Some of the largest crowds
in the history of Christianity
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attended the Carter Report
in the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Who were these people?
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Well, they were
earnest seekers for truth
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with hearts strangely
warmed by the love of God.
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They came hungry for God.
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And they listened to
His Word with a holy awe,
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mingled with a
divine excitement.
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When the
invitation to accept Christ
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as Lord and Savior was
given, thousands surged forward.
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The fervency and
devotion of these seekers
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displayed the
miracle working power
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of the Holy
Spirit in their lives.
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You are now invited to
join this mighty congregation
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as Pastor John Carter
forthrightly proclaims
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the message hot
from the heart of God.
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Welcome to the Carter Report
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in the Sir John
Guise National Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Some time ago, I was speaking
with a well known Hebrew scholar
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who was my friend Yohanan Eldad.
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And there we have a copy
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of the Dead Sea
Scrolls, the Isaiah manuscript.
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It is almost totally
intact, it is all there.
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I got Yohanan to
read it in the Hebrew
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and I read it in the English.
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I took out my Bible and I
read Isaiah 1 verse by verse,
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he read the
Hebrew verse by verse.
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And I turned to
him and I said to him
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and he translated, I
said, "Yohanan, it is the same."
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He said, "Yes, this
is the very word of God
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that God Himself preserved
for the world and for us.
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Amazing. Listen, listen.
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For many years,
skeptics had said,
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you can't believe the Bible
because it is being changed
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not once, it is being
changed a thousand times.
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The Bible they said
is full of mistakes,
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it is full of errors.
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And then God placed in our hands
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the very Bible that
Jesus used from His era.
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And when scholars
compared our translation
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of the word of God
that you have in your hands
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and that you have in your homes.
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And when they compared it
with the Dead Sea Scrolls,
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the verdict was God
has preserved the Bible
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and it has not been changed.
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Today, the word of God
remains the word of God.
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Thank God. Thank God.
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We have it, my friend.
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That was the greatest,
the most wonderful discovery
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I think in the
history of the world
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at least as far as
archeology is concerned.
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How can you my friend,
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how can you get
anything more important,
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how can you get
anything more illustrious,
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how can you get
anything more precious
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than the living
word of the Living God?
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But the question that we're
going to ask tonight is this.
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Can we understand the
message of this ancient book?
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People tell me this.
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I've heard they
say an ordinary person
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cannot
understand the Scriptures.
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They say you got
to go to a seminary
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and you got to
go there for years,
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because an ordinary
person like you and me
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cannot understand the
word of God for ourselves.
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But tonight I'm
here to tell you this,
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I don't care who you are.
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If you come to God
with an open heart,
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God will give you the wisdom
that you need to understand
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the message of the word of God.
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And He'll do this for
you because you are His child
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and you are the
love of His life.
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Did you know this, you
are the love of His life?
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When God looks down
and sees you here tonight,
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He says, I love you.
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You may say
nobody, nobody loves me.
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Little girl
said once at a party,
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she said, nobody
don't ever love me.
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I'm here to tell you tonight
God loves you, I love you.
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God loves you.
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You may feel a
millions miles from God tonight,
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I want you to know
tonight that God is here
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by the presence of
the Holy Spirit tonight.
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He's here tonight
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and the message of the
word of God is I love you.
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Can a person
understand this book?
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We're gonna take the Bible,
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I'm going to take my
Bible that I love so much.
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I read it
everyday because I need to.
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And I'm going to turn in
my Bible to 2 Timothy 3:16.
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And these are the words
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of one of the greatest
preachers and theologians
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that the world has ever seen
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and that is the Apostle Paul.
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2 Timothy 3:16, "All
Scripture is God-breathed
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and is useful for
teaching, rebuking,
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correcting and
training in righteousness."
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The Bible says
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that the Scripture
is inspired by God.
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I want you to know this tonight.
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The Bible is not like
any other book in the world.
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It's not just a
book, it's science.
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It's not just a book
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that talks about health
and all of those things.
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It is not an ordinary book,
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it is a book that was inspired
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by the God who
made the universe.
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I'm here to tell you
folks starting tonight,
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if you take the message
of the Bible into your heart,
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into your home
and into your soul,
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you are going
to be a new person.
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Hey, you say to me, I
can never be a new person.
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You don't know what
bad things that I've done.
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I want you to know God knows
what bad things you've done.
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But God is willing
to forgive you your sins
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and make you into a
brand new wonderful person
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who knows peace
and joy and happiness.
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Listen to me.
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God can take despair
and turn it into hope.
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God can take hate and
the world is filled with it.
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God can take hate
and turn it into love.
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God can take death
and turn it into life.
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God can take sorrow and
He can turn it into joy.
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Now listen to me.
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I tell you these things
because I know it's true.
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I'm not making this stuff up.
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I tell it to you because
I've seen it with my own eyes,
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I tell you I've seen it.
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Listen, listen.
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I went to Russia when the
communist was still there.
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You know, how many people
the communist put to death
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during the 70 years
ofthe reign of atheism?
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Don't tell me
atheism is a good thing.
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The Russian
atheists put to death
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between 50 and
70 million people,
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50 and 70 million people.
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I went there and I
met with thousands,
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hundreds of
thousands, even millions
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of Russians and Ukrainians.
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There were people,
some of them the old folks
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that lived during the
terrible time of Stalin.
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They'd seen the blood,
they'd seen the tortures.
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I saw people who
were so depressed
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that they couldn't take
their eyes off the ground,
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they greeted me like this.
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One night I said
to a vast audience,
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how many people in
this vast audience,
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how many suffer
here from depression?
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You know what?
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Everybody put up
his hand, even children.
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Atheism tore their
hearts out of Russia.
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They plotted out the
Son and the people were told
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you are not human beings,
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you are animals,
you are machines.
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And there is no God,
and there is no heaven,
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and there is no Christ.
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I'm gonna tell you something.
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In Kiev I spoke
at the very place
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where Khrushchev told the people
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that the name of
Christ would be plotted
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from Russia and
Ukraine and around the world.
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Khrushchev said, atheism is
going to win, Christ is dead.
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But I want to tell
you folks something,
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Khrushchev is dead
and Christ is alive.
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Did you hear this?
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Khrushchev is dead,
Lenin is dead, Stalin is dead,
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but Jesus is alive
and He is coming back
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in power and great
glory, hallelujah. Praise God.
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Now, I've run meetings
in Moscow, in St Petersburg,
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all the great cities of Russia
and the great cities of Ukraine.
