Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001604A
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00:13 Today, we're talking about "The Fate of the Heathen."
00:20 Now, what do we mean by the term heathen? 00:24 Well, this is a very broad term. 00:27 It means people who worship strange 00:33 fire and God's, they're heathen. 00:35 There are billions of those in the world. 00:39 But then there is a sophisticated 00:41 form of heathenism 00:44 that we might dare call paganism. 00:49 Now, paganism, that is beautiful temple 00:51 and beautiful costumes and beautiful robes 00:55 and all of those things. 00:56 And so, we're talking about vast numbers of people 01:02 who don't follow Christ. 01:07 But in the last session, we saw the text that said, 01:12 "Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. 01:15 And no one can come to God, the Father 01:18 unless they come through Jesus." 01:21 And that it was Jesus 01:23 who made an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 01:27 Therefore I am suggesting to you 01:30 on the authority of the word of God 01:33 that the only way people can be saved 01:36 is by coming to Christ. 01:42 I want you to think about that, 01:44 because that's a bit of a bombshell. 01:49 All people are born 01:51 with the knowledge of right and wrong. 01:54 Everybody who was born 01:55 is born with the knowledge of the law of God. 01:59 But nobody is born 02:00 with the knowledge of the gospel. 02:03 Nobody. 02:06 When it says their thoughts sometimes accuse 02:08 and sometimes defend them in the text we read before. 02:12 It's not saying that they're saved 02:13 by living up to the light they have. 02:17 Because the whole theme of the Book of Romans 02:19 in the Bible is this, that people need Christ, 02:22 the way, the truth, and the life. 02:25 Now... 02:28 I guess I've spoken, I say this humbly, 02:31 probably there are more atheists 02:36 than just about any person around. 02:38 I've spoken to millions of them. 02:40 And I know from my own personal experience 02:45 and from the preaching of the Bible 02:47 that these people need Christ, 02:50 because without Christ, 02:53 they are in a great darkness. 02:57 I'm not a philosopher. 02:59 I'm talking here Bible truths. 03:01 I have seen in a meeting say 10,000 people, 03:05 atheists, unbelievers, communists, Marxists. 03:10 At the start of the meeting with their heads down, 03:13 they won't look at me. 03:15 And as I preached the gospel of Christ, 03:19 their heads come up a little bit. 03:21 Come up a little bit. 03:23 And when I asked the men will they come to Christ? 03:25 I'm talking about Russia. 03:27 I've seen them come down to front in such a hurry 03:30 that I was in danger of being killed. 03:34 Why? 03:35 Because they know better than we do 03:38 that a heart without Christ is lost. 03:43 So don't tell me there's a lot of light out there. 03:46 Christ is the light of the world, only Christ. 03:50 Now, he said something, 03:51 which was quite controversial 03:53 and politically incorrect in John 3:1 down to 7. 03:58 I want you to think about the theological 04:00 and the practical implications of this text. 04:04 John Chapter 3, "There was a man 04:05 of the Pharisees name Nicodemus, 04:07 a ruler of the Jews. 04:09 The same came to Jesus by night and said to him, 04:11 ''Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God, 04:14 for no one can do these signs that you do 04:16 unless God is with him." 04:18 Jesus answered and said to him..." 04:20 Now, he's talking to a theologian. 04:24 "Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born again, 04:27 he cannot see the kingdom of heaven." 04:29 That means you Nicodemus. 04:31 Unless you're born again, you're not going to heaven. 04:33 Nicodemus said to him, 04:35 "How can a man be born when he is old? 04:37 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 04:41 He didn't get it, did he? 04:42 "Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, 04:45 unless one is born of water and of the Spirit, 04:48 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 04:49 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, 04:51 that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 04:53 Do not marvel that I said to you, 04:55 'You must be born again." 04:58 'What's he talking about? 05:00 What Jesus is talking about? 05:03 Now it is believed why some people, 05:08 who are more philosophically inclined 05:10 than biblically literate. 05:14 That when we're born, 05:16 and we come into the world as little babies, 05:19 we come saved, 05:23 and sinless, 05:25 and perfect. 05:29 This view is held by fathers, not by mothers, 05:31 who look after them. 05:36 But I want you folks to come over here 05:39 to Genesis Chapter 5. 