The following presentation
was made by John Carter
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to a crowd of more
than 100,000 souls.
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This message is one
of a truth filled series
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that was delivered in the
power of God's Holy Spirit
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at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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One night as the evangelist
spoke about the Holy Spirit,
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a giant white bird flew
low over the vast audience.
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And the people rejoiced
that God had visited His people.
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Crowd surged forward to accept
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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A few days later
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thousands were baptized
in the see at Ela Beach.
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All who attended these
Holy Spirit anointed meetings
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were convinced
that God's word is true
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and His gospel is
still the power of God
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for the salvation
of all who believe.
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The message you're
about to hear and see,
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will not leave
you the same person.
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Welcome to the Carter Report
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Was the best thing
I've ever, ever done
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Was the best thing
I've ever, ever done
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In His arms, I'm so protected
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In His arms, I'm
never disconnected
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In His arms,
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I'm so protected
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That there's no
place I'd rather, rather be
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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Falling in love
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with Jesus
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It was the best
thing I've ever, ever done
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Oh, the best
thing I've ever done
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Falling in love
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The spirit of
God today is moving.
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He is moving wherever
human heart sense their need.
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He is moving
whenever and wherever
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souls reach out to Him.
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He is moving because
these are not ordinary times.
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He is moving
through the proclamation
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of His living word.
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During the Port
Moresby meetings,
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the Spirit of God
was powerfully present.
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One evening as
Pastor John Carter
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spoke about the Holy Spirit
and His work to redeem souls,
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a huge white bird
flew low over the audience.
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The congregation of
more than 100,000 witnessed
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the sight and believed
that God had sent them a sign.
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Tens of thousands poured forward
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to accept Christ
as Lord and Savior.
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God today is
calling you as you view
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this program to
come to Him in faith.
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The work of the Holy
Spirit is not restricted
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to any one place on earth.
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Wherever you are He
is there. God loves you.
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He has a plan for you
and a glorious future.
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I've a sense
tonight that the spirit
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of the Lord is in this place.
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I believe this tonight,
that God is going to come
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and visit us with the
presence of the Holy Spirit.
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And I believe that God is
going to move here tonight
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as He's never done before.
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The topic tonight
is, an amazing topic,
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"The man who
wrote his own life story
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before he was
born, who was Jesus."
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It seems impossible.
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How can a man write his own
life story before he was born?
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You see, it's an absurdity.
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Except, except, except, except,
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if he were God.
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Tonight we're going to answer
the question, who was Jesus?
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Was He just a good man
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or was He the God man?
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It was predicted,
this is the 10th prophecy,
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that He would be crucified.
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In the Book of
Psalms, written 1000 years
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before He was born in Bethlehem.
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We read these
words, Psalm 22:16.
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Psalm 22:16.
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"A band of evil
men has encircled me,
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they have pierced
my hands and my feet."
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When those words were
written, my beloved friends,
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crucifixion was unknown.
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They didn't crucified
people back in those days.
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But the Roman
soldiers at the instigation
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of the religious
hierarchy took the Son of God
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and they laid Him on
a cross, a wooden cross.
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It was the worst of suffering.
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And as He hung upon the cross,
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the sin of the
world at Port Moresby,
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in Sydney, and Melbourne,
and New York, and Los Angeles,
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the sin of all of
us was laid on Him.
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For one brief moment
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in time He was
unfold on the cross
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like a wounded eagle. Why?
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Because He loves you so.
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Will you not come to Him?
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Will you not believe in Him?
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Will you not follow Him?
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If there had been
only one lost soul.
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He would have gone through
that for that one lost soul.
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Who is this Man they crucified?
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Jesus, the Son of man.
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The Son of God.
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The Creator of the universe.
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And he went through
that because He loves us.
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Who was this
Man? More than a man.
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It was predicted He would
be crucified with criminals.
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Prophecy number
11, Isaiah 53:12.
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"Therefore I will give
him a portion among the great,
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he will divide the
spoils with the strong,
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because he poured
out his life unto death,
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he was numbered
with the transgressors.
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For he bore the sin of many,
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and made intercession
for the transgressors."
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He was crucified
between two thieves.
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So that you and I might
know that we are never alone,
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that He came to die for sinners.
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Somebody might say
tonight in this great audience,
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this vast audience, probably
100,000 people in tonight,
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you may say, what shall I do?
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Accept Him, believe
in Him, believe in Him.
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Prophecy number
12, written by Isaiah,
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700 years before He was born.
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Isaiah 53:5-6, that he
would be our substitute.
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"He would come and
He would take our place,
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but He was pierced."
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Think of the words, my friend,
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you're never going to be
the same after this meeting.
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"But he was pierced
for our transgressions,
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he was crushed
for our iniquities,
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the punishment that
brought us peace was upon Him,
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and by His
wounds we are healed."
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More than 100 years ago
in the great city of London,
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every morning you
would see on the mighty bosom
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of the Thames River, a
little boat that stank,
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it was called the sludge vessel.
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All the sewerage
of that great city
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was put inside this
sludge vessel and it went out
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into the Atlantic and
it got rid of the sludge.
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The sludge and
the filth and the sin,
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the evil, they're lying,
they're stealing, the crime.
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The blasphemy, the
commandment breaking
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all of those sins are pride.
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Our religious self-righteousness
was put upon Him.
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He was sinless, He was holy.
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He was God in human
flesh but he bore our sin.
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He has already born your sin.
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You don't have to pay
the price for your sins.
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He has already paid
the price for your sins.
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He paid it.
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Prophecy number 13.
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It was predicted that
the people would cast,
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lots for his
clothing, can you believe it?
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Cast lots for his
clothing, His beautiful robe.
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Psalms 22:18
written 3,000 years ago,
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the prophet inspired by
the Spirit of Christ said,
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"They divide my
garments among them
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and cast lots for my clothing."
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As He hung upon the cross,
the Roman soldiers sat down
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and they gambled over the
only thing that he possessed
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in this world and
that was His robe.
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They didn't tear
it, they gambled for it.
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It is written.
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It was predicted
1,000 years before He died,
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that not one of His
bones would be broken.
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In Psalms 34:20
written by King David,
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who was also a prophet.
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You read these
words Psalms 34:20,
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hear the word of the Lord.
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"He protects all His bones,
not one of them will be broken."
