From Arcadia, California,
the Carter report presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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We are delighted today
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to welcome you
here to our church.
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And we're glad to have
Natalie Hohensee from Loma Linda
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and she is going to come
and sing for the glory of God.
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Would you please
welcome her today?
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Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
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Oh, what a
foretaste of glory divine
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Heir of
salvation, purchase of God
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Born of His
Spirit, lost in His love
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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Perfect
submission, all is at rest
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I in my Savior,
I'm happy and blessed
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Watching and
waiting, looking above
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Filled with His
goodness, lost in His love
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my story,
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this is my song
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Praising my Savior
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all my life long
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Today we've got
an important subject
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that we're gonna talk about.
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As some of you
know we've had a little,
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a little campaign
running on Facebook
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and we've been
talking about the issue
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that most folks are
talking about on television.
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And in fact,
right across America
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and some would
say around the world
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and that is what is
called same-sex marriage.
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I wrote a letter
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which simply set-forth
the teachings of the Bible
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while assuring everybody
that God loves everybody.
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We've had more than a
million people see our site
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and 50,000 people have
clicked on to the information.
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And we've had a deluge of
letters that have come in.
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You can see them on our site.
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This is a very interesting
one and it's a great one.
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This is written by,
I won't say his name,
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but he is
decided to be my friend.
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"I just want to shot out
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to any other gay
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people like me,
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who know the Bible
is the word of God.
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And some of us
do not." I repeat.
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"Do not backup, believe or live
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the lifestyle of a homosexual."
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So here is a young
man, great picture of him.
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He is a Christian.
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He is gay, but he
doesn't live the gay lifestyle.
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Tells it as it is.
Courageous young man.
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"I love the Lord with
all my heart, soul, and mind.
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Gays and others think
they're getting single out
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when in fact
all, all, all people
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who are not married
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(and marriage
between anything besides
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a man and woman
does not exist)."
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Young gay man talking.
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"And having sexual relations
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outside of a Biblical marriage
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are all guilty of fornicating.
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The Bible is a love
letter to all of God's children,
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not a rulebook
designed to keep them down.
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Unfortunately,
people aren't turning to God
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for questions and answers.
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My relationship is with God,
not the opinions of the world.
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Praise God for
convicting us of sin
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that our names might be
written in the Book of Life."
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And he says, "Amen."
And I say amen and amen.
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And God bless him forever.
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The topic today is
"The Hidden Gospel,
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The Love of God,
and the Last Events
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in the History of the Planet."
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I want you to take your Bibles
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and turn to the
second last book in the Bible
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which is the Book of Jude.
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Here Jude tells us that we
need to contend for the faith
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that was once
delivered to the saints.
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Jude and we're going to
read by the grace of God,
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13 verses out of
this one chapter book.
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Jude, easy to find,
folks. Just before Revelation.
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"Jude, a servant of Jesus
Christ and a brother of James."
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It is quite
possible that this man
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was actually
related to our blessed Lord.
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"To those who have been called,
who are loved by God the Father
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and kept by Jesus Christ.
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Mercy, peace and
love to you in abundance.
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Dear friends,
although I was very eager
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to write to you about
the salvation we share,
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I felt I had to
write and urge you
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to contend to
struggle for the faith
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that was once for all
entrusted to the saints."
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The Bible tells us
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that we need to contend
our struggle for the faith
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that was
delivered to the saints.
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And the Bible tells us
why. Jude tells us why.
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Verse 4, "For certain men
whose condemnation was written
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about long ago has
secretly slipped in among you.
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They are godless men,
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who changed the grace of our God
into a license for immorality
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and deny Jesus Christ
our only sovereign and Lord.
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Although you already know
this, I want to remind you
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that the Lord delivered
his people out of Egypt,
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but later destroyed
those who did not believe.
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And the angels who did not keep
their positions of authority
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but abandoned their own home--
these he has kept in darkness,
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bound with everlasting chains
for judgment on the great day.
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In a similar way,
Sodom and Gomorrah--"
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I say, my friend, go read
the story of Sodom and Gomorrah
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and read it in
the Book of Genesis
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and discover why God
destroyed these cities.
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"In the similar
way, Sodom and Gomorrah
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and the surrounding
towns gave themselves up
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to sexual
immorality and perversion.
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They serve as an
example of those who suffer
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the punishment of
eternal fire." Beware.
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"In the very same way,
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these dreamers
pollute their bodies,
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reject authority and
slander celestial beings.
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But even the archangel Michael
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when he was
disputing with the devil
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about the body of
Moses, did not dare to bring
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a slanderous
accusation against him,
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but said, 'The Lord rebuke you.'
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Yet these men's speak abusively
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about whatever
they do not understand
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and what things they
do understand by instinct,
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like unreasoning animals.
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These are the very
things that destroy them.
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Woe to them! They
have taken the way of Cain.
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They have rushed for
profit into Balaam's error.
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They have been
destroyed in Korah's rebellion."
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And these were people
in the church. Verse 12.
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"These men are
blemishes at your love feasts,
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eating with you
without the slightest qualm--
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shepherds who
feed only themselves.
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There are clouds without rain,
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blown along by the
wind, autumn trees,
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without fruit and
uprooted-- twice dead.
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They are wild waves of the
sea, foaming up their shame,
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wandering stars,
for whom the blackness
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and darkness has
been reserved forever."
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Now, who was this Jude?
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It says that he was
the brother of James.
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Some believe that
this was the James
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who was the Lord's brother.
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He was one of the
saints of God in the church
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and one of the great
preachers of the eternal gospel.
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And he said,
"The time would come
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when there would be
a widespread departure
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from the faith
even among Christians."
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And he says,
"What you need to do
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is to contend for the faith
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that was once
delivered to the saints.
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The times do not
cry out for compromise."
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I want you to hear this.
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"The times demand
courage for the crisis."
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Would you for a moment
please with me think of events
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that are taking
place in the world today?
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There is North
Korea. What a regime?
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Communist,
atheistic, Marxist regime.
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In spite of all
that we can say and do,
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now in possession
of nuclear weapons.
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And apparently, ruled--
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ruled by people who
have no capacity to reason
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and to think rationally.
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They are building rockets
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and they've tested
some of their rockets.
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The time will
come, if not next week,
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the time will come
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when North Korea
will have the capacity
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to put a nuclear
device on a missile.
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It is all of a sudden
a very dangerous world.
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I am convinced in my own soul.
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I don't say this because
I'm just a Bible preacher.
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I say it because I--
I look at the evidence.
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I believe that the
great clock is ticking.
