The Carter Report presents
Plain Talk with John Carter.
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Hello, friend. I'm John Carter.
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Welcome today to
the Carter Report.
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Today's program is
entitled "Plain Talk."
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You know why we're
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Because that's what
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They want some plain talk.
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You're going to get it today.
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Hello, friend.
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I'm John Carter in Havana, Cuba.
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I'm standing here in
Revolutionary Square.
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This great Square is dedicated
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to the great
Communist Revolution under Fidel
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that came to this
country back 50, 60 years ago.
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This place is still
undergoing a revolution.
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We've come to check out
the reality of this situation.
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Freedom of speech is
not allowed here still,
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preaching the
gospel out of doors
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is not allowed here still,
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whatever, you hear
about reconciliation,
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nothing has really changed.
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We've been told we cannot
run public campaigns in Cuba,
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in any part of this world.
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We can run meetings in churches.
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That's allowed.
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So what are we gonna do?
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We're going to support
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the people of God in
this part of the world.
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We're going to
step through those doors
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as God opens those doors.
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We're not going to
come and cause a commotion
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and cause trouble
to the people of God.
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We will work diligently
and "as wise as serpents
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and as harmless as doves."
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Stand with us, in the
preaching of the gospel
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wherever it is, stand with us.
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Write to me, Post
Office Box, 1900 Thousand Oaks,
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California, 91358.
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In Australia, write
to me at the address
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which is now appearing
on the screen at Terrigal.
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And let us go forward
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for a mighty
spiritual revolution
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as we take the gospel of Christ
to the lost around the world
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as God opens the doors.
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This is John Carter
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in Revolutionary
Square in Havana, Cuba,
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saying to you, God bless you
and thank you for your support.
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What is Speciesism?
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Well, that's an
interesting concept.
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It comes from our
friends, the evolutionists.
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And the evolutionists
tell us that all the species,
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including the human race,
go back to some little blob
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in a primordial
mess in the ocean.
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And therefore,
because we didn't come
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from the hand of God,
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man is no longer
distinct and glorious.
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He's only one
of so many species.
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Therefore, you are
no better than a frog
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or a toad or an ant.
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I'm not buying it, friend.
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I don't believe in speciesism.
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I believe that we
came from the hand of God
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and that man is
made in the image of God.
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Is it ever
permissible as a Christian
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to disobey the government?
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Yes, it is.
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When the
government disobeys God.
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The Bible tells us, it's
more important to obey God
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than it is to obey man.
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Now we believe the
governments are ordained of God
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to bring about law and order.
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But the Bible says
that in the last days,
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the governments of this
world are going to become
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dictatorial,
totalitarian systems.
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And they're going to
enforce the mark of the beast.
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Let me read this to
you, out of the apocalypse,
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Revelation 13, it says,
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"He was given
power to give breath
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to the image of the beast,
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so that it could speak
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and cause all who
refused to worship the image
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to be killed.
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It also forced
everyone, small and great,
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rich and poor, free and slave,
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to receive a mark on his
right hand or on his forehead,
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so that no one could buy or sell
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unless he had the mark,
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which is the name of the beast
or the number of its name."
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In the last days,
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the governments of this
world are going to unite
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with apostate
churches, religious powers
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and they're going to
enforce religious laws
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that are an anathematic to God.
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When that happens, my friend,
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it'll be time to
stand up and say,
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I am going to follow Christ.
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I'm going to
follow the Word of God
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even if it means
disobeying the government.
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Now when the government is
in harmony with God's Word,
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we need to obey the government.
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But when the
government enforces laws
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that are in
violation of the Word of God,
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we need to follow God.
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Many people believe that we
are living in the end-times.
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Haven't people
always believed that?
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Well, some have. It's true.
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In 1,000 A.D., theologians
in the Roman Catholic Church
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thought that
the end of the world
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would probably come
in the year, 1,000 A.D.
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But the Bible gives
some rather specific signs.