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Jesus was
crucified on the Friday.
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And before the Sabbath
came in, this is what happened.
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They came to look, at
those men, the three men,
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the two
criminals and the Christ.
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And they had a
custom, they would not leave
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the bodies up
there on the Sabbath,
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because they believed
in keeping the Sabbath,
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while they crucified the Man
who'd given them the Sabbath.
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And so what they did was this.
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The Roman soldiers went
around and they broke the legs
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of the thieves and
they took those men down,
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and they left them lying
on the ground under the cross.
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And when the sun
went down on the Sabbath,
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Saturday sunset they
would put up those men again
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and they might live on those
crosses in hell for a week.
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It was a terrible death.
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A terrible death, there
was no death like crucifixion.
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But when they came to Jesus,
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they discovered
that He was dead already.
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And a soldier took a
spear and thrusted in His side
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and out came blood and water.
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He died of a broken heart.
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His great heart ruptured.
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But they did not break His legs.
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Exactly is it had been
predicted by the Prophet David,
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a 1000 years
before the Christ died.
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It was predicted that He
would be buried with the rich.
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The Prophet
Isaiah 2,700 years ago,
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700 years I tell
you, before He was born.
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Isaiah 53:9
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made this
fascinating prediction.
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"He was assigned a
grave with the wicked
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and with the rich in His death,
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though he had done no violence,
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nor was any
deceit in his mouth."
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He died with the wicked,
He died with the thieves.
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But after He died some rich
people came along and they said,
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"let us take Him,
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let us take Him
because we love Him."
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And a rich man
gave Christ his own tomb
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and He was buried in
the tomb of a rich man,
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because of the
Bible prophecy, my friend,
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listen to me I appeal to you.
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There is nobody
else in all of the world.
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There is nobody else in
all of creation who fulfills
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the
specifications of this prophecy
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and all of these prophecies.
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I'm here tonight to pay
a testimony to the truth
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that Jesus Christ is
the all mighty Son of God.
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He is the
Messiah, He is our Lord
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and He is our coming King.
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And tonight I say, hallelujah.
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Thank God for Jesus.
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My friend, He is the man,
who wrote His own life story
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before He was born.
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It was predicted, now
here we come, hallelujah.
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It was predicted
in Psalms 16:10-11.
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That He wouldn't
stay in the grave,
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but that He would
get up out of that grave.
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It was predicted that death
could not hold Him in the grave.
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It was
predicted, He would come up.
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Look at the text.
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Psalms 16 and Jesus
inspired these prophecies.
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"Because you will not abandon,
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you will not
abandon me to the grave,
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nor will you let
your Holy One see decay.
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You have made know
to me the path of life,
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you will fill me
with joy in your presence,
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with eternal
pleasures at your right hand."
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Listen my friend,
they put Him in the tomb,
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and the Roman soldiers
put a seal on the tomb,
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they said we've got
rid of that troublemaker.
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People have been saying
that for thousands of years.
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We've got rid of
that troublemaker Jesus,
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and they--they put a big
stone on the mouth of the tomb
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and then they seal the tomb.
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They sealed it with a
mighty seal of mighty Rome.
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But you wait for it.
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On Sunday morning,
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there was a
tremendous earthquake.
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And a mighty angel came
down from the courts of glory.
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And all that tomb,
all the tombs were shaking
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and all of a sudden
that stone rolled away
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and Jesus got up out of
the sleep of death and Jesus
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walked to the mouth of
that tomb and Jesus cried out,
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"I am the
resurrection and the life."
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Listen, my
friends, Jesus is alive.
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We don't serve a dead Christ.
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We serve a living Christ.
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And I want you to know tonight,
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I can feel His
presence in this place.
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Jesus is alive.
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He wants to come to you.
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He wants to help you with
your problems, He's alive.
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And the Bible
says, this living Christ
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is coming back in
power and great glory.
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Now listen to me, listen to me.
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There are four
possibilities concerning
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the resurrection of Christ.
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Number one, that the Jews
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came and stole His body?
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But if that is
true, why didn't the Jews
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produce the body and destroy
the infant Christian church.
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A dead Christ would have
finished off Christianity.
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No, the Jews
didn't get the body.
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The second possibility is
that the Romans took the body.
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The Roman soldiers
say--some people say,
00:19:11.47\00:19:13.64
the Romans came
and stole the body.
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Well, the
Romans wanted Him dead.
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When the
disciples started to preach
00:19:20.12\00:19:21.65
the resurrection of the dead,
00:19:21.68\00:19:23.19
the Romans could
have finished that.
00:19:23.22\00:19:25.39
They could have wiped-out
the Christian church by saying,
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"Hey here is the dead body."
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The Romans did
not steal the body.
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The third possibility is,
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that the
disciples stole the body?
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That's what the Jews said,
00:19:40.91\00:19:42.35
the disciples came and
stole the body. It's a lie.
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Can you imagine, 11
dispirited broken, frighten,
00:19:49.82\00:19:55.95
crushed,
disillusion men with the women,
00:19:55.98\00:20:00.41
storming the tomb,
overpowering the Roman soldiers
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and taking the body of Christ,
it's an utter impossibility.
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The Jews didn't get the body.
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The Romans didn't get the body.
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The disciples
didn't get the body.
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The body was
resurrected by the power of God.
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Jesus walked out of that
tomb and because He lives,
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we shall live also.
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Now listen as you've
never listened before.
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All these predictions are
fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
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If there is somebody
here tonight and you say,
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I don't know what I can believe.
00:20:46.16\00:20:47.74
My friend, you
can believe the truth.
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Jesus said, "You
will know the truth,
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and the truth
will make you free."
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The truth liberates us.
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I want to say to
every person tonight
00:20:58.66\00:21:01.14
that Jesus is the Son of God.
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He's the
creator of the universe.
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He's the Savior of
the world and He loves you
00:21:05.79\00:21:10.52
and He wants to
save you tonight.
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Listen, you've all heard
of the Battle of Waterloo.
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When the British
fought the French.
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Wellington was
fighting Napoleon.
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And for a while nobody knew
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which way the
battle was going to go.
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Went back and forth all through
that day of blood and horror,
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but in the end the British won.
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Wellington defeated Napoleon.
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And the British had
set up signal points,
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were they can send signals.