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And we have come
down to the last hours
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in the history
of the human race.
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You don't need to
turn to the passage,
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but in
Revelation, it has a picture
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of the four angels
who are holding back
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the winds of strife
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until the servants of God
are sealed in their foreheads.
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And God says to the
angels, "Hold, hold, hold."
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But the day is going to come
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when the angels
will no longer be
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restrained by the Spirit of God.
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We are living
in the last moments
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when God is telling the
angels to restrain themselves.
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Would you please come
over here to Revelation 9?
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This is a most interesting text.
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Revelation 9:13-16.
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Revelation 9:13-16.
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I want you to notice
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some important words
as we read these verses.
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"The sixth angel
sounded his trumpet."
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This is the story
of the Seven Trumpets.
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"And I heard a voice
coming from the horns
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of the golden
altar that is before God.
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It said to the sixth
angel who had the trumpet,
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'Release the four angels
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who are bound at the
great river Euphrates.'
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And the four angels
who had been kept ready."
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Look at these words.
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"For this very
hour and day and month
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and year were released
to kill a third of mankind.
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The number of the mounted
troops was two hundred million.
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I heard their number."
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What I want to put out
today that God has got a time.
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God has got a plan
for the human race.
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And finally, it
comes down to the last hour
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of the last day
of the last month
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of the last year and
then God says, "Let it go."
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And then we have the
Battle of Armageddon,
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the Seven Last Plagues preceded
by the Last Great Conflict.
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Then of course, not only
does the world face the threats
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and the bluster from North Korea
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which is a communist state.
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But then we have
our Moslem state.
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Iran with a tremendous hatred
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towards Israel who
already is armed to the teeth
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with nuclear weapons.
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We can say, they'll
never, never, never get it,
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nuclear weapons.
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We said that
about the North Koreans.
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What I want you
to know, my friends,
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it is no longer
business as usual in the world.
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We now look back today
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upon the time of the
Cold War with the Russians.
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It almost seems a
period of tranquility.
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We are dealing now with madmen.
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Then there are other signs
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that are brought
forth in the word of God.
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I want you to come over
here to Matthew 24, please,
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which is called as you will
remember the little apocalypse
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because it's similar
to the Book of Revelation.
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Matthew 24:9 and onwards.
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And notice the
words of our blessed Lord.
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"Then you will be
handed over to be persecuted
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and put to death,
and you will be hated
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by all nations because of me."
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Look at me.
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People have said,
but we will never,
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never have persecution in
the United States of America.
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I tell you in the name of
God the day is coming soon
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when people living in America
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will be prosecuted
for their Christian faith.
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Churches will be marked.
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They will be arrest and
pastors will be imprisoned
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because they dare to
read texts from the Bible.
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My friend Dr. Graham Bradford
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who was a great
conservative scholar said to me
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about my own homeland
even today in Australia,
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it is becoming dangerous to read
certain texts out of the Bible
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or else you'll be
prosecuted and persecuted.
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The Bible says that "Persecution
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is going to come to the church."
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Read on. In verse, verse 10.
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"At that time many will
turn away from the faith
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and will betray
and hate each other
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and many false
prophets will appear
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and deceive many people.
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Because of the
increase of wickedness
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and the love of
most will grow cold,
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but he who stands firm
to the end will be saved.
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And this gospel of the kingdom
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will be preached
in the whole world
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as a testimony to all nations,
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and then the end will come."
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Jesus, our blessed
Lord said in the last days,
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there would be a time of
apostasy among Christians.
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And this apostasy would somehow
00:19:55.05\00:19:58.84
involve the
persecution of the faithful.
00:19:58.87\00:20:04.63
I believe the day is
coming right here in America
00:20:04.66\00:20:08.86
when persecution will
breakout against Christians
00:20:08.89\00:20:13.90
because of their
fidelity to the truth.
00:20:13.93\00:20:17.32
Come over here
to Genesis, please.
00:20:17.35\00:20:21.06
Over here to
the Book of Genesis.
00:20:21.09\00:20:24.25
And this is a
description of the days of Noah.
00:20:24.28\00:20:30.40
Genesis 6:5 and onwards.
00:20:30.43\00:20:36.09
"The Lord saw how great
man's wickedness on the earth
00:20:36.12\00:20:39.68
had become, and
that ever inclination
00:20:39.71\00:20:42.99
of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil all the time.
00:20:43.02\00:20:47.38
The Lord was grieved that
he had made man on the earth,
00:20:47.41\00:20:50.57
his heart was filled with pain.
00:20:50.60\00:20:54.40
So the Lord said,
'I will wipe mankind,
00:20:54.43\00:20:58.06
whom I have created,
from the face of the earth--
00:20:58.09\00:21:01.42
men and animals, and creatures
00:21:01.45\00:21:04.34
that move along the
ground and birds of the air--
00:21:04.37\00:21:09.01
for I am grieved
that I have made them.'
00:21:09.04\00:21:12.56
But Noah found favor
in the eyes of the Lord."
00:21:12.59\00:21:15.73
Or grace in the
eyes of the Lord.
00:21:15.76\00:21:18.18
And verse 11 and onwards.
00:21:18.21\00:21:20.20
"Now the earth was
corrupt in God's sight
00:21:20.23\00:21:24.28
and was filled with violence.
00:21:24.31\00:21:26.96
God saw how corrupt
the earth had become,
00:21:26.99\00:21:30.03
for all the people on
earth had corrupted their ways.
00:21:30.06\00:21:36.35
So God said to Noah, 'I am going
to put an end to all people,
00:21:36.38\00:21:40.81
for the earth is filled
with violence because of them.
00:21:40.84\00:21:45.61
I am surely going to
destroy both them and the earth.
00:21:45.64\00:21:49.86
So make yourself an
ark of cypress wood."
00:21:49.89\00:21:55.66
Please, listen to me.
00:21:58.50\00:22:00.72
And I want to talk
to you just softly.
00:22:00.75\00:22:04.38
And I want to
just say some things
00:22:04.41\00:22:06.96
that are in my heart today.
00:22:06.99\00:22:11.79
Today, sin is encouraged,
00:22:11.82\00:22:16.92
glorified, and praised.
00:22:16.95\00:22:22.44
Well, I don't plan
to major on this today
00:22:22.47\00:22:25.27
because I have said quite a bit.
00:22:25.30\00:22:29.79
If you and I
depart from scripture
00:22:29.82\00:22:35.39
and the law of God, we set out
00:22:35.42\00:22:40.40
upon a path of self-destruction.
