Some of the largest crowds,
in the history of Christianity
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attended "The Carter Report"
in the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Who were these people?
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Well, they were
earnest seekers for truth,
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with hearts strangely
warmed by the love of God.
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They came hungry for God
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and they listened to
His word with a holy awe,
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mingled with a
divine excitement.
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When the invitation to accept
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Christ as Lord
and Savior was given,
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thousands surged forward.
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The fervency and
devotion of these seekers
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displayed the
miracle-working power
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of the Holy
Spirit in their lives.
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You are now invited to
join this mighty congregation
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as Pastor John Carter
forthrightly proclaims a message
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"hot from the heart of God."
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Welcome to "The Carter Report"
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in the Sir John
Guise National Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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So now let's talk
for little bit tonight
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about the unpardonable sin.
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The sin that not even
Almighty God can forgive.
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Is it murder? Is it adultery?
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Is it lying? Is it
cursing the name of God?
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What a terrible sin it is
to blaspheme the name of God.
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Is it a
perverted sexual practice?
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Is it stealing? Is it violence?
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What is the sin that
not even a loving God,
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an Almighty God can forgive?
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I want you know,
this that there is no sin
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too bad for the
God of the Bible.
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There is no sin too bad for
God if that sin is repented off.
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Paul the
evangelist says in the Bible
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that "God will finish His work
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and cut it short
in righteousness."
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The Prophet Joel says,
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"God will pour out His
spirit in the last days,
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and signs and
wonders will follow."
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The Carter Report believes
that we are now in the end times
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and His spirit
is moving mightily.
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During the Port
Moresby campaign,
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we testified that we saw
the power of God revealed.
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More than
100,000 God hungry souls
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could not get enough
of the word of the Lord
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as at creation the Spirit of God
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moved upon the
face of the waters
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and God brought
cosmos out of chaos.
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Souls were recreated in
the image of the creator.
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Instead of hate, there was love.
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Instead of
despair, there was hope.
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Instead of
sorrow, there was joy.
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And in the place of
death, God gave life.
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One night, as
John Carter preached
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on the person and
work of the Holy Spirit
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the image of a white bird
was flashed on the screens.
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That moment a
great white bird flew low
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over the
astonished congregation.
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Cries of joy filled the
air as the audience recognized
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that God had visited His people.
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A mighty surge
of Pentecostal power
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swept the
audience of 120,000 souls
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and everyone
present felt the warm
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comforting presence of God.
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The Carter Report team
invites you, my dear viewer,
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to be a partner in this work.
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Soldiers of the
cross are wanted.
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Faith partners are needed.
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Write to us now here
at the Carter Report,
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PO Box 1900,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91358
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or in Australia, at PO Box 861,
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Terrigal, NSW 2260.
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You may also contact us
online at cartereport.org
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or email us at
info@cartereport.org.
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I want you to know,
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God will forgive
every sin that is confessed,
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but God cannot forgive a
sin that is not confessed.
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And we're going to see tonight
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that the
unpardonable sin is unpardonable
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because it is not repented off
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and it is not confessed.
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Now Jesus spoke
about the unpardonable sin.
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And if you and I turn
in the holy scriptures
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to Matthew 12:31-32,
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we read these words.
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Matthew 12:31-32,
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Jesus said, "And so I tell you,
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every sin and
blasphemy will be forgiven men."
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That gives us hope,
that gives us light,
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that gives an
opportunity to be saved.
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"And so I tell you,
every sin and blasphemy
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will be forgiven men,
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but the blasphemy
against the Spirit
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will not be forgiven."
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If you and I sin
against the Holy Spirit,
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we've got nothing but hellfire.
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Anyone who speaks a word
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against the Son of
Man will be forgiven,
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but anyone who speaks
against the Holy Spirit
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will not be forgiven
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either in this age
or in the age to come.
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The unpardonable sin my friend
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is the sin
against the third person
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of the godhead, the
blessed Holy Spirit.
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Tonight we're going to tell you,
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how a person can sin
against the Holy Spirit.
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I want you to listen tonight.
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I want you to
pray with me tonight.
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I want you to say as
I'm talking up here tonight.
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Oh, Holy Spirit...
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oh, Holy Spirit come
into this meeting tonight.
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I'm saying this
tonight to the person
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way over there
watching on the other screen.
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We set up another screen
because the audience is so vast.
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I'm saying it to people
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who're standing on
the roofs of their cars
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and they're listening.
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They can't see
but they're listening.
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I want you to pray tonight
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that the Holy Spirit
will come into our hearts
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and the Holy Spirit
will convict us of sin
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and lead us to
Christ and salvation.
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How do I sin
against the Holy Spirit--
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firstly who is the Holy Spirit?
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Jesus said, in Matthew 28:19.
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The Bible says,
the word of God says.
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Here it is, Matthew 28,
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"Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations."
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We're here because we're
doing what Jesus told us to do.
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"Baptizing them in
the name of the Father
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and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit.''
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I believe in
the blessed trinity.
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The Bible talks
about God the Father.
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The Bible talks
about God, the Son.
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And the Bible talks
about God, the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit
is a real person.
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He is not just an influence
that comes from the Father.
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He is not just a power,
the Holy Spirit is a person.
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I want you to notice
the words of the great Paul
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in Romans 8:28.
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Romans 8:28 look at
these words on the screen.
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Romans 8:27, here we go,
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"And he who
searches our hearts."
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Do you feel tonight that
your heart is being searched?
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If you feel tonight that
your heart is being searched,
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there is hope
that you can be saved,
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because you haven't
committed the unpardonable sin.
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If you feel tonight that
your heart is being searched.
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"And he who searches our hearts
knows the mind of the Spirit."
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He has got a mind.
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Electricity is a power,
but it doesn't have a mind.
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The Holy Spirit is
not simply a power,
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the Holy Spirit-- I tell you
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on the authority
of the word of God,
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the Holy Spirit is a person.
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"The mind of the Spirit,
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because the Spirit
intercedes for the saints
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in accordance
with the will of God."
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The Holy Spirit comes
into a meeting like this
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and in our hearts.
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He struggles with
us and he intercedes
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according to the
will of Almighty God.
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And then the text
that is so famous,
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John 16:7-14.
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John 16:7 onwards--
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the words of our blessed Lord.
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But I tell you, this is Jesus.
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When Jesus speaks,
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he speaks with the
authority of Almighty God,
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"But I tell you the truth,
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it is for your good
that I'm going away.
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Unless I go away the
Counselor will not come to you.