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After the battle
as the night came on,
00:22:01.72\00:22:05.76
the British send
signals back to the homeland
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.19
because their
homeland was in fear.
00:22:09.22\00:22:12.29
What happens if
Napoleon wins the battle?
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We will be invaded by
the forces of Napoleon,
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we will be destroyed.
00:22:18.84\00:22:22.89
And so the
British on the continent
00:22:22.92\00:22:26.09
send a message back to
Britain and they flashed it out
00:22:26.12\00:22:30.33
and this is how it went
out, it went out Wellington.
00:22:30.36\00:22:35.67
There it is,
Wellington defeated.
00:22:38.64\00:22:45.67
Then the clouds came down.
00:22:46.81\00:22:51.70
And the people in
England were filled with fear.
00:22:51.73\00:22:55.06
Wellington is defeated,
Napoleon is going to invade us.
00:22:55.09\00:23:02.72
But then the clouds were lifted,
and the message went out again,
00:23:02.75\00:23:08.31
Wellington defeated Napoleon.
00:23:08.34\00:23:14.29
It was victory, it
was victory, victory.
00:23:16.61\00:23:20.97
Listen to me.
00:23:21.00\00:23:24.99
On Friday before
the Sabbath came in,
00:23:25.02\00:23:29.58
when our Christ died.
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The clouds of discouragement
and the message went out,
00:23:34.88\00:23:41.61
Jesus, Jesus defeated.
00:23:41.64\00:23:49.42
That's what the devil thought.
00:23:49.45\00:23:51.44
And the clouds came down.
00:23:51.47\00:23:55.52
Across the
universe went this message.
00:23:55.55\00:23:59.19
Jesus defeated.
00:23:59.22\00:24:02.22
It was the worst day in
the history of the universe,
00:24:02.25\00:24:06.68
Jesus defeated.
00:24:06.71\00:24:08.75
But on Sunday morning when
Jesus walked out of the tomb,
00:24:08.78\00:24:14.89
the clouds were lifted
and the message went out
00:24:14.92\00:24:18.86
from star to
star, Jesus defeated
00:24:18.89\00:24:24.28
Satan and death.
00:24:24.31\00:24:31.12
Jesus defeated? No, no, no.
00:24:31.15\00:24:34.88
Jesus defeated,
Wellington defeated?
00:24:34.91\00:24:38.79
No, no, no.
00:24:38.82\00:24:41.56
Jesus defeated Satan and death.
00:24:41.59\00:24:48.17
Now listen to me,
00:24:48.20\00:24:53.45
I feel a terrible
00:24:53.48\00:25:00.69
conviction upon myself now.
00:25:00.72\00:25:04.47
I don't want you to go home,
00:25:08.69\00:25:11.87
until I pray with you
00:25:11.90\00:25:14.62
and give you the opportunity
to accept this Christ.
00:25:14.65\00:25:20.23
Who died for
us, who bled for us,
00:25:20.26\00:25:24.87
who rose from the death for us.
00:25:24.90\00:25:28.12
Tonight as never before,
00:25:28.31\00:25:31.18
we're going to have a prayer.
00:25:31.21\00:25:35.23
I'm gonna get you to stand
00:25:35.26\00:25:38.94
and I'm going to pray for you.
00:25:38.97\00:25:42.13
I'm going to pray tonight that
in someway the spirit of God
00:25:42.16\00:25:45.38
will come into this meeting
and take over this meeting
00:25:45.41\00:25:50.15
and use these poor
stuttering lips of clay
00:25:50.18\00:25:55.05
to lead us all home
to the Kingdom of God.
00:25:55.08\00:26:00.21
I want you all to stand.
00:26:00.24\00:26:04.31
The people have
asked me the question.
00:26:04.34\00:26:06.73
Why have you come 10,000
more miles from Los Angeles?
00:26:06.76\00:26:11.46
Why have you come here?
00:26:11.49\00:26:12.93
I've come here to tell
you that God loves you.
00:26:12.96\00:26:16.68
And that Jesus died for you.
00:26:16.71\00:26:20.84
Jesus said, "For
God so loved the world,
00:26:20.87\00:26:23.88
that whosoever believeth
in Him shall not perish,
00:26:23.91\00:26:27.96
but have everlasting life."
00:26:27.99\00:26:29.77
I tell you tonight,
if you and I will come
00:26:29.80\00:26:32.36
to Christ tonight, a miracle
will happen in our lives.
00:26:32.39\00:26:39.61
So I want you to bow your heads.
00:26:39.64\00:26:43.49
What I love about this audience
is that it is so respectful
00:26:43.52\00:26:46.95
as far as worshiping God.
00:26:46.98\00:26:50.09
People don't move, it's
the best audience in the world.
00:26:50.12\00:26:55.62
I want you to bow your heads.
00:26:55.65\00:26:57.13
You maybe half a
mile from me back there,
00:26:57.16\00:27:00.80
in this huge congregation.
00:27:00.83\00:27:05.33
But I want you to hear,
people are standing up here,
00:27:05.36\00:27:08.41
people are over
there, they're on the hills,
00:27:08.44\00:27:10.38
they're on the streets.
00:27:10.41\00:27:12.93
And surely the presence
of the Lord is in this place.
00:27:12.96\00:27:16.86
I can feel His mighty power.
00:27:16.89\00:27:20.43
Please bow your
heads, close your eyes,
00:27:20.46\00:27:24.98
and think of
Christ on the cross.
00:27:25.01\00:27:31.27
Our father, I'm completely
00:27:31.30\00:27:36.47
unworthy to present this
message to this vast audience.
00:27:36.50\00:27:42.28
I want to thank You
tonight for seeing John Carter.
00:27:42.31\00:27:48.46
And coming down from glory,
00:27:48.49\00:27:52.06
and giving your
life for this sinner.
00:27:52.09\00:27:57.38
I want to thank You tonight
for coming down from glory,
00:27:57.41\00:28:01.31
from Yours
truly, throne and glory.
00:28:01.34\00:28:04.10
Where You were the
creator of the universe,
00:28:04.13\00:28:08.37
and dying for the
people of Port Moresby.
00:28:08.40\00:28:14.01
I want to thank You
tonight, that if they had been
00:28:14.04\00:28:17.36
only one sinner
here, they would have been
00:28:17.39\00:28:21.37
across and a savior in agony.
