel there 00:07:51.57\00:07:55.47 whose name was The Portal. 00:07:55.50\00:07:57.44 And firstly they covered The Portal with coconut fiber 00:07:57.47\00:08:01.94 which burns like crazy. 00:08:01.98\00:08:04.75 And then they doused the coconut fiber 00:08:04.78\00:08:07.72 with methylated spirits. 00:08:07.75\00:08:09.25 You know what that is, don't you? 00:08:09.28\00:08:10.99 Methylated spirits, 00:08:11.02\00:08:11.95 when it burns it burns with an intense heat, 00:08:11.99\00:08:15.19 it's a blue flame and they stood back 00:08:15.22\00:08:18.59 and they threw a torch, 00:08:18.63\00:08:21.10 a flaming torch on to The Portal. 00:08:21.13\00:08:24.20 And the ship, the boat went up in a roar. 00:08:24.23\00:08:28.04 And the allies have just gone around the bank. 00:08:28.07\00:08:30.67 They just gone round the coast line. 00:08:30.71\00:08:34.08 They are out of sight. 00:08:34.11\00:08:35.84 And then all of the sudden 00:08:35.88\00:08:38.31 after the ship had caught on fire 00:08:38.35\00:08:39.95 and it was blazing the fire completely went out. 00:08:39.98\00:08:44.55 Kata Rangaso said, this is providence of God. 00:08:44.59\00:08:48.16 So they got the ship or the boat, 00:08:48.19\00:08:50.16 the mission vessel, The Portal from Australia 00:08:50.19\00:08:53.50 and they towed it up into one of the little rivers there 00:08:53.53\00:08:57.53 and they covered it up 00:08:57.57\00:08:59.27 with everything they could find, 00:08:59.30\00:09:01.84 vegetation, so nobody, 00:09:01.87\00:09:03.30 so the Japanese would not find it. 00:09:03.34\00:09:06.91 And then they had this big diesel engine, 00:09:06.94\00:09:09.08 you know what they did, they took it apart-- 00:09:09.11\00:09:14.72 they took it apart 00:09:14.75\00:09:16.38 and they gave the parts to the women. 00:09:16.42\00:09:20.26 And the women put the nuts 00:09:20.29\00:09:22.49 and the bolts around their necks 00:09:22.52\00:09:24.83 so that when the Japanese saw them 00:09:24.86\00:09:26.73 they would not think they were carrying 00:09:26.76\00:09:28.30 around their necks a diesel engine. 00:09:28.33\00:09:34.50 It's an amazing story. 00:09:34.54\00:09:36.07 They still call the boat out there, 00:09:36.10\00:09:39.07 the boat that would not burn. 00:09:39.11\00:09:44.21 When the Japanese were defeated 00:09:44.25\00:09:46.08 and driven out of the Solomon Islands 00:09:46.11\00:09:47.92 and the battle there was horrendous. 00:09:47.95\00:09:53.46 We went out and we saw 00:09:53.49\00:09:54.46 some of the down Japanese and American planes. 00:09:54.49\00:10:00.16 We ran the campaign next to a place 00:10:00.20\00:10:02.33 that was called Iron Bottom Bay. 00:10:02.36\00:10:06.67 You know why? 00:10:06.70\00:10:08.17 Because there is so much iron at the bottom of the bay. 00:10:08.20\00:10:10.74 The Americans lost a vast number of warships. 00:10:10.77\00:10:14.48 The Australians lost their biggest warship, 00:10:14.51\00:10:16.81 the HMAS Canberra ship went down to the bottom. 00:10:16.85\00:10:21.15 The Japanese eventually lost their ships too. 00:10:21.18\00:10:26.25 The Japanese in the Battle for Guadalcanal 00:10:26.29\00:10:29.16 lost 35,000 soldiers, 35,000 soldiers. 00:10:29.19\00:10:34.86 The Americans lost 5,000 soldiers 00:10:34.93\00:10:39.07 and another 5,000 with tropical diseases like malaria. 00:10:39.10\00:10:44.24 But after the Solomon Islands were liberated 00:10:44.27\00:10:47.61 from the cruel hands of the oppressor, 00:10:47.64\00:10:51.48 our missionaries went back at the end of 1945. 00:10:51.51\00:10:55.22 And Kata Rangaso was waiting for them on the beach 00:10:55.25\00:10:58.09 and he said, "I have a surprise for you." 00:10:58.12\00:11:00.92 And he took them to one of the rivers there 00:11:00.96\00:11:04.43 and there was the Portal. 00:11:04.46\00:11:06.80 They kept the Portal for five years. 00:11:06.83\00:11:10.27 And then they sounded the drums. 00:11:10.30\00:11:13.03 And as they sounded the drums, 00:11:13.07\00:11:15.37 the women from all over the island of Guadalcanal came 00:11:15.40\00:11:19.91 and they came carrying the diesel engine. 00:11:19.94\00:11:25.15 Not every part was around their necks, 00:11:25.18\00:11:27.68 there are some big heavy parts. 00:11:27.72\00:11:29.58 But they put it together and they worked on it, 00:11:29.62\00:11:33.56 they turned on the ignition, engine started up. 00:11:33.59\00:11:39.63 It's an amazing story 00:11:39.66\00:11:43.10 and it tells you that God is greater 00:11:43.13\00:11:46.30 than the hand of the enemy. 00:11:46.33\00:11:50.87 This tells you the truth that God is real 00:11:50.91\00:11:56.64 and He will take care of you. 00:11:56.68\00:11:58.68 Now let me tell you folks something 00:11:58.71\00:12:00.22 because I am talking 00:12:00.25\00:12:01.28 to a sophisticated American audience. 00:12:01.32\00:12:05.19 Let me tell you folks something. 00:12:05.22\00:12:09.26 We are not always as smart 00:12:09.29\00:12:10.96 as some of the natives in the islands. 00:12:10.99\00:12:15.06 These natives, who came from a background of devil worship 00:12:15.10\00:12:20.10 know the reality of the devil. 00:12:20.14\00:12:22.87 Did you know the devil on occasions 00:12:22.90\00:12:25.67 would actually materialize and talk to people? 00:12:25.71\00:12:29.04 I can tell you a story and nobody in America 00:12:29.08\00:12:31.31 would probably believe this story 00:12:31.35\00:12:35.25 but the chiefs like Kata Rangaso's father, 00:12:35.28\00:12:38.39 he would go down to the beach 00:12:38.42\00:12:40.86 and they would-- the natives, 00:12:40.89\00:12:43.29 the witch doctors, they would bang the water 00:12:43.32\00:12:47.50 and they would call out the names of their gods. 00:12:47.50\00:12:50.43 And the crocodiles out on the lagoon would hear 00:12:50.47\00:12:53.20 and they swim over and the sharks would come, 00:12:53.23\00:12:57.47 and down from the mountains would come the great snakes 00:12:57.51\00:13:01.38 and they would worship the devil. 00:13:01.41\00:13:03.98 Now I know this is pretty hard for you to believe. 00:13:04.01\00:13:09.05 But one of the witch doctors 00:13:09.08\00:13:10.22 went down with one of our missionaries 00:13:10.25\00:13:12.89 and he beat the water 00:13:12.92\00:13:14.66 and they saw this 25 foot shark out there, way out there. 00:13:14.69\00:13:20.76 Half a mile out on the reef 00:13:20.80\00:13:22.76 and the shark started to swim back and forth 00:13:22.80\00:13:25.50 and came towards them. 00:13:25.53\00:13:26.87 And then the shark came up on the shore, 00:13:26.90\00:13:29.87 or the-- I am sorry, the crocodile, 00:13:29.90\00:13:32.37 not a shark but a crocodile. 