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. I'm John Carter.
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Welcome today to
the Carter Report.
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On occasions, I receive
some outstanding letters.
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And I have such a letter today.
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This letter is sent to me
by an African American lady.
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And she writes to me,
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she watches our
television programs,
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she's a great supporter.
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And because the
letter is so important
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because it is so...
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What should I say,
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it is so weighted with
the great issues of life.
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I'm going to
read it to you today.
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As I read it,
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I'm going to make some comments,
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but we're glad to
have you with us today.
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Welcome again to
the Carter Report.
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I'm here in an empty studio.
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My friend Wayne Hackett
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is going to come on
the program later on today.
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But otherwise,
we've got an empty studio.
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We've got new camera people,
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we've got a tiny
little crew upstairs.
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But in spite of
COVID-19, by the grace of God,
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we are going ahead.
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Hear me?
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We're going ahead
and here's the letter,
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"Dear Pastor
Carter, first, let me Say
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that I've been
blessed by your ministry
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for many years.
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And I do not think all
white people are racists.
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I'm writing you in
response to your statement
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on the most recent racial crisis
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in this country, "
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I put out a
newsletter that you can get,
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and I spoke about racism.
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"I'm an African American.
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I have feared
going outside lately,
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and it's not
because of the coronavirus,
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it's because of
the color of my skin.
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I want to thank you
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for condemning the unjustifiable
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and cruel death of George Floyd.
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I also grew agree
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that looting
hurts innocent people,
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and is not the
answer to the problem.
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Amen.
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I've heard you mentioned
Dr. King in your messages
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on this subject.
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Well, you stated how he believed
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in non-violence."
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However, he had much more to say
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on the subject.
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I want to say to this lady,
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I've always been a great
fan of Martin Luther King
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when I was a young
pastor in Australia.
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I watched him,
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and my soul was strangely moved.
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I am addressing this
because I am a teacher.
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And as I listen
to and read comments
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from my white brothers
and sisters in the SDA church,
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and this lady is an
Adventist Christian,
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I can see that there is
need for much more education
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on the topic of race,
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not only in the nation at large
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but right here in
our Adventist community,
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and stay with me, friend,
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I don't know if you
are aware of all the things
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that Ellen G. White had
to say on the topic of race.
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I recently found out
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that she was an
evolutionist during slavery.
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Why doesn't our
church leaders teach this?
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In addition, I was
recently introduced
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to a quote by her that says,
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"The desire to show
their masterly authority
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over the blacks
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is still burning
in the hearts of many
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who claim to be Christians,
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but whose lives declare
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that they are
standing under the black banner
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of the great apostate."
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"Now before we go any
further, let me say this,
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that I believe
that this is an issue
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that needs to be addressed,
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but with an open mind.
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And I want you to notice
before we go any farther today,
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I want you to
notice some of these texts.
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"Jesus answered and said to him,
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'Most assuredly, I say to you,
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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 to 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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Listen to me very carefully.
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The solution to racism
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is not primarily
political or politics
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can have a part in this.
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It is far more than politics.
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The issue is a spiritual issue.
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You see in Genesis Chapter 3,
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we are told how
man lost his life.
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In John Chapter 3,
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we find out how he
gets it back again,
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every person
needs to be born again.
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This, of course is
true concerning a white man.
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It is true of an Asian
man, it is true of a brown man,
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it is true of a black man.
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If you open up a white man,
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and if you open up a black man,
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and if you look
inside, you're going to see,
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you're going to
find the same inside.
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And every one of us
needs to be born again.
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This is the great texts
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that Martin Luther
King quoted with such power
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in his dynamic oratory,
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"But let justice
roll on like a river,
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righteousness like a
never-failing stream!"
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The only way you can
get justice, my friend,
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is when you get righteousness,
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and
righteousness comes from God.
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And so, my sister, I'm agreeing
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with what you're
saying here today.
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But I want to emphasize
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this is a problem
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that can
ultimately only be resolved
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through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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And that is why God
raised up Martin Luther King
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and other great
preachers of the gospel.
