I'm John Carter in Moscow.
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In Havana, Cuba.
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Now in Kiev, the
capital of Ukraine.
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I'm John Carter in Petra.
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Right here in Communist China.
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Reporting from India.
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Hi, I'm John Carter
in the Solomon Islands.
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I'm John Carter in Soweto.
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From El Salvador.
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I'm John Carter
in Sydney, Australia.
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Join us with
questions and answers
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with Pastor John Carter.
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Hello, friend.
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Welcome today to
the Carter Report.
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I'm John Carter.
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And today, we're going to
answer your Bible questions,
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not your political questions.
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Now, few weeks
ago in our studio,
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I asked folks, you
have some questions?
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Write them down on these cards
and we got so many questions
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and so many cards.
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And then we have questions
that are sent in from people
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who watch the telecast.
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If you've got a good question,
it doesn't matter what it is,
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if you've got a
question from the Bible,
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not about politics,
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write to me, John Carter,
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P.O. Box 1900,
Thousand Oaks, California 91358.
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In Australia, write to me
at the address on the screen.
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At the address in
Terrigal, New South Wales.
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And so, today is a Q&A
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and these are questions
that you have sent to me,
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written down on
those pieces of card,
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on those bits of
paper, those cards.
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Here's the first one that
I picked up from the list.
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"What does it mean
that God will punish
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to the fourth generation?"
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See Numbers 14:18,
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and we're gonna
put up these questions
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on the screen.
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But if the
question is pretty long,
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we're only going to put up
the first part of the question.
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So why don't you come
over here with me to Numbers
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14:18,
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dear hearts and gentle people,
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I'm going to
give it to you today
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out of the Holy Scriptures.
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Numbers 14:18, "The
Lord is longsuffering
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and abundant in mercy,
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forgiving iniquity
and transgression."
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This is the gospel.
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God is loving, God is merciful.
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God forgives the
sins of His people
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when they confess their sins.
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"But He by no
means clears the guilty,
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visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children
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to the third and a
fourth generation."
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What does it mean?
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Sort of an awful text, isn't it?
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God's going to forgive you sins,
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but He's going to visit
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the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children
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to the third and
the fourth generation.
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What does it mean?
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But listen to
this, by inheritance,
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an example,
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the sins of the parents
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are passed on to the children.
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Except by the grace of God,
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except
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if there is a
divine intervention.
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Let me give you some examples.
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A mother who was on drugs.
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I was talking to a
grandmother the other day,
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and her daughter,
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she tells me is the
most beautiful looking girl
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and she's had a little boy
and he's now nine years of age,
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and for years
and years and years,
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she's been sleeping around,
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and she's on hard drugs.
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Her grandmother told me.
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She said, we're trying
to bring up the little boy.
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And the mother
comes back regularly
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with another boyfriend.
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And she's so beautiful,
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but she's on hardcore drugs.
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Now, except by the grace of God
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and the
intervention of the grandmother
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and the grandfather,
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what chance has
that little boy got?
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If you leave that
little boy to his parents,
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who seemed to have
absolutely no sense
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of responsibility at all.
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That's my example.
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Then of course,
you've got HIV that this can,
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if there's no
intervention with drugs.
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When the mother gives birth,
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little baby can be born with it
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if there's no prior
treatment with drugs.
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Listen to this.
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Children with
parents and parents ought
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to listen up to this
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because it's not just your life.
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Parents who lie,
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cheat and steal,
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listen to this, it is
likely that your children
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are going to be the same as you.
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People who lie and cheat,
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full of fraud and deceit.
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The Bible says to the
third and the fourth generation,
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it's passed on from
generation to generation,
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their whole
nations that are like this,
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you know what I'm talking about?
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Whole nations, year
after year, crime, crime
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and it gets worse and worse,
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unless there is a
divine intervention
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that breaks the course of sin.
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And that is why I
believe that the only solution
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to the problem of crime
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and sin is not social
work or political activity.
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So that's why in
the Carter Report,
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I'm not afraid to tell you this.
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I'm not a Republican,
and I'm not a Democrat.
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I'm an independent
for Jesus, you see.
