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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Hi, friend. I'm John Carter.
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Welcome to the Carter Report.
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We have an empty studio
here today because of COVID-19,
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which is raging across America.
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But we're carrying on
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because we've got a
message to teach and to preach.
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Today, I'm going to answer
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some of the questions
you've been sending to me
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and we are honored to have
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a very special
person today in our studio,
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Wayne Hackett,
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you will hear his voice
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right across these great
United States of America.
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And so, Wayne, we're glad
to have you with us today.
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And we're glad to have
you, dear friend, with us.
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We're so glad
that you joined us.
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Wayne, the first
question, my brother.
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Is there hope for wicked people?
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Well, I sure hope so.
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Because the Bible tells us
that God justifies the ungodly.
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You read that...
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Let me think now,
that's in Romans Chapter 4.
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It says that God
justifies the ungodly.
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And so
ultimately, we are all sinners
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and we are all ungodly.
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And we all need the
redemptive power of Christ.
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We need the blood of Christ.
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Let me talk just a moment
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about some of the
most ungodly people.
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There was Nebuchadnezzar.
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What a scoundrel
was Nebuchadnezzar!
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He was one of the
world's greatest egotist.
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He was going to make
Babylon the greatest kingdom
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that the world had ever seen.
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And he said,
"There's no this great Babylon
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that I have built."
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God brought him low,
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but then he became a born-again
trusting child of God.
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If God can save Nebuchadnezzar,
brother, He can save you.
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What about Saul of Tarsus?
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The person who wrote
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just about half
of the New Testament,
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the great
theologian of the Bible,
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the great Apostle
Paul, Saul of Tarsus,
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who had his hands
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dripping with the
blood of the saints.
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If God can save Saul,
He can save you and me.
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What about Peter the fisherman?
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Peter the fisherman who
was full of self-confidence
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and ended up
denying a Lord of glories,
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said, "I don't know the Man."
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But Jesus saved him.
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If He saved him, He can save you
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just as He saved King David.
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Heard of King David?
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David was an adulterer.
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You know, he'd be
in good company today,
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wouldn't he,
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because there are
plenty of adulterers
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in adulteresses.
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So He saved David, you know,
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He saved this man
who was a great sinner.
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So great a sinner
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that he murdered
Uriah the Hittite.
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So if God can save those people,
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He can save you.
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He can save me,
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just like He
saved my friend Ildar
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over there in Russia.
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A man who is a
leader of the mafia.
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We've got his picture up here,
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but we've got to camouflage
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so that you can
never see his face.
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But he was a man who
had a gang, not a gang.
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He had an army under him,
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400 or 500 men
armed to the teeth.
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He told me of some of the things
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that he has done,
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but God saved him.
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He came to Christ,
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and he was saved by
the blood of Christ.
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I'm here today to tell you
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that no person
is too bad for God
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because with sin did abound,
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grace did much more abound.
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Thank you, Wayne.
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Is there a heaven?
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Well, as I said
before, I certainly hope so.
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Yes, there is.
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Of course there's a heaven.
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We were made by
the Almighty God.
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We believe in the
great act of creation.
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Don't you believe this?
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We believe in the Almighty
God who created the universe.
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And we believe
that this Almighty God
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became a man
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and came down in the
person of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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How amazing is this.
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And there was the man
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hanging on the cross beside Him,
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and he repented and he
said, "Lord, remember me,
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when You come
into Your kingdom."
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This was the
power of God at work.
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This was grace at work.
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And Jesus said,
"Truly I say to you, today,
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you shall be
with Me in paradise."
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Jesus believed in paradise.
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He believed in a father's
house by the grace of God.
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I'm going to go
there, will you come with me?
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Yes, my friend.
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There is a heaven.
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How do you cope
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when things seem
so dark around you?
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When loved ones and friends
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are suffering and
dying of COVID-19?
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It's tough.
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Of course it's tough.
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If people say, "You
know, what's happening
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doesn't concern me at all,"
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they've got to
have hearts of avine.
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But if you've
got a heart of flesh,
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you're going to feel concerned
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for the tens of
thousands of people
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right here in
this part of the world
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who are dying all around us.
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You know, sometimes I
almost feel overwhelmed
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by the sorrow and the suffering
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that these people
are going through,
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the tens of
thousands of Americans,
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but, my friend,
I'll tell you what I do.
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By the grace of God,
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I take hold of an unseen power
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because I refuse to give
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into doubt and to despair.
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And that is why I
like to talk hope.
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I like to talk faith
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and I take hold
of the power of God.
