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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Now, here's John
Carter with today's message.
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Hi, friend, I'm John
Carter in Los Angeles.
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Welcome today to
the Carter Report,
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a special welcome to our friends
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in the great land of India,
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of course, right
across this great country
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of the United States of America,
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down under into my
old homeland of Australia.
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All of my friends,
we salute you today
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and pray that God is
going to bless you over
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and beyond all
you can ask or think,
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during this time of COVID-19.
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Because right now,
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here in the
United States of America,
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we are in the midst
of a dreadful pandemic,
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with well over
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150,000 Americans dead.
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And apparently,
there is no end in sight.
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It's getting worse.
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Now, we've been locked up here.
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Beverley and I
have been locked up
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for the best
part of five months.
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And today I want to give
you, this is a continuation,
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this is part two,
but I'm going to give you
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some of my
cogitations and meditations
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while I've been suffering
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from a special
brand of cabin fever.
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Glad that you joined us
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because this is
going to bless you.
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You know, friend,
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you just never know
what's going to happen next.
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Life is very, very uncertain.
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This time last year,
who would have expected
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in his wildest imagination
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that a virus out
of Communist China
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would have devastated the world
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and almost brought down
the world's greatest power,
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the United States of America.
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You never know
what's going to happen.
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But for those
who've just tuned in,
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I want you to notice
some of these statistics,
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because it gives us the
reality of the situation.
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And today, we're not talking
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about my opinion
by the grace of God,
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we're talking about the facts.
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So far around the world,
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more than 16 million people
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have been infected by the virus
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from Communist China.
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It's estimated that around
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659,000 people have died.
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In fact, these
figures could be multiplied
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because these
are underestimates.
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Here in the
United States of America,
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as I'm talking,
well over 150,000.
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Then you can look on down
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the list, Brazil 87,000, India,
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where we have our
friends who are watching
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our telecast in the
great land of India, 34,000,
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I believe it's
much more than that.
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The case fatality rate
in the United States 3.4%,
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but you come down to Mexico,
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where apparently it is 11.2%
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and then you come down
to here down to the UK,
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I think it is 15.2%.
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This is why the great Dr. Fauci
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has called it
his worst nightmare.
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And it really is.
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We have a huge unemployment rate
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here in the
United States of America.
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The infection rate,
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this is the
daily infection rate.
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It's gone up to over 70,000.
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Thank God, it has dropped
back in the last few days.
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But this is the infection
rate, 60,000 people a day.
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We've had the
closing of schools,
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the closing of churches,
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a huge unemployment rate,
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the closing of gyms,
malls and shops etc, etc.
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And may I remind you of this.
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It took our
government by surprise.
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It took our church by surprise.
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It took the medical
profession by surprise.
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It took the
universities by surprise.
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It took everyone by surprise.
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But I want you
to know this today,
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it never took God by surprise.
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Because God had
already provided for it.
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God is never caught
sleeping as we were.
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I'm going to turn in my Bible
because I just love the Bible.
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It has the power of God in it.
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And I'm going to turn
over here to what could be
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the greatest book ever written.
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Romans, the Book of Romans,
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and I'm going to
turn to Romans 8:28.
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And I want you to
follow it with me.
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Romans 8:28, "And we know,"
it's good to know something.
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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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The Bible tells me that
God has a mighty purpose.
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And God, my
friend, knows everything
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that is going to
happen to this world.
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He's written it
down in the prophecies,
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and God knows everything
that's going to happen to you.
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Have you heard
about Richard Dawkins?
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Have you now?
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Well, he's the famous
atheist and evolutionist
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who wrote the book entitled,
"The Blind Watchmaker."
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He and his followers
believe in blind chance.
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They believe that
life is the result
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of billions of
accidents that we're here today
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because of a combination
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of time plus matter plus chance.
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They ought to call
this man not Dr. Dawkins
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but the Reverend Richard Dawkins
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because he's the leader of
a great cult of unbelievers.
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They call
themselves unbelievers,
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but in fact they
are filled with belief.
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They have got, Richard Dawkins
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has got more faith
than almost any person
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I know to believe that
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everything
happened by blind chance
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takes a
tremendous amount of faith.
