Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR100011
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00:01 The following presentation was made by John Carter
00:03 to a crowd of more than 100,000 souls. 00:06 This message is one of a truth filled series 00:09 that was delivered in the power of God's Holy Spirit 00:12 at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 00:16 One night, as the evangelists spoke about the Holy Spirit, 00:20 a giant white bird flew low over the vast audience 00:24 and the people rejoiced that God had visited His people. 00:28 Crowd surged forward to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. 00:32 A few days later, thousands were baptized 00:35 in the sea at Ela Beach. 00:37 All who attended these Holy Spirit anointed meetings 00:40 were convinced that God's word is true 00:43 and His gospel is still the power of God 00:46 for the salvation of all who believed. 00:48 The message you're about to hear and see 00:51 will not leave you the same person. 00:53 Welcome to the Carter Report at the Sir John Guise Stadium, 00:57 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 01:01 The topic is "Spirits, Demons and the Occult." 01:06 Millions of people believe in the western world 01:09 that a dead loved one has spoken to them. 01:12 Many people in PNG believe the same. 01:17 I ran a series of meetings in the Sydney Opera House, 01:21 then I moved into the suburb of Concord. 01:24 A lady came to the meetings and one night she stayed behind 01:27 and she said Pastor Carter I want to ask you a question. 01:33 I had spoken on this subject. 01:37 She said I don't believe anything that you said tonight. 01:41 My question is, will you please explain my experience? 01:47 She said, that is my question, please explain it. 01:50 She said, my husband and I were very close together. 01:53 We were married for many years. 01:57 She said, I missed him a great deal 01:59 but then I stopped the grieving and I was moving on in my life. 02:05 And then she said, one evening in my home 02:10 I was sitting at the kitchen table 02:11 and I looked to the kitchen door and there was my husband. 02:17 He'd been dead by then for a number of years. 02:20 He came in she said, 02:22 he was dressed in the old clothes 02:24 that he used to wear 02:26 and he said you don't need to be afraid, it's me. 02:30 And he sat down and he talked to her about things 02:33 that only he and she knew. 02:37 She said, I do not believe what you told here tonight 02:40 because I have seen the evidence with my own eyes. 02:47 I told that beautiful lady 02:49 that she was not talking to her dead husband, 02:53 she was talking to a deceiving demon. 02:59 And tonight our eyes are going to be opened to another world. 03:05 Our eyes are going to be opened 03:08 to the discovery of amazing truths. 03:14 Paul the evangelist says in the Bible, 03:17 that "God will finish His work 03:18 and cut it short in righteousness." 03:21 The Prophet Joel says, "God will pour out His spirit 03:24 in the last days, and signs and wonders will follow." 03:27 The Carter Report believes that we are now in the end times 03:31 and His spirit is moving mightily. 03:33 During the Port Moresby campaign 03:36 we testify that we saw the power of God revealed. 03:40 God hungry souls 03:42 could not get enough of the word of the Lord 03:45 as at creation the Spirit of God 03:48 moved upon the face of the waters 03:50 and God brought cosmos out of chaos. 03:54 Souls were recreated in the image of the Creator. 03:57 Instead of hate there was love. 03:59 Instead of despair there was hope. 04:01 Instead of sorrow there was joy. 04:04 And in the place of death God gave life. 04:07 One night as John Carter preached 04:10 on the person in work at the Holy Spirit 04:12 the image of a white bird was flashed on the screens. 04:15 That moment a great white bird 04:19 flew low over the astonish congregation. 04:21 Cries of joy filled the air as the audience recognized 04:24 that God had visited His people. 04:26 A mighty surge of Pentecostal power 04:29 swept the audience of 120,000 souls 04:33 and everyone present felt the warm 04:35 comforting presence of God. 04:38 The Carter Report team invites you my dear viewer 04:41 to be a partner in this work. 04:43 Soldiers of the cross are wanted. 04:45 Faith partners are needed. 04:48 Write to us now, here at the Carter Report, 04:51 PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, California 91358 04:56 or in Australia at PO Box 861, 05:00 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 05:04 You may also contact us online at cartereport.org 05:08 or email us at info@cartereport.org. 05:16 It is of vital importance 05:18 that we listen to the voice of God 05:22 and not the voice of evil spirits 05:26 who come in the form of beautiful loved ones. 05:30 We're going to turn in the Holy Scriptures 05:32 and I have here my copy, my wonder copy of the NIV. 05:39 And I'm turning to Isaiah 8:19, 20. 05:45 As we did in the last meeting on the antichrist, 05:48 I'm going to talk rather slowly 05:51 because this is fraught with so much. 05:54 This is fraught with eternal consequences. 05:57 "When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists," 06:01 and they do that here in PNG "who whisper and mutter, 06:07 should not a people inquire of their God? 06:11 Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 06:16 To the law and to the testimony!" 