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Look at Acts 2:25.
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And you should
memorize these texts.
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Don't be a lazy Christian.
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Acts 2, "For David
says concerning Him,
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'I foresaw the Lord
always before my face,
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For He is at my right hand,
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that I may not be shaken.'"
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And if I get a vision of Christ,
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the Almighty God,
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and if I can see
Him in my mind's eye,
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I tell you, my friend,
nothing is going to shake me.
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And there's
something else that I do too.
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I do this quite often now.
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I turn over here
to the book of Romans
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by the great St. Paul,
and I read these texts.
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I commend them to you.
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Romans 8:28
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and we know that all
things work together for good
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to those who love God,
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to those who are the
called according to His purpose.
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I am not alone.
I am not forsaken.
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And God has a plan
and a purpose for my life.
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He's got a plan and
a purpose for you too.
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Read your Bible and discover it.
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And then I look at verse 31,
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"What then shall we
say to these things?
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If God is for us,
who can be against us?"
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Then we're going to come
to, I think, verse, here it is.
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Verse 37,
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"What then shall we
say to these things?
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If God is for us,
who can be against us?
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Yet in all these things,
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we are more than conquerors
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through Him who loved us."
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And that just...
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Listen to this,
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this is almost
too good to be true,
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"For I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life,
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nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present,
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nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth,
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nor any other created thing
shall be able to separate us
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from the love of God,
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which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
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Just amazing.
Nothing can separate you.
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Not COVID-19, not death,
not cancer, not sickness.
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None of those
things can separate us
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from the love of God.
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So we are never, never alone.
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We are never forsaken.
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How bad is this pandemic?
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Wayne, it's bad.
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Dr. Fauci is one of the
world's greatest scientists.
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He's tremendously popular
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among the medical fraternity
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here in the United States.
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And he said just
a day or two back
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that this had
become his worst nightmare.
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And he said we were in the midst
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of a perfect storm.
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And people are telling you
something different, my friend.
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It's because as I used to say,
they've got an axe to grind.
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And they don't want
you to know the facts.
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Now it is
killing tens of thousands
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here in the USA
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where the disease is
almost out of control.
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Would you please look at this,
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look at the graph
going back to March,
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and then after April,
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and then it came down
a bit in May and in June.
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Did you know that
there are some countries
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that have the
same type of lifestyle
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that we have
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that are doing 100 times better.
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You say, "No, I
can't believe it.
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Can't believe that."
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Yes, there are some countries
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that have a per
capita, a death rate,
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only 1% of what we've got here.
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And if you look over
here at the graph, my friend,
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look, look at it there.
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It is going up like a rocket.
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And so we need to
take it seriously.
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We can multiply the
official infection rate
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by at least 10 I
am told, maybe 20.
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Probably more than 30
million are infected here.
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Maybe double that number.
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It appears to be getting worse.
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LA is not going to
open their schools,
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but I want you to
know that, as a Christian,
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I have my faith in God.
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And I believe
that God is working
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old things for my
good and for His glory,
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therefore, I shall not despair.
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But I shall live in hope.
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Wayne.
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Are you afraid?
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Am I afraid?
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No, I'm not afraid
because I trust in God.
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Am I concerned?
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Of course I am.
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If I were not concerned,
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I would be in denial of reality.
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Some people say,
"Oh, no, no, nothing,
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my friend, I
refuse to deny reality."
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That's a psychological condition
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when we're in a state of denial,
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but I'm trusting in Jesus
because I believe the gospel.
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So I'm not afraid.
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No, I'm not.
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I'm not scared.
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I'm trusting in Jesus.
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Here's a text 1
John 5:11 and 12.
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1 John 5:11 and 12.
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This is the testimony
that God has given to us.
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What does it say?
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Eternal life.
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And this life is in His Son,
"He who has the Son has life,
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he who does not
have the Son of God
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does not have life."
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If you have Christ.
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Now I'm not talking
just about religion.
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Too much religion in
the world, don't you think?
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You know, this manmade stuff,
which is all a lot of sham,
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you know, just a lot of hot air.
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But I'm talking
about the real stuff.
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I'm talking
about the real McCoy.
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I'm talking about,
as I'd say in Australia,
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that would just dinky-di.
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We're talking about
the genuine product.
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Are you listening to me?
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And if you have
Christ, but more importantly,
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if Christ has you, and
are you trusting in Christ,
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and if you've gone to Christ,
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and you have
confessed your sins,
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you have repented of your sins.
