The Carter Report presents
Plain Talk with John Carter.
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Hello, friend. I'm John Carter.
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Welcome to the Carter Report.
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And this is a new presentation,
we're calling it Plain Talk.
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Around the world
in Australia, America,
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The Caribbean,
even into Saudi Arabia,
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we have questions and
people want plain answers.
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And today, we're planning
to give some plain talk about
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some of the big
questions you've been asking.
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God has His time and
His place for everything.
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And the time and the
place now is Latin America,
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including Cuba.
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Time Magazine talks about
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the Second
Protestant Reformation
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and describes how
hundreds of thousands,
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even millions of Latinos
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are coming to
the gospel of Christ.
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I'm not an armchair theologian.
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I'm speaking
according to experience.
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I've seen it with my own eyes.
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Recently, we went
down to El Salvador.
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There I spoke in the
largest football stadium
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in Central America
with the biggest crowd
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that that football
stadium had ever, ever seen.
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They came not to
see a football match,
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but to hear about
the blood of Christ.
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Millions are coming
to a knowledge of God
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in Latin America.
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Doors are opening in Cuba.
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Who knows, we may
be going to Cuba soon.
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As the doors open
by the grace of God,
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we are going to
step through those doors.
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And we want you to step
through those doors with us
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and be part of our team
for such a time as this.
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Please write to me,
friend. Don't put it off.
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Write to me, John
Carter, Post Office Box 1900,
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Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358.
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In Australia, write to me
at Terrigal, New South Wales.
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Be part of the
Second Reformation,
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join us and see
the miracles of God.
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Amen.
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Why is the Muslim
religion growing so fast?
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And should Americans
ban the building of mosques?
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If you start banning
the building of mosques,
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what are you gonna do next?
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Are you going
to ban the building
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of synagogues and churches?
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Here, in the
United states of America,
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and in
Australia, and in Britain,
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and in the best
parts of the world
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people believe in
religious freedom.
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We believe we have
the right to worship God
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or not to worship God
as our consciences tell us.
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Then why is the
Muslim faith growing so fast?
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It's because many of them
take their religion seriously.
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In the western world,
Christianity is marching,
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but marching backwards.
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And the Muslims are going ahead.
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I went to Sydney recently,
and when I got off the plane
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and went out to get
a taxi, the taxi driver
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was so courteous
and so nice to me.
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And then he started to
talk to me about the Bible,
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and then he
started to talk to me,
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"Would you believe
it, about the Quran?"
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He was a Muslim.
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And before I left his
taxi, he gave me some DVDs.
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He said, "I know
you're a Christian.
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But one day, I want
to see you in heaven.
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And we Muslims want
to get to heaven too.
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He was an
evangelist for the Muslims.
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Then, when I was in
Sydney, walking around that
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magnificent city, I didn't see
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too much of a presence
of the Christian church.
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Many of the churches
seem to have closed down.
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But the Muslims are going ahead
because they've got a mission.
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Now, Jesus told us that
we've got a mission too.
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Jesus said, "Go
into all the world
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and preach the gospel."
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That is why the Carter
Report believes in evangelism.
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So why do you believe
that the Bible is true?
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I believe that the Bible is true
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not because of blind faith.
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I don't believe in
having blind faith.
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I don't believe in
having faith in faith.
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There are many reasons
why I believe that this book,
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the Bible, the
book of books is true.
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It is a book of prophecy.
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I have studied the
prophecies for about 50 years.
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I've studied the
prophecy of Daniel 2.
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In just a few words,
it foretold the history
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of the human race.
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Try reading it.
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Daniel 7, the
history of the world
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and the rise of the antichrist.
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Prophecy proves
that the Bible is true.
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Daniel Chapter 9 tells
about the coming of the Messiah.
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It predicted the very, very year
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when the Messiah
would appear in the world.
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It say's the Messiah
would come so many years
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after a certain
decree by a Persian king.
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The Messiah came in 27AD,
that's when Jesus was baptized.
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And Jesus died about
three years after 27AD,
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when he was
crucified on the cross.
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All of these great
events were foretold
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through the
prophecies of the Bible.
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Then there is
another tremendous proof,
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and that is the
person of Jesus Christ.
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There is no person like him.
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The Bible talks
about God becoming a man,
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a Jewish man, dying for our sins
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on the cross, and
being raised from the dead.
