Welcome back, glad to see you.
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Let's get started.
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The topic is
Shall We Return to Rome?
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And this is
part 4 in the series.
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Millions of
voices are now urging
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a rapid return to Rome
millions of Protestants.
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This is made urgent by
deteriorating world conditions,
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example,
increasing natural disasters,
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increasing
terrorism and violence,
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increasing the
increasing risk of nuclear war
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with crazy nations, and
collapsing moral standards.
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The cry is heard across America,
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around Australia and Europe.
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We need a father, we
need a shepherd to lead us,
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that leader is the Holy
Father, the Pope of Rome.
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Now, let it be made very plain,
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there are many good things
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I like about the Pope
and the Catholic Church.
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I like, I got to confess this,
confession is good for soul.
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The grand
ceremonies I like ceremony,
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I like it when they
have the coronation in
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or a wedding in
Westminster Abbey
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that sort of chokes me up.
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The grand ceremonies,
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the pomp and the
display have a strong appeal.
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And Pope Francis God
bless him, is a pastor,
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not another church
bureaucrat, I like that.
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and so today when
we're talking about
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what we like and
what we don't like
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let it be made very plain,
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we're not criticizing people,
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because there are
good and bad people
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in every church
including my own church,
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good and bad
people, sheep and goats.
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But we're talking about system
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that I believe rests
upon a man made foundation.
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Today we're
comparing the teachings
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of the Roman
church with the Bible.
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And no offences
meant to any sincere
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good Roman
Catholic, like my relatives.
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This is essential
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when many Protestants are
thinking of returning to Rome.
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They see no differences,
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we need to look
below the surface.
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There we come to Doctrine
chapter 9 in the series,
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Baptism and the New Birth, why?
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Because Rome
invented infant baptism.
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My Roman Catholic
relatives wanted me
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as a baby to be
baptized by the priest,
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they wanted me to
become a Roman Catholic priest.
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That's another story.
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I was later
baptized as a young man.
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The Bible teaches
the baptism of those
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who are old
enough to intelligently
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and willingly accept Christ.
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Now take your
Bible and come over here
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to Matthew 3 and verses onwards,
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now we got a little
bit here in this chapter,
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read Matthew 3:1 and onwards,
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"In those days
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John the Baptist came preaching
in the wilderness of Judea,
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and saying,
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"Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand!"
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For this is he who was spoken
of by the prophet Isaiah."
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Verse 5 and 6, "Then
Jerusalem, all Judea,
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and all the
region around the Jordan
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went out to him and
were baptized by him",
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what does it say?
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"In the Jordan,
confessing their sins."
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Baptized in the river.
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And then verses 13 and onwards,
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"Then Jesus came
from Galilee to John
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at the Jordan to
be baptized by him.
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But John tried to
prevent him, saying,
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"I need to be baptized by
you, and are you coming to me?"
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But Jesus
answered and said to him,
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"Permit it to be so now,
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for thus it is fitting for us
to fulfill all righteousness."
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Then he allowed him.
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When he had been baptized,
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Jesus came up immediately
from the water and behold,
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the heavens were opened to him,
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and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove
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and a lighting upon him.
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And suddenly a voice
came from heaven, saying,
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"This is my beloved son,
in whom I am well pleased."
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" Jesus is our Lord, our savior,
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and was baptized as an
adult, in the river Jordan.
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And he was
baptized not by sprinkling.
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He was baptized by immersion.
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Come over here to John 3:23,
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John 3 it says,
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and John that's
"John the Baptist,
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also was baptizing
in Aenon near Salim,
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because there
was much water there.
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And they came
and were baptized."
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If John the Baptists
had been sprinkling babies
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he would have
needed a cup of water.
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But he was baptizing
people by the thousands,
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and I've had the
privilege of doing this
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and he was doing it in a river.
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So baptism is only
true really my friend,
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when it's done with people
who know what they're doing
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and they're totally immersed.
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Baptism is a sign
of being born again.
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You say, "What
on earth is that?"
