From Arcadia, California,
The Carter Report presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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Program today is entitled,
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"The Deadly Snake in My House"
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and other amazing
stories of God's amazing grace.
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But first today we have a
beautiful and special guest.
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We think she is
just the very best.
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We have taken her overseas
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and she is The
Carter Report angel.
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Her name is Sharon Verde
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and she is going to be
accompanied today by Noel.
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Would you please
welcome them today?
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'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
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Just to take Him at His word;
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Just to rest upon His promise;
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Just to know,
Thus saith the Lord.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er,
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Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!
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O for grace to trust Him more.
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O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
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Just to trust
His cleansing blood;
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And in simple
faith to plunge me,
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'Neath the
healing, leansing flood.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er,
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Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!
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O for grace to trust Him more.
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Yes, tis sweet
to trust in Jesus,
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Just from sin and self to cease;
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Just from Jesus simply taking
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Life, and rest,
and joy, and peace.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er,
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Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!
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O for grace to trust Him more.
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I'm so glad
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I learned to trust Thee,
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Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
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And I know that
Thou art with me,
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Wilt be with me to the end.
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Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,
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How I've proved
Him o'er and o'er,
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Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!
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O for grace to trust Him more.
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The topic today is
"the snake in my house
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in the dark, night time,"
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and other amazing stories
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topic today is, "A
potpourri of Grace."
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I want you to take your Bibles
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and turn with me over here
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to the Gospel of John chapter 1,
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want to welcome
every person here today.
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We are glad that you are here.
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We are glad that you joined us
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specially those
watching on television.
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John 1:16 and 17,
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really a great text
this is John 1:16 and 17,
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"From the fullness of his grace
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we have all received
one blessing after another.
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For the law was
given through Moses,
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grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ."
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From the fullness it's grace
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we have received one
blessing after another.
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Topic Potpourri of Grace,
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Wikipedia which I
now use on my I pad says
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it is a mixture of dried
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naturally
fragrant plant material
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used to provide a
gentle natural cent.
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Potpourri... it goes under say
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potpourri is
used inside the home
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to give the air
a pleasant smell.
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The word
Potpourri comes into English
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from the French
word "pot-pourri."
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Why don't you
grasp with amazement?
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Pot-pourri.
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You could see why
when we go to France
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my team has me
order all of the meals
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because it just flows
off my tongue, Pot-pourri.
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And this is only the
start of my gymnastics
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in language today.
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The French term
has two connotations.
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It is the French name
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for a Spanish stew
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with a wide variety
of ingredients called...
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now I have to
try, "olla podrida."
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How is that Caesar?
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Say it again, "olla podrida."
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A specialty of the town of...
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this is quite incredible
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because we have
these people in our church,
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a specialty of
the town of Burgos.
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The word was taken and
copied by the French military
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during the Napoleonic occupation
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of Burgos, 1808-1813.
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In early 17th
Century France fresh herbs
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and flowers were gathered--
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starting in spring
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and continuing
through the summer.
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The herbs were left for a
day or two to become limp,
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then layered
with coarse sea salt.
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The aging mixture
was stirred occasionally
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as layers were added to it.
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The finished potpourri
was set out in special pots
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with perforated
lids to perfume rooms."
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Therefore I would say to
you today blessed is the home.
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Blessed is the church.
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Blessed is the individual
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that has a Potpourri of grace.
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From the fullness of his grace
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we have received one
blessing after another.
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First part of this
sermon is the saga of the snake,
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a manifestation of
God's protecting grace.
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Few weeks ago I was in Australia
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in a home in Terranora
it's a two-storey house.
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The floors are made largely
of large Porcelain tiles.
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In winter, we do not think
of Australia as a cool place
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but it does get cold.
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And in the house that
night, the sun had set,
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in the house it
was freezing cold.
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I don't wear shoes inside
the house lest I pollute it.
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But I had on a pair of socks.
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David was coming back
from Papua, New Guinea,
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because he been
up there to negotiate
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and starting our
national television,
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which will start any day soon
on a big commercial station.
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There is a room and a bathroom
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and a little kitchen downstairs
as well as a living space.
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So I came down the
staircase in my socks.
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And because I
believe in conserving energy,
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I didn't turn the
lights on downstairs.
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But the lights
shone down the stairs.
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And as I came
over to the bedroom
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that David was going to
occupy in about an hour's time,
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I saw I didn't
have my glasses on.
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So I was sailing blind
and I came down and I saw,
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spread out near his door way,
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a brown snake.
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The brown snake,
the eastern brown
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Wikipedia tells me on my I-pad
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is the second most
deadly snake in the world.
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Fortunately it was winter
and snakes are cold blood dead.
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And therefore
somehow, I don't know
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the snake had
got inside the house
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and it wasn't very
big. It was about this long.
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And it was lying on the
tiles, but it was not active.
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As I came it moved a little.
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My heart almost
came out of my chest
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because I was facing
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one of the most deadly creatures
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on the face of the earth.
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Fast, when he is provoked
he will not give ground.
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An eastern brown when he is
provoked will stand his ground.
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A big one can grow this tall
and thick and he will strike.
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And you only have
virtually a few minutes
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to get to the hospital
that has the antivenin.
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So I stopped and I
consciously took a deep breath
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and I prayed I
said, Lord have mercy.
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There is nobody around here.
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I am the only
person in the house
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and I have no
shoes on, no boots.
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You should never leave the snake
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because the snake
could go anywhere.
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I thought I have no alternative.
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I have got to
get outside the house
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and I have got
to get to the garage
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and I have got to get
on my big working boots.
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So I said Lord don't
let him move too fast,
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don't let him go.
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Because I have got to come back,
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and so I went out
and I got my boots,
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didn't do the mud properly.
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I came back, and the
snake could only moved a foot.
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And then I did
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what one needs
to do in Australia.
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I have no question at
all that God took care of me.
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The snake was
lying across the path
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if I had stood on the
snake he would have struck me.
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There was nobody to call.
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I may not have even had
time to get to the hospital,
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there was no one to call.
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I could have called 000,
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if I had been
able to get upstairs.
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I want you to come to Psalm 91.
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We have received one
blessing after another.
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My life has been filled
with incidents like these
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but also the
protecting hand of God.
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Psalm 91 and
verse 11 and onwards.
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"For he will command
his angels concerning you
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to guard you in all your ways,
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they will lift
you up in your hands,
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so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.
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You will tread on
the lion and the cobra
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you will trample the
great lion and the serpent.