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I belong to one party,
I belong to Jesus' party.
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Now that may offend
some of you, so be it.
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The only solution is
the Gospel of Christ.
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Question number two,
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and we put up the
summary on the screen.
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When you die, where do you go?
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What happens?
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Do I see my mom
and dad when I die?
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Or am I sleeping
until the Day of Judgment
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when Christ returns?
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I want you to
take your Bible please
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because we base everything
here upon the Word of God.
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We're going to turn
to John 11:11 and 13.
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John 11:11.
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This is talking about Jesus
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and the death of
one of His friends.
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"These things He
said, Jesus said,
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and after that, he said to them,
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'Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
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but I go, I'm gonna go there,
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that I may wake him up."
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And verse 13,
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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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Verse 14, "Then
Jesus said to them,
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plainly, 'Lazarus is dead.'"
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Some people say to me,
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where did you get this idea
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that when a person
dies, he falls asleep.
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I got it from Jesus.
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Jesus said,
"Lazarus is sleeping."
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And then Jesus
said, "Lazarus is dead."
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I know this goes
against conventional theology,
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but I don't really care.
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Look at verses 23 to 24.
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Jesus is talking to
the dead man's family.
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Verse 23.
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John 11:23, "Jesus said to her,
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'Your brother will rise again.'
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Martha said to him, 'I
know that he will rise again
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in the
resurrection at the last day.'"
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And then if you
look at verse 25,
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"Jesus said to her,
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'I am the
resurrection and the life.
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He who believes in Me,
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though he may
die, he shall live.'"
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Now the Bible
tells me that Jesus,
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Son of God, came to
the tomb of Lazarus.
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He said, "Roll away the
stone." They said, "Don't do it.
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He's been dead for four days."
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His body is already
decaying, there's a stench.
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Bible is pretty
plain in our talks.
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And Jesus goes to the tomb,
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and He cries, the
Bible says with a loud voice,
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He says, "Lazarus come forth."
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And the Bible tells
me in the same chapter,
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you can read it
with your own eyes.
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This dead man who'd
been dead for four days,
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hears the voice
of the Son of God
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and he walks out of the tomb.
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He has a resurrection.
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I want you to notice this.
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I was listening to a
famous television preacher
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on a famous television station
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here in the
United States of America.
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He said, "What a story Lazarus
must have told the people."
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He must have told
them about the glories
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of meeting Jesus in
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or meeting the Father in heaven.
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And meeting the angels
and all the crystal palaces,
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he told them a
tremendous story about heaven.
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No, that's not true.
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That's nonsense.
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Lazarus was not
called down from heaven,
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and he wasn't
called out from hell.
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And he didn't come out
of a place called purgatory
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because there's no
such place to come out of.
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He was in the tomb.
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And the Bible
tells me he was sleeping
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and when Jesus comes back,
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he is going to
raise from the dead
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those who believe in Him.
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This is the word of the Lord.
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Come over here to 1
Corinthians 15:51 and 52,
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dear hearts and gentle people.
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If you've got questions
you can send them to me.
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We'll put up the address
on the screen for a moment.
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And you can send me
your Bible questions.
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1 Corinthians 15:51
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and 52,
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"Behold, I tell you a mystery.
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We shall not all sleep..."
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How plain can it get."
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We shall not all sleep,
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but we shall all be changed,
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in a moment,
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in the twinkling of an eye,
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at the last trumpet.
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For the trumpet will sound,
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and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
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and we shall be changed."
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When Jesus comes back,
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He's going to
give a mighty shout.
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The trumpet is going to sound
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and Jesus is going to
say to His sleeping saints
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come out of there.
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Like Lazarus, they're
going to come out of the tomb.
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So I believe as
the Bible teaches
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that when a person dies,
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he doesn't go to hell,
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and he doesn't go to heaven
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or else Jesus did a
bad turn to Lazarus.
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Imagine you're in heaven,
and you're having a great time.
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And Jesus says,
"Come back down here."
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I don't believe that.
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I believe we sleep
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until the glorious day
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of the resurrection.
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Question three, now, I
gotta go fast, I'm sorry.
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Will God forgive you
for having an abortion?
