From Arcadia, California,
the Carter report presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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We are just so glad
to have you with us today
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because this is a great meeting.
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The topic is "The
Boat That Would Not Burn"
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and bolts and
nuts forming jewelry.
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This is a story
from the Solomon Islands.
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It is an
amazing story that shows
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the tremendous power of God.
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But right now we
have a special guest,
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a person whom I appreciate
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and respect tremendous amount.
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Pastor Willie G. is
going to come and sing for us.
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Would you folks
please welcome today,
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Pastor Willie Garcia.
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Thank you. Thank you
my brother, thank you.
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Through the valley of the shadow
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To the mountains of His faith
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The shepherd boy
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of Judah loved to sing
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In his words of adoration
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And his simple songs of praise
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He glorified Jehovah as his King
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A giant slayer,
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a psalm sayer
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For the God of Jacob set apart
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A joy bringer,
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a psalm singer
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A man after God's own heart
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The boy became a ruler
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Anointed for the throne
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And though he sinned
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He never turned away
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The Lord forgave his servant
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He smiled upon his own
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For the God of David
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is a God of grace
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To the giant slayer,
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the psalm sayer
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For the God of Jacob set apart
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Oh, Lord a joy bringer,
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a psalm singer
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God called him a man
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after His own heart
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And from his seed
would come a Savior
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A light unto the
nations He would be
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And from his land
would come a ruler
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The King of our salvation
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Jesus Christ is He
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Make me
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a giant slayer,
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a psalm sayer
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For the God of Jacob
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set apart to Jesus
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A joy bringer,
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a psalm singer
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Lord make me a man
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after your own heart
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Lord make me a man
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after your own heart
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A man
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after your own, own heart
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Amen. Amen.
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I am going to tell
you the story today
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of "The Boat
That Would Not Burn."
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They couldn't get it to burn.
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It happened at the beginning
of the Second World War.
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And the place was
in the Solomon Islands.
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There were a bunch of
Australian missionaries there
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and also allied personal.
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And as the Japanese came
down like a wolf on the fold
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because the odds
of their supremacy
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were quite overwhelming,
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the allies
retreated back to Australia.
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But the last allied officer
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said to Pastor Kata Rangaso,
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"We can't use it,
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we've got to destroy
everything we've got."
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That includes
the mission vessels.
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At that time in
the South Pacific
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our church had 20 mission ships.
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And so the natives
didn't want to do this.
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But as the allies sailed away
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the last order they gave
away to Pastor Kata Rangaso was,
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you got to destroy the boats.
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What a face, folks, what a face.
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What a face.
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They call him out there
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and they still do
a prince among men.
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This man who came from
the stock of headhunters,
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his father was a
headhunter and a cannibal.
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And when they go
out in the jungle today,
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they still find the altars
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where they used to carry out
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human
sacrifices on those altars.
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Don't tell me every religion
is as good as the other.
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Their religion was a
religion of the devil.
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They worshiped the devil
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and they
worshipped their ancestors.
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And so we had a
mission vessel there
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whose name was The Portal.
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And firstly they covered
The Portal with coconut fiber
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which burns like crazy.
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And then they
doused the coconut fiber
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with methylated spirits.
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You know what
that is, don't you?
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Methylated spirits,
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when it burns it
burns with an intense heat,
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it's a blue flame
and they stood back
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and they threw a torch,
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a flaming torch
on to The Portal.
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And the ship, the
boat went up in a roar.
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And the allies have
just gone around the bank.
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They just gone
round the coast line.
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They are out of sight.
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And then all of the sudden
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after the ship
had caught on fire
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and it was blazing the
fire completely went out.
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Kata Rangaso said,
this is providence of God.
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So they got the
ship or the boat,
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the mission vessel,
The Portal from Australia
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and they towed it up into
one of the little rivers there
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and they covered it up
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with everything they could find,
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vegetation, so nobody,
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so the Japanese
would not find it.
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And then they had
this big diesel engine,
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you know what they
did, they took it apart--
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they took it apart
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and they gave the
parts to the women.
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And the women put the nuts
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and the bolts around their necks
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so that when the
Japanese saw them
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they would not
think they were carrying
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around their
necks a diesel engine.
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It's an amazing story.
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They still call
the boat out there,
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the boat that would not burn.