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An eastern brown is far
more deadly than a cobra,
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"Because he loves
me," says the Lord,
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"I will rescue him
I will protect him,
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for he acknowledges my name.
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He will call upon me,
and I will answer him.
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I will be with him in trouble.
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I will deliver
him and honor him.
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With long life
will I satisfy him
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and show him my salvation."
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One blessing after another.
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The second part of the sermon
is the miracle of the lost bag.
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A manifestation of God's
looking out for you, grace.
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And I have the bag here.
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I was traveling
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from the Gold
Coast down to Sydney.
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I'd gone to the
domestic airport.
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There are two
airports in Sydney,
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the domestic and
the international.
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I was carrying a huge suitcase
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and also a very large carry on
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and I had this
bag over my shoulder,
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holding on to it.
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This bag had lots of
things in it that I needed.
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It had for instance my wallet,
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and inside the wallet
there were hundreds of dollars,
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five or six hundred dollars,
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plus all of my credit cards
plus also my driver's license.
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In my pocket I had five dollars,
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which doesn't get you very far.
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Also inside my bag
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somewhere I had
carefully hidden,
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I had two passports.
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I had my Australian passport
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that I use when
I go to Australia
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and I had also
my American passport
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that I use when I go to
the United States of America.
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And so I use two
passports when I travel.
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And so in this bag
I had all my money,
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my wallet every credit card,
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but there's one
thing I had in my pocket
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that I didn't put in here
and that was my cell phone.
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But what happened was this.
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I got in the bus,
the T-Bus that goes
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from the domestic terminal
to the international terminal.
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And I sat down on the bus
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and I had this large suitcase
that I needed to manipulate
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and I also had this bag
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and I also as I
mentioned before my carry on.
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And when I got up out of the bus
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I struggled with this
big suitcase and my carryon.
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And when I got to
the United check-in desk,
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the lady said to me
"may I have your passport?"
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And I reached for my passport
and my bag was not there.
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I got at my cell phone
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and I tried to call the
United States of America,
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but my cell phone jammed up.
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I couldn't use it.
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I couldn't make a phone call
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and I had no credit cards
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and no passport
and no id at all.
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I said to the lady I
have lost my passport my bag,
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I have lost everything.
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What she said of course
you can't get on the plane.
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I said I can't even call
for a taxi to go to a hotel.
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I can't call my
family. I can't call my office.
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She said go upstairs
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to the "lost and
found department,"
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which is the third
floor of this airport.
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So I went up there
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and I spoke to the young woman
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and I said I have lost my bag.
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And she said
nobody has passed it in.
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So I stood there and I prayed
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and I said Lord
it's not just the case
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of missing my
flight back to Los Angeles,
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I have nothing.
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I don't know
what I am going to do.
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I can't even make a phone call
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and when I got
out of the elevator
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or as I call it the lift.
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As I got out of the lift
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and I walked
towards to the United desk
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at the international terminal
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the lady who had
been talking to me
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ran out to meet me
and she held up my bag
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and she said someone
is looking after you.
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The amazing thing that my
bag had been left in the bus,
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I wasn't even sure that
I had left it in the bus
00:20:31.32\00:20:33.84
but my bag had
been left in the bus
00:20:33.87\00:20:37.30
and somebody in the
bus had opened my bag
00:20:37.33\00:20:43.99
and probably worked out
that I was flying with United
00:20:44.02\00:20:48.52
and they returned my bag
00:20:48.55\00:20:50.78
and my wallet and
not one cent was missing.
00:20:50.81\00:20:57.10
The lady said to me
00:20:57.13\00:20:59.18
someone today has
been looking out for you.
00:20:59.21\00:21:02.89
I call this
looking out for you, grace.
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We have received one
blessing after another.
00:21:07.68\00:21:10.04
Would come to Psalm 121: 3-8?
00:21:10.07\00:21:13.55
Psalm 121:3-8,
00:21:13.58\00:21:19.45
this is why you and I
should never be discouraged.
00:21:19.48\00:21:24.04
Psalm 121: 3-8,
00:21:24.07\00:21:27.20
"He will not
let your foot slip--
00:21:27.23\00:21:29.63
he who watches over
you will not slumber,
00:21:29.66\00:21:32.82
indeed, he who
watches over Israel
00:21:32.85\00:21:35.67
will neither slumber nor sleep.
00:21:35.70\00:21:38.77
The Lord watches over you--
00:21:38.80\00:21:40.56
the Lord is your
shade at your right hand,
00:21:40.59\00:21:43.49
the sun will
not harm you by day,
00:21:43.52\00:21:45.60
nor the moon by night.
00:21:45.63\00:21:47.29
The Lord will keep
you from all harm--
00:21:47.32\00:21:49.61
he will watch over your life.
00:21:49.64\00:21:51.96
The lord will
watch over your coming
00:21:51.99\00:21:54.55
and your going both
now and forevermore."
00:21:54.58\00:22:00.34
We have received one
blessing after another.
00:22:00.37\00:22:04.48
The third blessing
that comes to my mind today
00:22:04.51\00:22:06.77
and there are many, but here is
the third blessing in my talk.
00:22:06.80\00:22:10.88
"The wonder and the
joy when a king is born,"
00:22:10.91\00:22:15.28
we call this
royal triumphant grace.
00:22:15.31\00:22:20.60
Catherine
Middleton is a commoner
00:22:20.63\00:22:25.74
married to Prince
William, Duke of Cambridge.
00:22:25.77\00:22:31.07
She was married to
the prince April 29, 2011
00:22:31.10\00:22:37.34
in the splendid and
magnificent Westminster abbey.
00:22:37.37\00:22:43.09
They've had a little baby boy.
00:22:43.12\00:22:46.49
He has been named
George Alexander Louis
00:22:46.52\00:22:52.62
after Louis Mountbatten.
00:22:52.65\00:22:57.30
George was the beloved father
of the present Queen Elizabeth
00:22:57.33\00:23:03.52
and this little baby is named
after the father of the Queen.
00:23:03.55\00:23:11.41
So you have the
Queen, then her son,
00:23:11.44\00:23:15.12
and then you have William
and now you have little George,
00:23:15.15\00:23:20.95
he is known in history
as the stuttering king.
00:23:20.98\00:23:27.35
In 1939 Britain and
Germany went to war,
00:23:27.38\00:23:35.11
because Germany had
broken every law in the book
00:23:35.14\00:23:39.71
and had broken every treaty.