00:13:32.41\00:13:35.01 This vast, vast hideous creature, 00:13:35.04\00:13:37.91 he came up on the beach. 00:13:37.95\00:13:41.78 The missionary saw this 00:13:41.82\00:13:44.29 and then the witch doctor raised his hand 00:13:44.32\00:13:46.65 and cried out to his God, crocodile exploded. 00:13:46.69\00:13:51.49 Exploded, and out came 12 warriors 00:13:51.53\00:13:55.06 with bows and arrows and spears, evil spirits. 00:13:55.10\00:14:01.47 And so when you go out there, 00:14:01.50\00:14:03.47 people, you don't have to prove to them that there's a God. 00:14:03.51\00:14:06.68 They know there's a God 00:14:06.71\00:14:07.84 because they know there's a devil. 00:14:07.88\00:14:10.05 Over here because of our pseudo intellectualism 00:14:10.08\00:14:14.45 and pseudo belief system, 00:14:14.48\00:14:18.65 we find it hard to believe in God. 00:14:18.69\00:14:23.22 And many people of course want to believe in God 00:14:23.26\00:14:25.93 because God takes them to heaven 00:14:25.96\00:14:27.50 but they don't want to believe in the devil. 00:14:27.50\00:14:31.07 But the natives out in the islands 00:14:31.10\00:14:32.53 believe in the reality of God 00:14:32.57\00:14:34.57 and they believe in the reality of the devil. 00:14:34.60\00:14:39.81 And the story of "the ship that would not burn" 00:14:39.84\00:14:42.41 tells us about the reality of God 00:14:42.44\00:14:45.75 and a God who has promised to take care of His people. 00:14:45.78\00:14:49.55 I want you to take your Bible please 00:14:49.58\00:14:51.25 and come with me to Isaiah 43:1-2, 00:14:51.29\00:14:58.19 And remember, I told you last week. 00:14:58.23\00:15:01.06 When I announced that I was going to speak on spiritism, 00:15:01.10\00:15:03.77 I told you this last weak. 00:15:03.80\00:15:06.50 That as soon as I announced the topic 00:15:06.53\00:15:08.17 there came a tremendous gust of wind 00:15:08.20\00:15:10.97 that almost blew me off of the stage 00:15:11.01\00:15:13.11 and then there came a tremendous storm. 00:15:13.14\00:15:17.35 I believe that this was an attack by the devil. 00:15:17.38\00:15:21.02 And the couple of the nights later 00:15:21.05\00:15:22.15 when I was going to preach on the Mark on he beast. 00:15:22.18\00:15:25.09 As I was preaching, 00:15:25.12\00:15:26.55 I felt on the shoulder right here 00:15:26.59\00:15:29.49 a hand, firm, pushing me. 00:15:29.52\00:15:36.16 And I turned around and there was no one there, 00:15:36.20\00:15:39.07 well, at least no one I could see. 00:15:39.10\00:15:42.77 And so today, I want you tot know 00:15:42.80\00:15:44.97 that the Bible teach us 00:15:45.01\00:15:46.01 there is a real God and there is a real devil. 00:15:46.04\00:15:50.71 Please notice Isaiah 43:1-2, 00:15:50.75\00:15:55.48 "But now, this is what the Lord says, 00:15:55.52\00:15:58.32 'he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel. 00:15:58.35\00:16:04.03 Fear not, for I have redeemed you, 00:16:04.06\00:16:06.39 I have summoned you by name, you are mine. 00:16:06.43\00:16:10.60 When you pass through the waters, 00:16:10.63\00:16:12.83 I will be with you, 00:16:12.87\00:16:17.27 and when you pass through the rivers, 00:16:17.31\00:16:19.87 they will not sweep over you. 00:16:19.91\00:16:23.81 When you walk through the fire, 00:16:23.85\00:16:27.18 you will not be burned, 00:16:27.22\00:16:29.42 the flames will not set you ablaze.'" 00:16:29.45\00:16:32.29 The Bible tells me 00:16:32.32\00:16:34.02 that God would take care of His people. 00:16:34.06\00:16:38.29 And we need to have faith, 00:16:38.33\00:16:40.73 personal faith in a living God. 00:16:40.76\00:16:43.57 I want you to notice these verses, 00:16:43.60\00:16:45.53 verses 10-13 of the same chapter. 00:16:45.57\00:16:48.34 "You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, 00:16:48.37\00:16:51.57 'and my servant whom I have chosen, 00:16:51.61\00:16:53.38 so that you may know 00:16:53.41\00:16:54.84 and believe Me and understand that I am he. 00:16:54.88\00:16:59.25 Before me no God was formed, 00:16:59.28\00:17:01.18 nor will there be one after me. 00:17:01.22\00:17:03.28 I, even I, am the Lord, 00:17:03.32\00:17:05.25 and apart from me there is no savior. 00:17:05.29\00:17:09.19 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed-- 00:17:09.22\00:17:13.40 I, and not some foreign god among you. 00:17:13.43\00:17:16.33 You are my witnesses,' 00:17:16.36\00:17:18.57 declares the Lord, 'that I am God. 00:17:18.60\00:17:22.67 Yes, and from ancient times I am He. 00:17:22.70\00:17:26.57 No one can deliver out of my hand. 00:17:26.61\00:17:28.88 When I act, who can reverse it?"' 00:17:28.91\00:17:31.78 So look at me. 00:17:31.81\00:17:34.42 The Bible teaches the reality of a God 00:17:34.45\00:17:38.09 who has promised to take care of His people. 00:17:38.12\00:17:43.19 And even though in America, other parts of the world, 00:17:43.22\00:17:47.73 we are going through tough times. 00:17:47.76\00:17:51.37 Tough times do not change the character 00:17:51.40\00:17:56.20 and the power of God. 00:17:56.24\00:17:58.91 And He still loves us and He's still with us. 00:17:58.94\00:18:01.38 I want you to come to Matthew 6 to the words of Jesus. 00:18:01.41\00:18:06.15 Matthew 6, to the word of our Lord. 00:18:06.18\00:18:12.79 Matthew 6:25-34, 00:18:12.82\00:18:17.69 Matthew 6:25-34. 00:18:17.73\00:18:20.56 Now Jesus says, "Therefore I tell you, 00:18:20.60\00:18:23.26 do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, 00:18:23.30\00:18:27.90 or about your body, what you will wear. 00:18:27.94\00:18:31.84 Is not life more important than food, 00:18:31.87\00:18:34.14 and the body more important than clothes? 00:18:34.18\00:18:38.18 Look at the birds in the air, 00:18:38.21\00:18:39.81 they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, 00:18:39.85\00:18:43.79 and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. 00:18:43.82\00:18:47.29 Are you not much more valuable than they? 00:18:47.32\00:18:51.39 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 00:18:51.43\00:18:56.56 And why do you worry about clothes? 00:18:56.60\00:18:58.87 And the next one made these. 00:18:58.90\00:19:01.44 Why do you worry about clothes. 00:19:01.47\00:19:03.97 See how the lillies of the field grow. 00:19:04.01\00:19:06.17 They do not labor or spin. 00:19:06.21\00:19:08.08 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor 00:19:08.11\00:19:11.88 was dressed like one of these. 