The following presentation
was made by John Carter
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to a crowd of more
than 100,000 souls.
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This message is one
of a truth filled series
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that was delivered in the
power of God's Holy Spirit
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at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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One night, as the evangelist
spoke about the Holy Spirit,
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a giant white bird flew
low over the vast audience
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and the people rejoiced
that God had visited His people.
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Crowd surged forward to accept
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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A few days later,
thousands were baptized
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in the sea at Ela Beach.
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All who attended
these Holy Spirit
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anointed meetings were convinced
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that God's word is true
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and His gospel is
still the power of God
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for the salvation
of all who believed.
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The message you're
about to hear and see
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will not leave
you the same person.
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Welcome to the Carter Report
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Jesus said "Do not let
your hearts be troubled."
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By nature we worry, we
fret, we get depressed,
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we get cast down.
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We are afraid of
that which is high
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and that which is low.
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But Jesus said "Do not
let your hearts be troubled.
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Trust in God, trust also in me.
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In my Father's
house--" that's paradise,
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"are many rooms,
if it were not so,
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I would have told you.
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I am going there to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will come back
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and take you to be with me
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that you also
may be where I am."
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Going to come over
here to the blackboard.
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I want us to get a
camera, come with me over here,
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because I am going to come
over here to the blackboard
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and I am going to
write up something
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which is good because it's true.
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Jesus said "I" Hey,
you got a camera here,
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I am going, oh, I'll
put a few dots there.
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I am going to prepare.
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We got 40 feet of
blackboard but it's not enough,
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so I've got to make
this little, little smaller,
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I've got to abbreviate.
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I go to prepare a place.
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He said, "I am going there
to prepare a place for you."
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He said, I am going
there to prepare a place
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for my beloved children in PNG
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and in Los Angeles
and in New York City
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and right across
Australia and around the world,
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I am going home to glory
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to prepare a
place for My children.
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And then He said.
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Going to do a
little more writing now,
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I like it over here,
what a beautiful breeze.
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I am going there to
prepare a place for you
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and then Jesus said "I will--"
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Oh, look at this,
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I will come-not very neat,
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isn't, but it's okay.
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I will come back and I
am going to take you to be
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with me in
paradise, look over here,
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I am going to
prepare a place for you
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and then Jesus
said, I will come back
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and I am going to take
you to a place so glorious
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and so wonderful, it
is beyond description.
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I wonder tonight, now I
am going to change mode.
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I've been in preaching mode,
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but I am just
gonna change gear here,
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watch me as I change gear.
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Change gear, did you see that?
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I've been in
preaching mode you see,
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but now what I am going to do,
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I'm just gonna go
into teaching mode.
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When I'm in teaching
mode, I'm a little more subdue,
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but maybe I'll jump out a gear.
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I wonder what sort of place
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Jesus is
preparing for His people.
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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 one hunderd
thousand 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
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and 16,
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It tells us the sort of place
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that Jesus is
preparing for His people.
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"For he was looking forward
to the city with foundations".
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This is talking about Abraham,
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"Whose architect
and builder is God."
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He's looking
forward towards city,
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that's going to be built by God.
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"Instead, they were
longing for a better country--"
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Heaven is called a country.
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"A heavenly one.
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Therefore, God is not
ashamed to be called their God,
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for He has prepared--"
what does it say, say it.
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He's prepared what? "He's
prepared a city for them."
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How amazing.
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You wouldn't believe this,
our lesson weren't inspired,
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you wouldn't believe this
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unless it was a
part of the word of God.
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Jesus said "I am going
to go and prepare a place.
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And then the Bible tells us,
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He is preparing for His
people, glory, Hallelujah.
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He is preparing a city.
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I wonder, what
is that city like?
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We're told in
scripture Revelation 21:15-18,
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Revelation 21,
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actually
describes the city of God.
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"The angel who talked with
me had a measuring rod of gold
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to measure the city,
its gates and its walls.
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The city was laid
out like a square,
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as long as it was wide."
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He measured the
city with the rod
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and found it to be
12,000 stadia in length."
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That's I believe 1,500 miles
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or about 2,500 kilometers.
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"And as wide and
high as it is long."
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This is almost incomprehensible.
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"He measured its wall
and it was 144 cubits thick,
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by man's measurement,
which the angel was using.
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The wall--" Now listen to
this and try to imagine this.
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"The wall was made of jasper,
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and the city
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of pure gold,
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as pure as glass."
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This filled my mind
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with an expectation of glory.
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A city that is made of gold
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and a city that is vast bigger
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than all the
cities in the world.
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Now people ask me,
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are we to take
all of this literally?
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Let me tell you something
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as I get back
into teaching mode.
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God is telling us
that this city is greater
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and grander than we can imagine.
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It is a vast, vast city.
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And you know why God tells me,
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it is such a vast, vast city.
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You know why?
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Because there is room for
every one of us to go there,
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if we want to go there.
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You see, some person may say,
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you know, I am not
a great consequence,
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and so may be God doesn't
have a place for me in glory,
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My friend, He is
making heaven so wonderful,
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He is making the
city so magnificent,
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so grand and so big,
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that there is
room for every person.
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There is room for you
and there is room for me.
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Now there is something
which is quite extraordinary
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and quite astounding
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and this is
revealed by the prophet
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in Revelation 21:10 and then 2.
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And we're going to put
that text up on the screen.
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And may I say to all the
people who were baptized today,
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we have a new Bible for you
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and you are going to get
it next Saturday, a new Bible.
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But look, look
here now at the screen.
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"And he carried
me away in the Spirit
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to a mountain great and high,
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and showed me the
Holy City, Jerusalem,
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coming down out
of heaven from God."
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It's going to come
down from paradise.
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It's going to come down
past the cheering galaxies
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and all the
angels are going to cheer
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and they are going to
shout hallelujah, hallelujah,
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the city of God is
coming down to Earth. Look.
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"I saw the Holy
City, the new Jerusalem
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coming down out
of heaven from God,
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prepared as a bride
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beautifully
dressed for her husband."
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Then I think about this,
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and my mind just
can't take it all in.
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Look at the screen, the
vastness of the universe.