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I'm going to show you a
four or five minute clip
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of a baptism that was
held in the Dnieper River
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in the very
place, in the very city
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where Khrushchev
said, "Christ is dead
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and we're going to
wipe cut off His throne."
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This is a baptism of people
who used to be communists,
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atheists, people
filled with despair,
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and hopelessness, and hate.
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I want you to see it.
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Who were this people
who've come for baptism?
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What had brought them
to this place at this time?
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They were people who
had been born and bread
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in atheism and communism.
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They were people who
had seen their nation
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ravaged by the
reign of monsters,
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whose lives have been
brutalized by the most corrupt
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and oppressive
system known to man.
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They were young
and there were old.
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They were old women whose
husbands had been murdered
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by blood thirsty dictators.
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They were young people longing
for a new and better life.
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They were old men
who would somehow survive
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the bloody purges of
Marxist demons in human form.
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Old soldiers who
had lived through
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more suffering and
sorrow than we can comprehend.
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They were God's children,
frail, stumbling, courageous
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with hearts
strangely warmed by a new hope.
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They were part of a great
multitude of every kindred,
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tongue and people
redeemed by the grace of God
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and washed in the
blood of the Lamb.
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Here in 19 of which,
50 pastors and elders
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under the
direction of Pastor Carter
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baptized 2,817 precious souls.
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For each of these new
beloved brothers and sisters
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along with another 671
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who were baptized
during the following two weeks.
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We say, glory be to the Father
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and to the Son and
to the Holy Spirit.
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Let the world
and the church know
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we serve a mighty God
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and the victory of Kiev
was brought not by might
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nor by power, but
by His Holy Spirit.
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Glory, hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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If God can do it for
atheists and communists,
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He can do it for you
and He can do it for me,
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because the word of God
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has got the power of
the Almighty Creator.
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And we're here tonight to
talk about the power of God.
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Now listen, let me
tell you folks something.
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Dead Sea Scrolls tells
us the Bible can be trusted.
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But how can we understand it?
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No, it's got the power of God.
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How can we understand it?
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I'm going to show
you a method tonight
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that will help you to know
that you will know in your soul
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that you do understand
the message of God for you.
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I'm going to take my Bible
over here that's on this desk
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and I'm going to come
over here in my Bible,
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I'm using the New
International Version.
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And I'm going to turn
over here in the Scriptures
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to 1 Corinthians
2:14, here it is.
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1 Corinthians 2:14, I'm
going to put it up for you,
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my great team are
going to put it up.
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But I'm going to read
it here out of my Bible,
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so we're just going to do this
because I want you to hear it.
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The Bible says, "The
man without the Spirit
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does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of God
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for they are foolishness to him,
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and he cannot understand them
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because they are
spiritually discerned."
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The Bible says a man
without the Spirit of God
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cannot
understand the Scriptures.
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That is why we open up
our hearts in these meetings
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to the Holy Spirit and
we say, "Come, Holy Spirit."
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But here we got
it, the Bibles says,
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it's got to be
spiritually discerned.
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Now I'm going to
tell you something else,
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I think it's in the
Book of Luke, I think so.
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Hey, here we go, there it is.
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My guys, so good.
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"And beginning with
Moses," this is about Jesus.
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"And all the
Prophets, He explained to them
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what was said in
all the Scriptures
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concerning Himself."
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When Jesus wanted people
to understand the Scriptures,
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He didn't take just one
little portion of the Bible,
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Jesus took all Scripture
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and He took a text here
and He took a text there.
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And He took a passage there
and He put it all together.
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And, my friend, when you
take all the text together,
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you are going to discover
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the entire truth
of the word of God.
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You see, you should
not just take one text,
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some preachers take one text
and they take no other text.
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If you take one text,
you can go in any direction,
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but if you get all
the text on that subject
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you are going to
find the will of God
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and you are going to discover
God's plan for your life.
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Now Bible writers
spoke about many things.
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They spoke about forgiveness
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and death and
spiritism, that's Friday night.
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They spoke about
contacting the dead,
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they spoke about the demons.
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They spoke about heaven,
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they spoke about the antichrist.
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Next week I'm going to
speak about the antichrist.
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I don't know where
we're going to put the crowd.
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We're going to have
200,000 people here.
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Bible writers spoke
about family and divorce
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and human sexuality and
they spoke about health.
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And Bible writers spoke
about money and prosperity.
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Now I'm going to show you
how the Bible can be understood
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by comparing the
texts of the Bible.
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This talk is an illustration
of the teachings of Christ
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on how to study and
understand the Bible.
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I'm going to talk now
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about the coming of
Christ the second time.
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The first text I'm going to take
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in the Bible is John 14:1-3.
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And this is what
Jesus is talking about.
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Notice what He said.
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"Do not let your
hearts be troubled."
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Do you worry?
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Well sometimes I worry,
but Jesus said it's wrong.
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"Trust in God, trust also in Me.
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In my Father's
house are many rooms,
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I am going there to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you."
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All right, say this with me.
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"I will come back and
take you to be with Me."
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He said this, "That you
also may be where I am."
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Jesus said, I will come back
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and it says in
the King James Version
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that I love very much,
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I'm going to put it up
here on the blackboard, okay.
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Are you having a good
time here tonight? Yes.
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Are you glad that you
are here tonight? Yes.
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I tell you God is here
tonight and God is blessing us
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I can feel the Spirit of
the Living God in this place.
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Jesus said, I will.
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When He says it,
you can believe it,
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I will come again.
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He said, I will come back,
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that's why I call
this talk sometimes dead,
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buried, resurrected
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and coming back soon to see you.
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So that's the first truth.
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What does the Bible
say on this subject?
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It's plain, the Bible says,
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Jesus said, I will come again
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and people say, He's
not gonna come again,
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you're not telling the truth.
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Jesus said, I will come again.
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Now the question is
how will He come again?
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Some people have got
crazy ideas on this subject.
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Some people say
He's already come.
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And what does the Bible say?
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Well, I'm going
to turn in the Bible
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in my Bible to Acts 1:9-11.
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I just love this book.
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It's got the power of God in it.
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Acts 1:9-11 and
for your convenience
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we're gonna put it on the screen
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and we're gonna
read it with you.
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"After he said
this, he was taken up
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before their very eyes,
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and a cloud hid
him from their sight.
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They were looking intently
up into the sky as he was going,
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when suddenly two men dressed
in white stood beside them."
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Angels, "'Men of
Galilee,' they said
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'why do you stand
here looking into the sky?
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This same Jesus, who has
been taken from you into heaven,
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will come back in the same way
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you have seen
him go into heaven.'"