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Well, come over here
to John 3: 3-7, John 3,
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"Jesus answered
and said to Nicodemus,
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"Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless one is born again,
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he cannot see
the kingdom of God."
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Nicodemus said to Him,
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"How can a man be
born when he is old?
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Can he enter a second
time into his mother's womb
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and be born?"
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Jesus answered, "Most
assuredly, I say to you,
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unless one is born
of water and the spirit,
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he cannot enter
the kingdom of God.
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That which is born
of the flesh is flesh,
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and that which is born
of the spirit is spirit.
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Do not marvel
that I say this to you,
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'You must be born again.'
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" Now Jesus said that
this baptism in the river,
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this baptism
with water is a symbol
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of something a lot bigger.
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Something more
profound it is being born again.
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And this is when God
gives people new spiritual life
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that doesn't
happen when you're a baby.
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It happens when a person comes
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as a penitent sinner to Christ.
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Come over here to John 1: 11-13,
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John 1: 11-13,
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John 1: 11-13, the Bible says,
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"He came to his own,
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and his own did not receive him.
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But as many as received him,
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to them he gave the right
to become children of God,
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to those who
believe in his name,
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who were born, not of blood,
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nor of the will of the flesh,
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nor of the will
of man, but of God."
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The Bible says when I
come to Christ in true faith,
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I am born again
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and baptism by total
immersion is the symbol
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of coming to Christ
and being born again.
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Listen carefully
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when I was boy,
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I attended a meeting at Avondale
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I heard preacher,
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an English preacher speak
on that God filled a blank
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after so many years.
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I can see him, hear the sermon.
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He said, "Is a boy
here and he's got a blank,
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he's got an
emptiness in his soul."
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I thought of
myself, how does he know?
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It's me.
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We've all got
emptiness in our souls,
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only God can fill
the emptiness, you see.
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When I come to
Christ in true faith
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he fills the emptiness
and I become a new person
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and this is called in
the Bible the new birth.
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Listen to this,
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the Roman Catholic Church
like some Protestant churches.
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The Roman Catholic Church
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emphasizes
union with the church.
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Protestantism
emphasizes union with Christ,
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and a personal
relationship with Christ.
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You see, you can be
united to the church,
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you can be a part of the church,
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but unless you are in Christ,
and unless Christ is in you,
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you won't see
the kingdom of God.
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That's what Jesus said,
so you got be born again.
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Jesus said, you're not
gonna see the kingdom of God
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that's true with the
Pope and all the priests
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and everybody else,
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that's true with
you and me, Jesus said,
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"You've got to be born again."
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Now, number 10
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this is more than a doctrine
this is a summary of ideas.
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Number 10 the battle cry,
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the Protestant
reformers against the papacy.
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This is very
heart and soul of it.
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Number one, Sola Christus,
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it's only Christ.
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John 14:6, Jesus said,
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"I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
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No one comes to the
Father except through me."
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You don't come to the father
through the Pope or a priest,
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you come through Christ,
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because he is the only way
we believe in Sola Christus.
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Sola Scriptura only Scripture.
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The Bible is not
judged by the church,
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the church is
judged by the Bible.
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Look at 2 Timothy 3:15 to 17
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and that includes my
church and every other church,
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"And that from childhood
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you have known
the Holy Scriptures,
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which are able to
make you wise for salvation
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through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
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All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
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and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof,
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for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness,
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that the man of
God may be complete,
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thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
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And doctrines do not
come from the church,
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and doctrines come
from Holy Scripture.
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Our authority is not
the voice of the church,
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my authority is not
the voice of my church.
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The authority of the
church is the word of God.
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Not the voice of
the church fathers,
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not the voice of tradition,
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but the voice of God
speaking through his word.
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Sola Christus,
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Sola's not all
Protestants believe this,
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because in their own hearts
they've got more Catholicism
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than they have the
teachings of Luther.
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Sola Christus, Sola
Scriptura, number three,
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Sola Gratia only grace.
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Ephesians 2:8 and 9,
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"For by grace you have
been saved through faith,
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and that not of yourselves,
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it is the gift of
God, not of works,
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lest anyone should boast."