06:18 That means the Bible. 06:20 "If they do not speak according to this word, 06:23 they have no light of dawn." 06:26 The Bible says this. 06:28 When people come along to you and they say, 06:32 I can bring back a dead loved one 06:36 and the spirit of the dead loved one will come back 06:40 and you can actually talk to your dead loved one. 06:42 The Bible says, "Do not go to the dead." 06:47 The Bible says, "Go to the living word of the living God." 06:53 That is why when we deal with subjects 06:55 here like antichrist in action, 06:59 dark deeds of antichrist revealed, 07:02 what happens five minutes after death. 07:04 I do not refer for my authority to the teachings of my church 07:10 or any other church. 07:12 Our authority in these meetings is the living word 07:16 of the living God, the Holy Bible. 07:21 Now Jesus once had an encounter with the devil 07:24 and you can read about that in the Book of Matthew. 07:28 Matthew 4. 07:30 "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit" 07:33 that means the holy spirit "into the desert 07:35 to be tempted by the devil." 07:37 People say I don't believe in the devil. 07:39 Well, Jesus did. You don't know more than Jesus. 07:43 "To be tempted by the devil. 07:45 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 07:49 The tempter came to him and said, 07:51 'If you are the Son of God, 07:54 tell these stones to become bread.' 07:57 Jesus answered, 'It is written, 08:03 Man does not live on bread alone, 08:06 but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 08:11 When Lucifer a beautiful creature, 08:15 if you saw Lucifer tonight he would not look like a dragon. 08:21 We saw the dragon that represented Rome, 08:23 but Lucifer would not look like a dragon 08:27 he would look a handsome, fine, wonderful person. 08:33 He would have a melodious voice. 08:37 He would even quote the Bible when it suited him. 08:42 And perhaps he would even heal the sick 08:46 because he has so much power. 08:49 Jesus said, "Don't listen to the demons, 08:53 listen to the Bible. 08:55 It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, 09:03 but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." 09:08 And so tonight I take my stand on the Bible the Word of God. 09:15 I would remind you tonight and I think this last night 09:18 when I spoke about this, "Every religion in the world 09:22 believes in the immortality of the soul." 09:27 The ancient Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, 09:32 The Romans, the Muslims, the Hindus, 09:34 our beloved Roman Catholic friends, 09:37 most Protestants believe in the immortality of the soul. 09:40 Virtually, every religion 09:42 believes in the immortality of the soul 09:45 with one notable exception 09:47 and that is the religion of the Bible. 09:53 The Bible does not teach the doctrine 09:55 of the immortality of the soul, 09:58 the Bible teaches the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead 10:03 and the coming of Christ. 10:05 Now what we're going to do now, 10:08 we're going to have a little summary 10:11 of some of the material I presented last night. 10:15 I'm teaching this tonight, I'm not preaching, 10:18 I'm just teaching and I'm trying to make 10:21 the Word of God plain for you. 10:24 The first truth on the state of the dead is this. 10:27 The dead know nothing. 10:30 And we've got a text for that in the Bible. 10:33 The dead know nothing. 10:36 "For the living know that they will die," 10:39 what does the Bible say "but the dead know nothing." 10:46 Some people tell me that dead know everything. 10:49 Some people tell me the dead are in hell 10:51 or in purgatory or even in heaven. 10:55 Wherever they are if the dead are alive and conscious, 10:59 the dead know a great deal 11:02 but the Bible says, the Word of God says, 11:05 the dead know nothing. 11:08 The devil doesn't want you to believe this. 11:11 He wants you to be deceived. 11:13 Truth number two, God alone is immortal. 11:18 I do not have an immortal soul. 11:21 1 Timothy 6:14-16. 11:24 People say but I do have an immortal soul. 11:27 Where did you get that from, my friend? 11:29 Not from the Bible but from the antichrist church. 11:33 Look at this, "To keep this command without spot 11:37 or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 11:42 which God will bring about in his own time-- 11:46 God, the blessed and only Ruler, 11:49 the King of kings and Lord of lords, 11:52 who alone is immortal." 11:57 Why don't people believe this, 12:00 it's because their eyes have been closed 12:05 by the traditions of men 12:07 but tonight God is opening our eyes 12:11 as the Spirit of God comes and teaches us the truth. 12:16 The dead know nothing, number two. 12:18 And God alone is immortal. That is the Word of God. 12:24 The third truth is this, 12:26 the departed saints are sleeping. 12:32 Let me say it again, the departed saints, 12:35 your loved ones are sleeping. They are unconscious. 12:41 I'm going to give you two texts, 12:42 one in Acts 7 and one in John 11. 12:47 And here is the first one. 12:50 This talks about the death of one of the saints of God. 12:55 "While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, 12:58 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' 13:03 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, 13:05 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' 13:08 When he had said this," he went straight to heaven. 