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The Bible says it is not
going to be a different Jesus.
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The Bible says it is
going to be the same Jesus
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and He's going to come back
in the same way He went away,
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He went away visibly,
He went away personally
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and therefore He's
going to come back personally,
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He's going to come back visibly.
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He's not going to
come back as a spirit.
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On one occasion
after the resurrection,
00:24:15.23\00:24:17.86
Jesus was meeting
with His disciples.
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And they were scared to death.
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When they saw Him they thought
He was a ghost or a spirit.
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And Jesus said,
"Handle me and see
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for a spirit or a ghost
doesn't have flesh and bones.
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As you see that I have"
and then He ate some fish.
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I want you to know
that Jesus is alive
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and He is a real person.
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And when Jesus
comes back in glory,
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He is coming
back as a real person
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and you will see Him.
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Number 2, I'm gonna
turn now to Revelation 1:7,
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Revelation 1:7 and we're
going to turn to the last book.
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You know what a
beautiful night I'm up here,
00:25:18.78\00:25:21.01
it's blowing me around
a bit but this is about
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the best place for
speaking in the world.
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Just beautiful
climate here tonight,
00:25:27.22\00:25:30.26
a beautiful breeze
blowing, we say thank You, God.
00:25:30.29\00:25:34.26
And I'm going to
read now Revelation 1:7.
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You're ready for this?
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"Look, He is
coming with the clouds,
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and every eye
will see Him." Wow.
00:25:42.81\00:25:46.78
"Even those who pierced Him,
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and all the peoples of the
earth will mourn because of Him.
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So shall it be! Amen."
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The Bible says, the
same Jesus is coming back
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and then the Bible says,
00:26:00.60\00:26:03.13
He is going to
come back visibly,
00:26:03.16\00:26:06.43
did you see that?
00:26:06.46\00:26:07.83
It's gonna be real birth.
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When He comes back,
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.71
the people of Port
Moresby are going to see Him.
00:26:13.74\00:26:17.91
That's why we need to
get ready to meet Him.
00:26:17.94\00:26:20.00
The people all around
the world are going to see.
00:26:21.37\00:26:25.33
He's going to come
back and with the angels,
00:26:25.36\00:26:28.76
He is going to fill the heavens.
00:26:28.79\00:26:30.75
You are going to see Him.
00:26:30.78\00:26:33.10
That's why my beloved
friends in Papua New Guinea,
00:26:35.74\00:26:41.28
I say to this
vast audience tonight,
00:26:41.31\00:26:44.52
we shall see the King.
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Now here's another text,
you see I'm taking one text here
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and another text
here and another text here
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and I'm putting all
of the texts together
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and we're
getting the truth of God.
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Now here's the text,
He's going to come back,
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Matthew 24:30,
31. Matthew 24:30, 31.
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and you and I are going to
read it out of the screens.
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I'm told last night
there were so many people here,
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.44
there were people in
another football field
00:27:15.47\00:27:18.83
and I couldn't see it.
00:27:18.86\00:27:20.28
They couldn't see the text,
they couldn't see the screens.
00:27:20.31\00:27:23.53
But they could
hear the word of God
00:27:23.56\00:27:25.89
and I want them
to know this tonight
00:27:25.92\00:27:28.02
even if you can't
get into this place,
00:27:28.05\00:27:30.05
the word of God is with power
00:27:30.08\00:27:33.06
and the word of
God will save you,
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if you turn to God tonight.
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Here's the text.
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My guys tonight are
doing such a fantastic job.
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"At the time the
sign of the Son of Man
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will appear in the sky,
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and all the nations
of the earth will mourn.
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.81
They will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of the sky,
00:27:52.84\00:27:57.16
with power and great glory.
00:27:57.19\00:28:03.02
He will send His angels
with a loud trumpet call,
00:28:03.05\00:28:06.50
and they will gather His
elect from the four winds,
00:28:06.53\00:28:09.31
from one end of the
heavens to the other."
00:28:09.34\00:28:12.78
Can you just think about this?
00:28:12.81\00:28:17.09
Look at these great
pictures on the screen,
00:28:17.12\00:28:18.98
isn't this tremendous?
00:28:19.01\00:28:21.18
Just imagine when Christ
comes back to Papua New Guinea,
00:28:21.21\00:28:25.72
when He comes back to New York,
00:28:25.75\00:28:27.56
when He comes
back to my hometown,
00:28:27.59\00:28:30.65
the city of Los Angeles,
00:28:30.68\00:28:32.20
when He comes back
to Brisbane or Sydney,
00:28:32.23\00:28:34.61
the sky from north to south,
00:28:34.64\00:28:39.01
from east to west
is going to be filled
00:28:39.04\00:28:42.55
with these mighty
angelic messengers.
00:28:42.58\00:28:46.97
The mighty angels of God
00:28:47.00\00:28:49.00
and Christ will come
in power and great glory.
00:28:49.03\00:28:53.09
My friend, it is the truth.
00:28:55.71\00:28:57.63
He is the stone,
He is the mighty stone
00:28:58.81\00:29:02.04
that comes and smites the image.
00:29:02.07\00:29:06.18
The Spirit of
God today is moving.
00:29:08.03\00:29:10.84
He is moving wherever
human hearts sense their need.
00:29:10.87\00:29:13.76
He is moving whenever
00:29:13.79\00:29:15.19
and wherever
souls reach out to Him.
00:29:15.22\00:29:17.82
He is moving because
these are not ordinary times.
00:29:17.85\00:29:21.39
He is moving
through the proclamation
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.46
of His living word.
00:29:23.49\00:29:25.30
During the Port
Moresby meetings,
00:29:25.33\00:29:27.25
the Spirit of God
was powerfully present.
00:29:27.28\00:29:30.07
One evening, as
Pastor John Carter
00:29:30.10\00:29:31.87
spoke about the Holy Spirit
and His work to redeem souls,
00:29:31.90\00:29:35.24
a huge white bird
flew low over the audience.
00:29:35.27\00:29:38.77
The congregation of more
than 100,000 witnessed the sight
00:29:38.80\00:29:42.01
and believed that
God had sent them a sign.
00:29:42.04\00:29:45.52
Tens of thousands poured forward
00:29:45.55\00:29:48.11
to accept Christ
as Lord and Savior.
00:29:48.14\00:29:50.67
God today is calling you,
00:29:50.70\00:29:52.78
as you view this
program to come to Him in faith.
00:29:52.81\00:29:55.76
The work of the Holy
Spirit is not restricted
00:29:55.79\00:29:58.04
to any one place on earth
wherever you are, He is there.