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And if you have received
the gift of everlasting life,
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you will not be afraid.
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Listen to this,
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the worst the devil can do to us
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is to give us a little sleep.
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But Christ is
coming in the morning,
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and just as Christ
raised Lazarus from the dead,
00:14:30.30\00:14:35.54
so He's going to raise
His saints from the dead,
00:14:35.57\00:14:39.54
and we are going to live forever
00:14:39.57\00:14:43.31
with Christ in paradise.
00:14:43.35\00:14:45.88
If that doesn't make you
feel like jumping over the moon,
00:14:45.91\00:14:49.15
you ought to check your pulse.
00:14:49.18\00:14:51.22
That's the greatest
news that Christ is alive
00:14:51.25\00:14:54.56
and Christ is coming back.
00:14:54.59\00:14:58.09
Can we stop this
terrible pandemic?
00:14:58.13\00:15:00.96
Wayne, you're asking
some great questions,
00:15:01.00\00:15:03.03
you know, I don't know
if I'm capable of answering
00:15:03.06\00:15:05.67
all these great questions.
00:15:05.70\00:15:07.80
But let me give
you a run through
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if you don't mind
00:15:10.17\00:15:12.01
'cause this is pretty important.
00:15:12.04\00:15:15.04
I believe we can
stop this pandemic
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because some countries
have done remarkably well.
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They've done far
better than we have.
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And there must be a reason.
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And I think it's because
00:15:25.25\00:15:27.99
even though the doctors
are doing a fantastic job,
00:15:28.02\00:15:31.06
and the nurses are
doing a fantastic job,
00:15:31.09\00:15:34.06
I think some of
us as individuals
00:15:34.10\00:15:37.57
are letting down the team side.
00:15:37.60\00:15:40.17
Some countries, I say it again,
00:15:40.20\00:15:42.60
some countries that
are as rich as America
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have done much better than we
00:15:46.84\00:15:48.54
in controlling the deadly virus.
00:15:48.58\00:15:51.15
That's a bitter pill to swallow,
00:15:51.18\00:15:53.58
but you and I better swallow it.
00:15:53.62\00:15:55.88
One country I know very well
has had up to now per capita,
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a death rate, a hundred
times less than here in America.
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So we must...
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We've got great doctors.
00:16:08.50\00:16:10.27
We've got great scientists.
00:16:10.30\00:16:12.67
But you see,
00:16:12.70\00:16:14.24
the coronavirus doesn't belong
00:16:14.27\00:16:16.44
to any
particular political party.
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No, no, no.
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It doesn't read
the news bulletins,
00:16:23.01\00:16:26.08
and it is not brainwashed.
00:16:26.11\00:16:28.92
Okay, what can we do?
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Here it is.
00:16:32.09\00:16:33.66
"Love your
neighbor as yourself."
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That's what it says
in the Old Testament.
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And that's what Jesus said
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you got to love your
neighbor as yourself.
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Just have a look at this if
you can better look at this.
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I mean, this is
totally disgusting.
00:16:50.31\00:16:53.78
Here is a person.
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I'm going to bring it
here, here it is, here it is,
00:16:56.88\00:16:59.58
here it is.
00:16:59.61\00:17:00.95
He's holding up
a sign and he says,
00:17:00.98\00:17:03.12
"Selfish and proud."
00:17:03.15\00:17:05.32
Hey, you know what he needs?
00:17:05.35\00:17:08.49
He needs to be born again.
00:17:08.52\00:17:10.83
He needs to become a Christian.
00:17:10.86\00:17:12.39
I'm talking about
not just a church guy.
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I'm talking about a Christian.
00:17:15.10\00:17:16.56
He says, "I'm
selfish, and I'm proud,
00:17:16.60\00:17:20.24
and I'll do what I like.
00:17:20.27\00:17:22.24
And if you don't
like it, too bad for you."
00:17:22.27\00:17:25.61
Jesus said,
00:17:25.64\00:17:27.41
"You shall love your
neighbor as yourself."
00:17:27.44\00:17:30.21
Listen.
00:17:30.25\00:17:32.35
If we obey these words,
we will beat the pandemic.
00:17:32.38\00:17:35.92
That is a
promise, that is the truth,
00:17:35.95\00:17:38.45
that is the sure word today.
00:17:38.49\00:17:40.79
If you obey those words,
00:17:40.82\00:17:43.69
together we will
beat the pandemic
00:17:43.73\00:17:46.70
if we love our
neighbors as ourselves.