00:28:21.40\00:28:29.22
Oh, how You love us.
00:28:29.25\00:28:32.68
I cannot
understand this, My Father.
00:28:32.71\00:28:36.43
But I want to thank You tonight.
00:28:36.46\00:28:41.08
And Lord, I don't
have the words tonight.
00:28:41.11\00:28:45.23
I don't know what to
say, but take over the meeting
00:28:45.26\00:28:49.57
now and talk through me.
00:28:49.60\00:28:56.68
As we're praying here
tonight in the presence of God.
00:28:56.71\00:29:02.68
Every head bowed
and every eye closed.
00:29:02.71\00:29:07.31
How many will raise
a hand and say tonight,
00:29:07.34\00:29:10.79
I will believe in
Jesus and I will accept Him
00:29:10.82\00:29:14.49
as my Lord and my Savior?
00:29:14.52\00:29:17.12
Would you raise
your hand tonight?
00:29:17.15\00:29:20.09
Lift up your hand high.
00:29:20.12\00:29:23.19
I want you to send a
message home tonight to Jesus.
00:29:23.22\00:29:26.81
Oh Jesus, look at
the hands tonight.
00:29:29.97\00:29:33.64
Jesus look at the
hands, You're alive tonight,
00:29:33.67\00:29:37.64
Your spirit is here tonight.
00:29:37.67\00:29:40.16
Look at all my
brothers and sisters
00:29:40.19\00:29:42.04
here in this great auditorium.
00:29:42.07\00:29:45.08
We're raising our
hands tonight to accept You
00:29:45.11\00:29:51.05
as our own
personal Lord and Savior.
00:29:51.08\00:29:57.11
I'm going to ask you
now to do something else.
00:29:57.14\00:30:00.81
I do this all around the
world, I've done it in Moscow,
00:30:00.84\00:30:03.61
I've done it in St.
Petersburg, I did it in Honiara
00:30:03.64\00:30:07.15
a few months ago, I
do it in Los Angeles.
00:30:07.18\00:30:11.57
If you feel tonight
you have a special need
00:30:11.60\00:30:17.66
and you need prayer and you
need strength to follow Christ.
00:30:17.69\00:30:24.75
I'm going to
ask you to come down
00:30:24.78\00:30:26.30
to front here for prayer,
00:30:26.33\00:30:28.42
because I want to pray with you.
00:30:28.45\00:30:31.17
And I'm going to ask you
just to come now, very quietly.
00:30:31.20\00:30:38.03
Come now. Think
how He came for you.
00:30:38.06\00:30:43.93
I want the ushers
to move back further,
00:30:43.96\00:30:46.19
let the people come,
give them some more room.
00:30:46.22\00:30:49.85
Ushers comeback a little bit.
Come forward, my dear friends.
00:30:49.88\00:30:57.39
Comeback a little bit
ushers. Let the people come.
00:30:57.42\00:31:01.33
Let the little
children come. Let them come.
00:31:01.36\00:31:06.13
Don't keep them away from me.
Let them come, let them come.
00:31:06.16\00:31:11.93
I want them close to
me, because I love them.
00:31:11.96\00:31:18.19
My friends, have you
heard of the Via Dolorosa?
00:31:18.22\00:31:23.24
That's the road
that Jesus walked
00:31:23.27\00:31:24.96
when He went to the cross,
when He carried the cross.
00:31:24.99\00:31:29.37
The Via Dolorosa, it
means the way of sorrows.
00:31:29.40\00:31:34.92
Jesus walked a
long, long way for you.
00:31:34.95\00:31:37.92
Maybe we can walk a
little way for Him tonight.
00:31:40.92\00:31:45.20
I know, it's so
hard for you to come.
00:31:45.23\00:31:47.45
Some of you have to
come about half a mile.
00:31:47.48\00:31:51.67
But I want you to come and
as you come tonight you say,
00:31:51.70\00:31:54.81
I'm coming because I'm
going to follow Christ.
00:31:54.84\00:31:59.17
There's still
plenty of room over here.
00:31:59.20\00:32:01.92
I want you to come.
00:32:01.95\00:32:03.74
Remember, He came
down from heaven for you,
00:32:03.77\00:32:08.51
can't you come a
little closer to Him?
00:32:08.54\00:32:13.30
Think of Him on the cross.
00:32:13.33\00:32:16.70
Think of the pain
and all the sorrow,
00:32:16.73\00:32:20.74
and think how He loved you so.
00:32:20.77\00:32:25.08
And when you realized
that you want to come to Him,
00:32:25.11\00:32:28.35
there's so many
people coming now,
00:32:28.38\00:32:29.92
they're coming over there.
00:32:29.95\00:32:31.98
I don't want
anybody to hold back.
00:32:32.01\00:32:36.55
There's room at the
cross for you, friend.
00:32:36.58\00:32:41.14
And there's room over
here still for you to come.
00:32:41.17\00:32:45.63
And tonight we're coming here
00:32:45.66\00:32:47.03
because we're
saying, I need Christ.
00:32:47.06\00:32:52.93
Christ died for me.
00:32:52.96\00:32:56.19
And tonight I'm going to come
00:32:56.22\00:32:57.61
and I'm going to
give Him my heart.
00:32:57.64\00:33:01.02
And as you give
Christ your heart tonight,
00:33:01.05\00:33:04.30
a miracle is going
to happen in your life.
00:33:04.33\00:33:08.58
But there are so many
people coming over there,
00:33:08.61\00:33:11.98
just keep on coming.
00:33:12.01\00:33:13.38
Either wards, turn
your eyes upon Jesus.
00:33:23.88\00:33:28.51
Look full in His wonderful face.
00:33:28.54\00:33:32.80
The things of earth
will grow strangely dim,
00:33:32.83\00:33:40.35
in the light of
His glory and grace.
00:33:40.38\00:33:47.62
May be tonight,
there's somebody here
00:33:47.65\00:33:52.82
and you're holding back,
00:33:52.85\00:33:56.17
and there's a
voice talking to you.
00:33:56.20\00:33:59.19
You know what that voice is?
00:33:59.22\00:34:01.83
It's a voice of
the Spirit of God.