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Here is this little
speck of cosmic dust,
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but this little
speck of cosmic dust
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is worth more than
the universe put together
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because on this
planet God came down
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and Christ died for
our sins on the cross
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and therefore it is this
place that is going to see
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the coming of the Holy City
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as it comes down
past the cheering galaxies
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and is going to come
down and rest on this planet.
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Listen, when that
happens my friend,
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it is going to come
down from the third heaven.
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It's going to come from a part
or way out beyond our universe.
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It's going to come
passed our cheering galaxies.
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It is going to come
down and land on planet Earth
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where Jesus died and
when that happens at last
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we shall have heaven on Earth.
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God is going to
make a new Earth.
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Did you hear this?
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God is going to make
a new world, a new Earth
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and this is going to be the home
of God's people, hallelujah.
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We are going to
look at a text here,
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Mathew 5:5 and our
blessed Lord is talking,
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so listen,
"Blessed are the meek."
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He didn't say,
"Blessed are the weak."
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Jesus here is
describing His children
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and He calls them the
meek, but they are not the weak.
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He says "Blessed are the meek,
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for they shall
inherit the earth."
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Not this earth with
all its sin and crime,
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but a new world that is perfect.
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And there's room for you.
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God's people are going to live
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not on some rosy-tinted cloud,
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but God's people are
going to inherit a new
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and a perfect
and a wonderful world
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and Jesus is coming back soon
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and heaven soon is going
to be a glorious reality,
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this is the word of the Lord.
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Now I want you to
look at Revelation 21:1.
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Look at the
text, Revelation 21:1,
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"Then I saw a new heaven
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and a new Earth
for the first heaven"
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filled with its smog
and bacteria and filth.
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"For the first
heaven and the first earth
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had passed away." This
whole world is going to go.
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Don't love it
too much my friend,
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don't love that beautiful
house you have got too much,
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because it's going
to go when Jesus comes
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and the Bible says
"Then I saw a new heaven
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and a new earth
for the first heaven
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and the first
earth had passed away,
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and there was
no longer any sea."
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And so we are
going to have a new Earth
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and if you turn now in the Bible
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to 2 Peter 3:10 and 13
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and we are going to
take it off the screen
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and we got here
tonight a vast, vast audience.
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When the lights were on,
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the audience goes as
far as the eye can see
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and they have come
because the white dove
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of the Spirit of
God is here tonight.
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So look at this text.
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"But the day of the Lord
will come like a thief--"
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Unexpected, a thief doesn't
tell you when he is coming.
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"But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief.
00:17:54.93\00:17:58.25
The heavens will
disappear with a roar.
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The elements will
be destroyed by fire
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and the Earth and everything
in it will be laid bare.
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But in keeping with his promise
00:18:14.39\00:18:16.66
we are looking
forward to a new heaven
00:18:16.69\00:18:20.03
and a new earth, the
home of righteousness."
00:18:20.06\00:18:24.39
Listen, this whole world
00:18:27.49\00:18:32.32
is doomed to destruction.
00:18:32.35\00:18:36.70
When Jesus comes back,
00:18:36.73\00:18:39.69
there's going to be
a mighty earthquake.
00:18:39.72\00:18:42.86
We talked about it last night
00:18:42.89\00:18:44.62
when I spoke
about the millennium.
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But the Bible tells me
that the day is going to come
00:18:47.41\00:18:52.16
when God is
going to get rid of sin
00:18:52.19\00:18:56.87
and Satan and sinners
00:18:56.90\00:19:00.48
who are in rebellion
00:19:00.51\00:19:02.70
against His holy name and law,
00:19:02.73\00:19:06.26
God is just, and
justice cannot sleep forever.
00:19:06.29\00:19:12.03
The judgment day is coming
and you better believe it,
00:19:12.06\00:19:15.82
because it is the word of God.
00:19:15.85\00:19:20.03
But the Bible tells
me, look at the screen.
00:19:20.06\00:19:24.47
God will make a new
Earth for His people.
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God has prepared a home for you
00:19:32.25\00:19:37.11
in this beautiful new Earth.
00:19:37.14\00:19:41.76
Why is it so hard to get people
to become citizens of the Earth
00:19:41.79\00:19:49.15
when it's made
new, why is it so hard?
00:19:49.18\00:19:52.27
You would think people
would run down the front
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and say I wanted to
be baptized, do it now.
00:19:56.00\00:20:00.68
I want to come to Christ now.
00:20:00.71\00:20:02.91
God wants you to be
the citizen of a new world.
00:20:07.26\00:20:12.45
What will it be like when heaven
on Earth becomes a reality?
00:20:12.48\00:20:18.69
What will it be like?
00:20:18.72\00:20:20.99
The Bible tells us
that we will be real people,
00:20:21.02\00:20:25.33
we will not be spirits.
00:20:25.36\00:20:27.52
We will be real
people with real bodies.
00:20:27.55\00:20:32.34
I can sense the Holy
Spirit is here tonight.
00:20:32.37\00:20:35.44
We are going to
turn to Philippians 3.
00:20:37.48\00:20:41.43
We are going notice
verse 20 and 21, Philippians 3.
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The Bible says,
Philippians 3:20 and 21,
00:20:47.82\00:20:54.89
"But our
citizenship is in heaven."
00:20:54.92\00:20:58.39
Well, it's great to
be a citizen of PNG.
00:20:58.42\00:21:01.74
It's great to be
citizen of Australia or America,
00:21:01.77\00:21:05.33
but I want to tell you there is
a better country, that's heaven.
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And the Bible tells us
"our citizenship is in heaven.
00:21:10.69\00:21:16.69
And we eagerly
await a Savior from there,
00:21:16.72\00:21:20.26
the Lord Jesus
Christ, who, by the power
00:21:20.29\00:21:24.70
that enables him to bring
everything under his control,
00:21:24.73\00:21:29.57
will transform our lowly bodies
00:21:29.60\00:21:34.02
so that they will be
like his glorious body."
00:21:34.05\00:21:38.35
I am not going to be
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a disembodied
spirit the Bible says,
00:21:41.66\00:21:46.52
I am going to have
a body like Jesus had.