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This is beyond
human comprehension.
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The Bible is a
divinely inspired book.
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And there is another reason.
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The Bible has the
ability to change human lives.
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I've seen it around the world.
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The best countries in the world
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are those countries
that believe in the Bible.
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Wherever the Bible
goes, it brings freedom,
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peace,
prosperity, and good health.
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Jesus said, "It is written,
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'Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word
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that precedes out
of the mouth of God.'"
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This is the Word of God.
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Are you not a
bigot because you oppose
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same sex marriage?
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Well, I guess,
some people would say,
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I'm a bigot
because I'm a Christian.
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Some people
would say, I'm a bigot
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because I believe in
this book, the Bible.
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Other people
would say, I'm a bigot
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because I believe
in freedom of speech
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and freedom of religion.
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I believe that every
person has the right to be
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what he wants to be, as long
as it doesn't hurt me of course,
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because your freedom ends
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where the end of my nose begins.
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I believe people,
if a person wants to be
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a homosexual, that's his right.
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But I've got the right to be
what I believe I ought to be.
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I've got the right
to believe the Bible.
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You see, I believe
in freedom of speech.
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Freedom of
speech is not bigotry.
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And if a person has a
problem with freedom of speech,
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may be it's
because he's a bigot.
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I want to read you
something that Jesus said.
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And I think, if my
memory is working today,
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I'm going to come in the Bible,
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in Matthew Chapter 19.
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These are the words of Jesus.
And Jesus was not a bigot.
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Jesus said, "'Haven't you read,'
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he replied,
'that at the beginning
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the Creator made
them male and female,
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and said, For this reason
a man will leave his father
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and his mother and be
united to his wife...'"
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You see, if I'm
going to be called a bigot
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because I believe in
Jesus, then so be it.
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The Bible
teaches that a marriage
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is between a man and a woman.
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You've got the right to believe
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in homosexual
practices, if you so choose.
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That is your right.
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I'm not going to
call you a bigot.
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Don't call me a bigot
because I'm a Christian,
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and I believe in the Bible,
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and I believe in
freedom of speech.
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Atheism in America
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is one of the
fastest growing religions.
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Why is this so? Is
atheism even scientific?
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Atheism is not scientific.
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You want some
Plain Talk, here it is.
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If you're going to
be an honest atheist,
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you got to say,
"I've been to every spot
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in the universe
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and I discovered
that God wasn't there.
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An atheist says,
"There is no God."
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How on earth would he
know that there is no God,
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if he hasn't gone to every place
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and didn't discover
that God did not exist?
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Therefore, it is not scientific.
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But often atheism is a
reaction against bad religion.
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Are you listening to me?
I've been to Russia 42 times.
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I've seen what atheism
did to the Russian soul.
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Atheism destroyed
the Russian people
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and put to death
millions and millions of people.
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The religion in Russia,
back in the days of czars
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was a dreadful thing.
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The priest
persecuted the people.
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And the problem
is that the Russians
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through the baby
out with the bath water.
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They got rid of God
because of the bad religion.
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What happened?
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The deaths of
millions and millions
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of innocent people.
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Why is it growing
so fast in America?
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Well, they say there is
lot of bad religion over here,
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but that's not a good
reason to give up on God.
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Now, there is another reason,
and this is pretty penetrating,
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what I'm going to say.
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I don't say it
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because I'm
trying to offend you.
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I'm just trying to
give you some Plain Talk.
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Huxley said, he was
Darwin's great friend,
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he said, "Now that
I believe in atheism,
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I'm free to do
anything I want to do,
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especially with women.
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Atheism does away
with moral restrains.
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That's Plain Talk. It's true.
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Many sociologists believe
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that we are seeing
a collapse of family
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and society in
many American cities
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such as Baltimore.
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What can be done to
stop the destruction
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of American society?
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Get back to God,
get back to the Bible,
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and get back to the family.
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When you don't have mums
and dads bringing up kids,
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when the fathers
walk out on the family,
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when the mothers
walk out on the family,
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you've only got hell
that's going to follow.
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What we're seeing in
some of the American cities
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including Baltimore is
the collapse of the home
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because of the
collapse of faith in God.
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The best societies in
this world, my friend,
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are those societies
that truly believe in God
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and they practice the
teachings of Jesus Christ.
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And they have good families.