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We're not saved by
our human merit all
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because we are good enough
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we are saved by the
mercy and the grace of God.
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And then number four Soal Fide,
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that means only Faith,
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not faith in works, Sola Fide.
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Romans 1:17,
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"For in it the
righteousness of God is revealed
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from faith to
faith, as it is written,
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"The just shall live by faith."
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" I am not saved by faith
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and works I am saved
by a faith that works.
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And there's a clear
distinction nothing in my hand,
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I bring simply to
thy cross I cling.
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Sola Christus, Sola Scriptura,
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Sola Gratia, and Sola Fide.
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Doctrine number 11,
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and now we deal with a doctrine
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which is
overwhelming in importance.
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The intercession of the
saints and prayers for the dead.
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The Roman Catholic Church
teaches that the saints Mary,
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Peter, James and John,
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and more recently
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mother Theresa
can intercede for us
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and we can pray to them
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and they have a
great power with God.
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But listen
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the Bible teaches
that the dead are sleeping.
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I want you to see
this John 11: 11-14,
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the words of Christ,
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"These things he said, and
after that he said to them,
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"Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
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but I go that I
may wake him up."
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Then his disciples said,
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"Lord, if he
sleeps he will get well."
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However, Jesus
spoke of his death,
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but they thought
that he was speaking
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about taking rest in sleep.
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Then Jesus said to them plainly,
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"Lazarus is dead."
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Contrary to the views expressed
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by a thousand theologians,
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the Bible teaches
that death is a sleep.
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Therefore the
Blessed Virgin Mary,
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and Saint Peter,
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and Saint Paul
are not interceding,
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they're sleeping and
waiting the resurrection.
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John 5:28 and 29,
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you can see the
great significance of this.
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"Do not marvel at this
for the hour is coming in
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which all who are in
the graves will hear,"
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Well, He didn't say all those
who are in purgatory and hell.
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"Will here his
voice and come forth
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those who have done good,
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to the resurrection of life,
and those who have done evil,
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to the resurrection of
condemnation or damnation."
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The Bible teaches that
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the saints are
sleeping in the grave,
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are awaiting the
life call of Christ.
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Now come over here
to 1 Corinthians 15:3-6,
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1 Corinthians 15
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and you can see we
use Sola Scriptura.
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And some people when
they hear this rejoice,
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others get angry,
00:15:06.43\00:15:09.37
because I wish to
hold on to old traditions
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which in the end
will damn their souls.
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1 Corinthians 15:3-6,
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"For I delivered
to you first of all
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that which I received,
that Christ died for our sins
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according to the Scriptures,
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and that he was buried,
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and that he rose
again the third day
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according to the Scriptures,
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and that he was seen by Cephas,
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then by the twelve.
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After that he was seen by
over 500 brethren at once,
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of whom the greater
part remain to the present,
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but some have fallen asleep."
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So the Bible says,
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that some of the
saints back in those days
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had already died
they had fallen asleep.
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And listen very carefully,
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therefore there
are no people in hell,
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no people in purgatory
and no people in heaven.
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The dead is sleeping
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awaiting the
resurrection of the righteous
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or the damned.
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Everybody is going to be raised.
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The idea that the saints can
help us is a great deception,
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thus the true church is
built upon the living Christ,
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not upon a dead man.
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Now when the
great Catholic Church,
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that we love and respect
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when it says our
church is built upon Peter
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they've disqualified themselves
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from being the spouse of Christ.
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Because a dead church
is built upon a dead man,
00:16:46.00\00:16:51.21
but the living church is
built upon a living Christ
00:16:51.24\00:16:57.45
and Christ is my
savior, Christ is my redeemer,
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Christ is my deliverer,
00:17:01.32\00:17:03.35
and Christ is
going to resurrect me
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one day from the grave.
00:17:05.42\00:17:08.26
It is vain to pray for the dead,
00:17:08.29\00:17:12.06
because the dead
are no longer in a state
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where they can be saved.