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I could never be a
follower of the atheist
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because I could
never be an atheist,
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because an atheist
has got more faith than
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I could ever have.
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No, no, no, I
believe in the facts.
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Now he teaches no purpose,
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all accidents,
no life after death.
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He says the best I
heard him say this,
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the best thing you can do
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when you're dying is to
stand on the deck of the ship
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and salute, for you
salute as you're dying.
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This is the very best thing
that Richard Dawkins can do.
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Stand on the deck
of the ship and salute.
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Well, we happen to
believe in the gospel.
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And the gospel is good news.
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I want to turn a
little bit further,
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read on little
further, Romans 8:28-31.
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Romans 8:28-31,
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"And we know all
things work together
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for good to those who love God,
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to those who are called
according to His purpose."
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God's got a purpose.
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"For whom He foreknew,
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He also predestined to be
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conformed to the
image of His Son,
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that He might be
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the firstborn
among many brethren.
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Moreover whom He predestined,
these He also called,
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whom He called,
these He also justified,
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and whom He justified,
these He also glorified.
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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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My friend, I believe
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in the divine purpose of God.
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As a Christian,
I believe that God
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has a purpose for my
life, and that we are special.
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I'm a child of God.
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I'm a child of the Most High.
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I was created by
God for a purpose.
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I love Mr. Fred Rogers,
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that great
Presbyterian minister,
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you know, Fred
Rogers Neighborhood.
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He was a great believer in God,
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and he taught people
you are special to me.
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Oh, God bless the
memory of Fred Rogers.
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We need more people with
the faith of Fred Rogers,
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you are special to me.
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If you don't believe in God,
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how can you believe in
anything being special?
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It was simply
just bizarre accidents,
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cosmic
accidents, freaks of nature.
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No. You're special to me.
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I want you to know
you're special to God.
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God was not sleeping
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when COVID-19 turned
up, he is still in control.
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I want you to
notice Isaiah Chapter 49.
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Give me a moment, I
got to find it here.
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Isaiah 49
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and we're starting at verse 14
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and then we're
going to read 15 and 16.
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"But Zion said, 'The
Lord has forsaken me,
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my Lord has forgotten me.'
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'Can a woman
forget her nursing child,
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and not have compassion
on the son of her womb?
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Yea, they may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
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See, I have inscribed
you on the palms of My hands,
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your walls are
continually before Me.'"
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You are written, my
friend, on the hands of Christ.
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He has nailed pierced hands
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because of our sins.
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And every time He looks
at His nailed pierced hands,
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He thinks of you.
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And you are special to God.
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He's got a purpose for you.
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He wasn't caught napping.
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God knows all about us.
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He sees us. He loves us.
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He's written us on
the palms of His hands.
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Every time He
looks at His hands,
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He thinks of you, you
are a part of His plan.
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God is never surprised.
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Here's the next great truth.
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This is part two of the series.
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God alone ultimately
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has the solution to the ills
that afflict the human race.
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This is a great comfort to me,
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that God alone has
the ultimate solution.
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Are you listening?
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God alone has
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the ultimate
solution to all the ills
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that affect the human
race, including COVID-19.
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Now, there are some good people
in positions of authority,
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I grant that.
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But our hope is not,
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is not in the White
House, whoever occupies it.
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It is not in the Senate.
It is not in the Congress.
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Our salvation is not
in the Supreme Court,
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but in God's court.
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I wish people would
start to believe this
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and start to act as
though they believed in God.
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Australia at present
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seems to have a
very good Prime Minister.
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I admire him.
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The honorable Scott Morrison,
who is a devout Christian,
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who prays daily for the nation.
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He reads his Bible,
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he goes to church,
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he leads his
congregation in prayer.
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But the hope of Australia
is not in this good man.
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The hope of Australia is in God.
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America's hope is in God.
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Look at Isaiah
40:22, 24, 25, 26,
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"It is He who sits
above the circle of the earth,
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and its inhabitants
are like grasshoppers."
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How does that make you feel?
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"Who stretches out the
heavens like a curtain,
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and spreads them out
like a tent to dwell in.