00:21:46.55\00:21:50.31
I wonder, what sort
of body did Jesus had?
00:21:53.08\00:21:59.94
You know, after
the resurrection,
00:21:59.97\00:22:04.86
our Lord Jesus
appeared to the disciples,
00:22:04.89\00:22:10.32
my great team have
got it already for me,
00:22:10.35\00:22:12.80
I just turn around,
00:22:12.83\00:22:14.87
by the time I come
back its right there.
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.31
What a super team.
00:22:17.34\00:22:19.26
Here we got it Luke 24,
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"While they were
still talking about this,
00:22:21.38\00:22:24.17
Jesus himself stood among them
00:22:24.20\00:22:27.11
and said to them,
'Peace be with you.'"
00:22:27.14\00:22:30.08
That's what He
says to you tonight.
00:22:30.11\00:22:32.57
Peace be with you.
00:22:32.60\00:22:35.36
"They were
startled and frightened,
00:22:35.39\00:22:38.02
thinking they saw a ghost.
00:22:38.05\00:22:42.11
He said to them,
'Why are you troubled,
00:22:42.14\00:22:45.57
and why do doubts
rise in your minds?
00:22:45.60\00:22:49.12
Look at my hands and
my feet. It is I myself.
00:22:49.15\00:22:55.32
Touch me and see,
00:22:55.35\00:22:57.22
a ghost does not have flesh
and bones as you see I have."
00:22:57.25\00:23:04.42
He was not a ghost,
he was not a spirit,
00:23:04.45\00:23:07.84
he was a man
with flesh and bones.
00:23:07.87\00:23:12.08
"When he had said this,
00:23:12.11\00:23:14.23
he showed them
his hands and feet.
00:23:14.26\00:23:19.78
And while they
still did not believe it
00:23:19.81\00:23:23.11
because of joy and
amazement, he asked them,
00:23:23.14\00:23:27.83
'Do you have
anything here to eat?'
00:23:27.86\00:23:31.85
They gave him a
piece of broiled fish,
00:23:31.88\00:23:36.88
and he took it and
ate it in their presence."
00:23:36.91\00:23:43.22
Listen, Jesus had a real body,
00:23:43.25\00:23:49.74
He could eat and He could drink.
00:23:49.77\00:23:54.21
He was not a spirit,
He was a real person.
00:23:54.24\00:23:59.58
And the Bible tells me when
I am resurrected or translated,
00:23:59.61\00:24:06.85
I will not be a spirit,
00:24:06.88\00:24:09.51
but I will have the same
sort of body that Jesus had.
00:24:09.54\00:24:15.10
And when I go to paradise
and when I go to heaven,
00:24:15.13\00:24:20.45
I am going to be
a real, real person.
00:24:20.48\00:24:28.45
The good news is this,
00:24:28.48\00:24:31.61
that God's people
will never get sick,
00:24:31.64\00:24:34.37
tired, depressed,
anxious, lonely or die.
00:24:34.40\00:24:42.37
We've told this
in Revelation 21:4-5,
00:24:44.29\00:24:49.63
think of it, never
get sick, never get old,
00:24:49.66\00:24:55.53
never get
arthritis, never get cancer,
00:24:55.56\00:25:00.00
never get lonely, never die.
00:25:00.03\00:25:04.32
"He will wipe every
tear from their eyes.
00:25:04.35\00:25:09.72
There will be no more death
or mourning or crime or pain,
00:25:09.75\00:25:17.39
for the old order of
things has passed away.'
00:25:17.42\00:25:22.89
He who is seated
on the throne said,
00:25:22.92\00:25:25.76
'I am making everything new!'
00:25:25.79\00:25:30.18
Then he said, 'Write this down,
00:25:30.21\00:25:33.14
for these words are
trustworthy and true.'"
00:25:33.17\00:25:38.65
Look at me, God's people
in this wonderful new world
00:25:38.68\00:25:46.26
will never be lonely
again, never depressed,
00:25:46.29\00:25:53.28
never poor, everybody
is going to be wealthy.
00:25:53.31\00:25:57.96
They will never get sick,
00:25:57.99\00:26:00.50
they will never
have heart disease,
00:26:00.53\00:26:05.14
they will never
have a heartache,
00:26:05.17\00:26:07.02
they will never have
cancer, they won't get old,
00:26:07.05\00:26:11.66
they will have eternal youth.
00:26:11.69\00:26:16.97
Would you not like to
go to heaven my friend?
00:26:20.45\00:26:24.85
Oh, the glory of that place.
00:26:24.88\00:26:29.54
Jesus died so that
you and I might live
00:26:29.57\00:26:36.56
in this wonderful new
world with Christ Himself.
00:26:36.59\00:26:42.36
Sometimes when I
speak about this in America
00:26:42.39\00:26:46.18
or Australia or
some other country,
00:26:46.21\00:26:49.23
people who are cynics by nature
00:26:49.26\00:26:51.80
may say that so
much pie in the sky
00:26:51.83\00:26:55.96
and the sweet pie in
by, we want our pie now.
00:26:55.99\00:27:02.52
But I remind them
that for thousands of years
00:27:02.55\00:27:05.98
mankind has been
trying to get his pie now,
00:27:06.01\00:27:11.14
but if you stand
watching the dearest on Earth,
00:27:11.17\00:27:14.43
lowered into the open
grave, I ask you the question.
00:27:14.46\00:27:19.18
Where now is
your heaven on Earth?
00:27:19.21\00:27:21.98
There is no heaven on
Earth until Jesus returns.
00:27:25.55\00:27:32.08
Does away with Satan and sin
00:27:32.11\00:27:35.46
and makes a beautiful new world.
00:27:35.49\00:27:40.24
Yes, in that better
world we will be real people
00:27:40.27\00:27:47.24
and we will do real things.
00:27:47.27\00:27:50.74
I read about this
in Isaiah 65:21-22, 17.
00:27:50.77\00:27:58.74
I am going to read it to you.
00:28:00.99\00:28:03.98
I want you to
use your imagination
00:28:04.01\00:28:09.14
and think
tonight you're in heaven.