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I'm gonna come over
here to the apocalypse,
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Revelation 11:18.
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It says, "The
nations were angry,"
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well, they're angry now.
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Are they not?
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"The nations were
angry, and your wrath has come.
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The time has come
for judging the dead,
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and for rewarding
your servants the prophets
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and your saints those
who reverence your name,
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both small and great-
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and for destroying those
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who destroy the earth."
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The Bible tells us
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that Jesus Christ
is going to intervene
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in the history of humanity,
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when men have the awesome
ability to destroy the earth.
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It didn't have
that in 1,000 A.D.
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They didn't have
that in the days of Jesus.
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But there are
certain specific signs
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and one of the
most amazing signs
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is the awful
capacity to wipe out humanity,
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we've come to that time.
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And there's another
sign too, of course,
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which is Matthew
24:14 which says,
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"This gospel of the kingdom
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will be preached
in the whole world
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as a witness to all nations,
then the end will come."
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Jesus said, that the
gospel that He taught,
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the people despised.
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They thought it was going
to fizz out but Jesus said,
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the gospel would be
taught in the whole wide world
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and the end would come.
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Today, we are
seeing this prophecy
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being fulfilled
around the world,
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the gospel, the
good news of Christ
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is being taken
everywhere around the world
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by television also.
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Therefore, we do
believe with a passion
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that the Lord is coming soon.
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Do you believe in heaven?
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And if so, what will it be like?
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You better believe it
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and you better
believe in it too,
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because the death of hope
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always leads to
the hope of the death.
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If you've got no hope in
your soul, sooner or later,
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you're going to want to die.
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You want to know
why so many people
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commit suicide today,
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why suicide has become
the badge of our despair?
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It's because
people have lost hope.
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And people today think that
they are no better than ants
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or dogs or cats
or something else.
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And therefore,
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they don't
believe in heaven anymore.
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I believe in the
reality of heaven.
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I believe it.
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Now I'm going
to take a text here
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and come over here to let me see
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John 14:1-3.
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Jesus said, "Do not let
your heart be troubled."
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He said, "Don't worry."
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Do you worry?
Jesus said, "Quit it."
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"Trusting God, trust also in me.
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In my Father's
house are many rooms,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I'm going there to
prepare a place for you."
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So it's a place.
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"And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come
back, I will come again
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and take you to be with me
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that you also
may be where I am."
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So heaven is going to be a place
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in the Father's
house where Jesus is.
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Wouldn't you like to meet Jesus,
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the Son of God?
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Wouldn't you like to
go to the Father's house?
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I believe the Father's
house is outside, out time,
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outside, outplace,
outside our universe.
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I believe this is a
place that is called
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as the Bible says,
the Father's house.
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The Bible tells us what
it's like in the Father's house.
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There's no
death. There's no pain.
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There's no sorrow, no cancer,
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no heartache,
none of those things.
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No bereavement, none
of those terrible things.
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The Father's house is
going to be where Jesus is,
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where the Father is.
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And we're going to live forever.
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And the Bible tells me
that if you believe this,
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you don't need to worry.
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Are you a person who worries?
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My friend, that's
because you don't really have
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faith in God.
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Jesus said, "Don't
worry." Have faith in Me.
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I'm going to my Father's house.
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And I'm going to
prepare a place for you,
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it's going to be heaven
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and it's going to be wonderful.
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And the good news
is you can be there.
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I'm a Seventh-day Adventist
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whose daughter
just had an abortion,
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something that I disapproved of.
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So what should I do?
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Well, I think the first
thing you ought to do is
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just give your daughter a hug.
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I think you need to love
her with an unconditional love
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like God loves you.
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Because you've messed up
also, we've all messed up.
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The Bible says, "All
have sinned" Romans 3.
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"And continue to fall
short of the glory of God."
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So we've all messed up
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and we continue
to stumble and fall.
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Your daughter has done something
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that you disapprove of.