00:17:16.33\00:17:18.00
If you want to
be saved, you get,
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better get saved
while you still can breathe,
00:17:20.44\00:17:24.47
because once you've died,
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your fate is sealed
for time and eternity.
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I had an old
man come to me once,
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came to my meetings,
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invited me to his
home they called him Pops.
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Met his wife later
on met his children.
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All this was in the little town
of parks on the outer Barcoo
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where the churches
are few in Australia.
00:17:48.53\00:17:52.70
Pops died, they
asked me to burry him.
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I said, yes,
it's my sad privilege.
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The family members came to me
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with ones of pound notes.
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Thousands of pounds take this.
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We want you to pray for Pops
to get him out of purgatory.
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I said, no, you're not
talking to a Catholic priest.
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Pops is safe in the arms of God
00:18:20.30\00:18:23.00
because he died
with his faith in Christ
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and he's going to be
raised in the resurrection,
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this idea of
praying for the dead
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and charging people is
the abomination of desolation.
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Most ungodly most wicked,
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worse than Wall Street.
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That's saying something.
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Now number 12
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the voice of prophecy.
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Come over here to Daniel 7,
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the voice of prophecy.
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We're not referring
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to the great
radio program either.
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Daniel 7:7, this is a prophecy
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you can get one of my
tapes on this and see it.
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"After this I saw
in the night visions,
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and behold, a fourth beast,
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dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong.
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It had huge iron teeth;
00:19:14.15\00:19:15.72
it was devouring,
breaking in pieces,
00:19:15.75\00:19:17.75
and trampling the
residue with its feet.
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It was different
from all the beasts
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that were before it,
and it had ten horns."
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Verse 8, "I consider the horns,
and there was another horn,
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a little one,
coming up among them,
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before three of the first horns
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were plucked out by the roots.
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And there, in this horn,
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were eyes like
the eyes of a man,
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and a mouth
speaking pompous words."
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This is the
antichrist that is conceited
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by Catholics and Protestants.
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Look at verse 24 and 25,
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"The ten horns are ten kings
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who shall arise
from this kingdom.
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And another
shall rise after them,
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He shall be
different from the first ones,
00:19:53.82\00:19:55.89
and shall subdue three kings.
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He shall speak pompous
words against the most high,
00:19:57.83\00:20:01.80
shall persecute the
saints of the most high,
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and shall intend to
change times and laws.
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Then the saints shall
be given into his hand
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for a time and
times and half a time."
00:20:09.67\00:20:12.51
And we cannot go into that.
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Except to say
that the dragon beast,
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every commentator
agrees, Roman Catholics, Jews,
00:20:18.45\00:20:21.55
everybody Protestant,
00:20:21.58\00:20:23.08
that is pagan Rome.
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And the ten horns are symbolic
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of the breakup of the
Roman Empire into the kingdoms
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and the states of Europe.
00:20:31.69\00:20:33.73
And the antichrist
arises upon the ruins
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of the Roman Empire in Europe.
00:20:39.87\00:20:42.50
Now who is he?
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Now most people
00:20:48.58\00:20:50.88
know nothing about this subject.
00:20:50.91\00:20:55.72
We've had some of the
biggest audiences in the world,
00:20:55.75\00:20:58.95
hear these great topics.
00:20:58.99\00:21:02.06
More recently in
the biggest stadium
00:21:02.09\00:21:05.03
in Latin America,
00:21:05.06\00:21:06.43
when I spoke on this subject.
00:21:06.46\00:21:08.93
Now I'll read to you
the great church leaders,
00:21:08.96\00:21:11.17
Thomas Cranmer Archbishop
of Canterbury, England.
00:21:11.20\00:21:15.07
He said, "As for the Pope,
00:21:15.10\00:21:17.94
I refuse him as
Christ's enemy and Antichrist."
00:21:17.97\00:21:22.58
He wrote the
book of Come and Pray.
00:21:22.61\00:21:25.71
See also the preference
of the King James Version
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.72
where the papacy is
called the man of sin.