05:41 Dear hearts and gentle people, 05:42 and you are such a wonderful audience. 05:46 Genesis 5:1-3 05:48 and you folks come from Thousand Oaks 05:50 where I live, 05:52 which is such a beautiful place in Southern California. 05:54 Genesis Chapter 5. 05:57 You, folks, got more enthusiastic about that 05:59 than anything else today. 06:02 This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. 06:05 In the day that God created man. 06:07 He made him in the likeness of..." 06:08 who? 06:09 We were made in the likeness of who, tell me? 06:11 God. "Made in the likeness of God. 06:15 He created them male and female, 06:17 and blessed them and called them 06:18 Mankind in the day they were created. 06:21 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, 06:24 and begot a son in his own likeness, 06:29 after his image, 06:31 named him Seth." 06:33 Now, Spurgeon said, 06:37 "Because of the sin of Adam, 06:40 we have his black blood in our veins." 06:46 By that he meant, 06:47 we are born with propensities and tendencies to sin. 06:52 If you ever seen a little baby this long lose its temper. 06:56 Where did he get that temper from, mothers? 07:00 Yeah. 07:02 This is the answer that always comes from the fathers, yeah. 07:07 But we are born-- David said, 07:09 "I was born in sin 07:11 and in sin did my mother conceive me." 07:14 God cannot take us to heaven 07:16 while we have these old natures that love sin. 07:20 Therefore, we've got to be born again. 07:23 And only Christ can give us life. 07:26 Now, come over here to John 1:1 please, 07:28 the Gospel of John. 07:30 This is perhaps the greatest book 07:32 that was ever written 07:33 in the history of the human race. 07:34 John 1:1 dear hearts. 07:37 "In the beginning was the Word, 07:39 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." 07:41 This is talking about Jesus, verses 9 and onwards. 07:45 "That was the true Light which gives light to every man 07:48 who comes into the world. 07:49 He was in the world, 07:51 and the world was made through Him, 07:52 and the world did not know Him. 07:53 He came to His own, His own did not receive Him. 07:57 But as many as received Him, 07:59 to them He gave the right to become children of God. 08:03 Even to those who believe in His name: who were born, 08:08 not a blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 08:10 nor of the will of man, but of God." 08:15 So what happens? 08:17 Now, I want everybody watching this program, 08:19 you think you got problems. 08:22 You think, you know, things are so impossible for you. 08:28 You've got children who've gone almost like delinquents, 08:33 they're on drugs. 08:34 You don't know what to do. 08:36 I want to tell you, 08:37 Jesus Christ is a mighty savior. 08:38 Amen. 08:40 I want you to know this. 08:42 I want you to know 08:43 that when a person comes to Christ, 08:46 he comes in true faith, a miracle happens in his life. 08:52 God changes that person. 08:55 Becomes a brand new person. 08:59 We've got far too much religion in the world. 09:03 Far too much religion in the world 09:07 but not enough of Christ. 09:09 Saul the Pharisee becomes Paul the Apostle. 09:13 Peter the stone becomes Peter of the rock man. 09:17 Hallelujah, I knew that was coming. 09:21 John and James are sons of thunder 09:23 become John and James the sons of patience. 09:28 I'm still working on that one. 09:29 Ildar the mafia man becomes Ildar, 09:32 the commandment keeping Christian. 09:34 Who is Ildar? 09:36 Well, whenever I go back to Russia, 09:38 Ildar is there to greet me. 09:40 He used to be the head of the Russian mafia. 09:44 He still scares people. 09:47 He does. 09:49 Where if I go anywhere in Russia 09:51 and I take Ildar, I get respect. 09:57 He's told me how he filled a man's belly with lead. 10:01 Five bullets and said, "Next time I'll kill you." 10:06 He said, "Next time I won't shoot you 10:09 where I've just shot you, I'll kill you." 10:14 I saw him just very recently. 10:16 He's now a preacher of the gospel. 10:17 Amen. Amen. 10:18 His life is changed. 10:20 When he heard, you know, how he came to Christ. 10:25 He got our DVDs, amazing. 10:28 We had them translated into Russian. 10:30 We didn't give him, somebody gave him some DVDs. 10:34 After he saw the first one, he was born again. 10:38 Amen. Amen 10:39 I'm telling you, 10:41 you say these things don't happen. 10:42 These things do happen. 10:43 Amen. 10:45 And then, he went out and saw his lieutenants 10:49 hit 400 armed soldiers with machine guns. 10:54 He sold his beautiful house that was built out of drugs. 