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I can sense the
pain in the letter
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that you sent to me, my friend.
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But you can't change the
past but you can do something
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about today and the future.
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I would love her. I
would be kind to her.
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She needs your support.
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Put your arms around her
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and show her the
unconditional love
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that God shows you.
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Why are there so many atheists?
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I think one of
the reasons is because
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many atheists
have seen bad things
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that the church is done.
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That's why
communism arose in Russia.
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I've been to Russia 42 times.
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I know a bit about
communism and atheism.
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Atheism is often a reaction
against apostate Christianity.
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But also, atheism
is often a cop out.
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There is no
scientific evidence for atheism.
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There's a tremendous
amount of scientific evidence
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for the Creator God.
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But remember what Huxley said.
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He said, "I love this idea
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because I can do
anything I want to do,
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especially, with women."
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I didn't say it, Huxley said it.
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Darwin's man.
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Huxley even
said, I don't even know
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what Darwin's told him--
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I don't really
believe the theory.
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But he said, "I love this idea
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that releases me
from all responsibility."
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Now listen to me.
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There is a God.
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Heard of the
anthropic principle?
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Have you?
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Well, the anthropic
principle tells me that
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everything in
nature, everything exists
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so that human beings
can live and love and laugh.
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The anthropic principle
discovered relatively recently,
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is tremendous evidence for God.
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And when you go on
and read the Bible,
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they told about this
God, he is a good person.
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He loves you with
a tremendous love.
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My friend,
that's just plain talk.
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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,
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"What on earth 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 they mean is,
how can we keep the church
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as a vibrant
force in the world today
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in Australia, in
America, and in Europe
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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.
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Like the church today,
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?
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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, 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.
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In Australia, write to me
at the address on the screen
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at Terrigal, 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.
00:16:06.26\00:16:09.00
Do you have any secrets
for health and happiness?
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Well, they're not secrets
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because I share them
with anybody who listen to me.
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All right.
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No, I don't have any secrets
but I have some good news.
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Let me tell you. I'm
no longer just a boy.
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I've seen a lot of
summers but by the grace of God
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and I said by the grace of God,
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I'm still going strong.
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I've got some energy
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and I've got
some hope in my soul.
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And I've got a
vision and I don't believe
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that God is
finished with me quite yet.
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Secrets, no secrets but
let me tell you some truths
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that I've come to believe in.
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Here's the first one.
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If you believe in
God and trust in Christ
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and read the Bible,
you'll have peace of mind.
00:17:12.49\00:17:17.83
A lot of people
are worried to death,
00:17:17.87\00:17:20.14
how am I going to do
this, how am I gonna--
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You talk to them
and just talking them
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and makes you depressed.
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You met people like that.
00:17:26.47\00:17:28.31
But if you have
got faith in God,
00:17:28.34\00:17:30.95
you'll have peace.
00:17:30.98\00:17:32.55
That's a great reason why
you ought to go to church.
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That's a great reason
00:17:35.15\00:17:36.48
why you ought to be
reading your Bible every day.
00:17:36.52\00:17:38.75
The reason we
don't read our Bibles
00:17:38.79\00:17:40.32
is because by
nature, we're lazy.
00:17:40.36\00:17:43.93
But if we can
overcome our laziness
00:17:43.96\00:17:46.70
and become
disciples and read scripture,
00:17:46.73\00:17:49.56
we'll get peace in our souls.
00:17:49.60\00:17:52.17
That helps us to live long.
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People who go to church,
people who read their Bibles,
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people who've got faith in God
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live longer than
the average person.
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Here's another truth, eat well.
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I try to follow the diet
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that is prescribed
in the Book of Genesis.
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Fruits, vegetables, nuts,
beans, all that sort of stuff.
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Do I eat meat?
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No, I don't criticize
anybody who eats that red stuff.
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I don't eat it because I think
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it is a
formidable cause of cancer.