00:19:11.91\00:19:15.18 If that is how God clothes 00:19:15.22\00:19:16.52 the grass of the field, which is here today 00:19:16.55\00:19:19.39 and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, 00:19:19.42\00:19:22.16 will he not much more cloth you, 00:19:22.19\00:19:24.29 O you of little faith? 00:19:24.33\00:19:27.56 So do not worry saying, 'What shall we eat?' 00:19:27.60\00:19:31.43 or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 00:19:31.47\00:19:37.11 For the pagans run after these things 00:19:37.14\00:19:40.44 and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 00:19:40.48\00:19:43.24 But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, 00:19:43.28\00:19:47.75 and all these things will be given to you as well.' 00:19:47.78\00:19:50.85 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, 00:19:50.89\00:19:53.49 for tomorrow will worry about itself. 00:19:53.52\00:19:56.22 Each day has enough trouble of its own." 00:19:56.26\00:19:59.33 The Bible tells us we should cease from the sin of worrying 00:19:59.36\00:20:05.03 because of the reality of God 00:20:05.07\00:20:07.37 who cares for His people. Amen. 00:20:07.40\00:20:10.34 Would you come over here to Philippians, please? 00:20:10.37\00:20:13.27 This is one of my favorite text, 00:20:13.31\00:20:15.48 one of the fat texts of the Bible. 00:20:15.51\00:20:18.85 Philippians 4:19, 00:20:18.88\00:20:23.28 now I know that some of you 00:20:23.32\00:20:25.19 are going through tough times with your work 00:20:25.22\00:20:28.29 but the Bible tells me God will take care of us. 00:20:28.32\00:20:32.86 Philippians 4:19, 00:20:32.89\00:20:35.00 Paul says-- Have you got it? 00:20:35.03\00:20:37.97 "But my God will meet all your needs 00:20:38.00\00:20:42.07 according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." 00:20:42.10\00:20:47.68 Therefore look at me and listen to me, 00:20:47.71\00:20:51.28 I tell you this, it doesn't matter 00:20:51.31\00:20:53.42 what the enemy does, God can keep your boat afloat. 00:20:53.45\00:21:00.29 Amen. I believe this. 00:21:00.32\00:21:04.53 The boat will not catch on fire if God needs the boat. 00:21:04.56\00:21:08.86 So the Bible tells me, Jesus tells me, don't worry. 00:21:14.80\00:21:19.94 We should talk faith. 00:21:19.97\00:21:22.58 It is good being in the presence of some people 00:21:22.61\00:21:25.55 because they lift you up, because they talk faith. 00:21:25.58\00:21:30.52 It is not good being in the presence of some people 00:21:30.55\00:21:34.36 because they drag you down, 00:21:34.39\00:21:37.13 because they are full of negativity. 00:21:37.16\00:21:41.13 They can tell you a thousand reasons 00:21:41.16\00:21:43.47 why it cannot be done. 00:21:43.50\00:21:47.27 But we do not need too many people 00:21:47.30\00:21:49.30 like those in our lives 00:21:49.34\00:21:51.41 because they are bad for our health. 00:21:51.44\00:21:55.31 The Bible tells us we should believe 00:21:55.34\00:21:58.75 and we should talk faith. 00:21:58.78\00:22:02.08 One of the most oppressive places 00:22:02.12\00:22:05.59 I've ever been to is the great city of Calcutta 00:22:05.62\00:22:09.79 with its poverty, its hunger and its filth. 00:22:09.82\00:22:14.93 And in Calcutta there's a little church, 00:22:14.93\00:22:17.80 I went and worshiped in that little church. 00:22:17.83\00:22:20.24 And as I walked through the door 00:22:20.27\00:22:22.50 of that little church, over the portal were the words, 00:22:22.54\00:22:26.94 "attempt great things for God, expect great things from God." 00:22:26.98\00:22:33.55 That ought to be the theme 00:22:33.58\00:22:35.22 of every church in every conference 00:22:35.25\00:22:37.95 and every preacher and every lay person 00:22:37.99\00:22:41.29 of every elder and every person 00:22:41.32\00:22:43.93 who calls himself a Christian. 00:22:43.96\00:22:47.40 "Attempt great things for God, expect great things from God" 00:22:47.46\00:22:52.87 because He is real. Amen. 00:22:52.90\00:22:57.41 Remember this. 00:22:57.44\00:22:58.77 God can keep your boat afloat 00:22:58.81\00:23:01.34 and God can put out the fire 00:23:01.38\00:23:04.48 but there was another mission boat. 00:23:04.51\00:23:09.82 I do not know how to say the name, 00:23:09.85\00:23:12.32 I think it is a New Zealand name, 00:23:12.35\00:23:15.56 Finadery Tokke, I think it is. 00:23:15.59\00:23:20.03 Another boat, same size as the Portal. 00:23:20.06\00:23:23.33 When they set the fire to that boat, 00:23:23.37\00:23:26.84 the boat burned to the water line. 00:23:26.87\00:23:31.57 And somebody will say to me, 00:23:31.61\00:23:32.91 then explain that for the loving God. 00:23:32.94\00:23:35.48 I don't need to explain it. That is why I have faith. 00:23:35.51\00:23:40.25 We don't need, we are not called to be smart, 00:23:40.28\00:23:43.42 we are called to trust. 00:23:43.45\00:23:46.05 On the reality the evidence of God is given to us. 00:23:46.09\00:23:51.29 But I can tell you this, if God lets your boat burn, 00:23:51.33\00:23:56.80 it's because He's got a better plan for you. Amen. 00:23:56.83\00:24:01.40 Now look at Romans 8:28. 00:24:01.44\00:24:04.97 Romans 8, some people, my friend loose their faith 00:24:05.01\00:24:09.08 when trouble comes but we should be strong 00:24:09.11\00:24:12.95 in the midst of adversity like Kata Rangaso. 00:24:12.98\00:24:18.32 Romans 8:28, Paul says, 00:24:18.35\00:24:22.46 "And we know," it's good to know. 00:24:22.49\00:24:25.86 "And we know that in all things 00:24:25.89\00:24:27.96 God works for the good of those who love him, 00:24:27.96\00:24:31.47 who have been called according to his purpose." 00:24:31.50\00:24:34.57 The Bible tells me this that in spite of circumstances, 00:24:34.60\00:24:40.01 God has a plan for every life. 00:24:40.04\00:24:44.58 God is real. God is omnipresent. 00:24:44.61\00:24:48.18 God cares for people and remember this, 00:24:48.22\00:24:51.35 God can keep your boat afloat 00:24:51.39\00:24:54.39 and if He chooses that boat to burn, 00:24:54.42\00:24:57.23 it's because He's got a better boat for you. 00:24:57.26\00:25:03.23 Somebody says, "I've lost my job, what shall I do?" 00:25:03.26\00:25:06.50 Well, God has a better job for you. 00:25:06.53\00:25:08.57 Amen. You see. 00:25:08.60\00:25:10.91 People say, "I am going to loose my home." 00:25:10.94\00:25:13.51 My friend, you got a better home in glory. Amen. 00:25:13.54\00:25:19.21 Because of the reality of God. 00:25:19.25\00:25:25.22 The courage of the Solomon Island 00:25:25.25\00:25:27.29 is during those dark days of the Second World War 00:25:27.32\00:25:31.39 when the Japanese were planning to use Guadalcanal 00:25:31.43\00:25:35.56 as a launching pad to come down and attack Australia. 