Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR000917
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT
00:09 PRESENTS "THE LIVING WORD" AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT A CAT LOOKS AT 00:22 THE KING, BUT THE CAT DOESN'T SEE THE KING. 00:26 YOU SEE, THE CAT HAS GOT SIGHT, BUT THE CAT DOESN'T 00:30 HAVE INSIGHT. 00:30 I GUESS THAT'S LIKE MOST PEOPLE 00:35 IN THE WORLD TODAY. 00:37 THEY GOT SIGHT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE INSIGHT. 00:43 BILLIONS LOOK AT THE CROSS OF CHRIST, BUT THE QUESTION IS, 00:51 DO THEY SEE? 00:52 THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IN THE OPINION OF 00:57 MANY, MANY, PEOPLE, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY 01:04 OF THE HUMAN RACE. 01:06 IT IS THE MYSTERY THAT SOLVES ALL OTHER MYSTERIES. 01:13 TODAY WE'RE GONNA ASK GOD TO HELP US TO BE NOT QUITE LIKE 01:17 THE CAT, BUT BETTER THAN THE CAT AND NOT JUST TO LOOK, 01:21 BUT ALSO TO SEE. 01:24 BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THE GIFT OF SPIRITUAL INSIGHT, THIS WILL BE 01:31 THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO EVERY ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS, 01:36 WHATEVER YOUR PROBLEM MAY BE. 01:39 I'M SO PLEASED TODAY TO HAVE WITH US A FRIEND FROM INDIA, 01:43 HIS NAME IS DR. JOHNSON JACOB. 01:47 HE'S OVER HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE'S STAYING WITH US FOR A MONTH 01:51 AT THE CARTER REPORT STUDIO AND HE IS TRANSLATING INTO 01:55 THE TELUGU LANGUAGE, OUR LATEST EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 02:00 MY DEAR FRIENDS, MY FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD, WOULD YOU 02:04 PLEASE WELCOME WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD FROM THAT VAST LAND 02:07 OF INDIA, DR. JOHNSON JACOB? 02:21 YES, TO YOU TOO. 02:22 DR. JACOB, WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH AND TO THIS MINISTRY. 02:29 TELL ME, HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA? 02:33 >> NEARLY 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA. 02:39 >> I COME FROM A LAND WHERE THERE'S 21, AT THE MOST, 02:42 MILLION PEOPLE. 02:42 THIS GREAT LAND OF 02:45 THE UNITED STATES HAS AROUND 300 MILLION, 02:49 BUT INDIA HAS A POPULATION 4 TIMES GREATER THAN THE WHOLE 02:53 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 02:55 WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TO ARCADIA? 02:58 >> I CAME HERE AS MY LORD SAVIOR SENT ME TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE 03:03 OF INDIA HERE AND ALSO TO TRANSLATE THE MESSAGES OF PASTOR 03:09 JOHN CARTER SO THAT I COULD HELP HIM TO REACH THE INDIAN HOMES, 03:15 TO TEACH THEM THE TRUTH FROM THE HOLY BIBLE. 03:20 >> SO WE'RE BROADCASTING OVER THERE. 03:23 IS OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM WORTH ALL THE EFFORT AND ALL YOUR 03:28 TRANSLATING AND ALL THE MONEY? 03:31 IS IT HAVING SOME IMPACT? 03:33 >> YES, OF COURSE. 03:35 THERE IS A LOT OF IMPACT IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE, 03:39 THE MESSAGES THAT WE, FROM THE CARTER REPORT, 03:43 PRESENTING TO THE PEOPLE. 03:45 THERE ARE THREE, FOUR REASONS. 03:47 NUMBER ONE, THE MESSAGES PRESENTED BY PASTOR CARTER 03:51 ARE INTELLECTUAL AND CONVINCING. 03:54 THE PEOPLE OF INDIA ARE THIRSTY FOR THE WORD OF GOD. 03:58 THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO CANNOT COME OUT OPENLY TO LISTEN 04:04 TO THE MESSAGES, BUT THROUGH THE TELEVISION PROGRAMS, 04:09 THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT AND WATCH PASTOR CARTER, SPEAKING TO THEM 04:14 FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 04:17 >> PASTOR JACOB, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU HERE. 04:20 YOU'RE A BROTHER IN CHRIST AND YOU'RE A MAN OF GOD. 04:24 WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION IN INDIA? 04:27 >> THE MAIN RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIA IS HINDUISM, 04:31 THE WORSHIP, IT IS HEATHENISM AND THEY WORSHIP HEATHEN GODS. 04:36 >> ARE CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED TODAY IN INDIA? 04:41 >> THERE ARE MANY, MANY PLACES WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE TERRIBLY 04:46 PERSECUTED IN INDIA. 04:49 I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN, WITNESSED, WENT TO THOSE PLACES, 04:54 TALKED WITH THOSE PEOPLE. 04:57 RECENTLY, WE HAD A CONFERENCE, PASTOR'S CONFERENCE IN 05:00 OUR UNION. 05:02 WE HAVE TAKEN TIME TO INVITE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH WHOM I 05:07 HAVE PERSONALLY TALKED. 05:09 I'VE PRAYED WITH, ESPECIALLY TWO WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR HUSBANDS IN 05:15 FRONT OF THEM IN THE PERSECUTION IN THE STATE OF-- 05:20 AND WE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT 40 OF THOSE CHILDREN. 05:24 WE HAVE OPENED A BOARDING SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONFERENCE 05:28 WHERE I'M WORKING AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THEM 05:31 REGULARLY AND TALKING TO THEM. 05:33 >> WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, DR. JACOB, THAT BY THE GRACE 05:37 OF GOD, THIS CHURCH AND THIS MINISTRY IS GONNA STAND WITH YOU 05:43 IN THE PREACHING OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL, 05:46 TO THE 1.2 BILLION SOULS IN THE GREAT LAND OF INDIA. 05:51 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GOD BLESS YOU. 05:53 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 05:56 >> AND I WANT TO MAKE MY APPEAL REQUESTING YOU TO CONTINUE TO 06:03 SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY FOR THE THIRSTY SOULS OF INDIANS 06:07 IN INDIA. 