00:18:31.31\00:18:35.41
And I would say to you,
if you want to be healthy,
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don't eat the
MAD, don't eat MAD.
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You know what MAD is?
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That's the Modern American Diet.
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It's bad.
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All those refined
pastas, that'll kill you,
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all those refined foods.
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Some people say,
look I'm a vegetarian
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and they just fill up on sugar.
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They just fill up on sugar.
00:19:04.41\00:19:07.54
You can be a vegetarian
and be as sick as sickened bee
00:19:07.58\00:19:12.31
because you're eating
refined carbohydrates.
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Cut them out, friend, eat--
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try to eat unrefined
food and something else.
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Do some exercise.
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People in Bible days
used to walk for miles.
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I've got an elliptical.
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I do it religiously
for 30 minutes every day
00:19:30.77\00:19:34.00
and then every evening I
go for a couple of miles walk.
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But I try to exercise
hard for 60 minutes a day.
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And there are some
days I don't make it
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but if I miss out one day
I'll double it up the next day.
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Jesus said, and
this was so important
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and I think it's
John 10, He said,
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"I've come that
they may have life
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and have it more abundantly."
00:19:55.92\00:19:58.13
Jesus wants you to be healthy
00:19:58.16\00:20:01.23
and He wants you to be happy.
00:20:01.26\00:20:06.74
Is it wrong to
practice cremation
00:20:06.77\00:20:08.74
that is sometimes
associated with pagan religions?
00:20:08.77\00:20:12.51
I don't think so.
00:20:12.54\00:20:14.78
You see, as my wife
said to my dear old dad,
00:20:14.81\00:20:19.75
a few years
before he passed away,
00:20:19.78\00:20:22.02
we were visiting
the little town of Esk
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in South Queensland
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sort of on the outback
where the preachers are few
00:20:26.99\00:20:31.06
and men of religion is scanty.
00:20:31.09\00:20:32.56
Well, in the little town
of Esk there's a cemetery.
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And we went to my
grandfather's tomb.
00:20:36.90\00:20:41.84
And my father was
there with Beverley and me.
00:20:41.87\00:20:44.57
And my dear old dad knowing
that he couldn't live forever,
00:20:44.61\00:20:49.64
he said, I guess we've
all got to come to that place.
00:20:49.68\00:20:53.18
You do friend,
you are going to die,
00:20:53.21\00:20:55.35
I'm going to die,
we're all going to die
00:20:55.38\00:20:57.22
unless Jesus comes soon.
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It's appointed
unto men once to die
00:20:59.59\00:21:01.89
and after this the judgment.
00:21:01.92\00:21:03.89
So there's death
and there's judgment.
00:21:03.93\00:21:06.66
So he said, I guess we're
all going to come to this place.
00:21:06.70\00:21:09.76
And Beverley said to
him, "It's true, Dad.
00:21:09.80\00:21:14.67
We've all got to
come to this place,
00:21:14.70\00:21:16.64
we've all got to go down."
00:21:16.67\00:21:19.11
But she said, "It doesn't matter
00:21:19.14\00:21:21.14
how we go down.
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It matters how we come up."
00:21:24.35\00:21:27.35
So it doesn't matter
whether you are buried
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or whether you are cremated.
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That doesn't make
any difference to God.
00:21:33.02\00:21:35.19
Goodness me.
00:21:35.22\00:21:37.39
We don't have a
petty little God, you know,
00:21:37.43\00:21:39.39
He is a big God.
00:21:39.43\00:21:40.76
Look at this text
here in Revelation 20.
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"The sea gave up the
dead that were in it."
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How many people are left
00:21:45.97\00:21:47.60
after the
fishes have eaten them?
00:21:47.64\00:21:50.77
Now that much left.
00:21:50.81\00:21:52.17
"And death and Hades gave
up the dead that were in them,
00:21:52.21\00:21:55.54
and each person was judged
according to what He had done."
00:21:55.58\00:22:00.58
So the Bible tells
me in the last day,
00:22:00.62\00:22:03.28
even the sea is going
to give back the dead.