13:13 Well it doesn't say that. 13:15 Then why do so many people believe it? 13:17 When he said this 13:18 the Bible says "He fell asleep." 13:25 So the Bible teaches that the saints of God 13:31 cannot help us 13:33 because they are sleeping unconscious 13:37 awaiting the coming of Jesus Christ, Hallelujah. 13:42 Now we're going to read another text. 13:44 Gonna put up another text. Here it is. 13:48 This is talking about Jesus and his friend Lazarus. 13:52 We talked about this last night. 13:54 My friend, believe what Jesus said. 13:59 "After He had said this, He went on to tell them, 14:02 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, 14:07 but I am going there to wake him up.' 14:12 His disciples replied, 'Lord, if he sleeps, 14:15 he will get better.' 14:18 Jesus had been speaking of his death, 14:21 but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. 14:27 So then he told them plainly, 'Lazarus is dead.'" 14:33 Listen to me, listen to me, 14:36 there you got Lazarus coming out of the tomb. 14:39 Lazarus wasn't in hell. He wasn't in purgatory. 14:42 You know why he wasn't in purgatory? 14:44 There's no such place. 14:47 He wasn't in limbo, there's no such place. 14:50 It's a tradition of the church. 14:53 And the Bible tells me 14:54 Jesus said, my friend Lazarus is sleeping, 14:59 And then He said, Lazarus is dead. 15:04 And so Lazarus was not in heaven, 15:07 Lazarus was not in hell, 15:10 Lazarus was not in purgatory or limbo. 15:14 Lazarus was sleeping 15:17 and he was awaiting the resurrection 15:20 when Jesus would come and raise him up. 15:23 Praise God. 15:25 Listen, want to say this to every person tonight. 15:30 The Bible says, Saint Stephen, 15:35 he's not in heaven. He's sleeping. 15:40 Saint Peter is not in heaven, he's sleeping. 15:46 My friend, I do not want a church 15:51 that is built upon Saint Peter because Peter is a dead man. 15:57 I want a church that is built 16:00 upon the living Jesus Christ, you see. 16:05 So Saint Peter and I'm looking forward 16:10 one day to meeting Peter at the feet of Jesus. 16:15 Saint Peter is sleeping. Saint John is sleeping. 16:19 Saint Paul is sleeping, they're not in heaven. 16:23 Saint Mary is sleeping. 16:26 Mary, the mother of Jesus is sleeping, 16:31 therefore she cannot save us because she is simply sleeping 16:37 awaiting the coming of Christ, you see. 16:40 Now I'll give you a text. 16:43 1 Corinthians 15:3-6. 16:50 Can you see how plain the Bible is? 16:52 1 Corinthians 15, "For what I received 16:57 I passed on to you as of first importance" 17:00 this is pretty important "that Christ died for our sins 17:05 according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, 17:09 that He was raised on the third day 17:12 according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Peter, 17:17 and then to the Twelve. 17:20 After that, He appeared to more than five hundred 17:23 of the brothers at the same time," 17:25 they are the saints "most of whom are still living, 17:30 though some" listen to it "have fallen asleep." 17:37 Not all of the saints had died at time. 17:42 Some were still living, many were still living. 17:46 But the Bible says, that some had fallen asleep. 17:52 So the Bible teaches that the saints are sleeping, 17:57 that is why I don't pray to the saints, 18:00 because the saints cannot save me, 18:03 only Jesus Christ my Lord can save me. 18:08 And so the saints are sleeping in the grave 18:12 and they're waiting their resurrection. 18:15 I tell audiences around the world 18:17 people have to go through mental gymnastics 18:22 to explain one of these texts. 18:25 You can't get away from the Word of God. 18:28 The devil tonight doesn't want you to understand this, 18:31 but Jesus wants us to understand tonight 18:35 and Jesus wants us to be saved. 18:39 And here is the next truth. 18:41 David, the patriarch is not in heaven. 18:45 People say, no he is in heaven. 18:47 I say, do you think he's--yes he's in heaven. 18:50 David the great saint in the Bible he must-- 18:54 he is in heaven that's what the church says. 18:56 But Acts 2:34, says he is not in heaven. 19:04 "David" look at it 19:07 "did not ascend to heaven." 19:12 That's the Holy Spirit speaking to us tonight. 19:17 Its no good praying to David, 19:19 it is no good praying to Saint Peter or Mary 19:23 and its no good trying to contact your loved ones 19:26 because the Bible says they are in a state of unconsciousness. 19:33 And God's people are sleeping, are waiting their resurrection 19:38 and the coming of Christ. 19:39 This is the Word of the Lord. And here is the fifth truth. 19:47 Death is not our hope. 19:49 In the Bible, death is called the last great enemy 19:54 that Jesus slays when He comes the second time, 19:58 1 Corinthians 15. 19:59 The resurrection is our hope, 20:01 1 Thessalonians 4:13 and 16. 20:07 I'm giving you text after text 20:10 so that your faith may rest not in the church, not in me, 20:14 but in the Word of God in Jesus Christ. Here it is. 20:18 "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant" 20:21 that's what Jesus would say if He was here tonight. 20:24 I don't want you to be ignorant. 20:26 We do not want you to be ignorant 20:28 "about those who fall asleep." 