00:25:35.60\00:25:42.94 But those Solomon Island had showed 00:25:42.97\00:25:45.17 a tremendous courage and they still do. 00:25:45.21\00:25:51.11 There was a boy who was a new convert from heathenism. 00:25:51.15\00:25:55.35 My fiend, we here have no idea of the degradation 00:25:55.38\00:25:59.62 and the evil of heathenism. 00:25:59.65\00:26:04.43 Where people would go where the chief-- 00:26:04.46\00:26:06.59 Kata Rangaso's father was the chief of chiefs 00:26:06.63\00:26:10.27 and when he died Kata Rangaso 00:26:10.30\00:26:12.73 who became an ordain minister of the gospel of our church, 00:26:12.77\00:26:16.77 he became the chief of chiefs. 00:26:16.81\00:26:20.41 But his father captured a young Solomon Islander boy 00:26:20.44\00:26:24.38 for one purpose and that was 00:26:24.41\00:26:27.98 to offer him up as a human sacrifice 00:26:28.02\00:26:31.02 and then to eat him. 00:26:31.05\00:26:34.69 You say, not in our own day, no. 00:26:34.72\00:26:36.62 this goes back before the Second World War 00:26:36.66\00:26:40.36 when the Australian missionaries went there in the early 1900, 00:26:40.40\00:26:45.23 they came upon people 00:26:45.27\00:26:46.77 who were cannibals and headhunters. 00:26:46.80\00:26:49.77 That is why the British government said, 00:26:49.80\00:26:51.91 don't go because we cannot guarantee your safety. 00:26:51.94\00:26:56.21 But there was a young Solomon islander boy 00:26:56.24\00:26:59.81 and this boy had been converted from heathenism. 00:26:59.85\00:27:03.82 And he had become a born again Christian 00:27:03.85\00:27:07.59 who relied upon the Word of God. 00:27:07.62\00:27:11.49 When the Japanese overran Guadalcanal 00:27:11.53\00:27:14.46 and the rest of the Solomon Islands 00:27:14.50\00:27:17.17 they rounded up many of the mission boys 00:27:17.20\00:27:21.07 and they said, "Tell us, 00:27:21.10\00:27:23.10 where the white people are hiding?" 00:27:23.14\00:27:26.31 Because the allies had representatives 00:27:26.34\00:27:31.21 hiding up in the mountains 00:27:31.25\00:27:33.28 so they could plot the activities of the enemy. 00:27:33.31\00:27:38.52 And when they asked some of the boys from some missions, 00:27:38.55\00:27:42.66 "Where are the white people?" 00:27:42.69\00:27:44.49 The boys replied, "Me no savvy." 00:27:44.53\00:27:48.33 Which means, I do not know, it's Pidgin English. 00:27:48.36\00:27:51.93 Me no savvy. 00:27:51.97\00:27:53.27 But when they came to this seventh day boy 00:27:53.30\00:27:55.80 and remember this, this boy had been taught the Bible 00:27:55.84\00:27:59.57 and he had been taught the Ten Commandments. 00:27:59.61\00:28:03.71 And the Ten Commandments tell us that it is a sin to lie. 00:28:03.75\00:28:10.95 When a person is converted to Christ, 00:28:10.99\00:28:13.99 he will not be a liar, never forget it. 00:28:14.02\00:28:21.13 The Bible says outside the gates of the city are all liars. 00:28:21.16\00:28:27.47 And this boy had been taught, it was wrong to lie 00:28:31.17\00:28:34.28 and when the Japanese officer said, 00:28:34.31\00:28:36.54 "Tell us where the white men are." 00:28:36.58\00:28:38.88 He didn't say, me no savvy." 00:28:38.91\00:28:40.78 He said I will not tell you 00:28:40.82\00:28:44.52 because I've been taught not to lie. 00:28:44.55\00:28:48.29 They flogged him with a whip, 00:28:48.32\00:28:52.33 they took the meat off his back 00:28:52.36\00:28:56.90 and then they pulled out all his finger nails 00:28:56.93\00:29:00.17 and all his toe nails. 00:29:00.20\00:29:02.24 And He said, "I will not tell you." 00:29:06.54\00:29:09.58 And so after beating him to a state of unconsciousness, 00:29:09.61\00:29:13.52 they threw this Solomon islander boy into prison, 00:29:13.55\00:29:19.49 planning to shoot him. 00:29:19.52\00:29:23.16 By the grace of God, he was able to escape 00:29:23.19\00:29:28.00 and lived to tell the tale. 00:29:28.03\00:29:31.73 I asked the question, 00:29:31.77\00:29:33.70 what gave to this boy out of heathenism such courage 00:29:33.74\00:29:39.61 because most of us wouldn't have it today. 00:29:39.64\00:29:42.28 And let me tell you folks something 00:29:42.31\00:29:44.11 and here it is to my friends in Los Angeles, 00:29:44.15\00:29:48.08 we live not in a Christian culture 00:29:48.12\00:29:52.39 but in a pagan heathen culture. 00:29:52.42\00:29:58.23 Most of the television programs are pagan to the core. 00:29:58.26\00:30:03.93 They are based on the worship of the creature. 00:30:03.97\00:30:10.07 They even call people idols 00:30:10.11\00:30:13.04 and Christian say, "But this is fine." 00:30:13.07\00:30:15.78 Not if you plan to be saved. 00:30:15.81\00:30:19.11 So we live in a pagan, heathen culture 00:30:19.15\00:30:22.78 and unless you walk with God, 00:30:22.82\00:30:25.12 you will become paganized and turned 00:30:25.15\00:30:28.66 into that which is even worse than a pagan, a heathen. 00:30:28.69\00:30:35.10 But what gave this boy 00:30:35.13\00:30:37.40 fresh out of heathenism such courage? 00:30:37.43\00:30:43.14 I want you to turn to 1 John 2:12-17. 00:30:43.17\00:30:48.34 1 John 2:12 and onwards, 00:30:48.38\00:30:55.48 the words of Saint John. 00:30:55.52\00:30:58.32 1 John 2:12, "I write to you, dear children," 00:30:58.35\00:31:02.66 over towards the Book of Revelation, 00:31:02.69\00:31:04.16 I will give you a moment to find it. 00:31:04.19\00:31:06.19 But this is a Bible reading, 00:31:06.23\00:31:08.06 Bible preaching church. Amen. 00:31:08.10\00:31:11.73 "I write to you, dear children, 00:31:11.77\00:31:13.20 because your sins have been forgiven 00:31:13.23\00:31:16.37 on account of his name. 00:31:16.40\00:31:19.64 I write to you, fathers, 00:31:19.67\00:31:21.01 because you have known him who is from the beginning. 00:31:21.04\00:31:26.18 I write to you, young men, 00:31:26.21\00:31:28.35 because you have overcome the evil one. 00:31:28.38\00:31:32.55 I write to you, dear children, 00:31:32.59\00:31:35.26 because you have known the Father. 00:31:35.29\00:31:38.63 I write to you, fathers, 00:31:38.66\00:31:40.46 because you have known him who is from the beginning. 00:31:40.50\00:31:44.73 I write to you, young men, 00:31:44.77\00:31:49.67 because you are strong, 00:31:49.70\00:31:53.84 and the words of God lives in you, 00:31:53.88\00:31:56.04 and you have overcome the evil one." 00:31:56.08\00:31:59.15 Look at the blackboard. 