From Arcadia, California,
the Carter Report presents,
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The Living Word
around the world.
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We are talking here today
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about "The
Perseverance of the Saints."
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How can I be a
winner, not a whiner?
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How can I carry through
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and win the prize,
win the gold medal?
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How can I?
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How can I be a child of
God who perseveres to the end?
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I'm going to give you
these points, number one,
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understand and
believe the true gospel.
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I hope you do by now.
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Would you come over here
to the Book of Galatians?
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Galatians Chapter
1, no Galatians 3.
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We gonna miss little bit out
'cause we gonna run out of time.
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Galatians, chapter 3:12,
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"The law is not based
on faith, on the contrary,
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'The man who does these
things will live by them.'"
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Therefore you cannot
be saved by your obedience
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because you are
obedience is never good enough,
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except Christ's obedience.
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"Christ redeemed us
from the curse of the law
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by becoming a curse
for us, for it is written,
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'Cursed is everyone
who is hung on a tree.'
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He redeemed us in order that
the blessing given to Abraham
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might come to the
Gentiles through Christ Jesus,
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so that by
faith we might receive
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the promise of the spirit."
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There are a thousand
sermons in those words.
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The Bible tells us
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that God in Christ became
a curse for us on the cross.
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The sin of the world,
your sin and my wretched sin
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they were placed upon
Christ and Christ on the cross
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made a perfect
determine for our sins.
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If I truly believe in
Him with all my heart--
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I'm not talking about a
silly little emotional reaction
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but if I believe in Him
with all my heart in true faith
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I immediately I'm given
the gift of everlasting life,
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the forgiveness of sins.
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It is because of
the cross of Christ.
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That is the true Gospel.
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Look at verse 28 and 29,
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"There is neither Jew nor Greek,
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slave nor free, male nor female,
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for you are all
one in Christ Jesus.
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If you belong to Christ,
then you are Abraham's seed,
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and heirs
according to the promise."
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The Bible tells me
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it doesn't
matter what my race is,
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it doesn't matter
concerning the color of my skin,
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what does matter is the
response of my heart to Christ.
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And the Bible tells me
if I truly believe in Christ
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all the promises of
Abraham are given to me.
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This is the word of the Lord.
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Number one, how can I be a
child of God and persevere?
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Number one, understand
and believe the true gospel.
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I believe that some of you here
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after hearing
this for so many years
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I believe that some
of you now understand it.
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I believe that some
of you understand it.
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Number two, be a disciple.
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Look at Matthew
28:19, Matthew 28:19,
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Matthew 28:19 "Therefore go
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and make
disciples of all nations,
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baptizing then in
the name of Father
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and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit."
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The Bible says make disciples.
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Now this is a hard word
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because very few
people who go to church
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want to have the
gift of discipleship.
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The word disciple means
one who has disciplined.
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One who has
disciplined and follows Christ.
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He is person who lives the
life and he walks the walk.
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Number three, feed on
the word, the bread of life.
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Come over here to
Matthew Chapter 4,
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if you're not
doing this my friend,
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then you are not going
to endure I'm telling you.
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You are
disguising your Christianity
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upon a lot of faith
you are not gonna last it,
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you've got to
base it upon the Word
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and you got to
read the Word everyday.
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Matthew 4,
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"Then Jesus was led by
the Spirit into the desert
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to be tempted by the devil.
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After fasting forty days
and forty nights, He was hungry.
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The tempter came to Him and said
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'If you are the Son of God,
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tell these
stones to become bread.'
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Jesus answered,
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'It is written, Man
shall not live on bread alone
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but on every word that
comes from the mouth of God.'"
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Every one of us
everyday has something to eat.
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If we do not eat we are
going to starve to death.
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A professing Christian
will not make the distance.
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If he doesn't feed
daily on the Word of God--
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people say I'm too
tired, well so am I.
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When I come home
from work I'm too tired.
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When I get up in the
morning I'm too tired
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but you are not too tired
to watch television for hours.
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You are not too
tired to be playing around
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with these little gadgets.
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The Bible says, it is
Jesus said, it is written
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"Man shall not
live by bread alone
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God."
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I will give you a testimony.
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When I was a young man
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first year called
in to the ministry,
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57 years ago I made a vow.
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And I vowed to God
that I would read His word
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everyday of my life.
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I've kept that vow
and God has kept me.
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The great preacher,
American preacher Moody said,
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"Lean
Christians" not skinny ones,
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skinny spiritually,
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"Lean Christians on
Bible's but feed on newspapers."