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But if I go, I
will send him to you."
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The Counselor
is the Holy Spirit.
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When he comes, he will convict
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the world of
guilt in regard to sin
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and righteousness and judgment."
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When the Holy Spirit of God
comes into a meeting like this,
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he convicts us of sin.
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He convicts us of righteousness
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and the coming
judgments of Almighty God.
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He is here tonight.
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I can sense that
he is here tonight.
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I want to say Holy Spirit
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you're welcome in
this place tonight.
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We welcome you here tonight.
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We want you to work
on our hearts tonight.
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We're not going to be stubborn
in this meeting tonight.
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We say you're
welcome in this place.
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Convict us.
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You convict us
according to "sin,
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righteousness and
judgment, in regard to sin,
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because men do
not believe in me,
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in regard to righteousness,
because I'm going to the Father,
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where you can see me no
longer, in regard to judgment
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because the
prince of this world,
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the devil now stands condemned.
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I have much more to say to you,
much more than you can now bear.
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But when he, the
Spirit of truth, comes,
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he will guide
you into all truth.
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He will not speak on his own,
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he will speak
only what he hears,
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and he will tell
you what is to come.
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He will bring glory to me
by taking from what is mine
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and making it known to you."
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Listen to me in the name of God.
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The Spirit of
God is here tonight.
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You can sense that
he is here tonight.
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When he comes, he
convicts us of our sins.
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He convicts us of
God's righteousness
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that we spoke about last night.
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He convicts us
of judgment to come.
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And then the Spirit of
God moves upon our hearts
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to lead us into
the truth of God.
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Some people say,
but I'm hearing things
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that my church did not teach me.
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We're not here
tonight to condemn any church.
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We love all of the churches.
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We love our
friends, the Roman Catholics,
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and the
Methodists, and the Baptists
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and all of them.
We love them all.
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But we're not here tonight
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to talk about the
teachings of the churches.
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We're here tonight glory to
talk about the truth of God.
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And the Bible says, "He
will lead you into all truth."
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And somebody may say,
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but that is not
what my church teaches.
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My friend, it is not a case
of what your church teaches,
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it is a case of what
the word of God says.
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And if what I believe
is not taught in the Bible,
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then by the grace of
God I've got to let it go.
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And I got to walk in the light
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and I've got to open up
my heart to the Holy Spirit.
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Sometimes this brings about
a great struggle in the soul.
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And the Bible
says "The great sin
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that God cannot forgive
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is when we sin
against the Holy Spirit."
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And so I say tonight,
Holy Spirit you are here
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and you are
welcome in this place.
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Now listen to me, I want
you to come now to 1 John.
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Look at it on the
screen, 1 John 3:4.
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And then you're going
to see where I'm going.
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Here it is 1 John 3:4,
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the Bible says,
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"Sin is the
transgression of the Lord."
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That's what it says.
Sin is breaking the law.
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There it is, hallelujah.
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"Everyone who
sins breaks the law,
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in fact sin is lawlessness."
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Or as the King
James Version says,
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"Sin is the
transgression of the law."
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If you and I break
the commandments of God,
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we're committing
spiritual suicide
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because sin is
breaking the law of God.
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Now, I'm going to come
over here to the blackboard
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and I'm going to put
up a little illustration.
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I want the-- a camera.
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I want the
camera to come with me.
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And this is going to
go up on the giant screen.
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Over here, we've got
the lowlands of despair
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and lawlessness.
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This is the place of death,
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where people break
the commandments of God,
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because the Bible says,
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"the wages of sin is death."
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And so here is a
man tonight or a woman
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and he is down here
in the lowland of sin
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but he comes to a
meeting like this.
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And the Spirit of God
comes into the meeting
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and he says, "Surely
the presence of the Lord
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is in this place."
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And he opens his heart up.
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He does not fight
the Spirit of God.
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When the preacher says,
I want you to come forward
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and be baptized.
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He doesn't holdback,
but he runs down to front,
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because he is obedient to God.
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He is not in
spiritual rebellion.
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So this person over
here, bring back the camera.
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Here he is down in
the lowland of despair,
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the place of death.
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And the Spirit
of God comes to him
00:17:14.47\00:17:16.85
and the Spirit of God
leads him to the cross.
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And when he comes to the cross
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and when he looks up at
Christ dying on the cross,
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he repents of his sins.
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And last night we talked
about justification by faith.
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And we discovered
that when a person
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comes to Christ in
true penitence and in faith,
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he is declared righteous.
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To justify means
to declare righteous
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and this person now has
a new standing with God.
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He is passed
from death unto life.
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He is no longer down
here in the land of rebellion.
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He is saved.
00:18:08.62\00:18:10.18
And now he is on the uplands
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going home to glory.
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He is born again.
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He is regenerated
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by the supernatural
agency of the Holy Spirit.
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And God writes the
law upon his heart.
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There is a text over
here in Hebrews 8:10.
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Hebrews 8:10 and it tells us
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what God does is
quite remarkable.
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It tells us
"This is the covenant
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I will make with the
house of Israel after that time,
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declares the Lord.
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I will put my
laws in their minds
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and write them on their hearts.
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I will be their God,
and they will be my people."
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Back in the Old Testament,
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God wrote the Ten
Commandments on stone tablets.
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But under the new covenant,
00:19:13.39\00:19:15.72
when a person is
saved by the blood of Jesus,
00:19:15.75\00:19:18.35
when a person is
saved by the grace of God,
00:19:18.38\00:19:21.45
God writes the
law upon the hearts.
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And now he wants to obey
God because the heart is soft
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and he wants to
run in the ways of God.
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Now listen my friend.
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Maybe tonight
there are people here,
00:19:38.46\00:19:42.58
but I want you to
know there is no sin
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too bad for
Jesus, bring the camera.
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There is no sin
too bad for Jesus.
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There is no sin
too bad for Jesus.
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There is no sin too
bad for Jesus, hallelujah.
00:19:52.38\00:19:57.74
But there may be
people down here tonight
00:19:57.77\00:20:00.23
and they are breaking
the commandments of God.
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They' are breaking the
commandments that says,
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"You shall not commit adultery."
00:20:05.61\00:20:07.90
The breaking of the
commandment that says,
00:20:07.93\00:20:09.90
you shall have no
other God's before me.
00:20:09.93\00:20:11.82
They're breaking the
commandment that says,
00:20:11.85\00:20:13.66
remember the Sabbath
day and by keeping it holy.