00:31:59.18\00:32:02.72 The word of God lives in you 00:32:02.75\00:32:06.76 and you are strong, and you are strong 00:32:06.79\00:32:11.19 because the Word of God dwells in you. 00:32:11.23\00:32:14.73 Now, I've been a pastor for many years, 00:32:19.63\00:32:21.80 many people say to me, "But I just can't do it." 00:32:21.84\00:32:26.57 Change the can't and say I won't do it, 00:32:26.61\00:32:29.51 'cause that's the truth. 00:32:29.54\00:32:31.45 We should change the can't into won't 00:32:31.48\00:32:35.88 because I can do all things through Christ 00:32:35.92\00:32:39.62 and when Word of God is inside a man or a woman, 00:32:39.65\00:32:44.59 that person becomes strong. 00:32:44.63\00:32:49.93 Weak in himself but strong in Christ. 00:32:49.96\00:32:55.47 I want you to know this. 00:32:55.50\00:32:57.14 The Word of God lives in you and you are strong. 00:32:57.17\00:33:00.74 I quote this book here by Minirth Meier, 00:33:00.78\00:33:04.71 Happiness is a Choice. 00:33:04.75\00:33:08.05 These Christian physiatrists say 00:33:08.08\00:33:11.65 most of our problems come about 00:33:11.69\00:33:13.96 because we are too lazy to read the word. 00:33:13.99\00:33:20.40 And when people say, "I cannot be happy," 00:33:20.43\00:33:23.13 he tells them, "you must say, I will not be happy." 00:33:23.16\00:33:26.70 Admit, it is your reason. 00:33:26.74\00:33:30.14 You are the reason why you are not happy. 00:33:30.17\00:33:32.94 He says this, "The renewing of the mind 00:33:32.97\00:33:36.95 is a gradual process that begins 00:33:36.98\00:33:39.08 at the time of acceptance of Christ, 00:33:39.11\00:33:42.45 The time of the new birth 00:33:42.48\00:33:44.25 and of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 00:33:44.29\00:33:46.76 This renewing of the mind 00:33:46.79\00:33:48.49 is not a once for all phenomenon, 00:33:48.52\00:33:50.99 it begins at the time of the new birth 00:33:51.03\00:33:53.40 and continues throughout life. 00:33:53.43\00:33:56.06 If the mind has a substantial amount of bad programming 00:33:56.10\00:33:59.93 during the early years, 00:34:00.04\00:34:01.60 it may take many years to reprogram it 00:34:01.64\00:34:05.91 in a more healthy direction. 00:34:05.94\00:34:07.48 However, it can be reprogrammed." 00:34:07.51\00:34:11.38 First of all the mind can be reprogrammed 00:34:11.41\00:34:15.02 by using the Word of God. 00:34:15.05\00:34:18.22 And then he gives many texts, 00:34:18.25\00:34:20.49 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. 00:34:20.52\00:34:23.83 It shall not return to me void, 00:34:23.86\00:34:26.26 but shall accomplish that which I please 00:34:26.29\00:34:28.76 and it shall prosper in the thing 00:34:28.80\00:34:30.83 where unto I send it." 00:34:30.87\00:34:35.00 He writes pages on this and he says to his patients, 00:34:35.04\00:34:39.94 if you want to be happy 00:34:39.97\00:34:43.75 and if you want to overcome your weakness 00:34:43.78\00:34:47.65 and if you want to overcome your depression, 00:34:47.68\00:34:51.22 read and study everyday 00:34:51.25\00:34:56.73 in a systematic way the Bible, 00:34:56.76\00:35:00.96 the Word of God, the Word of God. 00:35:01.00\00:35:04.93 I am here to tell you this. 00:35:04.97\00:35:07.37 Makes weak people strong, 00:35:07.40\00:35:10.84 it imparts endurance, courage, 00:35:10.87\00:35:13.71 fortitude, stability, love and life. 00:35:13.74\00:35:19.85 Today and rightly so, there is much talk 00:35:19.88\00:35:24.55 about the future of the United States of America. 00:35:24.59\00:35:29.86 But before we even contemplate that question, 00:35:29.89\00:35:32.49 we should go to an early question 00:35:32.53\00:35:34.36 which is more important. 00:35:34.36\00:35:35.63 What made America great? America-- 00:35:35.66\00:35:41.70 we must never, never forget, 00:35:41.74\00:35:44.77 America was founded 00:35:44.81\00:35:48.38 by the puritans and the Pilgrim Fathers, 00:35:48.41\00:35:55.35 but people who believed 00:35:55.38\00:35:58.42 in the authority of the Word of God. 00:35:58.45\00:36:02.22 The Pilgrim Fathers, a persecuted people 00:36:02.26\00:36:06.03 came to America to get away from the beast. 00:36:06.06\00:36:10.97 They believed in the centrality of the Holy Word of God. 00:36:11.00\00:36:17.01 What was it like going to church on Sunday? 00:36:17.04\00:36:20.01 That they believed was the Sabbath 00:36:20.04\00:36:21.71 in the days of the Pilgrim Fathers, 00:36:21.74\00:36:24.41 it's hard to believe it. 00:36:24.45\00:36:27.45 They would go early in the morning 00:36:27.48\00:36:29.98 and the sermon would last several hours. 00:36:30.02\00:36:35.76 The prayer alone would be an hour. 00:36:35.79\00:36:39.36 Then they will be given a break to go home 00:36:39.39\00:36:41.56 and get something to eat 00:36:41.60\00:36:42.90 and they will be back to church to study the Word of God. 00:36:42.93\00:36:46.74 We say, crazy people. No, the best. 00:36:46.77\00:36:51.87 And that brought forth America, the Word of God 00:36:51.91\00:36:56.34 and people who have the Word of God inside them. 00:36:56.38\00:36:59.71 The Bible made those early Americans a strong, 00:36:59.75\00:37:05.15 industrious, honest, uncomplaining, 00:37:05.19\00:37:09.72 patient independent people. 00:37:09.76\00:37:14.23 The soul of America that was forged in the files 00:37:14.30\00:37:19.20 of a friction was packed full of-- listen to it, 00:37:19.23\00:37:26.04 Soul of America, courage, independence, 00:37:26.07\00:37:32.01 I will stand alone if need be. Creativity. 00:37:32.05\00:37:37.69 Self reliance, I will trust in God 00:37:37.72\00:37:42.06 and in my own hands. 00:37:42.09\00:37:44.46 Honesty, a prodigious knowledge of scripture 00:37:44.49\00:37:49.70 and-- as somebody said on meet the press last Sunday 00:37:49.73\00:37:55.07 and they were discussing 00:37:55.10\00:37:56.67 the state of United States of America, 00:37:56.71\00:37:59.31 they said, America was founded on 00:37:59.34\00:38:03.31 the protestant work ethic. 00:38:03.35\00:38:08.18 That means under God, 00:38:08.22\00:38:11.99 I will be what God has called me to be. 00:38:12.02\00:38:15.42 And America became a light on a hill, 00:38:15.46\00:38:19.49 an example to the nations of the world 00:38:19.53\00:38:23.40 and a nation to be wondered at. 00:38:23.43\00:38:28.24 I quote from this famous book, 00:38:28.27\00:38:30.27 The Great Controversy 00:38:30.31\00:38:32.64 and I understand that Elder Ted Wilson, 00:38:32.67\00:38:37.78 the president of the General Conference 00:38:37.81\00:38:39.61 is going to print these by the hundreds of the thousands 00:38:39.65\00:38:43.28 and the millions and give them out 00:38:43.32\00:38:45.69 and I say, God bless you Elder Wilson, do it. 00:38:45.72\00:38:51.59 Listen to what Ellen White said about America, 00:38:51.63\00:38:56.36 "The Bible was held as a foundation of faith, 00:38:56.40\00:39:00.07 the source of wisdom, and the charter of liberty. 