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Over they side a day, the Word,
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the Word, this
Word made the stars,
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this Word raise
Jesus from the dead
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that Word has kept me.
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Number four, share the good news
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if you want to
persevere to the end.
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Wherever I go on a
plane or talking to my broker
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as I'm trying to
get a new building
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for the Carter Report,
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I find it so
easy to share Christ.
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I was down talking
to my Jewish attorney,
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he is a great attorney.
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Hardly been talking
to him for a little while
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and I started to talk to him
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about why I believe in
God why I believe in the Word.
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He responded, I find
people respond everywhere.
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I find in Australia
when I go over there,
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if my gardener comes
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I find very soon
talking about the Word.
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Are they offended?
They think I'm crazy?
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Well, they don't tell me so.
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When my painter comes
he is a big tough Aussie,
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he likes to drink a lot of beer,
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he is as tough as I
come I pray with him now.
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When he's got a
problem he turns to me.
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I've called in
his girlfriend now
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and giving her counsel, I'm.
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If I share the
Word God blesses me.
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So I don't understand it.
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Well, that's because
she don't really know
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Christ yet.
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Fellowship, number five,
fellowship with God's people.
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Come over here to
Hebrews Chapter 10.
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Hebrews Chapter 10,
fellowship with God's people.
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Meet with God's
people, go to church.
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You say I've given
up on going to church.
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Yes, it shows. It shows.
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Look at your children.
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You are losing your children.
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People say I'm losing my kids.
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My kids are terribly rebellious,
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my children are turning away.
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I say do you
have family worship?
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You read the Word?
You love your children?
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You take them to Sabbath school?
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You take them to Sunday school?
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You take them to church? No, no.
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Oh, my friend, may
be you are the problem.
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Look at Hebrews 10:19,
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"Therefore, brothers,
since we have confidence
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to enter the Most Holy Place
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by the blood of
Jesus," halleluiah,
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"by a new and
living way opened to us
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through the
curtain, that is his body,
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and since we have a great heart
priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near to God
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with a sincere heart in
full assurance of faith,
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having our hearts
sprinkled to cleanse us
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from a guilty
conscience and having our bodies
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washed with pure water.
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Let us hope unswervingly
to the hope we profess,
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for he who promised is faithful.
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And let us
consider how we may spur
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one another on
toward love and good works.
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Let us not give
up meeting together,
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as some are in
the habit of doing,
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but let us encourage one another
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and all the more as you
see the Day approaching."
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Look at me.
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On the Lord's Day
you ought to be in church
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and church ought to be in you.
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Though you say, well I'm
gonna go out to the Las Vegas.
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I'm going somewhere else.
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I'm going to the
great super sale.
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My friend, remember
what happens to the branch
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that's broken off.
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So I don't like
to read those texts
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you better think about it.
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The branch is
thrown into the fire.
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You are account to this church,
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ought to be in
church next Lord's Day.
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And if you're some where
away you can't get to a church
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you are to have a home church.
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I've gone to home church.
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You get 20 or 30
believers together,
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they start on time,
they take off the offering.
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They have two envelopes.
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They study the word.
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Number six, choose.
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Listen to this.
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Choose to be cheerful, hopeful,
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courageous,
forgiving, let it go.
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Someone has done a
rotten thing to you
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in the church,
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does it have
happen? Yes it does.
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Are there
hypocrites in the church?
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Yes there are.
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Are they sheeping
goats? Yes they are.
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Let it go.
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Be forgiving,
speak well of others,
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don't hold grudges,
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don't stop to
stone the devil's dogs.
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Somebody said to me what
does that mean, don't stop?
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Daniel say, what
does it mean Pastor Cater,
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don't stop to
stone the Devil's dogs?
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Well that devil's
dog wants to bite you.
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So don't stop to
throw stones at him
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because he is going to
come alone and bite you.
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Walk past the devil's dogs.
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I want you come to the
text here in Philippians.
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You should read
this text everyday.
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and onwards.
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Now coming to
this church service
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today is going to
make you a lot better
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or is going to make a lot worse.
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If you believe and
practice what you hear now
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is going to make you better.
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If you turn away from it
you are gonna be worse of it.
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You better if you hadn't come.
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Philippians 4:4-9,
"Rejoice in the Lord always.
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I will say it again,
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Rejoice! Let your
gentleness be evident to all.
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The Lord is near.
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Do not be
anxious about anything,
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but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
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with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
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And the peace of God,
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which transcends
all understanding,
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will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus."
