From Arcadia, California,
the Carter Report Presents,
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"The Living Word
around the world."
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The bravest man I know,
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the most dedicated man I know
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and the man who is first
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to acknowledge
the goodness of God,
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please welcome Pastor Carter.
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Thank you, Dave.
Thank you, thank you.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Thank you for coming today.
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Let's have a
prayer together, shall we?
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Our Father, we want to
give you praise and glory today.
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We're here today, our Father,
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not to talk
about us but we're here
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to talk about the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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We thank you for His
saving, His redemptive power.
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We thank you
that he's alive today.
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And even though we're
told He was put to death
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and never got out of
the tomb by some people,
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we know that He's alive today
and He's coming back in glory.
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We thank you, dear Father,
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for preserving us
down through the years.
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And we thank you that one day
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we're going to
have a celebration
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that's not going to have an end
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because we're gonna be
home with Jesus in glory
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and we're going to live
for ever and ever and ever.
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Bless this
marvelous congregation
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here today for your glory.
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In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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Would you please welcome
from Russia, Dr. Julia Outkina.
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Now, Dr. Julia,
glad that you're here.
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I am really happy to be here
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and you know Russians are
not big kissers or huggers
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but I am ready to
give a big kiss and a hug
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to everyone who is here
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and to everyone who is watching.
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You know, while sitting here,
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it's a wonderful
day, wonderful celebration
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and I had tears in
my eyes all the time.
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I even put Camille
Gilley into tears also
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because she's
sitting next to me.
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And I just though
why, why do I have tears?
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And then I realized, you know,
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it's an overwhelming
feeling of gratitude.
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It's a gratitude--of
course it's gratitude to God
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but it's gratitude
to the American people.
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You know, I arrived
here only for a few days
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and when I saw
these beautiful mountains
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and, you know,
beautiful clean, nice--People.
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You know, city and
people, and I just thought,
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you know, it is so--
it would be so tempting
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to try to make your
life a paradise here on earth
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and invest into your own
life, into your own happiness
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because it seems so possible.
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All right. I want
you to tell the people
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how you came to the meetings
in '92, which is 20 years ago.
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Now you are in
charge of 3ABN in Russia
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and you are a powerful
voice for God in Russia.
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I want you to know,
Julia, I am proud of you.
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I'm really proud of you.
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And just a moment, I think this
calls for just a little--yeah.
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So and that was done
in-- now 3ABN is a mighty--
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now I want to say to the camera,
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3ABN is a mighty
force for God in Russia.
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The 3ABN center is the biggest
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Protestant
building in all of Russia.
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And Dr. Julia Outkina, over
there is the executive director.
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Tell us about '92.
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In 1992, I came to your meetings
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to listen to
English language spoken.
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That was the only reason because
I was a teacher of English.
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I'm glad you didn't
come to hear an American
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because I
haven't got it right yet.
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So that was the
only reason I came.
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It was a very
good learning situation
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because you would say something
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and then your
translator would translate
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and I would learn new
words and new expressions.
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And then the message started
gradually penetrating my heart.
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I had no intention
or I didn't attended
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even regarding it
a religious meeting.
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I just wanted to
listen to English.
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And then the message
started penetrating the heart.
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The first thing
was God loves me.
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I wouldn't say that I
was ever completely atheistic
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but I thought that
there must be some force,
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there must be some power.
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God was never personal
to me and then when you say,
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"God loves you.
God loves people.
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God has made enormous
sacrifice for people."
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It just started, you know,
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penetrating my heart
with something awesome,
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with something great.
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I just started thinking
that there is a huge protection,
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much greater than anything else
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that can protect
us in this world.
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So I was converted
through those meetings
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and I was very happy to
give my heart to the Lord.
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And together with me
there was 2532 more people in--
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Hallelujah.
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And we can never say
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enough gratitude to
God that 3ABN joined us.
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My old buddy, Danny Shelton,
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who is here in
the audience today,
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whom we love and respect,
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he's been my
partner in evangelism.
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And he came over there
and brought a great building
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that needed a
tremendous amount of work.
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And now that
building is a shining example
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for the world, the
Christian cultural center.
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Julia, how many
stations that you--you know,
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you're sharing the word
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on how many
stations and networks?
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We are on 4 satellite
channels and the word of God,
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3 Angels Messages are preached
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16 hours a week on
these 4 satellites.
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Then we are on about 100
on the air T.V. stations,
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about 50 radio stations
and we for a couple of years
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we have had 3ABN Russia
internet 24 hour T.V. channel.
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And just quite
recently we're open
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24 hour internet radio channel.
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Let me get this, 100 full
power television stations,
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50 radio stations,
this is through 3ABN
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and also on the internet
and on 4 satellite systems
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so we say what has God wrote?
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A little mustered
seed that was dropped
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into your heart back in '92
by the grace of God has grown.
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It is become a great tree, yeah.
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It's not myself for sure.
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This is the
dedication of the Americans.
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This is the
only thing I can say.
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I think it's
more than that Julia.
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It is the working of
the Holy Spirit of God.
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And we happened to be there
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and Danny happened to be
there for such a time as this.
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And God saw you and He used you.
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And He brought you
into the truth of God
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and He brought you to Christ.
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And I say it again, I
am proud of you, Julia.
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There is something I have
brought for you from Russia.
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It's a beautiful wooden
plaque and it is carved here.
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It is burnt.
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It has a beautiful
picture of the Kremlin inside.
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It says in-- so and it says,
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"In honor of the 50 years
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of gospel preaching
to pastor John Carter"
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and let me read what it says,
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"And they that
be wise shall shine
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as the
brightness of the firmament
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and they that turn
many to righteousness
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as the stars for ever
and ever." Daniel 12:3.
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Sincere congratulation
and deepest appreciation
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from thousands and
thousands of the Russian people
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for bringing the light of
salvation through our Lord
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and savior Jesus
Christ to Russia and Ukraine.
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With gratitude to the
Lord for your ministry,
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your Asia
division, West Russian union,
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Volga-Vyatka Conference,
3ABN Russia and 34 churches
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that were
established as a result
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of your evangelistic
campaigns in Russia and Ukraine.