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And so the
Spirit of the Lord comes
00:20:20.27\00:20:23.65
and he leads those
people to the cross
00:20:23.68\00:20:28.16
and those people
fall down at the cross
00:20:28.19\00:20:31.42
and they cry out,
Lord have mercy upon me.
00:20:31.45\00:20:35.31
And Jesus says, you're
declared righteous and innocent.
00:20:35.34\00:20:41.95
You have now the
gift of everlasting life.
00:20:41.98\00:20:45.35
Hallelujah, what a truth.
00:20:45.38\00:20:48.31
And then the Bible
says, God works a miracle.
00:20:48.34\00:20:55.48
There is a total transformation,
00:20:55.51\00:20:59.39
God changes the heart,
00:20:59.42\00:21:02.43
He makes it into a soft heart.
00:21:02.46\00:21:08.52
And He writes upon that heart
00:21:08.55\00:21:11.21
the words of
the holy law of God.
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Listen to me
there was a little girl
00:21:15.63\00:21:19.28
lost in the
great city of London.
00:21:19.31\00:21:22.49
She was found by a
British bobby, a policeman.
00:21:22.52\00:21:28.06
She was crying. He
said, where do you live.
00:21:28.09\00:21:32.15
She couldn't remember
her address, the little dear.
00:21:32.18\00:21:36.72
Well, do you live in
that are? No, I don't know.
00:21:36.75\00:21:39.96
Do you know that place?
00:21:39.99\00:21:41.36
No, I don't know
that, I want my mommy.
00:21:41.39\00:21:45.34
Then after sometime he
said, you know the great church.
00:21:45.37\00:21:50.05
The great church in the
centre of the great city,
00:21:50.08\00:21:53.02
St. Paul's Cathedral,
the one with a great cross.
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And a face stood
up and she cried out,
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.37
oh, yes. I know the cross.
00:22:00.40\00:22:03.91
Take me to the cross
and then I can go home.
00:22:03.94\00:22:07.65
If you and I tonight
would come to the cross,
00:22:12.30\00:22:18.14
we will find our way home.
00:22:18.17\00:22:22.28
Who lives at the
cross? Romans were there.
00:22:22.31\00:22:29.11
The Jews, the
good, bad and the ugly,
00:22:29.14\00:22:35.13
hypocrites, priests, thieves,
00:22:35.16\00:22:39.44
Jesus, Mary, the holy woman.
00:22:39.47\00:22:43.42
And if we'll
gather around the cross
00:22:47.17\00:22:50.82
and look into the face
of the dying Son of God,
00:22:50.85\00:22:55.52
we will find our way
home, I tell you tonight.
00:22:55.55\00:23:03.04
Listen...
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Holy Spirit work on our hearts.
00:23:07.22\00:23:11.23
The work of the Holy Spirit
00:23:11.26\00:23:13.80
is to lead from
sin to repentance.
00:23:13.83\00:23:18.88
But you ask the question
00:23:18.91\00:23:21.36
how important is
it to obey God's law.
00:23:21.39\00:23:27.51
There's a text 1 John 2:3-4.
00:23:27.54\00:23:34.01
1 John 2:3-4 it says,
00:23:34.04\00:23:41.94
"We know that we
have come to know him,
00:23:41.97\00:23:45.50
if we obey his commands.
00:23:45.53\00:23:49.83
The man who says 'I know him,
00:23:49.86\00:23:53.89
' but does not do
what he commands is a liar,
00:23:53.92\00:24:01.22
and the truth is not in him."
00:24:01.25\00:24:04.08
There will be no liars in
heaven unless they repent.
00:24:04.11\00:24:11.60
And the person
who says, I know God,
00:24:11.63\00:24:16.90
while he breaks the
commandments of God.
00:24:16.93\00:24:20.61
The Bible says, "is a liar
00:24:20.64\00:24:25.58
and the truth is not in him."
00:24:25.61\00:24:29.57
There is another text,
00:24:29.60\00:24:31.74
James 2:10-12.
00:24:31.77\00:24:38.69
I want you to notice this.
00:24:38.72\00:24:41.04
James 2:10-12,
00:24:41.07\00:24:48.63
I beseech you, read the text,
00:24:48.66\00:24:54.30
"For whoever keeps the whole law
00:24:54.33\00:25:00.14
and yet stumbles
at just one point
00:25:00.17\00:25:04.06
is guilty of breaking all of it.
00:25:04.09\00:25:11.31
For he who said, 'Do
not commit adultery,'
00:25:11.34\00:25:14.95
also said, 'Do not murder.'
00:25:14.98\00:25:18.29
If you do not commit
adultery but do commit murder,
00:25:18.32\00:25:22.87
you have become a lawbreaker.
00:25:22.90\00:25:28.11
Speak and act as
those who are going to be
00:25:28.14\00:25:32.73
judged by the law
that gives freedom."
00:25:32.76\00:25:38.19
Now listen, Bible says,
00:25:38.22\00:25:43.01
"If I keep nine
of the commandments,
00:25:43.04\00:25:46.68
but if I break one of them,
00:25:46.71\00:25:49.89
I'm guilty of breaking
00:25:49.92\00:25:53.86
the entire law of Almighty God."
00:25:53.89\00:26:00.98
There was many years ago in
the United States of America
00:26:01.01\00:26:05.88
a great preacher
and his name was Moody.
00:26:05.91\00:26:11.13
We're going to
bring the camera over here
00:26:11.16\00:26:13.77
and I'm going to
put up an illustration
00:26:13.80\00:26:16.27
that Mr. Moody gave us.
00:26:16.30\00:26:19.37
He said there are ten links,
00:26:19.40\00:26:23.68
2, 3, 4, 5,
00:26:23.71\00:26:30.09
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
00:26:30.12\00:26:37.31
And Mr. Moody said,
00:26:37.34\00:26:42.39
there is the hell of fire.
00:26:42.42\00:26:45.75
If somebody says to me
if you believe in hell?
00:26:45.78\00:26:48.59
Of course, I do.
00:26:48.62\00:26:50.50
Jesus taught hell as
the place of judgment.
00:26:50.53\00:26:56.78
Moody said, we
are hanging over hell
00:26:56.81\00:27:01.77
by a chain of ten links.
00:27:01.80\00:27:06.76
Which link do you
want to get rid of?
00:27:06.79\00:27:10.17
May be, the fourth commandment.