00:34:01.86\00:34:05.47
And I want you to listen to
the voice of the Spirit of God
00:34:05.50\00:34:08.22
tonight and I want you to say,
00:34:08.25\00:34:12.07
Lord I'm coming
home, I'm coming to You.
00:34:12.10\00:34:15.51
And as we come
down to front here,
00:34:21.19\00:34:25.46
we're gonna
have a special prayer
00:34:25.49\00:34:26.88
for these people, we're gonna
have a prayer for everybody.
00:34:26.91\00:34:31.05
But we want you to come
down here for a special prayer.
00:34:31.08\00:34:36.48
You ask me this
question tonight.
00:34:36.51\00:34:40.44
What purpose is
there in coming forward?
00:34:40.47\00:34:44.10
Would you like me to tell
you? It is an act of faith.
00:34:44.13\00:34:51.39
It is an output act of faith.
00:34:51.42\00:34:54.74
And as I come with my
feet, as I come with my body,
00:34:54.77\00:35:01.29
so it helps my soul to come.
00:35:01.32\00:35:03.94
So I want you to
come by faith tonight
00:35:07.29\00:35:10.68
and there is still
hundreds of people coming.
00:35:10.71\00:35:14.75
We're gonna wait for you.
00:35:14.78\00:35:18.16
I'm so glad to be
here tonight, aren't you?
00:35:18.19\00:35:22.72
Can't you tell tonight
that God is here, my friend?
00:35:22.75\00:35:27.67
Surely the presence of
the Lord is in this place,
00:35:27.70\00:35:30.54
I can feel Him here tonight.
00:35:30.57\00:35:34.40
Souls are coming to Christ
and souls are being saved.
00:35:34.43\00:35:41.24
Listen to me or look at
me. You folks here, look at me.
00:35:41.27\00:35:47.22
We're all
sinners. We're all sinners.
00:35:47.25\00:35:51.52
I'm a sinner.
We're born this way.
00:35:51.55\00:35:56.09
But when you and I come to
Christ and confess our sins,
00:35:56.12\00:36:01.93
He forgives our
sins, He washes us.
00:36:01.96\00:36:06.97
Let me tell you
something quite amazing.
00:36:07.00\00:36:10.12
Say a man comes into
this meeting tonight,
00:36:10.15\00:36:13.72
he's a murderer.
00:36:13.75\00:36:16.38
Can you imagine
that? He's a murderer.
00:36:16.41\00:36:19.99
He came to this meeting tonight
with a heart of stone, so hard.
00:36:20.02\00:36:26.67
But when he heard
about Christ tonight,
00:36:26.70\00:36:30.45
that hard stone
heart started to soften.
00:36:30.48\00:36:35.45
And he said, O
Lord, I'm just a sinner.
00:36:35.48\00:36:38.75
I know I deserve hell.
00:36:38.78\00:36:42.21
But, Lord, forgive my sin
and I accept Jesus as my savior.
00:36:42.24\00:36:50.18
You know, what God does?
00:36:50.21\00:36:52.96
God puts His arms
around him, and God says,
00:36:52.99\00:36:56.78
welcome home, my son.
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.76
I forgive you and I give you
the gift of everlasting life.
00:36:59.79\00:37:06.85
Remember, the greatest text,
00:37:06.88\00:37:09.56
"For God so loved the
world that He gave His only Son,
00:37:09.59\00:37:16.38
so that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish,
00:37:16.41\00:37:21.29
but have everlasting life."
00:37:21.32\00:37:23.67
This is yours tonight if
you believe with all your heart.
00:37:23.70\00:37:31.50
There are still people coming.
00:37:31.53\00:37:35.11
But right now, I
want to make an appeal
00:37:35.14\00:37:38.74
perhaps to a man or a woman
00:37:38.77\00:37:40.37
who is way back
there in the bleaches.
00:37:40.40\00:37:43.69
I know it's
hard for you to come,
00:37:43.72\00:37:47.09
that's why you need to come.
00:37:47.12\00:37:50.07
The very act of
coming is an act of faith.
00:37:50.10\00:37:54.38
And as you come by faith,
God is going to bless you.
00:37:54.41\00:38:00.74
And as you and
I believe tonight,
00:38:00.77\00:38:03.83
a miracle happens in the heart.
00:38:03.86\00:38:08.47
God changes their hearts.
00:38:08.50\00:38:11.55
God takes away
the hard stony heart.
00:38:11.58\00:38:14.47
Did you know,
inside we're all the same.
00:38:17.71\00:38:23.73
And we need the blood of Christ.
00:38:23.76\00:38:28.51
Would somebody else
like to come tonight?
00:38:28.54\00:38:30.12
There are still people coming.
00:38:30.15\00:38:34.32
I don't want to stop
this appeal until you come.
00:38:34.35\00:38:38.09
I don't want to
miss that anybody.
00:38:38.12\00:38:40.38
I don't want somebody to say,
00:38:40.41\00:38:41.99
if he'd waited another
minute I would've come.
00:38:42.02\00:38:45.45
So I want to
wait for you tonight.
00:38:45.48\00:38:47.11
Listen to the words.
00:38:51.81\00:38:53.18
Give me Jesus.
00:38:58.19\00:38:59.56
You can have all this
world, but give me Jesus.
00:39:04.47\00:39:10.69
And when you have Jesus tonight,
00:39:10.72\00:39:13.70
you're the
wealthiest person in the world,
00:39:13.73\00:39:17.70
because you have
everlasting life.
00:39:17.73\00:39:22.00
I want to wait for
those people who are coming.
00:39:22.03\00:39:24.09
I see that some
are coming slowly,
00:39:24.12\00:39:27.13
that's because maybe
there are some here tonight
00:39:27.16\00:39:30.06
you're resisting
and you're saying,
00:39:30.09\00:39:31.67
I just don't want
to do this publicly.
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.29
It's a little embarrassing.
00:39:34.32\00:39:36.36
My friend, think of
Christ on the cross tonight,
00:39:36.39\00:39:40.33
and come forward to accept
Him and believe in Him tonight.
00:39:40.36\00:39:44.09
They're still coming over there.
00:39:47.99\00:39:50.48
Come my friends,
come to Christ tonight.
00:39:50.51\00:39:55.63
Is there anybody over there?
00:39:55.66\00:39:57.88
Maybe you can't get
out of there because,
00:39:57.91\00:40:00.14
you know, you're
just in so tight.