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Look at his now.
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"Finally, brothers and
sisters, whatever is true,"
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don't listen to lies
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"whatever is
noble, whatever is right,
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whatever is pure,"
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how can a
Christian hope to be said,
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if he is watching pornography?
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He is not going to be.
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"Whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
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whatever is admirable
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if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy
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think about such things."
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Contrary to the opinion
of foolish men and women
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is not easy to follow Christ.
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We live in America
today in a pagan society.
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It's getting more pagan
everyday, a lawless society.
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A society that is
controlled by a media
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that is antagonistic
to Christian values.
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A materialistic society that
presents a foul sense of values
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and all of you here believe it.
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You believe it,
you brainwashed by it.
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How can you persevere if
you going to be in the world
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and part of the world?
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You can't be.
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I want you to come
over here to Ephesians,
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come over here to
Ephesians 6:10-13,
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Ephesians Chapter
6, time to the text,
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verses 10 and onwards.
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"Finally, be strong in the
Lord and in His mighty power.
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Put on the full armor of God
so that you can take your stand
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against the devil's schemes.
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For our struggle is not
against flesh and blood,
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but against the rulers,
against the authorities,
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against the
powers of this dark world
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and against the spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Therefore put on
the full armor of God,
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so that when the
day of evil comes,
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you may be able
to stand your ground,
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and after you have
done everything, to stand."
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Stand, therefore look at me.
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You got to stand.
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You got to draw
a line in the sand.
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You got to say I'm standing
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you can fire me
but I'm standing,
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I'm not here to
please you church members,
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I'm not running a
popularity contest,
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I'm seeking to please God,
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therefore I will stand.
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And if you don't do that
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one day you're gonna
get the Mark of the Beast
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which is
conformity to the world.
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We are not alone,
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there are many
who are persuaded,
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who fought, who run the race,
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who kept the faith.
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Come here to Hebrews Chapter 12,
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we are not alone.
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We may be in a
world of weeds and reeds
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but we are not alone.
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There is too much of
back drums in other people.
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"Therefore,
since we are surrounded
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by such a great
cloud of witnesses,
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let us throw off
everything that hinders
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and the sin that
so easily entangles.
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And let us run with perseverance
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the race marked out for us.
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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
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the author and
perfecter of our faith,
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who for the joy set before him
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endured the cross,
scorning its shame,
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and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
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Consider him who endured
such opposition from sinful men,
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so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart."
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so greater cloud of witnesses.
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I think you have heard a day
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Dr. Julia
Outkina once an atheist
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and I baptize in '92,
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now teaching the Word of God
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on hundreds of
television stations.
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She's endured.
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When I go there now
its not to strengthen her
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it's to be strengthened
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by this Russian woman--
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One of my heroes is
always been from many years
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John Wesley an Oxford scholar.
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When he came to
Christ he came to Christ
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and discovered the
gospel through the writings
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of Martin Luther.
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Then when he went to preach
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he faced angry
crowds, we have no idea
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preaching in a church
like this it's a holiday.
00:17:43.53\00:17:48.52
John Wesley,
rotten eggs, stones, fists
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sometimes they would
pick up the little preacher
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and they would throw
him in the freezing waters.
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He would have to
swim to the other shore.
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And so did they
all of the Methodists
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in those day persecuted, beaten,
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so greater cloud of witnesses.
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Our Lord, he set is face
like a fin to go to Jerusalem.
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Our Lord's apostle
Paul goodness to me.
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In 2 Corinthians 11: 24-28,
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just look at me I'll tell it you
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cause we gonna run out of
time before I run out of steam.
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Listen, he said, I've
been beaten with rods,
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a night and a day
I been in the deep,
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I been given the 39 lashes
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by the Jews was a five
how many times beaten up,
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kicked, left
lying outside for dead.
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The prince of the
apostles, the greatest preacher,
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the greatest evangelist.
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So great to tired of witnesses.
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And then he said in 2 Timothy,
00:19:08.51\00:19:10.25
you better look at it
again, 2 Timothy Chapter 4.
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Because it's my theme text,
00:19:15.74\00:19:18.43
2 Timothy 4:6,
00:19:18.46\00:19:24.79
"I am already being poured
out like a drink offering,
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the time has come
for my departure."
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You think anybody was
there to hold his hand?
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No, he is by
himself in a prison.
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"I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the race,
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I have kept the faith."
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He gonna hear the
trait of the soldiers
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coming down the corridor
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and they are coming,
00:19:47.29\00:19:48.61
they are taking
away and to be hate him
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the greatest of all the saints.