00:27:10.20\00:27:17.61
It is the work
of the Holy Spirit
00:27:17.64\00:27:21.08
to come and convict us of sin
00:27:21.11\00:27:24.79
and lead us from the
lowlands of death and despair
00:27:24.82\00:27:29.54
to the cross of Christ
00:27:29.57\00:27:31.49
where the Ten Commandments
00:27:31.52\00:27:34.44
are written on
our renewed hearts.
00:27:34.47\00:27:41.49
And that is why
the Holy Spirit comes,
00:27:41.52\00:27:44.89
talks to us.
00:27:44.92\00:27:47.81
Want to tell you a
story from Australia.
00:27:47.84\00:27:50.70
There was a
beautiful young woman,
00:27:50.73\00:27:53.25
she went to India.
00:27:53.28\00:27:56.60
There she went into a bizarre
00:27:56.63\00:27:59.38
and she saw there
a beautiful dagger.
00:27:59.41\00:28:02.92
She bought it, took
it back to Australia.
00:28:02.95\00:28:07.27
The years went by and
she did what most girls do.
00:28:07.30\00:28:11.75
She got married.
00:28:11.78\00:28:14.13
And the time went by and
she had a little baby boy.
00:28:14.16\00:28:18.49
And he grew into a little boy
00:28:18.52\00:28:22.28
that she loved
with all her heart.
00:28:22.31\00:28:25.93
She doted on him.
00:28:25.96\00:28:28.48
One day he found the
dagger. She said to him.
00:28:28.51\00:28:35.00
My boy you must
never play with the dagger,
00:28:35.03\00:28:41.24
because it could kill you.
00:28:41.27\00:28:44.88
But little boys love
knives. They love toy guns.
00:28:44.91\00:28:50.03
I don't know why?
00:28:50.06\00:28:52.17
The little boys love
to play with those things.
00:28:52.20\00:28:55.02
One day his mother was
outside as they do in Australia
00:28:55.05\00:29:00.15
pegging out the
clothes on the clothes line.
00:29:00.18\00:29:05.50
Such a civilized thing to do.
00:29:05.53\00:29:08.45
So she is
pegging out the clothes.
00:29:08.48\00:29:11.93
And inside her little
boy went into her bedroom
00:29:11.96\00:29:16.46
and found the
knife in the drawer,
00:29:16.49\00:29:20.50
in the cupboard.
00:29:20.53\00:29:22.96
Like a big soldier he was soon
00:29:22.99\00:29:25.21
marching around with
the knife, the dagger.
00:29:25.24\00:29:31.64
Then he heard his mother coming
00:29:31.67\00:29:34.19
and he ran on those little
feet to put the knife back
00:29:34.22\00:29:38.67
and as he ran he
stumbled and fell
00:29:38.70\00:29:43.41
and the knife pierced his heart.
00:29:43.44\00:29:46.27
After the funeral, the
police returned the knife
00:29:51.49\00:29:59.23
and the mother
cried with her heart
00:29:59.26\00:30:02.05
bursting with
sorrow and despair.
00:30:02.08\00:30:06.14
She said, "Take
the awful thing away.
00:30:06.17\00:30:11.10
It caused the
death of my only son."
00:30:11.13\00:30:18.79
I want you to know this.
00:30:18.82\00:30:21.42
When our heavenly
Father looks at Calvary
00:30:21.45\00:30:24.80
and sees His Son
bearing your sin and my sin.
00:30:24.83\00:30:31.07
When He looks at sin,
00:30:31.10\00:30:33.09
He says, "Take the
dreadful thing away,
00:30:33.12\00:30:37.79
it caused the
death of my only Son."
00:30:37.82\00:30:45.14
Listen to me.
00:30:45.17\00:30:48.62
God wants you in
heaven, but not with your sin.
00:30:48.65\00:30:52.88
God wants me in
heaven, but not with my sin.
00:30:52.91\00:30:58.22
God wants me to be
saved, but not while I'm
00:30:58.25\00:31:03.31
willingly breaking any
of the commandments of God.
00:31:03.34\00:31:07.75
I know we all stumble and fall.
00:31:07.78\00:31:11.38
I understand this,
but I want you to know.
00:31:11.41\00:31:18.04
Heaven is not a place for people
00:31:18.07\00:31:22.79
who are going to come
dragging into the glory land,
00:31:22.82\00:31:27.62
the daggers
00:31:27.65\00:31:31.08
that took the
life of God's only Son.
00:31:31.11\00:31:38.11
How does the Spirit of God work?
00:31:38.14\00:31:42.05
Please listen.
00:31:42.08\00:31:44.65
Genesis 6:3 gives us an insight.
00:31:44.68\00:31:51.18
How the Spirit works,
00:31:51.21\00:31:52.58
Genesis 6:3,
"Then the Lord said,
00:31:52.61\00:31:57.71
'My Spirit will not contend
or strive with man forever,
00:31:57.74\00:32:03.80
for he is mortal,
00:32:03.83\00:32:05.62
his days will be a
hundred and twenty years.'"
00:32:05.65\00:32:07.96
God said, I will not strive
with men and women forever.
00:32:07.99\00:32:12.69
I will not beg them forever.
00:32:12.72\00:32:14.87
I will not work on
their hearts forever.
00:32:14.90\00:32:17.64
God sends, God the Father
sends God the Holy Spirit.
00:32:17.67\00:32:22.48
And the Holy Spirit comes
and he strives with our hearts.
00:32:22.51\00:32:26.95
And you may be sitting
in this meeting tonight
00:32:26.98\00:32:29.10
and a voice is striving.
00:32:29.13\00:32:32.23
It is not my voice.
00:32:32.26\00:32:37.51
He may be striving
with you way back there
00:32:37.54\00:32:40.03
half a mile away
in this vast audience.
00:32:40.06\00:32:45.71
And he's saying to you,
you go to stop this adultery.
00:32:45.74\00:32:50.40
You got to stop
this fornication.
00:32:50.43\00:32:53.02
You got to stop this lying.
You got to stop this cheating.
00:32:53.05\00:32:57.06
You got to stop
breaking the Sabbath.
00:32:57.09\00:33:01.81
And you got to
start living for Christ.
00:33:01.84\00:33:04.39
You got to start
by being baptized
00:33:04.42\00:33:06.89
and He strives with our hearts.
00:33:06.92\00:33:11.87
You know it. I know it.
00:33:11.90\00:33:17.37
And may be He will lead me
to a step I don't want to take,
00:33:17.40\00:33:22.29
that's why I don't come
forward in an article perhaps.