00:23:39.74\00:23:42.71
And so Great Britain
declared war on Germany.
00:23:42.74\00:23:47.19
And on that
occasion Great Britain
00:23:47.22\00:23:50.54
except for the commonwealth
countries like Australia,
00:23:50.57\00:23:53.94
Canada and New Zealand,
00:23:53.97\00:23:56.76
Great Britain stood
alone against the mess,
00:23:56.79\00:24:00.38
the hordes of the
Nazis and the Communists.
00:24:00.41\00:24:05.55
The Soviet Union and
the Nazis had formed a pact,
00:24:05.58\00:24:10.14
an alliance
against Great Britain.
00:24:10.17\00:24:13.69
And Britain was and
still is a little country.
00:24:13.72\00:24:17.92
The King, 1939 gave the address
00:24:17.95\00:24:22.93
and remember here is a
little nation standing alone,
00:24:22.96\00:24:27.62
no one to come to her aid.
00:24:27.65\00:24:32.00
Congress declared
the active neutrality,
00:24:32.03\00:24:36.13
and wouldn't come to her aid
00:24:36.16\00:24:37.85
until the Japanese bomb to
Pearl Harbor two years later.
00:24:37.88\00:24:43.48
The stuttering king
said "in this grave hour,
00:24:43.51\00:24:50.22
perhaps the most
fateful in our history
00:24:50.25\00:24:53.62
I send to every
household of my peoples,
00:24:53.65\00:24:57.41
both at home and
overseas, this message,
00:24:57.44\00:25:02.39
spoken with the same depth
of feeling for each one of you
00:25:02.42\00:25:06.57
as if I were able
to cross your threshold
00:25:06.60\00:25:09.89
and speak to you myself.
00:25:09.92\00:25:14.20
For the second time in
the lives of most of us
00:25:14.23\00:25:18.03
we are at war.
00:25:18.06\00:25:21.60
Over and over again
00:25:21.63\00:25:25.04
we have tried to
find a peaceful way
00:25:25.07\00:25:27.62
out of the
differences between ourselves
00:25:27.65\00:25:30.91
and those who
are now our enemies.
00:25:30.94\00:25:35.58
But it has been in vain.
00:25:35.61\00:25:39.13
We have been
forced into a conflict.
00:25:39.16\00:25:42.38
For we are
called, with our allies,
00:25:42.41\00:25:44.95
to meet the
challenge of a principle
00:25:44.98\00:25:47.40
which, if it were to prevail,
00:25:47.43\00:25:50.05
would be fatal to any
civilized order in the world.
00:25:50.08\00:25:55.58
It is the principle
which permits a state,
00:25:55.61\00:25:58.92
in the selfish pursuit of power,
00:25:58.95\00:26:02.20
to disregard its
treaties and its solemn pledges
00:26:02.23\00:26:06.84
which sanctions
the use of force,
00:26:06.87\00:26:10.26
or threat of force,
against the sovereignty
00:26:10.29\00:26:13.16
and
independence of other states.
00:26:13.19\00:26:17.44
Such a principle,
stripped of all disguise,
00:26:17.47\00:26:24.06
is surely the mere primitive
doctrine that might is right
00:26:24.09\00:26:30.58
and if this
principle were established
00:26:30.61\00:26:32.80
throughout the world, the
freedom of our own country
00:26:32.83\00:26:36.79
and of the whole
British Commonwealth of Nations
00:26:36.82\00:26:40.41
would be in danger.
00:26:40.44\00:26:44.33
But far more than this
said the stuttering king--
00:26:44.36\00:26:49.68
the peoples of the world
00:26:49.71\00:26:51.10
would be kept in
the bondage of fear,
00:26:51.13\00:26:55.20
and all hopes of settled peace
00:26:55.23\00:26:57.51
and of the security of justice
00:26:57.54\00:27:00.70
and liberty among
nations would be ended."
00:27:00.73\00:27:06.81
This is the ultimate
issue which confronts us.
00:27:06.84\00:27:14.43
For the sake of all
that we ourselves hold dear,
00:27:14.46\00:27:19.18
and of the
world's order and peace,
00:27:19.21\00:27:21.85
it is unthinkable
00:27:21.88\00:27:24.04
that we should refuse
to meet the challenge.
00:27:24.07\00:27:29.56
It is to this high purpose
00:27:29.59\00:27:32.35
that I now call
my people at home
00:27:32.38\00:27:36.25
and my peoples across the seas,
00:27:36.28\00:27:39.20
who will make
our cause their own.
00:27:39.23\00:27:43.62
I ask them to
stand calm, and firm,
00:27:43.65\00:27:48.00
and United in
this time of trial.
00:27:48.03\00:27:52.47
The task will be hard.
00:27:52.50\00:27:55.75
There may be dark days ahead,
00:27:55.78\00:27:58.91
and war can no longer be
confined to the battlefield,
00:27:58.94\00:28:02.26
but we can only do the
right as we see the right.
00:28:02.29\00:28:07.41
And reverently
commit our cause to God.
00:28:07.44\00:28:12.72
If one and all we keep
resolutely faithful to it,
00:28:12.75\00:28:20.42
ready for whatever service
or sacrifice it may demand,
00:28:20.45\00:28:26.30
then with God's help
00:28:26.33\00:28:31.07
we shall prevail.
00:28:31.10\00:28:35.15
May God bless and keep us all.
00:28:35.18\00:28:39.60
The person, who
helped to make that speech,
00:28:39.63\00:28:42.30
as you all know,
00:28:42.33\00:28:44.46
is the man who
came from down under
00:28:44.49\00:28:46.74
who became the
king's friend, Lionel Logue.
00:28:46.77\00:28:52.89
This little baby boy
who has come into the world
00:28:52.92\00:28:59.46
there's in his veins
00:28:59.49\00:29:01.57
the blood of one
of the bravest man
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.55
in the world has ever seen.
00:29:03.58\00:29:05.72
I want you to come to
Isaiah 9:6 and 7, Isaiah 9
00:29:05.75\00:29:12.48
and we think
today of another king.
00:29:12.51\00:29:16.25
Isaiah 9:6 and 7
00:29:16.28\00:29:19.08
"For to us a child is
born, to us a son is given,
00:29:19.11\00:29:25.00
and the government
will be on his shoulders.
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.97
And he will be
called Wonderful Counselor,
00:29:28.00\00:29:32.46
mighty God, Everlasting Father,
00:29:32.49\00:29:35.49
Prince of Peace."