06:08 THANK YOU. 06:09 >> GOD BLESS YOU. 06:10 THANK YOU, DOCTOR, THANK YOU. 06:18 >> TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO, A JEWISH MAN HATED BY THE JEWISH 06:25 POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS WAS NAILED WITH ROMAN SPIKES 06:33 TO A WOODEN CROSS BY ROMAN SOLDIERS. 06:40 NOW THE LAST WORDS OF A GREAT MAN ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT. 06:51 THE LAST WORDS OF THIS JEWISH MAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANCE 07:00 BEYOND WORDS. 07:05 JUST BEFORE HE BOWED HIS HEAD AND DIED, HE CRIED OUT 07:09 LIKE A TRUMPET, 07:15 "IT IS FINISHED." 07:19 LET ME WRITE IT ON THE BLACKBOARD BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK 07:22 OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THESE WORDS OF THIS 07:24 DYING CHRIST. 07:28 HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED" OR "IT IS DONE." 07:39 HE SAID, "I HAVE DONE WHAT I SET OUT TO DO." 07:45 IT WAS DETERMINED DEAD AND DONE AND THUS HE SAID, 07:51 "IT IS FINISHED." 07:54 NOW, IT IS MY CONVICTION WITH ALL MY SOUL, I SAY IT UNTO YOU 08:01 THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF, AND AN INSIGHT INTO THE MEANING OF 08:09 THOSE WORDS AND THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST WOULD CHANGE 08:15 THE WORLD FOREVER. 08:19 WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHY THERE IS NO PEACE IN 08:23 THE MIDDLE EAST? 08:26 WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE JEWS ARE AT THE THROATS OF 08:29 THE ARABS AND THE ARABS ARE AT THE THROATS OF THE JEWS AND WE 08:34 HAVE TERRORISM AND WHY WE HAVE--THIS SEEMS TO BE ALMOST 08:40 IRRELEVANT WHEN YOU THINK OF WORLD PROBLEMS, AND WE HAVE 08:43 UNHAPPY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE FILLED WITH FEAR AND 08:51 FRUSTRATION AND MEANINGLESSNESS AND CHURCHES THE SAME. 09:00 IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGHT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE INSIGHT. 09:07 WE'RE ALL A BIT LIKE THE CAT THAT I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE. 09:11 THE CAT THAT LOOKS AT THE KING, BUT THE CAT THAT DOESN'T SEE 09:15 THE KING. 09:16 REMEMBER, REMEMBER, MOST PEOPLE ARE LIKE THE CAT. 09:20 NOW, TODAY DURING THIS TALK, I'M GOING TO INVITE UP A NUMBER OF 09:25 PEOPLE AND I'M GOING TO ASK THEM ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 09:31 AND THEY CAN'T GET IT WRONG BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMPLY GOING TO 09:35 TELL ME WHAT THEY BELIEVE. 09:38 NOW THE FIRST PERSON IS ALMA DIXON, WOULD YOU PLEASE 09:41 COME, ALMA? 09:43 AND I'M GOING TO ASK ALMA THIS QUESTION AND NOBODY CAN GET THIS 09:48 QUESTION WRONG BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US WHAT 09:52 THEY BELIEVE. 09:54 IN YOUR OWN HEART, ALMA, WHAT DOES THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS 09:58 MEAN TO YOU? 09:59 >> IT MEANS THAT IF I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT ON THIS EARTH AT 10:01 THE TIME HE CAME, HE WOULD HAVE 10:05 CAME AND DIED FOR ME AND WHENEVER I'M TEMPTED, 10:07 I'LL ALWAYS SEE HIM ON A CROSS DYING FOR MY SINS. 10:10 >> ALMA, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 10:15 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE FIRSTLY TODAY IN THIS TALK, WHICH IS 10:19 AN IMPORTANT TALK, THE METHOD OF CRUCIFIXION, THE METHOD 10:24 OF EXECUTION. 10:27 THIS MAN, WHO WAS A STRONG YOUNG MAN, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HOW HE 10:31 WAS PUT TO DEATH. 10:33 TAKE YOUR BIBLES PLEASE AND TURN TO JOHN 19:14-18. 10:40 JOHN 19:14-18, AND I WANT EVERY PERSON HERE TO TURN TO THE TEXT. 10:46 JOHN 19:14 AND ONWARDS. 10:55 THE BIBLE SAYS, AND I'M READING FROM THE N.I.V. 10:58 "IT WAS THE DAY OF PREPARATION OF THE PASSOVER WEEK; 11:02 ABOUT THE SIXTH HOUR. 11:05 'HERE IS YOUR KING,' PILATE SAID TO THE JEWS. 11:11 BUT THEY SHOUTED, 'TAKE HIM AWAY! 11:13 TAKE HIM AWAY! 11:16 CRUCIFY HIM!' 'SHALL I CRUCIFY YOUR KING?' 11:21 PILATE ASKED. 11:23 'WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR,' THE CHIEF PRIESTS ANSWERED. 11:29 FINALLY PILATE HANDED HIM OVER TO THEM TO BE CRUCIFIED. 11:35 SO THE SOLDIERS TOOK CHARGE OF JESUS. 11:39 CARRYING HIS OWN CROSS, HE WENT OUT TO THE PLACE OF THE SKULL 11:43 (WHICH IN ARAMAIC IS CALLED GOLGOTHA). 11:47 HERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, AND WITH HIM TWO OTHERS, ONE ON EACH 11:52 SIDE AND JESUS IN THE MIDDLE." 11:56 I WANT TO READ TO YOU A STATEMENT FROM THE GREAT 12:02 FARRAR OUT OF HIS BOOK, "THE LIFE OF CHRIST." 12:06 I WANT YOU NOW TO USE A SANCTIFIED IMAGINATION AND 12:11 STOP LOOKING AND START SEEING. 12:17 FARRAR SAYS, "FOR INDEED A DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION SEEMS TO INCLUDE 12:23 ALL THAT PAIN AND DEATH CAN HAVE OF HORRIBLE AND GHASTLY, 12:31 DIZZINESS, CRAMP, THIRST, STARVATION, SLEEPLESSNESS, 12:42 TRAUMATIC FEVER, TETANUS, PUBLICITY OF SHAME, LONG 12:50 CONTINUANCE OF TORMENT, HORROR OF ANTICIPATION, MORTIFICATION 13:00 OF UNTENDERED WOUNDS. 13:04 ALL INTENSIFIED JUST UP TO THE POINT AT WHICH THEY CAN BE 13:07 ENDURED AT ALL. 13:10 BUT ALL JUST STOPPING SHORT OF THE POINT WHICH WOULD GIVE TO 13:14 THE SUFFERER, THE RELIEF OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS. 13:19 THE UNNATURAL POSITION MADE EVERY MOVEMENT PAINFUL. 13:26 THE LACERATED VEINS AND CRUSHED TENDONS THROBBED WITH INCESSANT 13:31 ANGUISH. 13:34 THE WOUNDS INFLAMED BY EXPOSURE GRADUALLY GANGRENED. 13:42 THE ARTERIES, ESPECIALLY OF THE HEAD AND STOMACH, BECAME SWOLLEN 13:47 AND OPPRESSED WITH SURCHARGED BLOOD. 13:51 AND WHILE EACH VARIETY IN MISERY WENT ON GRADUALLY INCREASING, 13:57 THERE WERE ADDED TO THEM THE INTOLERABLE PANG OF A BURNING 14:03 AND A RAGING THIRST. 14:07 AND ALL PHYSICAL COMPLICATIONS CAUSED AN INTERNAL EXCITEMENT 14:12 AND ANXIETY WHICH MADE THE PROSPECT OF DEATH ITSELF. 