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The Catholics are
absolutely correct
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when they say, the family
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that prays together
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stays together.
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Hi, I'm John Carter.
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My wife, Beverley and I
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were watching
television the other night,
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watching the
news, American News.
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They told us that the
church in North America
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is actually shrinking.
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They said that
atheism is the fastest growing
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religious movement
today in North America.
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And people are
saying, "What on earth
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can we do to save the church."
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Well, of course,
Christ died for the church,
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He saved the church.
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But what I mean is,
"How can we keep the church
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as a vibrant force in the world
today in Australia, in America,
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and in Europe and in
the rest of the world?"
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Let me tell you a little story.
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John Wesley was one
of the greatest preachers
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that the English
speaking world has ever heard.
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John Wesley came
upon the scene of the,
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of the church in
England a few hundred years ago,
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when the church was
dying like the church today,
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it was a shrinking church.
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But the people in the church
were in the state of denial.
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They refused to
accept the reality
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that the church was dying.
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John Wesley did something
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that other people
said couldn't be done.
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He revived the church
through public evangelism.
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Did you hear that? He
started to preach Christ.
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He preached the Bible
and he preached out of doors
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and indoors and
the church was saved.
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Not only did he
save a lot of souls,
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the souls of sinners,
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he saved the
souls of the saints.
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Please join me, my
friend, in evangelism,
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it's what Jesus did.
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Write to me John
Cater, Post Office Box 1900,
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Thousand Oaks,
California. In Australia,
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write to me at the address
on the screen at Terrigal,
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in New South Wales.
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Join me, my friend,
in preaching Christ.
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Join me in public
evangelism around the world.
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Thank you in Jesus' name.
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I've been reading
Hebrews 6:1-8 that indicates
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that there is no
hope for the believer
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who turns away from God.
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I feel totally discouraged.
Is there no hope for me?
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Yes, there is hope
for you, my friend.
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But let's read the passage
that you're talking about
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because it is quite frankly
a bit of a difficult passage.
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And I'm going to
turn to Hebrews 6:4
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and onwards the Bible says,
"It is impossible for those
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who have once been enlightened,
00:16:16.54\00:16:18.84
who have tasted
the heavenly gift,
00:16:18.87\00:16:21.08
who have shared
in the Holy Spirit,
00:16:21.11\00:16:24.18
who have tasted the
goodness of the word of God
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and the powers
of the coming age,
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if they fall away,
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to be brought
back to repentance.
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Because to their
loss they are crucifying
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the Son of God all over again
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and subjecting him
to public disgrace."
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The Bible says here
and I can understand
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why person have
put in that question.
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He's so concerned
and so discouraged.
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This text seems to say
that, if you become a believer
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and if you turn away from God,
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you're lost and
you're damned for ever.
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And that person wrote to
me and I got this on my iPad
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and the question
went on more and more,
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we've just given you just
a little bit of the question.
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That the person
said, a lady said
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I feel just so discouraged,
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I just feel like
committing suicide.
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But I want to tell you today,
what this is talking about.
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It's talking not about
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just committing an ordinary sin,
00:17:29.48\00:17:32.35
but it's
talking about committing
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the unpardonable sin.
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Okay, you want to know
what the unpardonable sin is.
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Well, let me see
if I can find it here.
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Matthew 12:31-32, Jesus says,
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"So I tell you, every sin
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and blasphemy
will be forgiven men."
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Hey, that's good news.
00:17:56.57\00:17:59.57
If you turn to God,
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God will forgive
the sin of murder,
00:18:00.98\00:18:03.48
adultery,
fornication, lying and stealing
00:18:03.51\00:18:08.32
and being just a regular flake.
00:18:08.35\00:18:10.52
If you turn to God and
if you repent of your sin,
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God is going to forgive
every sin, Jesus said it.
00:18:14.36\00:18:17.39
Jesus said, "I
tell you, every sin
00:18:17.43\00:18:19.49
and blasphemy
will be forgiven men.
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.03
But blasphemy against the spirit
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will not be forgiven."
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If you sin
against the Holy Spirit,
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the Bible says, it's all over.
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Anyone who
speaks against a word,
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against the Son of
Man will be forgiven,
00:18:34.98\00:18:38.31
but anyone who speaks
against the Holy Spirit
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will not be
forgiven, either in this age
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or in the age to come."