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Somebody asked this question.
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Will you go to heaven
and spend eternity with God
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if you have had an abortion?
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I believe this,
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the Christian
religion teaches love,
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compassion and forgiveness.
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Come over here
to Luke 15:1 and 2.
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Luke 15:1 and 2.
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But apparently a
lot of Christians
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don't understand what
Christianity is all about.
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Luke 15:1 and 2.
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You see, going to church
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doesn't make you
a Christian anymore
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than going into a
garage makes you a motorcar.
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Look at Luke 15:1 and 2,
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"Then all the tax
collectors and sinners
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drew near to Him to hear Him.
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And the Pharisees and
scribes complained saying,
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'This man receives
sinners and eats with them.'"
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The biggest
criticism of the legalists
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and the Pharisees was
that Jesus loved people,
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and He loved sinners.
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And so the great message
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of the Christian
church is not this,
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that God is going
to send you the hell
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is that Christ died for you,
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and that God loves you.
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But so many people have been
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driven out of
the Christian church,
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because of the
coldness of the Pharisees.
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You see, it's
possible to be very wrong
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in being very right.
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Christianity is
not about calling names
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and condemning people.
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It's supposed to be if I
read the Bible correctly,
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it's about love,
compassion and kindness.
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Look, come over here fast.
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I gotta go faster.
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Come over here to John 13:35.
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And I'll be answering
more questions next week.
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John 13:35,
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Jesus said, "By
this all will know
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that you are My disciples,
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if you have love
for one another."
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And that includes the
girl who has just got pregnant,
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and the woman who's
just had an abortion.
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In some
countries, listen to this,
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including the
United States of America.
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And I'm talking about
a church in Los Angeles.
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A girl who gets
pregnant is made to stand up
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in front of the
church and confess her sins,
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but the man is never called.
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Hey, I had a young
woman come to see me.
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She'd been
disfellowshipped twice
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In Los Angeles.
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She got disfellowshipped
because she got pregnant.
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And then the guy
wanted to marry her,
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but because he
didn't go to her church,
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when she married him,
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she got disfellowshipped
the second time.
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We talked about
this being Christianity,
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that's not the Gospel of Christ.
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It's the gospel
of somebody else.
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Let me talk about...
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And men are the ones
who get off in this matter.
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In some
countries, I've been to them.
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The girls are made
to come down the front
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and confess
before the whole church,
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especially the male elders,
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and go into the details.
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Is this the religion of Christ?
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No, it's the
religion of somebody else.
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Let me talk a
moment about abortion
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because I'm an
old time conservative.
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I believe that
human beings are sacred
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being made in the image of God.
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The Bible tells me
that God knew all about me
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before I was born.
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Come over here
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to Jeremiah 1:5.
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God says to Jeremiah
the Prophet, you have to go,
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turn up the text
real fast, folk, come on.
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"Before I formed you
in the womb, I knew you.
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Before you were
born, I sanctified you.
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I ordained you a
prophet to the nations."
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Listen, before I was born,
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I was on God's mind.
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So I believe, I don't believe
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that which is
conceived in a mother's womb
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can be merely called a fetus.
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Oh, the fetus is nothing.
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Doesn't really matter.
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That so called
fetus is a child of God.
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Now I know I'm gonna
get everybody mad now.
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I'll get some of
the liberals mad,
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and I'll get some of
the conservatives mad.
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Today it is believed
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by millions in America
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that humans are not
better than the animals.
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Because of the teachings
of the great Englishman,
00:16:10.37\00:16:15.04
Charles Darwin,
who was not a bad man,
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he wanted to become a
minister, you know this?
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But if you take his teachings,
particularly Neo-Darwinism,
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to their logical conclusion,
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we all came from
a common ancestor.
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And that was some slimy thing
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in a primordial pool
billions of years ago.
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And therefore, people
who believe this stuff,
00:16:43.73\00:16:46.97
which I believe is
unscientific believe
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that we are all
related and we are animals,
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same as the dogs and
the cats and the monkeys.
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Now, I don't believe this,
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I believe it's one
of the biggest lies,
00:16:58.38\00:17:00.42
one of the most
unscientific lies,
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I believe, it's a
bunch of nonsense.