14:18 OF DEATH. 14:21 THE AWFUL UNKNOWN ENEMY AT WHOSE APPROACHED MAN USUALLY SHADOWS 14:26 MOST BEAR THE ASPECT OF A DELICIOUS AND EXQUISITE RELEASE. 14:38 THUS, THE METHOD OF TORMENT AND EXECUTION." 14:44 HE WAS STRIPPED NAKED, BADLY BRUISED, LACERATED, SUSPENDED 14:52 BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. 14:58 REMEMBER, THE CAT. 15:02 THE CAT LOOKS AT THE KING, BUT THE CAT DOESN'T SEE THE KING. 15:09 PAUL NADLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? 15:13 I'M GOING TO ASK PAUL A SIMILAR QUESTION. 15:18 AND, PAUL, WE'RE GLAD TODAY THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US. 15:20 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 15:23 BAPTIZING PAUL. 15:24 PAUL, WHAT DOES THE CRUCIFIXION OF THIS JEWISH JESUS 15:30 MEAN TO YOU? 15:32 >> WELL, OF COURSE IT MEANS ETERNAL LIFE FOR ME BECAUSE 15:35 HE TOOK WHAT I DESERVE. 15:35 BUT THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING 15:39 THAT CRUCIFIXION MEANS TO ME IS THAT HE SAID, "FORGIVE THEM, 15:43 FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." 15:45 >> GOD BLESS YOU, PAUL. 15:46 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 15:49 WOULD YOU PLEASE NOW, NOTICE WITH ME THE IDENTITY OF 15:55 THE CONDEMNED MAN. 15:58 THIS MAN WHO WAS BEING TORTURED WAS A JEWISH MAN. 16:04 HE WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS OF AGE IN THE PRIME OF HEALTH 16:10 AND STRENGTH. 16:12 MOST OF HIS LIFE, HE HAD BEEN A CARPENTER. 16:20 IT'S VERY HARD FOR GOD, MY FRIEND, TO HELP A LAZY PERSON. 16:30 AND SO WHEN OUR LORD CAME, HE CAME TO SHOW US THE VERY VALUE 16:35 OF HARD, MANUAL WORK. 16:39 HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO HARD PHYSICAL WORK. 16:42 FOR 3 1/2 YEARS, HE WAS A PREACHER, TEACHER AND HEALER. 16:49 AND IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH, THE RELIGIOUS 16:53 CHURCH, THE BIG CHURCH, THE JEWISH CHURCH, 16:58 HE WAS A DANGEROUS MAN. 17:02 HE WAS A DANGEROUS MAN BECAUSE HE WAS A THREAT TO 17:06 THE ESTABLISHMENT. 17:09 WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OVER TO JOHN 11:47-50 AND NOTICE 17:15 THE INSPIRED WORDS. 17:18 AND PLEASE, NOTICE IT IN THE HOLY WORD OF GOD AS WE 17:23 CONSIDER THE WORDS TODAY, "IT IS FINISHED." 17:27 JOHN 11:47 AND ONWARDS. 17:30 "THEN THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES CALLED A MEETING 17:33 OF THE SANHEDRIN." 17:35 THAT WAS A BIG COMMITTEE. 17:39 "'WHAT ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING?' THEY ASKED. 17:41 'HERE IS THIS MAN PERFORMING MANY MIRACULOUS SIGNS. 17:44 IF WE LET HIM GO ON LIKE THIS, EVERYONE WILL BELIEVE IN HIM, 17:48 AND THEN THE ROMANS WILL COME AND TAKE AWAY BOTH OUR PLACE 17:51 AND OUR NATION.' THEN ONE OF THEM, NAMED 17:55 CAIAPHAS, WHO WAS HIGH PRIEST THAT YEAR, SPOKE UP, 'YOU KNOW 17:59 NOTHING AT ALL! 18:01 YOU DO NOT REALIZE THAT IT IS BETTER FOR YOU THAT ONE MAN DIE 18:05 FOR THE PEOPLE THAN THAT THE WHOLE NATION PERISH." 18:10 SO IT'S BETTER TO GET RID OF HIM SO THE INSTITUTION COULD BE 18:14 PRESERVED. 18:16 I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU FROM DR. ARTHUR BIETZ WHO PREACHED 18:20 A GREAT SERMON THAT WAS RECORDED IN THE BOOK CALLED, 18:25 "WHEN GOD MEETS MEN." 18:28 THAT IS A FAMOUS NAME IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 18:32 HE WAS THE PASTOR OF ONE OF THE CHURCHES OVER THERE IN GLENDALE, 18:37 DR. BIETZ. 18:40 DR. BIETZ SAID, "IT WAS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONALISM 18:47 THAT CRUCIFIED CHRIST. 18:50 IT WAS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS 18:55 OUR PERSONAL CHRIST. 18:58 IT WAS, IN EFFECT, ORGANIZATIONAL RELIGIONISM 19:02 VERSUS THE GOSPEL. 19:07 HERE IS THE AGE-OLD TENDENCY TOWARDS IDOLATRY. 19:13 FOR MAN IS BASICALLY RELIGIOUS AND WISHES TO MAKE HIMSELF 19:18 SECURE WITHIN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THEREFORE, 19:26 HIDES HIMSELF FROM THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD." 19:31 CAIAPHAS THOUGHT HE MUST SAVE THE CHURCH, THEREFORE CHRIST 19:37 MUST DIE, BUT CHRIST HAD COME TO SAVE THE CHURCH. 19:43 WHERE WOULD WE HAVE STOOD HAD WE BEEN THERE THAT DAY? 19:47 I LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND ASK YOU, DR. BIETZ' QUESTION, WHERE 19:53 WOULD WE HAVE STOOD HAD WE BEEN THERE THAT DAY? 19:56 THE ISSUE BEFORE CAIAPHAS IS EVERLASTINGLY PRESENT. 20:01 WE HAVE TO CHOOSE CONTINUALLY BETWEEN TRADITION AND SCRIPTURE, 20:06 BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION AND THE INDIVIDUAL, BETWEEN WHAT 20:13 IS POPULAR AND ACCEPTED AND WHAT IS TRUE. 20:19 AND SO JESUS WAS CONSIDERED BY THE INSTITUTION TO BE 20:24 A DANGEROUS MAN. 20:26 WHO WAS THIS MAN? 20:27 A THREAT TO THE STATUS QUO AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONALISM, 20:32 BUT HE WAS MORE THAN A MAN. 20:32 PLEASE COME TO JOHN 1. 20:38 JOHN 1 AND WE'LL PICK OUT SOME VERSES HERE. 20:40 JOHN 1:1-14, BUT I WILL PICK OUT SOME OF THE GEMS. 20:46 "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD," THAT MEANS CHRIST, "AND THE WORD 20:50 WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD." 20:53 HE WAS OF THE VERY SAME ESSENCE AND NATURE OF GOD THE FATHER. 20:59 HE WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. 21:02 THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE. 21:04 WITHOUT HIM, NOTHING WAS MADE THAT HAS BEEN MADE. 21:09 IN HIM, WAS LIFE AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MAN. 21:14 THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, BUT THE DARKNESS 21:17 HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD IT. 21:19 REMEMBER, THE CAT. 21:23 THE CAT THAT LOOKS, BUT THE CAT DOES NOT SEE. 21:29 VERSE 10, HE WAS IN THE WORLD AND THOUGH THE WORLD WAS MADE 21:32 THROUGH HIM, THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. 