00:29:58.07\00:30:02.42
God loves you.
00:30:02.45\00:30:03.82
He has a plan for you
and a glorious future.
00:30:03.85\00:30:07.33
Now, I'm gonna give another
text to see what we're doing,
00:30:10.27\00:30:13.38
can you see what
I'm trying to do?
00:30:13.41\00:30:15.16
We are going from text to text,
00:30:15.19\00:30:17.56
we're building a case for truth.
00:30:17.59\00:30:19.70
Now we ask the
question of the Bible.
00:30:19.73\00:30:22.36
You see, I'm not telling you
00:30:22.39\00:30:24.12
how a church
interprets the Bible.
00:30:24.15\00:30:26.30
I'm not here tonight to tell you
00:30:26.33\00:30:28.15
what my church
believes about the Bible.
00:30:28.18\00:30:30.40
I'm not here to tell you
00:30:30.43\00:30:31.80
what the Roman
Catholics believe, I love them.
00:30:31.83\00:30:33.57
I'm not here to tell you
00:30:33.60\00:30:34.97
what the Baptists
believe, I love them.
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.58
I'm not here to tell you
00:30:36.61\00:30:37.98
what the Methodists
believe, I love them.
00:30:38.01\00:30:39.82
I'm not here to tell you
00:30:39.85\00:30:41.22
what the Adventists
believe, I love them.
00:30:41.25\00:30:43.01
I'm here to tell you
what the word of God says.
00:30:43.04\00:30:45.79
You get it my friend.
00:30:45.82\00:30:47.80
So we're talking
tonight from the Bible.
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Okay. Why will Christ return?
00:30:51.53\00:30:56.08
The Bible says He's coming back,
00:30:56.11\00:30:58.54
number one, to
raise the righteous dead.
00:30:58.57\00:31:05.39
I'm turning in the Bible
here to 1 Thessalonians 4:16,
00:31:05.42\00:31:12.60
first just give me a
moment to find it in the Bible.
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.99
1 Thessalonians 4 and we're
going to put it on the screen
00:31:16.02\00:31:20.61
and I'm going to
read it from my Bible
00:31:20.64\00:31:23.25
and you are going to
read it off the screen.
00:31:23.28\00:31:25.17
How does that suit you?
00:31:25.20\00:31:27.31
The Bible says,
"For the Lord Himself
00:31:27.34\00:31:30.85
will come down from
heaven, with a loud command."
00:31:30.88\00:31:35.98
It's gonna be pretty noisy.
00:31:36.01\00:31:37.83
"With the voice of the archangel
00:31:37.86\00:31:40.37
and with the
trumpet call of God,
00:31:40.40\00:31:42.82
and the dead in
Christ will rise first."
00:31:42.85\00:31:47.54
He's coming back
to raise the dead.
00:31:47.57\00:31:51.79
When I was a young man living
for a while in North Queensland,
00:31:53.07\00:31:58.60
I had a series of
meetings in the town of Mackay.
00:31:59.82\00:32:03.84
You know it? Mackay.
00:32:03.87\00:32:06.47
A family came along there
from a poor part of Europe.
00:32:06.50\00:32:10.79
And the father
whose name was Jimmy
00:32:10.82\00:32:12.93
came along to the meetings
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.51
and he brought his little
girl whose name was Esther.
00:32:14.54\00:32:21.76
Do you know what Esther means?
00:32:22.83\00:32:25.89
It means star.
00:32:25.92\00:32:28.21
And this little girl
who came to the meetings,
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.42
this little star
was just a little thing.
00:32:34.07\00:32:36.13
Those people
were dreadfully poor.
00:32:37.87\00:32:40.51
They had come from this
00:32:40.54\00:32:42.05
dreadfully poor
place in the Mediterranean.
00:32:42.08\00:32:46.20
My wife Beverly said to me
00:32:46.23\00:32:48.08
why don't we take her
to our home for a weekend.
00:32:48.11\00:32:51.70
And we'll scrub her up
and make her into a princess.
00:32:51.73\00:32:56.35
We'll do her hair
and we'll clean her.
00:32:56.38\00:33:00.25
And we'll buy her new shoes
00:33:00.28\00:33:02.23
and we'll get her a
pretty little dress.
00:33:02.26\00:33:05.12
That was on
Saturday and Jimmy said, yes,
00:33:07.50\00:33:11.56
you can come and
get my little star.
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.95
But the next
Thursday the phone rang,
00:33:18.32\00:33:21.10
somebody said you need
to go out to Jimmy's place
00:33:23.05\00:33:26.66
out on the sugarcane farm.
00:33:26.69\00:33:29.95
When we got out
there we heard the story.
00:33:29.98\00:33:33.05
Jimmy's wife was an
alcoholic. I hate alcohol.
00:33:35.11\00:33:40.10
So now you know
what I think about that.
00:33:42.77\00:33:45.13
How it destroys nations,
how it destroyed Russia,
00:33:46.54\00:33:51.29
how it's destroying so
many people here in PNG.
00:33:51.32\00:33:55.72
Bible says, "Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging,
00:33:58.56\00:34:03.83
whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise."
00:34:03.86\00:34:07.77
Anyhow, she was drunk,
00:34:07.80\00:34:11.84
so Jimmy took
little Esther with him
00:34:11.87\00:34:14.40
on the tractor that day.
00:34:14.43\00:34:16.05
Because she
wanted to go with daddy
00:34:16.08\00:34:18.05
and she didn't have a
mommy who looked after her
00:34:18.08\00:34:21.28
'cause she was drunk.
00:34:21.31\00:34:23.07
You know the huge big
wheels these tractors have.
00:34:27.62\00:34:31.34
Well, little Esther
stood with her daddy,
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.09
he sat on the seat,
she stood beside him.
00:34:34.12\00:34:38.44
And as they were
bumping over the ground,
00:34:38.47\00:34:42.43
the little girl fell off
00:34:42.46\00:34:44.90
and the wheel
went over her body.
00:34:44.93\00:34:48.61
And she was killed,
00:34:52.36\00:34:54.52
I was asked to
bury this little star.
00:34:54.55\00:34:58.33
I will never
forget that little coffin
00:35:02.03\00:35:06.24
that Jimmy
carried in his own arms.
00:35:06.27\00:35:10.44
And as we put that
little girl down into the grave,
00:35:10.47\00:35:14.67
I told them this
little star will shine again.
00:35:14.70\00:35:22.36
This little star
will shine again.
00:35:22.39\00:35:26.10
I want you to know if you
die with your faith in Christ,
00:35:26.13\00:35:30.32
you are going to live again.