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I'll get plain as I go along.
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I believe abortion on demand
00:17:12.69\00:17:15.96
is morally wrong,
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because of the
sacredness of life.
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There is nothing more helpless
00:17:22.10\00:17:25.27
than the unborn baby,
00:17:25.31\00:17:28.54
and the unborn baby
is worthy of our support
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and our protection.
00:17:33.21\00:17:35.02
I also believe in
grace and forgiveness.
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I want you to come
over here to 1 John 1:9.
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So I don't really like
00:17:42.62\00:17:44.53
this business of
getting after people
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and driving them
out of the church
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and driving
them out of families,
00:17:49.26\00:17:51.50
because people have
got the Pharisee bug.
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1 John Chapter 1,
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that's towards
the end of the Bible,
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1 John1:9.
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1 John 1:9.
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Have I got the right text?
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Well, I'm going to go
with the one on the screen.
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1 John 1:9 says,
look at the text.
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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There's
forgiveness for every sin.
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Every sin that
we feel sorry about
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and every sin
that we confess to God,
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you know the worst sin,
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"Hey, am I gonna
get worked up now?"
00:18:37.28\00:18:40.28
You know what the worst sin is?
00:18:40.32\00:18:42.98
Self righteousness.
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The sin of people
who go to churches
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and who despise others.
00:18:49.99\00:18:52.13
What we need to do my friend
00:18:52.16\00:18:53.50
is to stop
looking at other people
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and start looking at ourselves.
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And then we may
be closer to God.
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And so I believe there's mercy
00:19:02.34\00:19:03.87
and forgiveness for every sin.
00:19:03.91\00:19:05.24
And to that lady who
sent in that message,
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I want you to know
that Jesus loves you
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and God loves you.
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And there's a place
for you in the kingdom.
00:19:11.58\00:19:14.48
What does it mean
that there will be a time
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when man will live
without a mediator?
00:19:16.62\00:19:18.95
Here's the next
question. What does...
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This is believed by
lots and lots of people,
00:19:21.32\00:19:23.36
what does it mean
that there'll be a time
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when man will live
without a mediator?
00:19:25.09\00:19:27.90
Number one, let me say this,
00:19:27.93\00:19:29.53
there'll never ever be a time
00:19:29.56\00:19:32.97
when God forsakes His people.
00:19:33.00\00:19:35.60
"Hey, I've got
to live by myself.
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No mediator, no help."
00:19:37.24\00:19:39.11
No, there will never be a time
00:19:39.14\00:19:41.61
when God forsakes His people.
00:19:41.64\00:19:43.24
Come over here
with me to Hebrews 13:5.
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Hebrews 13:5,
00:19:49.22\00:19:52.12
"Look at this
in the Word of God.
00:19:52.15\00:19:55.12
Let your conduct be
without covetousness,
00:19:55.16\00:19:57.89
be content with
such things as you have.
00:19:57.93\00:20:00.26
For He Himself has
said," what does it say?
00:20:00.30\00:20:03.13
"I'll never, never leave you.
00:20:03.16\00:20:06.20
I'll never ever forsake you."
00:20:06.23\00:20:10.74
So, my friend, I
want you to know this.
00:20:10.77\00:20:12.97
With Jesus, you're never alone,
00:20:13.01\00:20:15.64
you're never forgotten,
you're never forsaken.
00:20:15.68\00:20:19.11
So you'll never
be yourself alone.
00:20:19.15\00:20:20.92
No, no, I've got to do this.
00:20:20.95\00:20:23.28
I've just got to get
so righteous that I can...
00:20:23.32\00:20:27.06
Hey, what you need to
understand is the gospel,
00:20:27.09\00:20:30.63
will never ever be alone.
00:20:30.66\00:20:33.60
There will come a time
when Christ foresees His work
00:20:33.63\00:20:36.80
as our High Priest.
00:20:36.83\00:20:39.40
The door of mercy
will finally close.
00:20:39.43\00:20:42.94
Like when God shut
the door to the ark.