21:36 VERSE 14, THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND MADE HIS DWELLING AMONG US. 21:41 THINK OF IT, MY FRIEND, AND SEE TODAY, HANGING ON THE CROSS WAS 21:50 THE LORD GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, THE OLD TESTAMENT EL SHADDAI, 21:57 THE MIGHTY ONE. 21:58 YAHWEH ELOHIM, THE LORD GOD. 22:03 THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE WHO BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH, 22:06 SPOKE THE STARS INTO EXISTENCE. 22:11 WHO IS THIS MAN? 22:13 I QUOTE. 22:15 HE IS JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE SON OF GOD, THE SECOND PERSON 22:21 OF THE TRINITY, THE ALMIGHTY AND THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA. 22:27 SCRIPTURE GIVES HIM OVER 200 TITLES AND EVERY ONE SUFFICIENT 22:32 TO GIVE US MEDITATION DAY AFTER DAY AND YIELDING INSIGHT, GLORY, 22:40 WISDOM AND HOPE. 22:42 WHO IS THIS MAN? 22:46 HE IS OUR SAVIOR. 22:49 SUSAN PIRAINO, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME? 22:53 SUSAN WORKS WITH US IN THE CARTER REPORT MINISTRY AND WE 22:59 APPRECIATE HER VERY MUCH. 22:59 SUSAN, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 23:02 BAPTIZING YOU ALSO. 23:07 WHAT DOES THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS MEAN TO SUSAN PIRAINO? 23:13 >> IT MEANS THAT THE BARRIERS BETWEEN GOD AND US HAVE BEEN 23:15 BROKEN, THAT I CAN COME DIRECTLY 23:19 TO THE FATHER AND THAT SALVATION IS A GIFT THAT I DON'T HAVE TO 23:23 WORK TO EARN IT. 23:25 IT'S A GIFT AND FOR THAT, I AM HOPEFUL AND I'M FULL OF LOVE 23:29 AND GRATITUDE AND JUST SO GLAD AND EXCITED THAT JESUS WAS ABLE 23:35 TO DO THAT FOR ME. 23:36 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. 23:37 GOD BLESS YOU, THANK YOU. 23:40 WHO WAS THIS MAN? 23:42 WHO WAS THIS MAN? 23:43 NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THE PECULIAR PLACE. 23:46 I USED THE TERM PECULIAR AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN UNIQUE, 23:54 SPECIAL, A PECULIAR PLACE. 24:00 LISTEN TO THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY 24:02 DON'T KNOW. 24:03 JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE SPOT, WHICH IS CALLED MOUNT MORIAH. 24:10 DID YOU KNOW THIS? 24:12 MOUNT MORIAH. 24:16 DOES THAT GET THE MOLECULES MOVING? 24:20 MOUNT MORIAH. 24:23 REMEMBER THE STORY, ABRAHAM HAD HAD A SON AND THAT SON WAS BORN, 24:29 NOT OF A VIRGIN BIRTH, NO, BUT THAT SON WAS BORN OF 24:35 A MIRACULOUS BIRTH. 24:38 THEN WHEN THE BOY WAS GROWN UP, GOD SAID TO HIM, "TAKE NOW YOUR 24:41 SON, THE SON WHOM YOU LOVE AND OFFER HIM UP AS A SACRIFICE." 24:46 HOW LONG DOES THE JOURNEY TAKE? 24:49 THREE DAYS, THREE DAYS OF HELL FOR THE FATHER. 24:54 THINK IT THROUGH. 24:56 THREE DAYS OF HELL FOR THE FATHER. 25:00 AND THEN THE FATHER PUTS HIM ON THE ALTAR AND LIFTS UP 25:04 THE KNIFE. 25:07 AND THE FATHER SAYS, IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER IN HEAVEN SAYS, 25:13 "HOLD." 25:15 HE LOOKS AROUND AND THERE'S A RAM CAUGHT IN A THICKET 25:20 OF THORNS. 25:25 TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER ON THE VERY IDENTICAL SPOT, 25:32 CALVARY IS MOUNT MORIAH. 25:35 DID YOU KNOW? 25:39 FOR 3 DAYS, THE FATHER ENDURES THE TORMENT OF SEPARATION AND 25:46 THERE THE LAMB OF GOD IS CROWNED WITH THE THORNS. 25:56 CAUGHT IN A THICKET, THE VERY PLACE. 26:01 PLEASE, JUST LETS THINK ABOUT THIS NOW. 26:05 IN SOME CHURCHES, YOU CHECK YOUR BRAINS IN AT THE DOOR. 26:09 WE DON'T DO THAT IN THIS CHURCH. 26:12 THIS CHURCH DOES NOT HAVE A PHILOSOPHY WHEREBY PEOPLE ARE 26:16 ENCOURAGED TO GIVE UP THINKING. 26:19 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK AND TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES. 26:25 THINK ABOUT THIS, THERE HAVE BEEN MILLIONS OF MARTYRS, 26:32 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MARTYRS IN RUSSIA ALONE, MAYBE MILLIONS. 26:38 WHAT MAKES THE DEATH OF THIS JEW SO DIFFERENT AND SO 26:45 IMMENSELY IMPORTANT? 26:50 LET ME PUT THE QUESTION TO YOU AGAIN. 26:54 WHAT MAKES THE DEATH OF JESUS SO DIFFERENT AND SO IMMENSELY 27:02 IMPORTANT? 27:04 PLEASE TAKE YOUR BIBLE AND TURN OVER HERE TO MATTHEW 27:45-46. 27:11 MATTHEW 27:45-46. 27:20 WHAT MAKES HIS DEATH SO DIFFERENT TO ALL THE MARTYRS? 27:23 THERE'VE BEEN MILLIONS 27:27 OF MARTYRS. 27:28 MATTHEW 27:45-46. 27:33 ARE YOU READY? 27:36 FROM THE SIXTH HOUR, THAT'S NOONTIME. 27:39 "FROM THE SIXTH HOUR UNTIL THE NINTH HOUR," THREE IN 27:42 THE AFTERNOON, "DARKNESS CAME OVER ALL THE LAND. 27:47 ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR JESUS CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, 27:51 'ELOI, ELOI, LEMA SABACHTHANI?' WHICH MEANS 'MY GOD, MY GOD, 27:58 WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?'" I PUT IT TO YOU TODAY, I ASK YOU 28:01 THIS QUESTION, IS THERE A PERSON 28:06 HERE WHO WANTS TO DIE LIKE JESUS? 28:09 WHEN I THINK OF SOME GREAT MARTYRS AND SOME GREAT SAINTS, 28:15 THERE ARISES IN MY HEART, I WOULD LOVE TO DIE THE DEATH 28:19 OF A TRUE MARTYR. 28:21 COULD THERE BE ANYTHING BETTER THAN TO DIE LIKE SAINT PAUL, 28:27 SAINT PETER? 28:29 OH, DEAR, CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN. 28:33 BUT WHO WANTS TO DIE CRYING OUT TO GOD? 28:41 MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? 28:44 I HOPE THAT WHEN I DIE, I WILL FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND I 28:51 WILL SAY, THANK YOU, MY FATHER. 28:54 YOU ARE WITH ME. 28:56 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. 28:59 I THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO BE IN THE RESURRECTION. 29:04 I THANK YOU THAT I'M SAVED. 