10:59 And he built a magnificent church for the glory of God. 11:03 Amen. Amen. 11:05 He is a peaceful man, appeasable man. 11:08 He's a loving man. 11:10 It is the power of God, I'm telling you. 11:13 Amen. 11:15 And Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. 11:19 He is the only way, He is not a way. 11:22 Don't believe this nonsense that Jesus is a way. 11:28 Don't believe this nonsense 11:30 that is taught even in many pulpits, 11:35 that every road goes home to glory. 11:37 It's not true. 11:38 Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. 11:42 And He's the only way. 11:43 I'm going to read your statement here by 11:45 an American thought leader. 11:51 I think she certainly 11:54 had the inspiration of God when she wrote. 11:56 Listen to this. 11:58 "I saw that the slave master will have to answer 12:02 for the soul of the slave 12:05 whom he has kept in ignorance, 12:09 and the sin of the slave 12:10 will be visited upon the master. 12:13 God cannot take to heaven the slave 12:15 who has been kept in ignorance and degradation, 12:22 knowing nothing of God or the Bible, 12:24 fearing nothing but his master's lash, 12:26 and holding a lower position than the brutes. 12:30 But He does the best thing for him 12:31 that a compassionate God can do. 12:33 He permits him to be as if he had not been, 12:37 while the master must endure the seven last plagues, 12:40 then come up in the second resurrection 12:42 and suffer the second, most awful death. 12:44 Then the justice of God will be satisfied." 12:49 Now, those people watching, 12:50 you can get this little book that I wrote, 12:52 it's a booklet, "The Fate of the Heathen." 12:56 Write to me John Carter. 12:58 And the address is on the screen 12:59 for the United States 13:01 and Australia and other places, ask for it. 13:05 The Fate of the Heathen, 13:08 it will put a fire in your belly. 13:11 Amen. Amen. 13:14 Now, I got a feeling 13:17 a lot of people don't understand 13:21 this great truth 13:23 and that is why they don't do evangelism. 13:30 They talk about people being saved in darkness. 13:32 I don't think they're going to be saved in their darkness. 13:37 Ellen White describes a group of people 13:39 who must have been tens of thousands, 13:43 hundreds of thousands 13:45 that were kept in ignorance and darkness. 13:47 You will say, 13:48 "Those who believe 13:50 that were saved by living up to the light they have." 13:52 Well, God is going to take all of them to heaven. 13:55 She says, they never had an opportunity. 13:59 They're not even going to be resurrected. 14:05 Who is to blame? 14:07 The slave master 14:12 is gonna go to hell. 14:14 But his going to hell doesn't help the Negro slave. 14:20 That God is in the business of transforming lives. 14:23 God cannot take into heaven of race, 14:26 of unredeemed sinners. 14:31 Now, every talk should have a therefore. 14:36 If you aim at nothing, you're gonna hit it. 14:39 "Therefore 14:41 God has given to the church 14:43 the work of taking the gospel of salvation to the lost. 14:46 That is why the church exists." 14:49 To many churches have become cozy little clubs. 14:57 An offense in the nostrils of Almighty God. 15:06 Would you come over here 15:07 to Matthew 28:16 and onwards? 15:10 These are the words of our blessed Lord. 15:15 Matthew 28:16, and onwards, dear hearts and gentle people. 15:20 "Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, 15:22 to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 15:25 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, 15:27 and some doubted. 15:29 But then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying 15:31 "All authority has been given to Me 15:33 in heaven and on earth..." 15:34 Hallelujah. 15:36 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations 15:39 baptizing them in the name of the Father..." 15:41 The singular, talking here about the trinity. 15:43 "The name of the Father 15:45 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." 15:52 People say, "Well, you know, it's an option. 15:55 When did Jesus say this? 15:57 Because the world is lost without Christ, that's why. 16:02 People have said to me. "It doesn't seem fair. 16:05 It doesn't seem fair 16:06 that people are going to be lost." 16:11 Remember the Negro slaves. 16:15 Doesn't seem fair to me 16:17 that Christ came down from glory 16:19 and went through hell and hung on the cross. 16:23 And the church 16:25 that has the truth of God, 16:27 will it souls perish? 16:32 The greatest of all sins 16:34 is to withhold salvation 16:36 from those who are within your reach. 16:39 People said to me years ago 16:41 when I went to Russia for the first time. 16:42 They said, "Why does he go? 16:45 What's he doing? 