00:39:00.10\00:39:06.07 Its principles were diligently taught in the home, 00:39:06.11\00:39:09.21 in the school, and in the church, 00:39:09.24\00:39:11.65 and its fruits were manifest in thrift, 00:39:11.68\00:39:14.62 intelligence, purity, and temperance. 00:39:14.65\00:39:19.25 One might be for years a dweller in the Puritan settlements, 00:39:19.29\00:39:24.29 and not see a drunkard, 00:39:24.33\00:39:26.43 or hear an oath, or meet a beggar." 00:39:26.46\00:39:30.37 And today, you turn on television 00:39:30.40\00:39:33.07 and every second word is a word of blasphemy. 00:39:33.10\00:39:35.84 Oh my God, you hear the name of Christ blasphemed 00:39:35.87\00:39:40.04 but you never hear the name of Mohammed mentioned 00:39:40.08\00:39:43.75 because they are afraid. 00:39:43.78\00:39:47.62 "It was demonstrated that the principles of the Bible 00:39:47.65\00:39:50.95 are the surest safeguards of national greatness. 00:39:50.99\00:39:55.72 The feeble and isolated colonies grew 00:39:55.76\00:39:58.59 to a confederation of powerful states, 00:39:58.63\00:40:03.06 and the world marked with wonder 00:40:03.10\00:40:05.33 the peace and prosperity of "a church 00:40:05.37\00:40:08.40 without a pope, and a state without a king." 00:40:08.44\00:40:12.47 That's the greatness of America. 00:40:12.51\00:40:14.34 Give that up and you are finished. 00:40:14.38\00:40:18.91 "But continually increasing numbers 00:40:18.95\00:40:20.95 were attracted to the shores of America, 00:40:20.98\00:40:23.69 actuated by motives 00:40:23.72\00:40:25.49 widely different from those of the first Pilgrims. 00:40:25.52\00:40:30.53 Though the primitive faith and purity exerted 00:40:30.56\00:40:33.60 a widespread and molding power, 00:40:33.63\00:40:37.37 yet its influence became less and less 00:40:37.40\00:40:40.10 as the numbers increased of those 00:40:40.14\00:40:42.54 who sought only worldly advantage." 00:40:42.57\00:40:47.48 Listen to me. 00:40:47.51\00:40:51.01 The greatness of America was founded not in her armies 00:40:51.05\00:40:58.52 and not in her political institutions 00:40:58.55\00:41:02.82 but in the Bible and in God. Amen. 00:41:02.86\00:41:06.29 I'll light on, here an example to the nations. 00:41:09.33\00:41:14.80 The president of the United States, 00:41:14.84\00:41:16.60 President Obama recently commenting 00:41:16.64\00:41:19.94 on great changes taking place in the USA, 00:41:19.97\00:41:24.28 China and the rest of the world said, 00:41:24.31\00:41:28.08 we have become a little soft. 00:41:28.12\00:41:31.72 Immediately some took offence and said, 00:41:31.75\00:41:35.36 "He is insulting us, we are strong." 00:41:35.39\00:41:38.89 We are only as strong 00:41:44.47\00:41:48.34 as the Word of God is within us. 00:41:48.37\00:41:53.84 Are you listening to me my American friends? 00:41:53.88\00:41:57.21 We are only as strong as the Word of God is in us. 00:41:57.25\00:42:01.32 Look at this. 00:42:01.35\00:42:02.35 The Word of God lives in you, the Bible says. 00:42:02.38\00:42:06.86 The Word of God lives in you, 00:42:06.89\00:42:08.42 young men and you are strong 00:42:08.46\00:42:11.06 but if the Word of God does not live in you, 00:42:11.09\00:42:15.70 then you are weak 00:42:15.73\00:42:18.67 and we have become a little soft. 00:42:18.70\00:42:24.64 And I think he was being kind. 00:42:24.67\00:42:28.84 Somebody put this on my desk some time ago. 00:42:28.88\00:42:33.58 It's from one of the local newspapers here 00:42:33.62\00:42:36.42 in Arcadia in this district, 00:42:36.45\00:42:38.45 "Picking what you like from religion-- 00:42:38.49\00:42:41.49 "let me read it to you. 00:42:41.52\00:42:43.09 Compare this with the faith of our fathers. 00:42:43.12\00:42:47.86 A study by Life Way Research has found 00:42:47.93\00:42:50.10 that many Americans are moving away 00:42:50.13\00:42:52.37 from clearly define denominations 00:42:52.40\00:42:55.07 towards tailoring their beliefs to suit 00:42:55.10\00:42:57.61 their own personal preferences. 00:42:57.64\00:43:00.74 How nice. It's true in Australia too. 00:43:00.78\00:43:03.95 Also and in Europe. 00:43:03.98\00:43:06.45 Also a new survey of 900 US Protestant pastors finds 00:43:06.48\00:43:11.49 62 predict the importance of being identified 00:43:11.52\00:43:15.29 with the denomination 00:43:15.32\00:43:16.69 will diminish over the next 10 years. 00:43:16.73\00:43:19.43 The findings are supported by a new book, 00:43:19.46\00:43:22.73 Futurecast written by religious statistics expert George Barna. 00:43:22.76\00:43:29.70 Tracking statistics from 1991 to 2011. 00:43:29.74\00:43:34.81 He found that all major trends of religious belief 00:43:34.84\00:43:38.61 were diminishing except two. 00:43:38.65\00:43:42.28 More people have accepted Jesus 00:43:42.32\00:43:44.79 and believe they will go to heaven 00:43:44.82\00:43:47.82 and fewer people are attending church 00:43:47.86\00:43:50.83 except for weddings and funerals. 00:43:50.86\00:43:56.40 Barna blames pastors for these thing. 00:43:56.43\00:43:59.37 People end up bored, burned out and empty. 00:43:59.40\00:44:07.18 They look at church and wonder, Jesus died for this? 00:44:07.21\00:44:12.58 And I'd people say, I believe in God, 00:44:12.61\00:44:15.68 I believe the Bible is a good book 00:44:15.72\00:44:18.25 and then I believe whatever I want. 00:44:18.29\00:44:24.39 Judaism is also facing a similar issue. 00:44:24.43\00:44:27.83 Let me tell you, when people say, 00:44:27.86\00:44:32.13 I will believe what suits me 00:44:32.17\00:44:35.27 and I will cherry pick, 00:44:35.30\00:44:39.57 the angel of death is at the door. 00:44:39.61\00:44:47.22 And it's not just the pastors. 00:44:47.25\00:44:52.49 And I am sure pastors have got to share the blame 00:44:52.52\00:44:59.69 but if congregations and pastors 00:44:59.73\00:45:03.33 who want an easy way home to heaven 00:45:03.37\00:45:05.70 when Jesus said, "Narrow is the gate 00:45:05.73\00:45:09.30 and few there will be to find it." 00:45:09.34\00:45:11.57 That's what Jesus said. 00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94 I enjoy visiting my doctors. 00:45:19.48\00:45:22.38 They are both Jewish doctors 00:45:22.42\00:45:24.95 and they are sort of my good friends, 00:45:24.99\00:45:27.19 Dr Jack Gindi, Dr. Andre Yusafia. 00:45:27.22\00:45:31.96 We do very little medicine, 00:45:31.99\00:45:33.86 we do a lot of discussing on theology. 