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When the Japanese were defeated
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and driven out of
the Solomon Islands
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and the battle
there was horrendous.
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We went out and we saw
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some of the down
Japanese and American planes.
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We ran the
campaign next to a place
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that was called Iron Bottom Bay.
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You know why?
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Because there is so much
iron at the bottom of the bay.
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The Americans lost a
vast number of warships.
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The Australians lost
their biggest warship,
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the HMAS Canberra ship
went down to the bottom.
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The Japanese
eventually lost their ships too.
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The Japanese in the
Battle for Guadalcanal
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lost 35,000
soldiers, 35,000 soldiers.
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The Americans
lost 5,000 soldiers
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and another 5,000 with
tropical diseases like malaria.
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But after the Solomon
Islands were liberated
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from the cruel
hands of the oppressor,
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our missionaries went
back at the end of 1945.
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And Kata Rangaso was
waiting for them on the beach
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and he said, "I
have a surprise for you."
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And he took them to
one of the rivers there
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and there was the Portal.
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They kept the
Portal for five years.
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And then they sounded the drums.
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And as they sounded the drums,
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the women from all over
the island of Guadalcanal came
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and they came
carrying the diesel engine.
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Not every part was
around their necks,
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there are some big heavy parts.
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But they put it
together and they worked on it,
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they turned on the
ignition, engine started up.
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It's an amazing story
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and it tells you
that God is greater
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than the hand of the enemy.
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This tells you the
truth that God is real
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and He will take care of you.
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Now let me tell
you folks something
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because I am talking
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to a
sophisticated American audience.
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Let me tell you folks something.
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We are not always as smart
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as some of the
natives in the islands.
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These natives, who came from
a background of devil worship
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know the reality of the devil.
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Did you know the
devil on occasions
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would actually
materialize and talk to people?
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I can tell you a
story and nobody in America
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would probably
believe this story
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but the chiefs like
Kata Rangaso's father,
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he would go down to the beach
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and they would-- the natives,
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the witch doctors,
they would bang the water
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and they would call out
the names of their gods.
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And the crocodiles out
on the lagoon would hear
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and they swim over
and the sharks would come,
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and down from the mountains
would come the great snakes
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and they would
worship the devil.
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Now I know this is
pretty hard for you to believe.
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But one of the witch doctors
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went down with one
of our missionaries
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and he beat the water
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and they saw this 25 foot
shark out there, way out there.
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Half a mile out on the reef
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and the shark started
to swim back and forth
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and came towards them.
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And then the shark
came up on the shore,
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or the-- I am
sorry, the crocodile,
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not a shark but a crocodile.
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This vast, vast
hideous creature,
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he came up on the beach.
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The missionary saw this
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and then the witch
doctor raised his hand
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and cried out to his
God, crocodile exploded.
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Exploded, and
out came 12 warriors
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with bows and arrows
and spears, evil spirits.
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And so when you go out there,
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people, you don't have to prove
to them that there's a God.
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They know there's a God
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because they
know there's a devil.
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Over here because of
our pseudo intellectualism
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and pseudo belief system,
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we find it hard
to believe in God.
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And many people of
course want to believe in God
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because God takes them to heaven
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but they don't want
to believe in the devil.
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But the natives
out in the islands
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believe in the reality of God
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and they believe in
the reality of the devil.
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And the story of "the
ship that would not burn"
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tells us about
the reality of God
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and a God who has promised
to take care of His people.
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I want you to
take your Bible please
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and come with me
to Isaiah 43:1-2,
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And remember, I
told you last week.
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When I announced that I was
going to speak on spiritism,
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I told you this last weak.
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That as soon as I
announced the topic
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there came a
tremendous gust of wind
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that almost blew
me off of the stage
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and then there
came a tremendous storm.
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I believe that this
was an attack by the devil.
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And the couple
of the nights later
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when I was going to
preach on the Mark on he beast.
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As I was preaching,
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I felt on the
shoulder right here
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a hand, firm, pushing me.
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And I turned around
and there was no one there,
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well, at least
no one I could see.
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And so today, I
want you tot know
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that the Bible teach us
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there is a real God
and there is a real devil.
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Please notice Isaiah 43:1-2,
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"But now, this is
what the Lord says,
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'he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel.
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Fear not, for I
have redeemed you,
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I have summoned you
by name, you are mine.