00:17:46.73\00:17:49.03
The problem is today
00:17:49.06\00:17:50.40
here in this great land of
the United States of America
00:17:50.43\00:17:52.67
is that we've
got away from Christ
00:17:52.70\00:17:54.97
and we've got
away from the Bible
00:17:55.00\00:17:56.71
and has come after
tremendous dumbing down
00:17:56.74\00:18:00.08
and people are
talking about religion
00:18:00.11\00:18:01.88
and they know nothing about God.
00:18:01.91\00:18:04.65
Think of the
nurses and the doctors,
00:18:04.68\00:18:08.18
the great heroes.
00:18:08.22\00:18:09.68
Has America got heroes?
00:18:09.72\00:18:11.05
Yeah, terrific heroes.
00:18:11.09\00:18:13.12
You want to see
the great heroes?
00:18:13.15\00:18:14.66
Go to the hospitals.
00:18:14.69\00:18:16.26
They're the great heroes.
00:18:16.29\00:18:17.86
These are the people
who are putting their lives
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on the line.
00:18:19.56\00:18:20.90
You know what we
need in this country?
00:18:20.93\00:18:22.66
Well, we got the
Statue of Liberty
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over in New York.
00:18:24.47\00:18:26.53
But, you know, in San
Francisco or Los Angeles,
00:18:26.57\00:18:29.74
on the Western coast,
00:18:29.77\00:18:32.57
we need the
statue of responsibility.
00:18:32.61\00:18:37.78
Are you still listening?
00:18:37.81\00:18:40.58
America's got the
Statue of Liberty,
00:18:40.62\00:18:43.02
we need it all,
and I'm all for that.
00:18:43.05\00:18:45.95
But we need not only
the Statue of Liberty,
00:18:45.99\00:18:48.82
we need the
statue of responsibility.
00:18:48.86\00:18:54.70
But some of us
have become lawless,
00:18:54.73\00:18:57.33
and there's a
spirit of lawlessness
00:18:57.37\00:18:59.87
in the land today, lawlessness,
00:18:59.90\00:19:03.34
"I do just what I want to do."
00:19:03.37\00:19:06.98
Jesus said,
00:19:07.01\00:19:08.34
"You shall love your
neighbors as yourself."
00:19:08.38\00:19:10.75
Jesus said these words.
00:19:10.78\00:19:13.01
And if we obey His words,
we will beat this pandemic.
00:19:13.05\00:19:16.82
It's not about me
but about my neighbors,
00:19:16.85\00:19:20.06
my family, my
friends, my parents,
00:19:20.09\00:19:23.53
the man with the big sign.
00:19:23.56\00:19:24.93
"I'm selfish, I'm proud,"
00:19:24.96\00:19:27.83
hey, go to God.
00:19:27.86\00:19:30.70
Talk to God about this one.
00:19:30.73\00:19:32.90
We need to think of
the nurses, the doctors,
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.50
the essential workers.
00:19:35.54\00:19:39.47
And of course, if we do this,
00:19:39.51\00:19:44.65
we're going to wear a mask.
00:19:44.68\00:19:46.18
"Oh, no, that's
against my freedom!"
00:19:46.21\00:19:49.38
Hey, what about
your responsibility,
00:19:49.42\00:19:53.25
the Statue of Liberty
00:19:53.29\00:19:54.82
and the statue
of responsibility?
00:19:54.86\00:19:57.23
It's not just
about you, brother.
00:19:57.26\00:20:00.40
"I'm selfish, I'm proud."
00:20:00.43\00:20:02.06
Well, don't
expect to go to heaven
00:20:02.10\00:20:03.43
if you're
selfish and you're proud.
00:20:03.47\00:20:04.80
"You know, I can go
to heaven do anything."
00:20:04.83\00:20:06.74
No, you can't.
00:20:06.77\00:20:10.11
Jesus said,
"Love your neighbor."
00:20:10.14\00:20:13.91
And if you don't
like wearing a mask,
00:20:13.94\00:20:15.84
just remember this,
00:20:15.88\00:20:17.28
it's easier to wear a
mask than to wear a respirator.
00:20:17.31\00:20:22.88
Hear this?
00:20:22.92\00:20:24.25
If you won't wear a
mask, recognize this,
00:20:24.29\00:20:27.12
it's a lot easier to wear a mask
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.89
than to wear a respirator.
00:20:29.92\00:20:32.49
Practice safe distancing.
00:20:32.53\00:20:34.30
COVID-19 apparently
is spread by aerosols.