00:21:28.75\00:21:31.95
John Knox who raised up
the Presbyterian judge said,
00:21:31.99\00:21:35.16
"Yeah, we doubt not to
prove the kingdom of the Pope
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to be the kingdom
and power Antichrist."
00:21:37.83\00:21:40.50
John Wesley in his book,
00:21:40.53\00:21:42.03
Antichrist and his Ten Kingdoms,
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"The Pope is in an
emphatic sense the Man of Sin."
00:21:44.13\00:21:49.14
Charles Spurgeon the greatest
preachers since Paul, some say.
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"Then the world
changed its tactics,
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it became nominally Christian,
00:21:58.58\00:22:01.98
and Antichrist came forth
in all its blasphemous glory.
00:22:02.02\00:22:06.89
The Pope of Rome
put on the triple crown,
00:22:06.92\00:22:08.99
and called himself
the Vicar of Christ.
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.26
Then came in the abomination
of the worship of saints,
00:22:12.29\00:22:15.13
angels, images, and pictures,
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.83
then came the mass,
and I know not what,
00:22:16.87\00:22:20.00
of detestable error."
00:22:20.04\00:22:25.01
Ellen White the
Adventist prophet said this,
00:22:25.04\00:22:29.88
"The papacy is
just what prophecy
00:22:29.91\00:22:31.71
declared that she would be,
00:22:31.75\00:22:33.15
the apostasy of
the latter times...
00:22:33.18\00:22:36.05
it is prepared for
two classes of mankind,
00:22:36.08\00:22:38.75
embracing nearly the whole world
00:22:38.79\00:22:40.66
those who would be
saved by their merits,
00:22:40.69\00:22:42.96
and those who would
be saved in their sins.
00:22:42.99\00:22:46.73
God's word has given
warning of the impending danger,
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.83
let this be unheeded,
00:22:49.86\00:22:51.50
and the
Protestant world will learn
00:22:51.53\00:22:53.70
what the purposes
of Rome really are,
00:22:53.74\00:22:57.41
only when it is too
late to escape the snare.
00:22:57.44\00:23:00.81
She is silently growing in power
00:23:00.84\00:23:04.35
she is piling up her lofty
00:23:04.38\00:23:06.45
and massive structures
in the secret recesses
00:23:06.48\00:23:10.75
of which her former
persecutions will be repeated."
00:23:10.79\00:23:17.53
Now the question is concerning
00:23:17.56\00:23:19.26
Ellen White and this
statement, was she wrong?
00:23:19.29\00:23:25.07
Some would like to
think she was wrong,
00:23:25.10\00:23:27.80
because of political correctness
00:23:27.84\00:23:30.21
where today we're not
allowed to preach the truth.
00:23:30.24\00:23:35.44
And was she wrong?
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.41
She reflected the thinking
of Protestant Bible scholars,
00:23:37.45\00:23:41.78
she was not politically correct.
00:23:41.82\00:23:45.35
She also said that
00:23:45.39\00:23:46.72
the majority of
God's true children
00:23:46.76\00:23:48.66
were found in
churches beyond her own.
00:23:48.69\00:23:52.56
Especially the Catholic Church
00:23:52.59\00:23:54.66
and she said God was
going to bring them out.
00:23:54.70\00:23:57.60
She loved Catholics as we do,
00:23:57.63\00:24:00.10
but was opposed
to the papal system.
00:24:00.14\00:24:04.94
Now we come to a
conclusion and a resolution,
00:24:08.14\00:24:14.75
therefore
00:24:14.78\00:24:18.12
we will love our
Catholic brothers and sisters.
00:24:18.15\00:24:22.96
There'll be no hate
speech, and no bigotry.
00:24:22.99\00:24:27.73
We will seek their
personal friendship.
00:24:27.76\00:24:32.80
We will do all in
our power to help them.
00:24:32.83\00:24:37.87
We will share Christ
and God's word with them,
00:24:37.91\00:24:41.71
and we will share with
them the true gospel of Christ.