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Jesus says, you can
do this, you can do that,
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you can murder, you can
steal, you can fornicate.
00:18:52.76\00:18:57.57
You can do all of
these dreadful sins,
00:18:57.60\00:18:59.77
but if you come to
Christ in sincere repentance,
00:18:59.80\00:19:03.17
the blood of Jesus
will wash away your sins.
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Jesus said this, "If you
sin against the Holy Spirit,
00:19:07.41\00:19:11.71
there's no forgiveness
and that's what the writer
00:19:11.75\00:19:14.38
of Hebrews is talking about.
00:19:14.42\00:19:17.22
Now how do I sin
against the Holy Spirit?
00:19:17.25\00:19:19.15
Well, the Holy
Spirit is the third person,
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it's Godhead.
00:19:21.26\00:19:22.86
And the Holy
Spirit is sent from God
00:19:22.89\00:19:25.89
to convict me of my sins.
00:19:25.93\00:19:30.63
You see, I won't
feel my need to repentance
00:19:30.67\00:19:33.80
until the Holy Spirit
comes and convicts me of my sin.
00:19:33.84\00:19:40.38
And when the Holy
Spirit talks to me,
00:19:40.41\00:19:42.14
the first time I
hear him, I hear him
00:19:42.18\00:19:45.21
as though it were
thunder in my ears.
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He talks to me and
I just can't get away
00:19:48.82\00:19:51.39
from his voice.
00:19:51.42\00:19:54.06
But if I keep saying
no to God, no, no, no, no.
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The voice of God
will become softer,
00:20:00.33\00:20:03.26
and softer, and softer
00:20:03.30\00:20:06.17
because of the process
of the hardening of my soul.
00:20:06.20\00:20:12.01
I can harden my heart.
00:20:12.04\00:20:14.44
That's why the Bible says,
"Don't harden your hearts."
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So the unpardonable sin is
when a person hardens heart.
00:20:18.68\00:20:23.32
But listen to this,
if you want to be saved.
00:20:23.35\00:20:28.62
If you still have a conscience,
it shows that you can be saved.
00:20:28.66\00:20:36.20
You can be
redeemed even if you've been
00:20:36.23\00:20:39.77
a member of the church.
00:20:39.80\00:20:41.24
And you've wandered from the God
00:20:41.27\00:20:42.87
and you've done
some terrible things,
00:20:42.90\00:20:45.61
but if you come to
God in sincere repentance
00:20:45.64\00:20:49.44
and listen to the
voice of the Holy Spirit
00:20:49.48\00:20:53.31
and come to
Christ, then my friend,
00:20:53.35\00:20:56.28
you will be saved.
00:20:56.32\00:21:00.06
What do you
think of Pope Francis?
00:21:00.09\00:21:02.52
Do you see the day
when we shall all unite
00:21:02.56\00:21:05.49
under the Catholic Church?
00:21:05.53\00:21:07.66
What do I think of Pope Francis?
00:21:07.70\00:21:09.76
Well, that's sort of
putting me on the spot
00:21:09.80\00:21:11.90
because I personally
don't know Pope Francis.
00:21:11.93\00:21:15.10
I only see Pope
Francis on CNN, or Fox News,
00:21:15.14\00:21:19.94
or when I pick up Time magazine,
00:21:19.97\00:21:21.78
or something like that.
00:21:21.81\00:21:23.14
I don't know Pope
Francis, but he seems to be
00:21:23.18\00:21:26.18
a sort of nice guy, doesn't he?
00:21:26.21\00:21:29.42
You know, I'm
told, this what I'm told,
00:21:29.45\00:21:31.95
he drives a little car.
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.76
Smaller than my
car, so he seems to be
00:21:34.79\00:21:37.03
rather humble sort of guy
and when he became the pope,
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.96
the first thing he did,
he went back to the hotel
00:21:41.00\00:21:43.37
where he had been staying
and he paid his hotel bill.
00:21:43.40\00:21:47.30
He doesn't seem
to be like a pontiff.
00:21:47.34\00:21:50.51
He seems to be a nicer guy.
00:21:50.54\00:21:54.31
Now, the, the Bible tells us
that God has got a big family.
00:21:54.34\00:21:59.68
And I want you to
hear what I'm going to say,
00:21:59.71\00:22:01.58
and not
misunderstand this and not...
