After almost 60 years
as a pastor and evangelist,
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John Carter has
touched the lives of millions
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with honesty and integrity.
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He is convinced
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that the answers
to all our questions
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are found in an ancient book.
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Today, he answers
questions that you,
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his viewers have asked.
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John Carter
invites you to listen,
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weigh the evidence and
draw your own conclusions.
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Welcome to questions
and answers about divorce,
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marriage, depression,
rebellious kids, religion,
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and much more.
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Hello, friend,
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welcome today to
the Carter Report
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and a special
welcome to my home,
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because of COVID
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we're doing
television from my home,
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and I'm so glad that
you today have joined us.
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You're a very, very
special guest today.
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So thank you for joining
us today on the Carter Report.
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It is good to be
with you Pastor Carter.
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Paul from New York did not like
the last answer you gave him
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on divorce.
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Can you elaborate?
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Before I try to
answer that question,
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I want to say thank
you to Wayne Hackett.
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He's the voice you
hear in these programs.
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One of the most
recognizable voices
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across the United
States of America.
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And I just want to say
Wayne, I'm so grateful to you
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for the magnificent
parts you play in the ministry
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of the Carter Report.
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Now, here is the answer.
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It has been said
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that the Christian
Church is the only army
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that shoots its wounded.
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Now, I don't know if
that's altogether true.
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I think that may
be a little harsh,
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but it has been said many times
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that the Christian
Church is the only army
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that shoots its wounded.
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And many people
who've had bad marriages
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are part of the wounded
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and the Christian Church
should not be taking pot shots
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at people who've had divorces.
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But however,
having said all of that,
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and I think you
will agree with me.
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I believe that we
have an obligation
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to tell people the
truth from the Bible.
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You see, it's not
my opinion that counts.
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There's a big
difference between my opinion,
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your opinion, and
what may be absolute truth.
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And so let me say this,
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we're not here today
to criticize any person
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because of his
marriage relationship.
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We all need the
grace of God in our lives.
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Every one of us, I
need the grace of God,
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you need the grace of God
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and we need to be
loving and forgiving.
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Let me read you a text here.
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I'm gonna come over
here to Matthew Chapter 19,
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where Jesus is
actually talking about divorce.
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Let me see.
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"Large crowds followed
Him, and He healed them there.
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Some Pharisees came to Him.
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They asked,
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'Is it lawful for a man
to divorce his wife for any
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and every reason.'
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'Haven't you
read it,' he replied,
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'that at the
beginning the Creator made them
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male and female and said,
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for this reason
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a man will leave
his father and mother
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and be united to his wife,
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and the two will
become one flesh.
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So they are no
longer two but one.
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Therefore what God
has joined together,
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let man not separate."
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Now the religious
leaders in the days of Christ
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had thought up
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umpteen dozen ways
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so they could justify divorce.
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And so they had dozens,
even scores of different ways.
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If the lady burnt
the toast for breakfast,
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that was grounds for divorce.
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But Jesus said,
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"The Creator in the beginning
made them male and female."
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So marriage cannot exist
apart from a male and a female.
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I don't wish to offend anybody,
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but I'm not here today
to carry favor with anybody
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or to earn
special brownie points
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in political correctness.
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By the grace of God,
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I'm not here to
tell you my opinion.
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I'm here by the grace of God
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to tell you what the Bible says.
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The Bible is our authority.
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And Jesus said,
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"This business of
putting away your wives,
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just for any reason,
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it's not what God wanted."
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And then He says,
oh wait on, verse 7.
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"Why then they
asked, 'Did Moses command
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that a man give his
wife a certificate of divorce
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and send her away?'"
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So they quote Moses.
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Well, Moses allowed a man
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to give his wife a
certificate of divorce
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and to send her away.
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"Jesus replied,
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'Moses permitted
you to divorce your wife
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because your hearts were hard."
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Goodness.
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"But it was not this
way from the beginning.
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I tell you that
anyone who divorces his wife
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except for
marital unfaithfulness
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and marries another
woman commits adultery."