00:29:35.52\00:29:38.06
Of the increase
of his government
00:29:38.09\00:29:39.64
and peace there will be no end.
00:29:39.67\00:29:41.49
He will reign on David's
throne and over his kingdom,
00:29:41.52\00:29:44.63
Establishing and upholding it
00:29:44.66\00:29:47.13
with justice and righteousness
00:29:47.16\00:29:49.48
from that time on and forever.
00:29:49.51\00:29:52.50
The zeal of the Lord
Almighty will accomplish this."
00:29:52.53\00:29:58.38
Think for a moment
when the little baby prince
00:29:58.41\00:30:04.28
was born recently, he
was born with all safety,
00:30:04.31\00:30:11.75
security, and all
the best health care
00:30:11.78\00:30:15.28
that a great
nation could provide.
00:30:15.31\00:30:18.77
When he came out
millions of people saw him,
00:30:18.80\00:30:23.66
hundreds of millions were glad
when he came into the world.
00:30:23.69\00:30:28.88
He came as a tiny baby 8 pound 4
00:30:28.91\00:30:32.14
or something in a triumph.
00:30:32.17\00:30:37.26
But when Jesus became a man,
00:30:37.29\00:30:41.36
when he became a baby
he was born in a shed.
00:30:41.39\00:30:46.84
There were no bands playing.
00:30:46.87\00:30:49.27
There were no soldiers marching.
00:30:49.30\00:30:51.55
There were no bells pilling.
00:30:51.58\00:30:55.06
And yet the Bible
tells me that that little boy
00:30:55.09\00:30:59.55
who is called Jesus was
king of kings and Lord of Lord.
00:30:59.58\00:31:06.16
We are told this,
the Bible tells us
00:31:06.19\00:31:08.70
we have received one
blessing after another
00:31:08.73\00:31:11.18
and the greatest
blessing is the birth
00:31:11.21\00:31:13.39
of our Lord Jesus
Christ, nor the king of England
00:31:13.42\00:31:17.73
even though we
respect that and admire that.
00:31:17.76\00:31:20.89
Would you come with me
to Revelation 19:11-16?
00:31:20.92\00:31:26.92
Revelation 19:11-16,
00:31:26.95\00:31:30.73
and on wards, "I saw
heaven standing open,"
00:31:36.74\00:31:40.08
now this is when he
comes back my friend.
00:31:40.11\00:31:43.44
"And there before
me was a white horse,
00:31:43.47\00:31:45.58
whose rider is
called Faithful and True."
00:31:45.61\00:31:48.20
This is our Lord.
00:31:48.23\00:31:50.23
"With justice he
judges and makes war.
00:31:50.26\00:31:53.06
His eyes are like blazing fire.
00:31:53.09\00:31:55.69
On his head are many crowns.
00:31:55.72\00:31:59.35
He has a name written on him
00:31:59.38\00:32:00.94
that no one
knows but he himself.
00:32:00.97\00:32:03.17
He is dressed in a
robe dipped in blood,
00:32:03.20\00:32:06.94
and his name is the Word of God.
00:32:06.97\00:32:10.99
The armies of
heaven were following him,
00:32:11.02\00:32:13.83
riding on white
horses and dressed
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.73
in fine linen, white and clean.
00:32:15.76\00:32:18.03
Out of his mouth
comes a sharp sword
00:32:18.06\00:32:20.31
with which to
strike down the nations.
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.96
"He will rule them
with an iron scepter."
00:32:22.99\00:32:26.74
He treads the
winepress of the fury
00:32:26.77\00:32:29.55
of the wrath of God Almighty.
00:32:29.58\00:32:32.18
On his robe and on
his thigh he has this name
00:32:32.21\00:32:35.10
written "King of
Kings and Lord of Lords."
00:32:35.13\00:32:41.66
Now my beloved friends
when he returns to this world
00:32:41.69\00:32:46.47
he doesn't come as
gentle Jesus meek and mild.
00:32:46.50\00:32:51.67
He comes as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
00:32:51.70\00:32:57.73
And he comes for his people.
00:32:57.76\00:33:00.25
And this will be the triumph
of his grace, kingly grace.
00:33:00.28\00:33:07.69
We thank God for
the coming of the king.
00:33:07.72\00:33:10.86
A potpourri of
Grace, pot-pourri of grace,
00:33:10.89\00:33:16.62
persevering grace.
00:33:16.65\00:33:20.19
Forty years ago, I was a
pastor of a church in Australia
00:33:20.22\00:33:25.31
that has the
beautiful name Murwillumbah,
00:33:25.34\00:33:29.15
not to be confused with
Mullumbimby, but Murwillumbah.
00:33:29.18\00:33:34.26
I want you to come to
the text 2 Timothy 4:6 and 7,
00:33:34.29\00:33:39.80
we are talking here now
about persevering grace.
00:33:39.83\00:33:44.22
Grace that doesn't give
up, grace that continues
00:33:44.25\00:33:48.03
on year after year, grace
that is not flaky or fickle.
00:33:48.06\00:33:54.75
Would you come to
2 Timothy 4:6 and 7?
00:33:54.78\00:33:59.73
"For I am already being poured
out like a drink offering,
00:33:59.76\00:34:03.37
Paul says, and the
time for my departure.
00:34:03.40\00:34:07.23
I have fought the good fight,
00:34:07.26\00:34:09.64
I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith."
00:34:09.67\00:34:14.24
Look at me, the Bible
talks about persevering grace,
00:34:14.27\00:34:21.89
the grace of God that sustains
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.96
a person down through the years.
00:34:24.99\00:34:30.66
Often we do not
see that grace today.
00:34:30.69\00:34:33.50
You will see a person
baptized in the church
00:34:33.53\00:34:36.63
and you never see him again.
00:34:36.66\00:34:38.82
It's because he
lacks persevering grace.
00:34:38.85\00:34:42.11
And then you hear
somebody, he has some problem
00:34:42.14\00:34:45.21
that comes to him, and
what has happened to him,
00:34:45.24\00:34:47.37
"oh, he has given up the faith
00:34:47.40\00:34:49.73
because he could not endure."
00:34:49.76\00:34:55.67
Apostle Paul was in
every sense a man of God
00:34:55.70\00:35:01.64
for a good fight,
finished by cause.
00:35:01.67\00:35:05.88
I have kept the faith,
henceforth there is laid out
00:35:05.91\00:35:08.41
for me a crown of righteousness.