16:47 What sort of thing is he got going on in Russia?" 16:52 It's because they are in darkness and blindness. 16:56 They're in the church, but they were not in Christ. 17:00 They were lost souls 17:03 and preaching is God's ordained means of saving the lost. 17:07 When the church despises the pulpit Spurgeon said, 17:10 God will respite the church. 17:12 Don't forget it. 17:15 Come over here to Romans 10. 17:18 You're good audience, folks. 17:21 Romans 10:12 and onwards. 17:26 Romans 10:12 and onwards, 17:29 "For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek 17:31 for the same Lord over all 17:33 is rich to all who call upon Him, 17:36 For "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord 17:38 shall be saved." 17:39 Oh, no anybody who just, 17:42 you know, it's just good. 17:43 No. 17:45 "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 17:46 How then shall they call on Him 17:48 who in whom they have not believed? 17:51 And how shall they believe in Him 17:53 of whom they have not heard? 17:54 And how shall they hear without a preacher?" 17:59 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? 18:01 As it is written: 18:03 "How beautiful are the feet of those 18:04 who preach the gospel of peace, 18:06 Who bring glad tidings of good things!" 18:10 Preaching, it's got a bad rap today 18:16 in the church, elsewhere. 18:19 People want to do every, every sort of thing but preaching. 18:25 I've heard people say to me, "Don't talk so loud." 18:30 Don't get me mad I say. 18:33 They say, "Don't talk so loud. 18:36 We don't believe in preaching anymore. 18:39 We just believe in being friendly." 18:49 I believe in a God of judgment too and his coming. 18:51 Would you come over here to 1 Corinthians Chapter 1, 18:54 I Corinthians 1:20-24. 18:59 You, folks, having good time. 19:01 Yes. 19:02 Okay, 1 Corinthians 1:20-24 "Where is the wise? 19:07 Where is the scribe? 19:09 Where is the disputer of this age? 19:11 Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 19:14 For since, in the wisdom of God, 19:15 the world through wisdom did not know God, 19:17 it pleased God through the foolishness 19:20 of the message preached to save those who believe. 19:24 For Jews request a sign, and Greek seek after wisdom; 19:30 but we preach Christ crucified, 19:33 to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 19:37 but to those who are called, 19:39 both Jews and Greeks, 19:40 Christ the power of God 19:44 and the wisdom of God." 19:46 My, friends, listen to this. 19:49 In spite of an indifferent 19:53 and often indolent church, 19:57 and I've been a pastor for more than 50 years. 20:02 In spite of an indifferent 20:03 and indolent sleepy church. 20:09 And a corrupt and persecuting world, 20:13 God has always had his preachers of righteousness. 20:16 Enoch, Noah, Moses, Elijah, John the Baptist, 20:22 Jesus our blessed Lord. 20:24 Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther my hero. 20:28 John Wesley who preached 42,000 sermons 20:31 and traveled 360,000 miles 20:34 not in a Mercedes but on the back of a horse, 20:38 Ellen White, H.M.S Richards. 20:41 When we were in El Salvador recently, 20:44 we had 80 pastors preaching 20:49 80 running campaigns. 20:52 To get their people to the meetings, 20:55 we had to hire 760 buses, hallelujah. 21:00 Hallelujah. 21:01 People say, "Oh, no, it can't happen anymore." 21:05 Nothing can defeat the work of the gospel of Christ. 21:10 I'm giving you folks the DVD Victory at Kiev. 21:14 You folks watching, you can get it, 21:17 Victory at Kiev. 21:19 Write to me John Carter, get the video, Victory at Kiev. 21:24 I was there only few weeks ago. 21:27 Went and visited the tomb of the Patriarch. 21:30 On the footpath, 21:32 he said, "You will come and preach 21:33 here over my dead body." 21:36 Just before I got up to preach, he said, 21:38 "We're going to throw you out, we're going to do this. 21:41 Your life will not be safe." 21:44 He died just before I got up to preach. 21:50 In the video, Victoria at Kiev, we saw the power, 21:54 you'll see the power of God. 21:57 That the power of God is mighty, 21:59 and nothing can stop the successful 22:02 prosecution of his work. 22:06 Now, I'm going to read you a poem. 22:10 Here it goes. 22:11 "Sometimes I put in a little bit. 22:13 Sometimes I got to leave out a little bit. 22:15 But I'm going to get down to the poem 22:17 because I've got a clock here, 22:19 and it's no respecter of persons. 22:21 Here it is. 22:22 How much is a person worth? 22:23 Want you to think about it. 22:25 How much is a person worth? 22:28 It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer. 22:30 Thought it scarcely worth his while. 