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I've traveled the
world, been to Russia,
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seen racism in Russia.
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I've seen racism in
the great land of America
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that I love with all my heart.
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I've seen racism down under.
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I've seen racism in Africa.
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Have you ever heard of Rwanda?
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I ask you check out
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how a million people
were killed in Rwanda
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by their own
brothers and sisters.
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So what I'm saying is
this racism is a scourge
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and it comes from a
depraved human heart,
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whether that heart is white,
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rather whether that
heart is in a white body
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or whether it
is in a black body.
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Look at this text.
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Jesus said,
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"The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me, "
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What you and I need, my friend
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is not more talks
from the politicians.
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I'm tired of it. I'm sick of it.
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I'm telling you, we
need the Spirit of the Lord.
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"The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me
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because He has anointed me
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to preach the
gospel to the poor.
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He has sent me to
heal the broken hearted
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to proclaim
liberty to the captives."
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So when the Spirit of God comes,
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there can be no racism,
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"to proclaim
liberty to the captives
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and recovery of
sight to the blind,"
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listen, "To set at liberty,
those who are oppressed."
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Racism is one of
the most ungodly,
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one of the most unchristian,
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one of the most
uncivilized plagues
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that has ever come
upon the human race.
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Let me read on.
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"Pastor Carter,
Ellen G. White was sent
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all the way to
Australia, your home country,
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by our church
leaders of the time
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because she was speaking out
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against racism and
bigotry in America."
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I didn't know that.
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I know she was sent
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because she was stirring
up the brethren in America.
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I didn't know it had
anything to do with racism,
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but I'm glad to learn.
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She also said,
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"While we will endeavor to
keep the unity of the Spirit
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in the buns of peace,
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we will not with
pain or voice cease
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to protest against bigotry."
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Amen.
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"Pastor Carter,
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why aren't these
important messages
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by Sister White
preached loudly and clearly,
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especially right
now by our FDA leaders.
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Instead, many are just silent
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or just focused on the violence,
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rather than the
causes of the problem.
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Some even seem to think
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that black people have
the cornerstone on violence,
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and they forget how black people
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were violently taken
from their homes in Africa,
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then kept in
slavery for over 200 years.
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And then they were
lynched, black men were lynched.
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Black man after black
man during the Jim Crow era.
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And here we are,
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and black people
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are still being killed
violently by white racists,
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and racist police officers.
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Why do I still have
to fear going outside
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because of the
color of my skin?"
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I say, Lord, have mercy upon us.
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And what America needs
and what my country needs
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and what South Africa needs,
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and what every
country in the world needs
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is a great spiritual rebirth.
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When you have a
great spiritual rebirth,
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my friend, there will be the end
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to the devil called racism.
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"Unfortunately,
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some of my white
brothers and sisters
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don't feel that
they need to do anything,
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because it doesn't
directly affect them.
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They do not have to
fear being killed by a racist
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due to the color of their skin,
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or worry about
being killed by the police
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because of the
color of their skin."
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That is true. That is true.
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But I would
remind you, my sister,
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that there are white people
in some countries of the world
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who are persecuted
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because of the
color of their skin,
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because racism
resides in the heart
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of fallen human beings.
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She says, "I have five brothers,
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strong black men.
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So not only am I
concerned about myself,
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I'm deeply
concerned about them."
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Think of this, and
it says in the Bible,
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can a leper change his spots?
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We as black
people cannot do anything
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about the color of our skin.
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Therefore this
demonic virus of racism
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must be addressed,
especially by the church."
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I say Amen and Amen.
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It is a disgrace
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that a black man
goes in fear of his life
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because he is born a black man.
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Who made the black man?
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Almighty God.
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And if you
respect to Almighty God,
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you will respect
people of different races.
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I have come to
believe that this coronavirus,
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which is topmost
worldwide travel is forcing us
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to focus on this
unresolved problem
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of racism here in America.
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God has a long overdue
work for us to do as Christians
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and He is shedding light
on Sister White's writings
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during these perilous times.
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Many people are
now discovering them
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and are talking about them.