00:22:03.32\00:22:08.42
People have been
buried in the tomb,
00:22:08.46\00:22:10.73
the mossy old tombs
where the pilgrims sleep,
00:22:10.76\00:22:14.96
shall we opened
as wide as before.
00:22:15.00\00:22:17.50
And the millions
asleep in the mighty deep,
00:22:17.53\00:22:20.84
shall leave on
this earth once more
00:22:20.87\00:22:23.07
and people who were cremated,
they're going to come back too.
00:22:23.10\00:22:26.37
Cremation simply
speeds up the process.
00:22:26.41\00:22:30.81
It doesn't
matter how you go down,
00:22:30.85\00:22:32.61
it matters how you come up.
00:22:32.65\00:22:34.62
Because you are immortalized
00:22:34.65\00:22:39.02
in the mind of God.
00:22:39.05\00:22:42.86
So, my friend, you and
I better believe in Jesus
00:22:42.89\00:22:46.86
because without
Jesus, we're finished.
00:22:46.90\00:22:49.66
But with Jesus,
we've got everlasting life.
00:22:49.70\00:22:55.10
Who was Jesus?
00:22:55.14\00:22:57.94
Well, I guess you
better ask Richard Dawkins,
00:22:57.97\00:23:00.78
the famous professor
from Oxford University
00:23:00.81\00:23:05.58
who delights in
making fun of Christians.
00:23:05.61\00:23:09.15
You know, he's a great atheist.
00:23:09.18\00:23:11.55
But he said the other
day on a television show
00:23:11.59\00:23:14.82
when he was debating the
great Christian Professor,
00:23:14.86\00:23:17.93
John Lennox of
Oxford University.
00:23:17.96\00:23:21.10
He said, "I said
Jesus didn't exist.
00:23:21.13\00:23:24.27
I was wrong. Jesus did live."
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.57
Who was Jesus?
00:23:27.60\00:23:30.21
He was a Jewish man, carpenter.
00:23:30.24\00:23:34.54
He was born in 4
or 5 or 7 or 7 B.C.
00:23:34.58\00:23:38.95
The Bible says, he was
more than a Jewish man.
00:23:38.98\00:23:44.15
I'm going to
come to a text here,
00:23:44.19\00:23:46.19
my mind is trying to
remember where the text is.
00:23:46.22\00:23:49.22
Here it is, it's Isaiah
00:23:49.26\00:23:52.46
and I believe it
is Chapter 9 here.
00:23:52.49\00:23:56.16
The old memory is
still working, folks.
00:23:56.20\00:23:58.27
Isaiah 9:6, 7.
00:23:58.30\00:24:01.60
"For to us a child is
born, to us a son is given,
00:24:01.64\00:24:05.37
and the government
will be on his shoulders.
00:24:05.41\00:24:07.64
And he will be called
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.14
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.81
Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace."
00:24:11.85\00:24:16.89
Who was Jesus?
00:24:16.92\00:24:19.19
Mighty God, the
everlasting Father,
00:24:19.22\00:24:23.63
the Prince of Peace,
the savior of the world.
00:24:23.66\00:24:29.23
What has been your
most dangerous experience?
00:24:29.26\00:24:33.20
Well, Beverley and I've had
a few dangerous experiences.
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.64
We've had a few.
00:24:36.67\00:24:40.18
I remember when
Beverley and I were in Siberia,
00:24:40.21\00:24:43.21
in the city of Irkutsk.
00:24:43.24\00:24:45.55
A man came to the meeting
with the gun to shoot me.
00:24:45.58\00:24:49.08
He got drunk and he belongs
to their security forces,
00:24:49.12\00:24:53.32
like one of their top soldiers.
00:24:53.36\00:24:55.92
And Beverley was giving a talk
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.99
and he tried to get on the stage
00:24:58.03\00:25:01.16
because I was
sitting behind her,
00:25:01.20\00:25:02.70
he was coming after me.