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He brings the
princes to nothing,
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He makes the judges
of the earth useless.
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Scarcely shall they be planted,
scarcely shall they be sown,
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scarcely shall their
stock take root in the earth.
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When He will also blow on
them, and they will wither,
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and the whirlwind
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will take them
away like stubble."
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My friend, the Bible
says, "Don't trust in people.
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Don't trust in
people, trust in God."
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"To whom then will you liken Me,
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or whom shall be my equal?
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says the Holy One.
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Lift up your eyes on high,
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and see who has
created these things,
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who brings out
their host by number,
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He calls them all by name,
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by the greatness of His might
and the strength of His power,
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not one is missing."
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The Bible says,
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"Don't put your
trust in princes.
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Don't put your
trust in presidents.
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Don't put your
trust in prime ministers."
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The Bible says,
"Put your trust in God,"
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because God is the
one great certainty.
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Now I'm just going to
give you a little bit of
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one of my
cogitations and my meditations
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while I've been locked
up because of the pandemic.
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I think the Christians
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are too involved in
politics and political parties,
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especially in the
United States where I live.
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Jesus never belonged
to a political party,
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He knew that
Caesar could not save,
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only the Lord our God saves.
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Will you believe
that my fellow Americans?
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I wish preachers would do
what they are called to do,
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preach the gospel
and get out of politics.
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Look at Mark 3:14,
"Then He appointed twelve,
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that they might be with Him
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and that He might
send them out to" politic,
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no to "preach."
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A minister of the gospel
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is not called to get
mixed up in politics.
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He is called to
preach the Gospel of Christ,
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like Billy Graham did.
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Think of the great
influence of Billy Graham.
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I ask you the question,
00:15:47.68\00:15:49.28
is America better
today without Billy Graham?
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Or was it better
when Billy Graham
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was running
these great campaigns?
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You know, America was better.
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Because he was
preaching the word,
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that's what
ministers are supposed to do,
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not because they don't have
the power of the Holy Spirit,
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they get involved in politics.
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I think of the
great HMS Richards,
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raised up the Voice of Prophecy.
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I heard him preach
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when I was a boy
at Avondale College.
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I still remember the sermon.
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Listen, my fellow
preachers, but our salvation
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is not in
preachers, or politicians,
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or presidents, but in God.
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Isaiah 146:3-5, Isaiah.
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No, I'm sorry, Psalm 146.
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Psalm 146:3-5.
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Notice it.
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"Do not put your
trust in princes,
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nor in a son of man,
in whom there is no help.
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His spirit departs,
he returns to his earth,
00:16:55.28\00:16:58.85
in that very day
his plans perish.
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Happy is he who has the
God of Jacob for his help,
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whose hope is in
the Lord his God."
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Oh, my friend.
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Don't put your trust in
princes, or politicians,
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or presidents,
or prime ministers.
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The Bible says,
"Put your trust in God."
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This is the Word of God.
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So in my quarantine,
00:17:26.14\00:17:29.18
I think of what is
important or more importantly,
00:17:29.21\00:17:32.65
the one who is
important, God and God alone.
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I've had a lot of time to think.
00:17:37.55\00:17:40.02
I've got an empty
studio here today.
00:17:40.06\00:17:42.49
David is upstairs in isolation.
00:17:42.52\00:17:44.93
He's got a tiny
little television crew.
00:17:44.96\00:17:49.76
Just hardly a handful,
they're the salt of the earth.
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And we are continuing on
00:17:54.04\00:17:55.67
because we believe we are called
00:17:55.70\00:17:58.14
to preach the Word of God.
00:17:58.17\00:18:00.28
Now the studio is
empty, but you're watching.
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During my COVID meditations,
I've had the chance to rethink
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what is truly important,
how I've spent my life.
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And I thought once again
that the most important thing
00:18:14.99\00:18:17.53
that we can do is to win
souls to the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:18:17.56\00:18:21.70
Ephesians 2:12-13
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says this,
00:18:26.70\00:18:28.70
"That at that time
you were without Christ,
00:18:28.74\00:18:32.67
being aliens
from the commonwealth
00:18:32.71\00:18:34.68
of Israel and strangers
00:18:34.71\00:18:36.54
from the covenants of promise,
00:18:36.58\00:18:38.08
having no hope and
without God in the world."