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It is a long overdue
mission of the SDA church.
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As you can see,
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Sister White spoke
about this years ago."
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But let me tell you,
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there are some SDA leaders
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who are the very
antithesis of racist
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by like the people at 3ABN
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that employ
people of every race,
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God bless them.
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"I have been
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that is why I'm
trying to do my part
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by helping to educate
myself and others on this topic,
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Pastor Carter, I'm
reaching out to you
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because you've been
such an inspiration to me,
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and God has used
you in a mighty way."
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Hallelujah.
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Praise God and Glory be to God.
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"You are His fearless servant.
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I've been awed by your courage
and how you have stood up
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to the KGB in Russia
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and how God protected you
during your meetings there.
00:14:55.52\00:14:58.99
And even inside
some parts of Africa,
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it is my hope that you will join
00:15:01.36\00:15:02.96
with other leaders of our church
00:15:03.00\00:15:04.80
and help bring an end
to the virus of racism."
00:15:04.83\00:15:09.37
I so pledge,
00:15:09.40\00:15:13.01
I so pledge.
00:15:13.04\00:15:16.44
Let me end with these
quotes from the Bible,
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"No one calls for
justice nor pleads for truth."
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Luke 4:18,
00:15:22.42\00:15:23.75
"'The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me.
00:15:23.79\00:15:25.55
He's anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor,
00:15:25.59\00:15:28.36
He has sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:15:28.39\00:15:30.79
to preach
deliverance to the captives,
00:15:30.83\00:15:33.29
and recovery of
sight to the blind,
00:15:33.33\00:15:35.46
to set at liberty,
them that oppressed.'
00:15:35.50\00:15:39.83
I have decided to
live by these words of God.
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And I'm praying that
my brothers and sisters,
00:15:43.27\00:15:46.01
white, black, Asian,
Hispanic, will do the same.
00:15:46.04\00:15:51.98
God bless you,
00:15:52.01\00:15:53.35
sincerely your sister in Christ,
00:15:53.38\00:15:56.02
Linda D."
00:15:56.05\00:15:58.29
God bless you, my sister.
00:15:58.32\00:16:02.46
I am encouraged
today to recognize
00:16:02.49\00:16:06.23
the God raised up people
00:16:06.26\00:16:08.26
to address this
abominable practice.
00:16:08.30\00:16:12.87
Martin Luther King
00:16:12.90\00:16:14.94
but also
00:16:14.97\00:16:16.97
some of these
great characters here.
00:16:17.01\00:16:20.48
Like the Great
John Wesley, my hero,
00:16:20.51\00:16:25.81
what a mighty preacher,
00:16:25.85\00:16:28.25
persecuted in England
00:16:28.28\00:16:32.62
and whence came my ancestors.
00:16:32.65\00:16:36.52
John Wesley,
00:16:36.56\00:16:37.89
who had tremendous
influence upon John Newton.
00:16:37.93\00:16:42.23
You've heard of
John Newton, haven't you?
00:16:42.26\00:16:44.50
He gave us the great
hymn, "Amazing Grace,
00:16:44.53\00:16:48.10
how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me."
00:16:48.14\00:16:52.41
John Newton used to be
the captain of a slave ship
00:16:52.44\00:16:56.54
until he found the gospel
00:16:56.58\00:16:59.21
through the
preaching of John Wesley,
00:16:59.25\00:17:02.32
who raised up
the Methodist Church.
00:17:02.35\00:17:04.85
Now we're talking about men.
00:17:04.89\00:17:07.49
I'm not talking about
Woosef, we're talking about men.
00:17:07.52\00:17:13.19
And then this man,
00:17:13.23\00:17:15.60
Wilberforce
00:17:15.63\00:17:16.97
came under the
influence of Newton
00:17:17.00\00:17:19.83
who'd been
converted by John Wesley.
00:17:19.87\00:17:22.67
I want you to notice
they are white men too.
00:17:22.70\00:17:27.14
And it was through Wilberforce
00:17:27.18\00:17:30.55
that England
abolished the slave trade
00:17:30.58\00:17:35.18
many, many, many, many years
00:17:35.22\00:17:38.79
before they did
it here in America.