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And then follow the
names of the churches.
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Julia, thank you.
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Today's topic,
folks, here it comes,
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"Truths I believe
after 50 years of preaching."
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How long should a sermon be?
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Five minutes is too
long if it's boring.
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Abraham Lincoln, that great man,
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was not any great in many
things but he had great legs.
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They seem to be too long.
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And once during
a political speech,
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somebody heckled him and
said, "Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Lincoln,
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how long should
a man's legs be?"
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And he said, "Just long
enough to reach the ground."
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How long should a sermon be?
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Just long enough
to reach the people.
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Whom should the
preacher try to impress?
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There's something I want to ask.
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Whom should the
preacher try to impress?
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Well, there was a
young Scottish preacher
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and he was very, very interested
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in getting the
esteem of the congregation.
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And as he stood at the door
shaking hands with the people
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as they went out, a
little Scotts lady came out
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and he said, "How
did my sermon go?"
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She said, "I didn't like it."
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He said, "Why
didn't you like it?"
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She said "For thee reasons.
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Firstly, firstly, you read it.
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Secondly, you read
it badly and thirdly,
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what you read
wasn't worth reading."
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So don't try to
impress the congregation.
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How many points
should be in a sermon?
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An old fiend of
mine told me years ago,
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when I came to
Southern California,
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a sermon ought to have
three points and a poem.
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That's a classic old
sermon, three points and a poem.
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Therefore, today I've decided
to have 10 points and no poem.
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I am going to
have today 10 points.
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And I have a precedent.
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Are there not 10 commandments?
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Are there not 10 horns
on the dragon of Daniel 7?
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And are there not 10 toes
of the great image of Daniel 2.
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Listen up, folks, this
was supposed to be funny.
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Yeah, I have such an
obedient congregation,
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Elder Gilley, they have
to be told when to laugh.
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It's time to laugh, all right.
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All right, 10
truths I still believe in
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after 50 years of preaching.
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Number one, number one,
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it is better to please
God than to please man. Amen.
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So if the preacher starts
out to praise the congregation,
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he will end up not pleasing
God or the congregation.
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Open your
bibles please over here
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to Galatians chapter 1 verse 10.
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This is a Bible reading church.
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We do not guarantee the
salvation of those souls
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who come to
church without a Bible.
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So you need to
bring your bibles.
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Galatians 1 verse
10, the epistle by Paul
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to the church in Galatia,
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"Am I now trying to win
the approval of man, or of God?
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Or am I trying to please man?
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If I was still
trying to please man,
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I would not be a
servant of Christ."
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The Bible says, "You shall
have no other gods before me."
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And a minister ought
to seek not to please,
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first and
foremost, the congregation
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or the conference but God. Amen.
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Because you shall have
no other gods before me.
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Climbing up the slippery
ladder is a perilous thing.
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Some people spend all
their lives climbing up
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the denominational
slippery ladder only to discover
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when they've got
to the top the ladder
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is leaning on
the wrong building.
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Therefore, do not
seek to please man.
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Number two, the
truth is not for sale.
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Come over here
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and turn to these
texts fast. Proverbs 23:23.
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We have a great
congregation here
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in Southern California. Amen.
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Yeah, say amen loud.
Say it again, amen. Amen.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Yeah, we're doing all right now.
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Proverbs 23:23, "Buy the
truth and do not sell it.
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Get wisdom,
discipline, and understanding."
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Buy the truth
and do not sell it.
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The truth is not for sale.
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I was telling Elder
Gilley, my old friend
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and comrade from Texas days
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and I love
Elder and Mrs. Gilley.
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They are 'dinky-dye,'
they are 'true blue'
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and they are fading company.
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You understand any of that, Jim?
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Not a word. That's
all right. That's okay.
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A man called me and said,
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"I will send you
a check for $100,000
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if you will change what
you preach on the gospel."
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A $100,000?
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Who did he think I was?
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Elder Gilley said, "What
if he'd said two million?
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But I want you to
know this, my friend,
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the truth is not for sale. Amen.
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Another man brought me a
message from the Pope of Rome.
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No, you say. Yes.
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And said, "His holiness says,
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you are to stop preaching
the prophecies of the Bible."
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I sent back a message,
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'The truth is
not for sale.' Amen.
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We're called to
preach the truth of God.
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Number three, human
popularity is very fickle
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and should not be sought.
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Come over here to
John 12 and verse 43.
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It talks about
these spiritual leaders
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who had sold their
souls for human popularity.
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Verse 43, "For they loved praise
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from men more
than praise from God."
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These people ended up
crucifying the Lord of glory.
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Don't seek human popularity.
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I can think of a
distinguished Christian leader
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and when he went to
a certain distinguished
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congregation and convocation,
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the people were around him
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like flies around the honey pot.
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But in a few months'
time, and I don't think
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it should have happened
to him, he lost his job.
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And the next time he went
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to that great
convocation, he walked alone.
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So do not seek popularity
in the world and doubly,
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do not seek
popularity in the church.
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Point number
four, truth number four,
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with God all
things are possible.
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Come over here to
Matthew 19 and verse 26.
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Matthew chapter 19 and verse 26.
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Matthew 19, verse
26. You folks got it?
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Okay, tell me,
have you got it? Yes.
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Thank you. "Jesus
looked to them and said,
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'With man this is impossible,
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but with God all
things are possible.'"
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I want to say
today, to the glory of God,
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I've seen the glory of the Lord.
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My eyes have seen
the coming of the Lord.
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Glory, hallelujah.
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I saw the glory of the
Lord in Nizhni Novgorod
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when the crowds were
so great that the K.G.B.
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sent their young men
to serve as our deacons.
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People say that that's not true.
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Yes, it is true.
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The K.G.B. became our servants.
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They became our deacons.
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The Russian army
prepared for the baptism.
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They gave me a
great personal carrier
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and backed it
out into the water.
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These pictures were taken
from that Russian vehicle.
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And they gave me a P.A system.
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With God, all
things are possible.
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Why do we have
such little faith?
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It is because too
often our God is too small
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but the God whom
we serve is the God
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who made a
billion galaxies. Amen.