00:22:40.43\00:22:46.03
Jesus, our blessed Lord said,
00:22:46.06\00:22:49.92
in the beginning God
made them male and female.
00:22:49.95\00:22:57.10
And for this reason,
00:22:57.13\00:22:59.50
a man shall leave his
father and his mother.
00:22:59.53\00:23:03.69
At least he better
and cleave into his wife
00:23:03.72\00:23:09.66
and the two, man and
woman shall become one flesh.
00:23:09.69\00:23:17.32
Listen to this.
00:23:17.35\00:23:20.86
I believe that
in the noble history
00:23:20.89\00:23:25.52
of the United States of
America that God raised up.
00:23:25.55\00:23:31.51
God raised up America
00:23:31.54\00:23:34.49
as a bastion
for Bible believers.
00:23:34.52\00:23:38.67
America was not based on Marxism
00:23:38.70\00:23:42.97
or communism or atheism.
00:23:43.00\00:23:46.23
America was based on the
faith of the Pilgrim Fathers.
00:23:46.26\00:23:51.87
Why has God blessed America?
00:23:51.90\00:23:53.60
Because of her faith in God.
00:23:53.63\00:23:56.59
Because she has believed
to a greater or lesser extent
00:23:56.62\00:24:01.85
that we are the
children of the Creator
00:24:01.88\00:24:06.31
and that God's law is
eternal. Listen to me.
00:24:06.34\00:24:14.31
And many people agree with me.
00:24:14.34\00:24:17.25
People like, Billy
Graham, his son Franklin,
00:24:17.28\00:24:22.00
and I could go on an on people
00:24:22.03\00:24:23.75
who believe in
God and the Bible.
00:24:23.78\00:24:28.48
In all the noble history of
the United States of America,
00:24:28.51\00:24:34.17
the greatest
assault upon America
00:24:34.20\00:24:38.67
is taking place now
00:24:38.70\00:24:43.16
because if you
destroy the American family,
00:24:43.19\00:24:48.04
you destroy America.
00:24:48.07\00:24:54.16
God gave two great institutions
in the Garden of Eden.
00:24:54.19\00:25:00.32
Number one, the Lords
Day. It's almost gone.
00:25:00.35\00:25:06.62
As the great theologian said,
00:25:06.65\00:25:08.34
"When the holy day
becomes the day of man,
00:25:08.37\00:25:13.35
society and humanity wither
away and the demons rule."
00:25:13.38\00:25:19.46
Let the Lord's Day
go, and the demons rule.
00:25:19.49\00:25:23.07
No time for God.
00:25:23.10\00:25:26.86
And the second of God's twins
00:25:26.89\00:25:29.04
from the Garden of
Eden is the Sabbath.
00:25:29.07\00:25:32.41
There are two institutions
00:25:32.44\00:25:35.45
that the devil hates
with all his evil soul.
00:25:35.48\00:25:41.99
The Sabbath and marriage.
00:25:42.02\00:25:46.90
And today there is an assault
00:25:46.93\00:25:52.18
starting up the very top
00:25:52.21\00:25:55.96
to destroy the American home,
00:25:55.99\00:26:01.57
that my friend,
00:26:01.60\00:26:04.92
is the betrayal of America.
00:26:04.95\00:26:10.28
And this is one
of the last signs
00:26:10.31\00:26:15.04
before the Lord comes.
00:26:15.07\00:26:18.43
There is now a plan, listen,
00:26:18.46\00:26:21.59
to change the
very fabric of society.
00:26:21.62\00:26:27.64
That which every
civilization has believed in
00:26:27.67\00:26:31.73
for thousands of
years is now under assault.
00:26:31.76\00:26:37.25
This is a sign.
00:26:43.04\00:26:46.79
There is today
our war against God,
00:26:46.82\00:26:50.87
the Bible, and the law of God.
00:26:50.90\00:26:54.04
I heard an English man on CNN
00:26:54.07\00:26:57.43
who is quite famous
and does such a great job
00:26:57.46\00:27:00.30
I think on so many occasions,
00:27:00.33\00:27:02.52
but he was interviewing
a famous American pastor
00:27:02.55\00:27:08.30
and a good man.
00:27:08.33\00:27:11.50
A man of God who
was just lost his son
00:27:11.53\00:27:16.26
from Saddleback Church.
00:27:16.29\00:27:19.03
And he said to
that man who said,
00:27:19.06\00:27:21.20
"No, a marriage is
between a man and woman."
00:27:21.23\00:27:24.46
He said, "Well, maybe we
ought to change the Bible."
00:27:24.49\00:27:28.13
That's what he said.
00:27:28.16\00:27:29.53
He said, "Well, you know,
we--well, if the Bible says
00:27:29.56\00:27:31.64
that we need to
change the Bible."
00:27:31.67\00:27:33.20
Don't you think?
00:27:33.23\00:27:35.55
Something similar was said to
the great Dr. Billy Grahams' son
00:27:35.58\00:27:41.43
and he said, "We cannot
00:27:41.46\00:27:46.07
and we will not
change the word of God."
00:27:46.10\00:27:53.93
But today, there is
a tremendous pressure
00:27:53.96\00:27:57.21
coming from all
sides for us to give in
00:27:57.24\00:28:02.43
and to lie down,
and to surrender,
00:28:02.46\00:28:07.41
but by the grace of God,
never, never, never, never
00:28:07.44\00:28:12.65
shall we surrender.
00:28:12.68\00:28:14.08
What about freedom of
speech and freedom of religion?
00:28:17.87\00:28:21.98
I believe today
that freedom of speech
00:28:22.01\00:28:24.44
and freedom of religion
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.76
are being taken
from us in America.
00:28:26.79\00:28:32.14
In fact, the
day is going to come
00:28:32.17\00:28:34.26
if you stand up in a
pulpit and if you preach
00:28:34.29\00:28:37.39
or maybe even read
text out of the Bible,
00:28:37.42\00:28:40.69
they're going to
say, "That's hate speech."
00:28:40.72\00:28:45.36
Mm-hmm.
00:28:45.39\00:28:47.73
Oh, you're not
politically correct.
00:28:47.76\00:28:49.41
You're not allowed
to say those things.
00:28:49.44\00:28:51.57
Did I ever expect to
see this happen like this?
00:28:55.49\00:28:58.42
No. It caught me unaware.
00:28:58.45\00:29:04.18
The betrayal of
America takes place
00:29:04.21\00:29:06.33
when we are forbidden
to preach the word of God.
00:29:06.36\00:29:09.05
When Christians are
harassed and prosecuted
00:29:09.08\00:29:12.51
because of their
religious beliefs.