00:17:38.82\00:17:42.22
And Abraham Lincoln,
00:17:42.26\00:17:44.03
that great man who
stood up for the slaves
00:17:44.06\00:17:48.50
and stood up the truth.
00:17:48.53\00:17:50.10
Now all of this scenario
is a part of my contention,
00:17:50.13\00:17:56.87
my friend, listen to me,
00:17:56.91\00:18:00.31
that the solution to racism
00:18:00.34\00:18:04.08
is not especially political
00:18:04.11\00:18:08.82
because the
politicians usually tell you
00:18:08.85\00:18:11.65
what you want to hear
00:18:11.69\00:18:13.89
so they can get reelected
00:18:13.92\00:18:15.96
so they can keep their fat jobs.
00:18:15.99\00:18:18.33
You know it's true.
00:18:18.36\00:18:20.46
Hey, do they think we're crazy?
00:18:20.50\00:18:24.27
Now listen to me.
00:18:24.30\00:18:26.37
The people who've
done more than anybody else
00:18:26.40\00:18:29.37
in this world
to lift the bondage
00:18:29.40\00:18:32.87
and to take away the chains
00:18:32.91\00:18:35.54
have been those
who have been motivated
00:18:35.58\00:18:38.21
by the teachings of the Bible.
00:18:38.25\00:18:43.28
And so I want to say
to every person today,
00:18:43.32\00:18:46.39
I don't care who you
are, whether you are black
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.52
or white or brown
or Asian, I don't care.
00:18:49.56\00:18:54.96
God doesn't care
00:18:55.00\00:18:56.33
because man looks on
the outward appearance,
00:18:56.36\00:18:59.43
God looks on the heart.
00:18:59.47\00:19:02.10
And the solution
00:19:02.14\00:19:03.47
to all of these
dreadful social problems
00:19:03.51\00:19:06.78
including the
problem of rioting,
00:19:06.81\00:19:10.45
and lawlessness,
00:19:10.48\00:19:12.55
and the murders in our cities,
00:19:12.58\00:19:15.28
I mean, we are perhaps
the most violent nation
00:19:15.32\00:19:21.09
in the Western world.
00:19:21.12\00:19:23.12
Is that...
00:19:23.16\00:19:24.49
Yes, we are in the Western,
the so called first world.
00:19:24.53\00:19:28.06
We are the most violent nation,
00:19:28.10\00:19:31.13
and what we need, my friend,
00:19:31.17\00:19:33.27
less politics and more preaching
00:19:33.30\00:19:35.94
of the great
truths of the Bible.
00:19:35.97\00:19:39.24
And when a person is born again
00:19:39.27\00:19:42.41
and God changes the heart,
00:19:42.44\00:19:45.61
we have an end to
oppression and lawlessness
00:19:45.65\00:19:51.05
and slavery and racism
00:19:51.09\00:19:54.62
and every other
abominable practice
00:19:54.66\00:19:59.23
and you and I can be.
00:19:59.26\00:20:02.10
Are you listening to me still?
00:20:02.13\00:20:04.13
Or have you said, "Look,
it's a bit too strong for me"?
00:20:04.17\00:20:07.30
Listen to me.
00:20:07.34\00:20:10.07
It starts with you.
00:20:10.11\00:20:12.07
And it starts with me.
00:20:12.11\00:20:14.98
So thank you so much, my sister,
00:20:15.01\00:20:16.58
for the great, great letter.
00:20:16.61\00:20:18.38
I stand with you
by the grace of God.
00:20:18.41\00:20:21.35
Now we have our
great friend Wayne Hackett
00:20:21.38\00:20:24.45
in the studio today.
00:20:24.49\00:20:26.09
He's a voice that is known
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.22
all over the
United States of America.
00:20:28.26\00:20:32.29
Television hear
Wayne's great voice.