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In our campaigns,
in that first campaign
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or the second
campaign in Russia,
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we had a tiny budget.
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The person who came
to my aid and helped me
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raise the money was
Danny Shelton at 3ABN.
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We went on the air, Danny,
because you had faith. Amen.
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How big was our team?
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It was a team
largely of geriatrics
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but don't say anything
about geriatrics, folks.
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The man who cleaned the
black boards was in his 80s
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and people laughed but
till that point of time
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in Russian history it
was the largest baptism
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in Russian history in
the cold waters of the Volga.
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And we had
baptized only one soul
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and if that soul
had been called Julia,
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it would have been worthwhile.
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In Kiev, the great Prelate
who ran all of Kiev said,
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"John Carter will preach
in Kiev over my dead body."
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Never oppose the
work of God, my friend.
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Amen. God may oppose you.
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And this prelate
strong and healthy said
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these meetings
would never, never,
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never take place
and he dropped dead.
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If you go there
today you'll find that
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he's buried on the side walk.
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The man who said the
meetings won't take place,
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the leader of the
Great State church.
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You know why
he's on the boardwalk?
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Because the government said,
"If he was slain by the Lord,
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for trying to stop the
preaching of the gospel,
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he's not worthy to be
buried in the St. Cathedral."
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Never, never say
it can't be done.
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God is mighty. God is mighty.
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Getting this building, we should
not have got this building.
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The people told us you
can't get the building.
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You don't have the
money for the building.
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We didn't have the
money but the money came.
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It's one of the finest buildings
in Southern California.
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With God all
things are possible.
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Number five, honor, duty,
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integrity, decency, and loyalty
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still matter in
today's twisted society.
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Let me say it
again, we live in an age
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where people--
many people are liars.
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And they have no honor.
And they hate the word duty.
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I believe in duty to
God out of love for God.
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A disciple is a
person who does His duty.
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I want you to come to
Malachi 2, verses 5 and 6.
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Last book of the Old Testament.
Malachi 2, verses 5 and 6,
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"My covenant was with him,
a covenant of life and peace,
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and I gave them to him.
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This called for
reverence and he revered me
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and stood in awe of my name.
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True instruction
was in his mouth.
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Nothing false was
found on his lips.
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He walked with me in
peace and uprightness,
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and turned many from sin."
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That's what every minister
of the gospel ought to be.
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Not some timid, little
wimp who's in the ministry
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because nobody
else will give him a job
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but because he has been
called and anointed by God.
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Remember Martin Luther?
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He stood before
the holy Roman emperor.
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And with the world
against him, Martin Luther said,
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"Unless I am convinced
by the texts of the Bible
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my mind is captive to
the word of God therefore,
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I cannot and I will
not recant. Here I stand."
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The famous little
American lady with a great heart
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said, "The
greatest want of the world
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is the want of men and women.
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Men who will not
be bought or sold.
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Men who in their inmost
souls are true and honest,
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men who do not fear to
call sin by its right name,
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men whose
conscience is as true to duty
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as the needle to the
pole, men who will stand
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for the right
though the heavens fall."
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Said Ellen White.
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It is the truth. Truth
number six that I still believe.
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We have the God given
right and responsibility
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to serve God and
to think for ourselves
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guided by the Holy Spirit.
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This is the
heart of Christianity
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and the soul of
America that too many today
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are too willing to sell
for 30 pieces of silver.
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The right to be
what God called you to be
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and to be the slave of no man.
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You know what the mark
of the beast is, don't you?
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Revelation 13, verse 16,
that's one of the chapters
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the Pope told me not to preach.
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I've been preaching
it doubly since then.
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Revelation 13:16.
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In fact, I was sent a message,
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if you preach it we will
put you in our black book.
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And once you go
in our black book
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even your own
church will not use you.
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But I want to
tell you, my friend,
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God is greater than
any human organization.
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Amen. Mm-hmm.
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Does this make some of
you uncomfortable? I hope so.
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Revelation 13:16, you know
what the great preacher said,
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"I am here to
comfort the afflicted
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and I am here to
afflict the comfortable."
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Revelation 13:16,
"He also forced everyone,
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small and great, rich
and poor, free and slave,
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to receive a mark on his
right hand or his forehead."
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Now we know what that means.
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It means that in the last days
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church and state
are going to pass laws
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to force the
consciences of men and women.
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And the mark of the beast starts
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when I sell my
soul to human authority.
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When I raise my
hand in a committee
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and vote for something
that my soul says is wrong
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but I do it for the
sake of my job or popularity.
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Once I do that, I
am standing in line
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to receive the
mark of the beast.
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The mark of the beast
is conformity to earthly
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and church authority when it
is contrary to the word of God.
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And when I say church authority,
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I include my own church.
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I believe--can
you say amen to that?
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Amen. Well, say it a
little more enthusiasm.
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Amen. I believe in
the great protestant
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principle of Sola Christus.
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What does it mean?
Only Christ. Sola scriptura.
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What does it mean, church?
Only scripture. Sola gratia.
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What does it mean?
Only grace. Sola fide.
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What does it mean? Only faith.
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Too often we are
pressured to confirm
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and to surrender our beliefs.
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Conformity is the
pathway to mediocrity.
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Danny Shelton, my old
colleague and solder in arms.
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Tell me of a man who
belonged to a certain church
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that shall remain anonymous.
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And he said, "Whatever my church
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tells me to do that I will do."
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Danny said to him--he
told me this story long ago.
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Hope you still remember, Danny.
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And he said,
"What, say, if your church
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tell you to do something wrong?"
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He said, "My
church couldn't do that."
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Oh. He said,
"What, say, if your church
00:28:29.21\00:28:34.18
told you to drink and to smoke?"
00:28:34.21\00:28:36.51
He said, "I would do it because
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my church would never be wrong."
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That, my friend, is
the mark of the beast.
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You shall have no other
gods before me. God first.
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Conformity is the
pathway to mediocrity.
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Truth number seven
that I believe still.
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People are more
important than big organizations
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or little organizations,
like the Carter report.
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Would you come over
here to John 11 and verse 50?
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Of course you know why
we got this great building.
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You know that, don't you?