00:28:09.17\00:28:13.78
"They will build houses and
dwell in them." Real people.
00:28:13.81\00:28:21.78
"They will plant
vineyards and eat their fruit.
00:28:23.38\00:28:28.69
No longer will they build
houses and others live inthem"
00:28:28.72\00:28:33.15
that happens when you
build a house and you die.
00:28:33.18\00:28:37.50
"or plant and others eat.
00:28:37.53\00:28:40.00
For as the days of a tree,
so will be the days of my people
00:28:40.03\00:28:47.39
my chosen ones will long
enjoy the works of their hands."
00:28:47.42\00:28:54.14
"Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
00:28:54.17\00:29:01.28
The former things
will not be remembered,
00:29:01.31\00:29:04.30
nor will they come to mind."
00:29:04.33\00:29:07.88
And people have said to me,
00:29:07.91\00:29:10.92
what say if I get to heaven
and a loved one is not there.
00:29:10.95\00:29:18.16
A husband says, what say if
I get to this glorious place
00:29:18.19\00:29:22.23
and my wife is not there.
00:29:22.26\00:29:24.78
A mother says, what
say if I get to this place
00:29:24.81\00:29:28.04
and all God forbid, my children
have turned away from God
00:29:28.07\00:29:32.78
and they are not there.
00:29:32.81\00:29:34.43
How could I enjoy heaven?
00:29:34.46\00:29:38.34
The Bible says,
the former things
00:29:38.37\00:29:42.37
shall not be remembered.
00:29:42.40\00:29:45.22
God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes,
00:29:45.25\00:29:49.22
the tears will come.
00:29:49.25\00:29:51.42
When a person gets there,
he will look for his loved one
00:29:51.45\00:29:54.78
and oh, if the
loved one isn't there
00:29:54.81\00:29:57.41
hot, salty tears will come,
00:29:57.44\00:30:01.34
but Jesus Himself
with a nails scarred hand
00:30:01.37\00:30:05.62
will wipe away the
tears from their eyes.
00:30:05.65\00:30:11.41
Then he will
take away the memory
00:30:11.44\00:30:18.08
and they will
remember it no more.
00:30:18.11\00:30:24.23
I am going to tell
you a little story.
00:30:24.26\00:30:28.90
When I talk about this sometimes
00:30:28.93\00:30:31.22
people who are little cynical
say, it's too good to be true,
00:30:31.25\00:30:35.74
because they do not
understand that God is so great
00:30:35.77\00:30:39.35
and because I haven't seen
the glory of another world,
00:30:39.38\00:30:44.25
they say it could not be true,
00:30:44.28\00:30:46.40
it could not be
true, I cannot believe it.
00:30:46.43\00:30:50.10
Many years ago some Christians
00:30:52.02\00:30:55.64
in the back blocks
of Abyssinia in Africa,
00:30:55.67\00:31:02.02
sends some delegates to a
general conference in America.
00:31:02.05\00:31:07.53
Now these people
were not like you
00:31:07.56\00:31:09.24
and they weren't like me,
00:31:09.27\00:31:10.64
they had never
seen big buildings
00:31:10.67\00:31:13.37
or anything like this.
00:31:13.40\00:31:15.27
They came from the back
blocks of one of the most
00:31:15.30\00:31:18.31
primitive civilizations
at that time in the world.
00:31:18.34\00:31:23.30
They went to America
and they saw the skyscrapers
00:31:23.33\00:31:27.55
and they saw the
elevators, all the lifts,
00:31:27.58\00:31:30.83
they saw the
marvels and the wonders
00:31:30.86\00:31:34.95
and they were dazed and amazed.
00:31:34.98\00:31:40.20
And when they got back to
the back blocks of Abyssinia
00:31:40.23\00:31:43.42
in their little village,
their church got together
00:31:43.45\00:31:47.04
on a Saturday
night and they said
00:31:47.07\00:31:49.49
we want to hear your stories
00:31:49.52\00:31:51.94
because we know you must have
00:31:51.97\00:31:53.66
some wonderful
stories to tell us.
00:31:53.69\00:31:58.01
Well, one delegate
got up and he said,
00:31:58.04\00:32:00.49
the Americans are funny
people, they are not like us,
00:32:00.52\00:32:05.38
they don't build
one hut by itself,
00:32:05.41\00:32:09.28
but they one hut
up against a hut,
00:32:09.31\00:32:12.54
up against another
hut, up against another hut,
00:32:12.57\00:32:16.27
the rooms of a house.
00:32:16.30\00:32:19.11
Oh, one of the elders
the church elders got up
00:32:19.14\00:32:21.28
and he said, that can't be so
00:32:21.31\00:32:23.75
because if one
hut caught in fire,
00:32:23.78\00:32:26.99
all the other huts
would catch in fire,
00:32:27.02\00:32:29.28
we can't believe that.
00:32:29.31\00:32:31.82
Well, another delegate
who had been to America
00:32:31.85\00:32:34.93
got up and he
said, well not only
00:32:34.96\00:32:36.84
do the Americans put
one hut up against a hut,
00:32:36.87\00:32:40.70
up against
another hut and so forth
00:32:40.73\00:32:43.60
but they put one
hut on top of a hut
00:32:43.63\00:32:46.70
goes up high in the sky.
00:32:46.73\00:32:50.45
Another church elder got
up and he said with a frown,
00:32:50.48\00:32:54.55
this cannot be true
00:32:54.58\00:32:57.01
because how would you get from
the bottom hut to the top hut.
00:32:57.04\00:33:01.76
Well, another
delegate got up and he said,
00:33:04.47\00:33:08.03
well, over there in
America they've got a little hut
00:33:08.06\00:33:13.03
that runs up and
down and takes you there.
00:33:13.06\00:33:16.72
Now this is true.
00:33:19.37\00:33:22.14
Those church people
who had never seen anything
00:33:22.17\00:33:26.78
past enact that night,
they passed a resolution
00:33:26.81\00:33:31.72
that in future
when they send delegates
00:33:31.75\00:33:34.53
to the General
Conference in America,
00:33:34.56\00:33:36.88
they would choose men and
women who didn't tell lies.