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Now this is the
Lord Jesus Christ,
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the Creator of the universe,
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the person who gave away
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the first bride in
the Book of Genesis.
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This is our God who
was talking and He says,
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"Any legitimate reason
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for a legitimate divorce
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is fornication."
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Now I'm not trying to
get you to see it my way.
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I'm just giving you the text
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and I want you to
make up your own opinion,
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but I want you to know this.
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Marriage is sacred in
the sight of Almighty God.
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The home is the rock of society.
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If you wanna destroy
society, destroy the home.
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And that's what all
this political correctness,
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all these other substitutions
for the Word of God,
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that's what's
happening to society today,
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the home is being destroyed.
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And by the grace of God,
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today, I want to defend the home
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and your home also, my friend.
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Sally from
Michigan wants to know,
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does your church believe
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that only members of
your religion will be saved?
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Goodness, I wouldn't
wanna belong to a church
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that was so narrow-minded
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that had taught
this exclusive idea
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that only we are going
to go to the kingdom of God.
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What a terrible
church that would be.
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That would be a church
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of super, super,
super duper Pharisees.
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I don't wanna belong to a church
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that is packed
out with Pharisees.
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My church teaches
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that the vast
majority of God's people...
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Now, I am an Adventist,
an Adventist Christian.
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No, I hope I am a
Christian Adventist.
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My church teaches
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that the vast
majority of God's true children
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are not found in our church,
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but they're found in
the Roman Catholic Church,
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the great
Protestant churches and so on.
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I do not believe in
a narrow-minded idea
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that only we and ours
are acceptable to God.
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Now I'm in good company.
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I'm gonna read to
you the words of Jesus.
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And this is Matthew Chapter,
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let me see 8:11.
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Here it comes, Matthew 8:11,
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"I say to you
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that many will come
from the east and the west
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and take their places
of the feast with Abraham,
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Isaac and Jacob in
the kingdom of God.
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But the subjects of the
kingdom will be thrown outside
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into the darkness
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where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth."
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Strong words from Christ.
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Jesus said to the leaders
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of the greatest
established church of His day.
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In the judgment He said,
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people are going to come
from the east and the west,
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people you know nothing about.
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And they're going to sit
down in the kingdom of God.
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My friend, I believe
that God has got a big family,
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don't you?
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I don't believe that
God is narrow-minded.
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I believe that Jesus Christ
is our Lord and our Savior.
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And I believe we're going
to be surprised at the people
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who are in the kingdom of God
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and the people we expect
to be in the kingdom of God
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who are outside
the kingdom of God.
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This comes from
Jason in Montana.
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You tell me you're a
Protestant Christian Adventist.
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What does that mean?
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Well, let me sort
of revise this a bit.
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I think I can say
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that I am a Christian
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Protestant Adventist.
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What does this mean?
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Well, first and
foremost, by the grace of God,
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I am a Christian,
maybe not a very good one.
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You know, I stumble,
I'm falling, I'm getting up,
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I'm fighting on.
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But first and
foremost I am a Christian,
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I follow Christ.
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Jesus said, "I am the
way, the truth and the life."
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He said that I
believe in John Chapter 14,
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Christ said, "I am the
way, the truth and the life."
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And as far as I'm concerned,
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the most important
person in the world is Christ,
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the Lord Jesus
Christ, my Lord and my Savior.
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So firstly, fore mostly
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I am a Christian.
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Then secondly,
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you better wait for this
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because some of my friends
are gonna kind of get confused,
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gonna be writing
me other letters.
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Secondly, I'm a Protestant.
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What on earth is a Protestant?
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A Protestant is a
person who believes
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in the total
authority of Scripture.
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As a Protestant I
believe in Sola Christus.
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That means only Christ.
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Number two, Sola Scriptura,
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only scripture,
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Sola Gratia, only grace,
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Sola Fide, only faith.
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That's a Protestant.
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A person who's not a Protestant
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gets his faith from
some religious hierarchy
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who drops it
down, they drop it down,
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the doctrine on the
heads of the people.
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I don't believe in this.
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I don't believe in
totalitarian systems.