00:20:34.33\00:20:38.43
It's spread through talking,
00:20:38.47\00:20:40.67
especially singing and shouting.
00:20:40.70\00:20:44.27
Some people say, you
know, "I'm a Christian,
00:20:44.31\00:20:46.71
I can do what I like
00:20:46.74\00:20:48.58
and God is going
to take care of me."
00:20:48.61\00:20:52.01
That's not faith.
That's presumption.
00:20:52.05\00:20:54.75
A lot of people like,
00:20:54.78\00:20:56.25
"Well, what do you mean?"
00:20:56.28\00:20:57.62
"If I'm under
the blood of Jesus,
00:20:57.65\00:20:59.85
I can do what I like."
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.22
My friend, you
don't really understand
00:21:01.26\00:21:02.72
what Christianity is all about.
00:21:02.76\00:21:06.09
There's a great old
hymn, "Trust and Obey."
00:21:06.13\00:21:08.20
We need to trust God
00:21:08.23\00:21:09.56
and then we need
to be responsible
00:21:09.60\00:21:12.80
and we need to obey God.
00:21:12.83\00:21:14.80
Is this too strong for you?
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.01
Because I'm not
going to water it down.
00:21:17.04\00:21:19.77
I'm getting tired of
these terrible news reports
00:21:19.81\00:21:22.41
where people are dying.
00:21:22.44\00:21:24.28
We need to keep
away from parties,
00:21:24.31\00:21:26.88
yeah, and from congregations,
and from gatherings.
00:21:26.92\00:21:31.62
"Oh, my living..."
00:21:31.65\00:21:32.99
No, your responsibility,
00:21:33.02\00:21:36.66
and stay home if you're over 65.
00:21:36.69\00:21:40.63
The older you are, the
higher the mortality rate.
00:21:40.66\00:21:44.83
But did you hear
the 103-year-old lady
00:21:44.87\00:21:47.47
who survived?
00:21:47.50\00:21:48.84
She never gave up hope.
00:21:48.87\00:21:52.77
So while you're
alive, there's hope, you see?
00:21:52.81\00:21:58.55
So don't give up hope.
00:21:58.58\00:21:59.91
Talk hope. Don't get depressed.
00:21:59.95\00:22:02.22
Read the words of scripture.
00:22:02.25\00:22:04.69
Practice what
you say you believe.
00:22:04.72\00:22:07.49
Wash your hands frequently
00:22:07.52\00:22:08.86
because the coronavirus
hates hot soapy water.
00:22:08.89\00:22:14.16
And be filled
with positive thoughts.
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.07
Oh, let me talk about this.
00:22:17.10\00:22:18.57
Be hopeful, be joyful.
00:22:18.60\00:22:21.94
Nothing can separate
me from the love of God.
00:22:21.97\00:22:24.81
Listen, I'm
gonna tell you a story.
00:22:24.84\00:22:28.24
The German soldiers
on the Russian front,
00:22:28.28\00:22:34.12
some of them,
these German soldiers
00:22:34.15\00:22:36.15
received awful wounds
00:22:36.18\00:22:38.59
that would
normally kill a person,
00:22:38.62\00:22:41.02
and some received minor wounds.
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.89
But you know what happened?
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.39
The ones who had
received the minor wounds
00:22:45.43\00:22:48.03
were the ones who
were dying like flies,
00:22:48.06\00:22:51.00
but the ones with
the major wound survived.
00:22:51.03\00:22:54.20
Why did they survive?
00:22:54.24\00:22:55.64
Because if you
got a major wound,
00:22:55.67\00:23:00.04
you are going to go
home to your family.
00:23:00.08\00:23:04.71
People with
major wounds, got hope,
00:23:04.75\00:23:08.18
and hope saved the soldiers.
00:23:08.22\00:23:12.05
I'm here to talk hope.
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.06
This thing is
not going to beat us.
00:23:14.09\00:23:17.13
You hear what I'm saying?
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.29
This thing ain't
going to beat us,
00:23:19.33\00:23:23.10
pardon the English.
00:23:23.13\00:23:24.90
It is not going to beat us
00:23:24.93\00:23:27.10
because we're
going to talk hope.
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.74
We're going to talk faith.
00:23:29.77\00:23:31.77
We're going to
believe that was God.
00:23:31.81\00:23:34.64
We shall overcome one
day and by the grace of God,
00:23:34.68\00:23:39.51
we are going to
beat this demon from hell
00:23:39.55\00:23:43.49
and we are going
to keep hope alive.