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"Now there is in store for
me the crown of righteousness,
00:19:54.82\00:19:58.78
which the Lord,
the righteous Judge,
00:19:58.81\00:20:00.35
will award to me on that day--
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and not to me only,
00:20:02.57\00:20:05.25
but also to all who
have loved his appearing."
00:20:05.28\00:20:08.98
Persecuted by persevering,
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what about us?
00:20:12.91\00:20:15.11
Look at me,
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there are people here today
00:20:16.81\00:20:21.12
that I can confidently
say will be in the kingdom
00:20:21.15\00:20:26.97
because you persevered
and you will persevere
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and the word goes into you
00:20:31.26\00:20:33.49
and you read at home
and you are not shams.
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They will be people here
who will inherit the kingdom.
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And here is the greatest hymn,
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the great British hymn,
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written by the
great British preacher
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who is converted by
the Wesley Brothers.
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"Amazing grace!
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How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me.
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I once was lost, but now am
found, was blind, but now I see.
00:21:05.23\00:21:11.13
'Twas grace that
taught my heart to fear,
00:21:11.16\00:21:13.71
and grace my fears relieved.
00:21:13.74\00:21:16.46
How precious did
that grace appear
00:21:16.49\00:21:18.97
the hour I first believed.
00:21:19.00\00:21:22.52
Through many
dangers, toils and snares
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I have already come," me too
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"'Tis grace has
brought me safe thus far
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and grace will lead me home."
00:21:32.35\00:21:34.16
I've stood before vast audiences
00:21:34.19\00:21:37.02
not knowing when
the gun would ring out
00:21:37.05\00:21:41.55
and some have come after me.
00:21:41.58\00:21:44.13
"The Lord has
promised good to me
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his word my hope secures,
00:21:46.85\00:21:49.80
He will my
shield and portion be,
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as long as life endures.
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Yea, when this flesh
and heart shall fail,
00:21:56.39\00:21:59.64
and mortal life shall cease,
00:21:59.67\00:22:02.63
I shall possess within the veil,
00:22:02.66\00:22:06.33
A life of joy and peace.
00:22:06.36\00:22:10.16
When we've been
there ten thousand years
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bright shining as the sun,
00:22:15.16\00:22:18.51
we've no less days
to sing God's praise
00:22:18.54\00:22:22.28
than when we've first begun.
00:22:22.31\00:22:25.51
Amazing grace!
00:22:25.54\00:22:27.64
How sweet the sound
00:22:27.67\00:22:30.36
that saved a wretch like me.
00:22:30.39\00:22:34.65
I once was lost,
but now am found,
00:22:34.68\00:22:41.10
I was blind, but now I see."
00:22:41.13\00:22:47.46
Amen. Amen.
00:22:50.64\00:22:52.66
Let us pray.
00:22:52.69\00:22:53.82
We bless You, our Father.
00:23:08.73\00:23:11.99
We praise You, our Father.
00:23:12.02\00:23:15.25
We thank You for our Christ
00:23:15.28\00:23:17.94
who is mighty to save
00:23:17.97\00:23:21.59
and He said, no man can pluck
them out of My Father's hand.
00:23:21.62\00:23:26.26
We thank You, we are safe
00:23:26.29\00:23:28.83
as we trust in Christ
00:23:28.86\00:23:31.72
and then as we walk the walk
00:23:31.75\00:23:34.86
we live the talk.
00:23:34.89\00:23:39.01
We are encouraged and
confident today to know
00:23:39.04\00:23:43.48
that even out of this
great city of Los Angeles
00:23:43.51\00:23:46.12
with this crime
and its wickedness.
00:23:46.15\00:23:49.17
They will come a
multitude in the last day saint.
00:23:49.20\00:23:53.17
Dear Father, it
is our earnest pray
00:23:53.20\00:23:55.08
that when the
kingdom and the dominion
00:23:55.11\00:23:57.62
and the greatness of the kingdom
00:23:57.65\00:23:59.19
under the whole heaven
00:23:59.22\00:24:00.83
is given to the people of
the saints of the most high
00:24:00.86\00:24:04.53
that when the
Lord calls out our name
00:24:04.56\00:24:06.68
we will say present and correct.
00:24:06.71\00:24:10.81
We are here.
00:24:10.84\00:24:14.26
May the Word preach today
00:24:14.29\00:24:16.80
drop like dew into the
hearts of these people.