00:40:00.17\00:40:03.12
But so many people,
thousands, tens of thousands,
00:40:03.15\00:40:05.83
probably 100,000, all in a
small space and you're saying,
00:40:05.86\00:40:09.35
I just can't move,
well, God understands that.
00:40:09.38\00:40:12.48
But if you can move, there's
people coming over there.
00:40:12.51\00:40:16.53
I want you to come.
00:40:16.56\00:40:17.93
Thank you.
00:40:26.31\00:40:28.98
Isn't it
beautiful here? The breeze.
00:40:29.01\00:40:33.67
The presence of God, knowing
that Christ has met with us.
00:40:33.70\00:40:39.40
Folks are still
coming, keep coming,
00:40:39.43\00:40:42.30
because I'm gonna
pray for these people now.
00:40:42.33\00:40:45.01
So many here, they're
still coming over there.
00:40:45.04\00:40:49.38
I know that there are thousands
00:40:49.41\00:40:51.02
who want to come,
they can't get down.
00:40:51.05\00:40:54.33
God understands.
00:40:54.36\00:40:56.30
How many down the
front here tonight
00:40:56.33\00:40:58.97
have got a real special
need and you need prayer?
00:40:59.00\00:41:03.80
Can you raise your hand,
if you got a special need?
00:41:03.83\00:41:09.61
Let me include
this great audience,
00:41:09.64\00:41:11.45
those who've got
special need tonight,
00:41:11.48\00:41:13.27
you want to raise your hand?
00:41:13.30\00:41:16.12
You may have some
problem in your life
00:41:16.15\00:41:17.61
and you need God's blessing.
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.40
Maybe there's
someone here tonight
00:41:20.43\00:41:21.97
who need the touch of God
upon your life for healing?
00:41:22.00\00:41:26.27
Doesn't matter
what the problem is.
00:41:26.30\00:41:29.24
Our Christ is
more than sufficient
00:41:29.27\00:41:34.53
for any and every problem.
00:41:34.56\00:41:37.74
And tonight,
we're standing down here
00:41:37.77\00:41:39.59
because we're saying and
you're raising your hands
00:41:39.62\00:41:42.04
tonight to say, I
truly believe in Christ.
00:41:42.07\00:41:48.05
I want to say to the
whole audience tonight.
00:41:48.08\00:41:50.95
As far as my voice can go, I
want us to--we did it before,
00:41:50.98\00:41:55.26
I want just to confirm it.
00:41:55.29\00:41:57.35
I want to see the hand of
every person tonight who'd say,
00:41:57.38\00:42:01.44
I accept Jesus as
my Lord and my Savior.
00:42:01.47\00:42:05.41
Would you raise your
hand as you say that tonight?
00:42:05.44\00:42:09.31
I want to see 100,000 hands.
00:42:09.34\00:42:14.69
I want you to send home
a message to God tonight.
00:42:14.72\00:42:18.32
God we heard Your voice
and we thank You for Jesus.
00:42:18.35\00:42:23.26
And tonight, we're following Him
00:42:23.29\00:42:26.00
and we're going to be
with Christ in paradise.
00:42:26.03\00:42:30.76
Now I want you
to bow your heads,
00:42:30.79\00:42:32.66
all of you now,
put your hands down,
00:42:32.69\00:42:38.32
and we're going to say
a special prayer for you.
00:42:38.35\00:42:43.72
Dear Father God, we thank You
00:42:43.75\00:42:46.62
for this
extraordinary meeting tonight.
00:42:46.65\00:42:50.53
We thank You for
our magnificent Christ.
00:42:50.56\00:42:55.02
We thank You
that the creative God,
00:42:55.05\00:42:58.55
the one who made the cosmos,
00:42:58.58\00:43:02.50
became a man of
flesh and bones and blood.
00:43:02.53\00:43:07.89
He was born as a little
baby in the Middle East,
00:43:07.92\00:43:12.66
that He was a man for
all men and for all women.
00:43:12.69\00:43:18.77
We thank You that our Christ
died on the cross for our sins,
00:43:18.80\00:43:26.50
because it tells
us He loves us so.
00:43:26.53\00:43:31.03
Dear Lord, put in the hearts
00:43:31.06\00:43:32.48
of my brothers and
sisters here tonight
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.50
the message, God loves me.
00:43:34.53\00:43:39.52
Christ died for me.
Christ is washing my sins away.
00:43:39.55\00:43:46.73
He is changing my heart.
00:43:46.76\00:43:49.92
He is making me
into a new person.
00:43:49.95\00:43:54.19
And tonight I accept by faith
the gift of the forgiveness
00:43:54.22\00:43:59.58
of my sins and the
gift of everlasting life.
00:43:59.61\00:44:06.43
My Father, bless these
precious and wonderful people,
00:44:06.46\00:44:14.34
watch over them,
fill them with joy.
00:44:14.37\00:44:18.67
And at last, Dear
Father, save everyone of them
00:44:18.70\00:44:22.68
without any missing,
in the kingdom of God.
00:44:22.71\00:44:28.02
We worship You, we bless You,
00:44:28.05\00:44:32.30
we praise You and we thank You,
00:44:32.33\00:44:36.94
in Jesus name, amen.
00:44:36.97\00:44:41.56
Augustine said, "Our
souls were made for God
00:44:44.10\00:44:47.30
and they cannot rest
until they rest in Him."
00:44:47.33\00:44:50.34
Within every
heart, there is a void
00:44:50.37\00:44:52.85
that only God can fill.
00:44:52.88\00:44:54.69
This is why so many came
to the Carter Report meetings
00:44:54.72\00:44:58.34
in Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea.
00:44:58.37\00:45:00.83
The crowds were
greater than those attending
00:45:00.86\00:45:03.13
the Olympic Games in London.
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.59
They came because
everyone is a winner,
00:45:05.62\00:45:08.70
when Christ is Lord.
00:45:08.73\00:45:10.45
If you my dear friend,
would like to be a faith partner
00:45:10.48\00:45:13.34
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00:45:13.37\00:45:15.83
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00:45:19.35\00:45:23.46
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00:45:27.18\00:45:30.82
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00:45:34.54\00:45:39.13
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00:45:39.16\00:45:41.28
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00:45:41.31\00:45:43.67
Ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome
00:45:51.34\00:45:53.91
the distinguished
members of the new parliament
00:45:53.94\00:45:57.85
of Papua New Guinea.