00:23:43.52\00:23:48.86
What has been the
greatest motivation
00:23:48.89\00:23:50.79
in your life?
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.16
The greatest
motivation in my life.
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.17
The greatest motivation in
my life has been a sense...
00:24:02.97\00:24:07.18
And I want to say
this to everybody today,
00:24:07.21\00:24:10.48
I say it 'cause I
love you and I care for you
00:24:10.51\00:24:13.52
and God loves you.
00:24:13.55\00:24:15.18
The greatest motivation
has been the realization
00:24:15.22\00:24:20.66
that Almighty God knows me.
00:24:20.69\00:24:24.36
He knows John Carter, yeah.
00:24:24.39\00:24:26.59
He said even the
hairs on your head,
00:24:26.63\00:24:29.63
all those hairs,
they are counted.
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.10
I've got a few more these days
00:24:31.13\00:24:32.53
seeing I've been
in splendid isolation.
00:24:32.57\00:24:36.30
I can't go to a hairdresser.
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.94
Who cares, this is growing.
00:24:38.97\00:24:40.81
I'm saving money
on getting my haircut.
00:24:40.84\00:24:44.25
God knows about me.
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.58
And God has got a
purpose for my life.
00:24:46.61\00:24:51.05
Are you listening to me?
00:24:51.09\00:24:53.46
God has got a
purpose for your life.
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.36
You're not just
something nothing.
00:24:55.39\00:24:57.46
You are a child of God.
00:24:57.49\00:25:01.30
I think I've got a text here.
00:25:01.33\00:25:02.66
I'm going to read it to you.
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.03
It's out of the Book of Hebrews.
00:25:04.07\00:25:06.17
I just love this.
00:25:06.20\00:25:07.54
Hebrews 13:5 and 6.
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.07
"For He Himself has
said," this is God talking,
00:25:12.11\00:25:16.71
"'I will never leave
you nor forsake you.'
00:25:16.75\00:25:20.72
So we may boldly say,
'The LORD is my helper,
00:25:20.75\00:25:24.59
I will not fear.
00:25:24.62\00:25:26.29
What can man do to me?' "
00:25:26.32\00:25:27.66
I will not fear
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.02
what the
coronavirus can do to me
00:25:29.06\00:25:32.16
because God
knows me, God sees me.
00:25:32.19\00:25:37.20
He counts the hairs on
my head, He knows my family.
00:25:37.23\00:25:40.77
He knows everything about me.
00:25:40.80\00:25:42.90
Christ died for me.
00:25:42.94\00:25:46.07
He has a plan
and a purpose for me.
00:25:46.11\00:25:49.31
He has a plan and
a purpose for you.
00:25:49.34\00:25:52.51
Believe it, my
brother, my sister.
00:25:52.55\00:25:56.02
And by the grace of God,
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.69
with this hope
burning in our hearts,
00:25:57.72\00:26:02.16
here's the promise.
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.79
Here is the Word of the Lord
for you today, by God's grace,
00:26:03.83\00:26:09.03
we shall overcome
00:26:09.06\00:26:13.30
and we shall be victorious.
00:26:13.34\00:26:18.04
In Jesus' mighty name, amen.
00:26:18.07\00:26:22.88
To our police,
00:26:26.61\00:26:28.98
to those who serve
and protect us with mercy,
00:26:29.02\00:26:32.15
love, dignity,
compassion, and honor,
00:26:32.19\00:26:37.16
may God bless you.
00:26:37.19\00:26:39.13
Each day there is no
task that is too large,
00:26:39.16\00:26:42.56
no task too small.
00:26:42.60\00:26:45.30
You take the slings and arrows
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.17
that come your way with courage.
00:26:47.20\00:26:49.97
The badge you wear
00:26:50.01\00:26:51.34
makes you part of a bigger team.
00:26:51.37\00:26:53.14
But we know you are
each unique in God's eyes.
00:26:53.17\00:26:57.51
You are individual human
beings of a police force.
00:26:57.55\00:27:02.02
The greatest
force is God's love.
00:27:02.05\00:27:05.09
There is no one
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.45
who has not
experienced that love
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.42
when you come to their aid.
00:27:08.46\00:27:10.53
We are grateful.
00:27:10.56\00:27:11.93
We know you need our help.
00:27:11.96\00:27:13.90
Working together,
we can live in harmony.
00:27:13.93\00:27:16.46
We pray for the
safety of our homes,
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.57
for our neighbors,
00:27:18.60\00:27:20.04
and for the police that
protect and serve our community.
00:27:20.07\00:27:23.77
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