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I don't believe
in infallible popes
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or infallible
committees or hierarchies.
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You see, I am a Christian first.
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And secondly, I am a Protestant.
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And thirdly, I am an Adventist.
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Now, who or
what is an Adventist?
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Well, there's
about 25 million of us
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around the world.
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We believe in
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the old
sufficiency of Scripture.
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Our doctrines are
based on Scripture,
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not based on tradition
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or some other
extra biblical sources.
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We believe in Sola Scriptura.
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We believe, I'm just
quoting the Latin there.
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So you folks think that I'm a,
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you know, a little bit educated
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Sola Christus, only Christ.
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As an Adventist, I believe
the way to the kingdom of God
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is not through my obedience,
but it is through Christ.
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I believe that Christ made
an atoning sacrifice for me
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on the cross.
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And I believe if I
come to Him in true faith,
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repenting of my
sins, I am saved.
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I passed from death to life.
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Now Adventists, we Adventists,
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we also believe in
the keeping of the Sabbath
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and we believe
it's the Lord's Day.
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We believe in the keeping
of the Sabbath as the rest day,
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the blessed day, the best
day, and also the test day.
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And as an Adventist,
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I believe in the soon
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advent of Christ,
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I believe that
Christ is coming soon.
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I believe He's coming
in power and great glory
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to take His people home.
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So I hope that
answers your question.
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It doesn't
confuse you even more.
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So firstly, I'm a Christian.
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Secondly, I'm a Protestant.
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Thirdly, I'm an Adventist.
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Several people in
Hawaii want to know
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if you believe in
talking in tongues?
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I sure do.
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I believe in talking in tongues,
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the tongues that
are taught in the Bible,
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not the tongues
that are practiced
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by some of my friends.
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Now I believe in the
tongues as plainly illustrated
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and amplified and clarified
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in Acts 2:4,
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"All of them were
filled with the Holy Spirit
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and began to
speak in other tongues,"
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or as the Greek
says or the margin says,
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other languages, other tongues,
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"as the Spirit enabled them."
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And then I come down
here to verse 8 and 9.
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It says, "How is it that
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each of us hears them
in his own native language?
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Parthians, Medes and Elamites,
residents of Mesopotamia,
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Judea and Cappadocia,
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Pontus and Asia,
Phrygia and Pamphylia,
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Egypt and the parts
of Libya near Cyrene,
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visitors from Rome,
both Jews and converts
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to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs,
00:15:05.40\00:15:07.94
we hear them
declaring the wonders of God
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in their own tongues!"
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The gift of tongues
was given for evangelism,
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not so that I'm gonna
feel goose bumps all over
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and have warm, fuzzy feelings.
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Tongues was given so that
people who could not understand
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the language
would understand it.
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And so people back
there heard the language
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in their own language.
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They heard the gospel
in their own language.
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This is what I believe in.
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Boy, bless your heart.
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I've seen it happen.
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I've heard it happen.
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Many years ago, I
was in the country town,
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the beautiful town of
Albury on the Victorian
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New South Wales
border in Australia.
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This was many, many years ago.
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A lady came to the
meetings, an old Russian lady.
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Her name was Mrs. Pinta.
00:16:07.23\00:16:10.23
She could hardly
speak a word of English,
00:16:10.27\00:16:14.30
but when I got up and preached,
00:16:14.34\00:16:16.10
she heard
everything I was saying
00:16:16.14\00:16:19.97
in her own language.
00:16:20.01\00:16:22.58
She came to Christ.
00:16:22.61\00:16:25.35
She accepted Christ.
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She was baptized and
she joined the church.
00:16:26.75\00:16:29.25
Glory be to God. Hallelujah!
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Yes, I believe in the tongues
00:16:32.15\00:16:35.99
of the Bible for evangelism.
00:16:36.02\00:16:40.93
Linda from Indiana
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watches you on Three
Angels Broadcasting Network.
00:16:42.46\00:16:45.43
She wonders how
and when you started?
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Well, I just love
the folks at 3ABN.