00:22:01.62\00:22:03.59
Because I'm just giving
you some plain talk today.
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.22
I'm telling you what I
believe the Bible teaches
00:22:06.25\00:22:09.62
and I'm just a plain
man and I'm just giving you
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.03
some plain talk.
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.50
I believe that God
has got a big family.
00:22:14.53\00:22:17.73
And that there are millions
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.67
of wonderful Roman
Catholic Christians.
00:22:19.70\00:22:23.10
Some people say, "Oh, no.
00:22:23.14\00:22:24.57
My church, we're the only
ones who're gonna be saved.
00:22:24.61\00:22:27.54
You are in for a
big shock, my friend.
00:22:27.58\00:22:31.75
God has got a real big family.
00:22:31.78\00:22:35.62
And we had a person in my church
00:22:35.65\00:22:37.65
who said, this person
was an amazing person,
00:22:37.69\00:22:41.96
wrote the book,
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.32
Great
Controversy, Desire of Ages.
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.73
And this little
old American lady said,
00:22:45.76\00:22:49.43
"The vast
majority of God's children
00:22:49.46\00:22:53.34
are in the Protestant
and the Catholic churches.
00:22:53.37\00:22:58.51
So as the pope
says, "Who am I to judge,
00:22:58.54\00:23:02.38
when I'm talking
about an individual?"
00:23:02.41\00:23:04.81
Does that mean that I believe in
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.82
what the pope teaches?
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.48
No, I don't believe
in all those things.
00:23:08.52\00:23:11.15
I don't believe in
his concept of the gospel.
00:23:11.19\00:23:14.26
I don't believe
that Mary is in heaven.
00:23:14.29\00:23:17.33
I don't believe in
praying to the saints.
00:23:17.36\00:23:20.90
I don't believe in
an earthly priesthood.
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.30
Do I believe in the
priesthood? I sure do.
00:23:23.33\00:23:26.30
But my priest is
Jesus in heaven, my friend.
00:23:26.33\00:23:31.01
Do I see the day
when the churches
00:23:31.04\00:23:32.71
are going to come together
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.18
and unite with
the Catholic Church?
00:23:34.21\00:23:35.88
Absolutely.
00:23:35.91\00:23:37.48
I can see it
happening right here
00:23:37.51\00:23:39.18
in the United States of America
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.35
because of
political correctness.
00:23:41.38\00:23:44.59
And there's another
reason, people are sort of dumb,
00:23:44.62\00:23:49.89
when it comes to the Bible.
00:23:49.92\00:23:53.40
There is a lot of
ignorance concerning the Bible.
00:23:53.43\00:23:57.23
But I believe
that because people
00:23:57.27\00:23:58.90
are very ignorant of the Bible,
00:23:58.93\00:24:03.20
they're just going to
go way the wind is blowing.
00:24:03.24\00:24:06.78
And I believe, I believe that
before the end of the world,
00:24:06.81\00:24:09.94
before Jesus comes,
we are going to have
00:24:09.98\00:24:13.21
one big super
amalgamation of religion.
00:24:13.25\00:24:18.82
And I've got a feeling
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.29
that the pope is
going to be in charge of it.
00:24:20.32\00:24:23.12
That's plain talk.
00:24:23.16\00:24:26.23
Are you interested in conducting
00:24:26.26\00:24:27.86
an evangelistic campaign
00:24:27.90\00:24:30.00
in the biggest
Muslim country in the world?
00:24:30.03\00:24:33.30
Oh, I'm interested in
doing evangelism anywhere
00:24:33.34\00:24:36.17
that God opens the doors.
00:24:36.20\00:24:38.17
Now, I've run
evangelistic campaigns before,
00:24:38.21\00:24:42.94
and I've spoken
to lots of Muslims.
00:24:42.98\00:24:46.01
I've people who say to me,
00:24:46.05\00:24:47.85
"John Cater, you
must be very naive
00:24:47.88\00:24:49.58
because that doesn't happen.
00:24:49.62\00:24:51.09
You can't, you can't
run an evangelistic campaign
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.82
and you're not going
to have Muslims coming."
00:24:53.86\00:24:55.89
Hey, I've had thousands coming.