29:07 BUT HERE IS A MAN IN TREMENDOUS ANGUISH AND HE'S CRYING OUT, 29:12 "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 29:20 THE CRUCIFIXION EVENT STARTED IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. 29:26 LET ME TELL YOU SOME THINGS. 29:27 WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 29:29 REMEMBER FIRSTLY, OR AGAIN REMEMBER THE CAT. 29:34 THE CAT LOOKS AT THE KING, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, 29:39 MULTITUDES IN THE CHURCH AND THEY LOOK, BUT THEY DON'T SEE. 29:47 JESUS SAID TO THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF HIS DAY, "YOU HAVE 29:51 EYES, BUT YOU DON'T SEE. 29:53 AND YOU'VE GOT EARS, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR." 29:56 AND HE WAS TALKING TO THE MOST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ON THE FACE 29:59 OF THE PLANET. 30:01 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? 30:02 THE MOST RELIGIOUS, THE MOST PIOUS PEOPLE, HE SAID, "YOU 30:05 LOOK, YOU DON'T SEE. 30:07 YOU HEAR--YOU LISTEN, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR." 30:11 THIS GREAT CRUCIFIXION EVENT STARTED IN A GARDEN, BUT THEN 30:17 DON'T YOU KNOW IT ALL STARTED IN A GARDEN, THE GARDEN OF EDEN? 30:24 AND SIN CAME INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND BECAUSE SIN CAME INTO 30:29 THE GARDEN OF EDEN, GOD THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE SAID TO OUR 30:33 FIRST PARENTS, CURSED IS THE GROUND BECAUSE OF YOU. 30:38 IT WAS A CURSE. 30:40 THORNS, DID YOU HEAR THAT? 30:42 WHAT'S GOING TO COME FORTH? 30:44 THORNS AND THISTLES ARE GOING TO COME FORTH. 30:48 IN THE WHAT? 30:51 THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW, YOU'RE GOING TO EAT BREAD. 30:56 HE SAID TO THE WOMAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SORROW. 31:00 YOU'RE ALL, THE HUMAN RACE IS GONNA HAVE SORROW. 31:03 BUT HE SAID TO THE WOMAN, "YOU'RE GONNA BRING FORTH 31:06 CHILDREN WITH SORROW, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SEPARATED." 31:13 AND THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE GARDEN AND THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT 31:18 WITH A SWORD. 31:20 I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 31:23 THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN. 31:25 THE BIBLE TELLS ME, MY FRIEND, THAT THERE IS ANOTHER GARDEN. 31:31 WE ARE LOST IN A GARDEN AND THE BIBLE SAYS, WE ARE 31:35 REDEEMED IN A GARDEN. 31:38 AND DID YOU KNOW THIS, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN THE GARDEN, 31:44 THERE CAME THE CURSE OF SIN. 31:49 AND BECAUSE OF SIN, THE CURSE CAME UPON HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN. 31:58 AND BECAUSE OF THE CURSE, THERE WAS SWEAT AND THERE WAS PAIN. 32:08 AND A LITTLE LATER ON BEFORE HE GOT TO THE CROSS, THERE WERE 32:12 THORNS. 32:17 AND DON'T YOU REMEMBER IN THE GARDEN, THAT THE SOLDIERS CAME 32:20 TO GET HIM AND THE SOLDIERS CARRIED SWORDS. 32:25 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO THE BOOK OF GALATIANS, 32:28 IF YOU WILL. 32:30 GALATIANS 3:13. 32:35 GALATIANS THE THIRD CHAPTER AND YOU OUGHT TO READ THIS BOOK 32:39 OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU CAN SEE. 32:41 GALATIANS 3:13. 32:49 GALATIANS 3:13, THE BIBLE SAYS, "CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM 32:55 THE CURSE OF THE LAW BY BECOMING A CURSE FOR US," BY BECOMING 33:04 A CURSE FOR US, "FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO 33:11 IS HUNG ON A TREE.'" AND SO IN THIS GARDEN, HE 33:13 FEELS THE PANGS OF SEPARATION 33:21 BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME HIS SOUL IS BEING SEPARATED FROM GOD 33:28 BECAUSE HE'S TAKEN THE CURSE. 33:30 HE'S TAKEN THE CURSE. 33:35 AND SOON HE'S GOING TO FEEL AND ALREADY HE'S STARTING TO HAVE 33:39 THE CURSE OF THE SWEAT AND HE'S SWEATING GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD. 33:46 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH 53:3? 33:51 THE GOSPEL PROPHET. 33:52 THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE. 33:55 WE SHOULD READ IT, COMMITMENT IT TO MEMORY. 33:58 ISAIAH 53:3. 34:03 LISTEN TO THESE WORDS. 34:05 THEY'RE ALMOST TOO HARD TO BELIEVE. 34:08 ISAIAH 53:3. 34:10 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MAN, A MAN OF 34:16 SORROWS AND FAMILIAR WITH SUFFERING. 34:22 I DISCOVERED A TRUTH ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THIS SUBJECT. 34:29 IT NEVER DAWNED UPON ME BEFORE. 34:33 JESUS WAS INFINITE IN HIS DIVINE NATURE. 34:40 AND SO WHEN HE WAS SUFFERING IN THE GARDEN AND WHEN THEY FINALLY 34:44 NAILED HIM UP ON THE TREE, HE SUFFERED AS GOD AND HE 34:51 SUFFERED AS MAN. 34:54 AND JESUS COULD SUFFER MORE IN 6 HOURS AS THE GOD MAN THAN THE 35:03 WHOLE OF THE HUMAN RACE COULD SUFFER FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS 35:09 BECAUSE HIS NATURE, AS GOD WAS INFINITE. 35:17 AND SO IN THE GARDEN AND ON THE CROSS, THE CURSE THAT CAME 35:23 IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE COMES UPON HIM. 35:29 THE AGONY IS SO GREAT THAT HE CAN HARDLY BREATHE. 35:39 HE IS CHOKING AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PAIN OF THE WOUNDS. 35:46 IT IS BECAUSE HE HAS BECOME SIN FOR THE HUMAN RACE. 35:52 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER TO THIS TEXT. 35:54 I WANT YOU TO COME TO A TEXT. 35:55 I WANT YOU TO COME TO 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-21. 35:56 I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS 36:03 TEXT TODAY. 36:04 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14. 