00:20:32.33\00:20:35.96
And we're going
to start again today
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.13
with the
questions and the answers,
00:20:39.17\00:20:41.57
questions that we consider
to be relevant and pertinent
00:20:41.60\00:20:44.77
and we've got all
these questions together,
00:20:44.81\00:20:48.28
the summation of
so many questions
00:20:48.31\00:20:52.61
that are sent to us.
00:20:52.65\00:20:53.98
And Wayne is here in the studio
00:20:54.02\00:20:55.68
and we welcome
Wayne Hackett today.
00:20:55.72\00:20:59.09
And he's going to
ask the questions,
00:20:59.12\00:21:01.66
and I will do my
best to answer them.
00:21:01.69\00:21:06.23
How can I be ready to die?
00:21:06.26\00:21:09.06
And does everyone go to heaven?
00:21:09.10\00:21:12.13
Well, it'd be
great if I can tell you
00:21:12.17\00:21:14.10
that everybody goes to heaven.
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.37
Any person who
preaches that is the devil
00:21:16.40\00:21:20.71
because Jesus said,
we've got to be born again.
00:21:20.74\00:21:23.78
Now, here's the
text, Matthew 7:13 and 14.
00:21:23.81\00:21:29.18
And I'm going to take my Bible,
00:21:29.22\00:21:32.89
I encourage you
to read your Bible.
00:21:32.92\00:21:36.02
The greatest weakness we
have today in Christianity
00:21:36.06\00:21:40.76
in America and
Australia and Europe
00:21:40.80\00:21:46.13
is ignorance of the will of God
00:21:46.17\00:21:48.87
which is taught in the Bible.
00:21:48.90\00:21:51.97
We have become a
profoundly ignorant people,
00:21:52.01\00:21:55.14
ignorant as far as
scripture is concerned.
00:21:55.18\00:21:57.65
We're great on trivia.
00:21:57.68\00:21:59.95
That's not going
to get you too far.
00:21:59.98\00:22:01.42
Matthew Chapter 7
00:22:01.45\00:22:04.45
and let me see 13 and 14.
00:22:04.49\00:22:09.16
Jesus said, "Enter
by the narrow gate, "
00:22:09.19\00:22:15.20
oh "for wide is the
gate and broad is the way
00:22:15.23\00:22:17.50
that leads to destruction,
00:22:17.53\00:22:18.87
and there are many who go by it
00:22:18.90\00:22:22.94
because narrow is the
gate and difficult is the way,"
00:22:22.97\00:22:28.18
Hey, it's difficult
to be a true Christian,
00:22:28.21\00:22:30.91
"and difficult is the
way which leads to life.
00:22:30.95\00:22:33.98
And there are few that find it,"
00:22:34.02\00:22:37.29
You say, "That's not
what I had been taught."
00:22:37.32\00:22:40.59
Well, you have
been taught wrong.
00:22:40.62\00:22:42.62
The Bible says
00:22:42.66\00:22:44.96
the majority are
not going to be saved.
00:22:44.99\00:22:47.86
Don't believe the false prophet.
00:22:47.90\00:22:51.63
If you want to be saved,
00:22:51.67\00:22:53.00
believe that Christ died for you
00:22:53.03\00:22:54.54
because He did.
00:22:54.57\00:22:56.64
The greatest text,
00:22:56.67\00:22:58.54
John 3:60, greatest
text in all of Bible,
00:22:58.57\00:23:02.74
"For God so loved the world,"
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.11
He loves you, you hear me?
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.21
God loves you.
00:23:06.25\00:23:08.02
He loves the world,
00:23:08.05\00:23:09.38
"that He gave
His one and only Son
00:23:09.42\00:23:11.82
that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.72
but have everlasting life."
00:23:14.76\00:23:16.42
If you truly trust in Christ,
if you truly believe in Him,
00:23:16.46\00:23:21.33
then, my friend,
you're not going to perish.
00:23:21.36\00:23:23.90
You're going to
have everlasting life.
00:23:23.93\00:23:25.80
You are going to go to heaven.
00:23:25.83\00:23:29.04
Ah, trust in Him.
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.04
Yes.