00:33:22.32\00:33:26.36
May be I can't get down,
00:33:26.39\00:33:27.76
but may be there
is another reason.
00:33:27.79\00:33:31.21
But God is very, very patient.
00:33:31.24\00:33:33.10
Thank God, He is. 2
Peter 3:9 says these words.
00:33:33.13\00:33:39.71
2 Peter 3:9, it talks
about the patience of God.
00:33:39.74\00:33:45.05
"The Lord is not slow
in keeping his promise,
00:33:45.08\00:33:47.94
as some understand slowness.
00:33:47.97\00:33:50.51
He is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to perish,
00:33:50.54\00:33:56.09
but everyone to
come to repentance."
00:33:56.12\00:33:58.91
God is patient.
00:33:58.94\00:34:01.55
He is patient
because He loves you.
00:34:01.58\00:34:05.18
He knows that if
some of you died tonight,
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.65
you'd be lost and
you'd wake up in hell,
00:34:07.68\00:34:11.05
in the
resurrection of damnation.
00:34:11.08\00:34:13.90
He knows that, you know that.
00:34:13.93\00:34:16.34
And so He sends you
to a meeting like this.
00:34:16.37\00:34:18.89
You haven't come to this
meeting tonight to hear me.
00:34:18.92\00:34:23.01
This is a supernatural event.
00:34:23.04\00:34:24.70
You've come to this meeting
00:34:24.73\00:34:26.21
because the Holy Spirit has
brought you to this meeting.
00:34:26.24\00:34:29.03
Because you know,
that the Spirit of God
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.69
is working through the
word and you can't stay away.
00:34:31.72\00:34:35.05
The Spirit of God is
drawing you to Christ
00:34:35.08\00:34:38.83
and that's why you come.
00:34:38.86\00:34:42.83
God is very, very patient.
00:34:42.86\00:34:46.98
There was an atheist
who went down to High Park.
00:34:47.01\00:34:51.67
There he had a vast crowd
of people nothing like this.
00:34:51.70\00:34:55.59
But he took off his watch
00:34:55.62\00:34:57.00
and he said
ladies and gentlemen,
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.96
I'm going to prove to
you said the proud man.
00:34:58.99\00:35:01.90
I'm going to prove to
you that there is no God.
00:35:01.93\00:35:05.51
And he took off
his watch and he said,
00:35:05.54\00:35:08.85
if there is a
God I challenge you
00:35:08.88\00:35:13.07
to strike me dead
in the next 60 seconds.
00:35:13.10\00:35:19.79
He held up his watch, he
counted off the 60 seconds
00:35:19.82\00:35:24.78
and when the minute had gone,
00:35:24.81\00:35:26.48
he turned with a
broad smile to the audience
00:35:26.51\00:35:30.93
and he said
ladies and gentlemen,
00:35:30.96\00:35:32.93
I have just proven
to you there is no God.
00:35:32.96\00:35:38.35
There was an old Christian
sitting down in the front seat.
00:35:38.38\00:35:41.66
He got off and he
said, the poor fool
00:35:41.69\00:35:47.57
he thinks he can exhaust
00:35:47.60\00:35:50.05
the patience of
God in 60 seconds.
00:35:50.08\00:35:54.28
He's got a lot
to learn, hasn't he?
00:35:54.31\00:35:59.49
Ladies and
gentlemen, you'll not exhaust
00:35:59.52\00:36:02.51
the patience of
God in 60 seconds.
00:36:02.54\00:36:08.17
A skeptic many years ago
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.48
wrote to the editor
of an American newspaper
00:36:11.51\00:36:15.06
in a Christian district.
00:36:15.09\00:36:16.55
He said ask your
Christian readers
00:36:16.58\00:36:21.10
to explain this.
00:36:21.13\00:36:25.38
I ploughed on
Sabbath like some of you do.
00:36:25.41\00:36:30.10
I planted on Sabbath.
I worked on the Sabbath.
00:36:30.13\00:36:34.59
I harvested on the Sabbath
00:36:34.62\00:36:39.16
and I got the best
crop of potatoes in May.
00:36:39.19\00:36:46.80
And a Christian wrote
back and said, dear editor,
00:36:46.83\00:36:51.64
please tell the potato man
00:36:51.67\00:36:56.58
that God doesn't settle
all his accounts in May.
00:36:56.61\00:37:03.75
God does not settle
all his accounts in May
00:37:03.78\00:37:07.91
or in June or in
July or in August.
00:37:07.94\00:37:11.35
But there is one thing
you need to know tonight.
00:37:11.38\00:37:14.63
God does settle his accounts
and we are judgment bell.
00:37:14.66\00:37:21.65
So in Port Moresby
in this vast stadium,
00:37:26.86\00:37:32.31
with this vast crowd.
00:37:32.34\00:37:36.07
You know, the local
newspaper of today said that
00:37:36.10\00:37:40.23
when we had the meeting
on the Mark of the Beast.
00:37:40.26\00:37:42.22
This is what the
local newspaper said.
00:37:42.25\00:37:44.04
They said a
120,000 people were here,
00:37:44.07\00:37:47.43
inside and outside.
00:37:47.46\00:37:49.63
I don't know because
I can't count that many.
00:37:49.66\00:37:54.69
But I want you to know
00:37:54.72\00:37:57.28
the Holy Spirit of
the living God is here.
00:37:57.31\00:38:00.48
And the Holy Spirit is
here to lead us into truths...
00:38:00.51\00:38:06.01
before judgment day.
00:38:06.04\00:38:09.72
I want you to notice a text
00:38:09.75\00:38:11.12
in Ephesians 4:30 and 18-19.
00:38:11.15\00:38:17.80
I'm just going to read
it real slow and relaxed
00:38:17.83\00:38:21.94
and I wanted to sync down
00:38:21.97\00:38:23.95
into the
molecules of your minds.
00:38:23.98\00:38:28.37
"And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God
00:38:28.40\00:38:33.75
with whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption."
00:38:33.78\00:38:37.41
Don't grieve him.
00:38:37.44\00:38:40.44
It talks about people who
sin against the Holy Spirit.
00:38:40.47\00:38:43.42
"They're darkened
in their understanding
00:38:43.45\00:38:47.68
and separated
from the life of God
00:38:47.71\00:38:50.36
because of the
ignorance that is in them
00:38:50.39\00:38:53.06
due to the
hardening of their hearts."
00:38:53.09\00:38:56.47
The unpardonable sin is
the hardening of the heart.