00:24:41.74\00:24:46.25
But we will not return to Rome
00:24:46.28\00:24:52.45
until Rome returns to Christ,
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.96
and the holy Bible,
00:24:55.99\00:24:58.29
amen, amen, amen.
00:24:58.33\00:25:02.96
And there was a great
Roman Catholic scholar,
00:25:03.00\00:25:05.07
his name was John
Huss who lived in Bohemia.
00:25:05.10\00:25:10.01
And John Huss
because of his faith
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.41
was burnt by the
Church of Rome at the stake,
00:25:12.44\00:25:15.24
they brunt in their history
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.25
hundreds of
thousands even millions,
00:25:17.28\00:25:19.78
of Roman Catholics,
Protestants, and Jews.
00:25:19.81\00:25:23.08
Go and get your encyclopedia,
00:25:23.12\00:25:27.96
they burnt him at the stake
00:25:27.99\00:25:29.32
but before they
burn him at the stake,
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.69
John Huss sent back this message
00:25:31.73\00:25:34.76
to the Bohemian Protestants.
00:25:34.80\00:25:38.47
All Roman Catholics
are standing up for God,
00:25:38.50\00:25:43.20
he said believe the truth,
00:25:43.24\00:25:48.24
love the truth, live the truth,
00:25:48.28\00:25:53.25
therefore I say to
the television audience
00:25:53.28\00:25:55.75
and to you,
00:25:55.78\00:25:57.65
believe the truth,
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.16
love the truth, live the truth,
00:26:00.19\00:26:04.46
so help us God.
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.63
Amen.
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.13
We should never say
something is impossible
00:26:15.70\00:26:18.67
because Jesus said,
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.51
with God all
things are possible.
00:26:20.54\00:26:23.71
It seems impossible to
think that a group of Americans
00:26:23.75\00:26:28.38
and Australians could come
here to Castro's communist Cuba
00:26:28.42\00:26:33.09
and preach the gospel.
00:26:33.12\00:26:35.69
We're here with the permission
of the Cuban Government.
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.56
We've got special
visas so we can preach here.
00:26:38.59\00:26:43.10
I've had the privilege
00:26:43.13\00:26:44.47
of preaching in the
most difficult places,
00:26:44.50\00:26:46.57
Moscow all across
Russia, all around Ukraine,
00:26:46.60\00:26:50.77
dangerous places in Africa,
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.17
but this is one of the
biggest miracles of all,
00:26:53.21\00:26:56.31
here we are,
00:26:56.34\00:26:57.68
the Carter Report
team, just a little team.
00:26:57.71\00:27:01.92
But we're here
by the grace of God,
00:27:01.95\00:27:04.82
because with God
all things are possible.
00:27:04.85\00:27:08.72
But God works through people,
00:27:08.76\00:27:10.93
He's working, glory be to God,
00:27:10.96\00:27:13.13
we believe through us,
00:27:13.16\00:27:15.13
but he is also
working my friend,
00:27:15.16\00:27:17.33
through you
00:27:17.37\00:27:19.00
because of your prayers
and your support, your gifts.
00:27:19.03\00:27:23.54
These people many
of them are hearing
00:27:23.57\00:27:26.14
the true gospel of
Christ for the first time.
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.64
So my heart is full of
thanks to God and to you today.
00:27:29.68\00:27:34.98
Would you please drop me a line
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.32
John Carter P.O.
Box 1900, Thousand Oaks,
00:27:37.35\00:27:40.22
California 91358,
00:27:40.26\00:27:43.69
and of course you can
write to me at Terrigal,
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.56
in Australia.
00:27:46.59\00:27:47.96
Let's get a fire
going in this country.
00:27:48.00\00:27:52.83
We have established
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.20
a beach head on the
shores of Castro's Cuba,
00:27:54.24\00:27:59.54
a gospel
beachhead, not a military one.
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.74
We are the ambassadors of peace
00:28:02.78\00:28:05.31
and we've come here to
preach the gospel of peace.
00:28:05.35\00:28:09.18
Stand with us and
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