00:35:08.44\00:35:11.50
I went to this little church
00:35:11.53\00:35:13.36
where I was the
pastor 40 years ago.
00:35:13.39\00:35:16.82
I saw there standing at the
door to welcome me, the Sevens.
00:35:16.85\00:35:22.44
They were doing
that 40 years ago.
00:35:22.47\00:35:25.95
I saw there the North.
00:35:25.98\00:35:28.24
They were doing
that 40 years ago,
00:35:28.27\00:35:31.76
never miss a prayer meeting,
never missed Sabbath school.
00:35:31.79\00:35:35.73
There before
Sabbath school, Sevens,
00:35:35.76\00:35:40.59
the North, the Hancocks, Eunice,
00:35:40.62\00:35:46.09
Hank, and then I saw a man
00:35:46.12\00:35:50.27
that I baptized 40 years ago.
00:35:50.30\00:35:53.19
I saw him there was
his wife, John and Margret.
00:35:53.22\00:35:56.95
I remember them so well because
00:35:56.98\00:35:58.88
they used to
give me strawberries.
00:35:58.91\00:36:04.00
I said to John, "you have been
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.63
here John ever
since." Yes, of course.
00:36:06.66\00:36:08.42
What have you done?
00:36:08.45\00:36:09.51
He said God has given me
a ministry for young man,
00:36:09.54\00:36:13.32
young man who get in trouble
with the law on the gold coast
00:36:13.35\00:36:16.60
to surface
paradise in these places,
00:36:16.63\00:36:18.46
he says I had
become their mentor.
00:36:18.49\00:36:21.42
I said how many?
00:36:21.45\00:36:22.77
And we stood there,
and I think we got up
00:36:22.80\00:36:25.04
to more than 10,000.
00:36:25.07\00:36:31.01
I didn't have to go
back and say to them
00:36:31.04\00:36:32.82
read your bibles everyday.
00:36:32.85\00:36:34.84
What's wrong with you people?
00:36:34.87\00:36:38.42
I didn't have to say
you need to be studying
00:36:38.45\00:36:40.99
the scriptures every day. No.
00:36:41.02\00:36:46.53
The going home to glory
they have persevering grace.
00:36:46.56\00:36:52.62
We have received one
blessing after another.
00:36:52.65\00:36:56.07
We must not give up
because things are tough.
00:36:56.10\00:37:02.50
One blessing after another.
00:37:02.53\00:37:04.80
I have been blessed
00:37:04.83\00:37:06.01
by fellowshipping
grace, a potpourri.
00:37:06.04\00:37:08.45
Would you go
when I read Romans 16?
00:37:08.48\00:37:10.61
I am going to take a
text or two out of here.
00:37:10.64\00:37:13.11
This is an unusual chapter
00:37:13.14\00:37:14.89
because it's mainly made up
of names of different people.
00:37:14.92\00:37:20.95
So chapter that
talks about people.
00:37:20.98\00:37:23.89
This is fellowshipping grace,
one blessing after another.
00:37:23.92\00:37:29.26
Romans 16:3 and onwards,
"Greet Priscilla and Aquila,
00:37:29.29\00:37:33.83
my fellow
workers in Christ Jesus.
00:37:33.86\00:37:36.29
They risked their lives for me."
00:37:36.32\00:37:38.80
Verse 5, "Greet also the church
00:37:38.83\00:37:41.03
that meets at their house."
00:37:41.06\00:37:42.42
They didn't have
a church building.
00:37:42.45\00:37:45.43
The building is not the church.
00:37:45.46\00:37:48.86
The building is
the people. Ameen.
00:37:48.89\00:37:53.62
Same verse, "Greet my
dear friend Epenetus."
00:37:53.65\00:37:59.60
Verse 6, "Greet Mary, who
worked very hard for you."
00:37:59.63\00:38:02.74
Seven "Greet
Andronicus and Junias,
00:38:02.77\00:38:05.61
my relatives who have
been in prison with me."
00:38:05.64\00:38:12.84
Come down to verse
8, "Greet Ampliatus,
00:38:12.87\00:38:16.52
whom I love in the Lord."
00:38:16.55\00:38:17.69
Verse 9 Urbanus.
00:38:17.72\00:38:20.13
Verse 10 Apelles,
"Greet those who belong
00:38:20.16\00:38:23.97
to the
household of Aristobulus."
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.02
Verse 11, "Greet
Herodion, my relative.
00:38:27.05\00:38:30.29
Greet those in the
household of Narcissus."
00:38:30.32\00:38:33.44
Verse 12, "Greet
Tryphena and Tryphosa."
00:38:33.47\00:38:38.08
Greet my dear friend Persis."
00:38:38.11\00:38:40.72
And Verse 13 "Greet
Rufus, chosen in the Lord,
00:38:40.75\00:38:45.30
and his mother, who has
been a mother to me also."
00:38:45.33\00:38:49.88
And you can go
right through there.
00:38:49.91\00:38:53.61
May I mention this to
you, closer than earthly king
00:38:53.64\00:38:59.01
read it are our
brothers and sisters in Christ.
00:38:59.04\00:39:04.07
This is Fellowshipping Grace.
00:39:04.10\00:39:06.96
If you haven't
experience Fellowshipping Grace
00:39:06.99\00:39:09.94
then my friend you are
living in a barren waste land.
00:39:09.97\00:39:14.38
Last Sunday I had
a blessed experience.
00:39:14.41\00:39:19.09
Some of the saints
of God from this church
00:39:19.12\00:39:21.42
came out to see Beverly
and me, how we are doing.
00:39:21.45\00:39:25.09
They drove 15 miles
to take us to lunch.
00:39:25.12\00:39:30.33
Fortunately, it
had a nice restaurant.
00:39:30.36\00:39:33.92
Massey, and Larry Root,
Suzie and Harriet Peirano,
00:39:33.95\00:39:39.13
Caroline and Isaac Simms,
Elma Dickson, Patricia Belmont,
00:39:39.16\00:39:45.41
Ester Morris, Laura
Lizardo, Maria and Steve Salsa,
00:39:45.44\00:39:51.80
Beverly and I were blessed
00:39:51.83\00:39:53.84
by the sweet perfume
of fellowshipping Grace.
00:39:53.87\00:39:58.63
It is a greatest
of all graces except
00:39:58.66\00:40:04.34
this last one
which is Saving Grace.