22:33 To waste his time on the old violin, 22:37 but he held it up with a smile. 22:39 "What am I bid, good people", he cried, 22:41 "Who starts the bidding for me?" 22:43 "One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?" 22:46 "Two dollars, who makes it three?" 22:49 "Three dollars once, three dollars twice, 22:52 Going for three"... 22:54 but no! 22:57 From the room far back came a gray-haired man 23:01 who picked up the bow, 23:02 then wiping the dust from the old violin, 23:05 and tightening up the strings. 23:07 He played a melody, pure and sweet, 23:09 As sweet as an angel sings. 23:12 The music ceased and the auctioneer 23:14 with a voice that was soft and low, Said 23:16 "What now am I bid for the old violin?" 23:19 As he held it up with the bow. 23:21 "One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?" 23:24 "Two thousand, Who makes it three?" 23:26 "Three thousand once, three thousand twice, 23:28 Going and gone, " said he. 23:30 The people cheered, some of them cried, 23:34 "We just don't understand. What changed its worth?" 23:38 The man replied: 23:40 "The touch of the Master's hand." 23:43 And many a man with life out of tune, 23:45 And battered and bruised with sin, 23:48 Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd 23:51 Much like the old violin. 23:54 A "mess of pottage," 23:55 a glass of wine, A game and he travels on, 23:58 He's going once, He's going twice, 24:01 he's going and almost gone! 24:04 But the MASTER comes, 24:07 and the foolish crowd, can never quite understand, 24:11 the worth of a soul, 24:13 and the change that's wrought 24:17 by the touch of the MASTER'S hand. 24:19 Amen. 24:22 We believe that Jesus and Jesus alone, 24:28 only Jesus is the way, 24:32 the truth, and the life. 24:36 And the church exist for one supreme purpose. 24:43 To preach the gospel of Christ, 24:46 so help us God. 24:49 Amen and amen. 24:50 Amen. 24:54 Now, I'm going to have a prayer with you. 24:58 Would you bow your heads. 25:00 Dear father, we thank you today 25:03 the Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. 25:06 We live in a world that's hurtling towards its doom. 25:10 We can see tremendous changes happening in America. 25:14 There're so many people in America 25:15 have given up on God. 25:18 And I think they've discovered freedom, 25:20 they've discovered a terrible bondage. 25:23 But we know, 25:26 every person is precious in the sight of God, 25:28 and every person can be saved. 25:31 Therefore put into the hearts of every one of us, 25:33 these people here today. 25:36 Put a fire in our bellies 25:39 and a love in our hearts. 25:43 Put conviction in our souls, 25:45 save us Lord, from being wishy-washy Christians. 25:52 And bless us as we reach out to the lost around us, 25:56 for whom Christ died. 25:59 We pray that you'll bless these precious people 26:01 here today in our studio, 26:03 we love them, dear Father, and they love you. 26:06 Bless them, we worship you and bless you today, 26:10 in Jesus' name, amen. 26:12 Amen. And amen, amen. 26:15 Hallelujah. 26:16 Thank you Jesus. Thank you. 26:20 Hello friend, I'm John Carter in Moscow. 26:23 I'm standing here at the very center 26:26 of the Russian nation. 26:27 I'm in Red Square. 26:29 Behind me is St. Basil's Cathedral. 26:33 And over here is the Kremlin. 26:35 It's amazing, I'm able to talk to you from Red Square today. 26:40 This is by the grace of God. 26:43 I'm here today to preach 26:44 the everlasting gospel of Christ. 26:47 I first came here in 1991. 26:51 It was my privilege to run the first ever 26:55 evangelistic campaign in the old Soviet Union. 26:59 And we saw thousands of people come to Christ. 27:03 I've been back here 43 times. 27:07 We have run campaigns 27:09 right across Russia and all around Ukraine. 27:14 We've seen millions of people come to our meetings 27:18 and hundreds of thousands of people come to Christ. 27:22 I'm asking you today 27:24 to continue to support the work of God 27:27 here in the lands of the former Soviet Union. 27:31 The need is greater than ever before. 27:35 In the name of Jesus, 27:37 please write to me, John Carter, 27:41 PO Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 27:47 In Australia, 27:48 please write to me at the address at Terrigal. 27:52 I've been taking meetings the last few days. 27:55 And from here, 27:57 I go on to Ukraine to preach the gospel of Christ. 28:02 Thank you for your magnificent support. 28:06 Please write to me today. 28:08 And I want to say to you 28:09 in the name of Jesus, thank you, 28:13 thank you and thank you. 28:22 For a copy of today's program, 28:24 please contact us at P.O. 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