00:45:57.88\00:46:00.78
We are delighted that
they're here this evening.
00:46:00.81\00:46:04.89
And we bid them a warm welcome.
00:46:04.92\00:46:09.92
Today is an historical
day for this great nation
00:46:09.95\00:46:12.97
of Papua New Guinea
because it has a new government
00:46:13.00\00:46:18.47
and these men and these ladies
who were standing here today
00:46:18.50\00:46:23.72
are believers in the
Bible and believers in Christ.
00:46:23.75\00:46:28.64
They share the same
faith with us here tonight.
00:46:28.67\00:46:32.07
And so we welcome them tonight,
00:46:32.10\00:46:36.26
not only as
distinguished parliamentarians,
00:46:36.29\00:46:39.81
but we welcome them tonight
00:46:39.84\00:46:41.83
as brothers and
sisters in Christ.
00:46:41.86\00:46:45.15
I've been told and you'll
pardon my smiling because,
00:46:45.18\00:46:49.41
when you get politics
you have different parties.
00:46:49.44\00:46:54.11
We have some folks here tonight
representing the government
00:46:54.14\00:46:57.71
and some folks representing
what we call in Australia
00:46:57.74\00:47:02.13
and in this part of the
world, the loyal opposition.
00:47:02.16\00:47:05.56
We have different
parts of the government.
00:47:05.59\00:47:09.45
All government,
every one of you here.
00:47:09.48\00:47:12.48
Oh, when I'm told
there's no opposition here,
00:47:12.51\00:47:14.45
this whole government.
00:47:14.48\00:47:17.01
But I was going to tell you
that even though in politics
00:47:17.04\00:47:20.25
we have many parties,
in this part of the world
00:47:20.28\00:47:23.69
right here with
all these people,
00:47:23.72\00:47:25.92
all these people,
100,000 people out there,
00:47:25.95\00:47:28.75
we have one party
and that's Jesus party.
00:47:28.78\00:47:33.35
And so we believe that
you represent Jesus' party.
00:47:33.38\00:47:38.24
Now if you forgive me for
turning towards the audience.
00:47:38.27\00:47:44.56
I would like to read
some texts out of the Bible.
00:47:44.59\00:47:47.91
And I read them
for the audience,
00:47:47.94\00:47:50.21
but I read them especially
for you my dear friends.
00:47:50.24\00:47:54.96
And I'm going to
turn to a number of texts,
00:47:54.99\00:47:57.77
and the first text
00:47:57.80\00:47:59.39
is Proverbs 14:34.
00:47:59.42\00:48:06.77
And I want the congregation and
the great audience to hear this.
00:48:08.80\00:48:12.33
"Righteousness exalts a nation,
00:48:12.36\00:48:15.80
but sin is a
disgrace to any people."
00:48:15.83\00:48:19.95
The Bible teaches
that the happiest people
00:48:19.98\00:48:23.73
in all this world are the people
who follow the ways of God,
00:48:23.76\00:48:29.09
and the people who follow
the righteous laws of God.
00:48:29.12\00:48:33.67
And we pray tonight
that this great nation
00:48:33.70\00:48:36.62
will be greatly blessed
by God, because the leaders
00:48:36.65\00:48:40.58
of this nation follow
the laws of almighty God.
00:48:40.61\00:48:45.33
I want to read you a
text now out of Isaiah 48,
00:48:45.36\00:48:50.65
I dedicate it to you.
00:48:50.68\00:48:53.15
"If only you had paid
attention to my commands,
00:48:53.18\00:48:56.87
your peace would
have been like a river,
00:48:56.90\00:48:59.82
your righteousness
like the waves of the sea.
00:48:59.85\00:49:03.41
Your descendants would
have been like the sand,
00:49:03.44\00:49:06.57
your children like
its numberless grains,
00:49:06.60\00:49:09.76
their name
would never be cut off
00:49:09.79\00:49:11.88
nor destroyed from before me."
00:49:11.91\00:49:14.95
The people who keep
the commandments of God,
00:49:14.98\00:49:18.02
the laws of God and
the laws of the country
00:49:18.05\00:49:21.61
are the happiest
people in all the world.
00:49:21.64\00:49:24.91
They have peace, longevity,
and health, and prosperity.
00:49:24.94\00:49:32.37
Now I'd like to read
from the words of King David
00:49:32.40\00:49:35.22
and here is a man
who was a prophet of God,
00:49:35.25\00:49:38.97
but you could say, he was also
00:49:39.00\00:49:42.21
and I don't think
it's stretching the truth,
00:49:42.24\00:49:45.67
he was also a politician.
00:49:45.70\00:49:49.12
Let me read to you what
David said, I love these words.
00:49:49.15\00:49:52.35
I like to dedicate these
words to you precious people
00:49:52.38\00:49:56.16
here tonight,
and to this nation.
00:49:56.19\00:50:01.94
Here it is.
00:50:01.97\00:50:04.06
"Then our sons in
their youth will be like
00:50:04.09\00:50:07.19
well-nurtured
plants, and our daughters
00:50:07.22\00:50:10.23
will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.
00:50:10.26\00:50:15.97
Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
00:50:16.00\00:50:20.08
As sheep will
increase by thousands,
00:50:20.11\00:50:23.32
by tens of
thousands in the fields,
00:50:23.35\00:50:26.86
our oxen will draw heavy loads.
00:50:26.89\00:50:30.35
There will be no
breaching of walls,
00:50:30.38\00:50:33.43
no going into captivity, no
cry of distress in our streets.
00:50:33.46\00:50:39.74
Blessed are the
people of whom this is true,
00:50:39.77\00:50:44.04
blessed are the people
whose God is the Lord."
00:50:44.07\00:50:49.10
I want to say to
all of you tonight
00:50:49.13\00:50:53.25
that we pray that
God will bless you.
00:50:53.28\00:50:56.80
We believe that the blessing
of God that comes upon us,
00:50:56.83\00:51:00.45
comes upon us
because of our fatalities
00:51:00.48\00:51:03.00
to the word of God, to
the truth of the scriptures.
00:51:03.03\00:51:07.42
And we pray that God will
bless you and your ministry
00:51:07.45\00:51:11.03
in your own
families and in your ministry
00:51:11.06\00:51:14.48
in the great
government of Papua, New Guinea.