00:38:56.50\00:39:00.77
So we don't confess our sins.
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.89
"Having lost all sensitivity
they have given themselves
00:39:03.92\00:39:07.98
over to
sensuality so as to indulge
00:39:08.01\00:39:12.76
in every kind of impurity,
with a continual lust for more."
00:39:12.79\00:39:19.18
And more and more and more.
00:39:19.21\00:39:25.50
Bible says, "Don't
grieve the Holy Spirit."
00:39:25.53\00:39:31.44
There was a boy, he had
a little dove, pet dove.
00:39:31.47\00:39:36.54
He held out some
grains for the bird.
00:39:36.57\00:39:39.56
The bird came but
he closed his hand
00:39:39.59\00:39:42.19
and he pulled it away.
00:39:42.22\00:39:44.77
He did it over and over again.
00:39:44.80\00:39:46.59
And each time
the dove would come
00:39:46.62\00:39:49.16
to take some
grains out of his hand
00:39:49.19\00:39:52.02
and each time the foolish
boy pulled his hand away.
00:39:52.05\00:39:56.08
And then finally the dove came
00:39:56.11\00:39:58.01
when he put out
his hand ever so slowly
00:39:58.04\00:40:03.92
afraid of rejection.
00:40:03.95\00:40:08.81
And when the bird
came he held out his hand
00:40:08.84\00:40:13.09
and the bird
stretched out its neck
00:40:13.12\00:40:15.51
and he pulled his hand away.
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.43
And the bird flew away.
00:40:17.46\00:40:21.46
He grieved the
dove. He grieved the dove.
00:40:21.49\00:40:27.48
There are people who
grieve the dove of God,
00:40:27.51\00:40:32.03
the Holy Spirit, because
when the Holy Spirit comes
00:40:32.06\00:40:36.73
and struggles with them.
00:40:36.76\00:40:38.33
They keep saying no, no, no,
00:40:38.36\00:40:42.07
they've hardened their hearts.
00:40:42.10\00:40:44.61
They hear a call for
baptism and they say no, no, no.
00:40:44.64\00:40:50.24
and they hardened their hearts.
00:40:50.27\00:40:54.43
What should we do?
00:40:54.46\00:40:57.16
We should say yes Jesus.
00:40:57.19\00:41:00.12
When Beverly and I were
first married 50 years ago.
00:41:00.15\00:41:07.13
We lived in a town in
Australia called Wagga Wagga.
00:41:07.16\00:41:12.90
We lived almost on the
railway track right next to it.
00:41:12.93\00:41:19.02
And every night at 1
O'clock in the morning
00:41:19.05\00:41:21.93
the great Southern
Aurora, a great steam train
00:41:21.96\00:41:27.32
would come
thundering down the track
00:41:27.35\00:41:30.56
and it would start to blast
00:41:30.59\00:41:33.83
and the sound would
fill our little house
00:41:33.86\00:41:36.99
and we would almost
jump out of our skin.
00:41:37.02\00:41:43.42
It happened the first night.
The second night we woke up.
00:41:43.45\00:41:48.11
The third night we woke up.
The fourth night we woke up.
00:41:48.14\00:41:52.95
And the fifth night we
didn't know the train went past.
00:41:52.98\00:41:58.22
What had happened?
Had the train changed?
00:41:58.25\00:42:03.60
No, we had changed.
00:42:03.63\00:42:08.31
When I hear the Spirit
of God for the first time
00:42:08.34\00:42:11.40
in a meeting like this,
00:42:11.43\00:42:12.80
it's like the roar
of the Southern Aurora.
00:42:12.83\00:42:16.92
Night by night this voice,
00:42:21.21\00:42:23.43
this loud and
clear and distinct,
00:42:23.46\00:42:26.13
but if I hardened my heart
by refusing to say yes to God,
00:42:26.16\00:42:32.84
the time will come
00:42:32.87\00:42:34.24
when the voice
of the Spirit of God
00:42:34.27\00:42:37.00
will be constant and loud.
00:42:37.03\00:42:39.64
God will speak
with a voice of thunder.
00:42:39.67\00:42:44.91
And I won't even hear it.
00:42:44.94\00:42:49.30
My soul becomes callous.
00:42:49.33\00:42:56.01
My hands because of my work
did not have too many calluses
00:42:56.04\00:43:01.22
though I like to get outside
with my little tractor and work.
00:43:01.25\00:43:08.48
When I work sometimes
or some months outside,
00:43:08.51\00:43:13.62
my hands will become hard.
00:43:13.65\00:43:16.96
Right now, if you got
a pin and touch my hand,
00:43:16.99\00:43:19.63
I'd to say ouch.
00:43:19.66\00:43:23.02
But if I have calluses
you can jab me with the pin
00:43:23.05\00:43:26.48
and I will not even feel it.
00:43:26.51\00:43:32.13
I commit the unpardonable sin
00:43:32.16\00:43:35.43
by building calluses on my heart
00:43:35.46\00:43:40.75
and God speaks to
me and He touches me.
00:43:40.78\00:43:47.42
But I'm indifferent.
Now listen, here it is.
00:43:47.45\00:43:54.37
What is the unpardonable sin?
00:43:54.40\00:43:58.05
Any sin persisted in
00:43:58.08\00:44:01.74
can lead to the
unpardonable sin.
00:44:01.77\00:44:07.90
Because the unpardonable sin
00:44:07.93\00:44:10.73
is the sin that
is not confessed.
00:44:10.76\00:44:15.59
I don't feel any
need to confess it.
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.63
Once I wanted to obey God.
00:44:19.66\00:44:22.44
Once I heard the voice
of the Southern Aurora.
00:44:22.47\00:44:26.94
Once I heard the voice of God,
00:44:26.97\00:44:30.16
but I hardened my
heart what should I do.
00:44:30.19\00:44:34.00
What should I do?
00:44:34.03\00:44:35.40
I should say
whenever God talks to me
00:44:35.43\00:44:37.87
and says get
baptized, keep My commandments
00:44:37.90\00:44:40.96
I should not put it off,
00:44:40.99\00:44:42.42
I should say, yes
dear Jesus, yes dear Jesus.
00:44:42.45\00:44:48.48
I will do it tonight.
00:44:48.51\00:44:50.45
Yes dear Jesus,
I'm coming tonight.
00:44:50.48\00:44:54.40
I'm coming tonight, dear Jesus.
00:44:54.43\00:44:59.93
Waiting too long can
lead to the unpardonable sin.
00:44:59.96\00:45:04.42
That's why in the word of God.