00:33:36.91\00:33:42.46
What did they know?
00:33:47.59\00:33:50.58
They hadn't seen it, therefore
they couldn't believe it.
00:33:50.61\00:33:55.60
I want you to
know something tonight.
00:33:58.19\00:34:00.15
The great God who made the stars
00:34:00.18\00:34:03.69
can do a few things that
you and I cannot understand.
00:34:03.72\00:34:09.71
And the great God
who made the stars
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.35
and the God who
made the universe
00:34:12.38\00:34:14.81
has told us He is
going to do these things
00:34:14.84\00:34:18.46
and it is going to be better,
and bigger, and more magnificent
00:34:18.49\00:34:25.16
than the human mind
can comprehend or realize.
00:34:25.19\00:34:29.60
This is the word of the Lord.
00:34:29.63\00:34:36.46
Listen to me.
00:34:36.49\00:34:38.08
Now I come to
the best part of it.
00:34:41.44\00:34:43.74
Look over here.
00:34:45.96\00:34:47.98
Jesus said, I go to
prepare a place for you.
00:34:48.01\00:34:54.16
He is preparing the
place now for us in paradise.
00:34:54.19\00:35:00.14
You've got a mansion
there my brother, my sister
00:35:00.17\00:35:04.24
and you've got your name on it.
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.87
Don't disappoint
Him by not turning up.
00:35:06.90\00:35:12.38
I go to prepare a place for you
00:35:12.41\00:35:15.46
and then He said,
"I will come again."
00:35:15.49\00:35:22.50
The best part is this, that
Jesus my Lord wants us there.
00:35:22.53\00:35:29.76
He said it, John 3:16
"For God so loved the world
00:35:31.36\00:35:36.76
that he gave his only Son,
00:35:36.79\00:35:40.72
so that whoever believes
in him shall not perish"
00:35:40.75\00:35:43.87
if we don't believe
in Him, we will perish.
00:35:43.90\00:35:46.41
But God so loved the
world that he gave his only Son
00:35:46.44\00:35:50.93
so that whoever believes in him
00:35:50.96\00:35:53.67
shall not perish but
shall have everlasting life,
00:35:53.70\00:35:58.37
shall go to heaven and
will live for a billion,
00:35:58.40\00:36:01.51
billion years will never,
never die, this is the truth.
00:36:01.54\00:36:05.61
Jesus died for me,
Jesus died for you.
00:36:05.64\00:36:10.52
Jesus made an atonement
with His own blood on the cross.
00:36:10.55\00:36:14.75
I beseech you tonight,
00:36:14.78\00:36:16.55
believe in the
Christ who died for you.
00:36:16.58\00:36:21.14
He wants you there.
00:36:22.61\00:36:24.33
Then in John 17:24,
He talks about heaven.
00:36:26.16\00:36:33.14
John 17:24, look at the text.
00:36:34.63\00:36:40.30
"Father, I want those you
have given me to be with me
00:36:40.33\00:36:45.05
where I am, and to see my glory,
00:36:45.08\00:36:48.65
the glory you have
given me because you loved
00:36:48.68\00:36:52.47
me before the
creation of the world."
00:36:52.50\00:36:55.62
And before the world was
made He had you on his mind.
00:36:55.65\00:37:02.98
Before the world was made,
before the universe was made,
00:37:03.01\00:37:07.19
billions of years
ago the universe was made
00:37:07.22\00:37:11.41
and before the universe
was made He thought of you.
00:37:11.44\00:37:18.31
You think of this.
00:37:20.03\00:37:22.40
You in PNG, in
this stadium tonight
00:37:22.43\00:37:26.93
before He made
the world he saw you,
00:37:26.96\00:37:31.57
He thought about
you, He loved you.
00:37:31.60\00:37:35.25
He said to His Father,
"Father, I want these people
00:37:37.46\00:37:41.60
you have given to Me
to be with Me in glory.
00:37:41.63\00:37:46.10
I want them to be there
because I died for them.
00:37:46.13\00:37:50.67
Can't you see it? He loves you.
00:37:50.70\00:37:54.06
There's another text
we should look at tonight,
00:37:59.63\00:38:03.62
so that none of us will dare
to presume on the grace of God.
00:38:06.09\00:38:11.48
That text is Revelation 22:12-17
00:38:11.51\00:38:16.06
so that none of us
presume on the grace of God,
00:38:16.09\00:38:20.94
so none of us will continue to
live lawless and godless lives.
00:38:20.97\00:38:27.13
Look at this
text, He wants me there,
00:38:27.16\00:38:30.87
but now notice this text.
00:38:30.90\00:38:33.85
"Behold, I am coming soon.
00:38:33.88\00:38:36.68
My reward is with me,
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.55
and I will give to everyone
according to what he has done,
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.88
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
00:38:41.91\00:38:44.53
the First and the Last,
00:38:44.56\00:38:46.39
the Beginning and the End.
00:38:46.42\00:38:48.04
Blessed are those
who wash their robes,
00:38:48.07\00:38:50.98
that they may have the
right to the tree of life
00:38:51.01\00:38:53.61
and may go through
the gates into the city.
00:38:53.64\00:38:58.91
Outside are the dogs,
those who practice magic arts"
00:38:58.94\00:39:05.91
who believe in the
demons and worship the demons,
00:39:07.67\00:39:11.41
the people who are
tied up with the occult,
00:39:11.44\00:39:14.33
they are outside the city.
00:39:14.36\00:39:16.27
"The sexually immoral" the
adulterer or the fornicator,
00:39:16.30\00:39:21.46
the sexual
pervert outside the city.
00:39:21.49\00:39:25.36
"The murderers, the idolaters
00:39:25.39\00:39:28.80
and everyone who loves
00:39:28.83\00:39:30.41
and practices
falsehood," the liar.
00:39:30.44\00:39:34.06
These words are
written as a warning to us,
00:39:38.81\00:39:41.25
so that none of us will
presume on the grace of God.
00:39:41.28\00:39:44.83
We do not teach
in these meetings
00:39:44.86\00:39:47.14
a gospel of cheap grace.
00:39:47.17\00:39:49.14
We teach the gospel
that saves us from sin.