20:31 The people who die. 20:33 "or grieve like the rest of men, 20:35 who have no hope." 20:36 My friend, we got hope tonight 20:38 because "The Lord himself will come down from the heaven, 20:41 with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel 20:45 and with the trumpet call of God, 20:48 and the dead in Christ will rise first." 20:51 That is the Word of the Lord. 20:54 But the saints are sleeping 20:56 until the blessed hope the coming of Jesus. 21:01 I'm just looking forward to seeing my dad. 21:07 My dad was an unbeliever almost all his life 21:10 and then towards the, 21:13 the end of his life about 10 years before he died 21:16 my dad came to one of my meetings 21:19 and thank you God, my dad gave his life to Christ. 21:24 And I'm going to see my dad. I'm going to see my mom. 21:29 They're going to be a young, good looking, wonderful couple. 21:36 My dad was very sick before he died 21:39 but my dad is going to be running down 21:43 the streets of the New Jerusalem 21:45 and he's being--he will be holding my mother's hand 21:49 and by the grace of God I want to introduce 21:54 every one of you here in PNG to my mom and dad. 21:58 I really do. 22:01 But I can't talk to my mom or dad tonight 22:03 because they are sleeping. 22:05 But the devil wants you, 22:08 he wants me to be deceived by an evil spirit. 22:13 The Bible says, point number six. 22:16 "All who sleep in death, will be resurrected." 22:19 Every person here you can walk out of this meeting tonight. 22:23 I don't think you're going to-- 22:24 but somebody could walk out of this meeting tonight 22:27 and that person could say, I don't care about God. 22:30 I'm not going to follow God. 22:31 I'm not going to believe in Jesus Christ. 22:34 I'm not going to believe in the Bible. 22:37 I'm going to go my own way 22:38 and I'm going to shut that out of my mind. 22:40 My friend, you're still going to be resurrected. 22:45 The day He's going to come when every person here 22:49 is going to be resurrected and stand before 22:53 the judgment throne of Almighty God 22:57 so listen carefully what you're hearing tonight, 23:01 because every person here tonight 23:04 has a case pending at the judgment bar of God. 23:09 All who sleep will be resurrected. 23:13 Now we're going to read the text. Here it is. 23:16 "I tell you the truth," 23:17 oh, I want someone to tell me the truth. 23:21 I don't want a preacher lying to me. 23:23 I don't want somebody deceiving me 23:25 and then I'll end up being lost. 23:28 "I tell you the truth, a time is coming 23:31 and has now come 23:34 when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God 23:37 and those who hear will live. 23:41 For as the Father has life in himself, 23:44 so he has granted the Son to have life in himself." 23:49 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming 23:53 when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 23:57 and come out" that include you. 24:00 And the Bible says, 24:02 "Those who have done good will rise to live, 24:05 and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned." 24:11 So I want to say this to you today 24:14 in the name of God I say to you sitting over there, 24:17 right over there in that stand, 24:19 I say to you sitting over there on the bleachers. 24:22 I say to the person 24:24 who is a mile away and you can hear my voice. 24:27 I say to the hundred thousand or more people 24:30 that are jammed here in this vast arena. 24:34 I want to say it to you. 24:36 I want you to hear it tonight, Christ died for us. 24:40 He came down, He died on the cross. 24:43 And the Bible wants us tonight 24:45 to come to Him and believe in Him. 24:48 And when Jesus comes, He wants to resurrect us 24:51 to the resurrection of eternal life 24:54 and He wants to take us home to glory. 24:56 Can you say, amen. Please, Jesus. 25:00 Amen. Please, Jesus. 25:02 Please, Jesus, come soon and take us home to glory. 25:08 Tonight we are preaching and we are teaching 25:11 from the living Word of the living God. 25:15 A mother was explaining to her little boy 25:20 the subject of death. 25:23 Because this little boy's dad had just died 25:27 a few months before 25:28 and the little boy was broken hearted. 25:32 And that Christian mother sat down 25:34 and she was crying out of the sincerity 25:39 of her heart to explain death to her boy. 25:44 And she said, you know, son, we're all missing daddy. 25:52 But she said, I want to tell you something. 25:56 You know, how you loved to play outside 25:58 when its summer. It's so cold in winter. 26:03 And when summer comes 26:04 you play all day long out under the sun 26:08 and I've got to go to the back door 26:11 and I've got to call out, come on home son. 26:14 Come home son, its supper time. 26:18 And you would come home and you would sit down 26:21 with mommy and daddy at the table 26:25 and we would have dinner together. 26:28 And sometimes you were so, 26:31 so tired that you would go to sleep 26:34 when you're having a dinner 26:37 and your daddy would pick you up 26:40 and he carry you into the bedroom 26:43 and he puts you into your own bed 26:45 and he would undress you. 26:49 And you would know nothing until the next morning 26:53 when the sun was shining through the windows. 26:59 She said, that's what it's like with death. 27:05 After the hot summer of this world 27:08 and we become so tired and God says, 27:15 the time has come and we fall asleep 27:23 and God picks us up in His great arms 27:27 and He takes us into the bedroom and we sleep. 