00:16:49.84\00:16:54.28
We've been
broadcasting with 3ABN
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on 3ABN for going on 34 years.
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That's a very, very long time.
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When I came to the United States
00:17:04.35\00:17:05.85
and went to
Texas with my family.
00:17:05.89\00:17:08.32
And then back in 1987, I
went up to Southern Illinois
00:17:08.36\00:17:13.29
and I met Danny Shelton.
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I met a man that God was using.
00:17:16.06\00:17:19.13
A few years before then
Danny had walked out on a field
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in Southern Illinois,
00:17:22.37\00:17:23.87
near the town of Benton,
not far from West Frankfort.
00:17:23.91\00:17:28.18
I've been there
about 50 times, folks.
00:17:28.21\00:17:30.88
About 50 times, at
least over the years,
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maybe 60 times.
00:17:34.18\00:17:37.82
And Danny had a dream, a vision.
00:17:37.85\00:17:41.96
God put this dream in his mind.
00:17:41.99\00:17:43.99
God put this vision in his soul.
00:17:44.03\00:17:48.96
And God said to
him, "Danny, I want you.
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You are a carpenter.
00:17:51.57\00:17:53.34
I want you to build
a television station
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and preach the gospel
00:17:55.97\00:17:57.87
and the undiluted truths
of the three angels' messages
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to the whole wide world."
00:18:01.74\00:18:03.31
He said, "I want
you to do evangelism,"
00:18:03.35\00:18:06.28
because God said to him,
00:18:06.31\00:18:07.65
"The most important
thing is the communication
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of the Gospel of Christ."
00:18:11.19\00:18:14.32
So Danny said, well,
00:18:14.36\00:18:17.36
got his brother,
and some other folks,
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they measured up otherwise
what would be big enough
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for a television station.
00:18:21.46\00:18:22.80
So they built a
television station.
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And then a bit later
they built a bigger one
00:18:26.23\00:18:28.47
in another location.
00:18:28.50\00:18:30.37
And then they built a big church
00:18:30.41\00:18:32.21
and then they built a school.
00:18:32.24\00:18:34.21
Then they built this
big production center.
00:18:34.24\00:18:37.01
People said, can't be done.
00:18:37.05\00:18:39.51
We meet people
like that all the time.
00:18:39.55\00:18:41.05
Don't you? Can't be done.
00:18:41.08\00:18:43.75
I liked the
words of John Kennedy.
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He said, "We don't ask
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why, we ask why not."
00:18:48.86\00:18:52.63
And Danny is a true American
00:18:52.66\00:18:54.66
who believed that all
things were possible with God.
00:18:54.70\00:18:58.53
He said, "Why not?"
00:18:58.57\00:19:02.10
And we've had a
very special relationship
00:19:02.14\00:19:04.11
with Danny Shelton and 3ABN.
00:19:04.14\00:19:06.34
We respect them.
00:19:06.37\00:19:07.94
They're doers.
00:19:07.98\00:19:09.61
They have an
outreach now that goes
00:19:09.64\00:19:11.68
right around the world
00:19:11.71\00:19:13.05
with all of these
different satellite systems.
00:19:13.08\00:19:16.12
The Carter Report has
been broadcasting with them
00:19:16.15\00:19:19.12
about 10 times a week,
right around the world.
00:19:19.15\00:19:23.02
By the grace of God,
00:19:23.06\00:19:24.39
touching millions and
millions and millions of lives.
00:19:24.43\00:19:29.86
The Carter Report
00:19:29.90\00:19:31.87
is not a part per se of 3ABN,
00:19:31.90\00:19:37.44
but 3ABN are our
partners in evangelism.
00:19:37.47\00:19:42.11
Danny and his team
came with us to Russia.
00:19:42.14\00:19:45.41
And there we saw
thousands, thousands, thousands,
00:19:45.45\00:19:49.95
hundreds of thousands,
even millions of people
00:19:49.98\00:19:52.55
come to these
great gospel meetings.
00:19:52.59\00:19:54.92
And in the city
of Nizhny Novgorod,
00:19:54.96\00:19:56.89
Danny got another one
of his dreams and visions.