00:35:30.35\00:35:32.37
God is going to
raise you from the grave.
00:35:32.40\00:35:35.46
I want you to know,
00:35:35.49\00:35:36.86
I don't care who you
are, death is not the end.
00:35:36.89\00:35:40.50
I want to tell you
death is not the end.
00:35:40.53\00:35:44.56
Jesus rose from the dead
00:35:44.59\00:35:46.93
and Jesus gave
the devil a licking.
00:35:46.96\00:35:50.49
Christ is alive and
He's going to come back
00:35:50.52\00:35:53.27
and He's going
to raise the dead.
00:35:53.30\00:35:56.77
I want you to know that.
00:35:56.80\00:35:58.81
Imagine being an atheist
and having no hope, no joy.
00:36:00.56\00:36:05.95
He's coming back
to raise the dead
00:36:05.98\00:36:08.16
and He's coming back.
00:36:08.19\00:36:09.56
Number two, to
translate the righteous living,
00:36:09.59\00:36:13.31
that means to
give them new bodies.
00:36:13.34\00:36:16.13
I'm turning now to another text,
00:36:16.16\00:36:17.84
you see one text here, one
text there, one text there.
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.74
I'm turning to 1
Corinthians 15:51-55.
00:36:20.77\00:36:27.67
I'm gonna read it to
you right off the screen.
00:36:27.70\00:36:30.53
These are the
words of Holy Scripture.
00:36:30.56\00:36:35.51
See tonight we're not
just taking a text here
00:36:35.54\00:36:37.46
and twisting it.
00:36:37.49\00:36:39.97
We're letting the
Bible speaks for itself.
00:36:40.00\00:36:43.31
This is not my interpretation,
it is the teaching of the Bible.
00:36:43.34\00:36:47.99
"Listen, I tell you a mystery."
00:36:48.02\00:36:52.22
The Bible says, "We
will not all sleep,"
00:36:52.25\00:36:54.85
that means we won't all die.
00:36:54.88\00:36:57.32
"But we will all be
changed-- in a flash,
00:36:57.35\00:37:00.93
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet.
00:37:00.96\00:37:04.95
For the trumpet will
sound, the trumpet will sound,
00:37:04.98\00:37:10.54
the dead will be
raised imperishable,
00:37:10.57\00:37:14.63
and we will be changed.
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.78
For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable
00:37:16.81\00:37:21.84
and the mortal
with immortality...
00:37:21.87\00:37:25.54
then the saying that
is written will come true,
00:37:25.57\00:37:28.27
'Death has been
swallowed up in victory.'
00:37:28.30\00:37:30.88
''Where, O
death, is your victory?
00:37:30.91\00:37:32.88
Where, O death, is your sting?'"
00:37:32.91\00:37:37.89
Think about it.
00:37:37.92\00:37:39.29
Listen, Jesus comes back,
there's a mighty earthquake.
00:37:39.32\00:37:44.71
The mossy old graves
where the pilgrims sleep
00:37:44.74\00:37:47.60
shall be opened
as wide as before,
00:37:47.63\00:37:49.83
and the millions that
sleep in the mighty deep
00:37:49.86\00:37:52.31
shall live on
this earth once more.
00:37:52.34\00:37:54.64
If you've got
your faith in Christ
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.67
and if you follow
Christ, pity the poor atheist,
00:37:56.70\00:38:00.45
pity the poor sinner
who turns away from God,
00:38:00.48\00:38:04.52
because God's people are going
to hear the voice of Christ
00:38:04.55\00:38:08.90
and they are going
to wake up forever.
00:38:08.93\00:38:14.34
Then the Bible says God's people
who are living on the earth,
00:38:14.37\00:38:20.58
their bodies are
going to be changed.
00:38:20.61\00:38:24.69
No more white hair.
00:38:24.72\00:38:28.23
At least I got some.
00:38:28.26\00:38:30.00
No more white
hair, no more wrinkles.
00:38:30.03\00:38:35.21
No more old age, no arthritis,
00:38:35.24\00:38:39.74
no cancer, no heart disease,
00:38:39.77\00:38:43.38
no funerals, no
sorrow, no partings and no end.
00:38:43.41\00:38:51.15
That's why Jesus is coming back.
00:38:51.18\00:38:54.42
I believe the Stone
is going to come soon.
00:38:54.45\00:38:57.49
And here's another text.
00:38:57.52\00:38:59.65
He's coming back
to destroy the wicked.
00:38:59.68\00:39:04.01
I'm not gonna leave that out,
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.34
even if I offend some
people I'm gonna tell it to you.
00:39:08.37\00:39:12.33
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 tells us
00:39:12.36\00:39:18.25
that when Christ
comes down the heavens,
00:39:18.28\00:39:21.66
when He rides His
chariot back to this planet,
00:39:21.69\00:39:25.13
He is going to
destroy the evildoers.
00:39:25.16\00:39:31.16
Listen, "God is just,
00:39:31.19\00:39:34.28
He will pay back
trouble to those who trouble you
00:39:34.31\00:39:37.77
and give relief to
you who are troubled,
00:39:37.80\00:39:40.55
and to us as well.
00:39:40.58\00:39:42.61
This will happen
when the Lord Jesus
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.29
is revealed from heaven
00:39:45.32\00:39:46.89
in blazing fire
with His powerful angels.
00:39:46.92\00:39:52.23
He will punish
those who do not know God
00:39:52.26\00:39:55.89
and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus.
00:39:55.92\00:40:00.35
They will be punished
with everlasting destruction
00:40:00.38\00:40:04.97
and shut out from
the presence of the Lord
00:40:05.00\00:40:07.81
and from the
majesty of His power
00:40:07.84\00:40:11.60
on the day he comes to be
glorified in His holy people
00:40:11.63\00:40:17.33
and to be marveled at
00:40:17.36\00:40:19.87
among all those
who have believed.
00:40:19.90\00:40:23.43
This includes you,
00:40:23.46\00:40:25.84
because you believed
our testimony to you."
00:40:25.87\00:40:29.70
Now listen, listen to me.
00:40:29.73\00:40:34.22
Stalin thought I
can murder people,
00:40:34.25\00:40:38.80
I can kill them when
I die that's the end.
00:40:38.83\00:40:44.52
Stalin my friend,
it is not the end,
00:40:44.55\00:40:47.54
Christ is coming back for you
00:40:47.57\00:40:50.29
and you are going to be
raised to meet Him in judgment.