27:31 And we don't know anything 27:34 until the sun is shining through the windows 27:39 and Jesus has come. 27:45 Death is a sleep 27:49 and the dead are unconscious. 27:53 Our loved ones are not in pain. They are not in hell. 27:59 They are not in purgatory. 28:01 They are not in a conscious existence. 28:05 They are sleeping 28:08 awaiting the blessed resurrection 28:10 when Jesus comes. 28:13 Therefore... therefore 28:19 if the dead are unconscious, 28:24 who are the spirits in spiritism? 28:27 Now I want you to pray. 28:32 "There is a world of unseen spirits, 28:40 good and bad." 28:43 When I turn in my Holy Bible 28:47 to Revelation 12:7-9, 28:54 I read there of an unseen world 28:59 of good and bad spirits. 29:03 Revelation 12:7-9, 29:05 and we're going to take it for you 29:08 because we have such a vast audience of these giant screens. 29:13 "And there was war in heaven." Can you believe it? 29:18 It was a war in heaven. Somebody doesn't like you. 29:22 Somebody doesn't want you to be saved. 29:25 Somebody wants you to be saved. 29:27 And there was war in heaven. 29:30 "Michael, Christ and his angels fought against the dragon," 29:34 that's the devil "and the dragon and his angels fought back. 29:42 But he was not strong enough," to face God 29:45 "and they lost their place in heaven. 29:47 "There was a tremendous war, listen. 29:50 "The great dragon was hurled down-- 29:53 that ancient serpent called the devil, 29:55 or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. 30:01 He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him." 30:09 I can show you in the Bible that during this tremendous war, 30:15 the war of the universe, 30:20 there was a mighty angel of tremendous beauty 30:26 and astounding intellect and somehow in a way 30:32 that we cannot comprehend. He became the great rebel. 30:38 He became proud. 30:40 He was filled with anger and poison 30:44 because he was jealous of Jesus Christ. 30:51 And the Bible says, that this mighty angel 30:56 was successful in deceiving 31:00 one third of the angels of heaven. 31:05 That means millions and billons of mighty angels 31:11 went over to the side of the devil 31:15 or to Lucifer and they are, they are the demons 31:21 that we are talking about tonight. 31:24 Are you listening to me? 31:26 There are two sides and the war continues. 31:30 There is Christ and there is antichrist. 31:34 There is Jesus and there is Satan. 31:38 And in this meeting tonight there is a tremendous war 31:43 going on in the hearts of men and women, 31:47 but I want you to know tonight 31:49 that Jesus Christ is a billion times 31:53 stronger than the devil 31:55 and Jesus is winning this battle. 31:58 I want you to know this. 32:01 Evil angels are on a mission to deceive and to destroy. 32:08 They're out to get you. 32:10 Second Thessalonians 2:9, 32:14 these evil angels are on a mission 32:18 to deceive and to destroy. 32:21 And we're going to read this text 32:23 and here it comes up on the giant screens. 32:27 "The coming of the lawless one" that's the antichrist" 32:33 will be in accordance with the work 32:35 Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, 32:42 signs and wonders." 32:45 This mighty angel has the ability to do 32:50 mighty signs and wonders 32:53 and he can even deceive millions and billions of people 32:58 unless they are students of a Word of God. 33:03 Unless they are standing on the Word of God 33:06 they will be deceived. 33:09 Listen, evil angels have the power 33:13 to impersonate good people, even your dead loved ones. 33:21 Evil angels have the power to impersonate good people, 33:25 even your dead loved ones who know nothing. 33:29 Second Corinthians 11:14, I want you to see this. 33:35 "And no wonder, for Satan himself 33:39 masquerades as an angel of light." 33:42 If you could see Satan tonight, 33:45 he is not a dragon, he is not a monster, 33:48 he would look like a beautiful angel of light. 33:52 And these demons, these angels 33:55 who turned against God can impersonate the dead 33:59 and they can make it appear 34:01 as though they are your loved ones 34:04 and they can bring you convincing messages 34:06 because they know everything about you. 34:09 But I want you tonight to stand on the Word of God 34:13 and I want you to turn your back on Lucifer 34:16 and I want you to turn your back on these evil angels 34:19 and I want you to cry out Jesus save me. 34:22 I'm going to believe in Jesus 34:25 and I'm going to trust in Jesus tonight, amen. 34:28 Can you say that? 34:31 Listen, millions are deceived 34:34 because they believe that dead are alive. 34:39 And when I talk on this subject the devil hates it. 34:45 Before I ever talk on this subject 34:47 I have opposition. 34:49 I have problems that arise. 34:56 Sometimes the opposition 34:59 almost pushes me down into the ground 35:02 and I've got to say, Lord, help me. 35:07 And the devil comes and he tries to stop me 35:11 preaching this message. 35:15 But I'm determined tonight to preach the truth, 35:18 because God loves you and I love you. 35:21 And I want to see you saved in the Kingdom of God 35:25 and so pray with me tonight 35:27 that the power of Satan is going to be broken 35:30 in the lives of every person here tonight. 35:32 Oh, Jesus, please. 35:35 Now we're going to show you 35:37 how the king of Israel was deceived by a demon. 