00:19:56.93\00:20:00.16
And God told him,
build an evangelism center.
00:20:00.20\00:20:02.96
By the grace of
God, he got it done.
00:20:03.00\00:20:04.83
He got it done.
00:20:04.87\00:20:06.20
And so 3ABN and
the Carter Report
00:20:06.23\00:20:08.00
have been special partners
00:20:08.04\00:20:10.01
in the great work of evangelism.
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.21
We say, "God bless Danny.
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.38
God bless his family.
00:20:14.41\00:20:16.48
And God bless 3ABN."
00:20:16.51\00:20:20.62
My teenage
daughter is out of control
00:20:20.65\00:20:23.32
and she defies me
at every opportunity.
00:20:23.35\00:20:25.72
Frank from Fort Lauderdale asks,
00:20:25.75\00:20:27.92
how can he restore
their relationship?
00:20:27.96\00:20:32.99
That's a tough one.
00:20:33.03\00:20:37.33
I want you to
know this, my friend,
00:20:37.37\00:20:40.64
that God loves you and
God loves your daughter.
00:20:40.67\00:20:44.91
This is a tough one.
00:20:44.94\00:20:47.28
We live in an age where
there are so many voices.
00:20:47.31\00:20:51.68
Young people are being
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.05
torn apart.
00:20:53.08\00:20:54.52
You can pray for your daughter
00:20:59.09\00:21:01.52
when words don't count anymore.
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.26
When she's shouting at
you, don't be shouting back,
00:21:04.29\00:21:07.43
but pray for your daughter
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.53
and tell your
daughter that you love her.
00:21:09.56\00:21:12.60
And don't give
up on your daughter.
00:21:12.63\00:21:14.04
Never, never, never give
up on a rebellious child.
00:21:14.07\00:21:17.77
I want to tell
you that, my friend.
00:21:17.81\00:21:21.41
And remember
this, God understands
00:21:21.44\00:21:23.11
and God sympathizes.
00:21:23.14\00:21:24.48
God had some problems
with His own children,
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.21
didn't He?
00:21:26.25\00:21:27.72
God lost a third of
the angels in heaven.
00:21:27.75\00:21:30.49
They were part of His family.
00:21:30.52\00:21:31.85
You think,
one-third of his family
00:21:31.89\00:21:33.86
turned away from Him.
00:21:33.89\00:21:37.69
So God has got
the heart of a father
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.93
and the heart of a mother.
00:21:39.96\00:21:42.43
God knows what it is
to feel this searing pain
00:21:42.46\00:21:47.67
in the heart.
00:21:47.70\00:21:52.81
So don't give up.
Don't get discouraged.
00:21:52.84\00:21:55.14
Believe that all
things are possible with God.
00:21:55.18\00:21:58.35
Nothing is so desperate
that you have to just give up.
00:21:58.38\00:22:02.68
No, no, no.
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.05
Hold on, the morning is coming.
00:22:04.09\00:22:07.89
Pray for your daughter.
00:22:07.92\00:22:10.03
Love your daughter.
00:22:10.06\00:22:11.89
Don't raise your voice.
00:22:11.93\00:22:16.16
Sometimes I'm
told, this may help.
00:22:16.20\00:22:20.44
I've known parents
00:22:20.47\00:22:21.80
who've had a
completely rebellious son
00:22:21.84\00:22:24.84
or daughter.
00:22:24.87\00:22:26.44
They've tried everything.
00:22:26.47\00:22:29.64
And in the end, they've sat down
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.25
and they've written
to that beloved daughter
00:22:31.28\00:22:34.05
or son a letter.
00:22:34.08\00:22:36.05
And they say
something like this,
00:22:36.08\00:22:40.06
you've got the
privilege of choosing
00:22:40.09\00:22:43.26
what you want to do.
00:22:43.29\00:22:46.59
God made you that way.
00:22:46.63\00:22:50.27
So we're going to
give you up to God,
00:22:50.30\00:22:53.94
and we're going to let you know
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.57
that you are now
responsible for your actions.