36:07 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14, "FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPELS US, 36:15 BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, 36:19 AND THEREFORE ALL DIED." 36:21 THINK ABOUT THIS, ALL DIED. 36:23 WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 36:24 AND THEN YOU COME DOWN TO VERSE 21, "GOD MADE HIM WHO HAD 36:28 NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN HIM WE MIGHT BECOME 36:33 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD." 36:35 CAN YOU NOW UNDERSTAND, MY BELOVED FRIEND, WHY THIS STRONG 36:38 YOUNG MAN, WHO IS ALSO GOD AND 36:44 THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS GASPING OUT THE WORDS, 36:49 "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 36:54 BECAUSE HE IS UNDER THE CURSE. 36:58 I PREACHED A SERMON ONCE IN AUSTRALIA AND I SAID CHRIST WAS 37:02 CURSED FOR US, AND ONE WONDERFUL CHURCH MEMBER WHO WAS A PIOUS 37:07 PERSON CAME AND SAID, "NEVER SAY THAT AGAIN." 37:11 I SAID BUT THE BIBLE. 37:13 HE SAID, "I DON'T--DON'T SAY IT. 37:15 IT'S OFFENSIVE TO US." 37:18 AND SO WHEN I PREACHED AGAIN I SAID CHRIST WAS PUNISHED FOR--HE 37:21 SAID, "DON'T SAY CHRIST WAS PUNISHED." 37:25 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY ON THE WORD OF GOD THAT CHRIST WAS 37:29 PUNISHED SO THAT I WILL NOT BE PUNISHED AND HE WAS CURSED 37:34 SO THAT I WILL NOT BE CURSED. 37:40 I'M GOING TO READ YOU A STATEMENT FROM AN OLD-FASHIONED 37:44 PREACHER WHO WAS CALLED IN HIS DAY, THE PRINCE OF PREACHERS. 37:49 I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THESE WORDS. 37:55 HE SAYS, "WHAT MUST BE THE TERROR OF THE PUNISHMENT THAT 38:00 WILL FALL UPON THOSE MEN WHO REJECT THE ATONING BLOOD? 38:05 THOSE MEN WHO WILL HAVE TO STAND BEFORE GOD IN THEIR OWN PROPER 38:10 PERSON FOR THEIR SINS?" 38:12 NOW, I'M SAYING THIS TO THE CONGREGATION TODAY. 38:16 THE PERSON WHO IS INDIFFERENT TO CHRIST, THE PERSON WHO IS NOT 38:21 DEDICATED TO CHRIST, THE PERSON WHO, IN HIS OWN HEART, 38:27 IS UNREGENERATE. 38:29 I'M SAYING IT TO THE CONGREGATION OUT THERE IN 38:32 THE TELEVISION WORLD AND YOU'RE SAYING, "SO WHAT?" 38:39 LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRINCE-- A PREACHER SAID. 38:44 "I'LL TELL YOU, SIRS, WITH PAIN IN MY HEART AS I TELL IT TO YOU 38:50 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE OF YOU WHO REJECT MY LORD. 38:55 JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD AND MASTER IS A SIGN AND A PROPHECY TO YOU 39:01 OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU. 39:04 A SIGN AND A PROPHECY. 39:06 NOT IN A GARDEN, BUT ON THAT BED OF YOURS, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED 39:11 AND OVERTAKEN. 39:13 THE PAINS OF DEATH WILL GET HOLD OF YOU WITH AN EXCEEDING SORROW 39:18 AND REMORSE FOR YOUR MISSPENT LIFE AND FOR A REJECTED SAVIOR. 39:24 YOU WILL BE MADE VERY HEAVY. 39:29 DON'T THINK TODAY THIS IS A MATTER THAT YOU CAN TAKE IT 39:34 OR LEAVE IT. 39:38 THEN WILL YOUR DARLING SIN YOUR FAVORITE LUST LIKE ANOTHER JUDAS 39:43 BETRAY YOU WITH A KISS. 39:45 WHILE YET YOUR SIN LINGERS ON YOUR LIPS, YOU'LL BE SEIZED 39:50 AND TAKEN OFF. 39:52 YOU WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE HIGHEST TRIBUNAL, NOT THAT 39:55 OF PILATE, BUT THE GREAT JUDGMENT SEAT OF THE SON OF GOD 39:59 WHOM YOU DESPISED AND REJECTED AND THEN WILL WITNESSES 40:05 COME AGAINST YOU. 40:07 NOT FALSE WITNESSES, BUT TRUE. 40:11 YOU WILL STAND SPEECHLESS EVEN AS JESUS SAID NOT A WORD TO HIS 40:16 ACCUSERS. 40:19 THEN WILL CONSCIENCE IN DESPAIR BUFFET YOU AS HE WAS BUFFETED. 40:24 YOU WILL BECOME A MONUMENT OF MISERY. 40:29 SUCH A SPECTACLE OF CONTEMPT THAT MEN WILL LOOK AND SAY, 40:34 'BEHOLD THE MAN.'" THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID 40:38 TO JESUS. 40:40 "IT'LL BE SAID TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS SPURNED HIS GRACE, 40:46 BEHOLD THE MAN. 40:50 LOOK AT THE SUFFERING THAT HAS COME TO HIM BECAUSE HE DESPISED 40:54 HIS GOD AND YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED. 40:57 DEPART FROM ME, HE CURSED, SHALL BE YOUR SENTENCE EVEN AS LET HIM 41:04 BE CRUCIFIED WAS THE DOOM OF JESUS. 41:09 YOU WILL BE TAKEN BY THE OFFICERS OF JUSTICE 41:12 TO YOUR DOOM. 41:14 LIKE THE SINNERS SUBSTITUTE, YOU WILL CRY OUT, 'I THIRST.' 41:20 NOT A DROP OF WATER WILL BE GIVEN YOU. 41:24 YOU WILL TASTE NOTHING BUT THE GALL OF BITTERNESS. 41:28 YOU'LL BE EXECUTED PUBLICLY WITH YOUR CRIMES WRITTEN OVER YOUR 41:32 HEAD THAT ALL MAY READ AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE 41:35 JUSTLY CONDEMNED. 41:37 LET GETHSEMANE WARN YOU. 41:42 LET ITS GROANS, ITS TEARS, ITS BLOODY SWEAT ADMONISH YOU. 41:49 REPENT OF SIN AND TO BELIEVE IN JESUS. 41:54 AND SO, HE SAID, MY FRIEND, WHEN YOU SEE OUR LORD SUFFERING IN 42:00 GETHSEMANE AND ON THE CROSS, SEE IN HIM THE SYMBOL OF THOSE WHO 42:09 REJECT SO GREAT SALVATION. 42:12 BUT TODAY, HE BIDS YOU COME, BELIEVE, RECEIVE FORGIVENESS 42:18 OF SINS. 42:20 IT'S A GIFT. 42:21 ENTER INTO LIFE EVERLASTING THIS VERY MOMENT. 42:32 EITHER WE ACCEPT HIM AND HIS DEATH FOR OUR SINS, OR ELSE 42:41 WE PAY OUR OWN PUNISHMENT ON THE JUDGMENT DAY. 42:48 I'M PERFECTLY AWARE THAT EVEN IN THIS CHURCH, THERE ARE PEOPLE ON 42:52 OCCASIONS WHO TELL JOKES AND WHO SCOFF AND WHO WOULD EVEN TEXT 42:58 MESSAGES WHILE THEIR SOULS ARE SLIPPING AWAY TO PERDITION. 43:06 REMEMBER HE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 43:11 YOU KNOW IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THERE WERE TWO TREES. 43:15 THINK ABOUT THIS. 43:17 THERE WAS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. 43:21 THERE WAS THE TREE OF LIFE. 43:23 THE CROSS HAS BECOME THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. 43:30 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE, 43:33 YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT EVIL REALLY IS AND WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS 43:39 REALLY IS. 43:41 AND WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST, YOU EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE SO 43:46 THAT YOU MAY LIVE FOREVER. 