35:41 Are you ready for this? 35:43 We're going to come to a text. 35:45 We're told here it is. 35:47 This is 1 Samuel 28:3-16 is the long passage 35:52 and I'm going to read it real slow, 35:54 so you don't miss it. All right. 35:58 Now Samuel was what? He was dead. 36:01 And if he was dead how much did he know? 36:05 Zero. He didn't know a thing. 36:07 Samuel was sleeping, 36:09 awaiting the resurrection. He still is. 36:12 "Now Samuel was dead" He was a prophet to God, 36:14 had to be, had on one occasion. 36:18 "and all Israel had mourned for him 36:20 and buried him in his own town of Ramah. 36:24 Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land." 36:27 Because God said, get them out of the land 36:30 because that's devil worship. 36:32 If a person believes in the spirits 36:34 he's really worshiping the devil. 36:37 "The Philistines assembled and came 36:39 and set up camp at Shunem, 36:41 while Saul gathered all Israelites 36:44 and set up camp at Gilboa." They're gonna have a big fight. 36:48 "When Saul saw the Philistine army, 36:51 he was afraid, terror filled his heart." 36:53 No wonder he turned from God. 36:56 "He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him 36:59 by dreams or Urim or prophets." 37:01 My friend, we need to obey God and not turn away from God. 37:05 "Saul then said to his attendants, 37:08 'Find me a woman who is a medium," 37:09 and you can find them here in Port Moresby. 37:12 You can find them plenty of them 37:14 in Papua New Guinea. 37:15 Find me a woman or a man who is a medium, 37:18 so I may go and inquire of her.' 37:21 'There is one in Endor,' they said." 37:23 She's called the witch of Endor. 37:25 "So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, 37:28 and at night he and two men went to the woman. 37:31 'Consult a spirit for me,' he said.'' 37:34 This was the greatest sin he could ever have done. 37:37 "And bring up for me the one I name.' 37:41 But the woman said to him, 37:42 'Surely you know what Saul has done.'' 37:44 The king of Israel. 37:46 "He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land.'" 37:49 Because they are of the devil. 37:52 "Why have you set a trap for my life 37:54 to bring about my death?" 37:55 That's what the woman says to the king 37:58 but she doesn't know he's the king. 38:00 "Saul swore to her by the Lord, 38:03 'As surely as the Lord lives, 38:04 you will not be punished for this.' 38:07 Then the woman asked, 'Whom shall I bring up for you?' 38:12 'Bring up Samuel,' he said." So now he's consulting the dead. 38:18 Notice what happens. 38:20 "When the woman saw Samuel, 38:22 she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, 38:25 'Why have you deceived me? 38:27 You are Saul!'' 38:33 Notice what it says. 38:34 "The king said to her, 'Don't be afraid. 38:39 What did you see?'" 38:40 apparently he never saw it at this time. 38:43 "The woman said, 'I saw a spirit 38:48 coming up out of the ground.' 38:55 'What does he look like?' he asked. 38:59 'An old man wearing a robe is coming up,' she said. 39:05 Then Saul knew it was Samuel, 39:08 and he bowed down and prostrated himself 39:11 with his face to the ground. 39:15 Samuel said to Saul, 39:19 'Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?' 39:24 'I am in great distress,' Saul said. 39:28 'The Philistines are fighting against me, 39:30 and God has turned away from me. 39:33 He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. 39:38 So I have called on you to tell me what to do.' 39:42 Samuel said, 'Why do you consult me, 39:47 now that the Lord has turned away from you 39:52 and become your enemy?'" 39:56 Listen, I'll tell you why it wasn't the prophet. 40:02 If a person supposed to go to heaven when he dies, 40:06 the spirit would have come down from heaven. 40:09 But this thing came up out of the ground. 40:14 You know why it came up out of the ground? 40:18 It wasn't the prophet, it was a demon. 40:24 And listen to me carefully. Everybody listening? 40:29 Whenever I preach on this subject, 40:32 the demon start to stir the hearts 40:36 to their followers. 40:40 Listen to me. 40:42 This thing that came up out of the ground 40:49 and drove the power of death 40:53 into the heart of the king was not the dead prophet 40:58 but a deceiving spirit. 41:04 Look at me. 41:06 If here you go along to consult a spiritist 41:12 and he brings up a loved one. 41:15 That loved one starts to talk to you 41:17 and tells you intimate details 41:21 you be tempted to say it must be my loved one 41:24 because only my loved one who could know this. 41:28 But I'm here to tell you tonight 41:29 the power of the demons is such 41:33 that they can even impersonate our loved ones 41:36 and therefore we must take our stand tonight 41:41 not on tradition but on the Holy Word of God 41:45 and we must cling to Jesus Christ 41:48 and we must turn from the demons 41:51 and the evil spirits and from the occult 41:54 and we must believe in Christ and Christ alone. 41:59 Listen, listen. 42:02 The power of evil deceiving spirits 42:05 is manifested in many ways. 42:07 Let me tell you some. 42:09 The ascended masters-- 42:11 I was running a series of meetings in Australia 42:14 in the great city of Melbourne. 