00:29:12.54\00:29:16.89
Now, the hour is late, but
the good news is good news.
00:29:16.92\00:29:22.35
You know what the good new is?
00:29:22.38\00:29:24.19
The good news is,
Jesus is coming. Amen.
00:29:24.22\00:29:27.02
Aha. Amen.
00:29:27.05\00:29:28.42
Folks, people say,
"Oh, no, you're just going
00:29:28.45\00:29:30.45
to be rollover in the mud.
00:29:30.48\00:29:31.85
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:29:31.88\00:29:33.77
Jesus is coming.
00:29:33.80\00:29:35.41
We're on the winning
side. We're going home to glory.
00:29:35.44\00:29:38.91
They've been lots
of cynic men and women
00:29:38.94\00:29:41.31
down through the
ages who've attacked Jesus
00:29:41.34\00:29:44.33
and the word of
God and the law of God.
00:29:44.36\00:29:46.70
Where are they?
00:29:46.73\00:29:50.34
But the Bible is
here, and Jesus is here,
00:29:50.37\00:29:54.84
and the law of God is here.
00:29:54.87\00:29:57.15
The good news
is Jesus is coming.
00:29:57.18\00:29:59.61
I would remind you.
00:29:59.64\00:30:01.07
"The darker the night, the
brighter the stars will shine."
00:30:01.10\00:30:06.37
God will always have
his Daniels and Josephs
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.84
and Elijahs and Pauls and Johns.
00:30:10.87\00:30:15.88
"The darker the night,
the brighter the stars."
00:30:15.91\00:30:20.85
And let me talk
about the love of God.
00:30:20.88\00:30:25.90
You know, the text you don't
need to turn to it, John 3:16.
00:30:25.93\00:30:31.47
God so loved the world
that He gave His only Son,
00:30:31.50\00:30:37.74
so that whoever believes in him
00:30:37.77\00:30:40.55
shall not perish, but
have everlasting life.
00:30:40.58\00:30:44.70
The greatest truth in the Bible
is the truth that God loves us.
00:30:44.73\00:30:51.09
The greatest
miracle in the Bible
00:30:51.12\00:30:53.45
is not the
opening up of the Red Sea.
00:30:53.48\00:30:56.67
The greatest miracle
is that God loves sinners.
00:30:56.70\00:31:02.32
He loves Jews. He loves Moslems.
00:31:02.35\00:31:06.99
He loves
Catholics and Protestants
00:31:07.02\00:31:11.64
and Buddhists and communists.
00:31:11.67\00:31:14.82
He loves that guy who
is doing all those things
00:31:14.85\00:31:19.00
up there in North
Korea, He loves him.
00:31:19.03\00:31:22.90
I'd like to go there
one day to run a campaign.
00:31:22.93\00:31:25.08
He loves.
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:31:25.11\00:31:28.32
Might be my last
one. He loves prostitutes.
00:31:28.35\00:31:32.02
He loves
politicians. He has a big love.
00:31:32.05\00:31:36.40
He loves movie stars.
00:31:36.43\00:31:38.62
He loves tax collectors,
gays, lesbians, homosexuals,
00:31:38.65\00:31:45.33
North Koreans,
Iranians, Mexicans, Americans,
00:31:45.36\00:31:49.96
Australians, Hispanics.
00:31:49.99\00:31:51.76
He needs to because
there are so many Hispanics.
00:31:51.79\00:31:58.07
Did you know?
00:31:58.10\00:32:00.27
The latest Time Magazine
00:32:00.30\00:32:01.67
has tremendous
article on the front cover.
00:32:01.70\00:32:05.85
You know what it says.
The Second Reformation.
00:32:05.88\00:32:11.53
You folks don't
read TIME Magazine.
00:32:11.56\00:32:13.50
Apparently, the
Second Reformation.
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.99
It says that millions
and millions of Hispanics
00:32:16.02\00:32:20.43
who came to this
country not believing God,
00:32:20.46\00:32:23.12
but belonging to a great church
00:32:23.15\00:32:26.46
are becoming believers in Jesus.
00:32:26.49\00:32:30.75
The greatest movement
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.61
is the movement
of Hispanic people
00:32:32.64\00:32:35.35
into the
Christian Protestant Church
00:32:35.38\00:32:37.68
and away from
the Church of Rome.
00:32:37.71\00:32:40.49
That's one of the
reasons we now have a pope
00:32:40.52\00:32:45.40
who is Hispanic to try to stop,
just try to stop the flood.
00:32:45.43\00:32:51.40
You can't stop it,
because God is behind it.
00:32:51.43\00:32:55.41
It is a sign of the
times and God loves them.
00:32:55.44\00:33:00.28
How do we know God loves us?
00:33:00.31\00:33:01.96
You know, the woman
who is caught in adultery.
00:33:01.99\00:33:05.04
You know, the story I don't
need to go into add in detail
00:33:05.07\00:33:08.55
where Jesus stoop down
and wrote with His own finger,
00:33:08.58\00:33:13.21
the story of their filthy lives.
00:33:13.24\00:33:16.70
Then He said to the woman,
00:33:16.73\00:33:18.10
"Nor either do I
condemn you go and sin no more."
00:33:18.13\00:33:21.20
What a God that is?
00:33:21.23\00:33:23.57
He loved her. A prostitute.
00:33:23.60\00:33:27.32
He even loved the people
who were sleeping with her.
00:33:27.35\00:33:33.91
Then there was Mary Magdalene.
How can we forget her?
00:33:33.94\00:33:37.41
The Bible says
he had seven demons.
00:33:37.44\00:33:39.94
This is a
symbolic expression to me
00:33:39.97\00:33:42.96
that she was full of the devil.
00:33:42.99\00:33:47.23
And Jesus loved her home.
00:33:47.26\00:33:49.56
He loved her so much
00:33:49.59\00:33:52.64
that her heart fell as
though it was going to burst
00:33:52.67\00:33:55.46
and she became his
most ardent disciple.
00:33:55.49\00:33:58.62
He loved her. He loves people.
00:33:58.65\00:34:02.25
Then Peter who
absolutely messed up
00:34:02.28\00:34:04.71
and denied the Lord
with cursing and swearing.
00:34:04.74\00:34:08.14
What a disgrace?
00:34:08.17\00:34:09.54
The man who is supposed to
be the rock became a pebble.
00:34:09.57\00:34:14.19
And Jesus sent a message
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.73
"Go tell my
disciples and Peter."
00:34:15.76\00:34:21.50
I love this
poem, you've heard it.