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Well, this was about the,
I had to have my own church
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because it's about the only
place left for me to preach in,
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except in the greatest theaters
00:29:32.40\00:29:34.18
and the greatest
stadiums in the world.
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And you know, we're going
to go to Papua, New Guinea.
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And we're not gonna be
preaching in any church
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or any building because they say
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we're gonna have
crowds in excess of 100,000.
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So we're gonna be
preaching in God's temple.
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Now look at this text here.
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It's talking about that
wretched fellow, Caiaphas.
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John 11, verse 50, he
said, "You do not realize
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that it is better for you
that one man die for the people
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than that the
whole nation perish."
00:30:09.69\00:30:12.62
Thus he sold the Lord of glory
00:30:12.65\00:30:16.31
and brought damnation upon
himself and his own people.
00:30:16.34\00:30:20.98
He said, "It is
better for one person to die
00:30:21.01\00:30:23.49
than to lose the nation."
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.28
We say, "It is
better for one person to die
00:30:25.31\00:30:28.25
than for the church to fail."
00:30:28.28\00:30:29.82
We say, "It is better
for us to torture people
00:30:29.85\00:30:33.19
than for us to be insecure."
00:30:33.22\00:30:35.84
The damnable heresy that the end
00:30:39.16\00:30:45.12
justifies the means.
00:30:45.15\00:30:49.41
No wonder she
said, "The greatest want
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.63
of the world is
the want of men."
00:30:51.66\00:30:55.29
He will not be bought or sold.
00:30:55.32\00:30:57.76
I would remind you that
one person is more important
00:30:57.79\00:31:00.49
than all the stars,
the planets, the buildings,
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and all the
organizations in the world.
00:31:03.00\00:31:06.40
What is the worth of a soul?
00:31:06.43\00:31:09.76
The blood of the cross.
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Truth number eight
that I still believe.
00:31:12.75\00:31:15.22
Family and
friends are precious gifts
00:31:15.25\00:31:20.39
from God that are irreplaceable.
00:31:20.42\00:31:24.14
Would you come
over here to the words
00:31:25.93\00:31:27.78
of Proverbs
chapter 17 and verse 17?
00:31:27.81\00:31:33.07
We tell folks who come to
this church that on occasions
00:31:33.10\00:31:36.38
it's all right
to laugh in church
00:31:36.41\00:31:39.06
because when we come to church,
00:31:39.09\00:31:40.87
we're with the Lord and we
have a great time with the Lord.
00:31:40.90\00:31:45.87
Proverbs 17 and verse
17-- by the grace of God
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I'll be preaching in this
church next Sabbath. Mm-hmm.
00:31:49.68\00:31:53.62
Proverbs 17 and verse 17,
00:31:55.37\00:31:58.92
"A friend loves at all times
00:31:58.95\00:32:03.47
and a brother is
born for adversity."
00:32:03.50\00:32:07.56
Chapter 18, verse 24,
"A man of many companions
00:32:07.59\00:32:11.82
may come to ruin,
but there is a friend
00:32:11.85\00:32:15.27
who sticks
closer than a brother."
00:32:15.30\00:32:17.45
When I was in Texas-- and
I forgot to bring it over,
00:32:19.64\00:32:22.74
I've had it sitting
on my desk for a week
00:32:22.77\00:32:26.03
and I forgot a big Texas hat.
00:32:26.06\00:32:32.11
No, it was a great
hat. And it still fits.
00:32:32.14\00:32:38.59
It was given to me
by Dr. Ernie Fillips,
00:32:38.62\00:32:41.79
old friend of
Dr. and Mrs. Gilley.
00:32:41.82\00:32:45.53
He said to me after
he gave me this great hat
00:32:45.56\00:32:50.12
that sits on my
desk, "Lest I forget
00:32:50.15\00:32:54.47
the days in the
great state of Texas."
00:32:54.50\00:32:58.88
And I love Texas. I
really love the Texans.
00:32:58.91\00:33:05.07
He said to me, "When you come
00:33:05.10\00:33:10.15
to years that
are mature and full,"
00:33:10.18\00:33:15.96
he said, "If you have
three or four close friends,
00:33:15.99\00:33:21.91
you are greatly blessed."
00:33:21.94\00:33:25.77
He was not talking
merely of acquaintances.
00:33:25.80\00:33:28.62
He was talking about people
you can open your heart to.
00:33:28.65\00:33:35.10
You can risk your life with.
00:33:35.13\00:33:38.30
You could give that
person your retirement savings
00:33:38.33\00:33:42.03
and you would know it
would be absolutely safe.
00:33:42.06\00:33:48.05
I want to say this.
00:33:48.08\00:33:49.45
When I look back over
my life, I am overwhelmed
00:33:54.81\00:33:59.10
by the blessings
that God has given me.
00:33:59.13\00:34:01.24
I've been
blessed a million times
00:34:01.27\00:34:03.13
more than this
old sinner deserves.
00:34:03.16\00:34:07.64
I've got friends and
acquaintances around the world.
00:34:07.67\00:34:13.02
What a privilege it is to call
Pastor Willie Jordan, friend.
00:34:13.05\00:34:18.06
And she calls me friend. Yeah.
00:34:18.09\00:34:21.54
And we've known
each other for years
00:34:21.57\00:34:23.48
and we're still
calling each other friend.
00:34:23.51\00:34:25.51
Now we're
talking here about grace.
00:34:25.54\00:34:29.98
I've got Harold
Harker who's come out
00:34:30.01\00:34:31.76
from Australia to
come to this meeting.
00:34:31.79\00:34:34.57
I've got Dr. Julia,
who's come all the way
00:34:34.60\00:34:38.53
from the snows of
Russia to come to this meeting.
00:34:38.56\00:34:42.21
I have been
blessed with friends.
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.52
Some of those
friends became controversial.
00:34:44.55\00:34:48.42
One of my dearest
friends, my old Bible teacher,
00:34:51.52\00:34:57.00
he became very controversial.
00:34:57.03\00:34:59.67
When I went to Texas I
ran into something there
00:34:59.70\00:35:03.14
that I found
completely refreshing.