00:40:50.32\00:40:54.19
I want you to know this
00:40:54.22\00:40:56.12
and I say this
with great love to you
00:40:56.15\00:40:57.99
because God loves you,
00:40:58.02\00:40:59.50
Christ died for you, I love you.
00:40:59.53\00:41:05.03
If a person turns away from God
00:41:05.06\00:41:09.62
and breaks the
commandments of God
00:41:09.65\00:41:12.15
and lives a life of
sin, stealing, lying,
00:41:12.18\00:41:17.43
cheating, fornicating.
00:41:17.46\00:41:20.88
All of these
great crimes against God
00:41:20.91\00:41:23.99
and against humanity,
00:41:24.02\00:41:25.43
the Bible tells me he can
repent and he can be saved
00:41:25.46\00:41:30.05
and he can turn to God
and his life can be changed.
00:41:30.08\00:41:35.02
But if a person, my friend,
00:41:35.05\00:41:37.19
dies in a state of
willful rebellion against God,
00:41:37.22\00:41:42.29
He's going to wake up
to the judgment of God.
00:41:42.32\00:41:46.16
And the Bible says, the
fire is going to come down.
00:41:46.19\00:41:53.78
Let's have a look at that.
00:41:53.81\00:41:56.10
So to make you
think, doesn't it?
00:41:56.13\00:41:59.63
The earth is
going to catch on fire.
00:41:59.66\00:42:03.04
If you want to be
fireproof, my friend,
00:42:03.07\00:42:05.65
get covered tonight
by the blood of Jesus,
00:42:05.68\00:42:08.79
because the blood of
Jesus can make you fireproof.
00:42:08.82\00:42:13.12
I want you to know this.
00:42:13.15\00:42:14.67
Can you see what
we're doing tonight?
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.74
We're putting one
text with another text
00:42:16.77\00:42:19.30
and we are discovering
the very truth of God.
00:42:19.33\00:42:23.78
He's coming back,
yes, He's coming back
00:42:23.81\00:42:26.72
and He's coming back
to cleanse the earth.
00:42:26.75\00:42:30.37
We've made such a mess of it.
00:42:30.40\00:42:33.28
We filled it with pollution,
00:42:33.31\00:42:34.69
we filled it with sin,
we filled it with crime.
00:42:34.72\00:42:39.01
But God is going to come back
00:42:39.04\00:42:40.52
and He is going
to cleanse the earth.
00:42:40.55\00:42:42.29
I turn now to 2 Peter 3:10-13.
00:42:42.32\00:42:46.44
Can you see what we're
doing from text to text?
00:42:46.47\00:42:49.32
2 Peter3:10-13.
00:42:49.35\00:42:54.98
My friend, you better
not love the world too much
00:42:55.01\00:42:58.00
because God is
going to cleanse it.
00:42:58.03\00:43:00.16
"But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief."
00:43:00.19\00:43:02.30
People won't expect it.
00:43:02.33\00:43:04.28
"The heavens will
disappear with a roar,
00:43:04.31\00:43:07.09
the elements will
be destroyed by fire,
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.41
and the earth and everything
in it will be laid bare.
00:43:09.44\00:43:12.88
Since everything will
be destroyed in this way,
00:43:12.91\00:43:15.70
what kind of
people ought you to be?
00:43:15.73\00:43:19.90
You ought to live
holy and godly lives
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.87
as you look
forward to the day of God
00:43:21.90\00:43:23.95
and speed its coming.
00:43:23.98\00:43:26.39
That day will bring about
the destruction of the heavens
00:43:26.42\00:43:29.23
by fire, and the
elements will melt in the heat.
00:43:29.26\00:43:33.47
But in keeping with His promise
00:43:33.50\00:43:35.57
we are looking
forward to a new heaven
00:43:35.60\00:43:38.90
and a new earth, the
home of righteousness."
00:43:38.93\00:43:42.61
Listen to me.
00:43:42.64\00:43:45.05
I want you to know
this, this is the truth.
00:43:45.08\00:43:48.99
This whole world soon
is going to catch on fire.
00:43:49.02\00:43:52.84
And sinners who've
turned away from the word of God
00:43:52.87\00:43:56.03
are going to be in that fire.
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.90
I'm not saying
this to scare you,
00:43:57.93\00:43:59.44
I'm simply telling you
because this is the truth.
00:43:59.47\00:44:02.28
You really want--does
anybody want me to tell lies?
00:44:02.31\00:44:05.59
Does anybody want me to cover
it up and tell fairy tales?
00:44:05.62\00:44:09.38
I'm here tonight, I'm dedicated
00:44:09.41\00:44:11.55
to preaching the
truth of the word of God.
00:44:11.58\00:44:16.36
Now, ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls,
00:44:16.39\00:44:20.70
my beloved
friends, the best audience,
00:44:20.73\00:44:24.80
this vast audience of
many, many tens of thousands,
00:44:24.83\00:44:28.99
last night more than 100,000,
00:44:29.02\00:44:31.15
how many tonight, I don't know.
00:44:31.18\00:44:34.36
But listen to me, what
we've been doing is simple.
00:44:34.39\00:44:38.30
We've been doing
what Jesus said to do.
00:44:38.33\00:44:41.58
We've been
comparing the Scriptures.
00:44:41.61\00:44:44.30
We haven't been taking one text
00:44:44.33\00:44:46.23
and just twisting it to
suit what my church teaches.
00:44:46.26\00:44:50.28
We are not, we
are not here tonight
00:44:50.31\00:44:51.68
to talk about
what churches teach.
00:44:51.71\00:44:55.44
But when you put
the text together
00:44:55.47\00:44:57.76
it makes it ever so plain
that Christ is coming back soon.
00:44:57.79\00:45:03.82
And He's coming
back to raise the dead,
00:45:03.85\00:45:06.35
to translate the
righteous living,
00:45:06.38\00:45:08.77
to destroy the
wicked, to cleanse the earth
00:45:08.80\00:45:12.03
and to set up a
kingdom of glory.
00:45:12.06\00:45:17.42
Hallelujah.
00:45:17.45\00:45:19.77
We're gonna read the
text that we read last night.
00:45:21.92\00:45:26.62
I love it.
00:45:26.65\00:45:28.19
Daniel 2:44, 45.
00:45:28.22\00:45:33.32
What a meeting we
had last night, folks.
00:45:33.35\00:45:37.25
I'll never forget it.
00:45:37.28\00:45:39.40
Here it is.
00:45:39.43\00:45:41.63
"In the time of those kings,
00:45:41.66\00:45:44.21
the God of heaven
will set up a kingdom."
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.96
It's going to happen soon.