00:34:21.53\00:34:24.51
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
00:34:24.54\00:34:28.55
It goes beyond the highest star
00:34:28.58\00:34:31.35
And reaches to the lowest hell
00:34:31.38\00:34:34.58
The guilty pair,
bowed down with care
00:34:34.61\00:34:37.61
You know, why
we've got all these
00:34:37.64\00:34:39.58
problems in the world today?
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.12
You know, why people
have got these abnormalities
00:34:41.15\00:34:48.64
with which they are born?
00:34:48.67\00:34:50.04
We all have them, in
one way or the other.
00:34:50.07\00:34:53.40
We none of us are straight.
00:34:53.43\00:34:55.96
None of us are
normal. We're all bent by sin.
00:34:55.99\00:35:01.73
And some people are
bent in just a different way.
00:35:01.76\00:35:06.14
And the person
who is bent the most
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.54
is the pharisaical hypocrites
00:35:08.57\00:35:11.29
who sits in the
church every Sabbath,
00:35:11.32\00:35:14.71
but his heart is not
touched by the love of God.
00:35:14.74\00:35:17.17
The guilty pair,
bowed down with care
00:35:17.20\00:35:20.97
God gave His Son to win
00:35:21.00\00:35:22.89
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin
00:35:22.92\00:35:28.32
O love of God,
how rich and pure!
00:35:28.35\00:35:30.67
How measureless and strong!
00:35:30.70\00:35:32.75
It shall forevermore endure
00:35:32.78\00:35:36.12
The saints' and angels' song
00:35:36.15\00:35:39.39
Listen to these good words.
00:35:39.42\00:35:40.80
When hoary time shall pass away
00:35:40.83\00:35:44.83
And earthly
thrones and kingdoms fall
00:35:44.86\00:35:47.95
When men who here refuse to pray
00:35:47.98\00:35:51.35
On rocks and
hills and mountains call
00:35:51.38\00:35:54.61
It's gonna happen.
00:35:54.64\00:35:57.15
God's love so
sure, shall still endure
00:35:57.18\00:36:00.39
All measureless and strong
00:36:00.42\00:36:03.67
Redeeming grace to Adam's race
00:36:03.70\00:36:07.69
The saints' and angels' song
00:36:07.72\00:36:09.24
Could we with ink the ocean fill
00:36:09.27\00:36:13.29
Imagine it.
00:36:13.32\00:36:14.83
Were the skies
of parchment made?
00:36:14.86\00:36:18.16
Were every stalk
on earth a quill?
00:36:18.19\00:36:21.79
And every man a scribe by trade
00:36:21.82\00:36:27.01
To write the love of God
above Would drain the ocean dry
00:36:27.04\00:36:32.87
Nor could the
scroll contain the whole
00:36:32.90\00:36:37.35
Though stretched from sky to sky
00:36:37.38\00:36:40.03
So God is a fervent lover.
00:36:40.06\00:36:46.02
There's nothing you can
do to stop Him loving you.
00:36:46.05\00:36:49.75
That doesn't mean
He'll be able to save you.
00:36:49.78\00:36:56.74
A person can only be saved
00:36:56.77\00:36:58.23
when he sees
himself as a wretched sinner
00:36:58.26\00:37:00.92
and responds to the love of God,
00:37:00.95\00:37:03.93
and gets a lot of
religion out of his soul.
00:37:03.96\00:37:07.62
Now the hidden gospel.
00:37:07.65\00:37:09.36
Come over here to
2 Corinthians 4:1-6.
00:37:09.39\00:37:13.80
2 Corinthians 4:1-6.
00:37:13.83\00:37:21.74
2 Corinthians
4:1-6. This is Paul.
00:37:21.77\00:37:25.93
He said, "Therefore,
since through God's mercy,
00:37:25.96\00:37:28.95
mercy we have this
ministry, we do not lose heart."
00:37:28.98\00:37:32.42
Don't lose heart, my friend,
when you're getting kicked.
00:37:32.45\00:37:36.19
"Rather, we have renounced
secret and shameful ways.
00:37:36.22\00:37:40.92
We do not use
deception." We don't tell lies.
00:37:40.95\00:37:45.10
"Nor do we
distort the word of God."
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.19
Neither are we
politically correct.
00:37:47.22\00:37:51.42
"On the contrary, by
setting forth the truth plainly
00:37:51.45\00:37:54.80
we commend ourselves
to every man's conscience
00:37:54.83\00:37:57.90
in the sight of God.
00:37:57.93\00:38:00.22
And even if our
gospel is veiled,
00:38:00.25\00:38:02.16
it is veiled to
those who are perishing.
00:38:02.19\00:38:07.24
The God of these ages
00:38:07.27\00:38:08.64
has blinded the
minds of unbelievers,
00:38:08.67\00:38:10.39
so that they cannot see
00:38:10.42\00:38:13.45
the light of the
gospel of glory of Christ,
00:38:13.48\00:38:15.66
who is the image of God.
00:38:15.69\00:38:18.73
For we do not preach ourselves,
00:38:18.76\00:38:20.77
but Jesus Christ as Lord,
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.10
and ourselves as your
servants for Jesus' sake.
00:38:23.13\00:38:26.16
For God, who said, 'Let
light shine out of darkness,'
00:38:26.19\00:38:30.70
made his light
shine in our hearts
00:38:30.73\00:38:33.30
to give us the
light of the knowledge
00:38:33.33\00:38:35.38
of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ."
00:38:35.41\00:38:42.47
Is anybody here colorblind?
00:38:42.50\00:38:47.53
You don't know.
00:38:47.56\00:38:50.73
Have you ever gone and
then they've done a test on you,
00:38:50.76\00:38:54.01
and they put a jumble of colors
in front of you and they say,
00:38:54.04\00:38:59.02
"What is it?" I've had this.
00:38:59.05\00:39:04.89
I could workout the first page.
00:39:04.92\00:39:06.62
I said, "Yes,
letter one." Write.
00:39:06.65\00:39:09.52
Okay, let's go
to the second page
00:39:09.55\00:39:11.91
and have a look,
it's just pop out.
00:39:11.94\00:39:15.03
If you're not colorblind,
if everything is fine
00:39:15.06\00:39:18.74
with your eyes or
whatever, what number is that?
00:39:18.77\00:39:22.84
Oh, I can see, that's 27." Okay.
00:39:22.87\00:39:26.53
And let's go to the third page.
00:39:26.56\00:39:27.93
What animal is that?
00:39:27.96\00:39:34.52
I can't see an
animal. Well, it's easy.