00:35:03.17\00:35:05.09
They said, "Are you
really friends with so and so?"
00:35:05.12\00:35:11.02
Said of course, I am.
00:35:11.05\00:35:12.72
You think I drop
my friends because
00:35:12.75\00:35:14.53
I have a
falling out with people?
00:35:14.56\00:35:19.25
Do you think I do that?
00:35:19.28\00:35:20.65
Well, well, well, you
know what the Texan said?
00:35:20.68\00:35:23.22
We understand
that. We appreciate that.
00:35:23.25\00:35:26.99
We respect that
because we can't stand cowards
00:35:27.02\00:35:31.55
who turn their
backs on their friends
00:35:31.58\00:35:33.79
when their
friends were in trouble.
00:35:33.82\00:35:35.54
In fact, one man said to me,
00:35:39.44\00:35:41.57
"we don't spit on
that sort of person."
00:35:41.60\00:35:43.58
I have a great family.
00:35:48.42\00:35:51.91
Beverly is here today
and gave that splendid talk.
00:35:51.94\00:35:55.57
I've here today, my son David,
00:35:55.60\00:35:58.58
who is in charge of
this television production
00:35:58.61\00:36:01.62
and he's doing
a magnificent job.
00:36:01.65\00:36:04.74
David, I'm proud of you.
00:36:04.77\00:36:07.54
I have my two
daughters here today.
00:36:12.19\00:36:16.27
They're not in
the ministry like I am
00:36:16.30\00:36:17.99
but they have a
ministry of their own.
00:36:18.02\00:36:20.57
Liana is a psychologist
who works for abused children.
00:36:20.60\00:36:23.54
That takes courage.
00:36:23.57\00:36:26.88
Julie is a nurse
who goes to Africa
00:36:26.91\00:36:30.85
at her own expense with doctors.
00:36:30.88\00:36:35.57
None of them get paid for it.
00:36:35.60\00:36:37.13
Family and
friends are irreplaceable.
00:36:41.35\00:36:44.98
We should stay by our friends
in good times and bad times.
00:36:45.01\00:36:49.89
Truth number
nine that I believe.
00:36:49.92\00:36:51.92
There are more reasons
now to believe in the Creator
00:36:51.95\00:36:55.81
than at any previous time
in the history of the world.
00:36:55.84\00:36:59.68
I can't go into this with you
00:36:59.71\00:37:02.40
because I got so much
stuff in here trying to get out.
00:37:02.43\00:37:07.92
Just if two days ago I
interviewed one of the world's
00:37:07.95\00:37:11.68
great
astronomers, Dr. Hugh Ross.
00:37:11.71\00:37:15.67
We were talking about
Richard Dawkins, who says,
00:37:15.70\00:37:19.00
there is no God and I
had to say it's a fantasy.
00:37:19.03\00:37:24.54
Dr. Ross and I were
talking about a millisecond
00:37:24.57\00:37:27.98
after the point of creation
00:37:28.01\00:37:31.22
that scientist
call the big bang.
00:37:31.25\00:37:33.42
Don't be afraid of the
term. It doesn't mean evolution.
00:37:33.45\00:37:36.32
It means there was a big bang.
00:37:36.35\00:37:39.43
But there were
four forces that came
00:37:39.46\00:37:41.41
into effect in
the universe. Gravity.
00:37:41.44\00:37:44.42
We only have
found this out recently.
00:37:44.45\00:37:46.48
Gravity, electromagnetism,
00:37:46.51\00:37:49.01
the strong nuclear
force, the weak nuclear force.
00:37:49.04\00:37:52.91
Had those forces
had been out of sync
00:37:52.94\00:37:56.27
by one quadrillionth
of one quadrillionth
00:37:56.30\00:37:59.16
of one quadrillionth
of one quadrillionth
00:37:59.19\00:38:01.81
of one
quadrillionth of one percent,
00:38:01.84\00:38:04.64
there'd be no planet
earth. This happened?
00:38:04.67\00:38:10.07
Listen to this.
00:38:10.10\00:38:11.67
Astronomers have
only discovered this
00:38:11.70\00:38:13.36
very, very recently, so
listen to it. Astounding.
00:38:13.39\00:38:17.18
What we see through the
telescope represents 0.27%.
00:38:17.21\00:38:24.08
The other 99.73% is
dark matter and dark energy.
00:38:24.11\00:38:28.89
You can't see it,
00:38:28.92\00:38:30.29
that's what the
universe is mainly composed of,
00:38:30.32\00:38:31.93
we can't see it.
00:38:31.96\00:38:33.90
There are three
kinds of dark energy.
00:38:33.93\00:38:36.30
There is a dark
energy that controls
00:38:36.33\00:38:38.90
the expansion of the universe.
00:38:38.93\00:38:40.69
If it goes too fast we're dead.
If it goes too slow we're dead.
00:38:40.72\00:38:45.15
The dark energy that controls
the expansion of the universe
00:38:45.18\00:38:48.32
is fine tuned to one part in ten
00:38:48.35\00:38:51.58
with a hundred
and twenty two zeros.
00:38:51.61\00:38:54.06
There's more than the atoms
and protons in the universe.
00:38:56.04\00:39:00.38
And that is why
Dr. Ross said to me,
00:39:02.79\00:39:05.40
many of his colleagues who
have been atheist have said,
00:39:05.43\00:39:09.93
"We cannot be
atheist any longer."
00:39:09.96\00:39:13.70
He said, God is giving us
00:39:13.73\00:39:18.71
in astronomy
overwhelming evidence.
00:39:18.74\00:39:22.29
Why we can't believe?
00:39:22.32\00:39:25.69
I believe more now than
I've ever believed before.
00:39:25.72\00:39:30.09
Number 10. The Gospel
is still the power of God
00:39:30.12\00:39:36.74
for the salvation
of all who believe.
00:39:36.77\00:39:39.24
You know the
text, I'm not ashamed.
00:39:39.27\00:39:41.60
Romans 1, "I am not
ashamed of the Gospel,
00:39:41.63\00:39:45.50
because it is the power of God
00:39:45.53\00:39:47.59
for the salvation of
everyone who believes.