00:45:04.45\00:45:06.17
God says do it today,
don't put it off to tomorrow
00:45:06.20\00:45:12.91
because tomorrow
never comes my dear ones.
00:45:12.94\00:45:19.20
In North America,
number of years ago
00:45:19.23\00:45:22.08
there was a man
who set out to climb
00:45:22.11\00:45:24.50
one of America's great peaks.
00:45:24.53\00:45:26.37
It was spring time and the
ice was just about ready to go.
00:45:26.40\00:45:33.52
No snow around so
he was climbing up
00:45:33.55\00:45:35.76
to stay in the mountain.
00:45:35.79\00:45:38.43
He didn't even dress
for arctic conditions
00:45:38.46\00:45:42.47
because the sun was
warm and the ice was melting.
00:45:42.50\00:45:47.22
And the little streams were
staring to run down to the sea.
00:45:47.25\00:45:55.21
Then all of a
sudden late in the day
00:45:55.24\00:45:58.74
there came some big clouds
00:45:58.77\00:46:01.84
and a blizzard came
in, completely unexpected.
00:46:01.87\00:46:06.45
There was a white out,
00:46:06.48\00:46:08.23
he stopped then
he started to freeze.
00:46:08.26\00:46:11.46
So he thought to himself.
00:46:11.49\00:46:14.36
It would be best if I kept going
00:46:14.39\00:46:16.02
because if I stop,
I'll surely freeze to death.
00:46:16.05\00:46:19.50
If I stopped I will die.
00:46:19.53\00:46:23.14
If I go on I may fall
over the side of the mountain,
00:46:23.17\00:46:26.46
I will die.
00:46:26.49\00:46:27.86
But if I stay
here I will surely die.
00:46:27.89\00:46:30.08
If I go ahead I have a chance,
my friend, always go ahead.
00:46:30.11\00:46:35.47
Never stop, always go ahead.
00:46:35.50\00:46:38.67
In the providence of
God he found a little cave.
00:46:38.70\00:46:43.54
Crawled into the little
cave but he was freezing,
00:46:43.57\00:46:47.11
he was wet he's freezing cold.
00:46:47.14\00:46:53.12
He looked in his
pocket, oh goodness.
00:46:53.15\00:46:58.89
He had three
matches, only three matches.
00:46:58.92\00:47:04.07
Here is a man on a mountain
00:47:04.10\00:47:06.71
in a blizzard in a cave
and the night is coming on.
00:47:06.74\00:47:11.23
And he is a man with three
matches or three opportunities.
00:47:11.26\00:47:17.89
And so he found a few twigs.
00:47:17.92\00:47:21.72
Got them together
and he got the match
00:47:21.75\00:47:27.99
and he struck
it and it blazed up
00:47:28.02\00:47:32.31
and he put it under
the moss and so forth.
00:47:32.34\00:47:38.03
And it went out.
00:47:38.06\00:47:42.71
Now he has got two matches left.
00:47:42.74\00:47:45.78
He is a man on a mountain
00:47:45.81\00:47:48.14
in a blizzard
with night coming on.
00:47:48.17\00:47:51.68
And he has got two matches left
00:47:51.71\00:47:53.58
and if he
doesn't start the fire,
00:47:53.61\00:47:55.43
he is going to be
dead before morning.
00:47:55.46\00:47:59.52
So he sits down and
he gets little more wood
00:47:59.55\00:48:02.56
and so forth, some shaving
00:48:02.59\00:48:04.44
and he strikes the
match and puts it under.
00:48:04.47\00:48:09.92
And there comes a puff of wind
00:48:09.95\00:48:15.23
and it goes out.
00:48:15.26\00:48:18.80
Now, he is man on a mountain
00:48:18.83\00:48:24.04
and night is coming on.
00:48:24.07\00:48:26.15
He is in the midst of a blizzard
and he has one match left,
00:48:26.18\00:48:31.24
one last opportunity.
00:48:31.27\00:48:34.01
So he takes off his thin
coat and he makes a wind break
00:48:34.04\00:48:39.28
and he finds some
paper in his pockets
00:48:39.31\00:48:42.77
and he makes a
little heap of shavings
00:48:42.80\00:48:47.57
and some little bits of timber
and he puts the paper there.
00:48:47.60\00:48:52.25
And this time he gets
down and he says oh mighty God
00:48:52.28\00:48:55.70
what a fool I have been.
00:48:55.73\00:48:58.79
Here I'm I've got
myself into this situation.
00:48:58.82\00:49:01.99
I have got a wife and children
I don't want to die God.
00:49:02.02\00:49:05.71
But I'm a man on a
mountain and night is coming on
00:49:05.74\00:49:09.20
and I have got one match left.
00:49:09.23\00:49:11.06
Some people here
in this great arena,
00:49:11.09\00:49:14.02
I like that man.
He got one match left.
00:49:14.05\00:49:20.05
So he gets down.
00:49:20.08\00:49:22.68
He goes through
all the precautions.
00:49:22.71\00:49:25.33
And he strikes the match
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.45
and it flames up
and he gets it going.
00:49:28.48\00:49:32.56
And the paper
burns and it goes up
00:49:32.59\00:49:36.98
and there's a flame
and he gets more wood
00:49:37.01\00:49:40.19
and soon he's got a
burned fire and he is saved.
00:49:40.22\00:49:44.25
I would remind you
tonight, in the name of God,
00:49:49.67\00:49:57.19
we're all men on a
mountain and night is coming on.
00:49:57.22\00:50:02.43
And God has given us
opportunity after opportunity.
00:50:06.18\00:50:09.69
You've come to these meetings
00:50:09.72\00:50:11.09
and God has given you
opportunity to accept Christ.
00:50:11.12\00:50:18.10
He says, today, if
you will hear His voice,
00:50:18.13\00:50:24.39
harden not your hearts.
00:50:24.42\00:50:28.95
You see there comes a time
00:50:28.98\00:50:30.63
when I say no once too often,
00:50:30.66\00:50:37.54
and the fire goes out.
00:50:37.57\00:50:40.45
That is the unpardonable sin.
00:50:40.48\00:50:44.30
Not because God has
changed, but because I have.
00:50:44.33\00:50:51.23
So what should I do tonight?
00:50:51.26\00:50:55.09
Well, I'm going to do something
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.49
that I have done
everywhere around the world,
00:50:56.52\00:50:59.59
'cause I realize
how weak I'm tonight.