00:51:14.51\00:51:18.48
We consider it to be a privilege
00:51:18.51\00:51:20.44
to be associated
with you tonight.
00:51:20.47\00:51:23.58
May God bless Papua New Guinea.
What we're going to do now?
00:51:23.61\00:51:29.49
We want this vast audience
00:51:29.52\00:51:31.91
and we don't want
anybody moving please.
00:51:31.94\00:51:35.09
We're going to stand for prayer.
00:51:35.12\00:51:37.66
And this is going to be a prayer
00:51:37.69\00:51:39.29
for the nation
of Papua New Guinea.
00:51:39.32\00:51:42.09
We're going to pray
for our parliamentarians
00:51:42.12\00:51:44.79
and for the government,
00:51:44.82\00:51:46.36
and for all those who
serve in any capacity at all.
00:51:46.39\00:51:50.78
We want the audience to
respectfully and quietly
00:51:50.81\00:51:55.70
stand as we pray
with heads bowed.
00:51:55.73\00:51:59.49
Oh, mighty God
and heavenly Father,
00:52:04.34\00:52:09.19
we thank You for Your
great grace and Your great love.
00:52:09.22\00:52:13.50
We thank You for
our Christian faith
00:52:13.53\00:52:17.76
and for the great advent faith,
00:52:17.79\00:52:20.41
that Christ will come
again in power and glory.
00:52:20.44\00:52:23.85
Now our Father, as
we place hands upon
00:52:23.88\00:52:26.98
these fine
upstanding men and women,
00:52:27.01\00:52:31.58
we pray that You will fill them
00:52:31.61\00:52:34.23
with the spirit
of the living God.
00:52:34.26\00:52:37.64
We pray that You
will fill my sister
00:52:37.67\00:52:39.83
with the Spirit of Christ here.
00:52:39.86\00:52:42.59
We pray that You
will fill my brother here
00:52:42.62\00:52:45.26
with the Spirit
of the living God
00:52:45.29\00:52:47.21
that he will feel the
power of God within Him
00:52:47.24\00:52:50.34
and that he will be a man of
God who reads the scriptures.
00:52:50.37\00:52:55.29
We pray that You will
bless my brother here tonight
00:52:55.32\00:52:57.43
that he will be like
Daniel, that he would dare
00:52:57.46\00:53:01.33
to be a Daniel and that
it need be to stand alone
00:53:01.36\00:53:05.34
that he will not seek
to do that which is easy,
00:53:05.37\00:53:08.47
but that which is
right, empower him to do this.
00:53:08.50\00:53:13.04
Bless my brother here tonight,
00:53:13.07\00:53:14.62
Dear Father, with
health and strength and wisdom,
00:53:14.65\00:53:17.87
and a double
portion of the spirit,
00:53:17.90\00:53:19.64
may the spirit of
God come upon him,
00:53:19.67\00:53:21.76
as upon Elijah of
old, that he will serve
00:53:21.79\00:53:25.47
the Lord God and
the people of God.
00:53:25.50\00:53:29.00
Bless my sister here
tonight, Lord, help her to seek
00:53:29.03\00:53:32.84
first the Kingdom of
God and His righteousness
00:53:32.87\00:53:35.28
knowing that all these other
things will be added to her
00:53:35.31\00:53:39.41
and this country
as well, bless her.
00:53:39.44\00:53:42.92
Bless my brother here.
00:53:42.95\00:53:44.32
We are thankful tonight
that we are brothers and sisters
00:53:44.35\00:53:47.73
that we're not
distant relatives,
00:53:47.76\00:53:49.87
but that we are
blood brothers in Christ.
00:53:49.90\00:53:53.31
So bless my brother, fill
him Lord with the Spirit of God.
00:53:53.34\00:53:57.73
Bless my brother here
Lord, as he takes his place
00:53:57.76\00:54:00.39
in parliament, that he will have
00:54:00.42\00:54:02.36
this spirit of
wisdom, the spirit of courage,
00:54:02.39\00:54:06.43
the spirit of discretion,
00:54:06.46\00:54:08.65
but may the Spirit of the
living God moves through him.
00:54:08.68\00:54:11.87
Bless my sister here tonight.
00:54:11.90\00:54:13.93
May she know
tonight that she is a child
00:54:13.96\00:54:16.38
that the Most High
God and God has called her
00:54:16.41\00:54:19.51
with all the rest of
her brothers and sisters,
00:54:19.54\00:54:22.02
like Esther in
the palace of those
00:54:22.05\00:54:25.75
wonderful Persian kings that we,
00:54:25.78\00:54:27.91
we've talked
about in these meetings.
00:54:27.94\00:54:29.73
May she know that she has come
00:54:29.76\00:54:31.84
to the kingdom for
such a time as this.
00:54:31.87\00:54:35.64
We think of all of
our brethren here tonight.
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But we think
especially of Papua New Guinea.
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Lord, we love these people.
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They are your people.
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We pray that You
will give to this nation
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wisdom, and
peace, and righteousness.
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We pray that You'll give
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to this nation ever
increasing prosperity.
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We pray that the time
will come around the world,
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when we will see
a gathering of souls
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into the Kingdom of
God, especially here in PNG.
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We believe that
the Spirit of God
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is alive and well in
this part of the world.
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And we dedicate
these good men and women,
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not only to the
work of the government,
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but to the work of
the Kingdom of God,
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and the preaching of the gospel.
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So bless them,
bless the prime minister,
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bless the
cabinet, bless every person
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who participates
in the government,
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help them to know that
we stand by their sides.
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We pray for them
and we uphold them.
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And might have be that
this great audience here
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of around 100,000
tonight in this great auditorium
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and out in, the outer
fields in the buildings,
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beyond in the
soccer field beyond,
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might it be that all of
these people here will be loyal,
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faithful, law abiding citizens
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of the great nation
of Papua New Guinea.
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Bless them, bless them all.
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Watch over them and keep them
by the grace of God and at last,
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Dear Father, when Jesus comes,
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save them with us
in the Kingdom of God.
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So we worship You, we bless You,
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we praise You,
and we give You glory
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and we commit
these honest ministers
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of the
government into Your hands
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in Jesus name, amen and amen.
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