00:39:47.62\00:39:52.22
First for the Jew,
then for the Gentile
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.35
for in the Gospel of
righteousness from God
00:39:55.38\00:39:58.84
is revealed from faith
to faith as it is written,
00:39:58.87\00:40:04.17
'the righteous
will live by faith.'
00:40:04.20\00:40:07.25
Listen to me, dear
hearts of general people.
00:40:07.28\00:40:09.98
I'm not an arm chair theologian.
00:40:13.23\00:40:17.93
I'm not a systematic theologian.
00:40:17.96\00:40:23.15
But I've seen and I
share what I've seen.
00:40:23.18\00:40:28.36
I've seen the
power of God in India.
00:40:28.39\00:40:33.70
They said, no, no, you
cannot reach the Muslims.
00:40:33.73\00:40:40.37
You cannot reach the Hindus.
00:40:40.40\00:40:43.25
They told me this.
00:40:43.28\00:40:44.74
How can you explain
30,000 Muslims and Hindus,
00:40:44.77\00:40:52.15
behold, coming down the front in
an altar call to accept Christ?
00:40:52.18\00:40:58.34
How can you explain that?
00:40:58.37\00:41:00.56
As I started to
pray-- now I don't think
00:41:00.59\00:41:04.56
Elder Gilley heard this.
00:41:04.59\00:41:06.23
As I started to pray,
Danny, with 35,000 people,
00:41:06.26\00:41:10.23
Hindus and
Muslims, prayer broke out
00:41:10.26\00:41:12.54
down the back of this
great football stadium.
00:41:12.57\00:41:15.59
Prayer broke out and
then spontaneous prayer.
00:41:15.62\00:41:18.91
Have you ever seen the
wind blow through the wheat?
00:41:18.94\00:41:21.34
Blows through the wheat.
00:41:21.37\00:41:22.98
People broke out spontaneously
in prayer, sweeping down.
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.79
And then the
prayer and the power
00:41:26.82\00:41:30.39
came down the front.
00:41:30.42\00:41:31.92
I was overcome
by the power of God.
00:41:31.95\00:41:34.91
People tell me
evangelism doesn't work.
00:41:34.94\00:41:37.40
Sure, it doesn't work for you
00:41:37.43\00:41:38.80
because you don't
have the spirit of God.
00:41:38.83\00:41:41.20
You don't have faith.
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.58
Because it's hard work.
00:41:43.61\00:41:46.10
But I've seen the power of
God in India, in Australia.
00:41:49.01\00:41:55.37
Biggest crowd that ever
attended the Sydney Opera House.
00:41:55.40\00:41:58.82
Africa, Russia, Ukraine,
more recently the Solomon's,
00:41:58.85\00:42:05.00
I've seen the power of God
00:42:05.03\00:42:07.14
in these United
States of America.
00:42:07.17\00:42:12.98
And that power is the power
to forgive us for our sins.
00:42:13.01\00:42:18.35
This Man forgives sinners.
00:42:18.38\00:42:22.18
He eats with sinners.
00:42:22.21\00:42:24.56
Jesus said to the
Pharisees, "You're right. I do."
00:42:24.59\00:42:28.49
It's power to
forgive, to uplift,
00:42:28.52\00:42:34.68
to give purpose to
one's meaningless existence
00:42:34.71\00:42:40.48
and to give life, hope, and joy.
00:42:40.51\00:42:45.28
I say you today,
00:42:45.31\00:42:47.65
after 50 years, I still believe.
00:42:47.68\00:42:52.02
I still believe.
00:42:55.09\00:42:58.41
And as I, my beloved friends,
00:42:58.44\00:43:03.09
as I look back over 50
years of continuous ministry
00:43:03.12\00:43:09.13
in evangelism, in big towns,
big cities, tiny little towns,
00:43:09.16\00:43:15.78
where if you went through,
if you blinked you'd miss it.
00:43:15.81\00:43:21.53
All around the
world, as I look back
00:43:21.56\00:43:24.27
and God has preserved me
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.13
with health and
strength, uh-huh.
00:43:26.16\00:43:29.58
As I look back through the
good times and the dark days,
00:43:32.42\00:43:37.71
through the
opposition, through the tears,
00:43:37.74\00:43:42.79
through the
threats upon my life,
00:43:42.82\00:43:50.75
I say, wait for it.
00:43:50.78\00:43:55.76
To God be the glory.
00:43:55.79\00:43:58.97
Great things He has done.
00:43:59.00\00:44:01.22
Amen. Amen and amen. Thank you.
00:44:01.25\00:44:06.06
You remember there is a poem,
00:44:15.68\00:44:17.05
"Grow old along with
me! The best is yet to be.
00:44:17.08\00:44:23.04
The first of
life, the last of life
00:44:23.07\00:44:26.19
for which the first was made."
00:44:26.22\00:44:29.42
We are going to embark
upon the greatest challenge
00:44:29.45\00:44:34.81
of our careers in evangelism.
00:44:34.84\00:44:39.21
I welcome the people
of 3ABN and each of you
00:44:39.24\00:44:43.78
watching the telecast
into this close relationship.
00:44:43.81\00:44:50.76
In these extraordinary times,
God expects extraordinary deeds.
00:44:50.79\00:44:56.96
This is no time for complacency,
00:44:56.99\00:45:00.15
no time for the church to
operate business as usual.
00:45:00.18\00:45:07.85
I'm inviting my old
friend and colleague,
00:45:07.88\00:45:13.24
who's stood with
me for the years.
00:45:13.27\00:45:14.96
We've been on 3ABN just
about longer than anybody else.
00:45:14.99\00:45:19.01
We've been on 3ABN since 19--
00:45:19.04\00:45:24.05
beginning in 1987 or
into 1986, one or the other.
00:45:24.08\00:45:28.91
We've been on it--makes
7-- that makes 25 years.
00:45:28.94\00:45:33.49
I want you to listen very
carefully to the visionary,
00:45:33.52\00:45:39.12
one of the great
leaders in the Christian church.