00:24:55.92\00:24:58.33
In the city of
Kazan, capital of Tatarstan,
00:24:58.36\00:25:03.16
we ran a great
evangelistic campaign
00:25:03.20\00:25:05.73
in a great theater that
seated about 7,000 people.
00:25:05.77\00:25:09.74
And then we had a
baptism in front of the mosque.
00:25:09.77\00:25:14.18
In fact, the leader
of the Muslim religion
00:25:14.21\00:25:18.25
told the people that
I was a gift from God,
00:25:18.28\00:25:21.88
and to listen to
what I was saying.
00:25:21.92\00:25:24.19
Because I was
preaching the Bible,
00:25:24.22\00:25:26.52
and I was preaching against sin,
00:25:26.55\00:25:28.96
and I was
preaching against alcoholism.
00:25:28.99\00:25:32.06
That's just one
thing, I spoke out against.
00:25:32.09\00:25:34.40
And the Muslim said amen,
where as all the Christians
00:25:34.43\00:25:37.67
in that city
were invariably drunk.
00:25:37.70\00:25:42.00
So would I be
prepared to run a campaign
00:25:42.04\00:25:44.21
in a Muslim city again?
00:25:44.24\00:25:46.57
Yes.
00:25:46.61\00:25:47.94
In the biggest
Muslim country in the world?
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.38
Yes.
00:25:49.41\00:25:50.75
But if you want me to do
it, you better be my partner
00:25:50.78\00:25:53.25
and send me some money,
00:25:53.28\00:25:55.08
so I can do what
God has called us to do.
00:25:55.12\00:26:00.09
What is the second
Protestant Reformation?
00:26:00.12\00:26:04.43
Oh, the second
Protestant Reformation.
00:26:04.46\00:26:06.86
Well, do you know about
00:26:06.90\00:26:08.23
the first
Protestant Reformation?
00:26:08.26\00:26:10.63
That was led by
that German theologian
00:26:10.67\00:26:12.87
and priest, Martin Luther.
00:26:12.90\00:26:15.44
And Martin
Luther believed in this.
00:26:15.47\00:26:17.31
Now, I better get this plainly.
00:26:17.34\00:26:19.77
He believed in "Sola
Christus, only Christ.
00:26:19.81\00:26:22.81
Sola Scriptura, we
believe in the Bible."
00:26:22.84\00:26:26.55
This is our authority, not
the writings of the church.
00:26:26.58\00:26:31.02
Sola Gratia, only
grace, Sola Fide, only faith.
00:26:31.05\00:26:35.79
And this gave birth
to the great democracy.
00:26:35.82\00:26:37.96
That's why we've got an America,
00:26:37.99\00:26:40.46
that's why we've
got an Australia,
00:26:40.50\00:26:42.63
that's why we've got the
great Protestant countries
00:26:42.66\00:26:45.43
that are still today
powerhouses in the world.
00:26:45.47\00:26:49.74
Now, the second
Protestant Reformation,
00:26:49.77\00:26:53.98
well, around the world today,
00:26:54.01\00:26:55.91
we're seeing
millions of Spanish,
00:26:55.94\00:27:00.05
Hispanics we call,
Hispanics coming to Christ,
00:27:00.08\00:27:05.49
and accepting the
Bible, and accepting Christ.
00:27:05.52\00:27:10.19
In the United States of America,
00:27:10.23\00:27:12.83
hundreds of
thousands, millions of Hispanics
00:27:12.86\00:27:15.96
are coming to Christ
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.53
and turning from the
Roman Catholic Church
00:27:17.57\00:27:20.04
and tens of
millions in Latin America.
00:27:20.07\00:27:23.67
I bless your heart,
when we went to El Salvador,
00:27:23.71\00:27:27.31
we had 52,000 people
in an outdoor stadium,
00:27:27.34\00:27:31.71
the biggest crowd
that football stadium
00:27:31.75\00:27:34.92
had ever seen,
00:27:34.95\00:27:36.28
even for their
great football matches.
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.82
We had more
because we're seeing today
00:27:38.85\00:27:42.06
the second
Protestant Reformation,
00:27:42.09\00:27:44.69
Time Magazine spoke about it.
00:27:44.73\00:27:47.33
Time had it on the
front, we're seeing it.
00:27:47.36\00:27:50.23
And you and I
need to be a part of it
00:27:50.27\00:27:53.30
and do evangelism.
00:27:53.34\00:27:59.27
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