00:39:34.55\00:39:36.73
Well, let's go
to the fourth page.
00:39:36.76\00:39:39.42
You know, this is when
they're giving you tests.
00:39:39.45\00:39:43.56
I discovered.
00:39:43.59\00:39:46.98
I know that sky is
blue and it looks blue.
00:39:47.01\00:39:50.26
And I know your
dress is I think is blue.
00:39:50.29\00:39:55.06
And I know the shirt is green.
00:39:59.12\00:40:01.96
I don't know I'm
just kidding, folks.
00:40:01.99\00:40:04.38
But I am partially colorblind.
00:40:04.41\00:40:08.07
So when a person
who was not colorblind,
00:40:08.10\00:40:13.82
he can pickup, he can
see, that's an elephant there.
00:40:13.85\00:40:17.11
I can't see anything like that.
00:40:17.14\00:40:18.51
I said, "It's just
a jumble of colors."
00:40:18.54\00:40:23.69
The vast majority
of people in the world.
00:40:23.72\00:40:26.22
When I read the
Bible, it's a jumble.
00:40:26.25\00:40:30.57
You can't see it.
00:40:30.60\00:40:34.83
Look at me, that is why
this is incomprehensible.
00:40:34.86\00:40:42.79
You can have people
00:40:42.82\00:40:44.20
who are the leaders
of the Christian church.
00:40:44.23\00:40:49.89
They pontificate, they
say, all the right things.
00:40:49.92\00:40:52.58
But there's
something wrong with them.
00:40:52.61\00:40:56.38
They can't see that there's
anything wrong with them.
00:40:56.41\00:40:59.62
But others can.
00:40:59.65\00:41:02.56
They can't, they
don't understand the gospel.
00:41:02.59\00:41:06.96
It is to them a mystery
00:41:06.99\00:41:11.96
so profound that
they think they've got it
00:41:11.99\00:41:14.83
when they're
walking in darkness.
00:41:14.86\00:41:17.47
Scary, isn't that? Scary.
00:41:17.50\00:41:24.10
The Apostle Paul in
the Book of Galatians
00:41:24.13\00:41:27.64
made a remarkable statement
00:41:27.67\00:41:30.10
that a great theologian
pointed out to me many years ago
00:41:30.13\00:41:33.53
when I was about a young man.
00:41:33.56\00:41:38.27
He said-- Paul said,
00:41:38.30\00:41:42.15
"He did not received the gospel
by the instruction of people,
00:41:42.18\00:41:48.08
but he said, by a
revelation from God.
00:41:48.11\00:41:53.94
Listen to this.
00:41:53.97\00:41:57.91
The greatest curse in
the world is bad religion.
00:41:57.94\00:42:03.33
And the hardest person
to ever reach is a person
00:42:06.64\00:42:10.42
who thinks he
knows, but doesn't know.
00:42:10.45\00:42:13.65
And he is full up to hear
with all other right words.
00:42:13.68\00:42:21.14
But the gospel is
supernaturally revealed.
00:42:21.17\00:42:27.34
And when the gospel is
supernaturally revealed,
00:42:27.37\00:42:30.93
all the colors
take the face of Christ.
00:42:30.96\00:42:38.24
That is why I urge people
00:42:38.27\00:42:41.13
to breakaway
from the brainwashing
00:42:41.16\00:42:43.22
that we experience
everyday in America
00:42:43.25\00:42:46.82
and take time to read the Bible.
00:42:46.85\00:42:49.03
If you don't read the Bible,
00:42:49.06\00:42:50.74
you will never find
Christ to salvation,
00:42:50.77\00:42:53.28
because your mind will
be so filled with junk.
00:42:53.31\00:42:59.24
So the gospel is hidden and is
revealed by the Spirit of God.
00:42:59.27\00:43:05.60
Remember,
remember, John Newton said,
00:43:05.63\00:43:09.51
"I was blind, but now I see.
00:43:09.54\00:43:12.34
I was blind, but now I see."
00:43:12.37\00:43:16.04
I want you to come over here
to Galatians 2:19 and onwards.
00:43:16.07\00:43:20.40
This is a book
that you should read.
00:43:20.43\00:43:23.38
It is difficult and that's
another reason to read it.
00:43:23.41\00:43:27.04
People say, but I
find it incomprehensible,
00:43:27.07\00:43:30.13
that is because you
need the Spirit of God.
00:43:30.16\00:43:32.67
Galatians 2:19 and onwards.
00:43:32.70\00:43:36.27
"For through the
law I died to the law
00:43:36.30\00:43:38.94
so that I might live
for God." What does it mean?
00:43:38.97\00:43:42.36
"Through the law
I died to the law."
00:43:42.39\00:43:45.16
The law can only say that you're
guilty and you're going to die.
00:43:45.19\00:43:50.73
"I have been
crucified with Christ
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.49
and I no longer live,
but Christ lives in me."
00:43:52.52\00:43:54.95
This is more than
our daily experience.
00:43:54.98\00:43:58.56
It is talking
about what happened
00:43:58.59\00:44:00.44
when Christ died on the cross.
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.64
When Christ died on
the cross, I was in Christ.
00:44:02.67\00:44:07.78
And when He died for
sin, my sin was atoned for.
00:44:07.81\00:44:12.67
Therefore, as far as
the law of God is concerned,
00:44:12.70\00:44:16.52
John Carter is dead.
00:44:16.55\00:44:21.68
And the law cannot
condemn a dead person.
00:44:21.71\00:44:26.87
You've never seen that before?
00:44:26.90\00:44:30.27
I'm crucified with
Christ. Nevertheless, I live.
00:44:30.30\00:44:35.35
"The life I live in the body,
00:44:35.38\00:44:36.75
I live by faith
and the Son of God,
00:44:36.78\00:44:38.15
who loved me and
gave himself for me.
00:44:38.18\00:44:39.79
I do not set
aside the grace of God,
00:44:39.82\00:44:42.17
for if righteousness
could be gained through the law,
00:44:42.20\00:44:44.76
Christ died for nothing."
00:44:44.79\00:44:46.35
The law is not the gospel,
and the gospel is not the law.
00:44:46.38\00:44:50.54
"The law kills me.
I was on the cross.
00:44:50.57\00:44:55.39
Christ gave himself for me.
00:44:55.42\00:44:57.24
I am saved by
grace the righteousness
00:44:57.27\00:45:00.31
that saves me is
the righteousness
00:45:00.34\00:45:03.04
that is the gift of
God because of Christ,
00:45:03.07\00:45:06.01
not because of my deeds."