43:49 THEREFORE, BELIEVE TODAY. 43:52 HOW DARE WE INSULT OUR GOD. 43:58 STEVE SAUZA, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME, STEVE? 44:02 STEVE IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND, THE SENIOR ELDER OF THIS 44:07 GREAT CHURCH. 44:07 GLAD TO SEE YOU TODAY, STEVE. 44:11 STEVE, I ASK YOU THE PERTINENT QUESTION FOR STEVE SAUZA, WHAT 44:17 DOES THE SUFFERING, WHAT DOES THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS MEAN 44:21 TO YOU? 44:23 >> IT'S A RELIEF FOR ME TO KNOW THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT ALL I 44:25 HAVE, BUT NOW I HAVE A HOME 44:29 IN PARADISE. 44:31 >> GOD BLESS YOU, STEVE. 44:33 WE'RE GLAD THAT OUR PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH UNDERSTAND 44:36 THE GOSPEL. 44:39 SO WE COME BACK TO THESE WORDS. 44:41 SO HERE IS OUR LORD. 44:44 HE'S HANGING ON THE CROSS. 44:49 HE'S GOING THROUGH THE PANGS OF THE SECOND DEATH. 44:55 WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS CHRIST BECAME SIN FOR US, IT DOESN'T 45:00 MEAN HE BECAME A SINNER. 45:02 HE WAS SINLESS. 45:03 BUT IT MEANS THAT EVERY SIN THAT HAS EVER BEEN COMMITTED WAS LAID 45:08 ON HIM, YOURS AND MINE. 45:12 EVERY MEAN ACT, LYING, CHEATING. 45:19 YOU KNOW, THE WORST SIN THERE IS IN ALL THE UNIVERSE? 45:23 SPIRITUAL PRIDE. 45:26 WHERE DO YOU FIND IT? 45:27 IN THE CHURCH. 45:29 IT'S NOT A SIN OF THE GENTILES. 45:31 IT'S THE MOST FILTHY, THE MOST EVIL OF ALL SINS. 45:35 "I'M BETTER THAN OTHERS, LOOK AT ME." 45:39 SPIRITUAL PRIDE IT WAS LAID ON HIM. 45:43 ADULTERY, FORNICATION, EVERY SIN THAT WE CAN SPEAK OF AND THOSE 45:49 SINS THAT WE CANNOT SPEAK OF. 45:52 EVERY SIN IN THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD WAS TAKEN LIKE A FILTHY 45:57 GARMENT AND PUT UPON HIM AND HE COULD NOT SEE HIS FATHER'S FACE. 46:07 SO WE COME TO THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS FINISHED? 46:11 BECAUSE, NOT AS A WEAKLING, DID YOU KNOW HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE? 46:19 HE SURRENDERED IT? 46:21 HE WAS A LIFE GIVER. 46:23 HE WAS THE SON OF GOD, THE SON OF MAN. 46:27 YOU KNOW WHEN THEY TOOK HIM IN THE GARDEN, THE FIRST THING THAT 46:30 HAPPENED, THEY CAME TO GET HIM. 46:33 "ARE YOU JESUS?" 46:35 HE SAID. 46:36 "YES, I AM HE." 46:37 WHAT DID THE SOLDIERS DO? 46:38 FELL, HUNDREDS OF THEM, THEY FELL ON THE GROUND. 46:41 COWARDS, NO. 46:44 BECAUSE HE SHOWED THAT HE WAS GOD AND ANYTHING HE WAS DOING 46:50 HERE OUT WAS DONE IN A VOLUNTARY CAPACITY. 46:55 THEY COULD NOT HAVE PUT HIM ON THE CROSS. 46:57 HE WENT THERE. 46:59 HE SURRENDERED TO THE CROSS. 47:01 I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS ONE GREAT PREACHER SAID, IT WASN'T 47:06 CAIAPHAS WHO WAS JUST SEEKING HIM. 47:09 IT WASN'T JUDAS, IT WASN'T THE JEWISH NATION. 47:12 IT WASN'T ANY OF THOSE EVIL PEOPLE, IT WAS THE LAW OF GOD 47:18 THAT CAME SEEKING HIM. 47:22 IT WAS THE LAW OF GOD THAT CAME SEEKING HIM. 47:26 SO WHAT DOES HE MEAN, IT IS FINISHED? 47:32 THE BLOOD ATONEMENT WAS FINISHED. 47:35 HE MADE A BLOOD ATONEMENT, COMPLETE SACRIFICIAL ATONEMENT. 47:40 LOOK AT HEBREWS 9:22. 47:43 THAT'S WHY WE DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT FOOLISH DOCTRINE, THE MORAL 47:46 INFLUENCE THEORY THAT SAYS THAT HE JUST DIED AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT 47:52 WE'RE NOT SAVED BY HIS BLOOD, WE'RE SAVED BY HIS EXAMPLE ONLY, 47:55 THEY TELL US. 47:57 THE DOCTRINE IS VERY POPULAR HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 47:58 IT IS A HERESY AND A LIE. 48:05 REMINDS ME OF THE CAT LOOKING, BUT THEY'RE NOT SEEING. 48:12 HEBREWS 9:22, "IN FACT, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT NEARLY EVERYTHING 48:16 BE CLEANSED WITH BLOOD," SAY IT WITH ME, "AND WITHOUT THE 48:20 SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS." 48:24 THE BLOOD ATONEMENT WAS FINISHED. 48:27 THE DREADFUL PRICE FOR OUR REBELLION WAS PAID IN FULL. 48:28 IT WAS FINISHED. 48:37 AND AFTER THE BLOOD, THE SWEAT, THE AGONY, THE GREAT DARKNESS, 48:45 JESUS NOT WITH A WHIMPERING VOICE, NOT AS A BEATEN MAN, 48:56 HE DIDN'T SAY, "OH, I'VE FINISHED IT." 49:03 HE CRIED OUT IN A VOICE THAT RANG AROUND THE UNIVERSE, 49:07 "IT IS FINISHED. 49:09 INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." 49:12 HE DIED AS A MIGHTY CONQUEROR BECAUSE HE'D FOUGHT IT 49:24 AND HE'D WON IT. 49:28 GREG EBERHARDT IS A BUSINESSMAN, A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. 49:32 A MEMBER OF THE CARTER REPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 49:36 GREG, WHAT DOES THE SUFFERING, 49:42 THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST MEAN TO GREG EBERHARDT? 49:45 >> TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT LIFE 49:48 WOULD BE LIKE AND WHAT OUR FUTURE WOULD BE LIKE HAD THE 49:51 CRUCIFIXION HAD NOT OCCURRED. 49:51 AS A FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS, 49:55 THERE ISN'T ANYTHING I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND I'M 49:59 GRATEFUL THAT GOD GAVE HIS SON, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR MY 50:03 CHILDREN AND TO ME, THE CRUCIFIXION MEANS 50:07 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. 50:09 >> THANK YOU, GREG, THANK YOU. 50:12 AND NOW THE FINAL QUESTION. 50:16 WHAT HAPPENS TO A PERSON WHEN WE JUST STOP LOOKING 50:20 AND START SEEING? 50:23 A LOT OF US HERE WATCHING THE TELECAST, IN THE CHURCH, IN OUR 50:28 OWN CHURCH, EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING, BUT THEY DON'T SEE. 50:34 AND IF THEY DON'T SEE, THEY CAN'T BE SAVED. 