00:40:04.37\00:40:11.14
The whole Potpourri
comes from saving grace.
00:40:11.17\00:40:15.12
Come over here to
John 1:16 and on wards.
00:40:15.15\00:40:18.36
John 1:16 and onwards,
00:40:18.39\00:40:23.88
John 1:16 and onwards,
00:40:23.91\00:40:30.28
here is the text
committed to memory
00:40:30.31\00:40:32.37
dear hearts, general people.
00:40:32.40\00:40:34.51
"From the fullness of his grace
00:40:34.54\00:40:36.25
we have all received
one blessing after another.
00:40:36.28\00:40:39.70
For the law was
given through Moses;
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.91
grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ."
00:40:41.94\00:40:47.85
I want to remind
you folks of one thing.
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.66
You mustn't forget this.
00:40:50.69\00:40:52.67
This is the
most important thing.
00:40:52.70\00:40:56.01
We are saved by good advice.
00:40:56.04\00:40:59.70
We are saved by good news.
00:40:59.73\00:41:01.84
We are saved by
the blood of Christ.
00:41:01.87\00:41:05.96
The church is supposed to exist
00:41:05.99\00:41:09.03
for one great central of purpose
00:41:09.06\00:41:12.81
and that is the preaching
00:41:12.84\00:41:14.77
of the blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:41:14.80\00:41:19.21
We have received on
blessing after another,
00:41:19.24\00:41:23.24
and the
greatest of all blessings
00:41:23.27\00:41:25.70
is the blood of Christ.
00:41:25.73\00:41:28.73
We are not saved
because we are good.
00:41:28.76\00:41:31.29
We are not saved because
somehow we have achieved.
00:41:31.32\00:41:36.07
We are saved by
the blood of Christ.
00:41:36.10\00:41:39.74
Every sermon or the center
on the greatest of all blessings
00:41:39.77\00:41:45.46
and that is the blood of Christ.
00:41:45.49\00:41:49.72
That is our hope.
00:41:49.75\00:41:51.52
That is our steadfast rock.
00:41:51.55\00:41:54.59
That is our assurance.
00:41:54.62\00:41:56.79
That is what
gives us power to endure
00:41:56.82\00:41:59.99
and overcome every obstacle.
00:42:00.02\00:42:03.03
It is the blood of Christ.
00:42:03.06\00:42:06.28
I see his blood upon the rose.
00:42:06.31\00:42:09.88
"And in the stars
the glory of his eyes,
00:42:09.91\00:42:13.58
His body gleams
amid eternal snows,
00:42:13.61\00:42:16.79
His tears fall from the skies.
00:42:16.82\00:42:19.96
I see his face in every flower.
00:42:19.99\00:42:23.82
The thunder and the singing
of the birds are but his voice.
00:42:23.85\00:42:29.32
And carved by his power,
rocks are his written words.
00:42:29.35\00:42:36.15
All pathways by
his feet are worn.
00:42:36.18\00:42:40.02
His strong heart
stirs the ever-beating sea.
00:42:40.05\00:42:43.93
His crown of thorns is
twined with every thorn,
00:42:43.96\00:42:50.16
His cross is every tree."
00:42:50.19\00:42:54.72
We are not saved
by a morality or lost
00:42:54.75\00:42:58.86
because of the lack thereof.
00:42:58.89\00:43:02.01
We are saved by
the blood of Christ,
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.55
and if you
Sabbath school teachers
00:43:04.58\00:43:07.54
are not teaching the
supremacy of the blood of Christ
00:43:07.57\00:43:10.76
in every lesson you
are doing a vain work
00:43:10.79\00:43:14.70
The most important truth,
the greatest of all truths
00:43:20.06\00:43:24.87
is that the
king of the universe,
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.42
the Lord Jesus Christ came down
00:43:27.45\00:43:29.58
to this earth
and lived among us.
00:43:29.61\00:43:32.12
He was born as a
baby in a manger.
00:43:32.15\00:43:35.39
Not like little
King George to be.
00:43:35.42\00:43:42.57
He worked among men.
00:43:42.60\00:43:44.70
He healed the sick.
00:43:44.73\00:43:45.94
He was full of compassion.
00:43:45.97\00:43:47.48
But that's not
the gospel in itself.
00:43:47.51\00:43:50.18
The gospel happened
when he went to the cross,
00:43:50.21\00:43:53.61
because hanging on the cross,
00:43:53.64\00:43:56.78
hanging on the
cross, was the gospel.
00:43:56.81\00:44:00.53
We are not saved by our
success in being like him.
00:44:00.56\00:44:05.08
It's just his will
because none would be saved.
00:44:05.11\00:44:09.50
We should strive to be like
him because that is the fruitage
00:44:09.53\00:44:13.40
of a relationship with God.
00:44:13.43\00:44:15.51
But we are not saved because
00:44:15.54\00:44:18.13
we are a bunch
of little Christ's.
00:44:18.16\00:44:22.90
He is like a
mighty towering peak.
00:44:22.93\00:44:26.23
He is a Himalaya and we are at
the most a diminutive ant hill.
00:44:26.26\00:44:33.47
Never forget it.
00:44:33.50\00:44:35.75
If you forget that then
you become proud and obnoxious.
00:44:35.78\00:44:43.08
So the blood of Christ,
00:44:43.11\00:44:45.80
"I see his blood upon the rose,
00:44:45.83\00:44:52.04
and in the stars,
the glory of his eyes,
00:44:52.07\00:44:55.74
his body gleams
amid eternal snows,
00:44:55.77\00:44:58.81
his tears fall from the skies.
00:44:58.84\00:45:00.81
I see his face in every flower.
00:45:00.84\00:45:03.75
The thunder and the singing
of the birds are but his voice
00:45:03.78\00:45:07.47
and carved by his power,
rocks are his written words.
00:45:07.50\00:45:12.34
His crown of thorns is
twined with every thorn,
00:45:12.37\00:45:17.31
his cross is every tree."
00:45:17.34\00:45:22.55
A church without
a cross is a tomb.
00:45:22.58\00:45:30.13
It's dead, and it stinks
with the smell of rotting flesh.
00:45:30.16\00:45:36.78
The only hope for the church,
the only hope that a person
00:45:36.81\00:45:40.94
can endure is that he
has the cross set before him.
00:45:40.97\00:45:47.61
And that's what drove
the great apostle Paul on.
00:45:47.64\00:45:52.07
That is why he was not a wimp.