00:39:49.17\00:39:53.64
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel
00:39:54.89\00:39:58.11
to give you this
testimony for the churches.
00:39:58.14\00:40:01.44
I am the Root and
the Offspring of David,
00:40:01.47\00:40:04.28
and the bright Morning Star.'
00:40:04.31\00:40:06.85
The Spirit and
the bride say, 'Come!'
00:40:06.88\00:40:11.46
and let him who
hears say, 'Come!'
00:40:11.49\00:40:15.59
Whoever is
thirsty, let him come,
00:40:15.62\00:40:18.90
and whoever wishes,
00:40:18.93\00:40:20.34
let him take the free
gift of the water of life."
00:40:20.37\00:40:24.30
My friend you cannot
earn it, you cannot buy it,
00:40:24.33\00:40:28.45
you cannot work for it,
you cannot atone for it.
00:40:28.48\00:40:32.46
It is the gift of God.
00:40:32.49\00:40:34.52
It is free
tonight if you will come
00:40:34.55\00:40:37.80
and if you'll take the gift.
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.94
And as you take the
gift you take paradise.
00:40:42.71\00:40:47.90
Listen to me, last time
00:40:51.92\00:40:55.66
perhaps I will ever
see your faces again.
00:40:55.69\00:40:59.99
The last time I
will ever see you faces.
00:41:00.02\00:41:02.90
Who knows if I
shall ever see you again?
00:41:02.93\00:41:05.49
There may be somebody
here tonight who says,
00:41:08.94\00:41:12.05
I am too weak, I
can't be a Christian,
00:41:12.08\00:41:19.13
I am too weak,
you don't know me.
00:41:19.16\00:41:23.23
It's all right for you.
00:41:23.26\00:41:26.12
But you don't
understand the burden I bear,
00:41:26.15\00:41:29.39
you don't understand
the struggles I go through.
00:41:29.42\00:41:33.16
I am going to tell you a story
about the Battle of Gettysburg.
00:41:36.41\00:41:41.13
There were two
opposing generals both good men,
00:41:41.16\00:41:44.97
General Meade
versus General Lee.
00:41:45.00\00:41:50.64
This was during the time
of the American Civil War
00:41:50.67\00:41:54.97
and the issue was slavery
00:41:55.00\00:41:58.83
and Abraham Lincoln said
slavery is an abomination
00:41:58.86\00:42:02.69
in the name of God when he said,
00:42:02.72\00:42:05.99
then he said, when I think
how people can keep slaves.
00:42:06.02\00:42:10.42
He said I fear for those
people because God is just
00:42:10.45\00:42:15.39
and justice
cannot sleep forever.
00:42:15.42\00:42:18.35
He said, we must
let the slaves go free,
00:42:18.38\00:42:23.32
said Abraham
Lincoln that man of God,
00:42:23.35\00:42:25.82
the president of the
United States of America.
00:42:25.85\00:42:29.86
But the south said, "No,
00:42:29.89\00:42:31.62
we are going to
retain our slaves"
00:42:31.65\00:42:35.89
and America split in two,
00:42:35.92\00:42:39.71
hundreds of
thousands of young men died
00:42:39.74\00:42:43.56
to do away with
slavery, glory be to God.
00:42:43.59\00:42:47.53
Well, the Battle of Gettysburg
00:42:52.17\00:42:54.14
was probably the climax
of the American civil war.
00:42:54.17\00:42:57.88
Brother was fighting brother,
00:42:57.91\00:43:00.09
the north against the south.
00:43:00.12\00:43:02.94
Thousands of tens of thousands
00:43:05.07\00:43:07.42
of young men
were dying everyday.
00:43:07.45\00:43:11.12
Then there came the third day,
00:43:13.98\00:43:16.80
it's called Pickett's
Charge because it was then
00:43:16.83\00:43:22.22
that the south made
their bid of victory.
00:43:22.25\00:43:27.34
The cream of the south came out
00:43:27.37\00:43:30.50
and under the
flag of the confederacy
00:43:30.53\00:43:33.84
they marched up cemetery hill,
00:43:33.87\00:43:38.52
they marched up
every man, a big man,
00:43:38.55\00:43:41.93
every man, a strong
man, every man, a brave man,
00:43:41.96\00:43:48.12
fighting for
something that was wrong.
00:43:48.15\00:43:53.37
On the third day,
12,000 southerners,
00:43:53.40\00:44:00.08
Pickett's Charge.
00:44:00.11\00:44:03.21
And as they came
up cemetery hill,
00:44:03.24\00:44:07.72
the North let them come
00:44:07.75\00:44:10.73
up the top where the
soldiers of the union
00:44:10.76\00:44:16.19
holding up all glory
the stars and the stripes.
00:44:16.22\00:44:23.93
And as those men from the
South marched up the hill,
00:44:23.96\00:44:29.55
the North let them
come closer and closer
00:44:29.58\00:44:33.26
and then they opened fire
00:44:33.29\00:44:36.07
and the ground was
stained with the blood
00:44:39.48\00:44:43.59
of thousands of young men.
00:44:43.62\00:44:48.19
At that point,
the South was broken.
00:44:52.78\00:44:58.22
President Lincoln sent
a message to his General.
00:44:58.25\00:45:04.51
He said, pursue the
enemy, break his power.
00:45:04.54\00:45:12.03
Now is your opportunity to end
the war and stop the bloodshed.
00:45:12.06\00:45:19.93
Then he said three
words in the telegram,
00:45:19.96\00:45:22.63
pursue, pursue, pursue.
00:45:22.66\00:45:27.04
But the union soldiers couldn't,
they were totally exhausted.
00:45:33.75\00:45:41.18
And that night the moon
looked down from a heavens
00:45:41.21\00:45:46.42
upon a scene of
unparallel slaughter,
00:45:46.45\00:45:51.97
tens of thousands of corpses,
00:45:52.00\00:45:56.92
thousands and thousands of
horses with their legs broken
00:45:56.95\00:46:04.77
and thousands, tens
of thousands of young men
00:46:04.80\00:46:08.75
still alive with
their legs blown off
00:46:08.78\00:46:12.53
or their arms blown off,
00:46:12.56\00:46:15.78
moaning and crying, no nurses,
00:46:15.81\00:46:20.55
crying and crying oh, God,
00:46:20.58\00:46:24.97
both sides mixed together
the North and the South.