00:24:16.83\00:24:20.62
We pray that we will not be
00:24:20.65\00:24:22.56
hard hearted like the people
00:24:22.59\00:24:24.08
were in the
wilderness for forty years.
00:24:24.11\00:24:28.33
We pray that we
will not be like people
00:24:28.36\00:24:31.03
who gone to a
concert or to a comedy
00:24:31.06\00:24:34.05
or to a play or to a
movie and is just another thing
00:24:34.08\00:24:39.55
that we pray today
00:24:39.58\00:24:42.05
this Word will
find a fertile soil.
00:24:42.08\00:24:47.97
My Father, bless
these dear people.
00:24:48.00\00:24:51.35
They have been my
people of 24 years.
00:24:54.58\00:24:58.87
I've been there
pastor of the 17 years.
00:24:58.90\00:25:03.29
I pray that You will bless them
00:25:03.32\00:25:06.32
and watch over
them and prosper them.
00:25:06.35\00:25:11.58
We pray that they will
walk hand in hand with Christ.
00:25:11.61\00:25:17.31
That they will keep themselves
unspotted from the world.
00:25:17.34\00:25:21.59
They will be a
people who hate lying
00:25:21.62\00:25:26.35
and hypocrisy and stealing
00:25:26.38\00:25:31.57
and two-facedness
00:25:31.60\00:25:34.80
but they will be
our righteous people
00:25:34.83\00:25:39.40
because of the blood of Christ.
00:25:39.43\00:25:41.79
So today my Father,
00:25:41.82\00:25:44.38
in the name of
Christ I commit them
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.16
into Your hands, bless them.
00:25:46.19\00:25:49.83
In Jesus name, amen and amen.
00:25:52.89\00:25:57.38
Amen. Amen and amen.
00:25:57.41\00:25:59.82
The Carte Report is a
self supporting ministry
00:26:02.50\00:26:05.75
with a global mission.
00:26:05.78\00:26:07.45
We believe that the
most important thing
00:26:07.48\00:26:09.51
that we can do in
this tremendous hour
00:26:09.54\00:26:12.20
is to tell people
about the Lord Jesus Christ
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.42
because Jesus said I'm the
way the truth and the life.
00:26:15.45\00:26:20.00
We do not believe that
this is business as usual.
00:26:20.03\00:26:24.02
We believe that we are
living in the closing hours,
00:26:24.05\00:26:27.40
in the history of this world.
00:26:27.43\00:26:29.06
Bless you heart friend,
00:26:29.09\00:26:30.55
look at the signs that are
being fulfilled almost everyday.
00:26:30.58\00:26:34.36
The signs of the
times are shouting at us
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.50
and they're saying
Jesus is coming soon.
00:26:37.53\00:26:40.90
I want you to be my
partner in global mission.
00:26:40.93\00:26:44.47
I want you to be my partner
00:26:44.50\00:26:46.26
in helping to tell the
world about the coming of Jesus.
00:26:46.29\00:26:50.08
I want you to be my
partner in the preaching
00:26:50.11\00:26:53.20
of the distinctive truths
of the three angel's messages.
00:26:53.23\00:26:57.94
Please, check us out
at the new Carter Report
00:26:57.97\00:27:02.07
website, cartereport.org.
00:27:02.10\00:27:05.05
We have a special section
whereby you can ask questions
00:27:05.08\00:27:09.84
and I will give you the answers
00:27:09.87\00:27:11.70
from the living
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00:27:11.73\00:27:15.20
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00:27:15.23\00:27:19.93
My friend, we
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00:27:19.96\00:27:22.70
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00:27:22.73\00:27:26.98
in India, in
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00:27:27.01\00:27:30.64
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00:27:30.67\00:27:32.81
wherever people are lost
00:27:32.84\00:27:34.84
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00:27:34.87\00:27:38.38
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00:27:38.41\00:27:40.90
Please check us out
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00:27:42.28\00:27:47.28
I want to hear from you, today.
00:27:47.31\00:27:49.92
What if my
greatest disappointments
00:28:03.46\00:28:06.01
or the aching of this life
00:28:06.04\00:28:09.63
Is the revealing
of a greater thirst
00:28:09.66\00:28:14.49
this world can't satisfy
00:28:14.52\00:28:19.91
What if trials of this life
00:28:19.94\00:28:24.23
The rain, the
storms, the hardest nights
00:28:24.26\00:28:28.66
Are your mercies in disguise
00:28:28.69\00:28:33.82
It's not our home
00:28:40.00\00:28:44.00