00:20:42.97\00:20:46.98
The Bible talks
about the last days
00:20:47.01\00:20:49.14
and it compares
them to the days of Noah.
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They were given an opportunity
to get inside the ark.
00:20:53.42\00:20:56.62
The ark represents Christ.
00:20:56.65\00:20:59.19
The ark had a
hole in the side of it,
00:20:59.22\00:21:02.46
like Christ did with a spear.
00:21:02.49\00:21:06.90
The ark represents Christ.
00:21:06.93\00:21:08.33
People can get inside
00:21:08.36\00:21:10.10
and the people inside was saved,
00:21:10.13\00:21:12.83
and God was with them.
00:21:12.87\00:21:15.40
And the people
outside could have got inside.
00:21:15.44\00:21:19.47
But if you're
inside the ark, my friend,
00:21:19.51\00:21:21.61
you are not condemned.
00:21:21.64\00:21:25.05
And they're inside the ark,
00:21:25.08\00:21:26.51
not because they're good enough,
00:21:26.55\00:21:28.58
they're inside the ark
because God is good enough.
00:21:28.62\00:21:31.95
Wants you to get
that into your head.
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.22
Legalism says, you've
got to become good enough.
00:21:34.26\00:21:36.69
The gospel says,
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.06
"Christ is good enough for you."
00:21:38.09\00:21:39.73
This is the word of the Lord.
00:21:39.76\00:21:41.20
Come over here to
2 Corinthians 6:2.
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2 Corinthians 6:2.
00:21:44.67\00:21:48.24
2 Corinthians 6:2,
00:21:48.27\00:21:51.34
keep up with me,
00:21:51.37\00:21:52.77
"For He says, 'In
an acceptable time
00:21:52.81\00:21:56.04
I have heard you, and
in the day of salvation,
00:21:56.08\00:22:00.32
I have helped you.
00:22:00.35\00:22:01.68
Behold, now is
the accepted time,
00:22:01.72\00:22:05.02
behold, now is the
day of salvation.'"
00:22:05.05\00:22:08.29
Not after you're dead.
00:22:08.32\00:22:10.06
So I can come to Christ now.
00:22:10.09\00:22:12.46
And if I come to Christ
now, and we shouldn't put it off
00:22:12.49\00:22:15.50
because the person who plans
00:22:15.53\00:22:16.87
to repent at the 11th hour
00:22:16.90\00:22:18.77
dies at two minutes to 11.
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.70
So the Bible says, "Come now,"
00:22:21.74\00:22:24.61
but you and I in
Christ inside the ark
00:22:24.64\00:22:27.68
will never, ever be alone.
00:22:27.71\00:22:31.28
Can you help me with
question number five?
00:22:31.31\00:22:34.25
Can you help me
understand Daniel 11 and 12?
00:22:34.28\00:22:37.42
In two minutes?
I don't think so.
00:22:37.45\00:22:39.39
Who is the king of
the North? That's easy.
00:22:39.42\00:22:41.29
That's the Antichrist.
00:22:41.32\00:22:42.82
Also, can you explain
the 1,290 and the 1,335 days
00:22:42.86\00:22:46.39
of Daniel 12:11 and 12.
00:22:46.43\00:22:48.16
Let me give you
some light on this.
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.93
Daniel 11:36 talks about
00:22:50.97\00:22:54.24
the last
manifestation of the Antichrist
00:22:54.27\00:22:57.54
who is also called the
abomination of desolation.
00:22:57.57\00:23:02.48
Daniel 11:36,
00:23:02.51\00:23:03.98
"Then the king shall do
according to his own will,
00:23:04.01\00:23:08.15
he shall exalt
and magnify himself
00:23:08.18\00:23:09.92
above every God,
00:23:09.95\00:23:11.29
shall speak blasphemies
against the God of gods,
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.49
and shall prosper
00:23:13.52\00:23:14.86
till the wrath
has been accomplished,
00:23:14.89\00:23:17.79
for what has been
determined shall be done."
00:23:17.83\00:23:20.00
This is the great Antichrist.
00:23:20.03\00:23:22.56
This is the person who
is called in Scripture,
00:23:22.60\00:23:26.53
the king of the North.