00:50:59.62\00:51:02.42
I cannot help anybody.
00:51:02.45\00:51:05.35
I say Holy Spirit
take over the meeting now.
00:51:05.38\00:51:11.44
I say my blessed Father
00:51:11.47\00:51:14.43
who gave Your blessed Son Jesus.
00:51:14.46\00:51:19.48
Please come tonight by the
Holy Spirit into the meeting
00:51:19.51\00:51:23.87
and save those whom
You've called to be saved.
00:51:23.90\00:51:29.75
I'm going to pray now.
00:51:29.78\00:51:31.15
I don't want this
to be an ordinary pray.
00:51:31.18\00:51:35.43
But I want you to stand now.
00:51:35.46\00:51:38.62
I don't want anybody to
move except as you stand.
00:51:38.65\00:51:45.97
Then I'm going to pray with you.
00:51:46.00\00:51:49.26
That tonight we will decide
00:51:49.29\00:51:55.16
that we're
going to follow Jesus.
00:51:55.19\00:52:00.15
We're going to say yes to God.
00:52:00.18\00:52:03.44
We're going to say yes,
I'm going to follow Christ.
00:52:03.47\00:52:08.45
I'm going to come
to His cross tonight.
00:52:08.48\00:52:12.46
I'm going to have
my sins washed away
00:52:12.49\00:52:14.62
in the blood of the lamb.
00:52:14.65\00:52:16.35
I'm going to ask for this
00:52:16.38\00:52:17.75
to happen tonight
for every person here.
00:52:17.78\00:52:20.50
I don't want anybody to move
00:52:20.53\00:52:23.71
and insult the
Holy Spirit tonight.
00:52:23.74\00:52:27.61
My friend, I
would remind you tonight
00:52:27.64\00:52:31.24
you're no longer
dealing with a man.
00:52:31.27\00:52:35.41
You're dealing with God.
00:52:35.44\00:52:38.55
The third person of the
Godhead who is here tonight.
00:52:38.58\00:52:43.21
Can I see the hands
of those here tonight,
00:52:43.24\00:52:46.41
who will say I
want to follow Jesus.
00:52:46.44\00:52:50.06
I want to keep His commandments.
00:52:50.09\00:52:51.46
I want to go all
the way with Christ.
00:52:51.49\00:52:54.11
Could you raise
your hand tonight
00:52:54.14\00:52:55.51
if that is your prayer?
00:52:55.54\00:52:57.44
Way over there half a mile away.
00:52:57.47\00:53:00.41
Way over there,
where we've set up
00:53:00.44\00:53:02.11
another screen
outside this huge stadium.
00:53:02.14\00:53:06.55
Thousands, so many thousands
and thousands of people.
00:53:06.58\00:53:12.20
It may seem a blur from here
00:53:12.23\00:53:15.81
but you're not, every person
00:53:15.84\00:53:17.53
as an individual
for whom Jesus died.
00:53:17.56\00:53:20.08
Raise your hands if you
will over in the balcony
00:53:20.11\00:53:22.60
and say I will follow Christ.
00:53:22.63\00:53:25.76
I will keep His commandments.
00:53:25.79\00:53:28.32
I will do what He
tells me to do tonight.
00:53:28.35\00:53:32.46
We're going to bow our
heads now and close our eyes.
00:53:32.49\00:53:36.85
And I want you to pray
in your heart as I pray--
00:53:36.88\00:53:40.83
every body praying now.
00:53:40.86\00:53:45.16
Dear Father God,
we thank you tonight
00:53:45.19\00:53:50.21
that the Spirit of
the Lord is in this place.
00:53:50.24\00:53:53.19
I can feel tonight the anointing
of the Spirit of God upon me.
00:53:53.22\00:54:00.70
As I came to
preach tonight Lord,
00:54:00.73\00:54:02.42
I felt the Spirit of
the Lord fall upon me.
00:54:02.45\00:54:07.20
I can feel the
presence of the Lord
00:54:07.23\00:54:09.04
in this vast auditorium,
moving upon our hearts.
00:54:09.07\00:54:12.93
And we say thank you Jesus.
00:54:12.96\00:54:16.29
Lord, there are
people here tonight,
00:54:16.32\00:54:19.25
who are going to
make decisions for time
00:54:19.28\00:54:21.71
and for
eternity in this meeting?
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They're going to say yes,
I'm going to follow Christ.
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I'm going to come to His cross.
I'm going to repent of my sins.
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I'm going to keep by
the blood of the Lamb.
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The commandments of God.
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I'll need the blood of the Lamb
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because there is no
righteousness in me.
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But I will follow my Christ
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and I will keep
His commandments.
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I will read my Bible.
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And I'll be
baptized on the Sabbath.
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if God is calling me to do this.
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I'm asking tonight if you'll
say yes I'll follow Christ.
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I'll keep His commandments.
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And if you haven't
been baptized as Jesus was.
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I'm going to ask you to quietly
come down in the front now.
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This is a call to follow Jesus
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and people are coming.
00:55:18.99\00:55:22.66
We're going to
have a great baptism
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on the Sabbath
down on the ocean.
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It's going to be beautiful.
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And there are some here tonight
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may be thousands who
want to be in that baptism.
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And if you want to
be in that baptism,
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you'll need to
come down tonight.
00:55:37.64\00:55:40.56
And remember the text.
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My spirit shall not
always strive with man.
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God is striving
with our hearts tonight.
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I can feel Him striving.
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And I'm going to give to
every person here tonight
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the last
opportunity tonight to come down
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and say, I'm
going to follow Jesus.
00:56:04.23\00:56:09.20
I'm going to
keep His commandments.
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I'm going to be His child.
And I'm going to be baptized.
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Let us pray.
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Dear Father, we thank You
for this wonderful salvation.
00:56:21.04\00:56:27.21
We thank You for
this wonderful Christ.
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We thank You for
your wonderful love.
00:56:30.78\00:56:35.40
We thank You that
by the grace of God,
00:56:35.43\00:56:39.07
when Jesus comes in glory,
00:56:39.10\00:56:42.49
we're going home
with Him to the kingdom
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and we're going to live forever.
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We thank You tonight that
you've washed our sins away
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in the blood of Jesus.
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And the Spirit of
God is coming to taken up
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his home in our hearts.
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And so our
Father as we stand here,
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we worship you, we bless you,
00:57:03.72\00:57:07.54
we praise you, we thank you.
00:57:07.57\00:57:11.42
We give you
glory, in Jesus name.
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Amen and amen.
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