00:45:33.90\00:45:37.00 We discuss prophecy, Israel and Bible prophecy. 00:45:37.03\00:45:41.07 What about Jesus the Messiah? 00:45:41.10\00:45:43.14 These guys are very kind to me. 00:45:43.17\00:45:46.07 I probably put up their blood pressure 00:45:46.11\00:45:47.91 more than they put up mine 00:45:47.94\00:45:49.94 but when I go to heaven, test with my Jewish doctors 00:45:49.98\00:45:53.78 whom I love and appreciate 00:45:53.82\00:45:55.65 and respect, I wouldn't go to others. 00:45:55.68\00:45:59.19 They take my blood pressure 00:45:59.22\00:46:02.92 and I pump it up 00:46:02.96\00:46:04.53 and I am trying to think peaceful thoughts. 00:46:04.56\00:46:07.76 And then they take a blood test to see how my cholesterol is, 00:46:07.76\00:46:11.27 how my HDL is and my LDL. 00:46:11.30\00:46:14.74 So the bad is down and the good is up. 00:46:14.77\00:46:18.77 And then they test all of my bones 00:46:18.81\00:46:22.41 and prod at me and they look at me 00:46:22.44\00:46:25.31 and tell me how I am doing. 00:46:25.35\00:46:31.45 I want to be a physician for a moment. 00:46:31.49\00:46:34.12 And when I went to see one of my doctors, 00:46:34.16\00:46:36.49 Dr. Yusafia, he was having a hard time. 00:46:36.52\00:46:39.89 He is so caring for people. 00:46:39.93\00:46:42.13 These are the most caring doctors 00:46:42.16\00:46:43.47 I've met anywhere. 00:46:43.50\00:46:45.87 And I said to him when I went to see him 00:46:45.90\00:46:48.27 because he was having a hard time. 00:46:48.30\00:46:50.01 I said, "Now, can I be your doctor for 10 minutes?" 00:46:50.04\00:46:53.14 He said, "I wish you would." 00:46:53.17\00:46:54.68 So I was his doctor for 10 minutes. 00:46:54.71\00:46:56.64 I tell him that, "What are you eating? 00:46:56.68\00:46:58.51 You know you shouldn't be eating that. 00:46:58.55\00:47:00.28 You tell me not to eat that 00:47:00.32\00:47:01.35 and why you are eating that? 00:47:01.38\00:47:02.65 How much exercise--" 00:47:02.68\00:47:03.59 "You know, I know I am not doing a lot-- 00:47:03.62\00:47:05.09 "I said, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 00:47:05.12\00:47:07.39 Here you are, you're not exercising. 00:47:07.42\00:47:10.89 I want you around 00:47:10.93\00:47:12.16 and the way you are going doctor, 00:47:12.19\00:47:13.56 you are going to be dead. I will be taking your funeral." 00:47:13.60\00:47:15.96 So let me be your doctor, okay. 00:47:16.00\00:47:20.90 Here's a spiritual check up, 00:47:20.94\00:47:22.17 Do you study your Bible on a regular basis, 00:47:22.20\00:47:24.87 on a daily basis? 00:47:24.91\00:47:26.37 Don't answer loud, but answer yourself. 00:47:26.41\00:47:28.91 Be honest. 00:47:28.94\00:47:30.25 How many hours a day do you watch TV? 00:47:30.28\00:47:33.08 Is Christ the center of your life 00:47:33.11\00:47:35.78 or is He like your appendix? 00:47:35.82\00:47:38.82 Do you care for people? 00:47:38.85\00:47:40.79 Do you love your neighbor as yourself 00:47:40.82\00:47:42.69 or do you live for yourself? 00:47:42.72\00:47:44.89 Do you have a personal experience with Christ? 00:47:44.93\00:47:48.23 You know, you have a personal experience with God. 00:47:48.26\00:47:51.50 Do you often say, I am sorry, I am sorry? 00:47:51.53\00:47:54.17 Or do you say, no, I don't say that 00:47:54.20\00:47:55.90 because if a person doesn't say 00:47:55.94\00:47:57.21 he's sorry, he is not a Christian? 00:47:57.24\00:47:59.64 Do you keep the Lord's day 00:47:59.67\00:48:02.01 or do you go shopping on the Lord's day, 00:48:02.04\00:48:04.15 watching TV, politics and sports? 00:48:04.18\00:48:07.22 Are you ruled by your emotions? 00:48:07.25\00:48:10.45 Now, folks, I want you to know this. 00:48:10.49\00:48:13.19 It is not easy to be a Christian. 00:48:13.22\00:48:17.13 People say, no, no, it is. 00:48:17.16\00:48:18.33 No, no it's not. 00:48:18.36\00:48:19.93 Would you come over here Matthew 10 00:48:19.96\00:48:22.13 and I want you to notice a verse or two here. 00:48:22.16\00:48:26.74 Matthew 10, look at verse 21. 00:48:26.77\00:48:31.24 We are going to leave out a few passages. 00:48:31.27\00:48:33.88 "Brother will betray brother to death, 00:48:33.91\00:48:35.68 and a father his child, 00:48:35.71\00:48:37.28 children will rebel against their parents 00:48:37.31\00:48:39.18 and have them put to death. 00:48:39.21\00:48:40.52 All men will hate you because of me, 00:48:40.55\00:48:43.32 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." 00:48:43.35\00:48:45.69 That doesn't sound easy to me. 00:48:45.72\00:48:48.99 If you come down to verse 34 00:48:49.02\00:48:51.23 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. 00:48:51.26\00:48:54.30 I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 00:48:54.30\00:48:58.20 For I have come to turn a man against his father..:"' 00:48:58.23\00:48:59.90 And then He goes on. 00:48:59.93\00:49:01.57 Verse 37, "Anyone who loves his father or mother 00:49:01.60\00:49:04.77 more than me is not worthy of me." 00:49:04.81\00:49:07.74 And verse 38, "Anyone who does not take his cross 00:49:07.78\00:49:10.35 and follow me is not worthy of me." 00:49:10.38\00:49:12.38 Folks, it's not easy. 00:49:12.41\00:49:19.75 Now there are four valuable truths 00:49:19.79\00:49:26.46 that I learned again in the Solomons. 00:49:26.49\00:49:29.63 Number one. God is absolutely real. 00:49:29.66\00:49:34.87 I felt the presence of God. I felt the mantle of power. 00:49:34.90\00:49:40.34 I felt also the force of evil spirits. 00:49:40.38\00:49:43.68 I believe in a real God and a real devil. 00:49:43.71\00:49:46.98 Number two. 00:49:47.02\00:49:48.25 The Word of God has power to change lives. 00:49:48.28\00:49:51.32 I know it is so. 00:49:51.35\00:49:54.96 No man can get a crowd out like we got out there. 00:49:54.99\00:49:59.09 Politicians can't do this 00:49:59.13\00:50:00.56 while the politicians came to our meetings. 00:50:00.60\00:50:02.90 You know where the power is, it' in here. 00:50:02.93\00:50:05.47 It's in the Word of God. 00:50:05.50\00:50:07.04 The Bible can change lives 00:50:07.07\00:50:08.97 but it can't change your life if you don't read it. 00:50:09.00\00:50:12.91 Number three. God will take care of us. 00:50:12.94\00:50:15.24 He can keep our boat afloat. 00:50:15.28\00:50:17.98 The Thursday night before we started, 00:50:18.01\00:50:21.08 we had a dress rehearsal, turned on our big PA system, 00:50:21.12\00:50:25.39 the great spotlights. 00:50:25.42\00:50:28.06 Turn on the four projectors everything was great. 00:50:28.09\00:50:31.03 Sharon was about to sing and then the power went out. 00:50:31.06\00:50:34.03 We blew the power. 