00:18:38.11\00:18:41.38
Do you get this?
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Without Christ,
no hope, without God.
00:18:42.78\00:18:45.15
"But now in Christ
Jesus, you who once were far off
00:18:45.19\00:18:48.79
have been brought near
by the blood of Christ."
00:18:48.82\00:18:52.06
Without Christ,
we are without hope,
00:18:52.09\00:18:54.96
we are without God.
00:18:55.00\00:18:56.46
People say, "I
can't believe this."
00:18:56.50\00:18:59.17
Well, this is
what the Bible teaches.
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Romans 10:13-15.
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This is why I believe in
the preaching of the gospel,
00:19:04.07\00:19:07.41
that is why I
believe in evangelism.
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"For 'whoever calls on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.'
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How then shall they call on Him
in whom they have not believed?
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And how shall
they believe in Him
00:19:17.32\00:19:19.69
of whom they have not heard?
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And how shall they
hear without a preacher?
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And how shall they
preach unless they are sent?
00:19:23.86\00:19:26.80
As it is written:
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'How beautiful are the feet
00:19:29.20\00:19:30.53
of those who preach
the gospel of peace,
00:19:30.57\00:19:32.57
who bring glad
tidings of good things!"
00:19:32.60\00:19:37.61
What's important?
00:19:41.38\00:19:43.71
I've been asking
myself this question,
00:19:43.75\00:19:45.31
what is
important, what is important?
00:19:45.35\00:19:48.12
The most
important thing, my friend,
00:19:48.15\00:19:50.49
is the preaching of
the Gospel of Christ.
00:19:50.52\00:19:54.16
I'm going to give you
some of my cogitations.
00:19:54.19\00:19:56.62
Some of you may not
like it, but here it comes.
00:19:56.66\00:20:00.53
I think that too often
the church gets sidetracked
00:20:00.56\00:20:03.40
and gets into all
sorts of worldly enterprises.
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.17
You know, it's true.
00:20:06.20\00:20:09.30
Where I live,
one particular church
00:20:09.34\00:20:12.27
that shall remain anonymous,
00:20:12.31\00:20:16.34
has been involved
doing real estate deals,
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.45
getting involved in
big business developments,
00:20:19.48\00:20:22.08
like Home Depot,
and losing between $42
00:20:22.12\00:20:27.56
and $44 million of God's money.
00:20:27.59\00:20:33.83
And why did
they lose that money?
00:20:33.86\00:20:35.66
Because they didn't have
the blessing of God upon them.
00:20:35.70\00:20:38.37
When you do things like this,
00:20:38.40\00:20:39.73
you remove yourself
from the blessing of God.
00:20:39.77\00:20:42.70
God could not bless them.
00:20:42.74\00:20:44.37
God did not bless them.
00:20:44.41\00:20:47.51
The church is one business,
winning the lost to Christ.
00:20:47.54\00:20:52.15
The Bible calls it evangelism.
00:20:52.18\00:20:56.85
The church is one
business, evangelism.
00:20:56.89\00:21:01.82
The church is not
called to do real estate deals
00:21:01.86\00:21:04.73
and try to make money.
00:21:04.76\00:21:06.49
We are called to
win the lost to Christ.
00:21:06.53\00:21:10.30
Who believes me?
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.23
So I've got no regrets about
my calling to the ministry.
00:21:12.27\00:21:15.64
Our lives have
been spent preaching
00:21:15.67\00:21:17.51
and winning souls.
00:21:17.54\00:21:18.87
That's why we hide
by the grace of God.
00:21:18.91\00:21:22.24
The great Sydney Opera House,
00:21:22.28\00:21:24.41
we hired it for
five months glory.
00:21:24.45\00:21:27.98
That's why we
hide in Los Angeles,
00:21:28.02\00:21:29.85
the great Shrine Auditorium,
downtown Los Angeles.
00:21:29.88\00:21:34.82
That's why we answered
the call and went to Russia.