00:45:52.10\00:45:59.68
And those people
in that little church,
00:45:59.71\00:46:01.89
in that little country
town in North New South Wales
00:46:01.92\00:46:05.62
have endured because
of the blood of Christ.
00:46:05.65\00:46:12.06
So we have received
one blessing after another,
00:46:12.09\00:46:15.52
and it all comes from the king.
00:46:15.55\00:46:20.47
We are delighted
to have with us today
00:46:20.50\00:46:22.73
someone who could
be joining our team.
00:46:22.76\00:46:28.06
That is Pastor Cesar Cardenas
00:46:28.09\00:46:33.10
Like me he has two passports.
00:46:33.13\00:46:38.99
He has a Colombian passport
00:46:39.02\00:46:42.31
and he also has an
Australian passport.
00:46:42.34\00:46:47.41
And in a few days,
The Carter Report team
00:46:47.44\00:46:51.11
or some of the Carter
Report team are leaving
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.91
to go down to Colombia,
where we have been asked
00:46:53.94\00:46:57.90
to run a joint
series of meetings.
00:46:57.93\00:47:01.81
And if it works out that we go,
00:47:01.84\00:47:04.57
we go for one purpose
and that is to preach Christ.
00:47:04.60\00:47:09.91
The primary aim of
everyone of that campaign
00:47:09.94\00:47:13.46
is to not make, is
not to get people to join
00:47:13.49\00:47:16.35
our church, but to get
people to come to Christ.
00:47:16.38\00:47:19.38
And then if they join the church
00:47:19.41\00:47:21.70
they will be blessed
church members otherwise
00:47:21.73\00:47:25.69
they may be just legalists.
00:47:25.72\00:47:29.75
And so we go to preach Christ
00:47:29.78\00:47:31.67
and I want you to welcome
today Pastor Cesar Cardenas
00:47:31.70\00:47:37.58
from Colombia, but more
recently from Australia.
00:47:37.61\00:47:43.96
Thank you. Pastor Cesar.
00:47:43.99\00:47:51.12
I am personally glad to see you.
00:47:51.15\00:47:54.31
My amigo. My friend. Thank you.
00:47:54.34\00:47:57.57
Tell me-- Tell me a
little bit about Colombia.
00:47:57.60\00:48:00.97
You were born
there. You've worked there.
00:48:01.00\00:48:02.94
How big is Colombia?
00:48:02.97\00:48:05.99
Colombia has 49
million people in population,
00:48:06.02\00:48:09.84
right now and it's
a beautiful country
00:48:09.87\00:48:12.92
with different kind of people
and smiling people always,
00:48:12.95\00:48:16.87
they're always happy.
00:48:16.90\00:48:20.21
Well that's wonderful.
00:48:20.24\00:48:22.39
Colombia has had a some problems
00:48:22.42\00:48:25.19
with the drug lords and crime,
tell me a little bit about that.
00:48:25.22\00:48:30.34
Back in the 80's, we have
very, very strong drug wars.
00:48:30.37\00:48:36.43
We have Pablo Escobar down
00:48:36.46\00:48:38.30
there holding mafia
and the drug dealers.
00:48:38.33\00:48:41.02
And it was a really,
really tough time to Colombia.
00:48:41.05\00:48:44.47
And Colombia was well
know in around the world
00:48:44.50\00:48:47.14
because it was
dangerous country.
00:48:47.17\00:48:49.05
Now thank God
the last ten years,
00:48:49.08\00:48:51.72
Colombia has been
changed and the lord
00:48:51.75\00:48:54.54
has been blessing
very, very much the country.
00:48:54.57\00:48:58.29
You have been here working
00:48:58.32\00:48:59.59
at The Carter Report
office for about a month.
00:48:59.62\00:49:03.14
And you have been
doing a great job.
00:49:03.17\00:49:05.30
Tell the folks what
you have been doing.
00:49:05.33\00:49:07.49
I have been
translating all your serials
00:49:07.52\00:49:10.38
that you had in PNG
in Papua, New Guinea.
00:49:10.41\00:49:13.07
And it's been a
blessing, not just for me,
00:49:13.10\00:49:15.65
but I know it's
going to be a blessing
00:49:15.68\00:49:18.22
to all the Spanish
speaking people around the world
00:49:18.25\00:49:21.29
that is 400 million Spanish
00:49:21.32\00:49:23.92
speaking people
around the world.
00:49:23.95\00:49:25.85
And just here in
America it's 52 million people
00:49:25.88\00:49:28.64
that needs to hear
the message of the Lord.
00:49:28.67\00:49:31.77
We believe, Cesar that the time
00:49:31.80\00:49:33.65
has come for the
Spanish people in America
00:49:33.68\00:49:35.88
and in Latin America and Mexico
00:49:35.91\00:49:39.82
and all of these countries.
00:49:39.85\00:49:42.53
We are going to Colombia because
00:49:42.56\00:49:45.22
the church down
there has invited us.
00:49:45.25\00:49:47.82
Tell us a little bit about
what they are planning to do?
00:49:47.85\00:49:51.67
What they want us
to do and the campaign
00:49:51.70\00:49:54.82
that they have in mind.
00:49:54.85\00:49:56.71
Well, now Colombia
and all that in America,
00:49:56.74\00:49:59.79
it is waking up to the gospel.
00:49:59.82\00:50:02.54
You know, the
church, the Great Church,
00:50:02.57\00:50:06.73
you know, traditionally
00:50:06.76\00:50:07.79
it has a new Spanish or
Latin, you know, leader. And--
00:50:07.82\00:50:13.26
I think-- I think you
are talking about the pope.
00:50:13.29\00:50:14.93
Yes. Yes. He is Argentinean.
00:50:14.96\00:50:17.65
So every, every single country
00:50:17.68\00:50:20.09
in South America
it's waken up to,
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.49
you know, to study the
Bible to see what is the truth?
00:50:22.52\00:50:25.80
What is going on?
00:50:25.83\00:50:26.88
And in Colombia
they are planning
00:50:26.91\00:50:28.09
to have the
biggest crusade ever.
00:50:28.12\00:50:30.90
They are
planning to run a crusade
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.13
and baptize 5000 people in just
one day for the glory of God,
00:50:33.16\00:50:37.67
you know, with
the Carter Report.
00:50:37.70\00:50:38.93
Praise God it might
happen, if it his will,
00:50:38.96\00:50:41.10
and we are going to try
to do everything we can.