00:23:31.07\00:23:32.41
Put your faith in Him
and repent of your sins.
00:23:32.44\00:23:37.25
I don't want to repack
another famous man who says,
00:23:37.28\00:23:40.92
"I don't repent
of any of my sins
00:23:40.95\00:23:43.12
because I haven't got any sins."
00:23:43.15\00:23:45.32
Well, that is a
complete delusion.
00:23:45.35\00:23:47.69
The Bible says I must repent.
00:23:47.72\00:23:50.36
Acts 2:37.
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.29
Here it goes, Acts 2.
00:23:53.33\00:23:55.56
"Now when they heard this,
they were cut to the heart, "
00:23:55.60\00:23:58.07
that means they got down inside,
00:23:58.10\00:23:59.87
you know, it stirred them up,
00:23:59.90\00:24:01.50
"and said to Peter and
the rest of the apostles,
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.11
'Men and
brethren, what shall we do?'
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.88
Then Peter said
to them, 'Repent,
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.24
and let every one
of you be baptized
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.55
in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ
00:24:10.58\00:24:12.31
for the remission of sins
00:24:12.35\00:24:13.92
and you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:24:13.95\00:24:17.49
For the promise is
to you and your children
00:24:17.52\00:24:20.09
and to all who are afar off,
00:24:20.12\00:24:21.89
as many as the Lord
our God will call.'"
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.93
We're all sinners.
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.99
You're sinner.
00:24:26.03\00:24:27.36
Am I a sinner?
Yeah, we're all sinners.
00:24:27.40\00:24:29.86
We're all sinners.
00:24:29.90\00:24:31.80
We're old.
00:24:31.83\00:24:33.34
Unlike sinners,
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.77
we've all got our specialties
00:24:35.80\00:24:37.67
is what I'm trying to say.
00:24:37.71\00:24:39.37
And the Bible tells us
we must repent of our sins.
00:24:39.41\00:24:43.75
And then the Bible
says we need to be baptized.
00:24:43.78\00:24:46.78
Acts 2:40 and 41.
00:24:46.82\00:24:52.69
And with many other words,
He testified and exhorted them,
00:24:52.72\00:24:55.92
saying, "Be saved from
this perverse generation.
00:24:55.96\00:24:59.59
Then those who gladly
received his word were baptized,
00:24:59.63\00:25:04.60
and that day about 3,000
souls were added to them."
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.90
I've got to repent of my sins.
00:25:07.94\00:25:09.70
And the Bible says
00:25:09.74\00:25:11.21
I need to be baptized
00:25:11.24\00:25:14.64
as a sign that I
have been born again.
00:25:14.68\00:25:18.88
I need to read
my Bible every day.
00:25:18.91\00:25:22.35
The greatest weakness
00:25:22.38\00:25:23.72
with so called
Christianity today
00:25:23.75\00:25:26.25
is that most people are dumb
00:25:26.29\00:25:28.26
concerning the
truths of the Bible.
00:25:28.29\00:25:30.29
Read the Bible,
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.16
and keep the holy
Sabbath and go to church,
00:25:32.19\00:25:34.96
find a church.
00:25:35.00\00:25:36.50
Find a church
where people love Jesus,
00:25:36.53\00:25:39.60
find a church, keep the Sabbath.
00:25:39.63\00:25:42.17
Remember what Karl Barth said,
00:25:42.20\00:25:43.97
"When the holy day
becomes the day of man,
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.07
society and humanity wither away
00:25:46.11\00:25:48.91
and the demons rule."
00:25:48.94\00:25:51.81
Be baptized.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.18
Find a church where
Christ is worshipped,
00:25:53.21\00:25:55.88
where Christ is adored,
00:25:55.92\00:25:57.55
where people are taught
00:25:57.59\00:25:58.92
to keep the commandments of God,
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.32
and by the grace of God
through the blood of Christ,
00:26:01.36\00:26:04.69
you will be saved.
00:26:04.73\00:26:06.83
And you'll be in the kingdom.
00:26:06.86\00:26:08.26
More to come.
00:26:08.30\00:26:09.70
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