00:46:25.00\00:46:29.93
And then
something amazing happened,
00:46:33.24\00:46:36.77
an old Quaker farmer was seen
00:46:36.80\00:46:39.65
going across the
field of Gettysburg.
00:46:39.68\00:46:43.93
I've been to
Gettysburg, I've stood there
00:46:43.96\00:46:47.18
and I've thought of
that terrible, terrible day,
00:46:47.21\00:46:50.34
but I thought also
the old Quaker farmer.
00:46:50.37\00:46:54.50
The old Quaker farmer
was looking for his boy
00:46:54.53\00:46:59.26
and as he would go along,
00:46:59.29\00:47:01.00
he would lift up the lantern
and he'd shined the lantern
00:47:01.03\00:47:04.83
and he cry out John Hartman,
00:47:04.86\00:47:10.07
thy father seeketh thee.
00:47:10.10\00:47:15.65
But he couldn't find his boy,
00:47:15.68\00:47:19.19
but then the other
soldiers took up the cry,
00:47:19.22\00:47:21.96
John Hartman,
where are you John?
00:47:21.99\00:47:24.65
Where are you John?
00:47:24.68\00:47:27.12
Your father is seeking you John
00:47:27.15\00:47:29.39
and one poor soldier cried out,
00:47:29.42\00:47:31.89
would took off that
where my father seeking me.
00:47:31.92\00:47:38.38
So the old father kept going
00:47:38.41\00:47:40.67
across the bloody
field of Gettysburg,
00:47:40.70\00:47:44.79
lifting up the lantern
and crying out John Hartman,
00:47:44.82\00:47:50.64
thy father seeketh
thee, where are thou John?
00:47:50.67\00:47:57.65
And then after a
time of fruitless search
00:47:57.68\00:48:00.81
and the cries of
the other soldiers
00:48:00.84\00:48:03.48
John Hartman your daddy is here,
00:48:03.51\00:48:06.50
John Hartman your daddy is here.
00:48:06.53\00:48:10.27
A poor wounded soldier
pulled himself up on an elbow
00:48:11.92\00:48:19.92
and he cried out father,
father, father, I am here.
00:48:21.19\00:48:29.19
And the old Quaker
farmer with his white long locks
00:48:31.69\00:48:37.55
went over and
put down the lantern
00:48:37.58\00:48:44.10
and lifted up his
boy and carried him home.
00:48:44.13\00:48:52.10
Tonight, across the
bloody field of human conflict,
00:48:54.84\00:49:02.84
there comes a light.
00:49:02.87\00:49:05.62
And when you look at the
hand that holds that lantern,
00:49:09.68\00:49:13.62
you'll find it's
unlike any other hand.
00:49:13.65\00:49:18.44
It's a hand of a man
who has been crucified
00:49:18.47\00:49:26.17
and he cries out John Hartman,
00:49:26.20\00:49:32.67
thy father seeketh thee,
00:49:32.70\00:49:35.11
Mary, Tom, Bill, Moses.
00:49:35.14\00:49:43.11
Whatever your name
put it there tonight.
00:49:45.01\00:49:46.88
Your father is seeking you.
00:49:50.77\00:49:52.79
He is been
seeking you for so long,
00:49:55.20\00:49:59.37
some of you have been
running away from him.
00:49:59.40\00:50:03.80
He is seeking you tonight
00:50:05.94\00:50:10.27
and I want you to know tonight
00:50:10.30\00:50:13.15
if you'll simply just look
up to Him and say, hear Father.
00:50:13.18\00:50:18.47
He will stop,
He will stoop down.
00:50:22.57\00:50:30.24
He will lift you up in
those strong, strong arms
00:50:30.27\00:50:36.89
and He will carry
you home to glory.
00:50:41.11\00:50:44.35
I have a
message for you tonight.
00:50:44.38\00:50:48.00
Your Father is seeking
you tonight over there.
00:50:48.03\00:50:52.35
He is seeking you
down here tonight,
00:50:52.38\00:50:55.74
people way up the back, He
is in this meeting tonight.
00:50:55.77\00:51:01.76
How many tonight
will raise a hand
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.48
and say, "Oh, my
Father, here I am,
00:51:04.51\00:51:11.07
lift me up, I am too weak,
00:51:11.10\00:51:16.18
I am a wounded
soldier tonight Lord.
00:51:16.21\00:51:20.90
So I am asking you tonight Lord
to do that which I cannot do.
00:51:20.93\00:51:26.27
Lift me up precious
Lord and carry me home.
00:51:26.30\00:51:33.68
Can you raise your hand
tonight if that is your prayer?
00:51:33.71\00:51:39.80
Lift me up precious
Lord, carry me home.
00:51:39.83\00:51:46.42
Let us close our eyes.
00:51:46.45\00:51:49.76
Let us bow our heads
in the presence of God.
00:51:49.79\00:51:55.87
Oh, our Father, we thank You
tonight that You are seeking us.
00:51:58.57\00:52:05.59
We thank You
tonight that You come across
00:52:05.62\00:52:08.75
the battlefield stained
with the blood of billions.
00:52:08.78\00:52:14.13
And you carry the lamp of truth
00:52:14.16\00:52:18.11
and you cry
out, my boy, my girl.
00:52:18.14\00:52:24.93
I am seeking you as we
are praying here tonight
00:52:24.96\00:52:30.68
and this is the last
time how I shall miss You.
00:52:30.71\00:52:37.42
I would like tonight
those who are baptized
00:52:37.45\00:52:39.97
to come down in the front now.
00:52:40.00\00:52:42.55
I want to have my
final prayer with you.
00:52:42.58\00:52:45.42
So can you all come
those of you who were baptized.
00:52:45.45\00:52:52.13
And I want those
00:52:52.16\00:52:53.69
who would like to be
baptized to join them.
00:52:53.72\00:52:58.79
This is our last opportunity,
at least in these meetings.