00:25:02.73\00:25:05.20
But my friends got
around him, pulled him down.
00:25:05.23\00:25:08.80
The police came to
see me the next day.
00:25:08.84\00:25:10.94
They we're going
to put him in prison
00:25:10.97\00:25:12.34
for the rest of his life.
00:25:12.37\00:25:13.71
I said, "Forgive
him, just forgive him."
00:25:13.74\00:25:17.08
I said, when he told him,
I said forgive him because
00:25:17.11\00:25:20.85
Jesus has forgiven us.
00:25:20.88\00:25:23.22
And they said, "What
message will we give him?"
00:25:23.25\00:25:26.55
Have him come to the meetings.
00:25:26.59\00:25:27.92
He came to the meetings,
gave his life to Christ.
00:25:27.96\00:25:30.69
That could have been a
very dangerous meeting.
00:25:30.73\00:25:33.96
And a very dangerous...
could have ended my life
00:25:34.00\00:25:37.03
and Beverley's life.
00:25:37.07\00:25:38.97
Perhaps another
very dangerous situation
00:25:39.00\00:25:42.04
was when we were in Africa
00:25:42.07\00:25:45.24
and one night I was
taken by some people
00:25:45.27\00:25:49.34
and marched down a jungle road
00:25:49.38\00:25:53.05
with guns at my back.
00:25:53.08\00:25:57.39
And a man followed
along in a car cursing me
00:25:57.42\00:26:01.32
because I wouldn't do
what he wanted me to do.
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.76
He wanted me to
engage in activities
00:26:03.79\00:26:09.20
in that country in Africa
that I felt I could not do.
00:26:09.23\00:26:13.67
And so he told the soldiers,
"Get rid of this fellow."
00:26:13.70\00:26:17.34
And they march me
down this jungle path.
00:26:17.37\00:26:20.24
And I can feel
the guns in my back.
00:26:20.28\00:26:23.88
That was quite a story.
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.55
But when this man had gone,
00:26:25.58\00:26:28.08
these soldiers got
around me and they said,
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.52
"Pastor Carter, don't worry.
00:26:30.55\00:26:31.89
We know you.
00:26:31.92\00:26:33.56
We've been coming
to your meetings."
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.62
But for the grace of God though,
00:26:36.66\00:26:39.59
I could have been
killed in that African jungle.
00:26:39.63\00:26:42.70
But I want you folks
to know something today.
00:26:42.73\00:26:45.10
Listen to me.
00:26:45.13\00:26:48.30
The will of God
will never take you
00:26:48.34\00:26:52.21
where the grace of
God cannot keep you.
00:26:52.24\00:26:55.01
And if God sends you to Africa
00:26:55.04\00:26:57.21
or to Siberia or to Los Angeles,
00:26:57.25\00:27:01.28
God will take care of you.
00:27:01.32\00:27:04.05
I want you
please to write to me,
00:27:04.09\00:27:05.95
you can send
your questions to me
00:27:05.99\00:27:07.39
and I will try to
get to your question.
00:27:07.42\00:27:09.82
Write to me John
Carter, Post Office Box 1900,
00:27:09.86\00:27:13.06
Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358.
00:27:13.09\00:27:16.26
Write for a Ebenezer Magazine
00:27:16.30\00:27:21.37
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00:27:21.40\00:27:23.77
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00:27:27.08\00:27:30.11
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00:27:30.15\00:27:32.91
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00:27:32.95\00:27:34.88
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It goes to preach the
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00:27:44.56\00:27:49.66
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00:27:49.70\00:27:52.27
Jesus didn't come as a tourist.
00:27:52.30\00:27:56.00
Jesus came to save our souls.
00:27:56.04\00:28:00.28
And I want you to
know this, God loves you.
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.28
I love you too.
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.65
And until next time, God
bless you, my dear friend.
00:28:06.68\00:28:10.82
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