00:23:26.57\00:23:29.07
The king of the
North is not Russia.
00:23:29.10\00:23:33.68
The king of the
North is not Canada.
00:23:33.71\00:23:37.71
The king of the North
is not the United States
00:23:37.75\00:23:41.15
because they're in
the northern hemisphere.
00:23:41.18\00:23:46.32
The prophecies
00:23:46.35\00:23:48.39
are largely symbolic.
00:23:48.42\00:23:53.03
The king of the North refers
00:23:53.06\00:23:55.30
to the great power
of the old Babylonians
00:23:55.33\00:23:59.10
as they would come
down upon the North,
00:23:59.13\00:24:01.47
upon the city of Jerusalem.
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.61
In the New Testament setting,
00:24:03.64\00:24:05.57
the king of the North
00:24:05.61\00:24:07.74
is the final
manifestation of the Antichrist.
00:24:07.78\00:24:12.91
Look at Daniel 12:1.
00:24:12.95\00:24:14.75
So he comes against the church.
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.85
He comes against
the people of God,
00:24:16.89\00:24:18.79
symbolized by Jerusalem.
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.46
Daniel 12:1, "At that time,
Michael, Christ shall stand up.
00:24:21.49\00:24:25.16
The great prince who stands
00:24:25.19\00:24:26.53
watch over the
sons of your people,
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.73
and there shall
be a time of trouble
00:24:28.76\00:24:30.10
such as never was
00:24:30.13\00:24:31.47
since there was a
nation even to that time.
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.97
And at that time, your
people shall be delivered."
00:24:34.00\00:24:37.81
Everyone who is
found written in the book.
00:24:37.84\00:24:41.08
The Bible tells me
this, I gotta go faster.
00:24:41.11\00:24:45.11
In the last days,
the great Antichrist,
00:24:45.15\00:24:47.68
the symbolic king of the
North comes against Jerusalem,
00:24:47.72\00:24:50.29
he comes against the church.
00:24:50.32\00:24:53.12
And when it appears
as though God's people
00:24:53.15\00:24:55.72
are going to be destroyed,
00:24:55.76\00:24:57.76
Christ stands up for them.
00:24:57.79\00:25:00.86
And there is a
tremendous deliverance
00:25:00.90\00:25:04.60
when Jesus comes
back for His people.
00:25:04.63\00:25:08.40
Now these time
periods, real fast
00:25:08.44\00:25:12.11
1,260 days,
1,290 days, 1,335 days,
00:25:12.14\00:25:15.44
they are the time periods
when the Antichrist rules.
00:25:15.48\00:25:18.61
They have already been
fulfilled in the Middle Ages,
00:25:18.65\00:25:22.72
but they will be filled full.
00:25:22.75\00:25:26.39
You get that?
00:25:26.42\00:25:28.36
Jesus said,
"These things are written
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.09
so that when it is come to pass,
00:25:30.13\00:25:32.33
you will know that I am He."
00:25:32.36\00:25:35.50
They have been
partially fulfilled,
00:25:35.53\00:25:38.53
but they are yet to be filled
00:25:38.57\00:25:41.40
to the very, very top.
00:25:41.44\00:25:45.64
Now, we're
answering Bible questions.
00:25:45.67\00:25:50.18
These questions come to
us from our studio audience,
00:25:50.21\00:25:53.75
they also come to us
from our vast audience
00:25:53.78\00:25:57.02
around the world.
00:25:57.05\00:25:59.15
And we'll be back very soon
00:25:59.19\00:26:02.02
to answer more
of your questions.
00:26:02.06\00:26:04.53
Don't go away and
God bless you forever.
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.96
God has got a time and
a place for everything.
00:26:21.28\00:26:24.31
Nothing happens by chance.
00:26:24.35\00:26:28.62
In spite of the
powers of darkness,
00:26:28.65\00:26:31.95
nothing can
destroy the Church of God.
00:26:31.99\00:26:36.76
And I'm not ashamed
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.56
of the Gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:26:38.59\00:26:44.27
That the gospel is
not about you and me,
00:26:44.30\00:26:46.84
it is the good news
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:26:46.87\00:26:50.01
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