00:45:06.04\00:45:09.83
I want to read you a
statement from a great scholar,
00:45:09.86\00:45:15.70
Farrar in his classic
"The Life of Christ." Listen.
00:45:15.73\00:45:20.31
"For indeed a
death by crucifixion
00:45:20.34\00:45:22.11
seems to include
all that pain and death
00:45:22.14\00:45:24.50
can have of
horrible and ghastly--
00:45:24.53\00:45:28.21
dizziness, cramp,
thirst, starvation,
00:45:28.24\00:45:30.59
sleeplessness, traumatic fever,
00:45:30.62\00:45:32.70
tetanus, publicity of shame,
00:45:32.73\00:45:35.15
long continuance of torment,
00:45:35.18\00:45:38.45
horror of anticipation,
00:45:38.48\00:45:40.78
mortification
of untended wounds,
00:45:40.81\00:45:43.78
all intensified
just up to the point
00:45:43.81\00:45:46.39
at which they can
be endured at all,
00:45:46.42\00:45:49.44
but all stopping
just short of the point
00:45:49.47\00:45:52.10
which would give to the sufferer
the relief of unconsciousness.
00:45:52.13\00:45:58.41
The unnatural position
made every movement painful,
00:45:58.44\00:46:01.66
the lacerated
veins, the crushed tendons
00:46:01.69\00:46:04.50
throbbed with incessant anguish,
00:46:04.53\00:46:06.73
the wounds,
inflamed by exposure,
00:46:06.76\00:46:09.13
gradually
gangrened, the arteries,
00:46:09.16\00:46:12.12
especially of
the head and stomach,
00:46:12.15\00:46:14.23
became swollen and
oppressed with surcharged blood,
00:46:14.26\00:46:19.39
and, while each
variety of misery
00:46:19.42\00:46:21.77
went on gradually increasing,
00:46:21.80\00:46:23.44
there was added to
them the intolerable pang
00:46:23.47\00:46:26.58
of a burning and raging thirst.
00:46:26.61\00:46:30.43
And all these
physical complications
00:46:30.46\00:46:32.51
caused an internal
excitement and anxiety
00:46:32.54\00:46:35.83
which made the prospect
to death itself, of death.
00:46:35.86\00:46:40.22
The last, the
awful unknown enemy
00:46:40.25\00:46:45.10
at whose approach man
usually shatters most.
00:46:45.13\00:46:49.52
There the aspect of a delicious
and exquisite release."
00:46:49.55\00:46:57.41
There is a doctrine
that is going around
00:46:57.44\00:46:59.10
today in our church,
not in this church here.
00:46:59.13\00:47:02.59
But certainly in Australia
00:47:02.62\00:47:04.35
where people are denying
the doctrine of the Trinity.
00:47:04.38\00:47:09.76
If you deny the
doctrine of the Trinity,
00:47:09.79\00:47:12.07
you deny the doctrine
of the greatness of Christ.
00:47:12.10\00:47:17.46
Because Christ
hanging on the cross
00:47:17.49\00:47:20.39
was more than a
creature, more than an angel,
00:47:20.42\00:47:24.57
more than a being
unspeakably exalted,
00:47:24.60\00:47:27.39
hanging on the
cross was Almighty God.
00:47:27.42\00:47:31.69
El shaddi, the Almighty One.
00:47:31.72\00:47:33.59
Yahweh, Elohim, the great I am.
00:47:33.62\00:47:38.58
How much He loves us?
00:47:41.96\00:47:48.36
God loved me
enough to die for me.
00:47:48.39\00:47:50.70
The gospel is not the law,
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.36
but it teaches that
the law of God is eternal.
00:47:52.39\00:47:54.97
Never forget it.
00:47:55.00\00:47:57.29
The law demands justice,
and Christ experienced justice.
00:47:57.32\00:48:03.42
There was no grace
for Christ on the cross.
00:48:03.45\00:48:06.51
The warfare against the
law is warfare against God.
00:48:06.54\00:48:11.85
The gospel teaches that
sin cannot be merely excused,
00:48:11.88\00:48:17.32
it demands a blood atonement.
00:48:17.35\00:48:21.51
The law demands a heaving
sacrifice, a man crying out,
00:48:21.54\00:48:26.61
"My God, my God, why
have you forsaken me?"
00:48:26.64\00:48:31.63
If the law could be set aside,
Christ would not have died.
00:48:31.66\00:48:38.35
What Christ
experienced on the cross,
00:48:38.38\00:48:40.45
every lost
sinner must experience.
00:48:40.48\00:48:43.13
If he or she rejects
Christ and His death,
00:48:43.16\00:48:47.78
therefore the
Spirit of God comes
00:48:47.81\00:48:49.64
and opens blind
hearts that are willing
00:48:49.67\00:48:52.95
and softens hard hearts
to those who are willing.
00:48:52.98\00:48:56.55
Are you willing?
00:48:56.58\00:48:59.57
And this true gospel produces
00:48:59.60\00:49:01.22
not a modification,
but a transformation.
00:49:01.25\00:49:07.98
I have felt the love of God
00:49:08.01\00:49:09.89
displayed in the
lives of men and women.
00:49:09.92\00:49:12.89
Never anywhere in
the world have I seen
00:49:12.92\00:49:15.52
the love of God so displayed
00:49:15.55\00:49:17.49
as I saw it among our
pastors from Mainland China.
00:49:17.52\00:49:23.33
I can understand why China
is probably going to become
00:49:23.36\00:49:26.73
the bastion of
the Christian faith
00:49:26.76\00:49:29.19
in the next 20 or 30 years.
00:49:29.22\00:49:33.90
I met people there
who'd suffered for Christ,
00:49:33.93\00:49:36.61
who'd been beaten for Christ,
00:49:36.64\00:49:38.77
who'd been throbbed and kicked
00:49:38.80\00:49:40.52
and who slept for 15
or 20 years on concrete,
00:49:40.55\00:49:46.57
covered with blood.
00:49:46.60\00:49:48.55
I was a worm in their presence.
00:49:48.58\00:49:52.81
And when I met them I said,
this Christianity must be true.
00:49:52.84\00:49:58.38
It certainly is not
the Christianity of America
00:49:58.41\00:50:01.40
or the
Christianity of Australia.
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.66
It is the
Christianity of Christ.
00:50:03.69\00:50:07.41
It is the suffering
fervent Christianity
00:50:07.44\00:50:11.00
and the love that
flowed from those people,
00:50:11.03\00:50:13.42
those men and those
women that young women
00:50:13.45\00:50:16.99
who is the pastor of a church
of 20,000 people and ordained.