00:22:56.60\00:23:00.08
We're not going to
be telling you any more
00:23:00.11\00:23:01.74
what you ought to do.
00:23:01.78\00:23:05.88
And so now
00:23:05.91\00:23:07.92
you are fully in
charge of your own life
00:23:07.95\00:23:11.55
and we won't be
telling you anymore,
00:23:11.59\00:23:17.53
but we'll be praying for you.
00:23:17.56\00:23:21.76
And when you need
us, we're here for you.
00:23:21.80\00:23:26.97
And so I say to you,
beloved mother, beloved father,
00:23:27.00\00:23:32.07
don't give up
on that teenage boy
00:23:32.11\00:23:34.04
or that teenage girl.
00:23:34.08\00:23:35.94
Remember it's not
over until it's over.
00:23:35.98\00:23:39.45
And then it ain't over.
00:23:39.48\00:23:44.99
Dan in Arizona is watching
more and more young people
00:23:45.02\00:23:49.32
leave his church.
00:23:49.36\00:23:50.99
Is there a way
to bring them back?
00:23:51.03\00:23:55.50
I think I can
say, I feel your pain.
00:23:55.53\00:23:57.73
I feel tremendously.
00:23:57.77\00:24:00.07
You feel tremendously.
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.84
We don't have hearts of rock.
00:24:02.87\00:24:07.11
God understands this too,
00:24:07.14\00:24:08.48
because God lost a
lot of His own children.
00:24:08.51\00:24:10.31
You think how God feels
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.81
when He looks down at this world
00:24:11.85\00:24:13.72
and He sees the hell
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.48
that we've
turned this world into.
00:24:15.52\00:24:20.36
The pull of the
world is tremendous.
00:24:20.39\00:24:24.89
I turn on the
internet, television,
00:24:24.93\00:24:28.80
the pull of the world,
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.97
the voices.
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.33
So many voices,
many of those voices
00:24:32.37\00:24:34.84
are representative
of the voices of Satan.
00:24:34.87\00:24:39.74
So they're
young, they're immature,
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.48
they don't know what's going on.
00:24:41.51\00:24:42.84
And they give into
their natural urges.
00:24:42.88\00:24:48.18
And sometimes
00:24:48.22\00:24:50.32
the church lets
down pretty badly.
00:24:50.35\00:24:54.46
Many young people
have left the church
00:24:54.49\00:24:56.09
because of cold,
00:24:56.12\00:24:57.56
critical
Pharisees in the church.
00:24:57.59\00:25:00.56
I'm not saying
this to offend anybody,
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.26
but you know it's true.
00:25:02.30\00:25:07.34
You never going to
get a sun tan, my friend,
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.17
sitting in a refrigerator.
00:25:09.20\00:25:12.04
And sadly some churches
are not like the warm sunshine,
00:25:12.07\00:25:15.94
they're like refrigerators.
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.78
And people go
along to those places
00:25:17.81\00:25:19.81
and they go
there to get a sun tan
00:25:19.85\00:25:22.25
with the love of God
00:25:22.28\00:25:25.05
and they get frostbite.
00:25:25.09\00:25:27.32
So the church needs to be warm
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.06
and loving and welcoming
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.69
and even when
young people mess up,
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.16
the church needs to say,
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.27
we understand
you and we love you,
00:25:37.30\00:25:40.57
and we care for you.
00:25:40.60\00:25:41.94
But remember, as I said before,
it's not over until it's over.
00:25:41.97\00:25:46.98
And then it's not over.
00:25:47.01\00:25:50.15
God is working on the
hearts of our young people
00:25:50.18\00:25:52.85
to bring them back.
00:25:52.88\00:25:54.22
And may He use us to
help in this process.
00:25:54.25\00:25:57.19
Jesus said, "All
authority has been given to Me
00:26:12.40\00:26:15.57
in heaven and on earth.
00:26:15.60\00:26:18.07
Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
00:26:18.11\00:26:22.28
baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.71
and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit."
00:26:24.75\00:26:30.05
John Carter Reports,
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as the Gospel of Christ
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