00:50:41.13\00:50:43.84
Then they are other countries
00:50:43.87\00:50:45.10
like Venezuela
and Mexico and Peru.
00:50:45.13\00:50:49.69
Tell us a little bit
about some of the work
00:50:49.72\00:50:51.96
you have done in Mehico,
saying I am so fluent in French,
00:50:51.99\00:50:56.06
you know, Spanish.
00:50:56.09\00:50:58.07
Mexico or Mehico
00:50:58.10\00:50:59.84
is one of the most beautiful
countries in Latin America.
00:50:59.87\00:51:03.42
And in the south part of
Mexico the gospel has been,
00:51:03.45\00:51:08.53
you know, growing in a
very, very strong way.,
00:51:08.56\00:51:12.22
Chiapas Tabasco, you
know, all those states down
00:51:12.25\00:51:15.09
in South America
there is amazing.
00:51:15.12\00:51:18.42
We just had a crusade where
more than a thousand people
00:51:18.45\00:51:21.85
were baptized for the
glory of God down there.
00:51:21.88\00:51:24.53
So we know that the
Lord is working in Mexico.
00:51:24.56\00:51:28.39
Also in Peru you
have almost one million
00:51:28.42\00:51:31.71
Seventh-Day Adventists
in that little country.
00:51:31.74\00:51:34.48
And in Venezuela
you have - we just had,
00:51:34.51\00:51:38.33
you know, a very
strong influence way
00:51:38.36\00:51:40.68
to communism
with Chavez, you know,
00:51:40.71\00:51:43.64
the last
president that was there.
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.20
So now the - I think is the time
00:51:45.23\00:51:48.34
to go and preach the
gospel in the Spanish community.
00:51:48.37\00:51:51.79
Pastor Cesar, we are so
glad that you are with us.
00:51:51.82\00:51:55.43
We are looking forward
to going down to Colombia
00:51:55.46\00:51:58.34
with you and our team is going,
00:51:58.37\00:52:01.21
and we believe that
you've come to this church
00:52:01.24\00:52:04.93
and to this ministry
for such a time as this.
00:52:04.96\00:52:07.74
We welcome you.
00:52:07.77\00:52:08.82
We are glad to have you with us.
00:52:08.85\00:52:09.91
God bless you, Cesar. Thank you.
00:52:09.94\00:52:11.43
So we plan to go and preach
the gospel of forgiveness,
00:52:20.28\00:52:23.90
mercy,
transforming power eternal life
00:52:23.93\00:52:26.92
of the blood of Christ.
00:52:26.95\00:52:29.59
Grace upon grace, a
potpourri of blessings.
00:52:29.62\00:52:34.25
Protecting grace,
looking out for you grace,
00:52:34.28\00:52:38.58
triumphant kingly
grace, fellowshipping grace,
00:52:38.61\00:52:43.26
saving grace, I said
you today breath it in,
00:52:43.29\00:52:49.71
breath it in, part take of it.
00:52:49.74\00:52:55.60
And how can we forget
the words of John Newton
00:52:55.63\00:52:59.24
who was converted by John
Wesley back in Old England.
00:52:59.27\00:53:06.90
Amazing grace!
how sweet the sound,
00:53:06.93\00:53:09.15
that saved a wretch like me!
00:53:09.18\00:53:11.50
I once was lost
but now am found,
00:53:11.53\00:53:14.70
was blind but now I see.
00:53:14.73\00:53:17.45
Twas grace that
taught my heart to fear,
00:53:17.48\00:53:21.46
and grace my fears relieved;
00:53:21.49\00:53:24.17
how precious did
that grace appear
00:53:24.20\00:53:26.55
the hour I first believed!
00:53:26.58\00:53:28.69
Through many
dangers, toils, and snares,
00:53:28.72\00:53:33.28
I have already come;
00:53:33.31\00:53:35.67
first grace hath
brought me safe thus far,
00:53:35.70\00:53:38.55
and grace will lead me home.
00:53:38.58\00:53:41.03
The Lord has
promised good to me,
00:53:41.06\00:53:43.41
his word my hope secures;
00:53:43.44\00:53:45.91
he will my shield and portion be
00:53:45.94\00:53:48.29
as long as life endures.
00:53:48.32\00:53:52.52
When we've been
there ten thousand years,
00:53:52.55\00:53:55.52
bright shining as the sun,
00:53:55.55\00:53:57.95
we've no less days
to sing God's praise
00:53:57.98\00:54:02.98
than when we first begun.
00:54:03.01\00:54:05.86
Amazing grace!
how sweet the sound,
00:54:05.89\00:54:09.40
that saved a wretch like me!
00:54:09.43\00:54:12.06
I once was lost
but now am found,
00:54:12.09\00:54:16.93
I was blind but now I see.
00:54:16.96\00:54:22.96
Amen. Amen.
00:54:22.99\00:54:24.77
The Carter Report is a
self supporting ministry
00:54:27.32\00:54:30.62
with a global mission.
00:54:30.65\00:54:32.37
We believe that the
most important thing
00:54:32.40\00:54:34.43
that we can do in
this tremendous hour
00:54:34.46\00:54:37.15
is to tell people
about the Lord Jesus Christ
00:54:37.18\00:54:40.51
because Jesus
said, "I am the way,
00:54:40.54\00:54:43.19
the truth, and the life."
00:54:43.22\00:54:44.90
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 every day.
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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."
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I want you to be my
partner in global mission.
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I want you to be my partner
in helping to tell the world
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about the coming of Jesus.
00:55:12.96\00:55:15.00
I want you to be my
partner in the preaching
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of the distinctive truths
of the Three Angels messages.
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Please check us out
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at the New Carter Report
website, 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
word of the living God.
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That is the cartereport.org.
00:55:40.33\00:55:44.84
My friend, we want you to
join us in the mission to preach
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the gospel in China, in
India, in Australia, in Africa,
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in the United States of America,
wherever people are lost
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and wherever people need to hear
the good news that Jesus saves.
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Please check us out.
00:56:05.78\00:56:07.40
The new carter report
website, cartereport.org.
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I want to hear from you today.
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He has waited before
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And now He is waiting again
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To see if you are willing
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To open the door
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Oh, how He wants to come in
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Time after time
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He has waited before
00:57:07.12\00:57:12.09
And now He is waiting again
00:57:12.12\00:57:16.70
To see if you are willing
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To open the door
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Oh, how He wants,
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Oh, how He wants to,
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Oh, how He wants to come in.
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