50:38 THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES ON OCCASIONS LIKE THIS AND HE TAKES 50:42 THE SCALES FROM MY EYES THAT I MAY SEE. 50:47 WHEN WE SEE, WE SEE WHAT GOD IS LIKE, HOW BRAVE HE IS, HOW GOOD, 50:56 HOW KIND AND HOW LOVING. 51:00 NEVER DOUBT HIS LOVE. 51:03 HE'S THE BEST. 51:06 AND WHEN WE STOP LOOKING AND START SEEING, WE SEE OURSELVES 51:12 AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS--IT'S NEVER A PRETTY SPECTACLE. 51:19 WE SEE OURSELVES, WE'RE STRIPPED NAKED. 51:21 WE SEE OUR SINS, OUR SILLY PRIDE, OUR VANITY, OUR 51:27 ARROGANCE, OUR BLINDNESS, OUR COLDNESS, OUR SELFISHNESS. 51:32 YOU KNOW WHY MOST PROFESSING CHRISTIANS CAN NEVER APOLOGIZE? 51:42 'CAUSE MOST, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THEY CAN NEVER ADMIT THEY'RE 51:46 WRONG BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING BUT THEY DON'T SEE. 51:53 THIS TAKES A TREMENDOUS MIRACLE, WHEREBY WE OPEN UP OUR HEARTS. 52:00 YOU KNOW WHY WE DON'T READ OUR BIBLES EVERY DAY AND WE DON'T 52:04 ACCEPT COUNSEL ON THESE THINGS? 52:06 IT'S BECAUSE WE LOOK. 52:11 WE'RE A CHURCH AND A RACE OF LOOKERS. 52:15 WHEN WE SEE, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. 52:21 WHEN WE SEE OURSELVES, WE WILL NOT GO AROUND LIKE PUFFED-UP 52:26 LITTLE PEOPLE. 52:28 BUT WE WILL SAY, LORD, HAVE MERCY UPON ME. 52:34 AND I WANT TO SAY TODAY, NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU AND FOR ME TO 52:42 STOP BEING LIKE THE CAT AND TO STOP LOOKING AND TO START SEEING 52:49 AND TO ACCEPT A NEW LIFE AND FORGIVENESS AND MERCY 52:58 AND BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. 53:01 YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE SO MANY SAD PEOPLE IN CHURCH? 53:07 THEY DON'T SEE THE GOSPEL. 53:13 IT'S TIME TO SEE. 53:19 THINK OF THE CROSS. 53:22 JESUS WAS IN THE CENTER, TWO THIEVES ON EITHER SIDE. 53:26 YOU KNOW WHY HE WAS IN THE CENTER? 53:28 BECAUSE HE'S IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. 53:31 HE'S IN THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 53:33 AND BOTH THIEVES ARE CURSING HIM UP AND DOWN. 53:37 THEY'RE CURSING AT HIM. 53:40 SWEARING AND CURSING. 53:42 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECORDS THAT MEN CURSED SO MUCH WHEN THEY 53:48 WERE CRUCIFIED, IT WAS A COMMON CUSTOM TO CUT OUT THE TONGUES OF 53:53 THE CRUCIFIED BECAUSE THEY CURSED SO MUCH. 53:56 THESE TWO MEN ARE CURSING HIM. 54:00 BUT THEN ONE STOPS LOOKING. 54:06 THEY'D BOTH BEEN LOOKING AND ONE STARTS--AND THE CENTURION 54:11 HE STOPPED JUST LOOKING. 54:14 THE CENTURION SAID THIS MAN WAS THE SON OF GOD. 54:18 BUT THE DYING THIEF, DON'T SYMBOLIZE WITH HIM, 54:22 HE'S A BAD MAN. 54:23 HE'S A CROOK. 54:26 HE'S A BAD MAN, LIKE SOME OF US. 54:30 WE ARE BAD PEOPLE. 54:34 BUT THE THIEF STOPS JUST LOOKING AND HE SEES THE KING. 54:41 AND THEN HE CRIES OUT, LORD. 54:47 NOBODY ELSE WAS CALLING HIM LORD THEN. 54:50 PEOPLE WILL CALL YOU NICE WORDS WHEN YOU'RE ON TOP. 54:54 NOBODY WAS CALLING HIM LORD WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS. 54:57 BUT THAT THIEF WHO GAVE THE GREATEST TESTIMONY IN THE 55:00 HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THE THIEF SAID, "LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN 55:07 YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM." 55:08 HE SAW HE WAS A KING. 55:10 AND JESUS SAID TO HIM, JESUS SAID SEVEN WORDS, SEVEN SAYINGS 55:14 ON THE CROSS. 55:16 AND ONE OF THOSE SEVEN SAYINGS IS THIS ONE, "TRULY, I SAY TO 55:20 YOU TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE." 55:28 >> HELLO FRIEND, I'M JOHN CARTER 55:30 WITH SOME AMAZING NEWS FOR YOU. 55:33 A FEW DAYS AGO, A MAN CAME TO THIS CHURCH. 55:36 HE CAME TO SEE ME BECAUSE HE'S HEARD ABOUT THE CARTER REPORT. 55:39 HE CAME FROM COMMUNIST CHINA AND HE CAME WITH A MESSAGE. 55:44 HE SAID, "WE'VE GOT OVER THERE 1.2 BILLION SOULS, AND THESE 55:50 PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THE TRUTHS ABOUT JESUS AND THE GREAT TRUTHS 55:54 OF THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES." 55:57 HE SAID TO ME, "WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CARTER REPORT AND WE 56:00 WANT YOU TO BE OUR PARTNERS IN THE PREACHING OF THE EVERLASTING 56:04 GOSPEL TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE." 56:07 I SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT US DO? 56:09 HE SAID, "IT'S NOT CLEAR. 56:11 WE'VE GOTTA PRAY AND WE'VE GOTTA STRATEGIZE, BUT WE'VE GOT 56:14 SOME PLANS." 56:16 I SAID TO HIM, YOU CAN COUNT ON US BECAUSE WE CAN HEAR THE VOICE 56:21 OF GOD CALLING TO US TO WORK FOR THE CHINESE PEOPLE, 56:25 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE. 56:28 PLEASE PRAY FOR CHINA. 56:28 TODAY, I WAS TALKING TO A MAN 56:32 FROM ANOTHER VAST COUNTRY, THE LAND OF INDIA, A LAND WITH MORE 56:36 THAN A BILLION LOST SOULS WHO NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS. 56:41 THIS MAN'S NAME IS PASTOR JOHNSON JACOB. 56:45 WHY IS HE OVER HERE IN ARCADIA AT THE CARTER REPORT CENTER? 56:49 BECAUSE HE IS TRANSLATING OUR MATERIAL, OUR EVANGELISTIC 56:53 SERMONS INTO THE TELUGU LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE ARE BROADCASTING 56:58 THROUGH TELEVISION OVER THERE IN THAT VAST LAND. 57:02 MY FRIEND, THE DOORS ARE OPENING EVERYWHERE, PLEASE JOIN WITH US 57:07 AND PRAY WITH US. 57:09 AND WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 57:13 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 57:16 THANK YOU, IN JESUS' NAME. 57:21 [MUSIC] 57:31 ♪ ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL, ♪ ♪ ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL, ♪ 57:37 ♪ I'M PRAYING, ♪ ♪ YES, I'M PRAYING. ♪ 57:47 ♪ ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, ♪ ♪ ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, ♪ 57:54 ♪ YOU HEAR ME. ♪♪ |
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