42:17 Some people came along 42:19 and they said we want you to join us. 42:22 I said what do you mean? 42:23 They said, the masters, some of the great people 42:27 who ever lived, who have died 42:30 comeback and they talk to us. 42:34 And now we can get outside of our bodies 42:38 and we can travel around the countryside 42:41 and one night we are planning to come 42:44 and visit you as spirit beings. 42:47 I said no, you won't because I belong to Jesus. 42:51 And they said, we want you to join us. 42:54 I said, I'm not joining you because I have joined Jesus 42:59 and I'm holding on to the Bible, the ascended masters. 43:04 Then there is incubus 43:09 and that is when a demon materializes 43:13 and has intimate relationships with a woman. 43:17 You say, no. Yes, it happens. 43:21 Then there is channeling 43:23 and the new age and the gods of the heathen 43:30 and the gods of the pagans and the images 43:38 and in parts of the world 43:41 they even worship the dead ancestors 43:45 and they keep skulls and the skulls talk to them. 43:50 And they say this is our God. 43:54 Yes it is, it is the devil. 43:58 And there are some countries 44:00 that are completely infested with demonism. 44:06 I was in a country not very long ago 44:08 when my dear friend Pastor Hawker and I 44:11 went to a great temple 44:15 and the priest of the temple said 44:17 when I strike the gong the demons are going to come 44:23 and we worship those Gods. 44:26 He said, come in. 44:28 We said we will not step into your place 44:31 because we worship Christ. 44:34 Now, as we stood outside he struck the gong 44:39 and immediately the hair on the back of my neck stood up 44:44 and I was conscious of an evil presence. 44:48 The demons are real and there are demons 44:52 that are ruling in PNG, in parts of this great country. 44:58 And you and I tonight must say 45:00 that we're going to follow Christ 45:02 and we're going to follow the Bible 45:04 and we're going to turn from demonism 45:07 and the worship of our ancestors as they do in some countries. 45:14 Then people pray to the dead, 45:19 spiritism praying to the dead and people pray for the dead. 45:25 My friend, I do not pray for my father. 45:32 I do not pray for my mother. 45:36 I've had people come to me and they've offered me money 45:38 if I'll pray for their loved ones I tell them this. 45:44 Once a person has died his fate is eternally sealed. 45:51 Therefore we do not pray for the dead 45:54 because they are safe in the hands of God. 45:57 We pray for the living. 46:00 Therefore my friend tonight we pray for the living, 46:04 we pray for you, but we do not pray for the dead 46:07 and we do not pray with the dead. 46:09 This is a form of demonism. 46:13 Then south of the border in the United States of America 46:17 a couple of hundred miles from where I live, 46:20 the people there go to the cemeteries 46:23 on the night of the dead 46:25 and Halloween which is a pagan satanic cult 46:31 and they go there 46:32 and they take food and they take wine 46:36 and they pray to the dead. And the devil laughs. 46:43 Then there is astrology where people consult the stars. 46:49 I'm going to read you a text in Isaiah 47:13 and 14. 46:55 Going to put it up on the screen, 46:57 because in America, Australia, 47:00 millions of people consult the stars 47:03 because of their ignorance of the Word of God, 47:06 because they are deceived by demons. Listen. 47:11 "All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! 47:16 Let your astrologers come forward, 47:19 those stargazers who make predictions month by month, 47:24 let them save you from what is coming upon you." 47:27 Isaiah says. 47:28 "Surely they are like stubble, the fire will burn them up." 47:32 The fire is going to burn up the astrologers 47:35 and those who practice astrology. 47:37 "They cannot even save themselves 47:40 from the power of the flame. 47:47 Here are no coals to warm anyone, 47:50 here is no fire to sit by." 47:55 Would you like to know why millions of people do this? 47:58 It is because they do not follow the Word of God, 48:03 they follow the teachings of men. 48:06 They're not aware of the fact that there is a great battle 48:10 going on between Christ and Satan. 48:13 And Satan doesn't want you tonight to get baptized. 48:17 There are people here who ought to be baptized. 48:20 We're going to have a baptism in a week's time. 48:24 And Satan doesn't want you to make a decision for Christ. 48:27 He doesn't want you to be baptized. 48:30 He doesn't want you to give your heart completely to Him. 48:38 But I want you to know tonight that our God is alive. 48:44 And there's another text I'm going to put up. 48:48 Here it is. Here it is, Deuteronomy. 48:52 Everything here is from the Bible 48:54 and I'm so glad that I'm talking 48:56 to a super intelligent audience. 49:00 We've got university professors. We've got college students. 49:04 We've got housewives. 49:05 We've got doctors. We have politicians. 49:09 We've members of the government. 49:10 We've ambassadors. 49:12 We have the best audience in the world here tonight. 49:15 Now look at this text, Deuteronomy 18. 49:20 "When you come into the land 49:21 which the Lord your God is giving you, 49:24 you shall not learn to follow 49:26 the abominations of those nations. 