00:21:34.86\00:21:37.49
In 1991, Bob
Spangler called me and said,
00:21:37.53\00:21:40.03
"We want you to go
and try at Moscow."
00:21:40.06\00:21:42.26
We went and we saw His glory.
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.80
Then we went
through Nizhni Novgorod,
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.90
then to Kiev,
then to St. Petersburg,
00:21:46.94\00:21:50.34
then to Siberia and Irkutsk,
00:21:50.37\00:21:52.84
then to all the great
cities of Russia and Ukraine.
00:21:52.87\00:21:57.45
People say, "Have
you got some regrets?
00:21:57.48\00:21:59.71
Are you sorry
that you didn't end up
00:21:59.75\00:22:01.78
in some office
shuffling papers."
00:22:01.82\00:22:04.79
Are you kidding me?
00:22:04.82\00:22:07.99
This is the most important work
00:22:08.02\00:22:10.69
because it is
dealing with people,
00:22:10.73\00:22:13.40
it is winning souls to Christ.
00:22:13.43\00:22:17.73
Then we went to Africa.
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.80
Wow.
00:22:19.83\00:22:22.00
Then we went to India,
00:22:22.04\00:22:24.27
Central America,
the Solomon Islands.
00:22:24.31\00:22:28.08
PNG, there we saw His glory.
00:22:28.11\00:22:31.21
And I say to you, no reserves,
no retreats, no regrets.
00:22:31.25\00:22:35.38
I have an immense satisfaction.
00:22:35.42\00:22:38.45
Because I've
felt God's blessing.
00:22:38.49\00:22:40.46
I'm immensely satisfied,
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.49
Beverley and I are united
00:22:42.52\00:22:44.86
in the call to
preach the Gospel of Christ.
00:22:44.89\00:22:48.76
That's what a
minister is ordained to do,
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.43
not to sit in an
office and shuffle papers.
00:22:51.47\00:22:54.27
Sorry to tell you that.
00:22:54.30\00:22:56.34
But these are my
cogitations and meditations.
00:22:56.37\00:23:01.44
Here's one other point.
00:23:01.48\00:23:03.81
It seems to this old pilgrim
that the end time prophecies
00:23:03.85\00:23:08.48
are being fulfilled and
that we are nearing home.
00:23:08.52\00:23:13.49
The news from Washington,
Moscow, Beijing, London,
00:23:13.52\00:23:17.86
it all seems
right out of the Bible.
00:23:17.89\00:23:21.13
Look at Luke 21:11 onwards,
00:23:21.16\00:23:25.43
"There will be great
earthquakes in various places,
00:23:25.47\00:23:28.20
and famines and pestilences,
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.04
and there will be fearful sights
00:23:30.07\00:23:31.91
and great signs from heaven.
00:23:31.94\00:23:33.64
But before all these things,
00:23:33.68\00:23:35.51
they will lay their hands on you
00:23:35.54\00:23:37.15
and persecute you,
00:23:37.18\00:23:38.51
delivering you up to
the synagogues and prisons.
00:23:38.55\00:23:41.38
You will be brought
before kings and rulers
00:23:41.42\00:23:43.69
for My name's sake.
00:23:43.72\00:23:45.82
And there will be signs
in the sun, in the moon,
00:23:45.85\00:23:49.69
and in the stars,
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.06
and on the earth
distress of nations,
00:23:51.09\00:23:53.19
with perplexity, the
sea and the waves roaring,
00:23:53.23\00:23:57.70
men's hearts
failing them from fear
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.40
and the
expectation of those things
00:24:00.44\00:24:03.41
which are coming on the earth,
00:24:03.44\00:24:04.77
for the powers of the
heavens will be shaken."
00:24:04.81\00:24:09.64
Goodness, it's like
what we're seeing today,
00:24:09.68\00:24:14.98
great earthquakes, famines,
00:24:15.02\00:24:18.89
pestilences, fearful sights,
00:24:18.92\00:24:23.46
great signs from
heaven, the stress of nations,
00:24:23.49\00:24:27.00
perplexity and fear,
00:24:27.03\00:24:29.70
the powers of
the heavens shaken.