00:45:39.15\00:45:43.15
Not employed by the
church, but a great leader
00:45:43.18\00:45:48.11
in the Christian
church, a visionary,
00:45:48.14\00:45:52.58
a dreamer of dreams,
who has built a marvelous
00:45:52.61\00:45:59.06
evangelistic satellite system
00:45:59.09\00:46:01.47
which is touching
millions around the world.
00:46:01.50\00:46:04.44
I know it is true because
00:46:04.47\00:46:05.84
when I went through
the airport in Delhi,
00:46:05.87\00:46:07.82
a person came up to me and said,
00:46:07.85\00:46:09.90
"You're John Carter?" Mm-hmm.
00:46:09.93\00:46:13.01
When I was in Durban, people
came up to me and they said,
00:46:13.04\00:46:17.26
"You're John
Carter?" We see you on 3ABN.
00:46:17.29\00:46:22.12
Listen
carefully to what he says.
00:46:22.15\00:46:24.35
Would you please
welcome, Danny Shelton?
00:46:24.38\00:46:28.00
God bless you, old friend.
00:46:28.03\00:46:29.40
God bless you.
00:46:29.43\00:46:31.93
All right.
00:46:31.96\00:46:33.33
I was sitting by a reader--
00:46:35.11\00:46:36.55
by reader Westfall
over here a little bit ago.
00:46:36.58\00:46:41.14
As I was sitting by
reader, John was preaching
00:46:41.17\00:46:45.48
and she said, he
reminds me of a prophet of old.
00:46:45.51\00:46:50.10
Or did she say, he
reminds me of an old prophet?
00:46:50.13\00:46:52.42
I'm not sure which did
she said, but either way,
00:46:52.45\00:46:58.40
it's a privilege
to be here today.
00:46:58.43\00:47:00.04
And what I'm gonna do
is, here I've the privilege
00:47:00.07\00:47:03.20
of giving you a
great blessing today.
00:47:03.23\00:47:06.45
And that blessing is--
00:47:06.48\00:47:08.28
is allowing you to
give and show your support.
00:47:08.31\00:47:11.98
We've heard a
lot of amens today.
00:47:12.01\00:47:14.28
We've heard a lot of
hands clapping together.
00:47:14.31\00:47:17.07
But it takes more than that
to get the Gospel to the world.
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.72
And I will say to John
Carter, it's an incredible gift
00:47:20.75\00:47:25.05
that God has given
him, not only as a speaker
00:47:25.08\00:47:27.91
but anointing
of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.14
I've traveled around the
world as many as you have.
00:47:30.17\00:47:32.45
I've been with numerous people
00:47:32.48\00:47:34.34
and I've never seen anyone able
to draw the amount of people
00:47:34.37\00:47:38.17
that he is able to draw
without millions of dollars
00:47:38.20\00:47:40.71
of advertising going into it.
00:47:40.74\00:47:42.54
There are evangelists who
can do that around the world
00:47:42.57\00:47:44.99
but they literally
takes millions of dollars
00:47:45.02\00:47:47.73
and hundreds and
sometimes thousands of people
00:47:47.76\00:47:50.08
in their organizations
to draw the people.
00:47:50.11\00:47:54.05
But then secondly,
to keep those people
00:47:54.08\00:47:56.31
night after night after night,
00:47:56.34\00:47:58.03
those of you that
travel around the world.
00:47:58.06\00:48:01.42
What is about to happen is
00:48:01.45\00:48:04.35
I believe there is no saying--
00:48:04.38\00:48:06.44
around home we say, you
ain't seen anything yet.
00:48:06.47\00:48:09.03
We're gonna say, you
haven't seen anything yet.
00:48:09.06\00:48:11.64
And I believe
with the Carter report,
00:48:11.67\00:48:13.78
all of the beautiful
video that we've seen
00:48:13.81\00:48:17.04
of the thousands of
people being baptized.
00:48:17.07\00:48:19.94
P and G, Papua New
Guinea coming this summer
00:48:19.97\00:48:23.67
is an incredible opportunity.
00:48:23.70\00:48:26.05
I believe that we'll see
more baptisms in New Guinea
00:48:26.08\00:48:29.88
than John has seen in any
place and maybe put together
00:48:29.91\00:48:33.39
through all of his
evangelistic meetings.
00:48:33.42\00:48:35.14
The potential is
there for hundreds
00:48:35.17\00:48:37.90
of thousands of people
to attend those meetings.
00:48:37.93\00:48:40.33
The potential is
there for thousands
00:48:40.36\00:48:43.13
and thousands of people to come
00:48:43.16\00:48:44.90
to the knowledge of
Christ and join his church.
00:48:44.93\00:48:48.35
And I believe John
mentioned the word complacency.
00:48:48.38\00:48:50.80
It's not the time
to be there today.
00:48:50.83\00:48:53.49
It's the time to go forward.
00:48:53.52\00:48:55.04
Jesus said, "Go ye
into all the world."
00:48:55.07\00:48:57.99
And I don't know anyone
00:48:58.02\00:48:59.39
that's done it any
better, worked at any harder
00:48:59.42\00:49:02.09
than the Carter
report ministries has done
00:49:02.12\00:49:05.87
over the last many, many
years, 50 years of ministry.
00:49:05.90\00:49:10.25
And we're gonna take just
a moment to actually pray.
00:49:10.28\00:49:13.21
I know, a lot of
times you go in churches
00:49:13.24\00:49:15.06
and you just surprise the folks.
00:49:15.09\00:49:16.59
So we want you to be preparing.
00:49:16.62\00:49:18.47
Right now, what is it the
Lord would have you to do?
00:49:18.50\00:49:21.56
What is the value of
a soul? Think about it.
00:49:21.59\00:49:25.24
What is the value of one soul?
00:49:25.27\00:49:27.87
He mentioned, Dr. Julia Outkina.
00:49:27.90\00:49:30.64
Dr. Julia Outkina
you're invaluable to heaven.
00:49:30.67\00:49:34.25
You're invaluable to heaven
00:49:34.28\00:49:36.60
and so all around the world
there are Dr. Julia Outkinas
00:49:36.63\00:49:41.00
who've come to the
knowledge of Christ,
00:49:41.03\00:49:43.22
accepted Him and
now what she has done
00:49:43.25\00:49:45.37
and her work reaching after
elder Carter leaves Russia.