00:52:58.82\00:53:05.26
So those who are baptized
this morning in the ocean.
00:53:05.29\00:53:10.18
What a fine group you are,
thousands baptized this morning.
00:53:10.21\00:53:14.98
But those who
would like to be baptized
00:53:15.01\00:53:17.32
at some time in the future
I want you to come with them
00:53:17.35\00:53:24.48
and may be tonight if you
don't know Jesus as your Savior,
00:53:24.51\00:53:31.29
I am going to
invite you to come also.
00:53:31.32\00:53:35.09
Oh, so many people
tonight it's a vast, vast crowd.
00:53:35.12\00:53:40.57
I think these are
the biggest crowds
00:53:40.60\00:53:42.33
in the history of the nation.
00:53:42.36\00:53:45.12
So many coming over here,
there's still room for you,
00:53:45.15\00:53:49.50
those who are coming to Christ
00:53:49.53\00:53:51.03
for the first
time, come tonight.
00:53:51.06\00:53:54.25
Those who were
baptized this morning come,
00:53:54.28\00:53:57.33
those who would like to
be baptized you keep coming
00:53:57.36\00:54:02.01
andthe rest are going to wait.
00:54:02.04\00:54:04.60
We never had an altar
call quite like this one.
00:54:04.63\00:54:06.98
This is an amazing response,
00:54:09.61\00:54:13.46
because the Spirit
of the Lord is here.
00:54:13.49\00:54:15.45
Can I see the
hands of those here
00:54:15.48\00:54:18.12
who saw the white dove?
00:54:18.15\00:54:21.48
Goodness, you all
saw the white dove,
00:54:21.51\00:54:24.60
put up your hands high.
00:54:24.63\00:54:26.60
Now I want to say
this for television.
00:54:26.63\00:54:29.54
I want the
television camera to hear this.
00:54:29.57\00:54:32.51
A white dove, a huge bird,
00:54:32.54\00:54:35.61
a huge white dove has
come into this place twice
00:54:35.64\00:54:39.16
when we've been
talking about the Holy Spirit.
00:54:39.19\00:54:42.20
When the dove came
first a few people saw it
00:54:42.23\00:54:45.06
but some people said,
"No, it couldn't be true."
00:54:45.09\00:54:48.59
But tonight you
all saw the white dove.
00:54:48.62\00:54:51.97
What about out in the audience?
00:54:52.00\00:54:53.37
Raise your hand if
yousaw the white dove.
00:54:53.40\00:54:56.19
You saw the white dove
tonight, it's amazing. Yes.
00:54:56.22\00:55:01.92
You know what this is my friend?
00:55:01.95\00:55:03.80
It is a sign
from the Holy Spirit.
00:55:03.83\00:55:08.10
It is a sign for the people
of PNG from the Holy Spirit
00:55:08.13\00:55:11.97
that you and I are to
follow the word of God
00:55:12.00\00:55:14.46
and to follow Jesus
00:55:14.49\00:55:16.81
and to be baptized and
to keep his holy truth.
00:55:16.84\00:55:20.53
I believe in a God of
miracles, what about you?
00:55:20.56\00:55:25.80
Don't you believe in miracles?
00:55:25.83\00:55:27.66
Yes, I believe in a
God who works miracles.
00:55:27.69\00:55:32.36
Now people are coming
still from over there.
00:55:32.39\00:55:35.27
And they are
coming from over the hill,
00:55:35.30\00:55:37.24
I think from
the other projector.
00:55:37.27\00:55:39.19
This is absolutely
incredible and amazing.
00:55:39.22\00:55:44.27
They are pouring down
everywhere so keep coming
00:55:44.30\00:55:47.38
because we don't want to
miss a single soul tonight.
00:55:47.41\00:55:52.32
There's room at the
cross for you tonight.
00:55:52.35\00:55:58.14
We're gonna meet
in God's kingdom.
00:55:58.17\00:56:02.01
Now we are going to
wait for those people to come
00:56:02.04\00:56:03.92
because we have
thousands and thousands
00:56:03.95\00:56:07.31
of people coming forward tonight
00:56:07.34\00:56:09.63
and they are standing out here,
00:56:09.66\00:56:11.03
they are trying to
come down in the isles.
00:56:11.06\00:56:13.47
And this is the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:56:13.50\00:56:16.14
who is here tonight.
00:56:16.17\00:56:18.33
I can sense the
presence of the Spirit of God,
00:56:18.36\00:56:21.54
He is bearing
witness to His word,
00:56:21.57\00:56:24.14
and we say thank you
God, thank you Jesus.
00:56:24.17\00:56:29.07
The Spirit of
God today is moving.
00:56:31.11\00:56:33.80
He is moving wherever
human hearts sense their need.
00:56:33.83\00:56:36.86
He's moving whenever and
wherever souls reach out to Him.
00:56:36.89\00:56:40.74
He is moving because
these are not ordinary times.
00:56:40.77\00:56:44.26
He is moving through
00:56:44.29\00:56:45.66
the proclamation
of His living word.
00:56:45.69\00:56:48.15
During the Port
Moresby meetings,
00:56:48.18\00:56:50.13
the Spirit of God
was powerfully present.
00:56:50.16\00:56:53.26
One evening as
Pastor John Carter
00:56:53.29\00:56:54.86
spoke about the Holy Spirit
and his work to redeem souls,
00:56:54.89\00:56:58.20
a huge white bird
flew low over the audience.
00:56:58.23\00:57:01.70
The congregation of more
than 100,000 witnessed the sight
00:57:01.73\00:57:05.12
and believed that
God had sent them a sign.
00:57:05.15\00:57:08.31
Tens of thousands poured forward
00:57:08.34\00:57:11.03
to accept Christ
as Lord and Savior.
00:57:11.06\00:57:13.68
God today is calling
you as you view this program
00:57:13.71\00:57:17.21
to come to Him in faith.
00:57:17.24\00:57:18.63
The work of the Holy Spirit
00:57:18.66\00:57:20.03
is not restricted to
any one place on earth.
00:57:20.06\00:57:22.91
Wherever you are, He
is there. God loves you.
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He has a plan for you
and a glorious future.
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