00:50:34.10\00:50:36.77 Our guys had to run around at the last moment 00:50:36.80\00:50:39.33 and they had to find a-- 00:50:39.37\00:50:41.67 fancy shopping in the Solomons for a big heavy electric cable. 00:50:41.70\00:50:47.78 Harold Hawkins said to me, I don't even know, 00:50:47.81\00:50:49.91 he said, whether we are going to have a meeting 00:50:49.94\00:50:54.55 because it didn't look so we are going to get a public garden 00:50:54.58\00:50:57.05 because God will take care of us. 00:50:57.09\00:51:01.36 And number four. 00:51:01.39\00:51:03.06 We are called to be disciples 00:51:03.09\00:51:07.40 and that includes enduring hardness as good soldiers. 00:51:07.46\00:51:11.87 We are called to be disciples. 00:51:11.90\00:51:15.47 That includes enduring hardness 00:51:15.50\00:51:17.17 as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. 00:51:17.21\00:51:19.97 It is not always easy, it is usually hard. 00:51:20.01\00:51:25.88 Kata Rangaso was saved from heathenism 00:51:25.91\00:51:30.39 and devil worship 00:51:30.42\00:51:32.59 and the brutal act of an army officer 00:51:32.62\00:51:36.09 who was later given a dishonorable discharge. 00:51:36.12\00:51:40.13 I went out to his tomb, 00:51:40.16\00:51:42.66 a man whose father had been a cannibal 00:51:42.70\00:51:46.63 and a devil worshipper. 00:51:46.67\00:51:49.44 And you say it doesn't work. It works. 00:51:49.47\00:51:54.91 If we will do as God has told us to do 00:51:54.94\00:51:59.81 and open up the Word of God 00:51:59.85\00:52:02.08 and come to church 00:52:02.12\00:52:03.79 and shake ourselves from the paganism 00:52:03.82\00:52:07.49 that is taking over our society. 00:52:07.52\00:52:12.86 One day this man, who put his hand on my head 00:52:12.89\00:52:18.10 when I was five years of age. 00:52:18.13\00:52:20.27 And encourage me to be a missionary, 00:52:20.30\00:52:22.74 which I am because I have a mission. 00:52:22.77\00:52:27.94 This man who is buried out on the campus of Betikama, 00:52:27.98\00:52:33.38 out there in a shaded little glam, 00:52:33.42\00:52:35.85 called, they call him a prince among men. 00:52:35.88\00:52:41.26 That man is going to be with Jesus 00:52:41.29\00:52:47.40 in the resurrection. 00:52:47.46\00:52:51.03 Christ is going to come and Kata Rangaso 00:52:51.07\00:52:55.07 and the saints of God of all the ages, 00:52:55.10\00:52:57.54 even from a place as pagan as Los Angeles. 00:52:57.57\00:53:01.64 There will be saints saved even in Los Angeles. 00:53:01.68\00:53:05.21 Amen. And in New York. 00:53:05.25\00:53:07.22 You say, even. Yes, even. 00:53:07.25\00:53:09.68 Because it's 1,000 times easy to win souls 00:53:09.72\00:53:13.39 among the pagans in the islands 00:53:13.42\00:53:15.69 than it is to preach the gospel in pagan Los Angeles. 00:53:15.72\00:53:19.63 The God is going to have, I believe a wonderful, 00:53:19.66\00:53:24.10 wonderful company of souls saved from Los Angeles 00:53:24.13\00:53:29.97 and Sydney and Melbourne and Brisbane 00:53:30.01\00:53:33.94 and New York and Chicago 00:53:33.98\00:53:36.44 and London and the islands of the seas. 00:53:36.48\00:53:42.35 Remember about the boat that would not burn. 00:53:42.38\00:53:49.52 The Carter report is a self supporting ministry 00:53:49.56\00:53:52.73 with a global mission. 00:53:52.76\00:53:54.40 We believe that the most important thing 00:53:54.46\00:53:56.46 that we can do in this tremendous hour 00:53:56.50\00:53:59.20 is to tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ 00:53:59.23\00:54:02.47 because Jesus said, "I am the way, 00:54:02.50\00:54:05.17 the truth and the life." 00:54:05.21\00:54:06.98 We do not believe that this is a business as usual. 00:54:07.01\00:54:11.01 We believe that we are living in the closing hours 00:54:11.05\00:54:14.38 in the history of this world. 00:54:14.42\00:54:16.08 Bless your heart, friends. 00:54:16.12\00:54:17.59 Look at the signs that are being fulfilled almost every day. 00:54:17.62\00:54:21.29 The signs of the times are shouting at us 00:54:21.32\00:54:24.49 and they are saying Jesus is coming soon. 00:54:24.53\00:54:27.96 I want you to be my partner in global mission. 00:54:27.96\00:54:31.37 I want you to be my partner 00:54:31.40\00:54:33.27 in helping to tell the world about the coming of Jesus. 00:54:33.30\00:54:36.97 I want you to be my partner in the preaching 00:54:37.01\00:54:40.11 of the distinctive truths of the Three Angel' Messages. 00:54:40.14\00:54:44.88 Please check us out 00:54:44.91\00:54:47.18 at the new Carter Report website, catereport.org. 00:54:47.22\00:54:51.99 We have a special section whereby you can ask questions 00:54:52.02\00:54:56.86 and I will give you the answers 00:54:56.89\00:54:58.73 from the living Word of the living God, 00:54:58.76\00:55:02.33 that is the cartereport.org. 00:55:02.36\00:55:06.94 My friend, we want you to join us 00:55:06.97\00:55:09.80 in the mission to preach the gospel in China, 00:55:09.84\00:55:14.28 in India, in Australia, in Africa, 00:55:14.31\00:55:18.08 in United States of America wherever people are lost 00:55:18.11\00:55:22.32 and wherever people need to hear the good news that Jesus saves. 00:55:22.35\00:55:28.49 Please check us out, 00:55:28.52\00:55:29.82 the new carter report website, cartereport.org. 00:55:29.86\00:55:34.76 I want to hear from you today. 00:55:34.83\00:55:37.70 For I know that you alone are worthy 00:55:50.08\00:55:57.32 And it's You who placed this longing in my soul 00:55:57.35\00:56:04.96 My soul desire is to be used 00:56:04.99\00:56:12.70 An empty vessel longing to be filled by You 00:56:12.73\00:56:19.97 My soul desire is to serve You Lord 00:56:20.01\00:56:27.78 To do your perfect will 00:56:27.82\00:56:31.59 To work each day and build 00:56:31.62\00:56:35.22 Your Kingdom, this is my soul desire. 00:56:35.26\00:56:42.23 I besiege you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, 00:56:45.10\00:56:49.84 that you present your body, a living sacrifice, 00:56:49.87\00:56:54.14 holy and acceptable one to God 00:56:54.18\00:56:57.35 which is your reasonable service. 00:56:57.38\00:57:00.45 My soul desire is to be used 00:57:00.48\00:57:07.49 An empty vessel longing to be filled by You 00:57:07.52\00:57:14.73 My soul desire is to serve You Lord 00:57:14.73\00:57:22.57 To do your perfect will 00:57:22.60\00:57:26.44 To work each day and build 00:57:26.47\00:57:29.98 Your Kingdom, 00:57:30.01\00:57:31.98 this is my soul desire, 00:57:32.01\00:57:38.39 Jesus. 00:57:38.42\00:57:40.56 This is my soul desire 00:57:40.59\00:57:48.56