00:49:45.40\00:49:48.69
She and her associates
00:49:48.72\00:49:50.64
and all the folks of
the 34 churches in Russia
00:49:50.67\00:49:54.51
and all the thousands of
people who've been baptized
00:49:54.54\00:49:57.00
are now in those great
countries around the world
00:49:57.03\00:50:00.54
witnessing to their
friends and their neighbors
00:50:00.57\00:50:03.57
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.33
So literally, only
heaven will tell the results
00:50:05.36\00:50:08.76
of the Carter report ministry.
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And I want you to
take just a moment,
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and I want to pray with you.
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Because as I said
Jesus is coming soon.
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Do you believe that? Yes.
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Jesus is coming soon.
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People like John Carter
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in the ministry that John
and Beverly are involved in
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for over 50 years
are few and far between.
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We need to join hands with them.
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We need to lift their hands
and we need to do it by more.
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A lot of people just say,
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I'll pray for you
and prayer is good.
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We're glad for prayer
but we need more than that.
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Jesus said, "Go ye
into all the world."
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And you can do that
by helping financially.
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So what I want to
do is I want to take
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just a moment and say a prayer.
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And I want you to pray
and ask the Holy Spirit
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what would He-- what
would you have me to do?
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Maybe you have something.
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The Lord says, "What is
this you have in your hand?"
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You remember that story?
What is this--told Moses.
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Moses said, "I don't
have anything in my hand?
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What do I have?"
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Well, he had a
couple of things, didn't he?
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Had that rod, that staff
and suddenly threw it down
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and you know what happened
to it when it became a snake,
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Whether it
bettered, whatever happened.
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Whatever you have and God has
put in your hand is valuable.
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Maybe you have something in your
hand you never thought about.
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Maybe you have something at home
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that's just junk to you.
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But maybe it's very
valuable to someone else.
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Maybe there are something
as you said and say, "Lord,
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what is it that I have?"
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27 years ago at a little
prayer meeting of 12 people,
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there was a lady visiting
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an Adventist
church for her first time.
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Her name was Fonda Summers.
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And Fonda Summers says
she heard me talk about
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the Lord's impressed me
to build a television station
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to reach the world with an
undiluted three angels messages
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one that would
counteract the counterfeit.
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She said I went to
bed and I said, "Lord,
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I don't have anything.
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I'd sure like to help this
folk build a television station.
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I don't have
anything." And the Lord said,
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"What is this you
have in your hand?"
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She said, "All I have is
a couple acres of property."
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The Lord impressed her to
give that property 27 years ago
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when Scientific Atlanta
came to do test on the property
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the two acres of
property in Southern Illinois
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that she gave out in the country
was the only area that was free.
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There was a
potential of 130 some odd
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potential
interferences from microwave.
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This property was protected.
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Even when they came and
put up the satellite system,
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it had to be on one
corner of that little two acres
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in order to give us freedom
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to shoot to any
satellite in space
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where we could go
into all the world.
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What is this you
have in your hand?
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Maybe you have some property.
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Maybe you have something
you didn't even realize
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that you had but today
I'm asking you as a church,
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as a people, and
those viewing on 3ABN,
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I'm asking you
today to join hands.
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This will probably
take a half a million,
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maybe a million
dollars, I don't know.
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We hate to set a figure
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but we want to do
what God wants us to do.
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And today, I'm
gonna ask you, Lord,
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what is it you want me to give?
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So I'm gonna say a prayer.
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I want you to be
thinking about it.
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You say a prayer. Maybe
those of you here today,
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you put a pledge down and you
put it for a x amount of dollars
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but you go home and
after you pray about it,
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the Lord says
you can double that.
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You can triple that.
You have the envelopes.
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You can take the address.
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The address will
be up on the screen
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for those of you at home.
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But this opportunity
has been coming a long time.
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Over 12 years ago, 3ABN was able
to put in a television station.
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The largest television
station network on earth
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was gonna vying for
a station with 3ABN.
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Both of us wanted
this station in New Guinea
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that the
ambassador had told me about.
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And the Lord provided only three
channels in the whole country
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and the Lord
provided one channel open,
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He provided a
channel for 3ABN, 24/7.
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The ambassador to
New Guinea has told me,
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ambassador Tejano, has said
thousands of people are coming
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to our churches learning about--
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they come and say
we've been learning about
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Seventh day Adventist Christians
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and about Jesus
through watching 3ABN.
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Elder Carter's already
said we believe that through
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promoting throughout New
Guinea that we can have 100,000,
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possibly 200,000 people a night.
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Folks, this is
gonna take a lot of money.
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So I'm asking you to
do something special.
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Maybe for a long time
you really haven't done
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something extra for God.
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I'm not here raising
money for Danny Shelton.
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I'm not raising money
for anything except souls
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for the kingdom
of God and support
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of John and Beverley
Carter for what they are doing.
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So I'm gonna say a
little prayer right now.
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And I'm gonna ask you
to ask the Holy Spirit,
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"What would you have me to do?
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What is this you've given
me? What is this in my hand?"
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Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, we thank you
for your many blessings to us.
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We thank you
Father, for the opportunity
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to be Christians in the closing
moments of earth's history.
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And we thank of Elder Carter,
the gift that you've given him,
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the calling upon his
life, where he's traveled
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so much of the
world and literally
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thousands and millions have come
to his meetings around the world
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and hundreds of thousands
have not only given their hearts
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to You but have
joined your church.
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Father, what you are opening
the doors that you have opened
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in New Guinea is
beyond our imagination.
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And we believe that
the potential for souls
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is like nothing that
Elder Carter has ever seen
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in the first 50
years of ministry.
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And Lord, I just
pray that right now,
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You'll be with
each one of our viewers
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from around the world,
for those here in this church.
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Father, that You'd
impress us to do something,
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to give something, to sacrifice.
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This family has sacrificed
50 years for the cause of God.
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Help us, Father, to
catch that vision and to say
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maybe we can't go physically
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but we can give
something and we can support.
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I ask these things
in the name of Jesus,
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believing that You
hear and answer our prayers.
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In your name we pray, amen.
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