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When you pass
through the waters,
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I will be with you,
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and when you pass
through the rivers,
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they will not sweep over you.
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When you walk through the fire,
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you will not be burned,
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the flames will
not set you ablaze.'"
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The Bible tells me
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that God would
take care of His people.
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And we need to have faith,
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personal faith in a living God.
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I want you to
notice these verses,
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verses 10-13 of
the same chapter.
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"You are my
witnesses," declares the Lord,
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'and my servant
whom I have chosen,
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so that you may know
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and believe Me and
understand that I am he.
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Before me no God was formed,
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nor will there be one after me.
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I, even I, am the Lord,
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and apart from me
there is no savior.
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I have revealed and
saved and proclaimed--
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I, and not some
foreign god among you.
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You are my witnesses,'
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declares the
Lord, 'that I am God.
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Yes, and from
ancient times I am He.
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No one can
deliver out of my hand.
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When I act, who
can reverse it?"'
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So look at me.
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The Bible teaches
the reality of a God
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who has promised to
take care of His people.
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And even though in America,
other parts of the world,
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we are going
through tough times.
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Tough times do not
change the character
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and the power of God.
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And He still loves us
and He's still with us.
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I want you to come to
Matthew 6 to the words of Jesus.
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Matthew 6, to
the word of our Lord.
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Matthew 6:25-34,
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Matthew 6:25-34.
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Now Jesus says,
"Therefore I tell you,
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do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
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or about your
body, what you will wear.
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Is not life more
important than food,
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and the body more
important than clothes?
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Look at the birds in the air,
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they do not sow or
reap or store away in barns,
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and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them.
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Are you not much
more valuable than they?
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Who of you by worrying can
add a single hour to his life?
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And why do you
worry about clothes?
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And the next one made these.
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Why do you worry about clothes.
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See how the
lillies of the field grow.
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They do not labor or spin.
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Yet I tell you that not
even Solomon in all his splendor
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was dressed like one of these.
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If that is how God clothes
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the grass of the
field, which is here today
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and tomorrow is
thrown into the fire,
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will he not much more cloth you,
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O you of little faith?
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So do not worry
saying, 'What shall we eat?'
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or 'What shall we
drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
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For the pagans
run after these things
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and your heavenly Father
knows that you need them.
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But seek first His
kingdom and his righteousness,
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and all these things
will be given to you as well.'
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Therefore do not
worry about tomorrow,
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for tomorrow will
worry about itself.
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Each day has enough
trouble of its own."
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The Bible tells us we should
cease from the sin of worrying
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because of the reality of God
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who cares for His people. Amen.
00:20:07.40\00:20:10.34
Would you come over
here to Philippians, please?
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This is one of my favorite text,
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one of the fat
texts of the Bible.
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Philippians 4:19,
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now I know that some of you
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are going through
tough times with your work
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but the Bible tells me
God will take care of us.
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Philippians 4:19,
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Paul says-- Have you got it?
00:20:35.03\00:20:37.97
"But my God will
meet all your needs
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according to his glorious
riches in Christ Jesus."
00:20:42.10\00:20:47.68
Therefore look at
me and listen to me,
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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.
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Amen. I believe this.
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The boat will not catch on
fire if God needs the boat.
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So the Bible tells me,
Jesus tells me, don't worry.
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We should talk faith.
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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.
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It is not good being in
the presence of some people
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because they drag you down,
00:21:34.39\00:21:37.13
because they are
full of negativity.
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They can tell you
a thousand reasons
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why it cannot be done.
00:21:43.50\00:21:47.27
But we do not
need too many people
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like those in our lives
00:21:49.34\00:21:51.41
because they are
bad for our health.
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The Bible tells
us we should believe
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and we should talk faith.
00:21:58.78\00:22:02.08
One of the most
oppressive places
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I've ever been to is
the great city of Calcutta
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with its poverty,
its hunger and its filth.
00:22:09.82\00:22:14.93
And in Calcutta
there's a little church,
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I went and worshiped
in that little church.
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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."
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That ought to be the theme
00:22:33.58\00:22:35.22
of every church
in every conference
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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.
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"Attempt great things for God,
expect great things from God"
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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.
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When they set the
fire to that boat,
00:23:23.37\00:23:26.84
the boat burned
to the water line.
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And somebody will say to me,
00:23:31.61\00:23:32.91
then explain that
for the loving God.
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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