00:24:29.73\00:24:34.74
I don't have time to
talk about Revelation 13.
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.17
Are we going to talk about
Revelation 13 about the lamb
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.91
like beast that
speaks as a dragon?
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.91
I don't have time to
talk about that today,
00:24:42.94\00:24:45.15
because I'm running out of time.
00:24:45.18\00:24:48.18
Isn't the world, the
world is running out of time.
00:24:48.22\00:24:51.02
But the Bible talks about
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.39
a great coalition
of church and state.
00:24:52.42\00:24:55.89
It's being set up today.
00:24:55.92\00:24:58.59
People say, "But this is
what we taught but we can't,
00:24:58.63\00:25:01.43
we find it hard
to believe it now."
00:25:01.46\00:25:05.90
My friend, it is coming to pass.
00:25:05.93\00:25:10.94
What have I thought about?
00:25:10.97\00:25:12.61
I've thought, my friend,
00:25:12.64\00:25:14.68
during the pandemic
00:25:14.71\00:25:17.58
that the Word is true.
00:25:17.61\00:25:21.82
And you and I are going home.
00:25:21.85\00:25:25.35
That's really
good news, isn't it?
00:25:28.62\00:25:32.16
At the end of this rough road,
00:25:32.19\00:25:37.10
there is a bright shining light
00:25:37.13\00:25:39.43
comes from the throne of God.
00:25:39.47\00:25:43.41
Soon and very soon,
00:25:43.44\00:25:46.17
we are going to see the King.
00:25:46.21\00:25:50.48
I want you to have faith
in Jesus today, my friend.
00:25:53.52\00:25:58.09
I want you to trust in the hand
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.16
that was nailed
to the cross for you
00:26:00.19\00:26:03.29
and realize through Christ,
00:26:03.32\00:26:09.93
by God's grace,
00:26:09.96\00:26:12.70
we are going home.
00:26:12.73\00:26:18.91
Home at last.
00:26:18.94\00:26:21.21
Amen.
00:26:21.24\00:26:22.58
To our police,
to those who serve
00:26:26.88\00:26:30.15
and protect us with mercy,
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.45
love, dignity,
compassion, and honor.
00:26:32.49\00:26:37.36
May God bless you.
00:26:37.39\00:26:39.36
Each day there is no task
00:26:39.39\00:26:41.20
that is too
large, no task too small.
00:26:41.23\00:26:45.43
You take the slings and arrows
00:26:45.47\00:26:47.37
that come your way with courage.
00:26:47.40\00:26:50.41
The badge you wear makes
you part of a bigger team.
00:26:50.44\00:26:53.41
But we know you are
each unique in God's eyes.
00:26:53.44\00:26:57.75
You are individual human
beings of a police force.
00:26:57.78\00:27:02.25
The greatest
force is God's love.
00:27:02.28\00:27:05.39
There is no one
who has not experienced
00:27:05.42\00:27:07.82
that love when
you come to their aid.
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.69
We are grateful.
00:27:10.73\00:27:12.26
We know you need our help.
00:27:12.29\00:27:14.16
Working together,
we can live in harmony.
00:27:14.20\00:27:16.67
We pray for the safety of
our homes for our neighbors,
00:27:16.70\00:27:20.10
and for the police that
protect and serve our community.
00:27:20.14\00:27:23.61
In this series,
John Carter will provide
00:27:27.44\00:27:29.88
the answers to life's
most interesting questions.
00:27:29.91\00:27:32.51
Seven great signs
of the apocalypse.
00:27:32.55\00:27:36.18
If the dead are unconscious,
who are the beings that pretend
00:27:36.22\00:27:40.96
to be the dead?
00:27:40.99\00:27:43.26
Is there such a
person as the devil?
00:27:43.29\00:27:46.23
What is the
essence of Antichrist?
00:27:49.63\00:27:51.43
What is the root cause
of this deadly malaise?
00:27:56.77\00:28:02.24
America was founded by people
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.61
who were opposed to the
union of church and state.
00:28:04.65\00:28:10.05
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God who loves us,
00:28:10.09\00:28:12.05
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