00:45:46.99\00:45:49.35
"That will never be destroyed,
00:45:49.38\00:45:52.07
nor will it be
left to another people.
00:45:52.10\00:45:55.15
It will crush all those kingdoms
and bring them to an end,
00:45:55.18\00:46:02.98
but it will
itself endure forever.
00:46:03.01\00:46:06.00
This is the meaning
of the vision of the rock
00:46:06.03\00:46:09.76
cut out of a mountain,
but not by human hands--
00:46:09.79\00:46:14.50
a rock that broke the
iron, the bronze, the clay,
00:46:14.53\00:46:19.61
the silver and
the gold to pieces.
00:46:19.64\00:46:23.65
'The great God
has shown the king
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.98
what will take
place in the future.
00:46:26.01\00:46:28.52
The dream is true
00:46:28.55\00:46:30.45
and the
interpretation is trustworthy.'"
00:46:30.48\00:46:33.36
Listen.
00:46:33.39\00:46:34.80
Remember, remember,
remember the great metal man.
00:46:34.83\00:46:41.26
Remember him last
night, head of gold,
00:46:41.29\00:46:44.02
chest of silver,
belly and thighs of bronze.
00:46:44.05\00:46:47.36
You get down my
friend, you keep coming down,
00:46:47.39\00:46:49.73
Babylon, Medo-Persia.
00:46:49.76\00:46:53.10
Then you come down to Greece
00:46:53.13\00:46:54.88
and then you come
down to the legs of Rome.
00:46:54.91\00:46:59.00
Then you come to the
break up of the Roman Empire
00:46:59.03\00:47:01.95
into the kingdoms in
the states of Europe.
00:47:01.98\00:47:04.25
We are living in the
toes, the Stone is coming.
00:47:04.28\00:47:07.86
Listen to me.
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.74
Listen carefully.
00:47:18.03\00:47:20.04
Listen to me.
00:47:20.07\00:47:21.51
See how that
stone becomes a mountain
00:47:23.87\00:47:25.50
and fills the whole earth.
00:47:25.53\00:47:27.63
There he is.
00:47:27.66\00:47:29.24
And I want you to get a picture
now of Jesus in your minds,
00:47:32.00\00:47:35.43
of Jesus coming in
the clouds of heaven.
00:47:35.46\00:47:38.74
I want you to see Him in glory.
00:47:38.77\00:47:42.66
And maybe we can
put up just enough,
00:47:42.69\00:47:45.54
I thought of a picture of Jesus.
00:47:45.57\00:47:48.11
There He is.
00:47:48.14\00:47:50.15
You know it is going to
be a new beautiful world.
00:47:50.18\00:47:56.61
Everybody is gonna be there.
00:47:56.64\00:47:59.17
You see the--
00:47:59.20\00:48:00.57
all the
different types of people.
00:48:00.60\00:48:02.12
God has got a big family.
00:48:02.15\00:48:04.99
He got all sorts of
people in that family,
00:48:05.02\00:48:07.18
He's got short
people and tall people.
00:48:07.21\00:48:09.75
He's got black
people and white people.
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.91
He's got brown
people and yellow people.
00:48:12.94\00:48:15.94
He's got people with white
hair and people with no hair.
00:48:15.97\00:48:21.72
He is a big
Father with a big family.
00:48:21.75\00:48:26.02
And He wants you to
be a part of that family.
00:48:26.05\00:48:28.93
He really does.
00:48:28.96\00:48:30.65
And I want to give
you something tonight,
00:48:33.99\00:48:36.93
I want to tell you something.
00:48:36.96\00:48:38.98
This is the greatest
text in all the Bible.
00:48:39.01\00:48:41.46
I can sense tonight
00:48:41.49\00:48:42.93
that the Spirit of
the Lord is in this place.
00:48:42.96\00:48:46.87
I can feel His mighty power.
00:48:46.90\00:48:49.58
I can feel His wondrous grace.
00:48:49.61\00:48:53.19
I can feel His mantle
of power up on me tonight,
00:48:53.22\00:48:56.11
He is here.
00:48:56.14\00:48:57.51
I thank you God that You
are here tonight with us.
00:48:57.54\00:49:00.80
The greatest text in
all the Bible is found,
00:49:04.28\00:49:08.58
you know, in the gospel
of John where Jesus said,
00:49:08.61\00:49:13.98
"For God so loved the
world that He gave His only son,
00:49:14.01\00:49:20.86
so that whoever," that's you,
00:49:20.89\00:49:23.55
"Whoever believes in
Him shall not perish,
00:49:23.58\00:49:28.13
but have everlasting life."
00:49:28.16\00:49:31.30
If you tonight will
believe truly in Christ
00:49:31.33\00:49:36.45
and ask Him to
come into your heart,
00:49:36.48\00:49:40.97
something wonderful is
going to happen to you.
00:49:41.00\00:49:44.72
A miracle will
happen in your life.
00:49:44.75\00:49:48.61
You will become a new person,
00:49:48.64\00:49:52.65
a child of God, a
citizen of the kingdom.
00:49:52.68\00:49:59.98
And when Jesus
comes, He'll say to you,
00:50:00.01\00:50:04.18
He'll look at
you and He will say,
00:50:04.21\00:50:07.49
"My son and My daughter,
00:50:07.52\00:50:10.62
it is now time
for you to come home."
00:50:10.65\00:50:15.20
We're going to do something now
00:50:19.09\00:50:21.57
and this is going
to be very meaningful
00:50:21.60\00:50:23.51
for every one of us.
00:50:23.54\00:50:24.91
Would you like to have a
place there in that place?
00:50:24.94\00:50:27.89
The glory land?
00:50:27.92\00:50:30.65
I'm going to
pray with you tonight.
00:50:30.68\00:50:33.37
I'm going to make this
a very meaningful prayer.
00:50:33.40\00:50:36.80
And I want you because
you're the best audience ever
00:50:36.83\00:50:40.64
and the most
respectful audience.
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.27
Goodness, folks, you
don't get audiences like this
00:50:42.30\00:50:45.05
anywhere in the world.
00:50:45.08\00:50:46.72
You're so
respectful, you're so quite,
00:50:46.75\00:50:48.69
you're so reverent.
00:50:48.72\00:50:50.36
You're so nice,
you're so loving.
00:50:50.39\00:50:52.26
I'm gonna ask you
to stand as we pray
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because that's
what we ought to do.
00:50:55.02\00:50:58.12
We're not gonna sit down there
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.74
when we're talking to
the king of the universe.
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What we're gonna do is
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we're gonna have a
little prayer with Him.