49:29 They shall not be found among you 49:32 anyone who makes His son 49:35 or His daughters pass through the fire 49:38 an ancient occult practice, 49:41 or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, 49:49 or one who interprets omens, 49:53 or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells 50:00 or a medium, or a spiritist, 50:05 or one who calls up the dead. 50:13 For all who do these things 50:16 are an abomination to the Lord." 50:27 Don't you know tonight 50:33 that God has brought you to this meeting 50:38 because He loves you 50:41 and He wants you to be saved in His Kingdom? 50:46 He loves you, He loves you, He loves you. 50:52 But there's another power tonight 50:54 who wants to bring you down to hell with himself. 50:58 His name is Lucifer. 51:00 He's the archenemy of Christ 51:04 and the archenemy of men and women. 51:08 He wants you. 51:14 The Christ died for you. 51:20 Some years ago I was visiting a lady 51:24 in the city of Gosford, north of Sydney. 51:28 That lady had once known the truth of the Bible. 51:31 She had once been a Christian. Listen carefully. 51:36 Nobody is laughing about this tonight. 51:41 And she came to my meetings 51:42 and she said I want you to come to my home 51:44 because I'm in deep trouble. 51:47 So a friend of my Dr. John Hamann 51:49 who had been up in Malaysia where they have demons, 51:52 very plain there in the temples. 51:55 John and I went to her home in the evening. 51:59 The children were frightened and they were cowering 52:02 like little rabbits in the living room. 52:06 I sat down with this women, I said how can I help you? 52:09 She said, you see the curtain railings. 52:12 Yes, I see them. 52:14 You notice how they've got like a spear on the end. 52:16 Yes, I know. 52:18 Well, said, at night time they come out by themselves 52:21 and they come around after me and try to spear me to death. 52:26 I said, what do you mean? 52:27 She said, in the name of God I used to be a Christian. 52:31 I turned away. 52:33 And then I got into the occult and I went along 52:37 and I listen to mediums and I consulted the dead. 52:45 Then she said, at night time when I get into bed-- 52:50 this woman was divorced. 52:52 Didn't have her husband. 52:53 She said, when I get into bed 52:56 often a man appears 53:01 and tries to get into bed with me 53:04 and he grabs hold of me by the throat. 53:11 And she said, I scream out. She said, I'm terrified. 53:17 What shall I do? 53:20 I said, let's get down on our knees. 53:23 Dr. John Hamann and I got down on our knees. 53:26 I got my Bible, I started to read the Bible 53:29 and I started to pray. 53:31 But as I prayed she went into like a coma. 53:36 She went into a trans. 53:37 She couldn't hear me 53:39 because the spirits were present in the room 53:43 and she had given herself to them. 53:46 Don't laugh about this. 53:50 John Hamann said to me later, when I went to that room, 53:57 the hair on my neck stood up, stuck straight up. 54:01 I said, mine too. 54:03 I said, I had a sense 54:05 of the presence of something evil. 54:07 My friend, I know there is a living God, 54:11 I know there is a living devil 54:14 and I know that there is a war going on. 54:21 We prayed for this woman. 54:23 We prayed for her, we went back. 54:28 I moved away. 54:30 I prayed God that she gave herself to Christ 54:38 because only Christ can save us. 54:40 I want you to know if there's somebody here tonight 54:43 and you're playing with the devil. 54:45 No, the devil is playing with you. 54:49 That if you throw yourself into the hands of God 54:53 and believe the truths of the Bible 54:55 that the dead know nothing. 54:57 And if you believe that Jesus is greater than the devil 55:00 and if you cling to Him you will be saved 55:03 and the devil will be cast out of your life. 55:11 Can you raise your hands tonight to say? 55:15 In the great controversy between Christ and Satan 55:18 here in PNG tonight I choose to be on the side of Christ. 55:25 Can you raise your hands tonight? 55:28 Can you say, everybody back as far as we can see, 55:34 you folks over there on the hill, 55:36 those of you outside the stadium, 55:38 so many of you. 55:40 How many will raise their hand and say tonight, 55:42 I'm choosing the Lord Jesus Christ. 55:46 Let us pray. Let's close our eyes. 55:49 Keep your hands up. 55:52 Tonight our Father we've had two tremendous meetings, 55:57 the antichrist, the Lord open up their eyes. 56:00 Now we've had a meeting that exposes the devil himself 56:06 and we know that devil today is very active in New York City 56:10 and Los Angeles and Port Moresby. 56:15 With this country like many other places 56:18 has had a history of spiritism, 56:22 where many people even pray to their dead ancestors. 56:26 But tonight Lord, we're not choosing dead people, 56:33 we're choosing a living Jesus. 56:36 We're raising our hands tonight 56:38 because Lord we're saying come into our hearts. 56:44 Thank you, for joining us today. 56:46 To become a faith partner with Pastor John Carter 56:49 and to receive our monthly newsletter, 56:52 write to us here at the Carter Report, 56:54 PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, 56:57 California, 91358 57:00 or in Australia at PO Box 861, 57:04 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 57:08 That address again is PO Box 1900, 57:12 Thousand Oaks, California, 91358 57:16 or in Australia at PO Box 861, 57:19 Terrigal, NSW 2260. 57:23 You may also contact us online at carterreport.org. 57:28 Remember Jesus said, "You will know the truth 57:31 and the truth will set you free." |
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