00:50:17.02\00:50:23.63
The love was so great
that I said it must be true.
00:50:26.71\00:50:31.89
In '92, I preached in our
church in Nizhni Novgorod.
00:50:36.83\00:50:42.53
I was there in
the middle of winter
00:50:42.56\00:50:44.86
and the people were very hungry.
00:50:44.89\00:50:47.87
We didn't take up an offering,
00:50:47.90\00:50:49.83
we passed out
the offering baskets
00:50:49.86\00:50:51.62
and we put money in
the offering baskets,
00:50:51.65\00:50:54.06
so people could take
money out of the baskets.
00:50:54.09\00:50:58.95
But when I got up to preach
00:50:58.98\00:51:01.75
and I started to
talk from the word of God,
00:51:01.78\00:51:04.98
the people all cried because
I was the first foreigner.
00:51:05.01\00:51:11.86
The Babushkas, the old
mothers, the young people.
00:51:11.89\00:51:15.28
And when they came to me
they displayed so much love.
00:51:15.31\00:51:20.42
I said to myself, it is true.
00:51:20.45\00:51:22.95
This is not propaganda
that we are talking about.
00:51:22.98\00:51:26.68
This is not the
religion of a decedent west.
00:51:26.71\00:51:29.99
This is the religion
of Christ, and I felt it.
00:51:30.02\00:51:35.39
And I have also
felt it in this church.
00:51:35.42\00:51:41.04
Then there were the
born fools, the Baptists.
00:51:41.07\00:51:44.26
During the time of Stalin,
00:51:44.29\00:51:46.70
when a communist was beating up
another communist or an atheist,
00:51:46.73\00:51:51.31
the person who
was being tortured
00:51:51.34\00:51:53.94
would scream out in blaspheme
00:51:53.97\00:51:55.69
and the Baptists,
some of them would say,
00:51:55.72\00:51:57.59
"Let me take the place of
that prisoner, beat me instead."
00:51:57.62\00:52:03.14
The communist
called them, born fools.
00:52:03.17\00:52:06.07
He said, "You got
to be a born fool."
00:52:06.10\00:52:08.04
And the Baptists said,
00:52:08.07\00:52:09.44
"Torture us because we
will not curse and blaspheme,
00:52:09.47\00:52:13.09
we will praise God."
00:52:13.12\00:52:15.95
Because if you
torture an atheist,
00:52:15.98\00:52:17.98
more hate goes out in the world.
00:52:18.01\00:52:19.95
But if you torture a Christian,
00:52:19.98\00:52:21.35
there will be
more love released.
00:52:21.38\00:52:24.84
Do I understand that?
00:52:24.87\00:52:26.62
No, I don't. It
is the love of God.
00:52:26.65\00:52:33.35
So this true gospel
produces not a modification,
00:52:33.38\00:52:36.10
but a transformation.
00:52:36.13\00:52:37.91
Therefore, we
need to seriously deal
00:52:37.94\00:52:41.80
with our own sin-sick souls.
00:52:41.83\00:52:44.69
Stop playing church and stop
00:52:44.72\00:52:48.66
pretending to
be what we are not,
00:52:48.69\00:52:51.98
and become the
servants of Christ
00:52:52.01\00:52:54.52
and stand up for His truths.
00:52:54.55\00:52:56.87
God today wants soldiers
00:52:56.90\00:53:02.02
who will stand up for Christ.
00:53:02.05\00:53:06.29
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
you soldiers of the cross.
00:53:06.32\00:53:10.91
And we should pray
open our eyes, Lord.
00:53:10.94\00:53:14.15
We want to see Jesus,
00:53:14.18\00:53:16.75
to reach out and touch
Him and say that we love Him.
00:53:16.78\00:53:22.04
Open our ears, Lord,
and help us to listen.
00:53:22.07\00:53:28.05
Open our eyes, Lord.
00:53:28.08\00:53:31.93
We want to see Jesus.
00:53:31.96\00:53:36.67
It is this gospel
that saves the soul
00:53:36.70\00:53:41.98
and for which the
world is perishing.
00:53:42.01\00:53:49.48
And if we open up our
hearts and confess our sins,
00:53:49.51\00:53:54.82
and our laziness and
our spirit will sloth
00:53:54.85\00:53:59.82
and we cry out in mercy.
00:53:59.85\00:54:03.70
We will no longer be colorblind,
00:54:03.73\00:54:07.05
but we will see
Christ on the cross,
00:54:07.08\00:54:10.36
and we will be saved by grace.
00:54:10.39\00:54:14.48
The Carter Report is a
self supporting ministry
00:54:17.11\00:54:20.03
with a global mission.
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.95
We believe that the
most important thing
00:54:21.98\00:54:23.97
that we can do in
this tremendous hour
00:54:24.00\00:54:26.76
is to tell people
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:54:26.79\00:54:29.97
Because Jesus said,
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"I am the way, the
truth and the life."
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We do not believe that
this is business as usual.
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We believe that we are
living in the closing hours
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in the history of this world.
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Bless your heart, friend.
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Look at the signs that are
being fulfilled almost everyday.
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The signs of the
times are shouting at us.
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And they're saying,
"Jesus is coming soon."
00:54:52.02\00:54:55.42
I want you to be my
partner in global mission.
00:54:55.45\00:54:58.98
I want you to be
my partner in helping
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to tell the world
about the coming of Jesus.
00:55:01.40\00:55:04.53
I want you to be my partner
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in the preaching of
the distinctive truths
00:55:06.34\00:55:10.12
of the Three Angels Messages.
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Please, check us out at the
new "Carter Report" website,
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cartereport.org.
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We have a special section
whereby you can ask questions
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and I will give you the answers
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from the living
world of the living God.
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That is the cartereport.org.
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My friend, we want you
to join us in the mission
00:55:34.42\00:55:38.36
to preach the
gospel in China, in India,
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in Australia, in Africa, in
the United States of America,
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wherever people are lost
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and wherever people need to hear
the good news that Jesus saves.
00:55:49.31\00:55:55.43
Please, check us out.
00:55:55.46\00:55:56.90
The new "Carter Report"
website, cartereport.org.
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I want to hear from you today.
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Would ever seek a place
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Of humble service in Your house
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To gaze into the light
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that is Your face
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Oh, let me be a servant,
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a keeper of the door
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My heart is only longing
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to see forever more
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The glory of Your presence
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the dwelling of the Lord
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Oh, let me be a servant,
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a keeper of the door.
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