00:51:04.49\00:51:07.84
We're going to ask Him to
come into our hearts tonight.
00:51:07.87\00:51:11.62
We are going to
ask Him to bless us.
00:51:11.65\00:51:15.13
We are going to ask
Him to forgive our sins.
00:51:15.16\00:51:18.64
We're going to ask
Him to give us new hearts,
00:51:18.67\00:51:24.08
soft hearts, kind hearts,
pure hearts and new hearts.
00:51:24.11\00:51:31.64
So what we're gonna do now.
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We're just gonna
be very, very quiet.
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I've never seen an
audience as good as you.
00:51:36.24\00:51:40.04
I think you are a
wonderful group of people.
00:51:40.07\00:51:44.70
We're going to bow our heads.
00:51:44.73\00:51:46.60
We're going to close our eyes,
00:51:46.63\00:51:48.83
but we're going
to open our hearts.
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And we're going to ask Christ
to come into our hearts tonight
00:51:51.98\00:51:57.94
and give us citizenship
in the kingdom of God.
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Does that sound good to you?
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We're gonna bow our heads,
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we're gonna close
our eyes, all together.
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Dear Father, in the
quietness of this sacred place
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because it is sacred.
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It is your cathedral
because You are here.
00:52:20.57\00:52:27.20
This vast audience,
maybe 100,000, I don't know.
00:52:27.23\00:52:32.42
People half a mile away
listening inside their cars.
00:52:32.45\00:52:38.96
People hearing
the word so far away
00:52:38.99\00:52:42.33
they can't even see the screens.
00:52:42.36\00:52:44.65
But the good news
is You can see them,
00:52:44.68\00:52:49.05
You know all about them.
00:52:49.08\00:52:51.04
You love them
because Jesus died for them.
00:52:51.07\00:52:57.04
Help every
person to know tonight
00:52:57.07\00:53:00.22
that if there had
only been one lost sinner,
00:53:00.25\00:53:02.99
one lost soul, Christ
would have come down from glory
00:53:03.02\00:53:08.56
and gone to the
cross for that lost soul.
00:53:08.59\00:53:12.14
Oh, we're so thankful tonight.
00:53:12.17\00:53:15.31
We thank for that
00:53:15.34\00:53:16.71
He would have died for
each one of us tonight,
00:53:16.74\00:53:20.13
because that tells us that
every person here is important.
00:53:20.16\00:53:25.68
And that every person
here can go home to glory
00:53:25.71\00:53:29.55
and have a mansion in heaven.
00:53:29.58\00:53:32.15
If we would just open
up our hearts tonight.
00:53:32.18\00:53:36.78
As we're praying here
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and this is a vast
audience with every head bowed
00:53:38.21\00:53:43.81
and every eye closed
in the presence of God.
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How many tonight with me
00:53:47.31\00:53:49.03
will raise their
hand and say tonight,
00:53:49.06\00:53:52.52
"Oh, Christ,
come into my heart."
00:53:52.55\00:53:56.43
Would you raise your hand
tonight if that's your prayer?
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Lift up your hand high
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and let the Lord know
00:54:02.88\00:54:05.39
He is coming soon
00:54:05.42\00:54:09.14
and He's-- He'll
be looking for you.
00:54:09.17\00:54:12.59
He wants to say to
you, come on home now,
00:54:12.62\00:54:18.09
I've got a place for you,
00:54:18.12\00:54:20.88
I've got a mansion
for you in paradise.
00:54:20.91\00:54:24.15
Dear Father and God,
00:54:24.18\00:54:26.23
look at all
these upraised hands,
00:54:26.26\00:54:28.20
tens of thousands of them.
00:54:28.23\00:54:31.22
And look at the hearts,
we can't see the hearts,
00:54:31.25\00:54:38.01
but You sure can.
00:54:38.04\00:54:40.64
You know what we're thinking.
00:54:40.67\00:54:43.12
You know what we've done today.
00:54:43.15\00:54:45.43
You know our sins but
You love us just the same.
00:54:45.46\00:54:51.59
So tonight, dear
Father, as we keep our hands up,
00:54:51.62\00:54:56.79
we say to You, dear
Lord, take away our fears,
00:54:56.82\00:55:01.73
take away our
hates, take away our sins,
00:55:01.76\00:55:05.59
take away our
depressions, our anxiety.
00:55:05.62\00:55:09.87
And right now
fill us with Your love
00:55:09.90\00:55:14.63
and Your joy and Your peace.
00:55:14.66\00:55:20.33
And grant every
one of us here tonight
00:55:20.36\00:55:23.15
in this vast, vast
cathedral with the sky above us.
00:55:23.18\00:55:30.08
Grant each of us the
gift of everlasting life.
00:55:30.11\00:55:36.46
We worship You,
00:55:39.86\00:55:42.26
we bless You and we praise You
00:55:42.29\00:55:48.94
in Jesus name.
00:55:48.97\00:55:51.33
And everybody
say it, amen, amen.
00:55:54.22\00:56:00.66
Who are these people
attending the Carter Report
00:56:03.35\00:56:06.10
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
00:56:06.13\00:56:07.80
Port Moresby, New Papua Guinea?
00:56:07.83\00:56:09.92
Well, they come
from all walks of life.
00:56:09.95\00:56:12.04
In this great congregation
of more than 100,000,
00:56:12.07\00:56:15.25
we find doctors,
lawyers, politicians,
00:56:15.28\00:56:18.47
ambassadors,
carpenters, students, teachers,
00:56:18.50\00:56:21.19
believers and unbelievers.
00:56:21.22\00:56:23.83
There are husbands and
wives with their families.
00:56:23.86\00:56:26.67
There are the rich and the
poor, the powerful and the weak.
00:56:26.70\00:56:30.82
They are being told
that Christ alone is the way,
00:56:30.85\00:56:33.96
the truth and the life.
00:56:33.99\00:56:36.05
They are hearing
the words of life
00:56:36.08\00:56:37.79
and their hearts are
being strangely warmed.
00:56:37.82\00:56:40.70
Sometimes they feel
that their hearts will burst
00:56:40.73\00:56:43.87
and they feel compel
to hurry down to the front
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.76
to publicly confess the Savior.
00:56:46.79\00:56:48.89
They are shown in the scriptures
that God commands men everywhere
00:56:48.92\00:56:52.58
to repent and be baptized.
00:56:52.61\00:56:55.03
They respond
with the holy devotion
00:56:55.06\00:56:57.56
and a passionate intensity.
00:56:57.59\00:56:59.74
Will you not join them?
00:56:59.77\00:57:02.61